location: Cincinnati, Ohio
current conference: Atlantic 10
last football season: 1973
bowl game: 1950 Salad Bowl
The Musketeers were one of Dayton's primary rivals. Facing higher costs in the 1970's, the two schools took different paths: Dayton dropped football scholarships and developed a program with one of the NCAA's highest winning percentages. Xavier dropped its team. [scores, 1950-1973]
Corcoran Field, the former football stadium, is now a soccer venue.
Following a recent trend at American universities, Xaiver's student government leaders were elected on a platform of bringing back football. In this case, it's club football. "I knew attempts to start a football team have been made and failed," said a newly elected vice president. "(NCAA football) is too expensive so I took a different approach. The vision was to take club football, turn it into a strong program and five to 10 years down the road, an opportunity for football to become an NCAA sport."
Xavier started a club team in 2006. [Link]
