Game Vs. Heidelberg

This would be the final game for the Muskie's. They would be set to play the Student Princes. This would be the game that would declare who would be 5th in the OAC or 9th in the OAC. In the first quarter it would be The Berg who scored first to take the lead 7 to 0. The Muskie's would finish the first quarter tieing the Berg 7 to 7. In the second quarter the Muskie's would score a touchdown and a field goal to take the lead 17 to 7. That would wrap up the first half. In the second half the Muskie's would trade touchdowns through the rest of the game and the Muskie's would win 31 to 28. This was a big win for the Muskie's as they would be ranked 5th in the OAC.

Game Vs. John Carrol

As the season comes to an end the Muskie's were ready to play John Carrol. This would be the most exciting game of the season due to a final play that would lead one team to a victory. In the first two quarters the touuchdowns would trade back and forth and at the end of the first half the score was 21 to 21. In the second half it would be the Muskie's who scored first and took the lead 28 to 21. John Carrol would end the third quarter with a field goal. The score was 28 to 24 and with 30 seconds left to go John Carrol would score a touchdown and take the lead. With three seconds left the Muskie's threw a hail mary to the endzone and caught it to win the game 34 to 31.

Game Vs. Capital

This week the Muskie's were set to play national ranked 16 Capital University. After the big win last week the Muskie's just didnt seem to be ready for the game this week as their only points would come in the third quarter. Capital would put up 21 points in the first half and would end up scoring 35 points total. This just wasnt a great day for football due to the weather. It was raining and had a cold wind coming through. Although the Muskie's didnt play as well as they wanted to they would surly prepare for next weeks game against John Carrol.

Game Vs. Marietta

After the disapointing loss to Baldwin-Wallace the Muskie's were set up to play rival Marietta. This would be the homecoming game for the Muskie's and they were looking to get their second win of the season. This would be a hard fought game between both teams and would have a low score of 7 to 6 after the first half with the Muskie's in the lead. During the second half the Muskie's would tackle Mariettas running back in the endzone for a safety. The the Pioneers would score again making the score 12 to 9. In the fourth quarter with about 12 minutes left in the game the Muskie's would score making the score 15 to 12. The game would be decided by the last play of the game as Marietta went for the win the Muskie's stoped them and would win the game as time expired.

Game Vs. Baldwin-Wallace

After the Fighting Muskie's got their first win of the season last week they didn't seem ready for this weeks game as they were set to play Baldwin-Wallace. In the first half it was all Yellow Jackets with them scoring one touchdown in the first quarter. In the second quarter they would score 2 more touchdowns. At the end of the first half it was all BW with the score 20 to 0.
In the second half BW would open up the second half with a touchdown. That would be the last touchdown that BW would score though as the score was 27 to 0. The Muskie's would also score a touchdown in the third quarter which made the score 27 to 7. In the fouth quarter the Muskie's would try and make a come back but would only score one more touchdown in the last quarter as they lost 27 to 14.

Game Vs. Wilmington

This week the Fighting Muskie's are preparing to Wilmington College. This game was a very winnable game for the Muskie's. In the first quarter the teams were is a very intense hard fought game. The score at the end of the first quarter was 0 to 0. During the second quarter the Muskie's would finally put point on the board with about 13 minutes left in the second quarter. The with a strong effort by the defense Wilmington would not put points on the board and with 3 minutes left in the second quarter the Muskie's would score again. At the end of the first half the Muskie's were leading 14 to 0.
During the second half it would be the Quakers who would put up a touchdown and the score would be 14 to 7, but that would be all the scoring Wilmington would do. The Muskie's would put up a touchdown in the third and in the fourth quarter. This is a game were the defense held Wilmington to only 1 touchdown and this was the first sign of the team beginning to click.

