The Swarthmore Garnet Tide represented

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in the sport of

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. Swarthmore was the 15th school to play football. The football team was controversially eliminated in 2000, along with

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and, initially, badminton. The Board of Managers cited lack of athletes on campus and difficulty of recruiting as reasons for terminating the programs.

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