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Seating capacity
  
16,200

NCAA division
  
Division I FCS

Website
  
nauathletics.com

Division
  
Division I (NCAA)

Conference
  
Big Sky Conference

Conference titles
  
2 (1978, 2003)

Location
  
Flagstaff, Arizona

All-time record
  
447–444–23 (.502)

Head coach
  
Jerome Souers

Arena/Stadium
  
Walkup Skydome

First season
  
1915

Colors
  
Blue, Gold


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The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Northern Arizona University located in the U.S. state of Arizona. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Big Sky Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1931. The team plays its home games at the 17,500 seat Walkup Skydome. They are coached by Jerome Souers.

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History

The Lumberjacks have maintained numerous rivalries with their western counterparts. Competition has not only been limited to the west. The Lumberjacks have also taken on eastern programs such as the Ole Miss Rebels, Florida Atlantic Owls, and the Appalachian State Mountaineers.

Classifications

  • 1937–1952: NCAA College Division
  • 1953–1968: NAIA
  • 1969–1972: NCAA College Division
  • 1973–1977: NCAA Division II
  • 1978–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

    • Conference memberships

  • 1915–1930: Independent
  • 1931–1952: Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  • 1953–1954: New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference
  • 1955–1962: Frontier Conference
  • 1963–1969: Independent
  • 1970–present: Big Sky Conference

    • Conference Rivalries

    The University of Idaho will rejoin the Big Sky Conference as a football member in 2018 when they fully transition from the FBS to FCS.

    Former Rivalries

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    California State University, Northridge dropped its football program after the 2001 season and moved to the Big West Conference.

    Notable former players

    Notable alumni include:


  • John Bonds
  • Shawn Collins
  • Michael Haynes
  • Michael Mendoza
  • Rex Mirich First Lumberjack football player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
  • Khalil Paden
  • Leslie "Herb" Duncan (wide receiver): Played six years professional football in the Arena Football League (AFL).
  • Willard Reaves: Played pro football in the Canadian Football League and the National Football League. In the CFL he played for the Winnipeg BlueBombers, where his team won the 1984 Grey Cup and, in the same season, Reaves won the Most Outstanding Player Award. He also played for the Washington Redskins and Miami Dolphins in the NFL.
  • Tom Jurich: The current athletic director at the University of Louisville
  • Archie Amerson
  • Pete Mandley
  • Allan Clark


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    References

    Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football Wikipedia
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