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Mount Union Football Year-By-Year Records

(Updated July 2026)

  • Overall Record (128 seasons): 873-395-37 (most wins by an NCAA Division III program)
  • National Championships (13): 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017 (Most in NCAA Division III)
  • Conference Championships (36): 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (Most in OAC history) 
Year Coach Overall W-L-T OAC
W-L-T		 Place Home Away Neutral UMU Pts. Opp Pts.
1893 No Coach 1-2-0 Independent 0-2 1-0 0-0 20 58
1894 Herbert C. Davis 4-5-0 Independent 3-1 1-4 0-0 122 195
1895 No Team
1896 Albert J. Norton 3-4-1 Independent 3-2 0-2-1 0-0 145 56
1897 Joe L. Stamp 2-4-1 Independent 2-1 0-3-1 0-0 40 80
1898 No Team
1899 Melvin L. Battles 5-1-1 Independent 5-0-1 0-1-0 0-0 50 16
1900 Wendell H. Phelps 1-4-1 Independent 1-1-1 0-3-0 0-0 30 88
1901 Campbell 5-5-1 Independent 4-1-1 1-4-0 0-0 90 97
1902 Frank Halliday 6-3-0 Independent 3-2-0 3-1-0 0-0 104 68
1903 Pearl Somerville 2-5-1 Independent 2-1-1 0-4-0 0-0 31 172
1904 Pearl Somerville 2-6-0 Independent 2-1-0 0-5-0 0-0 44 247
1905 Ray Beechler 2-6-0 Independent 1-1-0 1-5-0 0-0 32 259
1906 Harry Pierce 2-5-1 Independent 1-1-1 1-4-0 0-0 22 141
1907 Edward Stewart 9-2-0 Independent 8-1-0 1-1-0 0-0 256 23
1908 H.B. Emerson 5-4-1 Independent 4-2-1 1-2-0 0-0 125 103
1909 Robert Dawson 8-2-0 Independent 6-0-0 2-2-0 0-0 144 55
1910 Robert Dawson 4-2-2 Independent 3-2-1 1-0-1 0-0 80 28
1911 Robert Dawson 7-2-0 Independent 5-0-0 2-2-0 0-0 167 36
1912 Robert Dawson 9-2-0 Independent 5-0-0 4-2-0 0-0 260 95
1913 Robert Dawson 4-3-2 Independent 3-0-2 1-3-0 0-0 79 65
1914 Robert Dawson 6-4-0 4-1 2nd 5-0-0 1-4-0 0-0 275 99
1915 Robert Dawson 3-7-0 0-5 13th 3-4-0 0-3-0 0-0 82 228
1916 Robert Dawson 8-2-0 6-1 2nd 6-1-0 2-1-0 0-0 299 51
1917 George O'Brien 2-6-0 1-5 12th 2-4-0 0-2-0 0-0 27 132
1918 George O'Brien 6-1-0 5-1 3rd 5-1-0 1-0-0 0-0 165 27
1919 George O'Brien 1-7-0 0-5 13th 1-4-0 0-3-0 0-0 103 215
1920 Edward Casey 6-3-0 3-3 9th 5-1-0 1-2-0 0-0 188 41
1921 Edward Casey 1-6-1 0-5-1 17th 1-4-1 0-2-0 0-0 56 140
1922 John Thorpe 6-2-1 5-2 6th 5-0-1 1-2-0 0-0 126 46
1923 John Thorpe 5-4-0 3-3 10th 4-2-0 1-2-0 0-0 117 130
1924 John Thorpe 4-4-1 4-3-1 9th 2-4-1 2-0-0 0-0 81 85
1925 John Thorpe 6-2-1 4-2-1 6th 4-1-0 2-1-1 0-0 169 21
1926 John Thorpe 6-3-0 5-3 10th 4-2-0 2-1-0 0-0 106 52
1927 John Thorpe 6-2-1 6-1-1 3rd 5-1-0 1-1-1 0-0 168 80
1928 John Thorpe 4-4-0 4-2 2nd 2-2-0 2-2-0 0-0 100 95
1929 John Thorpe 5-3-1 4-2-1 7th 4-2-0 1-1-1 0-0 124 54
