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Creighton Bluejays football

Creighton Bluejays football

College football team

The first year of Creighton Bluejays football was in 1900. They fielded a football team every year from 1900 to 1942. The first team photo is from 1893,[2] but first played in 1900.[3]

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History

See also: List of Creighton Bluejays football seasons

Nickname

Creighton adopted a Bluejay as its mascot in 1924, when the university's athletic board selected the name from submissions for a contest run by the Omaha Bee newspaper.[4]

Conference championships

Creighton won three conference titles. The Bluejays won two North Central Conference championships and one Missouri Valley Conference championship.

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Record versus Missouri Valley Conference

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Colors" (PDF). Creighton University Athletics Bluejay Logo Usage Guidelines. June 9, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  2. [2]
    "1893 First Creighton Football Team :: Historical Photos of Creighton University". cudigital.cdmhost.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04.
  3. [3]
    "Continue to Conquer", Missouri Valley Times, Missouri Valley, Iowa, p. 5, November 15, 1900
  4. [4]
    "20 Interesting Historical Facts About Creighton University (Nos. 16–20)". www.creighton.edu. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
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