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{{Logo|Indianapolis, Indiana|I FCS|{{pfl}}|Butler Bowl|{{bige}}|Hinkle Fieldhouse}}
 
{{Logo|Indianapolis, Indiana|I FCS|{{pfl}}|Butler Bowl|{{bige}}|Hinkle Fieldhouse}}
 
The '''Butler University''' Bulldogs compete as members of the [[Pioneer Football League]] in [[NCAA Division I FCS]] football, and in the [[{{bige}}]] in [[NCAA Division I]] basketball.  Butler is a private non-sectarian (although founded as a Christian school) institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana.  The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 4,000.
 
The '''Butler University''' Bulldogs compete as members of the [[Pioneer Football League]] in [[NCAA Division I FCS]] football, and in the [[{{bige}}]] in [[NCAA Division I]] basketball.  Butler is a private non-sectarian (although founded as a Christian school) institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana.  The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 4,000.
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The campus sits south of downtown along Brown Street, about a half-mile south of US 35.  The primary athletic facilities are physically, if not technically, off campus.  Both Welcome Stadium (11,000) and University of Dayton Arena (13,435) are situated between I-75 and the Great Miami River about a half-mile west of campus, directly accessible from I-75 via exit 51 (Edwin C Moses Boulevard).  UD Arena has been the host for numerous NCAA men's tournament games, including the annual play-in game since 2001; in 2010, the arena will tie Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium for the honor of having hosted the most games in the tournament, and in 2011 will take sole possession of that distinction.
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Dayton's chief rival is without question [[Xavier]].  Lesser rivalries exist with [[Miami (OH)]], [[Cincinnati]], and [[Butler]], as well as other regional catholic schools.  The cross-town rivalry with [[Wright State]] is rather tepid from the Dayton perspective.
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Dayton has provided 39 players to NFL rosters in its history, every single one of them from the pre-1976 era when Dayton was a major program.  The most recognizable pair would be OL Bob DeMarco and DL Jim Katcavage, both of whom started for over a decade in the league and were named to three Pro Bowls each.  Strangely, although Dayton's basketball program has had much more national success, only 16 former Flyers have appeared in the NBA or ABA, led by Jim Paxson.  Paxson's father, also named Jim, played for UD as well and had a much briefer NBA career.  (John Paxson, the elder Paxson's younger and more famous son, attended [[Notre Dame]] instead.)
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=='''Conference Affiliations'''==
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===Football===
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{{list-3col-12| item01a=[[{{pfl}}]]
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| item01b=NCAA I FCS
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| item01c=1993-present
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| item02a=[[{{glvc}}|Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference]]
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| item02b=NCAA II
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| item02c=1990-1992
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| item03a=[[{{hland1}}|Heartland Collegiate Conference]]
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| item03b=NCAA II
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| item03c=1978-1989
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| item04a=[[{{hland1}}|Indiana Collegiate Conference]]
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| item04b=NCAA II
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| item04c=1973-1977
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| item05a=[[{{hland1}}|Indiana Collegiate Conference]]
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| item05b=NCAA College
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| item05c=1950-1972
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| item06a=[[{{cdind}}]]
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| item06b=NCAA College
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| item06c=1937-1949
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| item07a=[[NCAA Independents]]
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| item07b=NCAA
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| item07c=1935-1936
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| item08a=[[{{mvc}}]]
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| item08b=NCAA
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| item08c=1932-1934
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| item09a=[[NCAA Independents]]
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| item09b=NCAA
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| item09c=1910-1931
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| item10a=[[Pre-NCAA Independents]]
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| item10b=Independent
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| item10c=1889-1909
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| item11a=no team
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| item11b=
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| item11c=1888
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| item12a=[[Pre-NCAA Independents]]
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| item12b=Independent
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| item12c=1887
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}}
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===Basketball===
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{{list-3col-14| item01a=[[{{bige}}]]
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| item01b=NCAA I
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| item01c=2013-present
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| item02a=[[{{a10}}]]
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| item02b=NCAA I
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| item02c=2012-2013
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| item03a=[[{{horizon}}]]
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| item03b=NCAA I
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| item03c=2001-2012
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| item04a=[[{{horizon}}|Midwestern Collegiate Conference]]
