Merrill Bluejays

varsity Football

Merrill, WIGreat Northern

Season: 2025-26
Overall: 7–4L1
Conference: 5–23rd of 8
Division: 3
Enrollment: 755WIAA

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Merrill#23D37–40

FinalLost

Grafton#1D314–059

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55.2

State: #144 of 358▼3
Division 3: #23
Peak: #131
Schedule: 53.8
Quality wins: 0
Bad losses: 0

Game performance against this week's ratings
Wk	Opponent	Opp ES	Result	vs rating
1	OsceolaD4	60.3	L 13–35	-16
2	CrandonD6	49.8	W 30–20	+5
3	MosineeD4	64.4	L 14–21	+5
4	MedfordD3	50.4	W 20–16	-3
5	AntigoD3	32.0	W 35–0	+1
6	LakelandD3	49.6	W 34–14	+14
7	Wausau EastD3	53.2	W 31–14	+13
8	TomahawkD5	62.3	L 3–24	-10
9	RhinelanderD3	44.7	W 27–13	+0
10Level 1	LakelandD3	49.6	W 38–12	+16
11Level 2	GraftonD3	76.0	L 0–59	-13

Best win: Wausau EastD3 (53.2) · Worst loss: OsceolaD4 (60.3) · How it works

Overall

7–4

.636 win pct

Conference

5–2

3rd of 8 ·

Home: 5–1
Away: 2–3

PF: 245
PA: 228
Streak: L1

Schedule & results

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Football 2025-26

7-4 in listed gamesReached Level 2

All times Central · opponent divisions and records are this season’s · shaded rows are WIAA tournament games

Fri, Aug 227:00 PM CDTvs OsceolaD47–4L 13–35
Thu, Aug 287:00 PM CDTat CrandonD66–5W 30–20
Fri, Sep 57:00 PM CDTat MosineeD49–3ConfL 14–21
Fri, Sep 127:00 PM CDTvs MedfordD33–7ConfW 20–16
Thu, Sep 187:00 PM CDTvs AntigoD31–8ConfW 35–0
Fri, Sep 267:00 PM CDTat LakelandD35–5ConfW 34–14
Sat, Oct 41:00 PM CDTvs Wausau EastD34–6ConfW 31–14
Fri, Oct 107:00 PM CDTat TomahawkD510–2ConfL 3–24
Fri, Oct 177:00 PM CDTvs RhinelanderD33–7ConfW 27–13
Fri, Oct 24vs LakelandD35–5Level 1W 38–12
Fri, Oct 31at GraftonD314–0Level 2L 0–59

Great Northern

2025-26

Great Northern standings, 2025-26
Team	W	L	PCT	OVR	PF	PA
Tomahawk	6	1	.857	10–2	344	151
Mosinee	6	1	.857	9–3	353	199
Merrill	5	2	.714	7–4	245	228
Lakeland	3	4	.429	5–5	219	226
Wausau East	3	4	.429	4–6	200	189
Medford	3	4	.429	3–7	195	311
Rhinelander	2	5	.286	3–7	221	307
Antigo	0	7	.000	1–8	103	320

Conference games only in W, L and PCT, counted from reported results and including tagged crossover games against another conference’s teams, as WIAA counts them. Members as listed on each team’s WIAA page.

Football history

96–108 in 23 seasons

Season	Record	Conf.	PF	PA	Games
2026-27	6–4	5–2	216	218	10
2025-26	7–4	5–2	245	228	11
2024-25	5–5	3–4	181	176	10
2023-24	0–9	0–7	13	213	9
2022-23	5–5	4–3	203	229	10
2021-22	2–7	2–5	81	250	9
2020-21	1–5	1–5	52	199	6
2019-20	2–7	2–4	103	249	9
2018-19	2–7	1–5	124	222	9
2017-18	4–6	3–3	240	220	10
2016-17	6–4	5–1	260	221	10
2015-16	5–2	Unavailable	152	79	7
2014-15	7–2	Unavailable	318	114	9
2013-14	6–3	Unavailable	286	147	9
2012-13	5–3	Unavailable	223	152	8
2011-12	4–5	Unavailable	173	220	9
2010-11	7–2	Unavailable	196	151	9
2009-10	6–1	Unavailable	206	84	7
2008-09	6–3	Unavailable	226	194	9
2007-08	2–6	Unavailable	153	195	8
2006-07	4–5	Unavailable	164	167	9
2005-06	1–8	Unavailable	165	309	9
2004-05	3–5	Unavailable	180	191	8

Football varsity results the archive holds — 204 finished games with a reported score. A season is counted from the games we have, so an unreported result is missing rather than assumed.Conference games are the games tagged as conference fixtures for a resolved member that season, including tagged crossover games against another conference’s teams, as WIAA counts them. Unavailable means membership could not be resolved; it is not a zero record.

Team details & records · 2025-26

Sport	Division	Overall	Conference
Football	Division 7	7-4	—

About these records

School record sourced from wiaa · view source ↗ · updated Fri, Sep 4, 2026