The Pioneer Football League (PFL) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a football-only conference. It has member schools that range from New York, North Carolina, and Florida in the east to California in the west. It is headquartered in St. Louis, in the same complex that also contains the offices of the Missouri Valley Conference and Missouri Valley Football Conference. Unlike most other Division I FCS conferences, the Pioneer League consists of institutions that choose not to award athletic scholarships ("grants-in-aid") to football players.
The Butler Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent Butler University, located in Indianapolis, Indiana United States. The Bulldogs participate in 20 NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports. After leaving the Horizon League following the 2011–12 season, nearly all teams competed in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The football team is a founding member of the non-scholarship Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)-level Pioneer League. On March 20, 2013, the Butler administration announced that the school would join the Big East, and moved to the new league July 1, 2013.
The Drake Bulldogs are an NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision non-scholarship college football program representing Drake University. They currently compete in the non-scholarship Pioneer Football League and have been charter members of the conference since 1991. Drake began playing intercollegiate football in 1893.
The Butler Bulldogs football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Butler University located in the U.S. state of Indiana. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Pioneer Football League. Butler's first football team was fielded in 1887. The team plays its home games at the 7,500 seat Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl in Indianapolis. The Bulldogs are coached by Jeff Voris.
The 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season, the 2010 season of college football for teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), began in September 2010 and concluded with the 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game on January 7, 2011. In the title game, Eastern Washington defeated Delaware, 20–19, to claim their first Division I national title in any team sport.
The 2012 Butler Bulldogs football team represented Butler University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Jeff Voris and played their home games at the Butler Bowl. They are a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 8–3, 7–1 in Pioneer League play to become Pioneer League champions.
The 2013 Drake Bulldogs football team represented Drake University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Chris Creighton and played their home games at Drake Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in PFL play to finish in a tie for fourth place.
The 2013 Butler Bulldogs football team represented Butler University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Jeff Voris and played their home games at the Butler Bowl. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League, a conference allowed to compete in the FCS playoffs for the first time in 2013. They finished the season 9–4, 7–1 in PFL play to share the league title with Marist. Butler and Marist did not play each other in the regular season, so the PFL used the College Sporting News' Gridiron Power Index to determine who would receive the league's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs. Bulter was selected and lost in the first round to Tennessee State.
The 2014 Butler Bulldogs football team represented Butler University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Jeff Voris and played their home games at the Butler Bowl. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in PFL play to finish in a tie for ninth place.
The 2015 Butler Bulldogs football team represented Butler University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by tenth-year head coach Jeff Voris and played their home games at the Butler Bowl. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in PFL play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place.
The 2016 Butler Bulldogs football team represented Butler University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 11th-year head coach Jeff Voris and played their home games at the Butler Bowl. They were members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in PFL play to finish in a two-way tie for ninth place.
The 2017 Butler Bulldogs football team represented Butler University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 12th-year head coach Jeff Voris and played their home games at the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl. They played as members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in PFL play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
The 2018 Butler Bulldogs football team represented Butler University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 13th-year head coach Jeff Voris and played their home games at the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl. They were members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in PFL play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.
The 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season marked the Bulldogs's 146th overall season. The team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by seventh-year head coach Tony Reno. They were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to place in three-way tie for fourth.
The 2019 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season marked the Bulldogs's 147th overall season. The team played its home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by eighth-year head coach Tony Reno. They were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to share the Ivy League title with Dartmouth.
The 2019 Butler Bulldogs football team represents Butler University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 14th-year head coach Jeff Voris and play their home games at the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl. They are members of the Pioneer Football League.
The 2019 Drake Bulldogs football team represents Drake University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs compete as members of the Pioneer Football League and are led by first-year head coach Todd Stepsis. They play their home games at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
The 2020 Drake Bulldogs football team will represent Drake University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs will compete as members of the Pioneer Football League and will be led by second-year head coach Todd Stepsis. They will play their home games at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
The 2020 UC Davis Aggies football team will represent the University of California, Davis during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Aggies will be led by fourth–year head coach Dan Hawkins and play their home games at UC Davis Health Stadium as members of the Big Sky Conference.
The 2020 Butler Bulldogs football team will represent Butler University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by 15th-year head coach Jeff Voris and play their home games at the Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl. They are members of the Pioneer Football League.
