UAlbany Great Danes
Coastal AthleticAlbany, NYBob Ford Field
2026: 4–3 (2–1 Coastal Athletic). Last: won at Stony Brook 48–31. Next: at Rhode Island, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.
- W 28–14New Hampshire
- L 17–21at Buffalo
- W 35–13at Long Island University
- L 20–28Monmouth
- L 0–22at Princeton
- W 28–3Delaware State
- W 48–31at Stony Brook
- Oct 24at Rhode Island
- Oct 31Campbell
- Nov 7at Bryant
- Nov 14Maine
- Nov 21at North Carolina A&T
UAlbany has played football since 1922 and is officially 312–248; 265 of its 560 games are in our file. They have won six Northeast Conference titles (the last in 2012), plus two Eastern Football Conference titles, one Coastal Athletic Association title, counting shared titles. The most-played rival is Stony Brook: 20 meetings, dead even at 10–10. This season, they’re 4–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 312–248 official; 129–136 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 2–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1309
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 47 · Composite No. 50 in FCS, Oct 17; up 13 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 9 last in 2023
- Seasons
- 24 since 2003, 265 games
2026 season 4–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs New Hampshire | W 28–14 | 34% |
| Sep 3 | at Buffalo | L 17–21 | 18% |
| Sep 12 | at Long Island University | W 35–13 | 38% |
| Sep 19 | vs Monmouth | L 20–28 | 50% |
| Sep 26 | at Princeton | L 0–22 | 43% |
| Oct 3 | vs Delaware State | W 28–3 | 48% |
| Oct 17 | at Stony Brook | W 48–31 | 28% |
| Oct 24 | at Rhode Island | Preview | 29% |
| Oct 31 | vs Campbell | Preview | 55% |
| Nov 7 | at Bryant | Preview | 48% |
| Nov 14 | vs Maine | Preview | 71% |
| Nov 21 | at North Carolina A&T | Preview | 63% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Dillon Dunathan51 tackles, 4 sacks, 1 INT (leads UAlbany in tackles)
- Joey Koch434 rushing yards, 3 TD
- Rahshan La Mons474 rushing yards, 5 TD (leads UAlbany in rushing yards)
- Kai Coln946 passing yards, 10 TD (leads UAlbany in passing yards)
- Victor Holt38 tackles, 3 sacks, 2 INT (leads UAlbany in interceptions)
- B.J. Norman28 catches, 312 yards, 5 TD (leads UAlbany in receiving yards)
Program strength since 2003
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Stony Brook
10–10 in 20
- 2017 L 21–28
- 2018 W 25–23
- 2019 W 31–26
- 2020 L 7–21
- 2021 L 14–36
- 2022 W 59–14
- 2023 W 38–20
- 2024 L 6–24
- 2025 L 12–47
- 2026 W 48–31
Won the last one; holds the The Golden Apple Trophy.
- Maine
6–11 in 17
- 2015 L 7–39
- 2016 L 16–20
- 2017 L 10–12
- 2018 L 9–28
- 2019 L 31–47
- 2020 L 34–38
- 2021 L 16–19
- 2022 W 23–21
- 2023 W 37–21
- 2024 L 20–34
Lost the last one.
Next: Nov 14
- Monmouth
9–7 in 16
- 2009 W 35–10
- 2010 W 28–19
- 2011 W 41–24
- 2012 W 55–24
- 2017 W 28–14
- 2019 L 35–38
- 2022 L 31–38
- 2023 W 41–0
- 2025 W 31–24
- 2026 L 20–28
Lost the last one.
| Opponent | Games | UALB record |
|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook | 20 | 10–10 |
| Maine | 17 | 6–11 |
| Monmouth | 16 | 9–7 |
| New Hampshire | 15 | 6–9 |
| Central Connecticut | 14 | 9–5 |
| Rhode Island | 13 | 5–8 |
| Saint Francis | 12 | 12–0 |
| Delaware | 11 | 3–8 |
Rivals the program names: Stony Brook.
