Muskingum Fighting Muskies

OhioNew Concord, OHSherman Field at McConagha Stadium

2026: 0–⁠6 (0–⁠5 Ohio). Last: lost at Wilmington (OH) 42–⁠35. Next: Marietta, Saturday, Oct 24, 1:30 p.m. ET.

  1. L 0–⁠34at Mount St Joseph
  2. L 13–⁠41at Ohio Northern
  3. L 0–⁠56at Heidelberg
  4. L 7–⁠65Mount Union
  5. L 25–⁠36Capital
  6. L 35–⁠42at Wilmington (OH)
  7. Oct 24Marietta
  8. Oct 31at Franklin
  9. Nov 7Otterbein
  10. Nov 14at Baldwin Wallace

Muskingum has played football since at least 1904 and is 18–⁠35 in the 53 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player and 2 coaches from Muskingum. This season, they’re 0–⁠6.

Résumé

Record on file
18–⁠35 .340; 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
870
Best season by Elo
1915 rated 1181
Seasons
11 since 1904, 53 games

2026 season 0–⁠6

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Muskingum’s Elo through 2026: 981 going into the opener, 870 after the latest game.8509009501000Elo 981 going in; lost to Mount St Joseph 34–0Elo 961 going in; lost to Ohio Northern 41–13Elo 946 going in; lost to Heidelberg 56–0Elo 931 going in; lost to Mount Union 65–7Elo 917 going in; lost to Capital 36–25Elo 890 going in; lost to Wilmington (OH) 42–35Now: Elo 870 after the latest game870
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 Muskingum.

Program strength since 1904

Best seasons ever
Muskingum end-of-season Elo from 1904 to 2026, best in 1915 at 1181.13001500170019001920194019601980200020201915 peak: Elo 1181
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesMSK record
Mount Union60–⁠6
Wilmington (OH)54–⁠1
Heidelberg50–⁠5
Marietta51–⁠4
Ohio Northern52–⁠3
Capital54–⁠1
Every opponent (16)

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

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
1
Coaches
2
2000Bill Cooper FB
1996Ed Sherman coach, career 1945–⁠1966
1967Greasy Neale coach, career 1915–⁠1933

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
1 since 1961
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20260–⁠60–⁠5870
20254–⁠64–⁠4972
20245–⁠54–⁠51000
20234–⁠63–⁠6988
20225–⁠54–⁠51054
20200–⁠21102
19280–⁠11181
1916few games on file0–⁠11179
1915few games on file0–⁠11181
1907few games on file0–⁠11176
1904few games on file0–⁠11173

No season on file for 1905–⁠06, 1908–⁠14, 1917–⁠27, 1929–⁠2019, 2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 11 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.