Ithaca Bombers football
First season1930
Athletic directorSusan Bassett
Head coachMichael Toerper
2nd season, 21–3 (.875)
StadiumButterfield Stadium
(capacity: 5,000)
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationIthaca, New York
NCAA divisionDivision III
ConferenceLiberty
Past conferencesEmpire 8
All-time record53626311 (.669)
Playoff record31–17
Claimed national titles3
Conference titles21
RivalriesCortland (Cortaca Jug)[1]
ColorsBlue, gray, and gold[2]
     
MascotBomber
Websiteathletics.ithaca.edu

The Ithaca Bombers football team represents Ithaca College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Bombers are members of the Liberty League, fielding its team in the Liberty League since 2017. The Bombers play their home games at Butterfield Stadium in Ithaca, New York.[3]

Their head coach is Michael Toerper, who took over the position for the 2022 season.[4]

Conference affiliations

List of head coaches

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. Order of coaches[A 2] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards
1 Leonard Schreck[10] 1930 5 1 3 1 0.300
2 Bucky Freeman[11] 1931–1946 74 36 32 6 0.527
3 Pete Hatch[11] 1947–1950 25 12 13 0 0.480
4 Joseph Hamilton[12] 1951–1955 32 7 22 3 0.266
5 Art Orloske[13] 1956–1957 13 3 10 0 0.231
6 Dick Lyon[14] 1958–1966 69 49 20 0 0.710
7 Jim Butterfield[15] 1967–1993 278 206 71 1 0.743
8 Mike Welch[16] 1994–2016 247 169 78 0 0.684
9 Dan Swanstrom[17] 2017–2021 43 32 11 0 0.744
10 Michael Toerper[18] 2022–present 13 12 1 0 0.923

Year-by-year results

National Champions Conference Champions Bowl game berth Playoff berth

[19]

Season Year Head
Coach
Association Division Conference Record Postseason Final ranking
Overall Conference
Win Loss Tie Finish Win Loss Tie
Ithaca Bombers
1930 1930 Leonard Schreck NCAA 131
1931 1931 Bucky Freeman 320
1932 1932 421
1933 1933 321
1934 1934 510
1935 1935 411
1936 1936 320
1937 1937 240
1938 1938 312
1939 1939 330
1940 1940 311
1941 1941 240
1942 1942 040
1943 1943
1944 1944
1945 1945
1946 1946 150
1947 1947 Pete Hatch 230
1948 1948 430
1949 1949 420
1950 1950 250
1951 1951 Joseph Hamilton 430
1952 1952 061
1953 1953 240
1954 1954 042
1955 1955 150
1956 1956 Art Orloske College Division 150
1957 1957 250
1958 1958 Dick Lyon 610
1959 1959 520
1960 1960 430
1961 1961 440
1962 1962 620
1963 1963 620
1964 1964 620
1965 1965 800 Conference Champions
1966 1966 440
1967 1967 Jim Butterfield 440
1968 1968 350
1969 1969 350
1970 1970 440
1971 1971 ICAC 530
1972 1972 540
1973 1973 Division III 540
1974 1974 1010 National Champions[20]
1975 1975 1010 National Champions
1976 1976 621
1977 1977 630
1978 1978 910 Playoff berth
1979 1979 1120 National Champions[21]
1980 1980 1210 National Champions[22]
1981 1981 630
1982 1982 640
1983 1983 730
1984 1984 1010 Conference Champions
1985 1985 1120 National Champions[23]
1986 1986 1110 Playoff berth
1987 1987 730
1988 1988 1310 National Champions[24][25]
1989 1989 730
1990 1990 820 Playoff berth
1991 1991 EAA 1210 National Champions[26][27]
1992 1992 920 Playoff berth
1993 1993 640
1994 1994 Mike Welch 1030 Playoff berth
1995 1995 540
1996 1996 730 Conference Champions
1997 1997 730
1998 1998 920 Conference Champions
1999 1999 740
2000 2000 Empire 8 730
2001 2001 1120 Playoff berth
2002 2002 7301st400
2003 2003 10301st500 Playoff berth
2004 2004 9201st510 Conference Champions
2005 2005 8301st600 Playoff berth
2006 2006 730420
2007 2007 830420 Playoff berth
2008 2008 9201st510 Playoff berth
2009 2009 730320
2010 2010 640320
2011 2011 460250
2012 2012 640430
2013 2013 9301st610 Playoff berth
2014 2014 7401st620 Playoff berth
2015 2015 460260
2016 2016 550440
2017 2017 Dan Swanstrom Liberty 830T-1st410 Bowl game berth
2018 2018 830T-1st410
2019 2019 830420
Season canceled due to Covid-19
2021 2021 Dan Swanstrom NCAA Division III Liberty 820510
2022 2022 Michael Toerper 12101st600 Playoff berth[28]
2023 2023

Notes

  1. Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[7]
  2. A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[8]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[9]

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