Lincoln (MO) Blue Tigers

Great LakesJefferson City, MODwight T. Reed Stadium

2026: 2–⁠4 (1–⁠3 Great Lakes). Last: lost to Indianapolis 48–⁠14 at home. Next: McKendree, Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.

  1. W 27–⁠11Central Methodist
  2. L 14–⁠19Langston
  3. L 27–⁠34at Quincy
  4. W 34–⁠32Upper Iowa
  5. L 17–⁠52at Southwest Baptist
  6. L 14–⁠48Indianapolis
  7. Oct 24McKendree
  8. Oct 31at Truman State
  9. Nov 7at Missouri S&T
  10. Nov 14William Jewell

Lincoln (MO) has played football since at least 2008 and is 6–⁠59 in the 65 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player from Lincoln (MO). This season, they’re 2–⁠4.

Résumé

Record on file
6–⁠59 .092; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
957
Best season by Elo
2013 rated 1195
Seasons
12 since 2008, 65 games

2026 season 2–⁠4

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Lincoln (MO)‘s Elo through 2026: 955 going into the opener, 957 after the latest game.9509751000Elo 955 going in; beat Central Methodist 27–11Elo 997 going in; lost to Langston 19–14Elo 984 going in; lost to Quincy 34–27Elo 972 going in; beat Upper Iowa 34–32Elo 990 going in; lost to Southwest Baptist 52–17Elo 969 going in; lost to Indianapolis 48–14Now: Elo 957 after the latest game957
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 Lincoln (MO).

Program strength since 2008

Best seasons ever
Lincoln (MO) end-of-season Elo from 2008 to 2026, best in 2013 at 1195.130015001700190020102015202020252013 peak: Elo 1195
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesLNMO record
Northeastern State50–⁠5
Every opponent (30)

Every program Lincoln (MO) has played, A to Z, with Lincoln (MO)‘s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Black college football

Black College Football Hall of Fame: 2 inductees from Lincoln (MO).

Black college national champions as Wikipedia’s list gives each season’s selections since 1920 (the black press’s polls, bowls and later media polls; some seasons have several). Black college football history: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Conferences

  1. Great Lakes Conference 2014–⁠2018
  2. Mid America Conference 2019–⁠2022
  3. Independent 2023
  4. Great Lakes Conference since 2024

Lincoln (MO)‘s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
1
Coaches
0
2005Leo Lewis RB

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
3 since 1955
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20262–⁠41–⁠3957
20252–⁠90–⁠8858
20241–⁠100–⁠8825
20230–⁠11809
20220–⁠110–⁠11865
20210–⁠90–⁠9945
20200–⁠11152
20180–⁠11174
20131–⁠01195
20100–⁠11148
20090–⁠11143
20080–⁠11154

No season on file for 2011–⁠12, 2014–⁠17, 2019: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 12 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.