Murray State Racers
MVFCMurray, KYRoy Stewart Stadium
2026: 1–6 (0–3 MVFC). Last: lost to South Dakota 48–20 at home. Next: at South Dakota State, Saturday, Oct 24, 3 p.m. ET.
- L 14–28Eastern Illinois
- L 14–38at Middle Tennessee
- W 27–18Valparaiso
- L 0–59at Oklahoma State
- L 6–46Southern Illinois
- L 28–55at North Dakota
- L 20–48South Dakota
- Oct 24at South Dakota State
- Oct 31at Illinois State
- Nov 7Youngstown State
- Nov 14at Indiana State
- Nov 21Northern Iowa
Murray State has played football since 1924 and is officially 502–495–36; 268 of its 1,033 games are in our file. They have won eight Ohio Valley Conference titles (the last in 2002) and one Mississippi Valley Conference title, counting shared titles. The most-played rival is Southeast Missouri State: 20 meetings, Murray State leads 11–9. This season, they’re 1–6.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 502–495–36 official; 83–182–3 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
- 1106
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 96 · Composite No. 108 in FCS, Oct 17; down 2 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 9 last in 2002
- Bowl record
- 0–1 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 39 since 1945, 268 games
Identity
- Fight song
- Fight Song and
2026 season 1–6
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vs Eastern Illinois | L 14–28 | 52% |
| Sep 5 | at Middle Tennessee | L 14–38 | 16% |
| Sep 12 | vs Valparaiso | W 27–18 | 51% |
| Sep 19 | at Oklahoma State | L 0–59 | 16% |
| Sep 26 | vs Southern Illinois | L 6–46 | 28% |
| Oct 3 | at North Dakota | L 28–55 | 11% |
| Oct 17 | vs South Dakota | L 20–48 | 16% |
| Oct 24 | at South Dakota State | Preview | 9% |
| Oct 31 | at Illinois State | Preview | 9% |
| Nov 7 | vs Youngstown State | Preview | 15% |
| Nov 14 | at Indiana State | Preview | 30% |
| Nov 21 | vs Northern Iowa | Preview | 31% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
On the 2026 team
Program strength since 1945
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Southeast Missouri State
11–9 in 20
- 2014 W 44–41
- 2015 L 10–27
- 2016 L 16–17
- 2017 L 10–21
- 2018 W 40–38
- 2019 L 24–31
- 2020 W 24–21
- 2021 W 32–31
- 2021 W 28–10
- 2022 L 22–52
Lost the last one.
- Jacksonville State
1–18 in 19
- 2012 L 35–38
- 2014 L 28–52
- 2015 L 20–42
- 2016 L 15–33
- 2017 L 23–59
- 2018 L 15–42
- 2019 L 12–14
- 2020 L 14–28
- 2022 L 3–34
- 2025 L 10–45
Lost the last 10.
- Eastern Illinois
8–11 in 19
- 2015 L 20–34
- 2016 W 40–38
- 2017 L 24–27
- 2018 W 48–41
- 2019 W 24–17
- 2020 W 41–27
- 2021 W 22–6
- 2021 W 20–13
- 2022 L 21–35
- 2026 L 14–28
Lost the last two.
| Opponent | Games | MUR record |
|---|---|---|
| Southeast Missouri State | 20 | 11–9 |
| Jacksonville State | 19 | 1–18 |
| Eastern Illinois | 19 | 8–11 |
| Tennessee Tech | 18 | 8–10 |
| UT Martin | 18 | 6–12 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 16 | 3–13 |
| Tennessee State | 16 | 11–5 |
| Austin Peay | 15 | 7–8 |
Rivals the program names: Western Kentucky.
