Hall of Fame
The 1998 football team opened the year with a 39-10 loss on the road at Division I South Florida before reeling off a program record 12 wins a row. The Rock, led by head coach George Mihalik, claimed the PSAC West and outright PSAC titles and rolled through No. 14 Grand Valley State and No. 13 Shepherd in the first two rounds of the NCAA playoffs to reach the national semifinals before falling to No. 3 Carson-Newman to finish with a 12-2 record. SRU, which ranked No. 5 in the final regular season rankings, got its biggest win of the season when it upset No. 2 Indiana (Pa.) midway through the year to stay in the driver's seat for the PSAC title. The Rock gave up less than 10 points in five different games that year and 14 or less points in nine games. No team in SRU history has reached as far in the NCAA playoffs as the 1998 team. The closest to do it was the 2015 team, which matched the school record for wins and also finished at 12-2, but lost in the NCAA quarterfinals.
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