Morgan State Bears
MEACBaltimore, MDHughes Stadium
2026: 5–2. Last: lost at Tennessee State 25–16. Next: Howard, Saturday, Oct 24, 3 p.m. ET.
- W 17–7at North Carolina A&T
- L 7–70at Arizona State
- W 55–0Virginia Lynchburg
- W 41–26at Towson
- W 38–35at Villanova
- W 28–27Robert Morris
- L 16–25at Tennessee State
- Oct 24Howard
- Oct 29South Carolina State
- Nov 7at Delaware State
- Nov 14Norfolk State
- Nov 21at North Carolina Central
Morgan State has played football since 1898 and is officially 460–478–35; 259 of its 973 games are in our file. They have won 19 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles (the last in 1968) and four Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference titles, counting shared titles. Since 1967, the NFL Draft has taken 14 players from here in its first seven rounds, 1 of them in the first round. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player and 1 coach from Morgan State. The most-played rival is Howard: 22 meetings, Morgan State leads 12–10. This season, they’re 5–2.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 460–478–35 official; 99–159–1 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 1–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1285
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 71 · Composite No. 36 in FCS, Oct 17; down 10 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 23 last in 2014
- Bowl record
- 2–3 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 29 since 1966, 259 games
2026 season 5–2
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | at North Carolina A&T | W 17–7 | 55% |
| Sep 5 | at Arizona State | L 7–70 | 11% |
| Sep 12 | vsVirginia Lynchburg | W 55–0 | 85% |
| Sep 19 | at Towson | W 41–26 | 39% |
| Oct 3 | at Villanova | W 38–35 | 28% |
| Oct 10 | vs Robert Morris | W 28–27 | 67% |
| Oct 17 | at Tennessee State | L 16–25 | 65% |
| Oct 24 | vs Howard | Preview | 64% |
| Oct 29 | vs South Carolina State | Preview | 42% |
| Nov 7 | at Delaware State | Preview | 42% |
| Nov 14 | vs Norfolk State | Preview | 65% |
| Nov 21 | at North Carolina Central | Preview | 46% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Cameron Edge1,499 passing yards, 12 TD (leads Morgan State in passing yards)
- Keith Jenkins Jr.317 rushing yards, 3 TD (leads Morgan State in rushing yards)
- Justin Perry25 catches, 457 yards, 3 TD (leads Morgan State in receiving yards)
- Donovan Moyer26 tackles, 6 sacks (leads Morgan State in sacks)
- Joseph Towler17 catches, 383 yards, 5 TD (leads Morgan State in receiving touchdowns)
- Darius Jones40 tackles (leads Morgan State in tackles)
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 Morgan State.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1966
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Howard
12–10 in 22
- 2015 W 21–13
- 2016 W 28–24
- 2017 L 14–39
- 2018 L 26–35
- 2019 L 15–20
- 2021 L 0–27
- 2022 L 6–35
- 2023 L 7–14
- 2024 W 35–21
- 2025 L 27–33
Lost the last one.
Next: Oct 24
- Delaware State
15–7 in 22
- 2015 W 26–6
- 2016 W 20–17
- 2017 L 30–33
- 2018 W 9–0
- 2019 W 34–3
- 2021 W 20–14
- 2022 W 37–7
- 2023 W 24–17
- 2024 W 36–28
- 2025 L 12–14
Lost the last one.
Next: Nov 7
- Norfolk State
7–15 in 22
- 2015 L 10–17
- 2016 L 14–27
- 2017 L 32–45
- 2018 W 44–27
- 2019 L 0–48
- 2021 L 20–31
- 2022 L 21–24
- 2023 W 32–28
- 2024 W 38–37
- 2025 W 35–28
Won the last three.
Next: Nov 14
| Opponent | Games | MORG record |
|---|---|---|
| Howard | 22 | 12–10 |
| Delaware State | 22 | 15–7 |
| Norfolk State | 22 | 7–15 |
| South Carolina State | 18 | 3–15 |
| North Carolina A&T | 16 | 11–5 |
| Towson | 15 | 3–12 |
| Hampton | 15 | 4–11 |
| Bethune-Cookman | 15 | 4–11 |
Rivals the program names: Howard, Towson.
