# Robert Morris Colonials football

The Robert Morris Colonials football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Robert Morris University located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Formerly members of the Northeast Conference, 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 in July 2021. The Colonials would ultimately join Big South football several months ahead of schedule. After COVID-19 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. The team plays its home games at the 3,000 seat Joe Walton Stadium. They are currently led by fifth-year head coach Bernard Clark.

## History
### Classifications

* 1994–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

### Conference memberships

On June 15, Robert Morris Colonials announced leaving the Northeast Conference for the Horizon League in all sports except for football starting in 2020. The football program will join the Big South Conference 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.
On November 28, 2023, Robert Morris announced a return to the Northeast Conference effective with the 2024 season as an associate member for football only.
* 1994–1995: Independent
* 1996–2019: Northeast Conference
* 2020–2023: Big South Conference
* 2024-: Northeast Conference

## Championships
### Conference

| Year | Coach | Conference | Overall record | Conference record |
| 1996† | Joe Walton | Northeast Conference | 9–2 | 3–1 |
| 1997 | Joe Walton | Northeast Conference | 8–3 | 4–0 |
| 1998† | Joe Walton | Northeast Conference | 4–6 | 4–1 |
| 1999 | Joe Walton | Northeast Conference | 8–2 | 8–0 |
| 2000 | Joe Walton | Northeast Conference | 10–0 | 8–0 |
| 2010† | Joe Walton | Northeast Conference | 8–3 | 7–1 |
| Conference championships | Conference championships | Conference championships | 6 | 6 | 6 |
† Co-champions

## FCS playoffs results

The Colonials have appeared in the FCS playoffs one time with an overall record of 0–1.
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 2010 | First round | North Dakota State | L 17–43 |

## Notable former players

Notable alumni include:
* Hank Fraley
* Tim Hall
* Tim Levcik
* Wale
* Matt Stasko
* Adam Thermann

## Future non-conference opponents

Future non-conference opponents announced as of February 18, 2025.
| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2029 |
| at West Virginia | at Akron | at Youngstown State | Murray State |
| at Youngstown State | at Buffalo | | at West Virginia |
| West Liberty | Norfolk State | | |
| Dayton | | | |
| at Merrimack | | | |