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The Abilene Christian Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Abilene Christian University located in the U.S. state of Texas. The team are members of the Southland Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1919. The team played its home games at the 15,075 seat Shotwell Stadium through the 2016 season; the team will open the new on-campus Wildcat Stadium on September 16, 2017. Adam Dorrel is the head coach. For the 2013 season, Abilene Christian competed as an Independent in the NCAA Division I FCS.
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History
Football classifications
- 1951-1972: College Division (small school)
- 1952-1969: NAIA
- 1970-1982: NAIA Division I
- 1982-2012: NCAA Division II
- 2013-present: NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
- Abilene Christian did not field a team in 1943-1945.
Conference affiliations
- 1919-1924: Independent
- 1925-1932: Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- 1931-1932: Independent
- 1933-1953: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference
- 1954: Independent
- 1955-1956: Gulf Coast Conference
- 1957-1963: Independent
- 1964-1972: Southland Conference
- 1973-2012: Lone Star Conference
- 2013: NCAA Division I FCS independent
- 2014-present: Southland Conference
- No Team 1943-1945 due to World War II
Head coaching history
Abilene Christian University Football Stadium Video
Notable former players
Notable alumni include:
- Charcandrick West
- Mitchell Gale
- Grant Feasel
- Johnny Knox
- Clint Longley
- Danieal Manning
- Wilbert Montgomery
- Bernard Scott
- Major Culbert
- Taylor Gabriel
- Clyde Gates
- Bob Oliver
- Daryl Richardson
- John Layfield
- Bernie Erickson
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Championships
- 1939: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference co-champions
- 1940: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference co-champions
- 1946: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions
- 1950: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions
- 1951: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions
- 1952: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions
- 1953: Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions
- 1955: Gulf Coast Conference champions
- 1973: NAIA Division I National Champions, Lone Star Conference champions
- 1977: NAIA Division I National Champions, Lone Star Conference co-champions
- 2002: Lone Star Conference South Division co-champions
- 2008: Lone Star South Division & Conference champions
- 2010: Lone Star South Division & Conference champions
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Future scheduled out of conference games
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