| Oberlin Yeomen football | |
|---|---|
 | |
| First season | 1891 |
| Athletic director | Natalie Wilkelfoos |
| Head coach | John Pont 2nd season, 1–13 (.071) |
| Stadium | Dick Bailey Field (capacity: 3,050) |
| Year built | 2014 |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Oberlin, Ohio |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | North Coast Athletic Conference |
| All-time record | 402–627–3 (.391) |
| Colors | Crimson and Gold |
| Fight song | "Oberlin, Our Alma Mater" aka "Ten Thousand Strong"[1] |
| Outfitter | Nike |
| Website | GoYeo.com |
The Oberlin Yeomen football program represents Oberlin College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The program is known for having begun the coaching career of player and coach John Heisman, being the last in-state team to defeat Ohio State, and for having one of the worst records in college football history from 1990 to 2001.
After initially helping form the Ohio Athletic Conference in 1902, Oberlin is now part of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), of which it is a founding member. The college plays its home games in the Austin E. Knowlton Athletics Complex, built in 2014.[2]
The name Yeomen arose in the early 1900s as a result of blending the former team moniker with the schools official motto. Early on in the program, football players and other athletes were known simply as Oberlin Men or "O" Men. Eventually, as the athletic department became more cohesive, the Yeomen mascot was adopted, drawing on the phonetic sound of "O" Men and the schools official motto of "Learning and Labor".
- ^ "Oberlin Fight Song". OberWiki. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ "Austin E. Knowlton Athletics Complex Groundbreaking Rewind". Oberlin College Athletics. Retrieved 7 December 2013.