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Old 10-01-2017, 06:11 PM   #1
N8DCJ
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Mount Union football

We have a DIII school up here that is just crazy The Mount Union Purple Raiders ... they win everything it seems ....

below is a synopsis of their accomplishments...

(I may have mentioned them before)

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 2015 season, Mount Union football has won 12 Division III National Championships and 27 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.

Championships
Through the 2016 Ohio Athletic Conference season, the Purple Raiders have won 27 titles. They won their first OAC title in 1985 and repeated in 1986, followed by a third title in 1990. Beginning with their 1992 OAC championship, the team won 24 consecutive OAC titles, with their 2015 championship being the final in the streak.

Ohio Athletic Conference championships: 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Through the 2015 season, Mount Union has won 12 Division III National Championships and has 19 total appearances in the Stagg Bowl, including the last 11 consecutively, along with 27 playoff appearances.

National Championships: 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015
National Runner-up: 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
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