The Mercyhurst Lakers football team represents Mercyhurst University in

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. Mercyhurst is a member of the

Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Foo ...

(NEC). The Lakers play in

Saxon Stadium Saxon Stadium (formerly Tullio Stadium) is a 2,300-seat multi-purpose stadium located on the campus of Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania. A part of the William J. Vorscheck Athletic Complex, it is the home of the Mercyhurst Lakers fiel ...

on the campus of Mercyhurst University in

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, which has a seating capacity of 2,300.

History

Classifications

*1981–1992: NCAA Division III *1993–2023 NCAA Division II *2024–present: NCAA Division I FCS

Conference memberships

*1981–1992: D-III Independent *1993–1997: D-II Independent *1998: Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference *1999–2007:

Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Its eleven member ...

*2008–2023:

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The conference was originally formed in 1951 as the State Teachers C ...

*2024–:

Head coaches

Playoffs

NCAA Division II

The Lakers appeared in the Division II playoffs one time, with an overall record of 1–1.

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of May 22, 2025.

References

External links

* American football teams established in 1981 1981 establishments in Pennsylvania {{Americanfootball-team-stub