CMC75 Moments: 1970 Football Wins Program's First SCIAC Championship
May 10, 2021
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The 1970 Claremont-Mudd Football team only lost one game all year early in their breakthrough season of 1970, but responded by running the table the rest of the way, including a streak of three straight shutouts, to earn the first SCIAC Championship in program history with a 35-20 win over Whittier.
CMC75 Moments: 1958 Football Wins Four Games in Debut Season
April 28, 2021
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Claremont Men’s College officially split from Pomona athletically in 1958-59, and the Claremont-Mudd teams were required to compete as independents in 1958-59, making them ineligible for SCIAC competition. The newly-named Stags, though, had a strong debut season on the football field even without a championship to aim for, compiling a 4-4 record to earn a .500 mark in their first season of competition.
CMC75 Moments: 1960 Football Wins Sixth Street Rivalry Game for First Time
April 28, 2021
CLAREMONT, Calif - In only their second season in the SCIAC, the Stags were able to win their first neighborhood rivalry game, defeating Pomona 14-12 for its first ever league victory to improve to 3-0 on the young season. In the Stags’ debut SCIAC season a year before, Pomona pulled out a close 20-14 win, but Claremont-Mudd was able to turn the tables and earn the Peace Pipe Trophy, the newly-created spoils for the victor of the rivalry game
CMS75 Moments: 1955 P-C Football Comes Back for Third Straight SCIAC Title
April 25, 2021
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The early years of Pomona and Claremont McKenna combining forces in athletics produced a mini-football dynasty, as the Sagehens won three straight SCIAC titles. The third title especially took the work of some Claremont McKenna student-athletes, who contributed to a late blocked punt and fourth-down touchdown to defeat Whitter 14-13.
CMC75 Moments: 2018 Football Clinches First NCAA Bid
April 25, 2021
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The 2018 CMS Football team entered its home finale knowing a win would clinch the program's first-ever NCAA bid. Chapman visited with the highest-scoring offense in the league to stand in the way of that goal, but the Stags used their ball control offense and a stingy defense to come away with a 16-9 win to earn the trip to the postseason.
CMC75 Moments: Late Comeback Gives 1950 Pomona-Claremont Football First SCIAC Title
April 21, 2021
CLAREMONT, Calif. - With Pomona-Claremont trailing 7-6 in the final minutes, several CMC student-athletes came up with big plays to help the 1950 Football team to a 12-7 win and a share of the SCIAC title, which was the first team championship that CMC student-athletes were a part of.
Six Stags Earn Selections to Hampshire Honor Society
April 20, 2021
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Six graduating seniors of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Football Class of 2021 were chosen to the Hampshire Honor Society by the National Football Foundation for their performance as scholar-athletes during their CMS careers.
Video Tribute: The CMS Football Class of 2021
April 07, 2021
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The CMS Football Class of 2021 helped the Stags walk on new ground, with the program reaching the NCAA Division III Tournament for the first time in 2018. They also won back the Sixth Street Trophy in their last contest, defeating Pomona-Pitzer to close out the 2019 campaign.
Catching Up With ... Mackenzie Cooney (CMS Football Class of 2019)
October 27, 2020
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Mackenzie Cooney spent four years with the CMS Football program building up to winning a SCIAC title as a senior as one of the team captains. Cooney is now an associate at KPMG, a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations, where he is using some of his life lessons from football in the professional world.
Championship Memories Saturday: 2018 CMS Football Takes SCIAC Title
October 24, 2020
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Perhaps no single moment better encapsulates the mindset of the 2018 CMS Football team than the celebration after the big home win over Chapman which clinched the program’s first SCIAC title in 31 years. Or, to be more accurate, the lack of celebration.
Update on CMS 2020-21 Fall Competition
July 01, 2020
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Claremont McKenna College announced its detailed plan this afternoon for the return of students for the fall semester, and has established new guidelines regarding participation in athletics and recreation activities.
Six Stags Earn Selections to Hampshire Honors Society by National Football Foundation
April 15, 2020
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Six graduating seniors of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps football team were chosen to the Hampshire Honors Society by the National Football Foundation for their performance as scholar-athletes during their CMS careers.
Five New Members Inducted Into the CMS Hall of Fame
January 25, 2020
Coach John Goldhammer, Ryan Gibson (HMC ’03), Dianna Turner-Graves (CMC ’98), Ryan Gocong (CMC ’03) and Todd McKenzie (CMC ’88) have been selected as the newest members of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athletics Alumni Association Hall of Fame.
Zeimantz Earns First-Team All-SCIAC Honors, Cheadle, Cooney, Lyle Named to Second Team
November 21, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior center Jett Zeimantz earned a spot on the All-SCIAC first team for the second year in a row, while senior running back Garrett Cheadle, junior offensive lineman Jacob Lyle and sophomore cornerback Benjamin Cooney were each named to the second team, the league office announced today.
Sixth Street Trophy Migrates North! CMS Defeats Pomona-Pitzer 20-17 in 2019 Finale
November 16, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior running back Garrett Cheadle was one of 11 seniors honored before the game and rushed for 121 yards in his final contest as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps football team won back the Sixth Street Trophy with a 20-17 win over Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday afternoon at Zinda Field.