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Saint Francis’ athletics tradition dates back to 1867 when a group of students formed a team called the Independent Star-Athletic Association. The team played its first game under the Saint Francis banner in 1888. Gymnastics was established in 1882, while football was first played at Saint Francis University in 1892.
The 2024 Saint Francis Red Flash football team represented Saint Francis University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Red Flash were led by 14th-year head coach Chris Villarrial , and played home games at DeGol Field in Loretto, Pennsylvania .
Yet the grand opening of the Steinberg Wellness Center was for the Long Island vs. St. Francis men's basketball game on February 27, 2006. [6] The wait until the Battle of Brooklyn game for the grand opening of the Wellness Center is a testament to the rivalry's importance to both schools.
By this time the school was officially 'Muir High School', but by 1907 it was universally known as 'Muir College'. In 1962 the college was split to create Muir College Boys' Primary School (housed in the college buildings on the south side of Cannon Street), and Muir College Boys' High School (housed in the red-brick buildings in Park Avenue).
St. Francis vs LIU in the annual Battle of Brooklyn at The Pope on January 31, 2015. The St. Francis College's men's basketball program, founded in 1896, was the oldest collegiate program in New York City. [20] The Terriers' best finish was the 1955–1956 season, with a 21–4 record that ranked them at 13th nationally in the AP polls. [21]
The 2022 Saint Francis Red Flash football team represented Saint Francis University as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Red Flash, led by 12th-year head coach Chris Villarrial , played their home games at DeGol Field .
Saint Francis came with a record of 8–2 and has won eight-straight First Round games in previous years. [13] Saint Francis scored first and last in their first-round game against Missouri Valley, with a total of four touchdowns for the game. It was enough to record a win on the road by a score of 28–14. [14]
Saint Francis College was established in 1847 by six Franciscan teaching Brothers from Mountbellew, Ireland, who had been given land in Loretto by Michael O'Connor, the first Bishop of Pittsburgh, to establish a school. [4] The university was one of the first Catholic universities in the United States and the first Franciscan college in the nation.