Monmouth

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Coastal Athletic · Kessler Stadium · 4,200 · 3,622 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat UAlbany · our model 32% Monmouth · a number, not a pick

LastL 14–49 at Western Michigan · Sat Sep 12 · Ryan Russo 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 10 tackles

Nextat UAlbany · Sat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ET · Bob Ford Field · series 6-9, lost the last 2

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Monmouth · 2026 schedule & results1-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 29#164#115+8.5@Tennessee TechL 14–380-10-0
1Sep 5#164#205-11.5Sacred HeartW 31–241-11-0
2Sep 12#169#21+29.5@Western MichiganL 14–49 571-21-0
3Sep 19#155#193@UAlbany
4Sep 26#157#252@Dartmouth
5Oct 3Towson
7Oct 17@New Hampshire
8Oct 24@Hampton
9Oct 31Bryant
10Nov 7North Carolina A&T
11Nov 14Merrimack
12Nov 21@Campbell
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 12@Western MichiganL 14–49+0.00445.7%95.3%Season-low EPA/play
Sep 5Sacred HeartW 31–24+0.35249.2%117.3%Season-high EPA/play
Aug 29@Tennessee TechL 14–38+0.12840.0%100.0%Best defensive stand
Season average (3 games)+0.16145.0%104.2%

Game Week

4d 19h

until kickoff · at UAlbany · Sat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Monmouth is the program Kevin Callahan built from nothing over 33 years into a 197-win institution — and 2025 was his last season, leaving the Hawks to carry a legend's legacy into an uncertain new era.

Title DroughtSince 2021 · 5 yrs

The fanbase says Monmouth spent 30 years proving you can build an FCS program without a big-school budget or a century of tradition — Callahan's 197 wins against programs with exponentially more resou…

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 9-3 · last season

Game feel68shootoutscombined pts / game1st highest-scoring of 14 in the Coastal Athletic
Heart rate1-2rarely closein one-score games (3 of 12)12th most one-score games of 14 in the Coastal Athletic
Margin+12.2comfortableavg scoring margin1st best margin of 14 in the Coastal Athletic
Big plays1.30some popexplosiveness (IsoPPP)9th most explosive of 14 in the Coastal Athletic
Home crowd3,373avg attendance13th biggest crowds of 14 in the Coastal Athletic

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

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Monmouth has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 6-4 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 6-4
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs UAlbany · away

Outcome band · Monmouth · 2026

Monmouth'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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Monmouth is the program Kevin Callahan built from nothing over 33 years into a 197-win institution — and 2025 was his last season, leaving the Hawks to carry a legend's legacy into an uncertain new era.

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.

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