Hilbert College
0-2Empire 8 · St. Francis High School
LastL 12–57 at Alfred State · Sat Sep 12
Nextat Ithaca · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Butterfield Stadium · series 0-1
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #658 | #619 | — | @Saint Vincent | L 6–60 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #660 | #586 | — | @Alfred State | L 12–57 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #660 | #486 | @Ithaca | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #660 | #582 | Rochester (NY) | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | @Rensselaer | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | St. Lawrence | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Buffalo State | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Union | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Hobart | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Hartwick |
Game Week
4d 17h
until kickoff · at Ithaca · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET
The Hawks of tiny Hilbert College in Hamburg, New York — a brand-new program that kicked off in 2022 and is still chasing its first win, building football from absolute zero in the Empire 8.
Hilbert keeps suiting up the Hawks every week despite being college football's newest program — and everyone counts them out before kickoff.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 0-10 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Empire 8 teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Hilbert College has lost five straight.
Hibernating. 0-10 over the last 10, and lost the last ten.
Next Sep 19
vs Ithaca · away
Outcome band · Hilbert College · 2026
Outcome band · Hilbert College · 2026Hilbert College'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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Game day
The Hawks of tiny Hilbert College in Hamburg, New York — a brand-new program that kicked off in 2022 and is still chasing its first win, building football from absolute zero in the Empire 8.
Playoff path
Hilbert College sits 8th in the Empire 8 Conference and 195th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfred State | 1-0 | 2-0 | 57.8 |
| 2 | Utica | 0-0 | 2-0 | 71.1 |
| 3 | St. John Fisher | 0-0 | 2-0 | 68.6 |
| 4 | SUNY Cortland | 0-0 | 2-0 | 66.7 |
| 5 | SUNY Morrisville | 0-0 | 1-1 | 54.4 |
| 6 | Brockport | 0-0 | 1-1 | 43.4 |
| 7 | Hartwick | 0-0 | 1-1 | 40.2 |
| 8 | Hilbert | 0-1 | 0-2 | 34.3 |
Win the Empire 8 Conference 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.
Recruiting buzz
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.