United States Coast Guard Academy

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NEWMAC · Cadet Memorial Field · 4,500

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Nichols · our model 65% United States Coast Guard Academy · a number, not a pick

LastL 35–41 at Curry · Sat Sep 12

Nextat Nichols · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Vendetti Field · series 2-2

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

United States Coast Guard Academy · 2026 schedule & results1-1
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Sep 5#523#478New EnglandW 49–351-00-0
2Sep 12#521#485@CurryL 35–411-10-0
3Sep 19#519#661@Nichols
4Sep 26#518#621WPI
5Oct 3SUNY Maritime
7Oct 17@MIT
8Oct 24@Norwich
9Oct 31Springfield
10Nov 7Salve Regina
11Nov 14Merchant Marine (N)

Game Week

4d 17h

until kickoff · at Nichols · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Coast Guard is the service academy Bears program — officers in training playing football for the discipline, camaraderie, and honor of the service, and who in 2025 nearly captured the NEWMAC title before falling just short.

Title DroughtSince 1950 · 76 yrs

Fans here believe no chip — Coast Guard plays for honor: the honor of service, the honor of athleticism, the honor of representing the United States Coast Guard at the highest amateur level.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 7-3 · last season

Game feel75shootoutscombined pts / game1st highest-scoring of 8 in the NEWMAC
Heart rate2-2some dramain one-score games (4 of 10)3rd most one-score games of 8 in the NEWMAC
Margin+9.0competitiveavg scoring margin3rd best margin of 8 in the NEWMAC

✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among NEWMAC teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

United States Coast Guard Academy has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 7-3 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 7-3
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Nichols · away

Outcome band · United States Coast Guard Academy · 2026

United States Coast Guard Academy's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base1-11Mid-table finish.
Ceiling4-8Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Coast Guard is the service academy Bears program — officers in training playing football for the discipline, camaraderie, and honor of the service, and who in 2025 nearly captured the NEWMAC title before falling just short.

Playoff pathWhere this team sits in the D3 bracket race.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

United States Coast Guard Academy sits 8th in the NEWMAC and 156th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

NEWMAC · 2026
TeamConfOverallIndex
1Salve Regina0-02-074.5
2Merchant Marine0-02-069.7
3MIT0-02-068.9
4Springfield0-02-064.5
5Norwich0-01-146.8
6SUNY Maritime0-01-144.6
7WPI0-01-141.3
8Coast Guard0-01-141.1
41.1 CFB Zeitgeist#156 of 229 D337.6 strength of schedule

Win the NEWMAC for the automatic berth into the 40-team NCAA Division III bracket. Miss it and the path is an at-large bid, selected by NPI — the metric the CFB Index mirrors. Six wins survive the bracket to the Stagg Bowl.

Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2026 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Bears.”
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