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| item04b=NCAA I
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| item04c=1985-2001
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| item05a=[[{{horizon}}|Midwestern City Conference]]
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| item05b=NCAA I
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| item05c=1979-1985
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| item06a=[[{{d2ind}}]]
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| item06b=NCAA II
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| item06c=1978-1979
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| item07a=[[{{hland1}}|Indiana Collegiate Conference]]
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| item07b=NCAA II
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| item07c=1974-1978
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| item08a=[[{{hland1}}|Indiana Collegiate Conference]]
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| item08b=NCAA College
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| item08c=1957-1974
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| item09a=[[{{hland1}}|Indiana Collegiate Conference]]
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| item09b=NCAA
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| item09c=1950-1957
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| item10a=[[{{mac}}]]
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| item10b=NCAA
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| item10c=1948-1950
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| item11a=[[NCAA Independents]]
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| item11b=NCAA
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| item11c=1934-1946
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| item12a=[[{{mvc}}]]
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| item12b=NCAA
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| item12c=1932-1934
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| item13a=[[NCAA Independents]]
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| item13b=NCAA
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| item13c=1910-1932
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| item14a=[[Pre-NCAA Independents]]
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| item14b=Independent
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| item14c=1896-1910
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}}
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=='''Post-Season Appearances'''==
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===Football===
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{{Bowl Alert}}
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{{list-2col-02| item01a=[[Gridiron Classic]]
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| item01b=[[Gridiron Classic|'''2009''']]
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| item02a=[[NCAA Division II Playoffs]]
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| item02b=[[1983 NCAA Division II Playoffs|1983]], [[1988 NCAA Division II Playoffs|1988]], [[1991 NCAA Division II Playoffs|1991]]
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}}
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===Basketball===
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{{list-2col-04| col1=350
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| col2=270
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| item01a='''[[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game]]'''
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| item01b=[[2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2010]], [[2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2011]]
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| item02a={{d1mt}}
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| item02b=[[1962 NCAA University Division Men's Basketball Tournament|1962]], [[1997 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1997]], [[1998 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1998]], [[2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2000]], [[2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2001]], [[2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2003]], [[2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2007]], [[2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2008]], [[2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2009]], ''[[2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2010]]'', ''[[2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2011]]'', [[2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2013]]
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| item03a={{nit}}
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| item03b=[[1958 National Invitation Tournament|1958]], [[1959 National Invitation Tournament|1959]], [[1985 National Invitation Tournament|1985]], [[1991 National Invitation Tournament|1991]], [[1992 National Invitation Tournament|1992]], [[1999 National Invitation Tournament|1999]], [[2001 National Invitation Tournament|2001]], [[2002 National Invitation Tournament|2002]], [[2006 National Invitation Tournament|2006]]
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| item04a=[[College Basketball Invitational]]
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| item04b=[[2012 College Basketball Invitational|2012]]
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}}
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=='''Championships'''==
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===Football===
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{{list-2col-04| item01a=[[{{pfl}}]] Champions
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| item01b=''[[1994 Pioneer League Football|1994]]'', ''[[2009 Pioneer League Football|2009]]'', ''[[2012 Pioneer League Football|2012]]''
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| item02a=[[{{glvc}}|Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference]] Champions
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| item02b=[[1991 Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference|1991]], ''[[1992 Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference|1992]]''
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| item03a=[[{{hland1}}|Heartland Collegiate Conference]] Champions
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| item03b=''[[1977 Heartland Collegiate Conference Football|1977]]'', [[1983 Heartland Collegiate Conference Football|1983]], ''[[1985 Heartland Collegiate Conference Football|1985]]'', [[1987 Heartland Collegiate Conference Football|1987]], [[1988 Heartland Collegiate Conference Football|1988]], [[1989 Heartland Collegiate Conference Football|1989]]
