South Florida Bulls are the athletic teams that represent the University of South Florida.
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35 Facts About USF Bulls
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USF Bulls offers 40 club teams including cricket, flag football, ice hockey, and rugby.
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USF Bulls's teams have won 159 conference championships, and athletes have won 206 individual and relay conference championships.
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USF Bulls became a charter member of the Sun Belt Conference in 1976 as their first ever conference affiliation.
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USF Bulls added their most famous sport in 1997, beginning to play football as a Division I-AA independent.
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USF Bulls football became very notable in the Big East, reaching as high as No 2 in the BCS rankings in 2007.
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USF Bulls teams have four national runner-up finishes in the NCAA and two in the ICSA, plus numerous individual and relay national runner-up finishes.
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Under head coach Jim Leavitt, USF Bulls began college football play as a Division I-AA independent for their first four seasons, finishing with a winning record three times and ranked in the AP Poll twice.
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In 2003, the USF Bulls moved to Conference USA, but they would leave for the Big East Conference in 2005.
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Also in that game, the USF Bulls broke the school record for offensive touchdowns in a season .
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The 2017 USF Bulls earned their second straight 10 win season after beating Texas Tech in the Birmingham Bowl.
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The USF Bulls have made the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament three times and won their conference tournament once.
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USF Bulls won their first postseason tournament in the 2019 College Basketball Invitational.
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The USF Bulls have made the NCAA Tournament seven times and the Women's National Invitation Tournament nine times in their history.
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The USF Bulls have won 17 conference championships, including 11 straight from 1979 to 1989 as members of the Sun Belt Conference.
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USF Bulls sailing team won the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association Sloop National Championship in 2009 and back to back ICSA Offshore Large Boats National Championships in 2016 and 2017.
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The USF Bulls represented the United States in the 2017 and 2018 Student Yachting World Cups.
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USF Bulls joined the program in December 2006 and had previously coached at Virginia Commonwealth and University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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USF Bulls pitchers have thrown five perfect games and 27 no hitters as of the end of the 2022 season.
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The USF Bulls have made the NCAA Tournament seven times and won 18 combined conference regular season and tournament championships.
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USF Bulls offers over 40 different club sports to students, which compete against club teams from other universities.
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Between their inaugural year and 2016, the USF Bulls made seven American College Cricket semifinals and five national championship games, capped off by winning national championships in 2014 and 2016.
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The USF Bulls returned to the ACC semifinals in 2017 and 2018 as well.
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USF Bulls has both a Men's and Women's Flag Football Club, both of which compete in the National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association.
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USF Bulls plays rugby in the South Independent conference against local rivals such as Central Florida and Florida State.
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The USF Bulls were the USA Rugby South champions and national semifinalists in 2009 and 2011.
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USF Bulls has a women's rugby club, which was established in 1992 and plays in the Florida Rugby Union.
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Eight USF Bulls have combined to win 17 individual national championships across four sports.
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USF Bulls athletes have combined to win 191 individual conference championships.
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However, multiple USF Bulls alumni coached medal winning teams and individuals in the Olympics prior to this, including Ken Eriksen and Ed Baird.
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Newer tradition for USF teams is the addition of "Slime Green" alternate jerseys for games against rival Central Florida, which utilize a much brighter neon green and yellow compared to the Bulls usual dark green and gold.
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USF Bulls is one of only five FBS teams to play their home games in a current NFL stadium .
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