Bradley Braves

Bradley has played football since at least 1927 and is 21–⁠43–⁠3 in the 67 games on record. This season, they’re 1–⁠0.

Résumé

Record on file
21–⁠43–⁠3 .336; how we count
Postseason
0–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 0 ranked
Elo now
1234
Best season by Elo
1952 rated 1345
Seasons
29 since 1927, 67 games

1965 season 1–⁠0

RosterFull 1965 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Nov 20vsQuantico MarinesW 14–⁠736%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

Program strength since 1927

Best seasons ever
Bradley end-of-season Elo from 1927 to 1965, best in 1952 at 1345.1300150017001900193019351940194519501955196019651952 peak: Elo 1345
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesBradley record
Drake112–⁠9
Illinois80–⁠7–⁠1
Wichita State70–⁠7
Iowa50–⁠5
Every opponent (28)

Every program Bradley has played, A to Z, with Bradley’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
1 since 1951
First-round picks
1
1951Billy Stone RBNo. 10, Chicago Bears

On the newsreel

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
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
19651–⁠01234
19580–⁠11210
19571–⁠11225
19560–⁠11190
19550–⁠11207
19541–⁠01261
19530–⁠21251
19521–⁠21345
19514–⁠50–⁠31260
19505–⁠50–⁠31247
19495–⁠51–⁠31188
19480–⁠21180
19470–⁠11205
19460–⁠11225
19411–⁠01262
19401–⁠11243
19390–⁠0–⁠21227
19381–⁠0–⁠11220
19370–⁠21169
19360–⁠11176
19350–⁠11172
19340–⁠11169
19330–⁠21161
19320–⁠21173
19310–⁠21183
Every season back to 1927 (4 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
19300–⁠11190
19290–⁠11192
19280–⁠11194
19270–⁠11196

No season on file for 1942–⁠45, 1959–⁠64: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 29 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.