The Eastern Kentucky Colonels football program represents Eastern Kentucky ...
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels football program represents Eastern Kentucky University in college football, competing at the NCAA Division I Football C...
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels football program represents Eastern Kentucky University in college football, competing at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level as a member of the United Athletic Conference. The school has traditionally had much success on the football field, having won 21 OVC conference titles and two Division I FCS National Championships in 1979 and 1982, and reaching the finals in 1980 and 1981. Much of the success came during the long tenure of head coach Roy Kidd from 1964 to 2002. In 1990, Eastern honored Kidd by naming the school's football stadium Roy Kidd Stadium. Eastern Kentucky's football team was able to secure 31 consecutive winning seasons before finally posting a losing season record in 2009.
In September 2013, the Lexington Herald-Leader, the daily newspaper of nearby Lexington, reported that EKU was considering moving its program to the top-level Football Bowl Subdivision. However, under NCAA rules, such a move would require that EKU receive an invitation from an existing FBS conference. In the end, no such move was made.
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