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Robert Morris Colonials The Robert Morris Colonials are the athletic teams for Robert Morris University, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The Colonials compete in NCAA Division I ( FCS, formerly Division I-AA, in football). In 2020, the school joi ...

'' The Robert Morris Colonials football program is the intercollegiate

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team for the

Robert Morris University Robert Morris University (RMU) is a private university in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1921 and is named after Robert Morris, known as the "financier of the mericanrevolution." It enrolls nearly 5,000 students and offers 60 b ...

located in the U.S. state of

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. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Formerly members of the

Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Foo ...

, the Colonials were originally intended to compete in the 2020 season as an FCS independent before becoming a football-only member of the

Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Th ...

in July 2021. The Colonials would ultimately join Big South football several months ahead of schedule. After

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caused the Big South to move its fall 2020 season to spring 2021, with two teams playing in the fall and a third not playing at all in 2020–21, the conference brought RMU into its football league for its spring 2021 season. The school's first football team was fielded in 1994.Robert Morris Colonials
, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 1, 2016. The team plays its home games at the 3,000 seat

Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It is home to the Robert Morris University Colonials football team and men's and women's lacrosse team. The facility opened in 2005 and is named for Colonial ...

. They are currently led by fifth-year head coach

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History

Classifications

*1994–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

Conference memberships

On June 15,

announced leaving the

for the

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in all sports except for football starting in 2020. The football program will join the

in football 2021. For the 2020 football team, the Colonials were originally intended to play as an FCS independent. The team's 2020 schedule was to have been played as originally set, but all games would have been considered non-conference. However, this would change due to COVID-19 disruptions; the Big South brought RMU into its football league for its rescheduled spring 2021 season. *1994–1995: Independent *1996–2019:

*2020–present:

Championships

Conference

† Co-champions

FCS playoffs results

The Colonials have appeared in the FCS playoffs one time with an overall record of 0–1.

Notable former players

Notable alumni include: *

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* Tim Hall *

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* Wale

Future non-conference opponents

Future non-conference opponents announced as of January 21, 2023.

References

External links

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