Davidson

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Pioneer · Richardson Stadium · 6,000 · 2,237 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs VMI · our model 64% Davidson · a number, not a pick

LastW 28–14 vs Dickinson · Sat Sep 12 · Ethan Harris 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 6 tackles

Nextvs VMI · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Richardson Stadium · series 16-39-3, lost the last 10

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Davidson · 2026 schedule & results1-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 27#250#422ConcordL 35–410-10-0
1Sep 5#250#215+32.5ElonL 0–380-20-0
2Sep 12#261#528DickinsonW 28–141-20-0
3Sep 19#266#265VMI
4Sep 26#266#233Drake
5Oct 3@San Diego
6Oct 10@Presbyterian
7Oct 17Morehead State
9Oct 31@St. Thomas (MN)
10Nov 7Stetson
11Nov 14@Dayton
12Nov 21Marist
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 12DickinsonW 28–14+0.06643.2%107.4%Season-high EPA/play
Sep 5ElonL 0–38-0.14025.0%143.5%Season-low EPA/play
Aug 27ConcordL 35–41-0.00733.3%169.3%Most explosive
Season average (3 games)-0.02733.8%140.1%

Game Week

4d 17h

until kickoff · vs VMI · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Davidson is the ultra-selective North Carolina college that revived football in 1996 after a half-century gap — a team that exists because the school decided academics were the whole point, and football belonged inside that frame.

Standard GapA Patriot League school with Princeton-level admissions (2% acceptance)…

Fans here believe davidson has no chip. The program was born in non-scholarship FCS and has no inferiority complex — it chose the Pioneer League because it matches the school's values.

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The season in chapters

Week 10-2, all at homeL 0–38 vs Elon · Sat Sep 5
Ahead
Sat Sep 19Next: VMIvs VMI · at home

What it is like to watch them2025 · 2-10 · last season

Game feel58shootoutscombined pts / game2nd highest-scoring of 11 in the Pioneer
Heart rate1-2rarely closein one-score games (3 of 12)10th most one-score games of 11 in the Pioneer
Margin-21.4outgunnedavg scoring margin11th best margin of 11 in the Pioneer
Big plays1.29some popexplosiveness (IsoPPP)6th most explosive of 11 in the Pioneer
Home crowd2,618avg attendance8th biggest crowds of 11 in the Pioneer

✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Pioneer teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Davidson has won one of its last five.

Cold. 2-8 over the last 10, and won the last one.

Streak W1Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 2-8
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs VMI · at home

Outcome band · Davidson · 2026

Davidson's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

Floor0-12Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
Base1-11Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
Ceiling4-8Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.

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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Davidson is the ultra-selective North Carolina college that revived football in 1996 after a half-century gap — a team that exists because the school decided academics were the whole point, and football belonged inside that frame.

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 Wildcats.”
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