Creighton Bluejays football

Creighton Bluejays

First season	1900
Head coach	Maurice H. "Skip" Palrang 3rd year, 16–11–2 (.586)
Stadium	Creighton Stadium
Location	Omaha, Nebraska
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Past conferences	Independent (1895-1921), North Central Conference (1922-1927)
All-time record	187–143–28 (.561)
Bowl record	0–0–0 (–)
Claimed nat'l titles	0
Conference titles	3
Heisman winners	0
Colors	Blue and White^[1]
Fight song	The White and the Blue
Website	gocreighton.com

The first year of Creighton Bluejays football was in 1900. They fielded a football team every year from 1900 to 1942.

Nickname

Creighton adopted a Bluejay as its mascot in 1924, when the University’s athletic board selected the name from submissions for a contest run by the Omaha Bee newspaper.^[2]

Conference championships

Creighton won three conference titles. The Bluejays won two North Central Conference championships and one Missouri Valley Conference championship.

Conference	Years
North Central Conference	1925, 1927
Missouri Valley Conference	1936
Total	3 Conference Championships

Record versus Missouri Valley Conference

Rival	Record (W-L-T)	Name
Drake	8-8-2
Oklahoma A&M	6-11-1
St. Louis	6-9-0
Tulsa	0-5-0
Washburn	2-1-0
Washington U.	4-4-0

End of the Football Team

In 1942, every football player was drafted to fight in World War II and the school suspended the football program for what transpired as an permanent event. To this day, the Creighton bookstore sells T-shirts that read, "Creighton Football: Still Undefeated," referencing the fact that the team has not lost any games in that time period.

References

↑ Creighton University Athletics Bluejay Logo Usage Guidelines (PDF). 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
↑ "20 Interesting Historical Facts About Creighton University (Nos. 16-20)". www.creighton.edu. Retrieved 4 January 2013.

External links

Images of Creighton football players at Creighton digital collections

Creighton Bluejays football

Venues	Creighton Stadium (?–1942)

Bowls & rivalries	Opponents

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

Creighton University

Colleges	Business Administration Dentistry Law Medicine

Athletics	Men's basketball seasons Women's basketball Football Men's soccer

Places	CenturyLink Center Omaha Creighton Stadium Creighton University Medical Center D. J. Sokol Arena Morrison Stadium

People	Edward Creighton John A. Creighton Mary Lucretia Creighton List of Creighton University alumni

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