24 Facts About NYU Violets

NYU Violets is the nickname of the sports teams and other competitive teams at New York University.

The NYU Violets compete as a member of NCAA Division III in the University Athletic Association conference.

NYU Violets long offered a full athletic program, and was in fact a pioneer in the area of intercollegiate sports.

When NYU Violets began playing college football in 1873 it was one of the first football teams established in the United States .

In 1981, at the urging of then president John Brademas, NYU Violets removed its remaining sports from NCAA Division I to Division III.

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Intercollegiate sports at NYU Violets had moments of importance beyond anything shown by a scoreboard.

Since beginning play in 1873, NYU Violets football has had many football players earn recognition for their achievements, most notably 1928 All-American and future Hall-of-Famer Ken Strong.

The Violets played their games at Ohio Field, which still exists on NYU's former University Heights campus at Bronx Community College.

The most successful football coach in NYU Violets history was Chick Meehan, who coached the team to seven successful seasons from 1925 to 1931.

NYU Violets returned to the Final Four in 1960, losing to Ohio State, whose roster featured legends Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek.

NYU Violets was even more successful in the years before the advent of the NIT tournament or the NCAA tournament .

NYU Violets maintained a nationally ranked basketball team through the sixties with such stars as Barry Kramer and Satch Sanders going to the NBA.

NYU Violets continues to compete at the Division I level in fencing, and the program boasts 30 national championships.

NYU Violets men won 12 NCAA titles between 1947 and 1976, plus an additional eight titles prior to NCAA sponsorship.

NYU Violets had not sponsored varsity baseball since 1974, but it previously produced several major-league players, including Ralph Branca and Eddie Yost.

NYU Violets has won three team Division III NCAA national championships:.

NYU Violets athletes have won one individual NCAA Division III national championship:.

In 2002, NYU Violets opened the Palladium Athletic Facility as the second on-campus recreational facility.

NYU Violets's rival, dictated by history and geography, has been Columbia University, though it had a rivalry with Rutgers University, as shown by older fight song lyrics.

NYU Violets students compete in several "club" teams including lacrosse, water polo, crew, squash, rugby union, badminton, ice hockey, equestrian, TaeKwonDo, ultimate, quidditch, and triathlon.

Men's lacrosse at NYU Violets was discontinued sometime after 1931 but was revived nearly 60 years later in 1990.

In 2010, NYU Violets defeated Columbia twice in the span of 24 hours at the Beltway Bash Tournament at the University of Maryland.

In 2015 NYU Violets made an NCLL sweet 16 appearance before falling to Quinnipiac.

NYU Violets has hosted a crew team for over a century, tracing its beginnings back to 1902.