The Pioneer Football League (PFL) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a football-only conference. It has member schools that range from New York, North Carolina, and Florida in the east to California in the west. It is headquartered in St. Louis, in the same complex that also contains the offices of the Missouri Valley Conference and Missouri Valley Football Conference. Unlike most other Division I FCS conferences, the Pioneer League consists of institutions that choose not to award athletic scholarships ("grants-in-aid") to football players.
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision, the lower of two levels of Division I football competition. The OVC has 12 members, 9 of which compete in football in the conference.
Phillip Martin Simms is a former American football quarterback who spent his entire 15-year professional career playing for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He is currently a television sportscaster for the CBS network. After playing college football at Morehead State University, Simms was drafted in the first round by the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) with the number seven selection overall in the 1979 NFL Draft. Simms was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of Super Bowl XXI, after he led the Giants to a 39–20 victory over the Denver Broncos and set the record for highest completion percentage in a Super Bowl, completing 22 of 25 passes (88%), a record which still stands. He also was named to the Pro Bowl for his performances in the 1985 and 1993 seasons.
The Morehead State Eagles are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing Morehead State University (MSU), located in Morehead, Kentucky, United States. The Eagles athletic program is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and competes at the NCAA Division I level including the Football Championship Subdivision. The MSU teams are the Eagles, the eagle mascot is named Beaker, and the school colors are blue and gold.
Kenneth Bernard Faried Lewis is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Known as The Manimal due to his defensive prowess and intimidating dreadlocks, he attended Morehead State University for four years, twice being named the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year. He finished his collegiate career as the NCAA all-time leading rebounder in the post-1973 era with 1,673 rebounds. He was selected 22nd overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets.
The Southern Virginia Knights football program is a college football team that represents Southern Virginia University in the NCAA Division III. They are a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The team has had 6 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 2003. The current head coach is Edwin Mulitalo who first took the position for the 2018 season.
The 2011 Morehead State Eagles football team represented Morehead State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Eagles were led by 18th-year head coach Matt Ballard and played their home games at Jayne Stadium. They are a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in PFL play to finish the season in a tie for eighth place.
The 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The season began on August 30, 2012, and concluded with the 2013 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game on January 5, 2013, at FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
The 2012 Morehead State Eagles football team represented Morehead State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Eagles, a member of the Pioneer Football League, played their 49th season at Jayne Stadium on the university campus. They were led by Matt Ballard, who was in his 19th and final season as head coach. Following a 4–7 season, Ballard was fired.
John "Sonny" Allen Field is a baseball venue in Morehead, Kentucky, United States. It is home to the Morehead State Eagles baseball team of the NCAA Division I Ohio Valley Conference. It is named for former Morehead State baseball coach John "Sonny" Allen. Opened in 1973, the venue has a capacity of 1,200 spectators.
The 2010 Morehead State Eagles football team represented Morehead State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Pioneer Football League (PFL). The Eagles were led by 17th-year head coach Matt Ballard and played their home games at Jayne Stadium. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in PFL play.
The 2014 Morehead State Eagles football team represented Morehead State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Rob Tenyer and played their home games at Jayne Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in PFL play to finish in a tie for seventh place.
The 2015 Morehead State Eagles football team represented Morehead State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Rob Tenyer and played their home games at Jayne Stadium. They were a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 7–4, 6–2 in PFL play to finish in third place.
The 2016 Morehead State Eagles football team represented Morehead State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Rob Tenyer and played their home games at Jayne Stadium. They were members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in PFL play to finish in a two-way tie for seventh place.
The 2017 Morehead State Eagles football team represented Morehead State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Rob Tenyer and played their home games at Jayne Stadium. They were members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in PFL play to finish in a tie for eighth place.
Gary Dunn is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at California University of Pennsylvania. In his first season as head coach, in 2016, he led the California Vulcans to a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championship and a birth in the NCAA Division II Football Championship.
The 2018 Morehead State Eagles football team represented Morehead State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Rob Tenyer and played their home games at Jayne Stadium. They were members of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in PFL play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.
The 1978 Morehead State Eagles football team was an American football team that represented Morehead State University in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their third year under head coach Wayne Chapman, the Eagles compiled a 2–6–1 record, finished in a tie for last place in the OVC, and were outscored by a total of 206 to 145. The team played its home games at Jayne Stadium in Morehead, Kentucky.
The 2019 Morehead State Eagles football team represents Morehead State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by seventh-year head coach Rob Tenyer and play their home games at Jayne Stadium. They are members of the Pioneer Football League.
The 2020 Morehead State Eagles football team will represent Morehead State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by eighth-year head coach Rob Tenyer and play their home games at Jayne Stadium. They are members of the Pioneer Football League.
