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2026: 3–⁠3 (1–⁠2 NEWMAC). Last: beat SUNY Maritime 26–⁠22 at home. Next: Coast Guard, Saturday, Oct 24, 1 p.m. ET.

  1. L 10–⁠18St. Lawrence
  2. W 17–⁠10Vermont State Castleton
  3. L 9–⁠44at Merchant Marine
  4. L 19–⁠45at WPI
  5. W 28–⁠7at Maine Maritime
  6. W 26–⁠22SUNY Maritime
  7. Oct 24Coast Guard
  8. Oct 31at Salve Regina
  9. Nov 7at Springfield
  10. Nov 14MIT

Norwich has played football since at least 1900 and is 9–⁠74 in the 83 games on record. The most-played rival is Dartmouth: 24 meetings, Dartmouth leads 24–⁠0. This season, they’re 3–⁠3.

On this date in 2024Norwich lost to Merchant Marine 49–⁠7 on the road.

Résumé

Record on file
9–⁠74 .108; 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
887
Best season by Elo
1904 rated 1221
Seasons
34 since 1900, 83 games

2026 season 3–⁠3

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsSt. LawrenceL 10–⁠1843%
Sep 12vsVermont State CastletonW 17–⁠1051%
Sep 26atMerchant MarineL 9–⁠4414%
Oct 3atWPIL 19–⁠4526%
Oct 10atMaine MaritimeW 28–⁠755%
Oct 17vsSUNY MaritimeW 26–⁠2247%
Oct 24vsCoast GuardPreview35%
Oct 31atSalve ReginaPreview16%
Nov 7atSpringfieldPreview8%
Nov 14vsMITPreview30%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Norwich’s Elo through 2026: 864 going into the opener, 887 after the latest game.825850875900Elo 864 going in; lost to St. Lawrence 18–10Elo 846 going in; beat Vermont State Castleton 17–10Elo 866 going in; lost to Merchant Marine 44–9Elo 858 going in; lost to WPI 45–19Elo 842 going in; beat Maine Maritime 28–7Elo 869 going in; beat SUNY Maritime 26–22Now: Elo 887 after the latest game887
St. LawrenceVermont State CastletonMerchant MarineWPIMaine MaritimeSUNY MaritimeNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1900

Best seasons ever
Norwich end-of-season Elo from 1900 to 2026, best in 1904 at 1221.130015001700190019001920194019601980200020201904 peak: Elo 1221
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesNWCH record
Dartmouth240–⁠24
Brown80–⁠8
Merchant Marine50–⁠5
St. Lawrence50–⁠5
Vermont State Castleton53–⁠2
WPI50–⁠5

The trophy it holds: Maple Sap Bucket (Vermont State Castleton). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (17)

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

Conferences

  1. ECFC 2014–⁠2016
  2. NEWMAC since 2017

Norwich’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20263–⁠31–⁠2887
20251–⁠90–⁠7797
20240–⁠100–⁠7812
20231–⁠90–⁠6926
20223–⁠72–⁠41072
19410–⁠11180
19360–⁠11179
19350–⁠11178
19340–⁠11178
19330–⁠11180
19320–⁠11180
19310–⁠11180
19300–⁠11176
19290–⁠21173
19280–⁠11184
19270–⁠11183
19260–⁠21182
19250–⁠11185
19240–⁠11184
19230–⁠11184
19220–⁠11182
19210–⁠11179
19200–⁠11175
1919few games on file0–⁠21171
1918few games on file0–⁠11176
Every season back to 1900 (9 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
1914few games on file0–⁠21173
1912few games on file0–⁠21178
1910few games on file0–⁠11183
1907few games on file0–⁠11182
1906few games on file0–⁠21180
1905few games on file0–⁠31179
1904few games on file1–⁠01221
1901few games on file0–⁠11149
1900few games on file0–⁠11170

No season on file for 1902–⁠03, 1908–⁠09, 1911, 1913, 1915–⁠17, 1937–⁠40, 1942–⁠2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 34 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.