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Navy sprint football team, Fall 1963. Sprint football is a varsity sport played by United States colleges and universities, under standard American football rules. [1] Since the 2022 season, the sport has been governed by the Collegiate Sprint Football League and the Midwest Sprint Football League.
This is a list of Collegiate Sprint Football League champions.Founded in 1934, the league was originally known as "The Eastern 150-pound Football League" (150s). In 1967, the name of the league was changed to "The Eastern Lightweight Football League" (ELFL), and then again into its current form, "The Collegiate Sprint Football League" (CSFL), in 1998.
Five Division I schools compete in sprint football, a variant governed separately from the NCAA that uses NCAA playing rules, but limits player weights to 178 pounds (81 kg). Four of them also field full-sized football teams; the only one that does not is Bellarmine, which is thus still considered "non-football" by the NCAA.
Nov. 7—Saint Mary-of-the-Woods wrapped up its first season of sprint football in championship fashion Saturday night, defeated Calumet College of St. Joseph 23-7 for the Midwest Sprint Football ...
In 2021 it was announced that sprint football, a variant of American football played under standard college rules but with a player weight limit of 178 lb (80.7 kg), would be launched and played at QU Stadium. QU is one of six charter members of the Midwest Sprint Football League.
Jun. 21—St. Mary-of-the-Woods College continued to demonstrate its intent to be a growing player on the regional athletic scene with the introduction of its newest, and perhaps, most interesting ...
Sep. 22—Last Saturday's come-from-behind, program-opening 34-28 overtime triumph at Calumet College of St. Joseph was thrilling and all for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods' sprint-football team. But ...
Sprint football, a weight-restricted form of American football governed outside the NCAA structure, competes in the Midwest Sprint Football League. Men's bowling is also governed outside of the NCAA (the NCAA governs only women's bowling); QU competes as an independent.