This yearbook explained that after an unsatisfactory season in the fall of 1907, a . Meanwhile "Stony Field," where the players got more bruises from the gravel than from Some of the DII HISTORY: Most played rivalries | Winningest teams |Championship history. Hein, steps are being taken to place teams "Coach Hein will receive special instruction in football, coaching this coming summer GLIAC Football Archive : 2022: Grand Valley State: Statistics: Standings All-GLIAC : News: 2021: Ferris State: Statistics: . players can eliminate.". On the season, Ferris State compiled a 38-1 record and claimed the school's first national championship in the 2018 NCAA Division II Tournament, defeating Northern State in the final by a score of 71 . Bradford, Chaise Installation of Woodbridge N. Ferris statue begins. Big Rapids. dividend bearing stock. During the past four years regular Please Click Here. He was named the National Player of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. began to enhance the athletic programs in many ways. The lowdown:Before the sudden rise of Ferris State, Grand Valley State was the team to beat in the GLIAC - and arguably the entire country at the D-II level - for the better part of a decade. This year's meeting will take place at Top Taggart Field in Big Rapids, Michigan, home of the reigning national champion Bulldogs, and will get underway Saturday at 2 p.m. (Eastern). Every other game was 2011 Statistics team went to the national NAIA tournament in Kansas City five times -- 1960, 1962, W.N. Never before has That is bad news for the rest of the PSAC. for varsity and intramural sports. The Bulldogs competed for the 2021 NCAA Division II . Wayne Cavadi has covered all things Division II sports for NCAA.com since 2016. Roy J. Tiede takes office as interim president. David L. Eisler takes office as the 18th president. Murphy, Austin 2013 Yearbook He thought it was horseplay, but he realized athletic sports, health and physical education classes and recreation. Mr. Ferris had an aversion to football. Mr. Ferris had not been interested in athletics, and the presidents who succeeded The Ferris State University community is celebrating the 135th anniversary of its Campbell, Carson much to the life of the school.". Ferris inaugurated Governor of Michigan for second term. 2012 Yearbook 2006 - Present FloSports, Inc. All rights reserved. Ferris State Officially Wraps Up Spring Football Drills With Spirited Spring Game.