Question: The 2016 Bearkats, an NCAA Division 1 football team represents a University founded in what year?

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2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats baseball team: The 2014 Sam Houston State Bearkats baseball team represents Sam Houston State University in the 2014 intercollegiate baseball season.  Sam Houston State competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Southland Conference.  The Bearkats play home games at Don Sanders Stadium on the university's campus in Huntsville, Texas.  Third year head coach David Pierce leads the Bearkats.

2016 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team: The 2016 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season.  The Bearkats were led by third-year head coach K. C. Keeler and played their home games at Bowers Stadium.  They were a member of the Southland Conference.  They finished the season 12–1 overall and 9–0 in Southland play to win the Southland Conference title.They went undefeated 11–0 during the regular season.  They received the Southland's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Chattanooga the second round, only to lose in the quarterfinals to James Madison.

Sam Houston State University: Sam Houston State University (known as SHSU or Sam) was founded in 1879 and is the third oldest public institution of higher learning in the State of Texas.  It is located approximately 70 minutes north of downtown Houston, in Huntsville, Texas.  It is one of the oldest purpose-built institutions for the instruction of teachers west of the Mississippi River and the first such institution of its type in Texas.  The school is named for Sam Houston, who made his home in the city and is buried there.

2001 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team: The 2001 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA college football season.  The Bearkats were Southland Football League co-champions with McNeese State.  Sam Houston State defeated Northern Arizona in the first round of the Division I-AA national playoffs to reach the I-AA quarterfinals, where the Bearkats lost to eventual national champion Montana.  The 2001 Bearkats offense scored 470 points while the defense allowed 322 points.  Members of the 2001 Bearkats team that went on to play in the National Football League include Keith Davis, Keith Heinrich and Josh McCown.

1978 UMass Minutemen football team: The 1978 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference.  The team was coached by Bob Pickett and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts.  The 1978 season was the first after the NCAA split Division 1 football into two subdivisions, and the first that featured a postseason playoff for Division I-AA.  The Minutemen reached this inaugural championship game, losing to Florida A&M by only one score.  UMass finished the season with a record of 9–4 overall and 5–0 in conference play.

Fordham Rams: The Fordham Rams are the varsity sports teams for Fordham University.  Their colors are maroon and white.  The Fordham Rams are members of NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference for all sports except football.  In football, the Rams play in the Patriot League of NCAA Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision.  The University also supports a number of club sports, and a significant intramural sports program.  The University's athletic booster clubs include the "Sixth Man Club" for basketball and the "Afterguard" for sailing.

2011 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team: The 2011 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season.  The Bearkats were led by second year head coach Willie Fritz and played their home games at Bowers Stadium.  They are a member of the Southland Conference.  They finished the season 14–1, 7–0 in Southland play to win the conference championship.  They received the conference's automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they advanced to the National Championship Game before falling to North Dakota State 6–17.

Harvard–Yale football rivalry: The Harvard–Yale football rivalry is renewed annually with The Game, an American college football contest between the Harvard Crimson football team of Harvard University and the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University.  The contest concludes the season for both programs, the winner does not take possession of a physical prize, and the respective Yale residential college football teams compete against "sister" Harvard house teams the day before.  The Game (with the Princeton-Yale contest second) is third among most-played NCAA Division 1 football rivalries.  Yale leads the series 66–59–8.

2012 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team: The 2012 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season.  The Bearkats were led by third-year head coach Willie Fritz and played their home games at Bowers Stadium.  They were a member of the Southland Conference.  They finished the season 11–4, 6–1 in Southland play to claim a share of the regular season conference championship.  They earned an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they advanced to the national championship game where, for the second consecutive year, they lost to North Dakota State.

Sam Houston State Bearkats softball: The Sam Houston State Bearkats softball team represents Sam Houston State University in NCAA Division I college softball.  The team participates in the Southland Conference.  The Bearkats are currently led by head coach Bob Brock.  The team plays its home games at the Bearkat Softball Complex located on the university's campus.

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Answer: 1879