Perfect first season, gone after twoSourced
The new team went 8–0.
Two seasons later, it was shut down.
Gannon College began its football programme in 1949 and finished the first season unbeaten, shutting out six of eight opponents. The school discontinued the team in 1951 amid financial concerns and reported fan apathy.
A perfect record
was not enough to keep it alive.
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