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The Case For Santa Clara Football
Added & Discontinued Programs At Catholic Unviersities
Did you know...that 28 Catholic colleges have actually added football since 1975...but Santa Clara is one of only six Catholic schools to have dropped the sport altogether in the same period?
| Discontinued Football (6) | Year | Added Football (28) | Year | |
| Villanova (added 1985) | 1981 | Canisius (I-AA) | 1975 | |
| Seton Hall | 1982 | Catholic, DC | 1977 | |
| Santa Clara | 1993 | Iona (I-AA) | 1978 | |
| Canisius (I-AA) | 2002 | Marist (I-AA) | 1978 | |
| St. John's (I-AA) | 2002 | St. Ambrose | 1978 | |
| Fairfield (I-AA) | 2003 | St. John's (I-AA) | 1978 | |
| St. Francis, PA (I-AA) | 1978 | |||
| Duquesne (I-AA) | 1979 | |||
| Loras | 1983 | |||
| Villanova (I-AA) | 1985 | |||
| Quincy | 1986 | |||
| St. Francis, IL) | 1986 | |||
| St. John Fisher | 1987 | |||
| Siena (I-AA) | 1988 | |||
| Stonehill | 1988 | |||
| Gannon | 1989 | |||
| Mt. St. Joseph | 1990 | |||
| Thomas More | 1990 | |||
| Sacred Heart (I-AA) | 1991 | |||
| Salve Regina | 1993 | |||
| King's | 1993 | |||
| St. Xavier (IL) | 1993 | |||
| Fairfield (I-AA) | 1996 | |||
| LaSalle (I-AA) | 1997 | |||
| St. Anselm | 1999 | |||
| Dallas | 2003 | |||
| Ohio Dominican | 2004 | |||
| St. Vincent | 2007 |
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