The college football season has ended for one Division III program.

Occidental College, a private liberal arts college located in Los Angeles, California, has pulled the plug on the remainder of the 2017 season, due to such a low number of healthy and available players. D3Football.com reported the news on Tuesday.

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“A decision of this magnitude was not made lightly,” said college president Jonathan Veitch in making the announcement. “No one wanted or expected the season to end this way. Making this decision now provides needed clarity to players, their parents, coaches, and other SCIAC members. After canceling two of our first five games because of a depleted roster, including last weekend’s Homecoming game, the need to address the viability of the season became unavoidable.”

According to D3Football.com, Occidental College had just 30-some players healthy and available for game action for the remainder of the season. The team had just one defensive lineman ready to play.

Occidental had to cancel the second game and fifth game of the season due to low numbers, and have the most recent cancellation, decided it was best to just put this season in the books and start looking ahead to the 2018 season. In the three games Occidental did play, the team was 0-3 and was outscored 170-19.

There was no official word on whether or not the players on this year’s team would have another year of eligibility because of the school’s decision.

Four games remained on Occidental’s schedule.