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| item04a=[[{{hland1}}|Indiana Collegiate Conference]]
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| item04b=[[1952 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1952]], [[1953 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1953]], [[1958 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1958]], [[1959 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1959]], [[1960 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1960]], [[1961 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1961]], [[1962 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1962]], [[1963 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1963]], [[1964 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1964]], [[1972 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1972]], [[1973 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1973]], [[1974 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1974]], [[1975 Indiana Collegiate Conference Football|1975]]
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}}
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===Basketball===
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{{list-2col-07| col1=350
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| col2=270
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| item01a='''[[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|NCAA Division I Southeast Regional]] Champions'''
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| item01b=[[2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2011]]
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| item02a='''[[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|NCAA Division I West Regional]] Champions'''
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| item02b=[[2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2010]]
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| item03a=[[{{horizon}}]] Tournament Champions
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| item03b=[[1997 Horizon League Men's Basketball|1997]], [[1998 Horizon League Men's Basketball|1998]], [[2000 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2000]], [[2001 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2001]], [[2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2008]], [[2010 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2010]], [[2011 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2011]]
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| item04a=[[{{horizon}}]] Regular Season Champions
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| item04b=[[1997 Horizon League Men's Basketball|1997]], [[2000 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2000]], [[2001 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2001]], [[2002 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2002]], [[2003 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2003]], ''[[2007 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2007]]'', [[2008 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2008]], [[2009 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2009]], [[2010 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2010]], ''[[2011 Horizon League Men's Basketball|2011]]''
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| item05a=[[{{hland1}}|Indiana Collegiate Conference]] Champions
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| item05b=[[1952 Indiana Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball|1952]], [[1953 Indiana Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball|1953]], [[1959 Indiana Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball|1959]], [[1961 Indiana Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball|1961]], [[1962 Indiana Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball|1962]]
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| item06a=[[{{mac}}]] Champions
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| item06b=[[1947 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball|1947]]
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| item07a=[[{{mvc}}]] Champions
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| item07b=[[1933 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball|1933]], [[1934 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball|1934]]
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}}
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=='''National Individual Awards'''==
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===Football===
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{{list-2col-02| col1=350
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| col2=300
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| item01a=[[NCAA Division I FCS First-Team All-Americans]]
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| item01b=1994: Arnold Mickens (RB)<br>2003: Brandon Martin (DB)
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| item02a=[[NCAA Division II Football First-Team All-Americans]]
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| item02b=1988: Steve Roberts (RB)
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}}
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===Basketball===
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{{list-2col-04| col1=350
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| col2=300
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| item01a='''[[National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame]]
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| item01b='''2006: Tony Hinkle''' (coach, contributor)
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| item02a=[[Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award]]
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| item02b=2008: Mike Green (G)
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| item03a=[[NABC Division I Coach of the Year]]
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| item03b=2007: Todd Lickliter
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| item04a=[[NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans|NCAA Division I Consensus All-Americans]]
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| item04b=1924: Hugh Middlesworth (?)
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}}
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=='''External Links'''==
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[http://butlersports.com/ Butler University Athletics]
 
