The Butler Bulldogs football program is the intercollegiate

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team for

Butler University Butler University is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university has over 60 major academic fields of study in six colleges: the Lacy School of Business, College of Communic ...

located in the U.S. state of

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. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the

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. Butler's first football team was fielded in 1887. The team plays its home games at the 7,500 seat

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(historically Butler Bowl) in

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. The Bulldogs are coached by

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History

Classifications

*1937–1972: NCAA College Division *1973–1992: NCAA Division II *1993–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

Conference memberships

*1884–1915: Independent *1916–1917: Indiana College Athletic League *1918–1931: Independent *1932–1933:

Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the third-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the midwest. History The MVC was established ...

*1934–1947:

Indiana Intercollegiate Conference The Indiana Intercollegiate Conference (IIC) was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1922 to 1950. It consisted of schools in Indiana. The charter members of the conference were Indiana State University, Butler University, DeP ...

*1947–1949:

Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great L ...

*1951–1989:

Heartland Collegiate Conference The Heartland Collegiate Conference (HCC) was a football-only intercollegiate athletic conference that evolved out of the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) and competed between 1978 and 1989. Originally comprising the football-playing arm of the ...

*1990–1992:

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*1993–present:

Notable former players

Notable alumni include: *

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* Arnold Mickens * Chris Salvi *Joseph "The Gentle Giant" Holzmer

Championships

Football Conference championships

Playoff appearances

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS playoffs

The Bulldogs have appeared in the FCS playoffs once, with an overall record of 0–1.

NCAA Division II playoffs

The Bulldogs made three appearances in the Division II playoffs, with a combined record of 0–3.

PFL Gridiron Classic results

From 2006 through 2009, the PFL and Northeast Conference (NEC) staged the Gridiron Classic, an exempted postseason football game that matched the champions of the two conferences which were technically members of Division I FCS, but which were not the recipients of automatic invitations to the football championship playoff at the time. The Bulldogs appeared in the PFL Gridiron Classic once, with an overall record of 1–0.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler Bulldogs Football American football teams established in 1887 1887 establishments in Indiana