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Date Posted: 03:33:10 05/10/19 Fri
Author: Ian Winton
Author Host/IP: 98.240.106.40
Subject: Re: College Football Data warehouse With Schools Playing Or Stopped Playing Football
In reply to: Ian Winton 's message, "Re: College Football Data warehouse With Schools Playing Or Stopped Playing Football" on 02:25:07 05/10/19 Fri

After a little bit of research, I was able to come up with Saint Leo's 1979 schedule.

Sept 22 Central Florida (0-21)
Sept 29 at University of South (0-41)
Oct. 6 North Carolina State Club Team (30-8)
Oct. 13 Millsaps (7-13)
Oct. 20 at Baptist Christian (19-16)
Oct. 27 North Carolina-Wilmington (42-6)
Nov. 10 Baptist University of America (22-0)
Nov. 16 Fort Lauderdale (15-12)

Nothing suggests they were any more of a Division III school in 1979 than they were in 1980.

Hope this helps.

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[> [> Re: College Football Data warehouse With Schools Playing Or Stopped Playing Football -- No name, 10:55:23 05/10/19 Fri (97.125.190.31)

>>>I wish I could locate a schedule for them in 1980
>and 1979 but have been unable to do so. There's one
>here but it's not legible:
>
>http://www.e-yearbook.com/books/37055/1981/jpg180/168.j
>pg
>
>
>I understand and share your frustration with the lack
>of readily available collegiate sports history.
>
>I spend a lot of time archiving major college football
>scoring summaries and basketball scores for current
>and past Division I programs. And it just so happens
>I have access to the page you were trying to read.
>
>College yearbooks are not always the most reliable
>source of information, but they can prove useful when
>there's not a lot of available source material.
>
>Anyway, to the point. The schedule in question was
>for the 1980 season and is as follows:
>
>U of N. C. Wilmington (52-0)
>Central Florida (0-53)
>Millsaps College (0-68)
>Baptist Christian College (16-8)
>U of N.E. (Club) (22-14)
>Marion Military Institute (43-0)
>Baptist University of America (26-6)
>University of the South (14-42)
>Worcester Tech (10-14)
>
>It should be noted the headline above the schedule
>refers to a 6-4 record, but only nine games are
>listed. The only club team specifically mentioned is
>U of N.E. I assume this is the University of New
>England, but who knows?
>
>Unfortunately, the previous yearbook has a few pages
>dedicated to the football team, but no schedule or
>story about the season.
>
>The November 10, 1980 issue of the Tampa Tribune
>wrapped up its story about the University of the South
>game by speculating that Saint Leo was playing its
>last game as a club team and had plans to field an
>NCAA Division III program in 1981. I wish I could link
>to it, but access requires a subscription.
>
>This would appear to put to rest the idea Saint Leo
>fielded an official team in 1980 and it seems highly
>unlikely it would have done so in 1979.

I did my MBA at another SSC conference school so I know a little about St. Leo. It is in the middle of the country just north of Tampa, a little school next to an old monastery. They constantly are doing things to bring students on to campus, and the football was just another in a long list that didn't really pan out. They have added Swimming and Lacrosse the last few years and that has been successful. The only other SSC conference school that plays football is Florida Tech, a recent addition. Many of the schools are new, in the last 50-60 years. Rollins and my alma mater Florida Southern, had football in the past, Rollins as recently as 1960. FSC last had football in the depression of the 1930's. Interestingly they actually beat the Florida Gators varsity team in the 1920s, not a club team. But in those days UF was a small school as well, until AC was widely affordable Florida was a hot humid hell for most of the year, LOL.

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