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Revision as of 22:18, 16 April 2013

Butler.png
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Division: NCAA Division I FCS
Conference (football): Pioneer Football League
Stadium: Butler Bowl
Conference (basketball): Big East Conference
Arena: Hinkle Fieldhouse

The Butler University Bulldogs compete as members of the Pioneer Football League in NCAA Division I FCS football, and in the Big East Conference in NCAA Division I basketball. Butler is a private non-sectarian (although founded as a Christian school) institution located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 4,000.

The campus sits south of downtown along Brown Street, about a half-mile south of US 35. The primary athletic facilities are physically, if not technically, off campus. Both Welcome Stadium (11,000) and University of Dayton Arena (13,435) are situated between I-75 and the Great Miami River about a half-mile west of campus, directly accessible from I-75 via exit 51 (Edwin C Moses Boulevard). UD Arena has been the host for numerous NCAA men's tournament games, including the annual play-in game since 2001; in 2010, the arena will tie Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium for the honor of having hosted the most games in the tournament, and in 2011 will take sole possession of that distinction.

Dayton's chief rival is without question Xavier. Lesser rivalries exist with Miami (OH), Cincinnati, and Butler, as well as other regional catholic schools. The cross-town rivalry with Wright State is rather tepid from the Dayton perspective.

Dayton has provided 39 players to NFL rosters in its history, every single one of them from the pre-1976 era when Dayton was a major program. The most recognizable pair would be OL Bob DeMarco and DL Jim Katcavage, both of whom started for over a decade in the league and were named to three Pro Bowls each. Strangely, although Dayton's basketball program has had much more national success, only 16 former Flyers have appeared in the NBA or ABA, led by Jim Paxson. Paxson's father, also named Jim, played for UD as well and had a much briefer NBA career. (John Paxson, the elder Paxson's younger and more famous son, attended Notre Dame instead.)

Conference Affiliations

Football

Pioneer Football League NCAA I FCS 1993-present
Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference NCAA II 1990-1992
Heartland Collegiate Conference NCAA II 1978-1989
Indiana Collegiate Conference NCAA II 1973-1977
Indiana Collegiate Conference NCAA College 1950-1972
NCAA College Division Independents NCAA College 1937-1949
NCAA Independents NCAA 1935-1936
Missouri Valley Conference NCAA 1932-1934
NCAA Independents NCAA 1910-1931
Pre-NCAA Independents Independent 1889-1909
no team 1888
Pre-NCAA Independents Independent 1887

Basketball

Big East Conference NCAA I 2013-present
Atlantic 10 Conference NCAA I 2012-2013
Horizon League NCAA I 2001-2012
Midwestern Collegiate Conference NCAA I 1985-2001
Midwestern City Conference NCAA I 1979-1985
NCAA Division II Independents NCAA II 1978-1979
Indiana Collegiate Conference NCAA II 1974-1978
Indiana Collegiate Conference NCAA College 1957-1974
Indiana Collegiate Conference NCAA 1950-1957
Mid-American Conference NCAA 1948-1950
NCAA Independents NCAA 1934-1946
Missouri Valley Conference NCAA 1932-1934
NCAA Independents NCAA 1910-1932
Pre-NCAA Independents Independent 1896-1910

Post-Season Appearances

Football

Ambox.png Note: Years for bowl games indicate the fall season preceding the game itself. Further, unless impossible to avoid, corporate sponsorship is ignored. Please see Bowl Alert for details.
Gridiron Classic 2009
NCAA Division II Playoffs 1983, 1988, 1991

Basketball

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game 2010, 2011
NCAA Division I Men's Tournament 1962, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
National Invitation Tournament 1958, 1959, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006
College Basketball Invitational 2012

Championships

Football

Pioneer Football League Champions 1994, 2009, 2012
Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference Champions 1991, 1992
Heartland Collegiate Conference Champions 1977, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989
Indiana Collegiate Conference 1952, 1953, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975

Basketball

NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Champions 2011
NCAA Division I West Regional Champions 2010
Horizon League Tournament Champions 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2011
Horizon League Regular Season Champions 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Indiana Collegiate Conference Champions 1952, 1953, 1959, 1961, 1962
Mid-American Conference Champions 1947
Missouri Valley Conference Champions 1933, 1934

National Individual Awards

Football

NCAA Division I FCS First-Team All-Americans 1994: Arnold Mickens (RB)
2003: Brandon Martin (DB)
NCAA Division II Football First-Team All-Americans 1988: Steve Roberts (RB)

Basketball

National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame 2006: Tony Hinkle (coach, contributor)
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award 2008: Mike Green (G)
NABC Division I Coach of the Year 2007: Todd Lickliter
NCAA Division I Consensus All-Americans 1924: Hugh Middlesworth (?)

External Links

Butler University Athletics


Big East Conference edit
NCAA Division I basketball
Butler • Creighton • DePaul • Georgetown • Marquette • Providence • St. John's • Seton Hall • Villanova • Xavier


Pioneer Football League edit
NCAA Division I FCS (football-only)
Butler • Campbell • Davidson • Dayton • Drake • Jacksonville • Marist • Morehead State • San Diego • Stetson • Valparaiso
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