Athletics
Monmouth College is a member of the Midwest Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Division III. The college offers 10 varsity sports for men and 10 for women. The college has won the Midwest Conference men's all-sports trophy each of the last two years. Additionally, the college offers intramural sports to interested students.
The athletic teams' nickname, Fighting Scots, was coined in 1928 by alumni secretary Harold Hermann '27 to reflect the Scotch-Irish heritage of the college's founders. "Fighting Scots" is a Registered Trademark of Monmouth College.
The Monmouth College Men's Track and Field team brought back a third place team trophy from the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 26, 2007. This is the first national team trophy that a Monmouth College sports team has won. The following year Monmouth's Mens Track & Field Team brought home a second place trophy from the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 14, 2008.
Monmouth began its college football rivalry with Knox College in Galesburg in 1888, making it the sixth oldest college football rivalry in the country. The two schools play annually for the Bronze Turkey trophy in November (originally on Thanksgiving). Monmouth leads the series with 56 wins, 50 losses and 10 ties.
The Bronze Turkey has been stolen several times and was at one time buried under the old MC indoor track for six years.
The Monmouth College football team has appeared in the NCAA Playoffs in 2005 and 2008. In 2005 Monmouth college went 10-0 in the regular season, but lost in the first round to St. Johns 62-3. In 2008 the Scots went 10-0 in the regular season. In the first round they beat Aurora University 42-13, to win their first post-season game in school history. They lost in the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs to Wartburg College 30-28. Monmouth College was a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1921-1937.
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