Kenyon College Athletics

The Kenyon College football program has a long and storied tradition, dating back 124 years. The program tackled its first scheduled season of play in 1890 and compiled a 3-2 record, which included an 18-10 win over Ohio State University - the Lords' monumental first victory. Since then, the Lords have amassed a total of 358 football wins.

Over the course of the team's first ten years of existence, the Lords recorded five winning seasons and split ten of their annual, crowd-pleasing Thanksgiving Day games with the powerful Ohio State Buckeyes.

In 1902, Kenyon became a charter member of what is now the Ohio Athletic Conference. It took some time for the KC football team to adjust to the new environment, but in 1925 head coach Harold Wiper led the Lords to a 6-2 record and the College's first-ever Ohio Conference football title.

In 1950, the Lords football team posted its first undefeated season (5-0-1) under the guidance of head coach David Henderson. The Lords accomplished the feat again during the 1972 season (7-0-1) with coach Phil Morse at the helm.

Kenyon moved forward to join the North Coast Athletic Conference in 1984 and has been a member ever since. From that first season in the NCAC, Kenyon has shared one conference title (1989) and has had 187 players named to all-conference teams.

In 2005, after a pair of rebuilding years, coach Ted Stanley guided the Lords to a 6-4 overall record, including a 6-1 mark in the NCAC. Those were the program's best records since the 1990 campaign.

In 2012, under the guidance of first-year head coach Chris Monfiletto, the Lords became one of the most improved teams in all of NCAA Division III. Monfiletto directed his squad to another 6-4 mark, put the team in conference title contention, and made the Kenyon faithful quickly forget about a winless 2011 campaign. Monfiletto continued to mold the program during the 2013 season, building a solid base and steering the Lords toward constant improvement.