The first football team representing Hampden–Sydney in 1892.

The Hampden–Sydney Tigers college football team compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division III, representing Hampden–Sydney College in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Hampden–Sydney has played their home games at Everett Stadium in Hampden–Sydney, Virginia since 2007, replacing the 40-year-old Hundley Stadium.[1] Hampden–Sydney's playing surface, originally named Venable Field, was built on a former frog pond dredged by students in 1896. In 1915, according to tradition, the field was nicknamed "Death Valley" by a defeated Richmond College player because Hampden–Sydney so frequently trounced opposing teams at home.[2]

The Tigers have had seven undefeated regular seasons,[3] is tied with Randolph–Macon for second in the ODAC with 9 total conference championships behind only Emory & Henry (11),[4] and has an overall record of 545–452–38 in 122 seasons of football. During the undefeated 1900 football season, the Tigers were not once scored upon, posting shutouts in every single game that they played. The College's largest margin of victory was 110–0 over Virginia Medical College in 1913;[5] largest margin of victory over a conference foe was 70–0 over Richmond in 1901; and largest margin of defeat was 0–136 to VMI in 1920.[6]

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Billy Bull, 1896.

Football was introduced to the college by William Ford "Billy" Bull in 1892 after he matriculated as a freshman.[7] Bull was also the captain of the squad for the team's first match up against Randolph–Macon College in 1893, a bitter rivalry known as The Game – the oldest small-school rivalry in the South[8] – which has been contested 119 times. Bull led the Tigers to a record of one win and two losses over his three seasons as head coach, earning the College's first victory in 1894 with a 28–0 win over William & Mary.

The Tigers' first winning season came in 1896 under the tutelage George H. Denny, an alumnus of H–SC. Denny would later go on to be the president of the University of Alabama and the original namesake of Bryant–Denny Stadium. The only years that H–SC did not field a football team were in 1904 and 1943 due to a large percentage of the student body being drafted into the war.

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Hampden–Sydney was an independent from 1892 through 1899. In 1900, the school joined together with William & Mary, Richmond, and Randolph–Macon to form the Eastern Division of the Intercollegiate Association[9] until 1921. In 1946, the Tigers joined the Mason–Dixon Conference[2] and remained a member until the conference disbanded in 1975.[10] In 1975, H–SC joined as a charter member of the Virginia College Conference which was quickly renamed the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) in 1976.

The College's first long-term coach was alumnus "Yank" Bernier, who coached the team from 1912 to 1916 and again from 1923 to 1938. Bernier also holds the distinction of being the first athletic director for the college.[11] The school saw its first real success in football when another alumnus, J. Stokeley Fulton, became the head coach in 1960, serving in that role until 1984 when he succumbed to cancer. Fulton is the longest tenured Hampden–Sydney head coach with 25 seasons and is the all-time winningest coach in school history compiling a 143–99–5 record. Fulton, inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1977, lead his team to 9 conference championships, back-to-back Knute Rockne Bowls in 1971 and 1972, and was voted as the ODAC coach of the year 3 times.[12]

The Tigers are currently coached by Marty Favret who was hired in 2000. Going into his 16th season, Favret has won 5 conference championships (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2014) and has coached the Tigers to 6 Division III playoff appearances. The success that Favret has had on the field (compiling a 111–46 record and 71% winning percentage) has resulted in Tiger home football games becoming one of the most highly attended sporting events in all of Division III athletics – in 2012 Hampden–Sydney averaged 6723 fans per game, ranking 3rd nationally.[13]

Through the 2015 season, Hampden–Sydney has compiled an official overall record of 545 wins, 452 losses, 38 ties; won 32 conference titles; appeared in 2 bowl games; and earned its way into 7 Division III tournament appearances with the most recent being in 2014.

