Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers Football

Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers Football

The Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers football team is the interscholastic football team at Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro, Kentucky.

The Panthers have competed in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference since the 2012 season. Prior to joining the GLVC, the Kentucky Wesleyan football team competed in the Great Lakes Football Conference from 2006 through 2011. Steele Stadium (Bullet Wilson Field) located on Kentucky Wesleyan's campus is the home of the Kentucky Wesleyan Panther football team. From 1983 to 2003 the Kentucky Wesleyan Football team played their home games at Owensboro area high schools. In 2004, the Panthers began playing their home football games at Bullet Wilson Field, an on campus field completed prior to the 2004 football season. The playing surface at Bullet Wilson Field features field turf, an artificial playing surface. The stadium around the field underwent a major upgrade project following the 2006 season. When the upgrade was completed the home of the Panthers football team was to be known as Steele Stadium (Bullet Wilson Field).
After a 53-year absence, Football returned to Kentucky Wesleyan in 1983. The college's decision to re-establish its football program was announced in December 1982. KWC dropped the football program in 1931 due to financial reasons after having a team from 1907–1930. KWC has had three winning seasons since football returned in 1983 (1993 6–4, 1997 6–4, 1999 7–4).

Read more about Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers Football:  Football Tradition, 1983–1989, 1990–1993, 1994–2002, John Johnson's Former KWC Panthers in The Arena Football League, 2003–Present

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