Swarthmore_Garnet_Tide_football

Swarthmore Garnet Tide football

Swarthmore Garnet Tide football

Football program that represented Swarthmore College

The Swarthmore Garnet Tide represented Swarthmore College in the sport of college football.[1] Swarthmore was the 15th school to play football.[2][3]

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The football team was controversially eliminated in 2000, along with wrestling and, initially, badminton. The Board of Managers cited lack of athletes on campus and difficulty of recruiting as reasons for terminating the programs.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    http://articles.philly.com/2000-12-03/sports/25577426_1_garnet-tide-athletes-football-program [bare URL]
  2. [2]
    Griffin, David. "Swarthmore Drops Football Program". www.news9.com.
  3. [3]
    "Swarthmore Cuts Football Team". ABC News.
  4. [4]
    "Three years later, athletics shows improvement". Archived from the original on July 5, 2008.
  5. [5]
    "Athlete recruiting difficulty". Archived from the original on June 9, 2007.


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