College of Emporia Presbies football

Infobox college athletics
name = College of Emporia Fighting Presbies

university = College of Emporia
association = NAIA
division =
conference = Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
director =
city = Emporia
state = Kansas
stateabb = KS
teams =
stadium = Schaffner Field [ [http://www.c-of-e.org/history.php College of Emporia History] ]
arena = Mason Gymnasium [ [http://www.c-of-e.org/tour.php College of Emporia Campus Tour] ]
baseballfield =
mascot = "Presbie Pete"
nickname = Fighting Presbies
fightsong =
color1 = Red
color2 = White
hex1 = 990000
hex2 = FFFFFF
pageurl = http://www.c-of-e.org/
pagename = College of Emporia Alumni AssociationThe College of Emporia Football Team was a college football team at the College of Emporia in Emporia, Kansas. The team competed from the late 1890's until the college closed in 1972.

The team competed in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference from 1933 until 1970. [ [http://www.kcacsports.com/history.php Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, History] ] The program was known for success among the small colleges which included three consecutive undefeated regular seasons (1953-1955) under head coach Wayne J. McConnell and two back-to-back undefeated seasons (1962-1963) under coach Bill Schnebel. Both coaches were recognized as Little All-American Coach of the Year. [ [http://www.c-of-e.org/history.php College of Emporia History] ]

Bowl games

The school also played in the 1954 Mineral Water Bowl, losing 20-14 to Hastings College, and then returned in 1959 to defeat Austin College by a score of 21-20. [ [http://www.mineralwaterbowl.net/his_scores.html Mineral Water Bowl game history] ]

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