• 563-526-36 (.517) all-time record in 129-year program history

• Will play its 131st season under second-year head coach Andy Fries

• Posted 24 Ohio Athletic Conference upper-division finishes in past 30 seasons

• Mark Niles, Christiaan Williams, Brock Martin named All-America in 2019

• Christiaan Williams broke ONU's 17-year-old single-game rushing record, compiling 407 yards on 29 rushes in a victory over Capital in 2017

• Christiaan Williams became ONU's all-time career rushing leader with 4,193 yards in his first three seasons at ONU, surpassing the previous record of 4,169 by All-American and former NFL standout Jamal Robertson from 1997-2000

• 17 players named named Academic All-OAC in 2024

• Program-record 23 players named Academic All-OAC in 2022, which led the OAC and surpassed the previous record of 20 set in 2021

• Defensive back Dalton Tjong was named 2nd Team Associated Press All-America and 4th Team D3football.com All-America as a junior in 2023.

• Offensive lineman Sam Shook was named a D3Football.com First-Team All-American, an AP Second-Team All-American, a Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year, and the OAC Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2018

• Quarterback Brody Hahn played in the 2021 FCS National Bowl at Daytona Beach Stadium, completing 4-of-6 passes for 28 yards and adding 51 yards and a touchdown on 4 carries in his team's 67-16 win

• Received votes in national polls - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

• Team ranked in national polls - 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016

• Nationally ranked in final polls - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015

• Team has been nationally ranked in 13 of the past 22 seasons

• One of only 11 teams to be nationally ranked in eight consecutive seasons from 2004-11

• Ranked as high as No. 9 nationally in 2011 D3Football.com Poll

• Finished 2010 season ranked No. 8 nationally

• Advanced to the NCAA Division III Playoffs Second Round in 2015

• Wins vs. top-10 ranked teams: Capital (2004), Mount Union (2005), North Central (2009), Wittenberg (2010)

• 51 All-Americans

• 11 Academic All-Americans

• 170 First-Team All-OAC honorees

• 238 Academic All-OAC honorees

• Is 6-0 in international competition

• Defeated an Italian All-Star team 79-0 in Ciampino, Italy, a suberb of Rome, on May 28, 2023. 

• Edged the Allgau Comets of the German Football League 9-7 in an exhibition game on May 19, 2019, in Kempten, Germany

• Defeated the Roma Grizzlies 31-0 in an exhibition game on May 15, 2016, in Settebagni, Italy

• Defeated the University College Dublin All-Stars in an exhibition game on May 15, 2013, in Dublin, Ireland

• Defeated the Italian All-Stars 63-6 in an exhibition game on May 29, 2010, in Pontremoli, Italy

• Defeated the Bavarian All-Stars 77-0 in an exhibition game on May 27, 2007, in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany

• Jason Trusnik retired from the National Football League in 2018 after a 10-year career in the league

• Trusnik spent 2-plus seasons with the New York Jets, 1-plus season with the Cleveland Browns, 3-plus seasons with the Miami Dolphins and 1-plus season with the Minnesota Vikings before joining the New Orleans Saints

• Jamal Robertson enjoyed a 10-year professional career in the NFL, CFL and NFL Europe

• Robertson spent five seasons in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers, the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons

• Robertson was the NFL Europe MVP in 2002 with the Rhine Fire

• Robertson spent two seasons with the Toronto Argonauts (2008, 09) and two seasons with the B.C. Lions (2010, 11)

• Robertson ran for 1,031 yards and 9 TDs in 2009 with the Toronto Argonauts

• Robertson went on to win a Grey Cup in 2011 with the B.C. Lions

• J.R. Cipra became a professional kicker for the Baltimore Mariners of the American Indoor Football Association

• Cipra spent 10-plus seasons in the AIFL, also kicking for the Erie Freeze, the Canton Legends and the Erie River Rats