Football will grab the attention of Bradley’s campus on Saturday as part of Homecoming’s Week festivities.
The Bradley football program, which amassed a 308-240-32 all-time record, will have a marker dedicated in its honor at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The marker will be placed at Olin Quad on the center point of Bradley’s campus, where one of the goal posts from Bradley Field once stood.
Before the addition of Olin Hal in 1968, Bradley Field was home to the Bradley baseball, football and track programs.
The ceremony taking place is open to the public and will include remarks from interim president Stan Liberty, Director of Athletics Chris Reynolds, 1970 football team MVP Mike Kepple and former men’s basketball star and current Bradley Varsity Club board member Bobby Humbles.
Football was the first interscholastic sport played at Bradley and can be traced back to the founding of the university in 1897.
After 73 seasons on the gridiron, the football program was dropped in the year 1970 to adhere to financial problems the university was dealing with at the time.
In those 73 years of Bradley football, the Braves have sent 11 players to the National Football League.
