INDIANA, PA – The IUP athletic department has announced its complete football schedule for the upcoming 2013 season. The Crimson Hawks open the season at Southern Connecticut State on September 7 and will play five of their 11 contests in their home confines of George P. Miller Stadium. After their season opener against the Owls, the Crimson Hawks return to Indiana to host Cheyney in their home opening on September 14. The matchup will also be the annual IUP Athletic Hall of Fame Game and ... Read More
IUP Football Ranked Seventh in Final AFCA Top 25 Poll
WACO, TX – After one of the program's best seasons in the past 10 years, IUP is ranked seventh in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Top 25 Poll, the final release of 2012. The Crimson Hawks finished the year with a 12-2 overall record, advancing to the NCAA Division II Super Region One championship, falling to eventual national runner-up Winston-Salem State 21-17 in North Carolina. IUP won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championship game, ... Read More
Despite loss to Winston-Salem, Shippensburg enjoyed magical season
Shippensburg’s historic season ended Saturday with a 37-14 loss to power house and No. 2 ranked Winston-Salem State. The Raiders’ day seemed like it was going to be a long one when the Ram’s first drive was a three-play 70-yard strike that happened before you even realized the game had started. Shippensburg’s offense couldn’t respond, but their defense did the next time the Rams had the ball. Brian Sourber intercepted a pass and ran it back 63 yards, and suddenly Shippensburg was only down by ... Read More
Shippensburg’s season ends at the hands of undefeated Winston-Salem State
Shippensburg’s historic season ended Saturday with a 37-14 loss to power house and No. 2 ranked Winston-Salem State. The Raiders’ day seemed like it was going to be a long one when the Ram’s first drive was a three-play 70-yard strike that happened before you even realized the game had started. Shippensburg’s offense couldn’t respond, but their defense did the next time the Rams had the ball. Brian Sourber intercepted a pass and ran it back 63 yards. Suddenly, Shippensburg was only down by one ... Read More
Raiders use 2nd half to run away and move on in D2 playoffs
After their lowest output of the season last week, Shippensburg University Football rebounded quickly to move another step in the right direction in the Division 2 National playoffs. Raider nation is abuzz after a huge win over PSAC East rival, Bloomsburg. After keeping things close in the first half, the Raiders used their prolific offense to turn up the heat and never look back. The Huskies kept it close though throughout the first half, and kept Zach Zulli and the Shippensburg offense ... Read More
Washington & Jefferson falls 42-10 to Johns Hopkins in D3 Playoffs
BALTIMORE, Md. -- Fifteenth-ranked Johns Hopkins gained 595 yards of total offense and earned a 42-10 victory over Washington & Jefferson Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Division III football playoffs at Homewood Field. The Presidents (8-3) fell behind by a 28-3 margin at halftime and had four different players take snaps from center. Junior Matt Bliss (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) suffered an injury late in the first quarter and did not return, while his backup, freshman Shane ... Read More
PSAC represented by IUP, Shippensburg, Bloomsburg in D2 National Playoffs
Few of the end results in the PSAC Football Conference this season were anything but predictable. At no point in the 2012 season was there a game where you felt 100% certain that you knew who would win. Many times stats and records can be a barometer of an outcome, but that has been rendered useless in the PSAC football season. If you had to bet your life savings on one thing, it wouldn’t be the winners of games any given weekend. Traditional power California will be missing the National ... Read More
W&J Travels To Baltimore To Face Johns Hopkins In NCAA Playoffs
WASHINGTON, Pa. -- After earning the Presidents' Athletic Conference's automatic bid, Washington & Jefferson College drew Johns Hopkins University for the opening round of the 2012 NCAA Division III football playoffs on Saturday, November 17 in Baltimore, Md. Kickoff is set for noon at Homewood Field. The Presidents are appearing in the NCAA playoffs for the 22nd time and own a 21-21 record in the postseason, including a 10-12 road record. Washington & Jefferson has posted a 13-8 ... Read More
IUP Will Host Shepherd in First Round of NCAA Football Playoffs
INDIANAPOLIS - IUP has earned the third seed in Super Region One and will host sixth-seeded Shepherd in the opening round of the 2012 NCAA Division II Football Championships on Saturday, November 17. 13th-ranked IUP earned an automatic bid to the NCAA postseason with a resounding 41-10 over seventh-ranked Shippensburg in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championship game on Saturday at George P. Miller Stadium. The Crimson Hawks (10-1) earn the third seed in the region ... Read More
Washington & Jefferson wins PAC title upsetting #18 Waynesburg
WAYNESBURG, Pa. – For the first time in nine years, the Waynesburg University football team had a chance to clinch the outright Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) title when it hosted Washington & Jefferson on Saturday for senior day. The 9-0 Yellow Jackets had already clinched a share of the 2012 PAC title with a 7-0 conference record, but needed a victory over the Presidents to grab the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III national tournament. Unfortunately, an inspired, ... Read More