Presbyterian Blue Hose
PioneerClinton, SCBailey Memorial Stadium
2026: 4–3 (3–1 Pioneer). Last: won at Stetson 47–43. Next: at Valparaiso, Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.
- W 47–37UVA Wise
- L 3–62at Mercer
- L 14–58at Western Carolina
- L 7–42at Marist
- W 55–21St. Thomas (MN)
- W 38–21Davidson
- W 47–43at Stetson
- Oct 24at Valparaiso
- Oct 31Butler
- Nov 14at Morehead State
- Nov 21Dayton
Presbyterian has played football since 1913 and is officially 534–560–35; 463 of its 1,129 games are in our file. They have won one South Atlantic Conference title (2005), counting shared titles. Walter Johnson (1915–1936) won more games here than any other coach: 52. The most-played rival is The Citadel: 50 meetings, The Citadel leads 39–10–1. This season, they’re 4–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 534–560–35 official; 157–294–12 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–1 matches the official bowl record
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1322
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 115 · Composite No. 112 in FCS, Oct 17; up 3 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 1 last in 2005
- Seasons
- 92 since 1914, 463 games
2026 season 4–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vsUVA Wise | W 47–37 | 90% |
| Sep 5 | at Mercer | L 3–62 | 37% |
| Sep 19 | at Western Carolina | L 14–58 | 44% |
| Sep 26 | at Marist | L 7–42 | 53% |
| Oct 3 | vs St. Thomas (MN) | W 55–21 | 44% |
| Oct 10 | vs Davidson | W 38–21 | 82% |
| Oct 17 | at Stetson | W 47–43 | 70% |
| Oct 24 | at Valparaiso | Preview | 62% |
| Oct 31 | vs Butler | Preview | 57% |
| Nov 14 | at Morehead State | Preview | 70% |
| Nov 21 | vs Dayton | Preview | 52% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
On the 2026 team
- Landon Sharpe1,654 passing yards, 12 TD (leads Presbyterian in passing yards)
- Jackson Burleson322 rushing yards, 7 TD (leads Presbyterian in rushing touchdowns)
- Damion Moate400 rushing yards, 6 TD
- Caleb Johnson29 catches, 360 yards, 3 TD (leads Presbyterian in receiving yards)
- Ryan Largin40 tackles, 1 INT (leads Presbyterian in tackles)
- Tymaries Durant36 tackles, 2 sacks
Program strength since 1914
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Johnson | 1915–1936 | 52–51–6 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- The Citadel
10–39–1 in 50
- 1974 L 0–6
- 1975 L 0–21
- 1977 L 7–13
- 1978 L 17–28
- 1979 W 21–13
- 1980 L 14–21
- 1981 L 3–21
- 2009 L 21–46
- 2010 L 14–26
- 2017 L 7–48
Lost the last five.
- Furman
12–33–1 in 46
- 1979 W 17–10
- 1980 L 7–28
- 2004 L 7–52
- 2007 L 16–40
- 2009 L 21–45
- 2011 L 21–62
- 2012 L 21–31
- 2013 L 20–21
- 2014 W 10–7
- 2025 W 39–38
Won the last two.
- Clemson
3–33–4 in 40
- 1949 L 7–69
- 1950 L 0–55
- 1951 L 6–53
- 1952 L 13–53
- 1953 L 7–33
- 1954 L 0–33
- 1955 L 0–33
- 1956 L 7–27
- 1957 L 0–66
- 2010 L 21–58
Lost the last 10.
| Opponent | Games | PRES record |
|---|---|---|
| The Citadel | 50 | 10–39–1 |
| Furman | 46 | 12–33–1 |
| Clemson | 40 | 3–33–4 |
| Davidson | 36 | 13–20–2 † |
| Wofford | 21 | 13–8 |
| Newberry | 16 | 10–5–1 |
| Charleston Southern | 16 | 5–11 |
| South Carolina | 15 | 3–12 |
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.
Rivals the program names: Newberry.
