Williams Ephs
NESCACWilliamstown, MAFarley-Lamb Field
2026: 4–1 (4–1 NESCAC). Last: won at Middlebury 20–10. Next: Tufts, Saturday, Oct 24, 1:30 p.m. ET.
- W 17–7Bowdoin
- W 19–7at Colby
- L 0–45at Trinity (CT)
- W 34–0Bates
- W 20–10at Middlebury
- Oct 24Tufts
- Oct 31Hamilton
- Nov 7at Wesleyan (CT)
- Nov 14Amherst
Williams has played football since at least 1883 and is 135–158–15 in the 308 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 player and 3 coaches from Williams. The most-played rival is Harvard: 30 meetings, Harvard leads 30–0. This season, they’re 4–1.
On this date in 2024Williams beat Bates 24–21 at home.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 135–158–15 .463; how we count
- Postseason
- 1–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 1 ranked
- Elo now
- 1114
- Seasons
- 64 since 1883, 308 games
2026 season 4–1
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vsBowdoin | W 17–7 | 70% |
| Sep 26 | atColby | W 19–7 | 44% |
| Oct 3 | atTrinity (CT) | L 0–45 | 31% |
| Oct 10 | vsBates | W 34–0 | 80% |
| Oct 17 | atMiddlebury | W 20–10 | 42% |
| Oct 24 | vsTufts | Preview | 69% |
| Oct 31 | vsHamilton | Preview | 81% |
| Nov 7 | atWesleyan (CT) | Preview | 30% |
| Nov 14 | vsAmherst | Preview | 61% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterProgram greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Williams.
Program strength since 1883
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Harvard
0–30 in 30
- 1905 L 0–12
- 1906 L 0–7
- 1907 L 0–18
- 1908 L 0–10
- 1909 L 6–8
- 1910 L 0–21
- 1911 L 0–18
- 1912 L 3–26
- 1913 L 3–23
- 1920 L 0–38
Lost the last 10.
- Amherst
12–8–4 in 24
- 1899 W 38–0
- 1900 W 16–5
- 1901 W 21–5
- 1904 L 6–22
- 1905 L 0–17
- 1906 T 0–0
- 2022 W 20–10
- 2023 L 14–21
- 2024 W 21–0
- 2025 L 13–14
Lost the last one.
Next: Nov 14
- Dartmouth
3–17–1 in 21
- 1899 W 12–10
- 1901 L 2–6
- 1902 L 0–18
- 1903 L 0–17
- 1904 L 0–11
- 1905 L 0–24
- 1906 T 0–0
- 1912 L 0–21
- 1913 L 6–48
- 1914 L 3–21
Lost the last three.
| Opponent | Games | WLM record |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard | 30 | 0–30 |
| Amherst | 24 | 12–8–4 |
| Dartmouth | 21 | 3–17–1 |
| Cornell | 21 | 5–13–3 |
| Troy Laureates | 19 | 16–2–1 |
| Columbia | 17 | 3–13–1 |
| Yale | 16 | 0–16 |
| Wesleyan (CT) | 14 | 5–8–1 |
Every opponent (42)
Every program Williams has played, A to Z, with Williams’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Amherst 12–8–4
- Andover 3–0
- Army 0–6
- Bates 5–0
- Bowdoin 6–1
- Brayton 1–0
- Brown 1–4
- Carlisle 0–1
- Colby 4–1
- Colgate 8–2
- Columbia 3–13–1
- Cornell 5–13–3
- Crescent A.C. 0–1
- Dartmouth 3–17–1
- Fordham 1–0
- Hamilton 7–2
- Harvard 0–30
- Holy Cross 2–0
- Lehigh 0–1
- Massachusetts 5–1
- Middlebury 3–3
- MIT 6–0–1
- Mount Hermon 1–0
- Pennsylvania 0–2
- Princeton 1–9–1
- Rensselaer 4–0
- Ridgefield A.C. 1–0
- Rutgers 2–0
- Springfield 1–1
- Stevens 2–0
- Syracuse 4–3
- Trinity (CT) 3–5
- Troy Laureates 16–2–1
- Tufts 4–4
- Union (NY) 10–1
- Vermont 3–0–1
- Wesleyan (CT) 0–3
- Wesleyan (CT) 5–8–1
- Williams Alumni 0–0–1
- Williston 1–0
- WPI 2–0
- Yale 0–16
Conferences
- Independent 1897–1906
- NESCAC since 2014
