The Uni Watch
Fans (Sports Aesthetics) Facebook page will be posting a minimum of 1 NCAA Football Team
(Division I) a day to celebrate the 150 years of College Football. The teams
will begin with the oldest team in their respective conference (Big Ten =
Oldest Conference) until all the teams are listed. The team helmets will go
back to the early 1960’s and their current logo will be used.
The Mount Union Purple Raiders football program is the
intercollegiate American football team for the University of Mount Union
located in the U.S. state of Ohio. They compete in the National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division III level and are members of the
Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). The team was established in 1893 and plays its
home games at the 5,600 seat Mount Union Stadium. They are coached by Vince
Kehres. Through the 2017 season, Mount Union football has won 13 Division III
National Championships and 28 OAC titles, which includes a streak of 24
consecutive conference titles from 1992 through 2015. Additionally, the Purple
Raiders own the NCAA football record for consecutive victories with 55, set
from 2000 to 2003, which broke their previous record of 54, set from 1996 to
1999. The team has also had notable winning streaks of 110 consecutive wins in
the regular season from 1994 to 2005 and 112 from 2005 to 2016, along with a
98-game winning streak at home that also ended in 2016.[2] With the Purple
Raiders' success, former head coach Larry Kehres holds the record for highest
winning percentage (.929) for coaches with minimum 200 career wins over his 27
seasons (1986–2012) as coach at Mount Union.
All-Time Record: 758-386-37 (.657)
Special thanks to:
Conference: Ohio Athletic Conference
Team: Mount Union Purple Raiders
Founded: 1893
Joined Conference: 1992-2015; 2017-
1972-1976
1986-Present
2017
2018
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