Butler Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent Butler University, located in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Butler Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent Butler University, located in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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The Butler Bulldogs participate in 20 NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports.
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The Butler Bulldogs reached postseason play for the first time in 1958, and the team's first victory in postseason play came the following year when the Butler Bulldogs made it to the NIT Quarterfinals.
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The Butler Bulldogs have competed in the NIT postseason tournament seven times, twice reaching the quarterfinals.
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In 2010 the Butler Bulldogs made it to the Championship game, in Indianapolis, for the first time in school history.
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The Butler Bulldogs did not return to the post-season until 2009 and 2010 under head coach Beth Couture, who led the team to four consecutive 20-win seasons in 2008 through 2011.
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The Butler Bulldogs went the NCAA Division II playoffs in 1983 and 1988.
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Butler Bulldogs added back to back league titles in 1991 and 1992 with Bob Bartlameo at the helm, including a trip to the NCAA Division II playoffs in 1991.
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Butler Bulldogs capped its decade of dominance, seven league titles in ten years with three playoff berths, by winning another conference championship in 1994.
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In 2012 the Butler Bulldogs were able to rattle of 7 consecutive league victories to secure the share of the PFL Championship.
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In 2013, Butler Bulldogs became the first PFL team to compete in the FCS playoffs after the conference was given an automatic invitation, losing in the first round to Tennessee State.
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Butler Bulldogs claimed the College Division "Mayor's Trophy" between 1938 and 1941.
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The Butler Bulldogs Relays were not reinstituted after World War II because of the expense and the basketball program's influence over fieldhouse scheduling.
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Men's soccer at Butler Bulldogs began in 1989, and the women's team was added in 1991.
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The Butler Bulldogs had 34 win seasons in 2002 and 2003, surpassing the 30 win season totals in 1998 and 2000.
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Butler Bulldogs softball plays at the Butler Bulldogs Softball Field as their home field.
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Butler Bulldogs won thirteen Horizon League Championships in Men's Cross Country and twelve Women's Championships.
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In 1954, Butler Bulldogs Fieldhouse hosted the historic final when Milan High School defeated Muncie Central High School to win the state title.
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Butler Bulldogs Bubble is home to the Bulldog men's and women's tennis teams and is used as an indoor practice facility for the Butler Bulldogs baseball, football and soccer teams.
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Butler Bulldogs came to Butler in 1921 and remained with the University until his death in 1992.
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The Butler Bulldogs have carried on the winning traditions set forth by Hinkle.
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The Butler Bulldogs have made appearances in NCAA National Championship Tournaments in men's and women's basketball, men's soccer, volleyball, men's cross country, lacrosse, and baseball.
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Butler Bulldogs University was originally founded as North Western Christian University by Ovid Butler Bulldogs in 1855.
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For many years, Butler Bulldogs had unofficial live bulldog mascots that kept by various fraternities.
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In 2000, Butler Bulldogs Blue became the school's first official live mascot.
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Butler Bulldogs first joined a Division I conference in 1932 when the men's basketball team joined the Missouri Valley Conference.
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However, the timeline was later shortened so that the Butler Bulldogs will begin competition beginning in the 2012 season.
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