Xavier Musketeers football

Xavier Musketeers football
First season 1901
Last season 1973
Head coach Tom Cecchini (final Musketeers head coach)
2nd year, 8131 (.386)
Stadium Corcoran Stadium
Year built 1929
Seating capacity 15,000
Location Cincinnati, Ohio
Conference None
All-time record 30222222 (.573)
Bowl record 100 (1.000)
Claimed nat'l titles 0
Colors Navy Blue, White, and Gray[1]
              

The Xavier Musketeers football program represented Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Xavier discontinued football in 1973, citing cost concerns.

History

The program began in 1901. The school then called itself St. Xavier College; the team the Saints. In their first season they played a mix of colleges and high schools, but gradually improved their schedule. In 1907 they began a rivalry against the University of Dayton, then named St. Mary's Institute.[2]

The team name became the Musketeers in 1929, the same year St. Xavier became Xavier University and built Corcoran Stadium. The high point came under coach Edward Kluska, who posted a 35-12-2 record between 1947 and 1951. The 1949 team went 10-1 and received an invitation to the 1950 Salad Bowl, in which they defeated Arizona State University 33-21. Seven players from the 1950 and 1951 teams would later play in the National Football League.[2] Xavier declined an invitation to the 1952 Salad Bowl.[3]

The Xavier Board of Trustees ended the football program in 1973 following a determination that it lost $200,000 every year.[2]

As recently as 2013, Xavier fielded a club football team in the National Club Football Association.

Head coaches

Tenure Coach Record Pct.
19001917 None / staff 2665 .770
19181919 Albert B. Lambert 1031 .750
19201935 Joe Meyer 85446 .652
19351943 Clem Crowe 46322 .588
1946 Philip H. Bucklew 37 .300
19471954 Edward L. Kluska 42334 .563
19551958 Harry W. Connelly 2415 .615
19591961 Ed Doherty 1515 .500
19621968 Ed Biles 40273 .593
1969 Irvin A. Etlar 19 .100
19701971 Richard J. Selcer 218 .100
19721973 Tom Cecchini 8131 .386
Totals 11 coaches 30222222 .573

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Stadium

The Musketeers played their games in Corcoran Stadium, which opened in 1929 after a $300,000 fundraising drive led by future Governor of Ohio Myers Y. Cooper. The stadium could seat 15,000 spectators. Xavier demolished the stadium in 1988.[2]

Notes

  1. Xavier Graphic Standards: Athletics (PDF). 2015-07-15. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Schaber, Greg (Fall 2004). "Legends of the Fall". Xavier University. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
  3. "Xavier Turns Down Salad Bowl". Daily Chronicle. November 30, 1951. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  4. Xavier University. "XAVIER UNIVERSITY CAREER COACHING RECORDS" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-12-16.

References

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