List_of_Mexican_collegiate_American_football_programs

List of Mexican collegiate American football programs

List of Mexican collegiate American football programs

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This is a list of the schools and universities in Mexico that have college football teams. College football in Mexico is overseen by the National Student Organization of American Football.

Aztecas UDLAP, National Champions in 2016.
Match between the oldest college football team in Mexico, the Pumas CU and the Águilas UACH.
Borregos Salvajes Monterrey won the National Championship four times in a row from 2004 to 2007, the second team to achieve this feat after Cóndores UNAM.
A player of the Borregos Salvajes CEM. The team won two National Championships, but disappeared in 2016.

Current programs

Jacinto Licea Conference

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National Conference

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Defunct programs

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Notes

  1. [n 1]
    The Universidad Anáhuac had a representative team known as Halcones that played during the 1987 season, then the American football program disappeared and was created again in 2011, this time as Leones.[1][2]
  2. [n 2]
    Burros Blancos started playing in 1936 as the varsity team of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, but the original team was disbanded in the sixties, when several teams were created to represent the IPN's different schools. Burros Blancos returned in 2006, now representing the IPN's Zacatenco campus.[4]
  3. [n 3]
    In 2016, ITESM decided to join its three Greater Mexico City college football programs (ITESM CCM, ITESM CEM and ITESM Santa Fe) into one new team named Borregos Salvajes México.[7]
  4. [n 4]
    The UNAM started playing college football as Pumas in 1927. In 1970, the UNAM created three teams: Águilas Reales, Cóndores and Guerrero Aztecas, replacing the Pumas. In 1998, the UNAM disbanded the three teams and returned to play as a single team known as Pumas.[13][14]
  5. [n 5]
    Originally founded as Osos Acatlán and rebranded as Pumas Acatlán in 1998.[15]
  6. [n 6]
    UAG's football program returned in 2014 after last playing in 2006.[27]
  7. [n 7]
    The Leones Negros briefly played during one season in 1988. The team returned to college football in 2017.[2][29]
  8. [n 8]
    In 2019, the Mexican senate approved the elimination of the Presidential Guard, the institution that the Centinelas represented; thus, the team was disbanded.[34]
  9. [n 9]
    The team was established in 1971 as Pieles Rojas de Acción Deportiva. In 1977, the team joined to the Instituto Politécnico Nacional.[36]
  10. [N 10]
    Before the start of the 2005 season, the IPN's authorities decided to merge the Pieles Rojas with the Águilas Blancas.[37]
  11. [N 11]
    The Zorros played from 1971 to 2008. After the 2008 season, the program briefly disappeared and returned in 2014.[45]
  12. [N 12]
    The Gatos Salvajes competed during the 1988 season and then returned in 1993.[2]
  13. [N 13]
    In 2019 the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas decided to merge its two teams (Ciudad Victoria and Reynosa) into a single team.[49]

References

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  2. [2]
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    "Borregos Salvajes del ITESM Región Ciudad de México – Semblanza" (in Spanish). CONADEIP. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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