Westminster Titans football

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Westminster Titans football
First season1891 (1891) [1]
Head coach Scott Benzel
12th season, 85–37–0 (.697)
Stadium Harold Burry Stadium [2]
(capacity: 4,500)
FieldMemorial Field
Year built1950
Location New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
NCAA division Division III
Conference PAC
NAIA national championships
D-II: 1970, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1994
ColorsNavy and white [3]
   
Website https://athletics.westminster.edu/

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

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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. [4] The current head football coach of the Titans is Scott Benzel, who became head coach in 2014. [5]

History

Conferences

Championships

National championships

YearAssociationDivisionHead coachRecordOpponentResult
1970 NAIA (6) Division II (6) Harold Burry (1)10–0 Anderson (IN) W, 21–16
1976 Joe Fusco (4)10–1 Redlands W, 20–13
1977 11–0 Cal Lutheran W, 17–9
1988 14–0 Wisconsin–La Crosse W, 17–9
1989 13–0 Wisconsin–La Crosse W, 51–30
1994 Gene Nicholson (1)12–2 (4–0 MSFA) Pacific Lutheran W, 27–7

References

  1. ↑ "Football Record Book" (PDF). westminster.edu. Westminster Athletics. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Memorial Field inside Harold Burry Stadium". westminster.edu. Westminster Athletics. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Athletic Brand Identity Guide" (PDF). Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  4. ↑ 2009 Football Media Guide, Westminster College, p. 35, retrieved June 16, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Titan Athletics – 2015 Football Coaching Staff". Westminster.edu. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
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