Azusa Pacific Cougars football

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Azusa Pacific Cougars football
First season1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Last season2020; 4 years ago (2020)
Head coachRudy Carlton
StadiumCitrus Stadium
(capacity: 10,000)
Field surfaceField turf
LocationAzusa, California, U.S.
NCAA divisionDivision II
ConferenceGreat Northwest Athletic Conference
Claimed national titles2 (1 NAIA, 1 NCCAA)
Conference titles4 (GNAC)
ColorsBrick and black[1]
   
Websiteathletics.apu.edu

The Azusa Pacific Cougars football program was a college football team that represented Azusa Pacific University. From 2012 to 2020, the team was a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference of NCAA Division II. Prior to the 2012 season, the Cougars had been an independent program in the NAIA.[2] The Cougars had 10 head coaches since their first recorded football game in 1965.[3] Azusa Pacific University decided to end its football program in December 2020 due to financial restructuring.[4] The most famous player to play for the Cougars is Christian Okoye.

  1. ^ Azusa Pacific University Graphics Standards Guide (PDF). Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  2. ^ Aird, Donovan (June 5, 2008). "How the West was undone". Mustang Daily. p. 14. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Football-Azusa Pacific Year-by-Year" (PDF). Football Media Guide. Azusa Pacific University Athletics. May 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  4. ^ "Football Draws to a Close at Azusa Pacific".