Every opponent (86)
Every program Presbyterian has played, A to Z, with Presbyterian’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- App State 0–1
- Auburn 0–1
- Austin Peay 0–2
- Bailey Military 4–0
- BLUEFIELD 3–0
- Brevard 1–0
- Butler 2–1
- California 0–1
- Camp Mackall 1–0
- Campbell 3–3
- Catawba 0–1
- Central Michigan 0–1
- Charleston Southern 5–11
- Charlotte 0–2
- Chattanooga 0–4
- Chowan 1–0
- Clemson 3–33–4
- Clemson Freshmen 1–0
- Coastal Carolina 1–7
- Cumberland (TN) 1–0
- Davidson 13–20–2 †
- Dayton 2–3
- Drake 1–2
- Duke 0–0–1
- Eastern Kentucky 0–1
- Elon 0–4
- Erskine 2–0
- Erskine 12–1
- Fayetteville State 1–0
- Florida 0–1
- Florida Southern 0–0–1
- Florida Tech 0–1
- Fort Benning 0–1
- Fort Bragg 0–1
- Furman 12–33–1
- Gardner-Webb 3–8 †
- Georgia 0–3
- Georgia Southern 0–1
- Georgia Tech 0–4
- Guilford 1–0
- Hampton 0–2
- Havana University 1–0
- Jacksonville 0–1
- Kennesaw State 1–4
- Liberty 1–9
- Lindsey Wilson 1–0
- Marist 2–4
- Mercer 2–5
- Merrimack 0–1
- Miami 0–1
- Miami (OH) 0–1
- Middle Tennessee 0–1
- Monmouth 2–4
- Morehead State 3–3
- Murray State 0–1
- NC State 1–1
- Newberry 10–5–1
- North Alabama 0–1
- North Carolina Central 2–0
- North Georgia 2–0
- North Greenville 3–1
- Northern Illinois 0–1
- Oglethorpe 1–1
- Old Dominion 0–1
- Ole Miss 0–1
- Pikeville 1–0
- Point University 1–0
- Saint Francis 1–0
- Samford 0–1
- San Diego 0–5
- South Alabama 0–1
- South Carolina 3–12
- St. Andrews 1–0
- St. Thomas (MN) 2–2
- Stetson 4–3
- Stony Brook 0–3
- The Citadel 10–39–1
- UFTL 1–0
- UVA Wise 1–0
- Valparaiso 1–2
- Vanderbilt 0–1
- Virginia Lynchburg 3–0
- VMI 3–3
- Wake Forest 4–8–1
- Western Carolina 1–5
- Wofford 13–8
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
1, counting shared titles- South Atlantic Conference 1
- 2005
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 1913–1920 and 1942–1945
- South Carolina Little Three Conference 1946–1950
- South Atlantic Conference 1993–2006
- Independent 2007
- Big South 2008–2019
- Independent 2020
- Pioneer Conference since 2021
- 2007Went independent from the South Atlantic Conference. Source
- 2008Joined the Big South from independence. Source
- 2020Went independent from the Big South in football, announced November 20, 2017. Source
- 2021Joined the Pioneer Conference from independence in football, announced November 20, 2017. Source
Presbyterian’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
- 2 since 1960
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
Presbyterian College- Enrollment
- 1,095 853 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Clinton, South Carolina
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1880
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $60,194 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.
On the newsreel
- SHOELESS WONDERS GRID ACES
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1322 | ||||
| 2025 | 10–2 | 6–2 | 1389 | ||||
| 2024 | 6–6 | 4–4 | 1245 | ||||
| 2023 | 4–7 | 2–6 | 1096 | ||||
| 2022 | 1–10 | 0–8 | 1006 | ||||
| 2021 | 2–9 | 0–8 | 1061 | ||||
| 2020 | 4–3 | 1241 | |||||
| 2019 | 1–10 | 1–6 | 1067 | ||||
| 2018 | 2–8 | 0–5 | 1134 | ||||
| 2017 | 4–7 | 1–4 | 1198 | ||||
