2021 Football News

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Down The Mside Line - 2022 spring football glance
Down The Mside Line - 2022 spring football glance

Morningside University head coach Steve Ryan discusses the many positives seen out of spring camp and some of the fun things about the 2022 spring game in the May 13 edition of Down The Mside Line.

Down The Mside Line - Historical Reference - Morningside - Notre Dame football
Down The Mside Line - Historical Reference - Morningside - Notre Dame football

Tom Davis, a former resident of the Morningside community area of Sioux City and a life-long Mustangs gridiron fan, recounts some riveting tales his father Harlan "Hoss" Davis, an Mside alum, regaled him with about his late grandfather Lee Davis, head coach of Mside in 1946 and 1947, and how he brought George Allen, the legendary NFL coach, to Sioux City. He also discusses an article he wrote for Hatch Magazine about the Morningside - Notre Dame football series of the 1910s. 

Morningside continues impressive Hampshire Society list
Morningside continues impressive Hampshire Society list

Morningside University’s football program had four student-athletes enter the prestigious National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Society. The 2021 membership list was announced Wednesday, April 13.

Rode claims FootballScoop.com honor
Rode claims FootballScoop.com honor

Morningside University football offensive coordinator Andrew Rode was tabbed FootballScoop.com’s National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Coordinator of the Year Jan. 7.

Ryan named NAIA top coach
Ryan named NAIA top coach

Morningside University head football coach Steve Ryan received the American Football Coaches Association’s highest National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ honor when he was named the NAIA National Coach of the Year as part of the AFCA’s 2022 Convention Monday, Jan. 10.

Mustangs place four on College Football Network first team
Mustangs place four on College Football Network first team

Seven Morningside University football student-athletes were placed on The College Football Network’s National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American teams, released Dec. 22-24.

Mside lands atop final NAIA poll
Mside lands atop final NAIA poll

Morningside University was at the head of the class on the final National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ First Down Playbook coaches’ top 25, released Wednesday, Dec. 22.

Morningside has seven earn AP Little All-America honors
Morningside has seven earn AP Little All-America honors

Morningside University, fresh off its third National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ football championship in the last four years, received more post-season accolades announced Friday, Dec. 17.

Championship Heritage On Display – Second half rally fuels Morningside to 2021 title
Championship Heritage On Display – Second half rally fuels Morningside to 2021 title

DURHAM, N.C. – Unflappable … never nervous … calm … cool … collected.

Top of the Charts - Jurgensmeier earns third CoSIDA academic honor
Top of the Charts - Jurgensmeier earns third CoSIDA academic honor

Morningside University senior football student-athlete Reid Jurgensmeier (Wahoo, Neb.) was named a first team Academic All-American by CoSIDA (Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America) Friday, Dec. 17.

Dancin' to Durham - Down The Mside Line
Dancin' to Durham - Down The Mside Line

It's the fifth part of msidemustangs.com's Dancin' to Durham Morningside University football national championship series.

Now Boarding -  A December To Remember
Now Boarding - A December To Remember

No matter where you are this December, follow Morningside University athletics to exotic ports of call in sun-splashed Pureto Rico and Florida, the dazzling lights of Las Vegas and the southern charm of Durham, North Carolina as the Mustangs men's and women's basketball teams, men's and women's bowling squads, and football program are all in action on the road.

Dolincheck receives top NAIA playing award
Dolincheck receives top NAIA playing award

DURHAM, N.C. – (courtesy of the NAIA) - Morningside University senior quarterback Joe Dolincheck (Bellevue, Neb.) has been chosen as the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ Football National Player of the Year. Orchestrating the most lethal offense in the country, he has guided the Mustangs back into the national championship game for the third time in four years.

Dancin' to Durham – Bak relishes role
Dancin' to Durham – Bak relishes role

The fourth in our six-part #DancintoDurham series deals with a community member who dances along with the Mustangs to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' national championship game Saturday, Dec. 18, through service. 

Dancin' to Durham - Developing In A Role
Dancin' to Durham - Developing In A Role

We continue our six-part Dancin' to Durham series by focusing on a Mustangs' student-athlete that understands his and his unit's role which is a key part of the collegiate athletics' dance/journey.

Dancin' To Durham - The Power of Perseverance
Dancin' To Durham - The Power of Perseverance

The second of six in a series spotlighting Morningside University football and their trip to the 2021 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' championship game Saturday, Dec. 18, deals with the dance that student-athletes take to get to a pinnacle.