Seasons

Year Coach Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs Rank#The Game
Independent (1892–1899)
1892 William Ford Bull 0–1
No Game
1893 William Ford Bull 0–1
Loss
1894 William Ford Bull 1–0
No Game
1895 William Ford Bull 0–0–1
No Game
1896 George H. Denny 2–1
Win
1897 David Todd Stuart 2–4
No Game
1898 James Sloan Kuykendall 2–0–1
Win
1899 Harry L. Shaner 4–1
No Game
Independent: 11–8–2
Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1900–1921)[14]
1900 Harry L. Shaner 4–03–01st[15]
Win
1901 Harry L. Shaner 3–33–01st[16]
Win
1902 Jason B. Parrish 3–23–1
Win, Win
1903 Unknown 1–11–12nd
Win
1904 No team N/AN/A
No Game
1905 Russel James 0–1–1
No Game
1906 Oliver Max Gardner 1–10–1
Loss
1907 James A. Nutter 3–41–2
Win
1908 L. W. Riess 5–42–2
Win
1909[17] L. W. Riess 3–42–12nd
Win
1910 Kemper Yancey 4–32–12nd
Loss
1911 B. R. Cecil 3–52–12nd
Loss
1912 Charles A. Bernier 1–61–12nd[18]
Loss
1913 Charles A. Bernier 2–52–11st[19]
Win
1914 Charles A. Bernier 3–32–11st[20]
Loss,  Win
1915 Charles A. Bernier 6–35–11st[21]
Loss, Win
1916 Charles A. Bernier 4–3–34–1–31st[22]
Tie, Tie
1917 Marvin C. Bowling 5–2–25–0–11st[23]
Win, Win
1918 No coach 2–12–12nd
Win
1919 William L. Younger 4–3–14–1–1T–1st[24]
Win, Win
1920 Eddie Roundy 5–32–11st[25]
Win
1921 Eddie Roundy 6–2–12–01st[26]
Win
EVIAA: 68–59–848–19–6
Independent (1922–1923)
1922 Eddie Roundy 1–8
No Game
1923 Charles A. Bernier 3–6
Win
Independent: 4–14
Virginia–North Carolina Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1924)[27]
1924 Charles A. Bernier 3–4–21–0–21st[28]
Tie
VNCIAC: 3–4–21–0–2
Independent (1925–1927)
1925 Charles A. Bernier 3–5–1
Win
1926 Charles A. Bernier 5–2–3
Win
1927 Charles A. Bernier 4–5
Loss
Independent: 12–12–4
Virginia Conference (1928–1932)
1928 Charles A. Bernier 3–62–3T–6th
Win
1929 Charles A. Bernier 4–54–12nd
No Game
1930 Charles A. Bernier 2–6–12–3–16th
Loss
1931 Charles A. Bernier 3–62–3T–4th
Loss
1932 Charles A. Bernier 3–4–21–1–24th
Tie, Tie
Virginia: 15–27–311–11–3
Chesapeake Conference (1933–1936)
1933 Charles A. Bernier 3–4–22–12nd
Loss
1934 Charles A. Bernier 4–4–22–0–1T–1st[29]
Tie
1935 Charles A. Bernier 5–52–12nd
Loss
1936 Charles A. Bernier 3–5–11–1–14th
Loss
Chesapeake: 15–18–57–3–2
Independent (1937–1945)
1937 Charles A. Bernier 2–8
Loss
1938 Charles A. Bernier 2–6
Loss
1939 Red Smith 4–5
Win
1940 Red Smith 4–5
Win
1941 Red Smith 2–6
Win
1942 Frank Summers 1–6–1
Tie
1943 No team N/AN/A
No Game
1944 Frank Summers 1–3–1
No Game
1945 Frank Summers 0–0–1
Tie
Independent: 16–39–3
Mason–Dixon Conference (1946–1974)
1946 Frank Summers 2–72–24th
Loss, Win
1947 Morgan Tiller 1–81–25th
Loss
1948 Morgan Tiller 6–2–12–01st (Little Six)[30]
Win
1949 Morgan Tiller 5–42–1T–2nd
Win
1950 Morgan Tiller 4–51–37th
Loss
1951 Jim Hickey 4–3–21–1–24th
Tie
1952 Jim Hickey 5–3–12–1–12nd
Tie
1953 Jim Hickey 5–1–13–0–11st (Little Seven)[31]
Win
