"I am saddened to share that we are announcing the end of SFU's varsity football program," said SFU president Joy Johnson in a statement."Simon Fraser University is incredibly proud of our long football history, student-athletes, coaches and alumni."
Established in 1965, the Burnaby, B.C.-based Simon Fraser Red Leafs played by traditional American football rules and competed against American schools in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics from their inaugural season until 2001. Transferring back to the American game in 2010, SFU joined the NCAA Division II's Great Northwest Conference. Simon Fraser played over a decade in the Great Northwest before joining the Lone Star Conference in 2022.after one season of membership.