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Athletic director
  
Lee De León

Location
  
Abilene, Texas

All-time record
  
496–409–31 (.546)

Head coach
  
Adam Dorrel

League
  
Division I (NCAA)

First season
  
1910

Seating capacity
  
12,000

NCAA division
  
Division I

Claimed nat'l titles
  
2 (2 NAIA)

Conference
  
Southland Conference

Ground
  
Shotwell Stadium

Colors
  
Purple, White

Abilene Christian Wildcats football

Rival
  
Incarnate Word Cardinals football

The Abilene Christian Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Abilene Christian University located in the U.S. state of Texas. The team are members of the Southland Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1919. The team played its home games at the 15,075 seat Shotwell Stadium until 2018 when the team will play in the new on-campus Wildcat Stadium. Adam Dorrel is the head coach. For the 2013 season, Abilene Christian competed as an Independent in the NCAA Division I FCS.

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Football classifications

  • 1951–1972: College Division (small school)
  • 1952–1969: NAIA
  • 1970–1982: NAIA Division I
  • 1982–2012: NCAA Division II
  • 2013–present: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
  • Abilene Christian did not field a team in 1943-1945.

    • Conference affiliations

  • 1919–1924: Independent
  • 1925–1932: Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  • 1931–1932: Independent
  • 1933–1953: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference
  • 1954: Independent
  • 1955–1956: Gulf Coast Conference
  • 1957–1963: Independent
  • 1964–1972: Southland Conference
  • 1973–2012: Lone Star Conference
  • 2013: NCAA Division I FCS independent
  • 2014–present: Southland Conference
  • No Team 1943-1945 due to World War II

    • Notable former players

    Notable alumni include:

  • Charcandrick West
  • Mitchell Gale
  • Grant Feasel
  • Johnny Knox
  • Clint Longley
  • Danieal Manning
  • Wilbert Montgomery
  • Bernard Scott
  • Major Culbert
  • Taylor Gabriel
  • Clyde Gates
  • Bob Oliver
  • Daryl Richardson
  • John Layfield
  • Bernie Erickson

    • Championships

  • 1939: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference co-champions
  • 1940: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference co-champions
  • 1946: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions
  • 1950: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions
  • 1951: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions
  • 1952: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions
  • 1953: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions
  • 1955: Gulf Coast Conference champions
  • 1973: NAIA Division I National Champions, Lone Star Conference champions
  • 1977: NAIA Division I National Champions, Lone Star Conference co-champions
  • 2002: Lone Star Conference South Division co-champions
  • 2008: Lone Star South Division & Conference champions
  • 2010: Lone Star South Division & Conference champions

    • Future scheduled out of conference games

    Sources:

    References

    Abilene Christian Wildcats football Wikipedia
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