IU Pennsylvania Crimson Hawks

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2026: 5–⁠2 (4–⁠2 Pennsylvania State Athletic). Last: lost to Slippery Rock 42–⁠26 at home. Next: at California (PA), Saturday, Oct 24, 5 p.m. ET.

  1. W 34–⁠24at Ashland
  2. W 27–⁠21at West Chester
  3. W 28–⁠26at Shippensburg
  4. W 35–⁠7Seton Hill
  5. W 46–⁠44at Edinboro
  6. L 20–⁠35Lock Haven
  7. L 26–⁠42Slippery Rock
  8. Oct 24at California (PA)
  9. Oct 31at Gannon
  10. Nov 7Clarion
  11. Nov 14Shepherd

IU Pennsylvania has played football since at least 1909 and is 42–⁠22 in the 64 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player and 2 coaches from IU Pennsylvania. This season, they’re 5–⁠2.

Résumé

Record on file
42–⁠22 .656; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠1 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1239
Best season by Elo
2022 rated 1322
Seasons
9 since 1909, 64 games

2026 season 5–⁠2

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

IU Pennsylvania’s Elo through 2026: 1241 going into the opener, 1239 after the latest game.12251250127513001325Elo 1241 going in; beat Ashland 34–24Elo 1273 going in; beat West Chester 27–21Elo 1286 going in; beat Shippensburg 28–26Elo 1292 going in; beat Seton Hill 35–7Elo 1304 going in; beat Edinboro 46–44Elo 1312 going in; lost to Lock Haven 35–20Elo 1266 going in; lost to Slippery Rock 42–26Now: Elo 1239 after the latest game1239
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program 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 IU Pennsylvania.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Program strength since 1909

Best seasons ever
IU Pennsylvania end-of-season Elo from 1909 to 2026, best in 2022 at 1322.13001500170019001920194019601980200020202022 peak: Elo 1322
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesIUP record
Edinboro64–⁠2
Slippery Rock62–⁠4
Seton Hill65–⁠1
Clarion55–⁠0
Gannon53–⁠2
Ashland54–⁠1
California (PA)52–⁠3

The trophy it holds: Coal Miners Pail Trophy (California (PA)). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (18)

Every program IU Pennsylvania has played, A to Z, with IU Pennsylvania’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
1
Coaches
2
2013Frank Cignetti Sr. coach, career 1976–⁠2005
2001Jim Haslett LB
1998Chuck Klausing coach, career 1964–⁠1985

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
5 since 1979
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20265–⁠24–⁠21239
20257–⁠47–⁠21286
20247–⁠36–⁠31287
20236–⁠55–⁠51254
202210–⁠29–⁠11322
20217–⁠37–⁠31290
1918few games on file0–⁠11192
1911few games on file0–⁠11192
1909few games on file0–⁠11195

No season on file for 1910, 1912–⁠17, 1919–⁠2020: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 9 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.