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Westminster Titans football

Field	Value
TeamName	Westminster Titans football
FirstYear
HeadCoach	Scott Benzel
HeadCoachYear	12th
HCWins	85
HCLosses	37
HCTies	0
Stadium	Harold Burry Stadium
StadCapacity	4,500
FieldName	Memorial Field
StadiumBuilt	1950
Location	New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
NCAAdivision	III
Conference	PAC
NatlTitles	NAIA Div. II: 1970, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1994
WebsiteName	https://athletics.westminster.edu/
WebsiteURL	https://athletics.westminster.edu/sports/football

The Westminster Titans football team represents Westminster College, located in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in NCAA Division III college football.

The Titans, who began playing football in 1891, compete as members of the Presidents' Athletic Conference.

Westminster have won six national championships, all during its membership of the NAIA.

Five former Titans football players have been enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame: Harold Davis, Joe Fusco, Larry Pugh, Harold Burry and Joe Micchia. Hall of Fame head coach Tuss McLaughry was not an alumnus but did coach the Titans for four years. The current head football coach of the Titans is Scott Benzel, who became head coach in 2014.

History

Conferences

1891–1923: Independent
1924–1933: Tri-State Conference
1834–1957: Independent
1958–1968: West Penn Conference
1969–1993: NAIA / NAIA Division II independent
1994–1997: Mid-States Football Association
1998: Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference
1999: Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
2000–present: Presidents' Athletic Conference

Championships

National championships

1994	Gene Nicholson (1)	12–2 (4–0 MSFA)	Pacific Lutheran	W, 27–7

Postseason appearances

NAIA playoffs

The Titans have made seventeen appearances in the NAIA playoffs, with a combined record of 31–11 and six national championships.

1997	First Round	Findlay	L, 0–40

References

"Football Record Book". Westminster Athletics.
"Memorial Field inside Harold Burry Stadium". Westminster Athletics.
[https://www.westminster.edu/athletics/sports/football/pdf/media_guides/media_guide.pdf 2009 Football Media Guide], Westminster College, p. 35, retrieved June 16, 2010.
"Titan Athletics – 2015 Football Coaching Staff".

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