Robert Morris Colonials football
2023 Robert Morris Colonials football team
First season1994
Head coachBernard Clark
5th season, 13–34 (.277)
StadiumJoe Walton Stadium
(capacity: 3,000)
LocationMoon Township, Pennsylvania
NCAA divisionDivision I FCS
ConferenceBig South
All-time record120–113–1 (.515)
Playoff appearances1
Playoff record0–1
Conference titles6
ColorsBlue, white, and red[1]
     
Websitermucolonials.com

The Robert Morris Colonials football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Robert Morris University located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Formerly members of the Northeast Conference, the Colonials were originally intended to compete in the 2020 season as an FCS independent before becoming a football-only member of the Big South Conference in July 2021.[2] The Colonials would ultimately join Big South football several months ahead of schedule. After COVID-19 caused the Big South to move its fall 2020 season to spring 2021, with two teams playing in the fall and a third not playing at all in 2020–21, the conference brought RMU into its football league for its spring 2021 season.[3]

The school's first football team was fielded in 1994.[4] The team plays its home games at the 3,000 seat Joe Walton Stadium. They are currently led by fifth-year head coach Bernard Clark.

History

Classifications

  • 1994–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS[5]

Conference memberships

On June 15, Robert Morris Colonials announced leaving the Northeast Conference for the Horizon League in all sports except for football starting in 2020. The football program will join the Big South Conference in football 2021. For the 2020 football team, the Colonials were originally intended to play as an FCS independent.[6] The team's 2020 schedule was to have been played as originally set, but all games would have been considered non-conference.[7] However, this would change due to COVID-19 disruptions; the Big South brought RMU into its football league for its rescheduled spring 2021 season.[3]

On November 28, 2023, Robert Morris announced a return to the Northeast Conference effective with the 2024 season as an associate member for football only.[8]

Robert Morris defenders attempt to bring down an Air Force ballcarrier during a 2023 game at Falcon Stadium

Championships

Conference

Year Coach Conference Overall record Conference record
1996†Joe WaltonNortheast Conference9–23–1
19978–34–0
1998†4–64–1
19998–28–0
200010–08–0
2010†8–37–1
Conference championships 6

† Co-champions

FCS playoffs results

The Colonials have appeared in the FCS playoffs one time with an overall record of 0–1.

Year Round Opponent Result
2010First roundNorth Dakota StateL 17–43

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

Future non-conference opponents

Future non-conference opponents announced as of July 29, 2023.[9]

2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
at Air Force at Utah State at West Virginia at Akron at Youngstown State Murray State
Saint Francis at Lafayette Lafayette Towson
at Youngstown State at Eastern Kentucky at Youngstown State Norfolk State
Virginia–Lynchburg at Towson
Howard at Norfolk State

References

  1. ↑ "RMU Brand Style Guide" (PDF). March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Robert Morris leaves NEC for Horizon League; football moves to Big South". wtae.com. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Big South Announces Football 2021 Spring Schedule" (Press release). Big South Conference. November 9, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ Robert Morris Colonials Archived 2016-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ Phil Axelrod (3 Sep 1994). "Ready or not, the future is here for fledgling Robert Morris". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. E-5. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Robert Morris football to join Big South Conference in 2021". fbschedules.com. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Robert Morris joins Horizon League, football heads to Big South". timesonline.com. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  8. ↑ "RMU Football to Rejoin Northeast Conference for 2024 Season". rmucolonials.com. November 28, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Robert Morris Colonials Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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