Williams’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
Consensus All-Americans 2
| 1919 | Benny Boynton QB |
| 1917 | Benny Boynton QB |
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 1
- Coaches
- 3
| 2006 | Dick Farley coach, career 1987–2003 |
| 1962 | Benny Boynton QB |
| 1961 | Charlie Caldwell coach, career 1928–1956 |
| 1951 | Frank “Buck” O’Neill coach, career 1902–1922 |
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 2 since 1976
- First-round picks
- 0
On the newsreel
- NAVY BATTLES ARMY TO 21-21 TIE
- BIG GRID TEAMS OPEN SEASON
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1114 | ||||
| 2025 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 1080 | ||||
| 2024 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 1090 | ||||
| 2023 | 3–6 | 2–6 | 1064 | ||||
| 2022 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 1174 | ||||
| 1950 | 0–1 | 1221 | |||||
| 1942 | 1–0 | 1243 | |||||
| 1941 | 0–1 | 1187 | |||||
| 1940 | 0–1 | 1187 | |||||
| 1939 | 0–1 | 1183 | |||||
| 1938 | 0–1 | 1184 | |||||
| 1937 | 0–1 | 1186 | |||||
| 1936 | 0–1 | 1188 | |||||
| 1935 | 0–1 | 1186 | |||||
| 1934 | 0–1 | 1182 | |||||
| 1933 | 0–1 | 1179 | |||||
| 1932 | 0–1 | 1185 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–1 | 1186 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–1 | 1188 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–1 | 1188 | |||||
| 1928 | 0–1 | 1195 | |||||
| 1927 | 0–1 | 1201 | |||||
| 1926 | 0–2 | 1212 | |||||
| 1925 | 0–2 | 1235 | |||||
| 1924 | 1–1 | 1281 |
Every season back to 1883 (39 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 1–1 | 1274 | |||||
| 1922 | 1–1 | 1257 | |||||
| 1921 | 1–1 | 1257 | |||||
| 1920 | 0–1 | 1205 | |||||
| 1919few games on file | 0–1 | 1214 | |||||
| 1917few games on file | 1–0 | 1227 | |||||
| 1916few games on file | 0–2 | 1185 | |||||
| 1915few games on file | 0–3 | 1198 | |||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–1–1 | 1225 | |||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–2 | 1236 | |||||
| 1912few games on file | 1–2 | 1269 | |||||
| 1911few games on file | 0–2 | 1247 | |||||
| 1910few games on file | 0–1 | 1278 | |||||
| 1909few games on file | 1–1 | 1325 | |||||
| 1908few games on file | 0–2 | 1348 | |||||
| 1907few games on file | 0–3 | 1455 | |||||
| 1906 | 5–2–2 | 1503 | |||||
| 1905 | 6–5 | 1437 | |||||
| 1904 | 3–7–1 | 1435 | |||||
| 1903 | 6–4–1 | 1486 | |||||
| 1902 | 3–6–1 | 1456 | |||||
| 1901 | 6–4 | 1512 | |||||
| 1900 | 6–4–1 | 1442 | |||||
| 1899 | 9–4 | 1440 | |||||
| 1898 | 3–8 | 1262 | |||||
| 1897 | 1–7–1 | 1221 | |||||
| 1896 | 6–4–1 | 1378 | |||||
| 1895 | 4–5 | 1323 | |||||
| 1894 | 6–3–1 | 1389 | |||||
| 1893 | 7–3–2 | 1381 | |||||
| 1892 | 4–7 | 1320 | |||||
| 1891 | 8–2–1 | 1493 | |||||
| 1890 | 8–2 | 1440 | |||||
| 1889 | 4–5–1 | 1339 | |||||
| 1888 | 4–4 | 1341 | |||||
| 1887 | 3–3 | 1310 | |||||
| 1886 | 5–1–1 | 1296 | |||||
| 1884few games on file | 0–1 | 1177 | |||||
| 1883few games on file | 0–2 | 1174 |
No season on file for 1885, 1918, 1943–49, 1951–2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 64 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.