Every opponent (65)
Every program Murray State has played, A to Z, with Murray State’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Akron 0–0–1
- Austin Peay 7–8
- Ball State 0–1
- Bowling Green 0–2
- Butler 0–1
- BYU 0–1
- Central Arkansas 0–4
- Chattanooga 0–2
- Cincinnati 0–1
- East Carolina 0–1
- East Tennessee State 0–1
- Eastern Illinois 8–11
- Eastern Kentucky 3–13
- Florida State 0–1
- Georgia 0–2
- Georgia State 1–1
- Glenville State 1–0
- Illinois 0–1
- Illinois State 0–7
- Indiana 0–1
- Indiana State 4–3
- Jacksonville State 1–18
- Kent State 0–1
- Kentucky 0–3
- Kentucky Wesleyan 4–0
- Lambuth 2–0
- Lindenwood 0–1
- Louisville 2–7
- Memphis 0–1–1
- Middle Tennessee 0–3
- Minnesota 0–1
- Mississippi State 0–2
- Mississippi Valley State 3–0
- Missouri 0–3
- Missouri State 3–5
- Morehead State 1–0
- NC State 0–1
- North Dakota 0–4
- North Dakota State 0–2
- Northern Illinois 0–2
- Northern Iowa 0–1
- Oklahoma State 0–1
- Ole Miss 0–1
- Pikeville 1–0
- Presbyterian 1–0
- Robert Morris 1–0
- Samford 1–3
- SE Louisiana 0–2
- South Dakota 0–4
- South Dakota State 0–2
- Southeast Missouri State 11–9
- Southern Illinois 0–7
- Sul Ross State 0–0–1
- Tennessee State 11–5
- Tennessee Tech 8–10
- Texas Tech 0–1
- Toledo 0–1
- UConn 0–1
- Union College 1–0
- UT Martin 6–12
- Valparaiso 2–0
- Western Kentucky 0–1
- Western Michigan 0–2
- Wisconsin 0–1
- Youngstown State 0–2
Conference titles
9, counting shared titles- Mississippi Valley Conference 1
- 1928
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 1924–1927
- Mississippi Valley Conference 1928–1930
- Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1944–1947
- OVC 1978–2022
- MVFC since 2023
- 2023Joined the MVFC from the OVC in football, announced April 4, 2022. Source
Murray State’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).
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 5 since 1985
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
Murray State University- Enrollment
- 10,020 7,851 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Murray, Kentucky
- Public or private
- Public
- Founded
- 1922
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $44,737 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 | 0–3 | 1106 | ||||
| 2025 | 1–11 | 1–7 | 1101 | ||||
| 2024 | 1–11 | 0–8 | 1099 | ||||
| 2023 | 2–9 | 1–7 | 1137 | ||||
| 2022 | 2–9 | 1–4 | 1183 | ||||
| 2021 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1284 | ||||
| 2020 | 5–2 | 1290 | |||||
| 2019 | 4–8 | 2–6 | 1198 | ||||
| 2018 | 5–6 | 5–3 | 1237 | ||||
| 2017 | 3–8 | 2–5 | 1157 | ||||
| 2016 | 4–7 | 4–4 | 1221 | ||||
| 2015 | 3–8 | 2–6 | 1182 | ||||
| 2014 | 3–9 | 1–7 | 1188 | ||||
| 2013 | 1–2 | 1311 | |||||
| 2012 | 5–6 | 4–4 | 1342 | ||||
| 2011 | 7–4 | 5–3 | 1350 | ||||
| 2010 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1307 | ||||
| 2009 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 1138 | ||||
| 2008 | 5–7 | 4–4 | 1218 | ||||
| 2007 | 2–8 | 1–6 | 1101 | ||||
| 2006 | 1–10 | 0–8 | 1065 | ||||
| 2005 | 2–9 | 0–7 | 1128 | ||||
| 2004 | 7–4 | 6–2 | 1303 | ||||
| 2003 | 4–8 | 3–5 | 1163 | ||||
| 2002 | 0–1 | 1256 |
Every season back to 1945 (14 more)
Officially 502–495–36 since 1924 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 83–182–3 (268 of its 1,033 games are on file). Our file starts in 1945; the program began in 1924. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1947, 1949–79, 1981–82, 1986, 1988, 1991–97: 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.