Jacksonville Dolphins football explained

Teamname:	Jacksonville Dolphins football
Stadium:	D. B. Milne Field
Stadcapacity:	5,000
Stadsurface:	AstroTurf
Ncaadivision:	I FCS
Conference:	Pioneer Football League
Firstyear:	1998
Lastyear:	2019
Websitename:	JUDolphins.com
Websiteurl:	http://www.judolphins.com/
Atwins:	118
Atlosses:	115
Natltitles:	0
Conftitles:	2 (2008, 2010)
Divtitles:	2 (2001, 2004)
Heismans:	0
Mascotdisplay:	Dunkin
Pagfreelabel:	Rivals

The Jacksonville Dolphins football program was the intercollegiate American football team for Jacksonville University located in the U.S. state of Florida. The team competed in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and were members of the Pioneer Football League. The team played its home games at the 5,000 seat D. B. Milne Field in Jacksonville, Florida. On December 3, 2019, the university announced it would discontinue its football program, effective immediately.^[1]

History

See also: List of Jacksonville Dolphins football seasons.

Conference affiliations

• Division I Independent (1998–2000)
• Pioneer Football League (2001–2019)

Bowl games

Season	Bowl	Champion		Runner-Up
2008			28	Jacksonville	0

Awards

Pioneer Football League Offensive Freshman of the Year

• Josh McGregor, QB, 2008

Pioneer Football League Defensive Player of the Year

• Tyrone Wright, DB, 2001

Pioneer Football League Coach of the Year

• Kerwin Bell, 2008

Notable former players

• Dallas Jackson - Arena Football League player
• Andy Jones - NFL player
• E. J. Nduka - Arena Football League player, and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) professional wrestler
• Billy Peach - CFL player
• Micah Ross - played basketball and football at JU, playing in 1998 on the football team. Became the first former JU football player to play in the NFL, appearing with the Jacksonville Jaguars, San Diego Chargers and Carolina Panthers.
• Lin-J Shell - CFL player
• Will Weatherford - played defensive end at Jacksonville. Speaker of the House of Florida.

Championships

Conference championships

Year	Conference	Coach	Overall record	Conference record
			9–4	7–1
	Pioneer Football League (Co-championship)		10–1	8–0
Total conference championships			3

Divisional championships

From 2001–2005, the Pioneer Football League was divided into North and South Divisions. As winners of the Pioneer Football League's South Division, Jacksonville has made one appearance in the Pioneer Football League Championship Game, in 2001. The Dolphins also shared the Division title with Morehead State in 2004, but the tie-breaker allowed the Eagles to represent the division in the championship game.

Year	Division Championship	CG Result	Opponent	PF	PA
	PFL South	L		14	46
	PFL South (Co-championship)	NA	Did Not Play (lost tiebreaker to Morehead State)	X	X
Totals	2	0–1	-	14	46

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jacksonville University Discontinues Football . JU Dolphins . 3 December 2019.