LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Head Coach Harold Davis on Thursday announced the inaugural Bellarmine University sprint football schedule for the 2022 season.

The Knights will take the field for the first time ever this fall as a charter member of the Midwest Sprint Football League (MSFL).

Bellarmine begins on the road at Midway University (Ky.) Sept. 17.  The Knights' first home game takes place the following week on Sept. 24 versus Fontbonne (Mo.).

BU is back on the road with a trip to Quincy (Ill.) Oct. 1 before a bye week.  The Knights then return to action on Oct. 15 with a home matchup against Saint Mary of the Woods College (Ind.).  Bellarmine's home schedule concludes the following weekend with a second matchup against Midway on Oct. 22.

BU finishes the regular season at Calumet College of St. Joseph (Ind.) on Oct. 29 before the first ever MSFL Tournament takes place on Nov. 5.

All three of Bellarmine's home games this season will take place at Saint Xavier High School just over a mile from BU's main campus.

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Sprint football is a non-NCAA sport that adheres to the same rules as regular football with the only exception being a 178-pound weight limit (183 pounds with additional metrics). The weight limitation is designed to make the game both faster-paced and safer.

Sprint football evolved on the East Coast with teams such as the University of Pennsylvania, Army and Navy helping launch the sport in 1934. In its current form, it is organized under the direction of the nine-member Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL), which consists of teams from the eastern U.S. The addition of the separate Midwest Sprint Football League, with its own by-laws and championships, will represent the largest single-year expansion of the sport in nearly 90 years. Joining Bellarmine in the MSFL are Calumet College of St. Joseph (Ind.), Fontbonne University (Mo.), Midway University (Ky.), Quincy University (Ill.), and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (Ind.).

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