Grand Valley State Lakers football

Grand Valley State Lakers football
First season1971 (1971)
Head coachScott Wooster
2nd season, 11–2 (.846)
StadiumLubbers Stadium
(capacity: 10,440)
Year built1972
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationAllendale, Michigan
NCAA divisionDivision II
ConferenceGLIAC
Past conferencesMidwest Intercollegiate Football Conference
All-time record439–148–3 (.747)
Claimed national titles4 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
Conference titles17
RivalriesFerris State Bulldogs
Saginaw Valley State Cardinals
Wayne State Warriors
Consensus All-Americans166[1]
ColorsBlue, black, and white[2]
     
Fight songGVSU Victory!
MascotLouie Laker
Marching bandLaker Marching Band
OutfitterAdidas
Websitegvsulakers.com

The Grand Valley State Lakers football team represents Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in NCAA Division II football.[1] The team currently competes in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and was once affiliated with the now defunct Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference. The Lakers football team has appeared in six NCAA Division II national title games, winning four championships, since 2001. The team has made the playoffs in 20 seasons. They have also won or shared 17 conference titles (GLIAC & MIFC).[1]

Since the start of the football program in 1970, the team has an overall winning percentage of .747 (439–148–3)[3] which places the program as the highest in NCAA D2 and among the highest regardless of division. The Lakers all time home record is 219–46–1.[3]

Grand Valley has played its home field games at Lubbers Stadium since 1973. The stadium has undergone numerous renovations and expansions in recent years to accommodate the overflow crowds that regularly exceed the stadium's 10,444 seat capacity.

  1. ^ a b c "GVSU Tradition". Grand Valley State University. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ GVSU Athletics Style Guide (PDF). January 23, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Grand Valley State Yearly Totals". cfbdatawarehouse.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.