New Haven Chargers
NECWest Haven, CTRalph F. DellaCamera Stadium
2026: 2–5 (1–1 NEC). Last: won at Robert Morris 26–15. Next: at Central Connecticut, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.
- W 22–21Marist
- L 3–21Stonehill
- L 14–57at South Dakota State
- L 10–17Brown
- L 10–17at Merrimack
- L 17–42at Austin Peay
- W 26–15at Robert Morris
- Oct 24at Central Connecticut
- Oct 31Duquesne
- Nov 7Long Island University
- Nov 14at Wagner
- Nov 21at Mercyhurst
New Haven has played football since 1973 and is officially 294–188–5; 65 of its 487 games are in our file. They have won four Northeast 10 titles (the last in 2024) and two Northeast-10 Conference titles, counting shared titles. This season, they’re 2–5.
On this date in 2024New Haven beat Southern Connecticut State 21–0 on the road.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 294–188–5 official; 41–24 on file; 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
- 1188
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 111 · Composite No. 115 in FCS, Oct 17; up 6 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 6 last in 2024
- Seasons
- 9 since 2003, 65 games
2026 season 2–5
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs Marist | W 22–21 | 61% |
| Sep 5 | vs Stonehill | L 3–21 | 70% |
| Sep 12 | at South Dakota State | L 14–57 | 19% |
| Sep 19 | vs Brown | L 10–17 | 46% |
| Sep 26 | at Merrimack | L 10–17 | 34% |
| Oct 3 | at Austin Peay | L 17–42 | 14% |
| Oct 17 | at Robert Morris | W 26–15 | 31% |
| Oct 24 | at Central Connecticut | Preview | 25% |
| Oct 31 | vs Duquesne | Preview | 44% |
| Nov 7 | vs Long Island University | Preview | 48% |
| Nov 14 | at Wagner | Preview | 50% |
| Nov 21 | at Mercyhurst | Preview | 45% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Zaon Laney436 rushing yards (leads New Haven in rushing yards)
- Ricky Encarnacion54 tackles, 1.5 sacks (leads New Haven in tackles)
- A.J. Duffy756 passing yards, 3 TD (leads New Haven in passing yards)
- Irv Briggs26 tackles, 6 sacks (leads New Haven in sacks)
- Frederick Borkey46 tackles
- Myles Hansford27 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT (leads New Haven in interceptions)
Program strength since 2003
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Pace
6–0 in 6
Won the last six.
- Bentley
6–0 in 6
Won the last six.
- Franklin Pierce
5–0 in 5
Won the last five.
| Opponent | Games | NHVN record |
|---|---|---|
| Pace | 6 | 6–0 |
| Bentley | 6 | 6–0 |
| Franklin Pierce | 5 | 5–0 |
| Southern Connecticut State | 5 | 5–0 |
Rivals the program names: Marist.
Every opponent (32)
Every program New Haven has played, A to Z, with New Haven’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- American International 4–0
- Assumption 2–2
- Austin Peay 0–1
- Bentley 6–0
- Bowie State 0–2
- Brown 0–1
- Bryant 0–1
- Charleston (WV) 0–1
- Duquesne 0–1
- Fordham 0–1
- Franklin Pierce 5–0
- Frostburg State 0–1
- Kutztown 0–1
- Lincoln (CA) 1–0
- Long Island University 0–1
- Marist 1–1
- Mercyhurst 0–1
- Merrimack 1–1
- Pace 6–0
- Post 2–0
- Robert Morris 1–0
- Sacred Heart 0–1
- Saginaw Valley State 1–0
- Saint Anselm 3–1
- Shepherd 0–1
- Slippery Rock 0–2
- South Dakota State 0–1
- Southern Connecticut State 5–0
- Stonehill 1–1
- UAlbany 1–0
- Western Connecticut State 1–0
- William & Mary 0–1
Conference titles
6, counting shared titles- Northeast-10 Conference 2
- 2010, 2012
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1973–2003
- Northeast 10 2009–2019 and 2021–2024
- NEC since 2025
- 2025Joined the NEC from the NE-10 (NCAA D-II), announced May 6, 2025. Source
New Haven’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 1 since 1991
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
University of New Haven- Enrollment
- 9,229 4,903 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- West Haven, Connecticut
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1920
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $60,126 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1188 | ||||
| 2025 | 5–5 | 0–3 | 1216 | ||||
| 2024 | 8–3 | 8–1 | 1307 | ||||
| 2023 | 8–3 | 7–1 | 1308 | ||||
| 2022 | 8–3 | 7–1 | 1345 | ||||
| 2021 | 10–2 | 9–0 | 1336 | ||||
| 2018 | 0–1 | 1131 | |||||
| 2011 | 0–1 | 1135 | |||||
| 2003 | 0–1 | 1132 |
Officially 294–188–5 since 1973 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 41–24 (65 of its 487 games are on file). Our file starts in 2003; the program began in 1973. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 2004–10, 2012–17, 2019–20: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
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.