Misericordia football headlines

  • Eastern to add football
    September 15, 2021
    Division III football took a big hit over the past 18 months, dropping to 239 programs, but No. 240 is on the way, and hails from the Middle Atlantic Conference.
  • Roundup: Bouncing back; staying on track
    September 28, 2019
    WPI, Carnegie Mellon, Mass-Dartmouth and others all improved to 4-0, while Trinity (Texas) bounced back from a pair of losses to Top 10 teams and Misericordia won in quadruple overtime in Saturday's Division III football action.
  • Wartburg knocks down Central; Slager sets tackle mark
    October 20, 2018
    Wartburg brought an end to Central's unbeaten run and threw the ARC title chase into a four-way tie, while Misericordia scored twice in the final 61 seconds to win and Grinnell's Ryan Slager set the record for career tackles in D-III history in Week 8 action. Meanwhile, Eureka and Kalamazoo continued their undefeated ways.
  • Roundup: Earlham's streak reaches record proportions
    October 13, 2018
    Earlham tied the Division III record with its 50th consecutive loss. Salisbury held off Montclair State in a battle of unranked-but-undefeated NJAC teams while Central won a nailbiter over Simpson in the ARC. Centre, too, stayed in its SAA title hunt.
  • Read & React: Streaking into history
    September 23, 2018
    Misericordia had never won more than one game in a season. In the program's seventh year, the Cougars finally strung together their first winning streak. What changes did Mark Ross make in the offseason and how have they led to unprecedented success?
  • Podcast: Now that was surprising
    September 17, 2018
    Some ranting, some raving, some rallying and some rating in the latest podcast. We tackle great defensive performances as well as the great offense and special teams plays, plus Pat and Keith look at which conferences were winners and losers in non-conference play. It's all good on Monday's podcast.
  • Roundup: Misericordia's search is over
    September 15, 2018
    Misericordia had won just five games coming into this afternoon, but got to celebrate a huge victory vs. Widener. Meanwhile, Muhlenberg negated a huge Susquehanna rally and one team was the goat for the fifth year in a row. More in the Week 3 roundup.
  • Late TD, 2-Pt. Conversion Lifts Cougars Over Widener in MAC Opener
    September 15, 2018
    Sam Gillison made a diving catch in the back of the end zone for a two-point conversion with :04 to play as the Misericordia University football team defeated Widener, 36-35, Saturday afternoon at Mangelsdorf Field.
  • Defiance coach leaves after one season
    July 08, 2018
    Aaron Mershman, who took over the head coaching position at Defiance in July of 2017, left it for an assistant coaching job in July 2018. He will be the offensive line coach at Misericordia.
  • Alvernia adding football
    October 05, 2016
    Alvernia University, a Division III school in Reading, Pa., has announced it is joining the ranks of Division III football-sponsoring programs starting in the fall of 2018. Barring other changes, that would bring the number of schools sponsoring Division III football that year to 251.
  • Misericordia hires first football coach
    January 17, 2011
    One of Division III's newest football programs has tabbed Ithaca's defensive coordinator as its first head coach.