Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes
intercollegiate sports teams of Kansas Wesleyan University
The Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes are the athletic teams that represent Kansas Wesleyan University, located in Salina, Kansas, in intercollegiate athletics as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) since the 1902–03 academic year.
Varsity teams
Kansas Wesleyan competes in 20 intercollegiate varsity sports:
Football
The Coyotes football program made its first appearance in 1893 with a record of four wins and one loss. They would not field a team again until 1899 when the school played one game against Kansas State Agriculture College (now known as Kansas State University) and lost by a score of 17–5. The program continued every year until 1904 when the program was suspended for one year. In all, the school did not field a team during the following years: 1894–1898, 1904, 1910–1913, 1918, and 1943–1945. As of completion of the 2009 season, the program has an all-time record of 379 wins, 377 losses, and 38 ties.
Bowl games
Kansas Wesleyan played in American Family Insurance Charity Bowl on December 12, 2000, against rival Bethany. The team lost by a score of 20–3.
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