Every opponent (60)
Every program Morgan State has played, A to Z, with Morgan State’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 0–1
- Akron 0–4
- Arizona State 0–1
- Army 0–3
- Bethune-Cookman 4–11
- Boston College 0–1
- Bowie State 4–0
- Bowling Green 0–2
- Buffalo 0–1
- Central State 1–0
- Cincinnati 0–1
- Delaware 0–1
- Delaware State 15–7
- Eastern Michigan 0–1
- Florida A&M 5–8 †
- Gardner-Webb 0–1
- Georgetown 1–1
- Georgia Southern 0–1
- Grambling 0–1
- Hampton 4–11
- Holy Cross 0–2
- Howard 12–10
- Illinois State 0–1
- Jackson State 0–1
- James Madison 0–1
- Liberty 0–1
- Lincoln (PA) 1–0
- Maine 0–1
- Marshall 0–1
- Maryland 0–1
- Merrimack 0–1
- Miles 1–0
- Monmouth 0–1
- Norfolk State 7–15
- North Carolina A&T 11–5
- North Carolina Central 4–8
- North Dakota State 0–1
- Ohio 0–1
- Richmond 1–1
- Robert Morris 2–1
- Rutgers 0–4
- Sacred Heart 2–1
- Saint Francis 0–1
- San José State 0–1
- Savannah State 8–0
- South Alabama 0–1
- South Carolina State 3–15
- Stony Brook 0–2–1
- Tennessee State 0–1
- Texas Southern 1–0
- Toledo 0–1
- Towson 3–12
- Tulane 0–1
- UAlbany 0–4
- Villanova 1–1
- Virginia Lynchburg 5–0
- West Chester 1–0
- Western Kentucky 0–1
- Winston-Salem State 2–1
- Yale 0–1
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
23, counting shared titles- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association 19
- 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1956 (shared), 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
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.
Black college football
Black college national titles 7
- 1933
- 1937
- 1943
- 1944
- 1946
- 1949
- 1967
Who named them
- 1933 (as Morgan) 9–0: Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1937 (as Morgan) 7–0: Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1943 5–0: Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1944 6–1: Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1946 8–0: Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1949 8–0: Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
- 1967 8–0: New Pittsburgh Courier (Sheridan Poll)
Black College Football Hall of Fame: 6 inductees from Morgan State.
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
- Independent 1899–1928 and 1980–1983
- MEAC 1986–2019 and since 2021
Morgan State’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
- 1
| 2000 | Willie Lanier LB |
| 1992 | Earl Banks coach, career 1960–1973 |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 14 since 1967
- First-round picks
- 1
| 1970 | Raymond Chester TE | No. 24, Oakland Raiders |
The school
Morgan State University- Enrollment
- 10,739 9,027 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Public or private
- Public Research 2
- Founded
- 1867
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $50,698 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.
Voices
play-by-play- 1971–78John Sterling
From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s Morgan State football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5–2 | 1285 | |||||
| 2025 | 4–8 | 1–4 | 1197 | ||||
| 2024 | 6–6 | 3–2 | 1218 | ||||
| 2023 | 4–6–1 | 3–2 | 1219 | ||||
| 2022 | 4–7 | 2–3 | 1197 | ||||
| 2021 | 2–9 | 1–4 | 1106 | ||||
| 2019 | 3–9 | 2–6 | 1165 | ||||
| 2018 | 4–7 | 4–4 | 1181 | ||||
| 2017 | 1–10 | 1–7 | 1067 | ||||
| 2016 | 3–8 | 3–5 | 1168 | ||||
| 2015 | 4–6 | 4–4 | 1238 | ||||
| 2014 | 7–6 | 6–2 | 1286 | ||||
| 2013 | 5–7 | 5–3 | 1217 | ||||
| 2012 | 2–7 | 1–5 | 1140 | ||||
| 2011 | 5–6 | 4–4 | 1204 | ||||
| 2010 | 4–7 | 3–5 | 1207 | ||||
| 2009 | 6–5 | 4–4 | 1275 | ||||
| 2008 | 6–6 | 4–4 | 1271 | ||||
| 2007 | 5–6 | 4–5 | 1253 | ||||
| 2006 | 5–6 | 4–4 | 1229 | ||||
| 2005 | 2–8 | 1–7 | 1151 | ||||
| 2004 | 5–6 | 3–4 | 1241 | ||||
| 2003 | 6–5 | 4–4 | 1186 | ||||
| 1983 | 0–1 | 1114 | |||||
| 1982 | 0–1 | 1101 |
Every season back to 1966 (4 more)
Officially 460–478–35 since 1898 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 99–159–1 (259 of its 973 games are on file). Our file starts in 1966; the program began in 1898. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1967–70, 1973–76, 1978–81, 1984–2002, 2020: 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.