Sprint Football

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Cornell Sprint Football team

Sprint Football, or Lightweight Football is a version of American football where no player may weigh more than 172 pounds. To address concerns for the players' health and safety, and especially to discourage dangerous weight-loss techniques, players must not only meet the 172-pound weight, but also have a minimum body fat content of 5.0% by weight and a urine specific gravity of 1.020 or less. The sport was developed in 1934 with an original weight limit of 150 pounds. The league was originally called "The Eastern 150-pound Football League". Later on the name of the league was changed to "The Eastern Lightweight Football League(ELFL)," and then again in 1998 to the current name of "The Collegiate Sprint Football League(CSFL)". Currently there are five teams in the Collegiate Sprint Football League: the United States Military Academy (Army), Cornell University, the United States Naval Academy (Navy), Princeton University, and the University of Pennsylvania. The league has an impressive list of alumni, including Donald Rumsfeld, Jimmy Carter, Robert Kraft and George Allen. The league has also been featured in an ESPN Films special. Sprint Football/ESPN Films

Cornell, Princeton, and Penn all have alumni games in which sprint football alumni return to campus for a full-contact scrimmage against the varsity squad. Typically, the alums have to pay a weight penalty fine for weighing above the 172 lb. limit. The 1967 Navy team, coached by Jack Cloud, and led by All Americans John Sinclair and Jack Rose on offense, and Al Pittman and Ray Baum on defense,is considered by many to the best team in the history of the league.

[edit] CSFL/ELFL League Champions

2006: Cornell
2005: Navy
2004: Navy
2003: Army
2002: Navy
2001: Navy
2000: University of Pennsylvania
1999: Army
1998: Army/University of Pennsylvania
1997(ELFL): Navy
1996(ELFL): Army/Navy/University of Pennsylvania
1995(ELFL): Navy
1994(ELFL): Army
1993(ELFL): Army/Navy
1992(ELFL): Navy
1991(ELFL): Army/Navy
1990(ELFL): Army
1989(ELFL): Army/Princeton
1988(ELFL): Army
1987(ELFL): Army/Navy
1986(ELFL): Army/Cornell/Navy
1985(ELFL): Navy
1984(ELFL): Army/Cornell/Navy
1983(ELFL): Army
1982(ELFL): Cornell
1981(ELFL): Army/Navy
1980(ELFL): Army
1979(ELFL): Army/Navy
1978(ELFL): Cornell
1977(ELFL): Navy
1976(ELFL): Army
1975(ELFL): Cornell/Princeton
1974(ELFL): Army
1973(ELFL): Army
1972(ELFL): Army
1971(ELFL): Army/Navy
1970(ELFL): Army
1969(ELFL): Navy
1968(ELFL): Army
1967(ELFL): Navy
1966(ELFL): Army
1965(ELFL): Navy
1964(ELFL): Army
1963(ELFL): Navy
1962(ELFL): Army
1961(ELFL): Navy
1960(ELFL): Army
1959(ELFL): Navy
1958(ELFL): Army
1957(ELFL): Army
1956(ELFL): Navy
1955(ELFL): Navy
1954(ELFL): Princeton
1953(ELFL): Navy
1952(ELFL): Navy
1951(ELFL): Navy
1950(ELFL): Navy