Northern Colorado Bears

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Northern Colorado Bears
Jackson Field
Softball stadiumGloria Rodriguez Field
Soccer stadiumJackson Stadium
Other venuesButler-Hancock Swimming Pool (swimming and diving)
MascotKlawz the Bear
NicknameBears
Fight song"UNC Fight Song"
ColorsBlue and gold[2]
   
Websitewww.uncbears.com
Big Sky Conference logo in Northern Colorado's colors

The Northern Colorado Bears are the athletic teams representing the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado in intercollegiate athletics. The university sponsors seventeen teams including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, tennis, and track and field; women's-only soccer, softball, swimming and diving, and volleyball; and men's-only baseball, football, and wrestling. The Bears compete in NCAA Division I, with the football team competing at the FCS level, and most teams are members of the Big Sky Conference.[3] Three Northern Colorado teams have separate affiliations in sports that the Big Sky does not sponsor. The baseball team competes in the Summit League, the women's swimming and diving team is an affiliate member of the Western Athletic Conference, and the wrestling team is a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Teams

Individual teams

Men's Women's
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross Country
Cross Country Golf
Football Soccer
Golf Softball
Swimming & Diving
Track & Field Track & Field
Wrestling Volleyball

Softball

From 1969–1979, Northern Colorado participated in all of the first eleven

AIAW championship game (its fifth game in two days), only to lose to Southwest Missouri State by a score of 14-7.[4]
In 1976, the team advanced to the championship game, losing to Michigan State, 3-0. Two years later in 1978, the team reached the title game for the third time, falling to UCLA, also by a 3-0 score.

Football

Main article: Northern Colorado Bears football

The Northern Colorado Bears football program is the intercollegiate

NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The university's first football team was fielded in 1893. The team plays its home games at the on campus 8,533 seat Nottingham Field
.

Northern Colorado made two appearances in the

New Haven
, 51-0 in 1997.
Carson–Newman 23 14 Florence, AL

New Haven 51 0 Florence, AL

Total national championships: 2

See also

  • University of Northern Colorado Rugby Football Club

References

  1. ^ "UNC Bears Staff Directory". Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  2. ^ UNC Style Guide (PDF). March 1, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "Member Institutions - Big Sky Conference".
  4. ISBN 978-0-9893007-0-4
    .

External links
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