1930 John Thorpe 4-5-1 3-3 6th 3-2-1 1-3-0 0-0 177 185
1931 John Thorpe 7-2-1 4-1 5th 4-1-1 3-1-0 0-0 204 25
1932 Harry Geltz 1-8-0 1-6 17th 0-4-0 1-3-0 0-0 36 119
1933 Harry Geltz 3-5-1 3-4-1 12th 2-2-0 1-2-1 0-0 46 150
1934 Harry Geltz 4-4-0 4-3 7th 2-2-0 2-2-0 0-0 40 85
1935 Harry Geltz 7-1-1 6-1-1 2nd 5-1-0 2-0-1 0-0 136 52
1936 Harry Geltz 7-1-1 3-1 5th 4-0-0 3-1-1 0-0 166 36
1937 Harry Geltz 3-3-3 2-2-2 8th 2-1-2 1-2-1 0-0 70 47
1938 Harry Geltz 5-3-0 4-2 6th 2-2-0 3-1-0 0-0 71 62
1939 Harry Geltz 3-5-1 2-3-1 10th 2-1-1 1-4-0 0-0 80 118
1940 Harry Geltz 0-8-1 0-6 19th 0-4-1 0-4-0 0-0 7 161
1941 Harry Geltz 1-7-0 0-5 17th 1-3-0 0-4-0 0-0 53 104
1942 Willard Pederson 1-6-0 0-5 15th 1-3-0 0-3-0 0-0 64 116
1943 No Team (World War II)
1944 No Team (World War II)
1945 No Team (World War II)
1946 Willard Pederson 7-1-1 3-1-1 5th 3-0-0 4-1-1 0-0 127 51
1947 Willard Pederson 5-4-0 3-2 7th 3-0-0 2-3-0 0-1 165 138
1948 Willard Pederson 6-3-0 5-2 6th 4-2-0 2-1-0 0-0 147 88
1949 Willard Pederson 3-6-0 2-3 7th 2-2-0 1-4-0 0-0 147 204
1950 Nelson Jones 6-2-0 3-1 3rd 4-0-0 2-2-0 0-0 279 123
1951 Nelson Jones 3-4-1 2-1 3rd 1-2-0 2-2-1 0-0 197 142
1952 Nelson Jones 1-7-0 1-4 12th 1-3-0 0-4-0 0-0 75 188
1953 Nelson Jones 5-4-0 2-3 9th 4-1-0 1-3-0 0-0 176 176
1954 Nelson Jones 2-7-0 1-6 13th 1-3-0 1-4-0 0-0 127 256
1955 Nelson Jones 1-5-2 1-5-1 11th 0-3-1 1-2-1 0-0 95 174
1956 Duke Barret 2-6-0 2-5 11th 2-2-0 0-4-0 0-0 72 190
1957 Duke Barret 2-6-0 2-6 11th 1-3-0 1-3-0 0-0 59 206
1958 Duke Barret 3-6-0 3-6 12th 2-2-0 1-4-0 0-0 114 197
1959 Duke Barret 2-7-0 2-6 11th 1-4-0 1-3-0 0-0 139 235
1960 Duke Barret 3-6-0 3-5 9th 1-4-0 2-2-0 0-0 130 207
1961 Duke Barret 3-6-0 2-5 9th 1-3-0 2-3-0 0-0 121 208
1962 Ken Wable 3-6-0 2-5 10th 2-2-0 1-4-0 0-0 107 144
1963 Ken Wable 1-8-0 1-5 13th 1-4-0 0-4-0 0-0 55 221
1964 Ken Wable 4-5-0 3-3 7th 2-2-0 2-3-0 0-0 109 152
1965 Ken Wable 7-2-0 5-2 4th 4-0-0 3-2-0 0-0 229 106
1966 Ken Wable 4-5-0 4-4 6th 2-3-0 2-2-0 0-0 119 80
1967 Ken Wable 2-6-1 2-5-1 10th 0-3-0 2-3-1 0-0 97 98
1968 Ken Wable 5-4-0 3-3 8th 2-3-0 3-1-0 0-0 144 90
1969 Ken Wable 5-4-0 3-3 8th 1-3-0 4-1-0 0-0 263 147
1970 Ken Wable 8-1-0 3-1 5th 4-0-0 4-1-0 0-0 312 168
1971 Ken Wable 7-2-0 3-1 3rd 5-1-0 2-1-0 0-0 228 123
1972 Ken Wable 1-8-0 0-5 5th red 0-4-0 1-4-0 0-0 123 197
1973 Ken Wable 3-6-0 0-5 5th red 2-3-0 1-3-0 0-0 159 215
1974 Ken Wable 7-2-0 3-1 2nd blue 3-1-0 4-1-0 0-0 197 131
1975 Ken Wable 7-2-0 2-2 3rd blue 3-2-0 4-0-0 0-0 280 82
1976 Ken Wable 3-6-0 1-4 5th blue 1-4-0 2-2-0 0-0 95 141
1977 Ken Wable 4-5-0 2-3 4th blue 2-2-0 2-3-0 0-0 144 144
