Missouri S&T Miners football

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]

Missouri S&T Miners football
First season	1893; 132 years ago (1893)
Athletic director	Melissa Ringhausen
Head coach	Andy Ball 2nd season, 7–14 (.333)
Stadium	Allgood–Bailey Stadium (capacity: 8,000)
Year built	1967
Field surface	FieldTurf
Location	Rolla, Missouri
NCAA division	Division II
Conference	Great Lakes Valley Conference
Past conferences	Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Great Lakes Football Conference
All-time record	425–557–35 (.435)
Bowl record	2–0–0 (1.000)
Conference titles	8
Colors	Green and gold[1]
Website	minerathletics.com/football

Conference affiliations

• 1935–2005: Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association / Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
• 2007–2011: Great Lakes Football Conference
• 2012–present: Great Lakes Valley Conference

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]

Year Record Conference 1935 1–7 0–5 1936 1–4–2 0–3–2 1937 3–4–1 2–2–1 1938 4–4 3–2 1939 5–4 3–2 1940 3–3–2 2–2–1 1941 4–3–2 3–1–1 1942 3–4 N/A 1943 5–3 N/A 1944 N/A N/A 1945 0–5 N/A 1946 4–3–2 3–1–1 1947 4–3 4–1 1948 4–3–2 2–1–2 1949 6–2 5–0 1950 7–2 4–1 1951 3–5 3–2 1952 3–5 3–2 1953 3–5 2–3 1954 3–5 3–2 1955 4–5 2–3 1956 6–3 4–1 1957 5–5 3–2

Year Record Conference 1958 5–4 4–1 1959 4–4 2–3 1960 0–9 0–5 1961 4–5 3–2 1962 2–7 1–4 1963 2–7 2–3 1964 1–8 1–4 1965 2–7 0–5 1966 3–7 1–4 1967 2–7 0–5 1968 4–5 2–3 1969 7–2 3–2 1970 6–3–1 2–3–1 1971 4–6–1 2–3–1 1972 2–9 1–5 1973 3–6–2 2–3–1 1974 5–5–1 3–2–1 1975 1–8–2 1–5 1976 4–6–1 2–4 1977 7–3–1 4–1–1 1978 8–3 4–2 1979 7–3–1 3–3 1980 10–0 6–0

Year Record Conference 1981 6–3–1 3–1–1 1982 8–3 3–2 1983 8–2 4–1 1984 6–4 2–3 1985 7–3 4–1 1986 5–6 2–3 1987 5–5 2–3 1988 2–8 2–4 1989 1–9 1–9 1990 0–10 0–9 1991 4–6–1 3–5–1 1992 2–9 1–8 1993 3–7 2–7 1994 5–5–1 4–4–1 1995 1–9 1–8 1996 3–8 1–8 1997 3–8 2–7 1998 0–11 0–9 1999 0–11 0–9 2000 2–9 0–9 2001 2–9 0–9 2002 0–11 0–9 2003 0–11 0–9

Year Record Conference 2004 3–8 2–7 2005 7–4 N/A 2006 6–5 2–2 2007 3–8 2–3 2008 7–4 3–1 2009 4–7 N/A 2010 3–8 2–2 2011 6–5 1–0 2012 10–1 7–1 2013 6–5 5–2 2014 4–7 3–5 2015 5–5 5–3 2016 5–6 4–4 2017 7–4 5–2 2018 10–2 6–1 2019 7–4 4–3 2020 2–1 2–1 2021 6–5 4–3 2022 3–7 2–4 2023 4–7 4–3

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.

External links

• Official website