The Missouri S&T Miners football program represents Missouri University of Science and Technology in college football and competes in the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). In 2012, Missouri S&T became a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference and has remained in the league since. Prior to this, Missouri S&T was in the Great Lakes Football Conference, and the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association from 1935 to 2005. S&T's home games are played at Allgood–Bailey Stadium in Rolla, Missouri. The program maintains an all-time record of 425–557–35 (.435).[2]

Conference affiliations

Stadium

The Miners have played their home games at Allgood–Bailey Stadium since 1967. The current capacity of the stadium is at 8,000.[3][4]

Championships

Conference championship seasons

# Year Conference Coach Overall Conf.
1
19411 MIAA Gale Bullman 4–3–2 3–1–1
2
1947 4–3 4–1
3
1949 6–2 5–0
4
1950 7–2 4–1
5
19561 6–2 4–1
6
19771 Charlie Finley 7–3–1 4–1–1
7
1980 10–0 6–0
8
19831 6–5 4–1
Total Conference Championships: 8
1 Denotes co-champions

Postseason appearances

Early Miners football team c. 1893
# Season Game Result Opponent Stadium Location
1 1950 Corn Bowl 7–6 Illinois State Wesleyan Stadium Bloomington, Il
2 2018 Mineral Water Bowl[5] 51–16 Minnesota State–Moorhead Tiger Stadium Excelsior Springs, MO

Notable players

Current NFL Players

Player Position 1st Year Draft Round Teams
Tershawn Wharton DT 2020 Undrafted Kansas City Chiefs

Former NFL Players

Player Position 1st Year Draft Round Teams
Dick Thornton[6] QB 1933 N/A Philadelphia Eagles

All-Americans:

  • Ed Kromka: 1941
  • Frank Winfield: 1969
  • Merle Dillow: 1974
  • Bill Grantham: 1980
  • Eivind Listerud: 1993
  • Cole Drussa: 2003, 2004
  • Ashton Gronewold: 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Joe Winters: 2006
  • Brian Crider, 2009
  • Eddie Rascon, 2012
  • Chris Emesih, 2013
  • Will Brown, 2014
  • Deshawn Jones, 2017
  • Bo Brooks: 2018
  • Roderick Chapman: 2018
  • Braxton Graham, 2018
  • Tyler Swart, 2018
  • Tershawn Wharton, 2018[7]
  • Ben Straatmann: 2021
  • Breon Michel: 2021
  • Cameron Clemons: 2021

CoSIDA Academic All-Americans:[8]

  • Kim Colter: 1972
  • Paul Janke: 1980
  • Randy Hauser: 1982
  • Bob Pressly: 1982
  • Tom Reed: 1986
  • James Pfeiffer: 1987, 1988
  • Mark Diamond: 1991
  • Don Huff: 1991, 1992
  • Eivind Listerud: 1993
  • Brian Gilmore: 1994, 1995, 1996
  • Curt Kimmel: 2001, 2002
  • Cole Drussa: 2004
  • Phil Shin: 2005
  • Chad Shockley: 2010
  • Brian Peterson: 2012
  • Bret Curtis: 2016
  • Bo Brooks 2017, 2018
  • Landon Compton: 2017
  • Deshawn Jones: 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Payton McAlister: 2020
  • Kyle Urich: 2020, 2021
  • Zach Glaess: 2021

Records

  • Missouri S&T football records since 1935 are listed below.
  • Note: The 2020 season was played in the spring of 2021.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Missouri S&T - Color". April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  2. ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/D2.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "2014 Missouri S&T Miners Football Media Guide" (PDF). Missouri S&T Miners. 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "MST - Missouri S&T; Stadium (Algood-Bailey Stadium)". www.d2football.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02.
  5. ^ "Excelsior Springs Mineral Water Bowl". www.mineralwaterbowl.net. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  6. ^ "Missouri S&T Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  7. ^ Kean, John (January 2, 2019). "Brooks, Chapman named to D2Football.com All-America Team". Phelps County Focus. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  8. ^ "Academic All-American All-Time List" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. pp. 355–357. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  9. ^ "Football All-Time Records". Missouri University of Science and Technology. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
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