The St. Bonaventure Bonnies football program, commonly known as the Brown and White until 1931 and thereafter as the Brown Indians throughout the rest of the team's existence, was the intercollegiate

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

team for St. Bonaventure University located in St. Bonaventure, New York. The team competed in independent. The school's first football team was fielded in 1895. St. Bonaventure participated in football from 1895 to 1951, compiling an all-time record of 161–157–26. The football program was discontinued at the conclusion of the 1951 season. A second St. Bonaventure football team played three seasons from 1968 to 1970; this squad played only at the club team level and not as a varsity squad. St. Bonaventure changed its athletics moniker from "Brown Indians" to "Bonnies" in 1992, several decades after the football team played its last game.

History

Notable former players

Notable alumni include: * Jack Butler: Hall of Fame cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 1951–59 * Ted Marchibroda: Later NFL coach for the Indianapolis Colts (1992–95) and

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(1996-98)

Year-by-year results

Championships

Conference championships

Conference affiliations: *1895–1925, independent *1926–49,

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*1950–51, independent

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