[2] Friends competes in 23 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, powerlifting, soccer, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor) and wrestling; women's sports include basketball, cross country, cheerleading, golf, powerlifting, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor), volleyball and wrestling.

Friends University begins 2012 with long-time coach Monty Lewis, who has held the position since the 2003 season.

[3] In 1972, Friends was defeated by the Ottawa Braves in the Mineral Water Bowl by a score of 27–20.

In the 1930s, governance of the institution was turned over to an independent board not affiliated with the religious organization that founded the school.

Still, the university's athletic teams remained known as the Fighting Quakers and used a duck as their mascot symbol up to 1960.