The Bald Eagles play in the NCAA Division II and are members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
[2] The team was very successful in the early 1930s, winning the "Pennsylvania State Teachers College football championship" in 1930, 1931, 1933, and 1936.
The school's most recent conference championship was in 1979, after compiling a 9–2 record and outscoring opponents 314–168.
[5] The team declined in the following years, and have compiled a record of 2–9 or worse in eight of their last ten seasons.
Lock Haven has had three alumni play in the National Football League (NFL): John Eisenhooth and Bret Shugarts as replacement players during the 1987 NFL strike, and Chris Collier in 2024.