Game Vs. Ohio Northern

This week the Muskingum football team would host Ohio Northern who is national ranked 16. The Muskie's are having a slow start to the 09 season and face a very tough opponent. Even though the Muskie's have had a slow start to the season they would be the first to put points on the board but would miss the extra point. With about 4 minutes the Muskie's would lead 6 to 0. But the Bears would also put points on the board with about 40 seconds and a bad snap would lead to a 2 point conversion and at the end of the first quarter the Bears would lead 8 to 6. Muskingum would be the first to score in the second quarter again but ONU would score a pair of touchdowns after the MU touchdown. Towards the end of the second quarter MU and ONU would trade a pair of touchdowns. At halftime the score was 29 to 20 with the bears leading.
In the second half the Muskie's would only score 2 touchdowns and the bears would one score one touchdown. Even though the Muskie's played hard the effort was enough as the Bears won 37 to 34.

Game vs. Mount Union

Muskingum University will prepare for the number one ranked team in the nation this week, Mount Union. The start of the game was delayed due to a power line being down caused by an accident. So with the regular start time being at 7:30 p.m., the game did not start till 8:30 p.m. In the first quarter the Muksie's played hard and held Mount to only touchdown coming from first team All- OAC Cecil Shorts. In the second quarter it was a bit different story. Due to a couple of turnovers (one coming on a kickoff return) the Muskie's found themselves in a deep hole going into the half. The Muskie's were losing 35 to 0.
In the second half once again the Muskie defense showed up to play and this time they only gave up a 37 yard field goal to kicker Jay Carpenter. This put Mount Union ahead 38 to 0. Even though the Muskie's were down they never gave up and in the fourth quarter with 14:55 left again the game sophomore running back D. Bailey ran the ball in from 1 yard out. The Muskie's put that drive together with 11 plays going 62 yards. This would put the score 38 to 7. Mount Union would only put one more touchdown on the board, but it would be the Muskie's to have the final score. With 6:21 left in the game J. Burns threw a 21 yard touchdown to senior receiver D. Sutton. Which made the final score 45 to 14.

Game vs. Otterbein

This week the Muskingum University football team was set to play Otterbein College who is national ranked 18. The Muskie's came out and on the Card's first series Dennis Hicks came up with a big interception. The Muskie’s would drive all the way down the field only t kick a field goal that would be missed. With a strong effort by the defense they would force the Card's to punt. Muskie’s would be the first to put points on the board with a 30 plus yard touchdown pass from Jake Burns to Ben Smith. Otterbein would set up a drive that would lead them to seven. With a Muskie punt that would land on the 13 it was the defense this time that would put points on the board with OJ scooping up a fumble and running it in for the touchdown. With about four minutes left the card's would score on two long touchdown passes and a short yard run for a touchdown, They would take the lead 28 to 14 in the first half.
In the second half there was not much to be down with each team scoring one single touchdown the Card's also added a field goal. The final score was 38 to 21 with a tough lose for the Muskie’s. The Muskie's showed great improvement from week one to this week. There will need to be great improvement this week for the Muskie's because they will travel to Mt. Union who is national ranked number one.

Game one at Defiance

The Muskingum University football team opened up the 2009 season with Defiance. This is the Muskie's only non-conference game and it was played at Defiance. If you did not attend the game you missed a nail biter. The game came down to throw that was caught by senior D. Sutton in the back of the end zone by was ruled incomplete by the back judge. In the first half Defiance lead seven to zero. The Muskie's defense was really strong forcing defiance to punt on many occasions. The Muskie's offense had a rough start partially because they only saw the field 27 times in the first half. This was due to a couple of turnovers off of punts.
During the second half it was Defiance who put more points on the board but this time the Muskie's came up with a huge PAT block. This put the score at 13 to zero. That would be the last touchdown Defiance would score. In the fourth quarter it was all Muskie football. After a big catch made by Polaski the Muskie's scored. After a big stop by the Muskie defense the offense returned to the field to drive about 80 yards in less than five minutes. That's just what they did and with about a minute left the tying touchdown catch was ruled incomplete giving the Muskie's their first lose of the season.