Four Division III football conferences are joining the ever-growing number of leagues sponsoring postgame bowls, as the Ohio Athletic Conference, Presidents' Athletic Conference, North Coast Athletic Conference and Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference will square off this November in Canton.
Robert Coury, who plays linebacker with his twin brother Tommy, is part of a defense that thrives on experience playing together and perhaps a little twin telepathy. Joe Sager has more in a Defense Week feature.
The Presidents' Athletic Conference is playing nothing but conference games the next two years, and that means that games with conference title implications start early. Joe Sager checks in with the top contenders in a D3football.com feature.
The Carnegie Mellon University football team hosted DePauw University on Saturday in the opening round of the 2022 Division III NCAA Football Championship. The Tartans defeated the Tigers 45-14 to move onto the second round.
The Carnegie Mellon University football team traveled to Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday night to play in the 36th Annual Academic Bowl against longtime rival Case Western Reserve University. The Tartans left Cleveland with a 20-7 victory in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) showdown to complete their undefeated regular season.
Carnegie Mellon has four defensive touchdowns, two shutouts and has held three other teams below 10 points. That's just part of how the Tartans are off to an 8-0 start. Brian Lester has more.
It was a long fourth quarter for Whitworth in its first game in the Eastern Time Zone, while Nichols rallied from a 20-3 deficit, Salisbury rolled after a slow start, Springfield regained a rivalry trophy and more.
Following an extensive national search, Carnegie Mellon has named Ryan Larsen as its new head football coach. A 13-year coaching veteran, Larsen comes to Carnegie Mellon from Columbia, where he served as quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator for the past three years.
The Carnegie Mellon University football team claimed a share of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship with a 24-6 victory over rival Case Western Reserve University in the 35th Annual Academic Bowl on Saturday. The Tartans share the title with Westminster, but claim the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Division III playoffs by way of the head-to-head result on October 9 when the Tartans won 34-10. It marks the first PAC Championship for the Tartans since 1989 and the first trip to the NCAAs since 2006.
Saturday’s game is not part of a Hollywood script, but it sure seems like it for Carnegie Mellon. The Tartans are playing at home against their biggest rival with a conference championship and a trip to the NCAA playoffs on the line. And, it happens to be longtime head coach Rich Lackner's final regular season game. Joe Sager has more.
The Carnegie Mellon University football team hosted 22nd-ranked Washington & Jefferson College on Saturday in a Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) showdown and topped the Presidents 27-11. The win marks the fifth straight over a ranked opponent and moves the Tartans record to 7-2 overall and 7-1 in PAC play while W&J is now 7-2, 6-2.
The Carnegie Mellon University football team traveled to Latrobe, Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon to play the Bearcats of Saint Vincent College in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action. The Tartans jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in a 34-7 win. It was the Tartans fifth straight win as they move to 6-2 overall and 6-1 in the PAC with the Bearcats now 4-4, 3-4.
The Carnegie Mellon University football team won its fourth straight game against a ranked opponent with a 34-10 win over 24th-ranked Westminster College in a Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) showdown on Saturday night at Gesling Stadium. Carnegie Mellon moves to 4-2 and 4-1 in PAC play while Westminster is now 3-2, 3-1.
This season will be Rich Lackner's 36th and last as head coach of Carnegie Mellon, as the Tartans' only coach since 1986 will be stepping down after the upcoming 2021 season.
Brian Khoury, who last played Division III football in 2016 and graduated from Carnegie Mellon the following spring, is still playing, and will get a shot as a long snapper with the Baltimore Ravens.
Ben Gibboney has been named the defensive coordinator for the Carnegie Mellon University football program, and will begin his role next month. Gibboney, who has been part of the Tartans’ staff as the defensive backs coach since 2015, replaces longtime Tartan defensive coordinator Terry Bodnar, who announced his retirement in November after 36 years with the program. Bodnar spent 34 years as defensive coordinator.
The Carnegie Mellon University football team hosted Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) rival Case Western Reserve University in the 34th Annual Academic Bowl on Saturday. The Tartans defeated the 20th-ranked Spartans 24-21, as Case Western Reserve’s Robertson Albrecht’s 43-yard field goal attempt as time expired hit the crossbar and bounced out which led to the Tartans second straight Academic Bowl victory.
For the second straight season, the Carnegie Mellon University football team had eight members named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Football Team on Thursday. To be nominated for the award, a student-athlete must be a starter or significant reserve and maintain a GPA of 3.3 or better.
The Carnegie Mellon University football team hosted the Westminster College in Presidents’ Athletic Conference play on Saturday afternoon and handed the Titans a 20-14 defeat. The win moves Carnegie Mellon to 7-2 overall and 6-2 in PAC play while Westminster is now 6-3, 5-3.
Selected as the best and brightest from the college gridiron, from a nationwide pool of 185 semifinalists among all NCAA divisions and the NAIA, The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today that Carnegie Mellon's senior defensive end Michael Lohmeier (Clarendon Hills, Ill./Hinsdale Central) is one of 12 finalists for the 2019 William V. Campbell Trophy, presented by Mazda. The award recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership. Lohmeier is the lone Division III representative and is joined by Alex Goettl of Minnesota State University - Mankato as the only non-Division I honorees.
The Carnegie Mellon University football team hosted the Thiel Tomcats in a Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) contest on Homecoming Saturday and downed the Tomcats 40-7. The Tartans are now 6-2 overall and 5-2 in PAC play while the Tomcats are 0-8, 0-7.
The Carnegie Mellon University football team traveled to Bethany College on Saturday and fell 23-19 after outgaining the Bison 138-3 in total offense in the fourth quarter. The Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) setback moves the Tartans record to 5-2 overall and 4-2 in PAC play while Bethany is now 3-4, 3-3.