Carnegie Mellon Tartans
Presidents’Pittsburgh, PAGesling Stadium
2026: 4–2. Last: won at Gettysburg 41–6. Next: Muhlenberg, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.
- L 7–17John Carroll
- W 38–35at Catholic
- L 10–16at Berry
- W 52–14at McDaniel
- W 21–0Johns Hopkins
- W 41–6at Gettysburg
- Oct 24Muhlenberg
- Oct 31Dickinson
- Nov 7at Franklin & Marshall
- Nov 14Ursinus
Carnegie Mellon has played football since at least 1906 and is 127–124–14 in the 265 games on record. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 6, in 1938. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 players and 1 coach from Carnegie Mellon. Walter Steffen (1922–1932) won more games here than any other coach: 56. The most-played rival is Pittsburgh: 30 meetings, Pittsburgh leads 24–5–1. This season, they’re 4–2.
On this date in 1940Carnegie Mellon lost to No. 6 Notre Dame 61–0 on the road.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 127–124–14 .506; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 8 ranked
- Elo now
- 1168
- Seasons
- 43 since 1906, 265 games
2026 season 4–2
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vsJohn Carroll | L 7–17 | 42% |
| Sep 12 | atCatholic | W 38–35 | 69% |
| Sep 19 | atBerry | L 10–16 | 25% |
| Oct 3 | atMcDaniel | W 52–14 | 75% |
| Oct 10 | vsJohns Hopkins | W 21–0 | 47% |
| Oct 17 | atGettysburg | W 41–6 | 73% |
| Oct 24 | vsMuhlenberg | Preview | 60% |
| Oct 31 | vsDickinson | Preview | 64% |
| Nov 7 | atFranklin & Marshall | Preview | 36% |
| Nov 14 | vsUrsinus | Preview | 54% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterProgram greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Carnegie Mellon.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1906
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Steffen | 1922–1932 | 56–33–8 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Pittsburgh
5–24–1 in 30
- 1934 L 0–20
- 1935 T 0–0
- 1936 L 14–31
- 1937 L 14–25
- 1938 W 20–10
- 1939 L 0–6
- 1940 L 0–6
- 1941 L 0–27
- 1942 L 6–19
- 1943 L 0–45
Lost the last five.
- Washington & Jefferson
6–12–5 in 23
- 1927 L 6–20
- 1928 W 19–0
- 1929 T 0–0
- 1930 W 26–0
- 1931 L 7–10
- 1932 T 6–6
- 1933 T 0–0
- 2022 W 12–7
- 2023 W 35–14
- 2024 W 30–27
Won the last three.
- Notre Dame
4–15 in 19
- 1932 L 0–42
- 1933 W 7–0
- 1934 L 0–13
- 1935 L 3–14
- 1936 L 7–21
- 1937 W 9–7
- 1938 L 0–7
- 1939 L 6–7
- 1940 L 0–61
- 1941 L 0–16
Lost the last four.
| Opponent | Games | CGMU record |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh | 30 | 5–24–1 |
| Washington & Jefferson | 23 | 6–12–5 |
| Notre Dame | 19 | 4–15 |
| New York University | 13 | 3–10 |
| Temple | 9 | 5–3–1 |
| Thiel | 9 | 9–0 |
| Lehigh | 8 | 1–7 |
| Duquesne | 8 | 3–4–1 |
The trophy it holds: Academic Bowl (Case Western Reserve, since 2022). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (78)
Every program Carnegie Mellon has played, A to Z, with Carnegie Mellon’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Adrian 1–0
- Akron 1–0
- Allegheny 3–1
- Army 0–1
- Ashland 1–0
- Berry 1–1
- Bethany (WV) 3–0
- Buffalo 2–0
- Case 3–0
- Case Western Reserve 3–0
- Catholic 1–0
- Centre 1–0
- Chicago 1–0
- Cincinnati 0–1
- Colgate 0–1
- Cornell 0–3
- Davis & Elkins 1–0
- Dayton 1–0
- DePauw 1–0
- Detroit Mercy 1–1–1
- Dickinson 1–0
- Drexel 2–0
- Duquesne 3–4–1
- Franklin & Marshall 1–1
- Geneva 4–0
- Geneva 5–0
- Georgetown 3–0
- Georgia Tech 2–0
- Gettysburg 2–0
- Grove City 1–3
- Grove City 1–1
- Holy Cross 1–4–1