The trophy it holds: The Golden Apple Trophy (Stony Brook, since 2026). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (57)
Every program UAlbany has played, A to Z, with UAlbany’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Baylor 0–1
- Brown 0–2
- Bryant 4–3
- Buffalo 1–2
- Central Connecticut 9–5
- Central Michigan 0–1
- Colgate 3–2
- Columbia 2–0
- Cornell 2–1
- Dayton 0–1
- Delaware 3–8
- Delaware State 1–1
- Duquesne 5–2
- Elon 1–3
- Fordham 3–3
- Georgia Southern 0–1
- Hampton 1–1
- Hawai’i 0–1
- Hofstra 1–3
- Holy Cross 2–1
- Idaho 1–1
- Iowa 0–1
- James Madison 0–3
- Lafayette 1–0
- Lehigh 1–1
- Long Island University 2–0
- Maine 6–11
- Marshall 0–1
- Massachusetts 0–3
- Monmouth 9–7
- Montana 0–1
- Montana State 0–1
- Morgan State 4–0
- New Hampshire 6–9
- New Haven 0–1
- North Dakota State 0–1
- Northeastern 0–1
- Old Dominion 0–2
- Pittsburgh 0–1
- Princeton 0–1
- Rhode Island 5–8
- Richmond 1–7
- Robert Morris 7–3
- Sacred Heart 9–0
- Saint Francis 12–0
- South Dakota State 0–1
- St. Peter’s 1–0
- Stephen F. Austin 0–1
- Stony Brook 10–10
- Syracuse 0–1
- Towson 2–5
- Villanova 2–6
- Wagner 9–1
- West Virginia 0–1
- William & Mary 2–3
- Yale 1–0
- Youngstown State 0–1
Conference titles
9, counting shared titles- Coastal Athletic Association 1
- 2023
- Eastern Football Conference 2
- 1997, 1998
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 1973–1996
- Eastern Football (1997–2000) 1997–1998
- NEC 1999–2012
- CAA 2013–2022
- Coastal Athletic Conference since 2023
- 2013Joined the CAA from the NEC in football, announced August 7, 2012. Source
UAlbany’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
- 2 since 2005
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
University at Albany- Enrollment
- 17,560 12,666 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Albany, New York
- Public or private
- Public Research 1
- Founded
- 1844
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $67,979 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 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1309 | ||||
| 2025 | 2–10 | 1–7 | 1159 | ||||
| 2024 | 4–8 | 2–5 | 1283 | ||||
| 2023 | 11–4 | 7–1 | 1478 | ||||
| 2022 | 3–8 | 2–6 | 1231 | ||||
| 2021 | 2–9 | 1–7 | 1218 | ||||
| 2020 | 1–3 | 1285 | |||||
| 2019 | 9–5 | 6–2 | 1381 | ||||
| 2018 | 3–8 | 1–7 | 1213 | ||||
| 2017 | 4–7 | 2–6 | 1295 | ||||
| 2016 | 7–4 | 4–4 | 1333 | ||||
| 2015 | 3–8 | 2–6 | 1198 | ||||
| 2014 | 7–5 | 3–5 | 1313 | ||||
| 2013 | 1–11 | 0–8 | 1205 | ||||
| 2012 | 8–2 | 6–1 | 1453 | ||||
| 2011 | 8–4 | 7–1 | 1419 | ||||
| 2010 | 6–5 | 4–4 | 1355 | ||||
| 2009 | 7–4 | 6–2 | 1437 | ||||
| 2008 | 8–3 | 7–0 | 1463 | ||||
| 2007 | 8–4 | 6–0 | 1421 | ||||
| 2006 | 7–4 | 5–2 | 1370 | ||||
| 2005 | 5–6 | 4–3 | 1305 | ||||
| 2004 | 4–7 | 4–3 | 1264 | ||||
| 2003 | 7–4 | 6–1 | 1367 |
Officially 312–248 since 1922 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 129–136 (265 of its 560 games are on file). Our file starts in 2003; the program began in 1922. Some games are missing from our source.
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.