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Football Notes

  • The Purple Raiders have the best winning percentage and most wins in all of college football since 1990 (229-11-1/.955).
  • The Raiders also hold college football's all-time consecutive win streak (55) - for games played from Sept. '00 to Dec. '03.
  • In the last 161 regular season games, dating back to the beginning of the '92 season, MTU has an 159-2 mark.
  • On the road, MTU has won 66 consecutive games.
  • MTU has posted 82 consecutive regular season road wins dating back to the '91 season.
  • The Raiders are a Division III best 56-10 all-time in the playoffs.
  • Since 1996, the Raiders are 92-0 when winning the turnover battle. The Raiders were 45-0 when winning the turnover battle from the 1990 season prior to the 20-17 Semifinal Playoff loss against Wisconsin La Crosse in 1995. In that contest, the Raiders had a +1 turnover performance. Overall since 1990, Mount Union is 137-1 when winning the turnover battle in a game with the lone loss coming against La Crosse.
  • Mount Union is the only Division III institution to score 500 points or more in 13 consecutive seasons (757 in '07, 659 in '06, 620 in '05, 547 in '04, 660 in '03, 654 in '02, 517 in '01, 662 in '00, 649 in '99, 643 points in '98, 752 in '97, 669 in '96 and 547 in '95)- no other Div. III team has done it more than 3x in a row.
  • The Purple Raiders have scored in 324 consecutive games ('81- present)- during that span, Mount Union's defense has posted 59 shutouts.
  • Mount Union has made 18 trips to the NCAA Division III Playoffs since 1985. The Raiders have posted nine National Championships ('93, '96, '97, '98, '00, 01, '02, '05, '06).
  • Mount Union has won 16 consecutive OAC Titles ('92-'07) and has 19 OAC Championships overall ('85, '86, '90, '92-'07).
  • The Raiders, since the '90 season, have compiled a 156-3-1 mark in conference play.
  • Larry Kehres (260-21-3/.920), who is in his 22nd season as the Purple Raider head coach in '07, is the all-time leader in terms of best winning percentage in the history of college football.
  • The Raiders have won 161 of their last 166 games played and claim an NCAA Division III nine National Championships. Mount Union owns the most National Titles among collegiate teams that play within a playoff format.

Last updated: 12-15-07