Morehead State
1-3Pioneer · Jayne Stadium · 10,000 · 7,279 avg in 2026
LastL 2–59 at Western Illinois · Sat Sep 19 · Josh Bowling 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 5 tackles
Nextvs Valparaiso · Sat Oct 3 · 1 pm ET · Jayne Stadium · series 17-3, won the last 3
Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 27 | #223 | #363 | — | Ohio Dominican | L 40–42 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 1 | Sep 3 | #223 | — | — | Kentucky Christian | W 75–24 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #209 | #105 | +36.5✗ | @Austin Peay | L 7–63 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #227 | #213 | +20.5✗ | @Western Illinois | L 2–59 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 5 | Oct 3 | #247 | #240 | Valparaiso | ||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Dayton | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Davidson | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | Stetson | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Drake | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Marist | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Presbyterian | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | @Butler |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | @Western Illinois | L 2–59 | — | — | — | -0.494 | 18.2% | 80.6% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 12 | @Austin Peay | L 7–63 | — | — | — | -0.100 | 26.6% | 133.9% | Defense's roughest night |
| Sep 3 | Kentucky Christian | W 75–24 | — | — | — | +0.463 | 52.2% | 176.7% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Aug 27 | Ohio Dominican | L 40–42 | — | — | — | -0.001 | 46.7% | 113.4% | One-score loss |
| Season average (4 games) | — | — | -0.033 | 35.9% | 126.1% | ||||
Game Week
11 days
until kickoff · vs Valparaiso · Sat Oct 3 · 1 pm ET
Morehead State is the only public university in the all-private Pioneer League — a regional Kentucky power building back to the standard that won four straight conference titles in the 2000s.
Morehead's chip is the chip of a public school in a private league — the feeling that the all-private Pioneer League doesn't quite recognize a public university's fiscal and political constraints…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2026 · 1-3
✓ measured from 4 games · ranks are among Pioneer teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Morehead State has won one of its last five.
Cold. 5-5 over the last 10, and lost the last two.
Next Oct 3
vs Valparaiso · at home
Outcome band · Morehead State · 2026
Morehead State's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.
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Morehead State is the only public university in the all-private Pioneer League — a regional Kentucky power building back to the standard that won four straight conference titles in the 2000s.
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