Bates Bobcats
NESCACLewiston, MEGarcelon Field
2026: 0–5 (0–5 NESCAC). Last: lost at Wesleyan (CT) 34–8. Next: Middlebury, Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.
- L 14–24at Amherst
- L 0–43Trinity (CT)
- L 21–22Tufts
- L 0–34at Williams
- L 8–34at Wesleyan (CT)
- Oct 24Middlebury
- Oct 31at Colby
- Nov 7Bowdoin
- Nov 14at Hamilton
Bates has played football since at least 1895 and is 19–86–4 in the 109 games on record. The most-played rival is Harvard: 22 meetings, Harvard leads 22–0. This season, they’re 0–5.
On this date in 2024Bates lost to Williams 24–21 on the road.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 19–86–4 .193; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 868
- Seasons
- 44 since 1895, 109 games
2026 season 0–5
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | atAmherst | L 14–24 | 29% |
| Sep 26 | vsTrinity (CT) | L 0–43 | 24% |
| Oct 3 | vsTufts | L 21–22 | 38% |
| Oct 10 | atWilliams | L 0–34 | 20% |
| Oct 17 | atWesleyan (CT) | L 8–34 | 10% |
| Oct 24 | vsMiddlebury | Preview | 32% |
| Oct 31 | atColby | Preview | 29% |
| Nov 7 | vsBowdoin | Preview | 59% |
| Nov 14 | atHamilton | Preview | 35% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Program strength since 1895
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Harvard
0–22 in 22
- 1911 L 0–15
- 1913 L 0–14
- 1914 L 0–44
- 1916 L 0–26
- 1919 L 0–53
- 1929 L 0–48
- 1931 L 0–28
- 1933 L 0–33
- 1934 L 0–12
- 1939 L 0–20
Lost the last 10.
- Bowdoin
3–7 in 10
- 1896 L 0–22
- 1898 W 6–0
- 1899 L 6–16
- 1901 W 11–0
- 1904 L 6–12
- 1905 L 0–6
- 2022 W 21–14
- 2023 L 20–35
- 2024 L 24–35
- 2025 L 9–17
Lost the last three.
Next: Nov 7
- Dartmouth
0–8 in 8
Lost the last eight.
| Opponent | Games | BATE record |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard | 22 | 0–22 |
| Bowdoin | 10 | 3–7 |
| Dartmouth | 8 | 0–8 |
| Yale | 7 | 0–6–1 |
| Colby | 7 | 3–4 |
| Tufts | 6 | 1–5 |
| Amherst | 6 | 2–4 |
| Trinity (CT) | 5 | 0–5 |
Every opponent (24)
Every program Bates has played, A to Z, with Bates’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Amherst 2–4
- Army 0–1
- Boston College 2–0
- Bowdoin 3–7
- Brown 0–5
- Coast Guard 0–1
- Colby 3–4
- Dartmouth 0–8
- Exeter 0–1
- Hamilton 1–3
- Harvard 0–22
- Hebron Academy 1–0
- Holy Cross 0–1–1
- Maine 1–0–1
- Massachusetts 1–0
- Miami (OH) 1–0
- Middlebury 1–3
- New Hampshire 1–0–1
- New York University 0–1
- Trinity (CT) 0–5
- Tufts 1–5
- Wesleyan (CT) 1–4
- Williams 0–5
- Yale 0–6–1
Conferences
- Independent 1901 and 1904–1905
- NESCAC since 2014
Bates’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
On the newsreel
- FIRST FOOT-BOWL GAME
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 868 | ||||
| 2025 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 881 | ||||
| 2024 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 899 | ||||
| 2023 | 0–9 | 0–8 | 885 | ||||
| 2022 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 1082 | ||||
| 1951 | 0–1 | 1158 | |||||
| 1944 | 0–1 | 1146 | |||||
| 1939 | 0–1 | 1184 | |||||
| 1938 | 0–1 | 1183 | |||||
| 1937 | 0–1 | 1181 | |||||
| 1936 | 0–1 | 1177 | |||||
| 1935 | 0–2 | 1174 | |||||
| 1934 | 0–1 | 1186 | |||||
| 1933 | 0–2 | 1186 | |||||
| 1932 | 0–0–1 | 1196 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–1 | 1182 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–1 | 1183 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–1 | 1180 | |||||
| 1926 | 0–1 | 1180 | |||||
| 1925 | 0–1 | 1177 | |||||
| 1922 | 0–3 | 1176 | |||||
| 1921 | 0–1 | 1187 | |||||
| 1919few games on file | 0–1 | 1189 | |||||
| 1916few games on file | 0–1 | 1193 | |||||
| 1915few games on file | 0–1 | 1193 |
Every season back to 1895 (19 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914few games on file | 0–1 | 1195 | |||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–1 | 1198 | |||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–1 | 1200 | |||||
| 1911few games on file | 0–1 | 1210 | |||||
| 1910few games on file | 0–1 | 1220 | |||||
| 1909few games on file | 0–2 | 1235 | |||||
| 1908few games on file | 0–2 | 1266 | |||||
| 1907few games on file | 0–1 | 1319 | |||||
| 1906few games on file | 0–1 | 1389 | |||||
| 1905 | 3–2–2 | 1348 | |||||
| 1904 | 4–3–1 | 1262 | |||||
| 1903few games on file | 0–2 | 1287 | |||||
| 1902few games on file | 1–1 | 1362 | |||||
| 1901 | 3–3 | 1274 | |||||
| 1900few games on file | 0–2 | 1180 | |||||
| 1899few games on file | 0–3 | 1179 | |||||
| 1898few games on file | 1–0 | 1206 | |||||
| 1896few games on file | 0–1 | 1172 | |||||
| 1895few games on file | 0–1 | 1192 |
No season on file for 1897, 1917–18, 1920, 1923–24, 1927–28, 1940–43, 1945–50, 1952–2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 44 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.