By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL. The No. 23/25 Monmouth College football team's return to the NCAA Playoffs ended with a 49-15 loss at No. 6/7 Saint John's in the snow on Saturday. Playing in the Second Round for just the third time ever, the Fighting Scots (9-2) pulled within 21-9 in the second quarter but the Johnnies scored the next 28 points to take control of the game. Brayden Deem (Andalusia, Illinois) ran for 21 yards on the first play from scrimmage after a penalty on

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) has announced that it will hold its 2025 Class 5A and Class 6A Football State Championship games at Illinois State University’s Hancock Stadium on Tuesday, December 2 at 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM, respectively. The 5A state title game between St. Francis High School and Providence Catholic will kickoff at 3:00 PM and be followed by the 6A championship between East St. Louis and Fenwick. All tickets previously purchased through the ISU tic

By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL. No. 23/25 Monmouth College football team had a record 20 players named Midwest Conference All-Conference on Friday with 11 First Team selections and nine on the Second Team. In addition, the MWC champion Fighting Scots swept the four individual MVP awards and head coach Chad Braun was named MWC Coach of the Year for an unprecedented sixth time. The only other time one team won all four individual MVPs was in 2016 when QB Tanner Matlick, OL Kolt

By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL. 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. "Really proud of the way we came out of the gate today," said head coach Chad Braun. "Our guys were ready to play an

By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, IL For the first time in nearly a decade, the Monmouth College football team is ranked nationally. After beating Knox 69-0 on Saturday to finish a 9-0 Midwest Conference season and 9-1 overall regular season, the Scots are ranked No. 25 in Sunday's D3football.com poll. The last time the Scots were nationally ranked was in the final poll of the 2016 season. The Scots checked in at No. 21 after falling to Coe 21-14 in the first round of the playoffs

By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL. The Monmouth College Football team will return to the playoffs and face a familiar foe in No. 7 Saint John's (9-1, 8-1 MIAC). The teams will meet at Clemens Stadium in Collegeville, Minnesota at Noon on Saturday, Nov. 29 in the Second Round of the Division III Football Playoffs. Ticket information will be announced soon and the game will stream exclusively on ESPN+ (subscription needed). All NCAA Division III Playoff games until the Championshi

By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL. 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. "It has been since 2019 since we won the conference outright and had a chance to go to the playoffs and this feels really good." said head coach

By Nathan Baliva The Monmouth College football team took control of the Midwest Conference race with an emphatic 29-0 win at Chicago on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (7-1, 7-0) held the Maroons to five yards rushing and they can clinch the MWC title next weekend at home against Ripon. "I was really proud of our preparation this week and leading up to the game," said head coach Chad Braun. ""You could tell this team was on a mission this week and we got some huge plays in the g

By Nathan Baliva Monmouth College football players Anthony Cikauskas (Oswego, Illinois) and Ethan James (Carthage, Illinois) picked up Midwest Conference Performer of the Week honors on Monday. Cikauskas won the Defemsive Performer of the Week award after racking up 4.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, eight total tackles, two QB hurries and one pass break up on Saturday. The Scots shut out Chicago 29-0 to take control of the MWC race. Cikauskas and the defense held Chicago to se

By Nathan Baliva Monmouth College senior defensive end Anthony Cikauskas (Oswego, Illinois) was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week on Tuesday, a day after being named the Midwest Conference Defensive Performer of the Week. Cikauskas racked up four and a half tackles for loss, two sacks, seven total tackles, two QB hurries and one pass breakup on Saturday in a 29-0 shutout of Chicago. Cikauskas and the defense held Chicago to seven overall first downs, five rushing

By Nathan Baliva Two Monmouth College football players picked up Midwest Conference Performer of the Week honors on Monday as quarterback...

By Nathan Baliva The Monmouth College football team scored 28 unanswered points in the second half to win at Grinnell 48-8 on Saturday....

By Nathan Baliva The Monmouth College football team won two of the three Midwest Conference Performer of the Week awards on Monday after...

By Nathan Baliva Monmouth College senior Derek Chandler (Monmouth, Illinois) was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week on Tuesday...

By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL. The Monmouth College football team went on the road Saturday and beat defending Midwest Conference...

The Monmouth College football team (1-1, 1-0) opened Midwest Conference play with a 78-7 demolition of Lawrence University on a hot...

Monmouth College football placekicker Mylee Hansen (Pekin, Illinois) was named the Midwest Conference Special Teams Performer of the Week...

Monmouth College place kicker Mylee Hansen (Pekin, Illinois) earned another honor on Tuesday as she became the first female ever selected...

The Monmouth College football team started their season with a 21-7 loss at No. 9 Wartburg on Saturday night. The Scots tied the game in...

Monmouth College sophomore linebacker Gavin Carpenter (Coal City, Illinois) was named Midwest Conference Defensive Performer of the Week...