Merrimack Warriors

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FCS Independents · Duane Stadium · 3,500

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Tarleton State · our model 7% Merrimack Warriors · a number, not a pick

LastW 23–14 at Maine · Sat Sep 12 · Logan Graham 1 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 4 tackles

Nextat Tarleton State · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Memorial Stadium (Stephenville, TX)

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Merrimack Warriors · 2026 schedule & results1-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 28#210#106+21Rhode IslandL 7–340-10-0
1Sep 3#210#41+31.5@DelawareL 7–42 730-20-0
2Sep 12#216#171+10@MaineW 23–141-20-0
3Sep 19#218#95@Tarleton State
4Sep 26#217#259New Haven
5Oct 3@Yale
7Oct 17@Dartmouth
8Oct 24New Hampshire
9Oct 31Wagner
10Nov 7@Wake Forest
11Nov 14@Monmouth
12Nov 21Sacred Heart
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 12@MaineW 23–14+0.11638.7%85.6%Season-high EPA/play
Sep 3@DelawareL 7–42-0.12325.0%144.4%Most explosive
Aug 28Rhode IslandL 7–34-0.14442.1%101.0%Season-low EPA/play
Season average (3 games)-0.05035.3%110.4%

Game Week

4d 23h

until kickoff · at Tarleton State · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Merrimack football is a program that has played in five different conferences in 27 years, is now building as an FCS Independent, and proved it can beat ranked teams (Holy Cross, 2021) — a scrappy program proving it belongs every season.

Title DroughtSince 2009 · 17 yrs

Fans here believe merrimack doesn't have a chip against specific rivals. The program's rival is instability itself — proving that a team can build real culture despite constant conference changes and…

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 4-8 · last season

Game feel45even gamescombined pts / game2nd highest-scoring of 2 in the FCS Independents
Heart rate2-4some dramain one-score games (6 of 12)1st most one-score games of 2 in the FCS Independents
Margin-3.9competitiveavg scoring margin2nd best margin of 2 in the FCS Independents
Big plays1.35some popexplosiveness (IsoPPP)1st most explosive of 2 in the FCS Independents
Home crowd5,617avg attendance1st biggest crowds of 2 in the FCS Independents

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

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Merrimack Warriors has won two of its last five.

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

Streak W1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 3-7
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Tarleton State · away

Outcome band · Merrimack Warriors · 2026

Merrimack Warriors' 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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Merrimack football is a program that has played in five different conferences in 27 years, is now building as an FCS Independent, and proved it can beat ranked teams (Holy Cross, 2021) — a scrappy program proving it belongs every season.

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 Warriors.”
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