Monmouth football headlines

  • Sewanee hires Monmouth assistant as head coach
    December 11, 2025
    Joe Freitag, who has been the offensive coordinator at Monmouth for the past 11 seasons, will get the next chance to turn Sewanee around.
  • Monmouth Wins Most Lopsided Turkey Bowl Ever, Finishes 9-0 in MWC
    November 15, 2025
    The Monmouth College football team won the most lopsided Turkey Bowl in history with a 69-0 triumph over Knox College on Saturday to finish a perfect Midwest Conference season. The Fighting Scots (9-1, 9-0) scored 35 points in the first quarter en route to the most points ever scored by one team in the history of the Turkey Bowl.
  • Scots Secure MWC Title, Playoff Berth with 58-3 Win Over Ripon
    November 08, 2025
    The Monmouth College football team clinched the Midwest Conference Championship and a return to the NCAA Division III Playoffs with a 58-3 home win over Ripon on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (8-1, 8-0) scored the first 42 points of the game and accounted for over 600 yards of total offense in the win.
  • Another new bowl comes to Wisconsin
    July 18, 2022
    The midwest is getting a second Division III football bowl game, following on the success of the Culver's Isthmus Bowl in 2021.
  • 'You don't get better playing bad people'
    September 13, 2018
    There are many different ways to build a non-conference schedule, perhaps as many as there are coaches. But Monmouth went out and scheduled tough, and the Scots were not alone. They talk about the lessons and the gains with Adam Turer in Around the Nation.
  • Ten D-III alums start season on NFL rosters
    September 04, 2018
    Dan Arnold, Matt Gono and Brandon Zylstra are the newest Division III names to make NFL rosters, but Alex Tanney is on a Week 1 roster as well, along with others. Here's the full list.
  • Titans are giant killers
    November 14, 2017
    Illinois Wesleyan's season started with an upset of a perennial national power. The momentum fueled a CCIW co-championship run and playoff berth. Now, the Titans aim to build on their success by stringing together some postseason wins. More in Around the Midwest.
  • Tickets punched for Week 11 and beyond
    October 28, 2017
    Monmouth and St. Norbert claimed spots in the MWC title game, while Chapman clinched a return to the playoffs. Plus, Eureka stands one step away and Widener reached a milestone. More in the national roundup.
  • Monmouth not resting on past
    October 17, 2017
    The Scots won 26 games over the past three seasons, but understand that 2017 is a whole new ballgame. That, plus a look ahead to a vital HCAC showdown, highlight this week's Around the Midwest.
  • Monmouth's Piesman moment
    December 12, 2016
    In New York City, Kolton Koch received the star treatment afforded to national award finalists. Koch was the first D-III finalist for the award, and it was a memorable weekend of firsts for the Monmouth guard.
  • Gagliardi finalists: Hanson, Heitland, Riddle, Barnes
    December 06, 2016
    One of these four young men will be awarded the 2016 Gagliardi Trophy on Dec. 14 in Salem, Va.
  • Gagliardi Trophy semifinalists announced
    November 21, 2016
    Many were nominated, but only 10 get to the semifinal stage. Who are they? Read up on the players, then cast your fan ballot for the top overall student-athlete in Division III football.
  • Uncharted territory
    November 14, 2016
    Rose-Hulman is in the playoffs for the first time in the program's 118-year history. The Fightin' Engineers also have to plan practices around final exams for the first time, a welcome obstacle. More on RHIT and the other Midwest playoff entrants.
  • Barnes is Fighting Scots' Braveheart
    September 27, 2016
    Monmouth's suffocating defense is led by a senior who has worked hard to become one of the nation's top tacklers. Matt Barnes gets the job done for the 4-0 Fighting Scots. More in Around the Midwest.
  • 10 games to watch in 2016
    August 29, 2016
    Every fan hopes to watch more than ten games this season. But, if you want to pay attention beyond just your favorite team, these are the marquee regular season matchups that columnist Clyde Hughes is excited about.
  • The wait is over for UChicago
    May 11, 2016
    Nearly a year ago, sources told D3football.com that the University of Chicago was headed to the Midwest Conference. This was finally announced.
  • Tanney finally gets his shot
    January 04, 2016
    D3football.com All-America quarterback Alex Tanney has been working for five years to get a chance in a regular season game and he made his NFL debut on Sunday with the Tennessee Titans.
  • New look, same rivalry
    November 10, 2015
    Rookie head coaches will be on both sidelines, but the opponents in the Midwest Conference championship game are far from strangers. St. Norbert and Monmouth will once again meet for the right to represent the MWC in the playoffs.
  • Roundup: Conference races come down to wire
    October 31, 2015
    The first playoff automatic bid was clinched on Saturday, while the Midwest Conference set up its title game pairings and more clarity was found in some conference races. More in Saturday's national roundup.
  • Monmouth is on the right track
    October 27, 2015
    Since a heartbreaking loss and a heart-stopping comeback win, the Fighting Scots have been cruising. Freshman defensive end Thomas Lesniewski has been nearly unstoppable. He and quarterback Tanner Matlick have Monmouth on track for another MWC championship game berth.
  • Ten D-III players make active NFL rosters
    September 09, 2015
    Ali Marpet was the star of Division III on draft day, but he's not the only rookie who made an active NFL roster. Here's a rundown of who you could see on Sundays this fall.
  • Monmouth goes with Braun to lead Fighting Scots
    January 13, 2015
    Monmouth didn't look far to find its new head coach after losing Steve Bell to the Augustana job.
  • Monmouth's winningest coach moves to Augustana
    January 09, 2015
    Steve Bell, the winningest coach in Monmouth history, will try to turn around Augustana, which won four consecutive titles in the '80s but hasn't been to the playoffs since 2005 and hasn't finished above .500 since 2010.
  • Monmouth finds it takes two to fill Trey's shoes
    September 17, 2014
    Trey Yocum is the standard-bearer for the Monmouth run game. But since his graduation, the Scots have doubled down on the ground with senior Michael Buehne and freshman Trent Rains.
  • Scots football delivers pre-Halloween treats to local elementary students
    October 29, 2013
    Thirty elementary students got a special treat a week before Halloween thanks the the Monmouth College SAAC and four Fighting Scots football players.
  • Tanney, Miller, Rogers key in HOF game
    August 05, 2013
    A game played minutes from Mount Union's campus had a distinct Division III feel on national TV on Sunday night, with Alex Tanney playing quarterback for the Cowboys for a full half.
  • Macalester football to join MWC
    April 24, 2013
    The addition will give the Midwest Conference 12 teams and a title game starting in 2014. It also means that Macalester will not bring football back to the MIAC in the near future.
  • Monmouth remains grounded
    October 03, 2012
    How do you move on after losing an All-American quarterback who set school and conference passing records? Make sure Trey Yocum gets the ball early and often.
  • Hall, Hoerr remembered
    June 13, 2012
    Young men who played football at Delaware Valley and Monmouth each died this month.
  • Tanney signs with Chiefs
    June 05, 2012
    Alex Tanney's second (well, third) team of the offseason offered him an actual contract rather than just a chance to try out, so the NCAA's all-time TD pass leader will go to training camp with Kansas City.
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