Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets football

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Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets
First season1893 (1893)
Head coach Jim Hilvert
9th season, 57–25 (.695)
Stadium George Finnie Stadium [1]
(capacity: 7,800)
FieldTressel Field
Year built1971
Location Berea, Ohio
NCAA division Division III
Conference OAC
Claimed national championships
1978
ColorsBrown and gold [2]
   
Website BW Yellow Jackets

The Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets football team represents Baldwin Wallace University, located in Berea, Ohio, in NCAA Division III college football competition.

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The Yellow Jackets, who began playing football in 1893, are members of the Ohio Athletic Conference.

Baldwin Wallace have won more games than any other team in the OAC. [3]

The team was coached by Lee Tressel for 23 seasons between 1958 and 1980, a period that included a national championship and undefeated record in 1978. [3]

History

Conferences

Championships

National championships

YearAssociationDivisionHead coachRecordOpponentResult
1978 NCAA (1) Division III (1) Lee Tressel 11–0–1 (5–0 OAC) Wittenberg W, 24–10

Notable players

NFL draftees

References

  1. "Tressel Field at The George Finnie Stadium". bwyellowjackets.com. Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets Athletics. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  2. "Bryn Athyn Athletics Quick Facts" . Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "BW football History". Archived from the original on 2011-11-22.