Gardner-Webb
0-3OVC · Ernest W. Spangler Stadium · 9,000
LastL 23–24 at Liberty · Sat Sep 12 · Tre Yanez 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 10 tackles
Nextvs North Carolina Central · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET · Ernest W. Spangler Stadium · series 1-1
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 27 | #220 | #118 | +14.5✗ | @Austin Peay | L 17–35 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #220 | #196 | +8.5✓ | @Wofford | L 13–17 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #205 | #87 | +28.5✓ | @Liberty | L 23–24 137 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #181 | #175 | North Carolina Central | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #180 | #33 | @Marshall | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Charleston Southern | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | Eastern Illinois | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @UT Martin | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | @Southeast Missouri State | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | Lindenwood | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Western Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | Tennessee State |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | @Liberty | L 23–24 | 304 | 3 | 30:52 | -0.034 | 32.9% | 142.6% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 5 | @Wofford | L 13–17 | — | — | — | +0.100 | 36.6% | 121.9% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Aug 27 | @Austin Peay | L 17–35 | — | — | — | +0.038 | 43.1% | 102.7% | Best success rate |
| Season average (3 games) | 304 | 3.0 | +0.035 | 37.5% | 122.4% | ||||
Game Week
4d 22h
until kickoff · vs North Carolina Central · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET
Gardner-Webb is the North Carolina Bulldog program that climbed from Division II to FCS in 2008 and won its first Big South championship in 2022, proving small-school relentlessness can build something.
The FCS establishment treated Gardner-Webb as the newest and smallest, and the fanbase believes they were overlooked as a Division II refugee who had no business competing. The Bulldogs won a conferen…
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What it is like to watch them2025 · 7-5 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among OVC-Big South teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Gardner-Webb has won one of its last five.
Cold. 4-6 over the last 10, and lost the last four.
Next Sep 19
vs North Carolina Central · at home
Outcome band · Gardner-Webb · 2026
Outcome band · Gardner-Webb · 2026Gardner-Webb's most likely season is 0-12 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 3-9.
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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Gardner-Webb is the North Carolina Bulldog program that climbed from Division II to FCS in 2008 and won its first Big South championship in 2022, proving small-school relentlessness can build something.
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