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
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays it ...
(1996-98)
Year-by-year results
Championships
Conference championships
Conference affiliations:
*1895–1925, independent
*1926–49,
Western New York Little Three Conference
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*1950–51, independent
See also
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St. Bonaventure Bonnies, For information on all St. Bonaventure University sports
References
{{St. Bonaventure Bonnies football navbox
American football teams established in 1895
Sports clubs disestablished in 1970
1895 establishments in New York (state)