Football

Football prepares for season opener

Story by Blake Sandlin, Assistant Sports Editor Music blaring, hearts beating, bodies itching to experience that first taste of contact: that is right, Murray State football is back. The Racers will take the field on Thursday, Aug. 31 at Roy Stewart Stadium to face Kentucky Wesleyan College in their first game of the 2017 season. Read More

Leading rusher dismissed from team

Story by Blake Sandlin, Assistant Sports Editor Last season’s leading rusher on the Racers’ football team, sophomore Mareio McGraw, has been dismissed from the program following an off-campus incident that resulted in his arrest. According to a press release from the Murray Police Department, authorities were alerted on Saturday, Aug. 26 of a robbery that Read More

Bentley’s job to lose

Story by Blake Sandlin, Assistant Sports Editor It’s been 278 days since quarterback KD Humphries played his last football game in the navy and gold. Since then, many Racer fans have been asking the same million-dollar question: Who’s taking his place? That question was answered Wednesday, when Murray State announced junior quarterback Shuler Bentley as Read More

Football celebrates National Signing Day

Story by Bryan Edwards, Staff writer   The Murray State football program celebrated National Signing Day on Wednesday, welcoming 26 new recruits to the 2017 class of Racers. The Racers finished the 2016 season with a 4-7 record. Head Coach Mitch Stewart knew what he needed to aim for in the offseason to invigorate his Read More

Scroll to Top