1978 Ken Wable 4-4-1 2-3 5th red 3-1-1 1-3-0 0-0 192 184
1979 Ken Wable 7-2-0 3-2 3rd red 3-1-0 4-1-0 0-0 240 129
1980 Ken Wable 5-4-0 4-1 2nd red 4-1-0 1-3-0 0-0 138 100
1981 Ken Wable 5-4-0 3-2 2nd red 1-3-0 4-1-0 0-0 187 109
1982 Ken Wable 8-1-0 4-1 2nd red 3-1-0 5-0-0 0-0 262 106
1983 Ken Wable 6-3-0 2-3 3rd blue 3-2-0 3-1-0 0-0 221 137
1984 Ken Wable 6-4-0 5-3 3rd 2-2-0 4-2-0 0-0 260 167
1985 Ken Wable 11-1-0 8-0 1st 7-0-0 4-1-0 0-0 401 121
1986 Larry Kehres 11-1-0 8-0 1st 5-1-0 6-0-0 0-0 300 79
1987 Larry Kehres 6-4-0 6-2 2nd 4-1-0 2-3-0 0-0 275 210
1988 Larry Kehres 6-3-1 5-2-1 3rd 4-0-1 2-3-0 0-0 218 183
1989 Larry Kehres 7-2-1 6-1-1 2nd 3-1-1 4-1-0 0-0 257 142
1990 Larry Kehres 10-1-0 8-0 1st 5-1-0 5-0-0 0-0 362 88
1991 Larry Kehres 8-1-1 7-1-1 2nd 4-0-1 4-1-0 0-0 290 138
1992 Larry Kehres 12-1-0 9-0 1st 7-0-0 5-1-0 0-0 465 165
1993 Larry Kehres 14-0-0 9-0 1st 7-0-0 6-0-0 1-0 582 120
1994 Larry Kehres 10-2-0 8-1 1st 4-1-0 6-1-0 0-0 376 148
1995 Larry Kehres 12-1-0 9-0 1st 7-1-0 5-0-0 0-0 547 153
1996 Larry Kehres 14-0 9-0 1st 7-0 5-0 2-0 669 184
1997 Larry Kehres 14-0 9-0 1st 8-0 5-0 1-0 752 112
1998 Larry Kehres 14-0 9-0 1st 8-0 5-0 1-0 643 227
1999 Larry Kehres 12-1 9-0 1st 7-1 5-0 0-0 649 251
2000 Larry Kehres 14-0 9-0 1st 8-0 5-0 1-0 662 222
2001 Larry Kehres 14-0 9-0 1st 8-0 5-0 1-0 582 155
2002 Larry Kehres 14-0 9-0 1st 8-0 5-0 1-0 654 180
2003 Larry Kehres 13-1 9-0 1st 8-0 5-0 0-1 660 108
2004 Larry Kehres 12-1 9-0 1st 7-1 5-0 0-0 547 142
2005 Larry Kehres 14-1 8-1 1st 8-1 5-0 1-0 620 154
2006 Larry Kehres 15-0 9-0 1st 8-0 6-0 1-0 659 127
2007 Larry Kehres 14-1 9-0 1st 10-0 4-0 0-1 778 104
2008 Larry Kehres 15-0 9-0 1st 9-0 5-0 1-0 683 131
2009 Larry Kehres 14-1 9-0 1st 9-0 5-0 0-1 679 145
2010 Larry Kehres 14-1 9-0 1st 8-0 6-0 0-1 578 134
2011 Larry Kehres 14-1 9-0 1st 10-0 4-0 0-1 554 130
2012 Larry Kehres 15-0 9-0 1st 8-0 6-0 1-0 792 134
2013 Vince Kehres 14-1 9-0 1st 10-0 4-0 0-1 700 318
2014 Vince Kehres 14-1 9-0 1st 8-0 6-0 0-1 878 173
2015 Vince Kehres 15-0 9-0 1st 10-0 4-0 1-0 800 140
2016 Vince Kehres 12-2 8-1 2nd 3-1 9-1 0-0 640 198
2017 Vince Kehres 15-0 9-0 1st 9-0 5-0 1-0 758 193
2018 Vince Kehres 14-1 9-0 1st 9-0 5-0 0-1 732 185
2019 Vince Kehres 11-1 9-0 1st 6-1 5-0 0-0 662 148
2020 Geoff Dartt 4-0 4-0 1st  3-0 1-0 0-0 187 59
2021 Geoff Dartt 13-1 9-0 1st 8-1 5-0 0-0 634 181
2022 Geoff Dartt 14-1 9-0 1st 8-0 6-0 0-1 653 151
2023 Geoff Dartt 11-1 9-0 1st 6-1 5-0 0-0 585 99
2024 Geoff Dartt 14-1 9-0 1st 7-0 7-0 0-1 628 263
2025 Geoff Dartt 11-1 8-0 1st 6-1 5-0 0-0 522 146