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.