Abilene Christian Wildcats football

Abilene Christian Wildcats
2016 Abilene Christian Wildcats football team
First season 1910
Athletic director Lee De León
Head coach Ken Collums
5th year, 2223 (.489)
Stadium Shotwell Stadium
Seating capacity 15,075
Location Abilene, Texas
NCAA division NCAA Division I
Conference Southland Conference
All-time record 49339432 (.554)
Bowl record 00 (–)
Claimed nat'l titles 2 (2 NAIA)
Conference titles 12 (7 TCAC, 1 Gulf Coast, 4 Lone Star)
Division titles 3 (3 Lone Star South)
Heisman winners 0
Colors Purple and White[1]
         
Rivals Incarnate Word
Website ACUSports.com
For information on all Abilene Christian University sports, see Abilene Christian Wildcats

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.[2] The school's first football team was fielded in 1919. The team plays its home games at the 15,075 seat Shotwell Stadium. They are coached by Ken Collums. For the 2013 season, Abilene Christian competed as an Independent in the NCAA Division I FCS.

History

Football classifications

Conference affiliations

Head coaching history

Name Seasons Record Pct
Vernon McCasland 1919 2–2 .500
Sewell Jones 1920 4–0–1 .900
Russell Lewis 1921 2–5 .286
Victor Payne 1922–1923 12–3 .800
A. B. Morris 1924–1941 66–77–18 .466
Tonto Coleman 1942–1949 28–15–2 .644
Garvin Beauchamp 1950–1955 39–18–4 .672
N. L. Nicholson 1956–1961 28–30–1 .483
Les Wheeler 1962–1967 29–28 .509
Wally Bullington 1968–1976 62–32–2 .656
DeWitt Jones 1977–1978 18–4–1 .804
Ted Sitton 1979–1984 34–27–1 .556
John Payne 1985–1990 26–34–1 .435
Ronnie Peacock 1991–1992 4–15 .211
Bob Strader 1993–1995 14–17 .452
Jack Kiser 1996–1999 22–19 .537
Gary Gaines 2000–2004 21–30 .412
Chris Thomsen 2005–2011 61–21 .744
Ken Collums 2012–present 22–23 .489

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

Championships

Future scheduled out of conference games

Sources:[3]

<span style="color:white; text-shadow:1px 1px 2px "#461D7C;">Future Out of Conference Games
Year Home Games Neutral Games Away Games Game Dates
2016 Air Force Sep 3
2017 New Mexico
Colorado State
Sep 2
Sep 9
2018 Baylor Sep 1
2019 North Texas
Mississippi State
Aug 31
Oct 12
2020 Texas A&M Nov 21
2021 SMU Sep 4

References

  1. "Colors of Master Logo - Office of University Marketing". Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  2. McMurphy, Brett. "Abilene Christian to Southland". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  3. "ACU sets football's non-conference slate through 2021". Abilene Christian University Athletics. Retrieved March 11, 2016.

External links

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