| Currentseason: | 2024 Robert Morris Colonials football team |
| Teamname: | Robert Morris Colonials football |
| Firstyear: | 1994 |
| Headcoach: | Bernard Clark |
| Headcoachyear: | 7th |
| Hcwins: | 24 |
| Hclosses: | 46 |
| Stadium: | Joe Walton Stadium |
| Stadcapacity: | 3,000 |
| Ncaadivision: | I FCS |
| Conference: | NEC |
| Atwins: | 120 |
| Atlosses: | 113 |
| Atties: | 1 |
| Playoffapps: | 1 |
| Playoffs: | 0–1 |
| Conftitles: | 6 |
| Websitename: | rmucolonials.com |
The Robert Morris Colonials football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Robert Morris University located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Formerly members of the Northeast Conference, the Colonials were originally intended to compete in the 2020 season as an FCS independent before becoming a football-only member of the Big South Conference in July 2021.[1] The Colonials would ultimately join Big South football several months ahead of schedule. After COVID-19 caused the Big South to move its fall 2020 season to spring 2021, with two teams playing in the fall and a third not playing at all in 2020–21, the conference brought RMU into its football league for its spring 2021 season.[2]
The school's first football team was fielded in 1994.[3] The team plays its home games at the 3,000 seat Joe Walton Stadium. They are currently led by fifth-year head coach Bernard Clark.
On June 15, Robert Morris Colonials announced leaving the Northeast Conference for the Horizon League in all sports except for football starting in 2020. The football program will join the Big South Conference in football 2021. For the 2020 football team, the Colonials were originally intended to play as an FCS independent.[5] The team's 2020 schedule was to have been played as originally set, but all games would have been considered non-conference.[6] However, this would change due to COVID-19 disruptions; the Big South brought RMU into its football league for its rescheduled spring 2021 season.[2]
On November 28, 2023, Robert Morris announced a return to the Northeast Conference effective with the 2024 season as an associate member for football only.[7]
| 1996† | 9–2 | 3–1 | ||
| 8–3 | 4–0 | |||
| 1998† | 4–6 | 4–1 | ||
| 8–2 | 8–0 | |||
| 10–0 | 8–0 | |||
| 2010† | 8–3 | 7–1 | ||
| Conference championships | 6 |
The Colonials have appeared in the FCS playoffs one time with an overall record of 0–1.
| First round | North Dakota State | L 17–43 |
Notable alumni include:
Future non-conference opponents announced as of July 29, 2023.[8]
| at Air Force | at Utah State | at West Virginia | at Akron | at Youngstown State | Murray State | ||
| Saint Francis | at Lafayette | Lafayette | Towson | ||||
| at Youngstown State | at Eastern Kentucky | at Youngstown State | Norfolk State | ||||
| Virginia–Lynchburg | at Towson | ||||||
| Howard | at Norfolk State |