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The McMurry War Hawks football team represents McMurry University in college football in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the NCAA Division III level. The War Hawks are members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), fielding its team in the SCAC since 2024. The War Hawks play their home games at Wilford Moore Stadium in Abilene, Texas. The team was known as the McMurry Indians until 2011.
Their head coach is Jordan Neal, who took over the position for the 2019 season.
Conference affiliations
Independent (1923–1925)
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1926–1932)
Texas Conference (1933–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Texas Conference (1946–1955)
Independent (1956–1964)
Lone Star Conference (1965–1972)
Independent (1973–1975)
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association* (1976–1995)
American Southwest Conference (1996–2011)
NCAA Division II independent (2012–2013)
Lone Star Conference (2014)
American Southwest Conference (2015–2023)
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (2024–present)
List of head coaches
= Key
== Coaches
=Year-by-year results
Wilford Moore Stadium
Wilford Moore Stadium is a football stadium in Abilene, Texas, with a seating capacity of 3,550. It is home to McMurry University War Hawks football team. It is named after Wilford Moore who was the head football coach from 1947 to 1954 after being previously known as Indian Stadium.
The stadium initially had a capacity of 4,500 but has since been lowered to 3,550.
Rivalries
= Hardin–Simmons
=The Hardin–Simmons–McMurry football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys and McMurry War Hawks, with the rivalry referred to as the Crosstown Showdown, with both universities located approximately 10 minutes from each other in Abilene. The winner is given the Wilford Moore Trophy, named after Wilford Moore, who was a player at Hardin–Simmons and a coach at McMurry. Moore is the only person to be inducted into the athletic halls of fame at both Hardin–Simmons University and McMurry University. Following the 2023 meeting, Hardin–Simmons leads the all-time series 33–4.
= Sul Ross
=The Battle of I-20 is the name given to the McMurry–Sul Ross football rivalry. Going into the 2019 match-up McMurry led the all-time series 46–40–2; the Lobos would win that year's game 21–7. As of the 2023 season, the two teams have met 93 times with McMurry leading the series 48–43–2. The future of the rivalry remains uncertain as Sul Ross joined the Lone Star Conference in 2024, which competes at the Division II level, while McMurry competes in the Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Notes
References
External links
Official website
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