Catholic University Cardinals football | |
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First season | 1895 |
Head coach | Mike Gutelius 7th season, 27–38 (.415) |
Stadium | Cardinal Stadium (Washington, D.C.) (capacity: 3,500) |
Field surface | Artificial turf |
Location | Washington, D.C. |
Conference | NEWMAC |
All-time record | 324–368–15 (.469) |
Bowl record | 2–1–1 (.625) |
Conference titles | 2 |
Consensus All-Americans | 2 |
Colors | Cardinal red and black[1] |
Website | CatholicAthletics.com |
The Catholic University Cardinals football team represents the Catholic University of America in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III college football competition as a member of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC). The team played its first game in 1895 and was a major college team in the first half of the 20th century, into the 1940s. The football program was put on hiatus during World War II, and then discontinued shortly afterwards. In 1965, football returned to the university at the club level, and, in 1977, re-entered NCAA competition as part of Division III. The Cardinals have participated in the Division III playoffs three times in the late 1990s and have secured two Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championships. The head coach is Mike Gutelius.