Mercyhurst Lakers
NECErie, PASaxon Stadium
2026: 1–6 (0–2 NEC). Last: lost to Central Connecticut 43–40 at home. Next: at Robert Morris, Saturday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. ET.
- L 10–43at Youngstown State
- L 14–51at New Mexico State
- L 7–70at New Mexico
- W 49–20Glenville State
- L 7–52at Western Kentucky
- L 24–27at Long Island University
- L 40–43Central Connecticut
- Oct 24at Robert Morris
- Oct 31at Stonehill
- Nov 7Wagner
- Nov 14at Duquesne
- Nov 21New Haven
Mercyhurst has played football since 1981 and is officially 213–236–4; 66 of its 453 games are in our file. They have won one Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference title (2010), counting shared titles. This season, they’re 1–6.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 213–236–4 official; 18–48 on file; 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
- 1169
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 116 · Composite No. 116 in FCS, Oct 17; down 2 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 1 last in 2010
- Seasons
- 8 since 2004, 66 games
2026 season 1–6
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | at Youngstown State | L 10–43 | 24% |
| Sep 5 | at New Mexico State | L 14–51 | 21% |
| Sep 12 | at New Mexico | L 7–70 | 8% |
| Sep 19 | vsGlenville State | W 49–20 | 61% |
| Sep 26 | at Western Kentucky | L 7–52 | 14% |
| Oct 3 | at Long Island University | L 24–27 | 40% |
| Oct 17 | vs Central Connecticut | L 40–43 | 39% |
| Oct 24 | at Robert Morris | Preview | 38% |
| Oct 31 | at Stonehill | Preview | 38% |
| Nov 7 | vs Wagner | Preview | 63% |
| Nov 14 | at Duquesne | Preview | 27% |
| Nov 21 | vs New Haven | Preview | 55% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Alex Gevaudan1,356 passing yards, 12 TD (leads Mercyhurst in passing yards)
- Braylon Beckwith50 tackles, 1 INT (leads Mercyhurst in tackles)
- Dylan Evans27 catches, 416 yards, 5 TD (leads Mercyhurst in receiving yards)
- Teddy McDuffie Jr.24 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 INT (leads Mercyhurst in sacks)
- Jayonn Saunders34 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT
- Jeff Leavell38 tackles, 0.5 sacks
Program strength since 2004
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalriesEvery opponent (38)
Every program Mercyhurst has played, A to Z, with Mercyhurst’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Alderson-Broaddus 2–0
- Buffalo State 1–0
- California (PA) 0–3
- Central Connecticut 0–3
- Clarion 2–1
- Duquesne 0–2
- East Stroudsburg 0–1
- Edinboro 1–2
- Ferris State 0–1
- Frostburg State 0–1
- Gannon 1–3
- Glenville State 1–0
- Howard 0–1
- IU Pennsylvania 0–3
- Kutztown 0–2
- Lincoln (CA) 1–0
- Lock Haven 2–0
- Long Island University 1–1
- Montana State 0–2
- New Haven 1–0
- New Mexico 0–1
- New Mexico State 0–1
- Robert Morris 1–1
- Sacramento State 0–1
- Sacred Heart 0–1
- Saint Francis 2–0
- SE Louisiana 0–1
- Seton Hill 0–3
- Shepherd 0–3
- Shippensburg 0–1
- Slippery Rock 0–3
- South Dakota State 0–1
- Stonehill 0–1
- Wagner 1–0
- West Chester 0–1
- Western Kentucky 0–1
- Wheeling 1–0
- Youngstown State 0–2
Conference titles
1, counting shared titles- Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 1
- 2010
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1981–1997
- Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference 1998
- Great Lakes Conference 1999–2007
- Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 2008–2023
- NEC since 2024
- 2024Joined the NEC from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, announced April 4, 2024. Source
Mercyhurst’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
The school
Mercyhurst University- Enrollment
- 2,632 2,274 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Erie, Pennsylvania
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1926
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $47,452 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1–6 | 0–2 | 1169 | ||||
| 2025 | 5–7 | 5–3 | 1164 | ||||
| 2024 | 4–7 | 1–3 | 1056 | ||||
| 2023 | 2–9 | 2–8 | 978 | ||||
| 2022 | 2–9 | 1–9 | 1032 | ||||
| 2021 | 4–7 | 3–7 | 1095 | ||||
| 2020 | 0–2 | 1101 | |||||
| 2004 | 0–1 | 1135 |
Officially 213–236–4 since 1981 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 18–48 (66 of its 453 games are on file). Our file starts in 2004; the program began in 1981. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 2005–19: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
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.