- John Carroll 1–1
- Johns Hopkins 1–1
- Juniata 1–0
- Lehigh 1–7
- Maryland 1–0
- McDaniel 2–0
- McDaniel 1–0
- Mercer 0–1
- Miami (OH) 1–0
- Michigan State 0–3–1
- Misericordia 1–0
- Mount St. Mary’s 1–0
- Mount Union 0–1
- Muhlenberg 0–1
- NC State 1–0
- New York University 3–10
- North Central College 0–1
- Notre Dame 4–15
- Oregon State 0–0–1
- Penn State 0–6
- Pennsylvania 0–1
- Pittsburgh 5–24–1
- Purdue 1–5
- Quantico Marines 0–1
- Rensselaer 1–0
- Saint Louis 1–0
- Saint Vincent 3–0
- TCU 0–1
- Temple 5–3–1
- Thiel 3–0
- Thiel 9–0
- Toledo 2–0
- Ursinus 0–1
- USC 0–1
- Washington & Jefferson 6–12–5
- Washington St. Louis 1–0
- Waynesburg 5–0–1
- West Virginia 2–1
- Western Reserve 4–0
- Westminster (PA) 2–1–1
- Westminster (Pennsylvania) 2–0
- Whitworth 1–0
- Wisconsin La Crosse 0–1
- Wittenberg 2–0
- Xavier 2–0
- Yale 0–3
Conferences
- Independent 1910 and 1922–1940
- Presidents’ since 2014
Carnegie Mellon’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
Consensus All-Americans 1
| 1928 | Howard Harpster QB |
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 2
- Coaches
- 1
| 1998 | Chuck Klausing coach, career 1964–1985 |
| 1982 | Lloyd Yoder OT |
| 1956 | Howard Harpster QB |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 2 since 1937
- First-round picks
- 0
On the newsreel
- "IRISH" TRIP CARNEGIE TECH
- GRID BOWLS FULL OF THRILLS
- GRID THRILLS OF THE WEEK
- GRID RIVALS FIGHT IT OUT
- CARNEGIE TECH BEATS NOTRE DAME ELEVEN, 7-0, IN THRILL-PACKED GAME
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–2 | 1168 | |||||
| 2025 | 6–5 | 1181 | |||||
| 2024 | 10–2 | 9–1 | 1286 | ||||
| 2023 | 9–1 | 9–1 | 1307 | ||||
| 2022 | 10–1–1 | 7–0–1 | 1293 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–2 | 1208 | |||||
| 2013 | 0–1 | 1206 | |||||
| 1943 | 0–2 | 1262 | |||||
| 1942 | 0–1 | 1337 | |||||
| 1941 | 0–2 | 1427 | |||||
| 1940 | 3–5 | 1453 | |||||
| 1939 | 3–5 | 15 | 1509 | ||||
| 1938 | 7–2 | 13 | 6 | 1575 | |||
| 1937 | 2–5–1 | 1465 | |||||
| 1936 | 2–6 | 1454 | |||||
| 1935 | 2–5–1 | 1446 | |||||
| 1934 | 4–5 | 1480 | |||||
| 1933 | 4–3–2 | 1547 | |||||
| 1932 | 4–3–2 | Walter Steffen | 1523 | ||||
| 1931 | 3–5–1 | Walter Steffen | 1541 | ||||
| 1930 | 6–3 | Walter Steffen | 1603 | ||||
| 1929 | 5–3–1 | Walter Steffen | 1579 | ||||
| 1928 | 7–1 | Walter Steffen | 1595 | ||||
| 1927 | 5–4–1 | Walter Steffen | 1477 | ||||
| 1926 | 7–2 | Walter Steffen | 1576 |
Every season back to 1906 (18 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 5–2–1 | Walter Steffen | 1481 | ||||
| 1924 | 5–4 | Walter Steffen | 1431 | ||||
| 1923 | 4–3–1 | Walter Steffen | 1408 | ||||
| 1922 | 5–3–1 | Walter Steffen | 1344 | ||||
| 1921 | 1–2 | 1242 | |||||
| 1920 | 1–2 | 1194 | |||||
| 1919few games on file | 0–4 | 1161 | |||||
| 1917few games on file | 0–3 | 1179 | |||||
| 1916few games on file | 0–3 | 1185 | |||||
| 1915few games on file | 0–1 | 1192 | |||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–2 | 1191 | |||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–1 | 1208 | |||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–2 | 1217 | |||||
| 1910 | 1–6–1 | 1098 | |||||
| 1909few games on file | 0–2 | 1152 | |||||
| 1908few games on file | 0–3 | 1161 | |||||
| 1907few games on file | 0–3 | 1165 | |||||
| 1906few games on file | 0–2 | 1182 |
No season on file for 1911, 1918, 1944–2012, 2014–19, 2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 43 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.