Presbyterian
1-1Pioneer · Bailey Memorial Stadium · 6,500 · 2,766 avg in 2026
LastL 3–62 at Mercer · Sat Sep 5 · Chris Glover 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 4 tackles
Nextat Western Carolina · Sat Sep 19 · 2:30 pm ET · E. J. Whitmire Stadium · series 1-4, lost the last 2 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 1
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 27 | #156 | #388 | — | UVA Wise | W 47–37 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #156 | #169 | +22.5✗ | @Mercer | L 3–62 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #214 | #195 | @Western Carolina | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #215 | #230 | @Marist | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | St. Thomas (MN) | ||||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | Davidson | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Stetson | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Valparaiso | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Butler | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Morehead State | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | Dayton |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | @Mercer | L 3–62 | — | — | — | -0.037 | 33.3% | 115.6% | |
| Aug 27 | UVA Wise | W 47–37 | — | — | — | +0.254 | 46.3% | 130.6% | |
| Season average (2 games) | — | — | +0.108 | 39.8% | 123.1% | ||||
Presbyterian spent nearly two decades quietly rebuilding after its century-old rivalry went dormant, then broke through in 2025 with its best season in a generation.
Presbyterian fans know their program wins without the benefit of athletic scholarships, in the Pioneer Football League, largely outside the sport's national attention -- the 2025 season was real, earn…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 10-2 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Pioneer teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Presbyterian has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 7-3 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
Next Sep 19
vs Western Carolina · away
Outcome band · Presbyterian · 2026
Presbyterian's most likely season is 9-4 — a bowl game. The floor is 5-7; the ceiling is 12-1.
Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.
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Presbyterian went 10-2 in 2025 -- its first double-digit-win season since 2005 and its first undefeated home record since 1998 -- nearly two decades after the Bronze Derby, the century-old rivalry that once defined the program, went dormant.
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