Furman Paladins football

The Furman Paladins football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Furman University located in the state of South Carolina. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The school's first football team was fielded in 1889. The team plays its home games at the 16,000 seat Paladin Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina.

The 1988 Furman Paladins football team, coached by Jimmy Satterfield, won the NCAA Division I Football Championship. Clay Hendrix, who was a member of that championship team, has served as the team's head coach since 2017.

Classifications

 * 1937–1942: NCAA College Division
 * 1946–1957: NCAA University Division
 * 1958–1972: NCAA College Division
 * 1973–1977: NCAA Division I
 * 1978–1981: NCAA Division I–A
 * 1982–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

Conference memberships

 * 1889–1896: Independent
 * 1897–1899: No football team
 * 1900–1901: Independent
 * 1902: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
 * 1903–1912: No football team
 * 1913–1914: Independent
 * 1915–1929: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
 * 1930–1931: Independent
 * 1932–1935: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
 * 1936–present: Southern Conference

Conference championships
The Paladins have won 15 conference titles, all in the Southern Conference, with seven shared and eight outright.

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS playoffs
The Paladins have appeared in the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs 20 times with a record of 21–19. They were national champions in 1988 and runner-up in 1985 and 2001.

Notable former players

 * Braniff Bonaventure
 * Luther Broughton
 * Ben Browder
 * Sederrik Cunningham
 * Dakota Dozier
 * Jerome Felton
 * Omari Hardwick
 * Clay Hendrix
 * Louis Ivory
 * Stanford Jennings
 * Bob King
 * Bobby Lamb
 * Ingle Martin
 * William Middleton
 * Billy Napier
 * Bear Rinehart
 * Orlando Ruff
 * Terry Smith
 * James H. Speer
 * Ryan Steed
 * David Whitehurst
 * Sam Wyche

Future non-conference opponents
Announced schedules as of December 8, 2022.