Merchant Marine Mariners
NEWMACKings Point, NYBrooks Stadium (NY)
2026: 5–0 (3–0 NEWMAC). Last: won at SUNY Maritime 55–6. Next: Springfield, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.
- W 41–24at Montclair State
- W 63–14Nichols
- W 44–9Norwich
- W 43–7at MIT
- W 55–6at SUNY Maritime
- Oct 17Salve Regina
- Oct 24Springfield
- Oct 31at WPI
- Nov 14vs. Coast Guard
Merchant Marine has played football since at least 1945 and is 42–38–2 in the 82 games on record. This season, they’re 5–0.
On this date in 2024Merchant Marine beat Norwich 49–7 at home.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 42–38–2 .524; 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
- 1207
- Seasons
- 14 since 1945, 82 games
2026 season 5–0
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | atMontclair State | W 41–24 | 54% |
| Sep 12 | vsNichols | W 63–14 | 84% |
| Sep 26 | vsNorwich | W 44–9 | 86% |
| Oct 3 | atMIT | W 43–7 | 47% |
| Oct 10 | atSUNY Maritime | W 55–6 | 70% |
| Oct 17 | vsSalve Regina | Preview | 66% |
| Oct 24 | vsSpringfield | Preview | 52% |
| Oct 31 | atWPI | Preview | 71% |
| Nov 14 | vsCoast GuardSecretaries’ Cup | Preview | 71% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Program strength since 1945
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Norwich
5–0 in 5
Won the last five.
- SUNY Maritime
4–1 in 5
Won the last one.
- New York University
0–3–2 in 5
Tied the last meeting.
| Opponent | Games | MMA record |
|---|---|---|
| Norwich | 5 | 5–0 |
| SUNY Maritime | 5 | 4–1 |
| New York University | 5 | 0–3–2 |
| MIT | 5 | 5–0 |
The trophy it holds: Secretaries’ Cup (Coast Guard, since 2025). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (36)
Every program Merchant Marine has played, A to Z, with Merchant Marine’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Adelphi 1–0
- Boston College 1–1
- Boston University 0–1
- Brooklyn 3–0
- Catholic 0–1
- Coast Guard 3–1
- Colgate 0–3
- Curry 1–0
- FDU Florham 0–1
- Fordham 1–3
- Gallaudet 2–0
- George Washington 0–2
- Harvard 0–1
- Hofstra 1–1
- Kean 1–0
- Lafayette 1–0
- Lehigh 0–2
- Maryland 0–1
- MIT 5–0
- Montclair State 2–0
- New York University 0–3–2
- Nichols 2–0
- Norwich 5–0
- Rensselaer 1–0
- Rutgers 0–1
- Salve Regina 1–2
- Springfield 0–4
- St. Bonaventure 0–2
- SUNY Maritime 4–1
- Ursinus 1–0
- Villanova 0–2
- Wagner 1–0
- Western Connecticut State 2–0
- William & Mary 0–1
- WPI 3–1
- Yale 0–3
Conferences
- Independent 1945–1947
- Liberty League 2014–2016
- NEWMAC since 2017
Merchant Marine’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1207 | ||||
| 2025 | 8–2 | 5–2 | 1130 | ||||
| 2024 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 1088 | ||||
| 2023 | 7–2 | 5–1 | 1210 | ||||
| 2022 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 1206 | ||||
| 1964 | 0–1 | 1173 | |||||
| 1952 | 0–0–1 | 1176 | |||||
| 1951 | 0–1 | 1160 | |||||
| 1950 | 0–0–1 | 1162 | |||||
| 1949 | 0–3 | 1136 | |||||
| 1948 | 0–3 | 1193 | |||||
| 1947 | 2–9 | 1174 | |||||
| 1946 | 4–7 | 1299 | |||||
| 1945 | 5–3 | 1470 |
No season on file for 1953–63, 1965–2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 14 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.