Bluffton Beavers football

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Bluffton Beavers football
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2019 Bluffton Beavers football team
First season1913
Athletic director Phill Talavinia
Head coach Aaron Krepps
StadiumDwight Salzman Stadium
(Capacity: 3,000)
Field surfaceField Turf
Location Bluffton, Ohio
Conference HCAC
ColorsPurple and White
         
Website Bluffton.edu/sports

The Bluffton Beavers football program represents Bluffton University in college football as a member of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC), affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. The Beavers' colors are royal purple and white. The games are played at Dwight Salzman Stadium, which seats over 3,000 spectators. They have produced two professional football players, as Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion played for the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League in the 1960s and Seth Burkholder a 2006 graduate, played for the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football League in 2012. [1]

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References

  1. Sam Werner (July 3, 2012). "Power's search for solid footing leads to 3rd kicker". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 31, 2012.