| 2016 | 2–9 | 1–4 | 1154 | ||||
| 2015 | 2–9 | 1–5 | 1204 | ||||
| 2014 | 6–5 | 3–2 | 1291 | ||||
| 2013 | 3–8 | 1–4 | 1171 | ||||
| 2012 | 1–3 | 1207 | |||||
| 2011 | 3–7 | 2–3 | 1173 | ||||
| 2010 | 2–9 | 1–5 | 1085 | ||||
| 2009 | 0–10 | 0–5 | 1047 | ||||
| 2008 | 4–8 | 1–4 | 1169 | ||||
| 2007 | 6–5 | 1251 | |||||
| 2006 | 0–2 | 1143 | |||||
| 2005 | 1–1 | 1197 | |||||
| 2004 | 1–1 | 1196 | |||||
| 2003 | 1–0 | 1221 | |||||
| 1981 | 0–1 | 1211 |
Every season back to 1914 (67 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0–2 | 1228 | |||||
| 1979 | 2–0 | 1267 | |||||
| 1978 | 0–1 | 1175 | |||||
| 1977 | 0–1–1 | 1172 | |||||
| 1976 | 0–1 | 1154 | |||||
| 1975 | 0–2 | 1141 | |||||
| 1974 | 0–2 | 1164 | |||||
| 1973 | 0–2 | 1167 | |||||
| 1972 | 1–0 | 1211 | |||||
| 1971 | 2–0 | 1193 | |||||
| 1970 | 0–1 | 1125 | |||||
| 1969 | 0–1 | 1136 | |||||
| 1968 | 0–1 | 1130 | |||||
| 1967 | 0–1 | 1118 | |||||
| 1966 | 0–1 | 1120 | |||||
| 1965 | 1–1 | 1142 | |||||
| 1964 | 1–1 | 1140 | |||||
| 1963 | 0–2–1 | 1117 | |||||
| 1962 | 0–3 | 1111 | |||||
| 1961 | 0–2 | 1129 | |||||
| 1960 | 1–2 | 1170 | |||||
| 1959 | 2–2 | 1173 | |||||
| 1958 | 0–2 | 1152 | |||||
| 1957 | 0–2 | 1160 | |||||
| 1956 | 0–3 | 1159 | |||||
| 1955 | 1–2 | 1212 | |||||
| 1954 | 2–2 | 1179 | |||||
| 1953 | 1–3 | 1138 | |||||
| 1952 | 0–4 | 1120 | |||||
| 1951 | 1–3 | 1121 | |||||
| 1950 | 1–3 | 1133 | |||||
| 1949 | 2–2 | 1185 | |||||
| 1948 | 1–2 | 1113 | |||||
| 1947 | 0–2 | 1086 | |||||
| 1946 | 0–2 | 1093 | |||||
| 1945 | 1–6 | 1097 | |||||
| 1944 | 3–6 | 1158 | |||||
| 1943 | 1–3 | 1103 | |||||
| 1942 | 0–2 | 1095 | |||||
| 1941 | 0–2 | 1116 | |||||
| 1940 | 1–1 | 1139 | |||||
| 1939 | 0–2 | 1088 | |||||
| 1938 | 0–2 | 1090 | |||||
| 1937 | 0–5 | 1099 | |||||
| 1936 | 3–6 | 1–0 | Walter Johnson | 1156 | |||
| 1935 | 2–7 | 0–3 | Walter Johnson | 1132 | |||
| 1934 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1164 | ||||
| 1933 | 2–0–1 | 2–0 | 1210 | ||||
| 1932 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1211 | ||||
| 1931 | 0–1–1 | 1193 | |||||
| 1930 | 2–1 | 1238 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–1–1 | 1217 | |||||
| 1928 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1278 | ||||
| 1927 | 1–0–1 | 1344 | |||||
| 1926 | 7–2 | 2–1 | Walter Johnson | 1419 | |||
| 1925 | 3–6 | 1–2 | Walter Johnson | 1205 | |||
| 1924 | 1–6–1 | 0–2 | Walter Johnson | 1190 | |||
| 1923 | 4–3–1 | 1–1–1 | Walter Johnson | 1327 | |||
| 1922 | 6–2–1 | 2–0 | Walter Johnson | 1326 | |||
| 1921 | 1–7 | 1–2 | Walter Johnson | 1171 | |||
| 1920 | 5–1–1 | Walter Johnson | 1364 | ||||
| 1919 | 4–3–2 | Walter Johnson | 1324 | ||||
| 1918few games on file | 2–0 | 1322 | |||||
| 1917 | 8–1 | Walter Johnson | 1373 | ||||
| 1916 | 4–3 | Walter Johnson | 1226 | ||||
| 1915 | 4–4 | Walter Johnson | 1172 | ||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–1 | 1082 |
Officially 534–560–35 since 1913 (per Wikipedia, through the 2025 season); game by game here, 157–294–12 (463 of its 1,129 games are on file). Our file starts in 1914; the program began in 1913. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1982–2002: 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.