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Swarthmore Garnet Tide football

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Swarthmore Garnet Tide football
First season1878
Last season2000
LocationSwarthmore, Pennsylvania
NCAA divisionDivision III
RivalriesHaverford
ColorsGarnet and Gray
   

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

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.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Griffin, David. "Swarthmore Drops Football Program". www.news9.com.
  2. ^ "Swarthmore Cuts Football Team". ABC News.
  3. ^ "Three years later, athletics shows improvement". Archived from the original on July 5, 2008.
  4. ^ "Athlete recruiting difficulty". Archived from the original on June 9, 2007.