Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs

Northern SunDuluth, MNJames S. Malosky Stadium

2026: 5–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Northern Sun). Last: beat Northern State 34–⁠7 at home. Next: at University of Mary, Saturday, Oct 24, 2 p.m. ET.

  1. L 43–⁠45at Slippery Rock
  2. W 30–⁠23Augustana (SD)
  3. W 20–⁠13at Wayne State (NE)
  4. W 9–⁠6Winona State
  5. L 20–⁠23at Minnesota St Moorhead
  6. W 28–⁠6at Southwest Minnesota State
  7. W 34–⁠7Northern State
  8. Oct 24at University of Mary
  9. Oct 31Jamestown
  10. Nov 7at Bemidji State
  11. Nov 14Minot State

Minnesota Duluth has played football since at least 2005 and is 48–⁠17 in the 65 games on record. This season, they’re 5–⁠2.

Résumé

Record on file
48–⁠17 .738; 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
1330
Best season by Elo
2025 rated 1350
Seasons
7 since 2005, 65 games

2026 season 5–⁠2

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Minnesota Duluth’s Elo through 2026: 1283 going into the opener, 1330 after the latest game.1275130013251350Elo 1283 going in; lost to Slippery Rock 45–43Elo 1272 going in; beat Augustana (SD) 30–23Elo 1289 going in; beat Wayne State (NE) 20–13Elo 1312 going in; beat Winona State 9–6Elo 1318 going in; lost to Minnesota St Moorhead 23–20Elo 1302 going in; beat Southwest Minnesota State 28–6Elo 1309 going in; beat Northern State 34–7Now: Elo 1330 after the latest game1330
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 2005

Best seasons ever
Minnesota Duluth end-of-season Elo from 2005 to 2026, best in 2025 at 1350.1300150017001900200520102015202020252023 peak: Elo 1350
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesUMD record
Northern State64–⁠2
Winona State55–⁠0
Minnesota State54–⁠1
Concordia St. Paul55–⁠0
Minnesota St Moorhead53–⁠2
University of Mary55–⁠0
Minot State55–⁠0
Southwest Minnesota State55–⁠0
Every opponent (19)

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

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
3 since 1976
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20265–⁠25–⁠11330
202510–⁠210–⁠11350
20247–⁠46–⁠41319
20239–⁠28–⁠21350
20228–⁠38–⁠31310
20219–⁠39–⁠21295
20050–⁠11189

No season on file for 2006–⁠20: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 7 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.