1954 Jim Hickey 5–35–11st[32]
Win
1955 Jim Hickey 8–16–1T–1st (Little Seven)[33]
Loss
1956 Bob Thalman 7–23–11st (Little Eight)[34]
Win
1957 Bob Thalman 8–14–01st (Little Eight)[34]
Win
1958 Bob Thalman 6–33–12nd
Loss
1959 Bob Thalman 5–3–12–1–1T–2nd
Tie
1960 Stokeley Fulton 2–62–13rd
Loss
1961 Stokeley Fulton 3–62–22nd
Win
1962 Stokeley Fulton 6–43–12nd
Win
1963 Stokeley Fulton 6–32–12nd
Win
1964 Stokeley Fulton 6–43–01st
Win
1965 Stokeley Fulton 6–33–12nd
Loss
1966 Stokeley Fulton 5–4–15–01st
Win
1967 Stokeley Fulton 5–53–12nd
Loss
1968 Stokeley Fulton 3–5–21–3T–5th
Loss
1969 Stokeley Fulton 6–43–12nd
Loss
1970 Stokeley Fulton 9–24–01stL 6–7 Knute Rockne
Win
1971 Stokeley Fulton 10–14–01stL 12–17 Knute Rockne
Win
1972 Stokeley Fulton 8–23–11st
Loss
1973 Stokeley Fulton 7–33–11st
Win
1974 Stokeley Fulton 6–42–23rd
Loss
Mason–Dixon: 159–102–979–30–5
Independent (1975)
1975 Stokeley Fulton 7–2
Win
Independent: 7–2
Old Dominion Athletic Conference (1976–present)
1976 Stokeley Fulton 7–43–1T–1st
Loss
1977 Stokeley Fulton 9–24–01stL NCAA D III Quarterfinal
Win
1978 Stokeley Fulton 5–52–2T–2nd
Loss
1979 Stokeley Fulton 4–62–2T–2nd
Loss
1980 Stokeley Fulton 3–72–3T–3rd
Loss
1981 Stokeley Fulton 2–7–12–2–13rd
Tie
1982 Stokeley Fulton 4–4–14–11st
Win
1983 Stokeley Fulton 6–45–11st
Win
1984 Stokeley Fulton 8–23–2T–2nd
Loss
1985 Carmen Palladino 5–52–32nd
Loss
1986 Joe Bush 8–24–12nd
Win
1987 Joe Bush 5–54–1T–1st
Loss
1988 Joe Bush 6–42–22nd
Loss
1989 Joe Bush 6–42–22nd
Loss
1990 Joe Bush 6–42–23rd
Win
1991 Joe Bush 7–2–13–2T–2nd
Win
1992 Joe Bush 6–43–22nd
Win
1993 Joe Bush 6–43–23rd
Loss
1994 Joe Bush 4–63–2T–2nd
Win
1995 Joe Bush 4–62–33rd
Loss
1996 Joe Bush 3–71–45th
Loss
1997 Phil Culicerto 0–100–55th
Loss
1998 Phil Culicerto 3–72–34th
Loss
1999 Phil Culicerto 1–90–66th
Loss
2000 Marty Favret 4–62–45th
Loss
2001 Marty Favret 5–53–33rd
Win
2002 Marty Favret 8–25–12nd
Win
2003 Marty Favret 9–15–12nd21
Win
2004 Marty Favret 8–25–12nd
Win
2005 Marty Favret 8–24–22nd
Win
2006 Marty Favret 4–64–24th
Win
2007 Marty Favret 9–26–01stL NCAA D III First Round
Win
2008 Marty Favret 8–24–22nd
Loss
2009 Marty Favret 10–16–01stL NCAA D III First Round25
Win
2010 Marty Favret 9–25–12ndL NCAA D III First Round25
Win
2011 Marty Favret 8–35–1T–1stL NCAA D III First Round
Loss
2012 Marty Favret 6–44–34th
Loss
2013 Marty Favret 9–36–11stL NCAA D III Second Round18
Win
2014 Marty Favret 7–45–21stL NCAA D III First Round
Loss
2015 Marty Favret 6–44–3T–3rd
Loss
2016 Marty Favret 3–73–46th
Loss
2017 Marty Favret 6–44–2T–2nd
Loss
2018 Marty Favret 4–54–3T–2nd
Loss
2019 Marty Favret 1–90–89th
Loss
2020–21 Marty Favret 4–13–13rd
Loss
2021 Marty Favret 5–54–23rd
Loss
2022 Marty Favret 5–54–34th
Loss
2023 Marty Favret 6–44–34th
Loss
ODAC: 264–204–3153–102–1
Total:573–488–38
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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