by Kyle Robarts 11/19/2011 4:12:00 PM Box Score SAN ANTONIO, Texas – McMurry University’s defense and special teams powered the War Hawks to their first ever playoff win of any kind Saturday as the War Hawks knocked off No. 11 Trinity 25-16 on its home field in the first round of the NCAA Division [...]
Story courtesy Abilene Reporter News; published 11/18/2011 by Sam Waller, ARN beat writer 11/18/2011 10:56:00 AM Link to official articleABILENE, Texas – For 12 seniors on the McMurry University football team, receiving a bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs was almost unthinkable three years ago. Back in 2008, McMurry was just trying to [...]
by Kyle Robarts 11/17/2011 1:50:00 PM ABILENE, Texas – Despite the hoopla of an 8-2 season, a rowdy reaction to the NCAA Division III Playoffs selection show, and the plethora of “firsts” achieved by the 2011 McMurry University football team, on Saturday those things must become a distant memory. The No. 15-ranked War Hawks [...]
by Kyle Robarts 11/16/2011 10:00:00 AM Full 2011 All-ASC Football Team ABILENE, Texas – McMurry University landed 15 players on the American Southwest Conference Football all-conference team Wednesday with junior quarterback Jake Mullin taking ASC Offensive Player of the Year honors. The War Hawks, 8-2, received this news as they prepare to head into [...]
by Kyle Robarts 11/13/2011 3:38:00 PM ABILENE, Texas – McMurry University freshman kick returner Jeret Smith was named the American Southwest Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in Saturday’s 63-38 home win over Mississippi College. Smith set the school record for the longest kick return in school history when he [...]
by Kyle Robarts 11/9/2011 4:49:00 PM ABILENE, Texas – Fans at Saturday’s McMurry University football contest against Mississippi College will have a chance witness a renovation announcement ceremony following the game for the renovation of Wilford Moore Stadium. The stadium is the home of McMurry football and the track and field programs, and the university’s [...]
by Kyle Robarts 11/9/2011 9:10:00 AM BSCN Week 10 Athletes of the Week ABILENE, Texas – For the second time this season the Beyond Sports College Network recognized the McMurry University offensive line as a member of the Division III National Athletes of the Week. The War Hawks offensive front helped pave the way for [...]
by Kyle Robarts 11/7/2011 11:36:00 AM Week 8 AFCA Coaches’ Poll ABILENE, Texas – McMurry University’s football team earned its second national ranking in as many days, this time by the American Football Coaches Association at No. 24. The War Hawks, ranked No. 20 by D3football.com for the first time in school history Sunday, were [...]
by Kyle Robarts, SID 11/6/2011 6:03:00 PM ABILENE, Texas – McMurry University junior quarterback Jake Mullin became the school’s all-time leader in passing yards and completions Saturday in the War Hawks’ 49-28 win over No. 20 Louisiana College in Pineville, La. His 446 yards gave him 8,629 yards in his 26th career game, passing four-year [...]
by Kyle Robarts, SID 11/6/2011 5:23:00 PM D3football.com Week 10 National Top 25 poll ABILENE, Texas – McMurry University’s 7-2 start and 6-1 record in American Southwest Conference play earned the War Hawks their first ever national-ranking in the program’s history by D3football.com. The poplular Division III web site ranked McMurry at No. 20 after [...]
