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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[edit]

List of head coaches[edit]

Key[edit]

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[edit]

Year-by-year results[edit]

National Champions Conference Champions Bowl game berth Playoff berth

[19]

  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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Yankee Stadium to host 2022 Cortaca Jug game between Ithaca College and SUNY Cortland”. MLB.com. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  2. ^ “Color”. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  3. ^ King, Daniel. “Ithaca College announces Butterfield Stadium to receive artificial turf | The Ithacan”. theithacan.org. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  4. ^ “Ithaca College’s Toerper named Coach of the Year by AFCA”. 870 AM 97.7FM News Talk WHCU. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  5. ^ “Ithaca College to leave Empire 8, join Liberty League”. 870 AM 97.7FM News Talk WHCU. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  6. ^ “Empire 8 and Liberty League join to create New York State Football Bowl Game”. Cortland Voice | Hyper-local News for Cortland County, NY. July 7, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  7. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  8. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). “Overtime system still excites coaches”. USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  9. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). “Big plays help Paterno to 200th”. The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  10. ^ “Schenectady Gazette – Google News Archive Search”. news.google.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  11. ^ a b “Ithaca Coaching Records”. web.archive.org. November 20, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  12. ^ “Ithaca Bombers Football – 2009” (PDF).
  13. ^ “Ithaca Appoints Orloske”. The New York Times. July 18, 1956.
  14. ^ “Richard Lyon, 51, Dies”. The New York Times. September 25, 1976. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  15. ^ “UM great, Ithaca coach Jim Butterfield is dead”. Archive. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  16. ^ “IC’s Mike Welch ’73 to Retire after 2016 Football Season”. Ithaca Times. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  17. ^ Mumau, Tommy. “Ithaca College football coach announces exit from program | The Ithacan”. theithacan.org. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  18. ^ Charde, Aidan; Mumau, Tommy. “Former IC defensive coordinator named new head coach of football program”. theithacan.org. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  19. ^ “Football Year-by-Year Results”. Ithaca College Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  20. ^ White, Jr., Gordon S. (November 14, 1974). “Ithaca Is Lambert Winner for First Time”. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  21. ^ “Big-play Bombers win national title”. The Ithaca Journal. December 3, 1979. p. 13. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  22. ^ Smith, Kevin L. (August 17, 2022). “Former Bombers coach talks title teams in 1980s”. Tompkins Weekly. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  23. ^ Wallace, William N. (November 29, 1985). “For Ithaca, Playoff Is Usual Mystery”. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  24. ^ “Ithaca captures Division III title”. The Montgomery Advertiser. December 11, 1988. p. 71. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  25. ^ “Central is run ragged”. The Des Moines Register. December 11, 1988. p. 25. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  26. ^ “Ithaca wins Div. III title”. Democrat and Chronicle. December 15, 1991. p. 55. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  27. ^ Peterson, Scott (December 15, 1991). “COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Ithaca Beats Dayton and Captures Title”. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  28. ^ “Ithaca College football punches ticket to DIII quarterfinals”. WSYR. November 27, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

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