Lock Haven Bald Eagles football
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| HeadCoach = Dan Mulrooney
| HeadCoachYear = 2nd
| HCWins = 6
| HCLosses = 15
| Stadium = Hubert Jack Stadium
| StadCapacity = 3,500
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| Conference = Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
| ConfDivision = East
| FirstYear = {{Start date and age|1900}}{{efn|The team was founded in {{Start date and age|1870}}, but they played their first season in 1900.}}
| Location = Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
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| WebsiteName = golhu.com
| WebsiteURL = https://www.golhu.com/sports/football
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The Lock Haven Bald Eagles football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. The Bald Eagles play in the NCAA Division II and are members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
History
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1870, and played their first football games in 1900, when the school was known as Central State Normal School.{{Cite web|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/psac/lock_haven/index.php|website=College Football Data Warehouse|title=Lock Haven Historical Data|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702220434/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/psac/lock_haven/index.php|archive-date=2014-07-02|via=Wayback Machine}} The team was very successful in the early 1930s, winning the "Pennsylvania State Teachers College football championship" in 1930, 1931, 1933, and 1936.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89123989/the-express/|newspaper=The Express|title=Lock Haven Teachers Have Prepared Well For Invasion Of Shippensburg For Crown|date=November 21, 1936|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} They were founding members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, joining it in 1951, and won their first conference championship in 1957.{{Cite web|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/psac/lock_haven/1955-1959_yearly_results.php|website=College Football Data Warehouse|title=Lock Haven Game by Game Results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809221108/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/psac/lock_haven/1955-1959_yearly_results.php|archive-date=2014-08-09|via=Wayback Machine}} They were coached that year by Hubert Jack, who their current stadium is named after. The school's most recent conference championship was in 1979, after compiling a 9–2 record and outscoring opponents 314–168.{{Cite web|url=https://www.golhu.com/news/2019/9/30/lhu-honors-1979-psac-championship-football-team.aspx|website=GoLHU.com|title=LHU honors 1979 PSAC Championship Football Team|date=September 30, 2019|author=Spatafore, Doug}} The team declined in the following years, and have compiled a record of 2–9 or worse in eight of their last ten seasons.
=Classifications=
- 1939–1972: NCAA College Division
- 1958–1969: NAIA
- 1970: NAIA Division II
- 1973–1979: NCAA Division III
- 1980–present: NCAA Division II
=Conference memberships=
- 1900–1933: Independent
- 1934–1950?: Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference
- 1951–present: Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Alumni in the NFL
Lock Haven has had three alumni play in the National Football League (NFL): John Eisenhooth and Bret Shugarts as replacement players during the 1987 NFL strike, and Chris Collier in 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/schools/lockhaven/|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|title=Lock Haven Players/Alumni}}
Notes and references
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.golhu.com/sports/football}}
{{Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football navbox}}