The Case For Santa Clara Football
Football At Catholic Colleges & Universities

Yes, they play college football at Catholic schools...and not just Notre Dame.

Below are links to the official pages at Catholic universities playing football in the United States.Many of these schools dropped football at one time, and later revived it.

NCAA Division I-A Level

Boston College
University of Notre Dame

NCAA Division I-AA Level (the likely classification for SCU)

University of Dayton
Duquesne University
Fordham University
Georgetown University
College of the Holy Cross
Iona College
LaSalle University
Marist College
Sacred Heart University
St. Francis University of Pennsylvania
University of San Diego
Villanova University

Other Catholic Colleges Playing Football

Assumption College
Avila College
Benedictine College
Benedictine University
Catholic University of America
Carroll College
Gannon University
John Carroll University
King's College
Loras College
Mary College
Marquette University (club team)
Mercyhurst College
Merrimack College
College of Mt. St. Joseph
Ohio Dominican University
Quincy University
St. Ambrose University
St. Anselm College
University of St. Francis (Illinois)
University of St. Francis (Indiana)
St. John Fisher College
St. John's University (Minnesota)
St. Joseph's College
St. Mary's College of Kansas
St. Norbert College
University of St. Thomas
St. Xavier University
Salve Regina University
Seton Hill University
Stonehill College
Thomas More College
Walsh University
Xavier University (club team)

The following Division I Catholic schools previously dropped football:

Gonzaga (1941)
Manhattan (1942)
Portland (1950)
St. Louis (1950)
Niagara (1951)
Loyola Marymount (1952)
Marquette (1961)
Creighton (1965)
Detroit (1965)
San Francisco (1972)
Seton Hall (1982)
Santa Clara (1993)
St. John's (2002)
Canisius (2002)
Fairfield (2002)
Siena (2003)
St. Mary's (2003)
St. Peter's (2007

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