Stony Brook

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Coastal Athletic · Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium · 12,300 · 4,383 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Rhode Island · our model 28% Stony Brook · a number, not a pick

LastL 17–41 at Ball State · Sat Sep 12 · JoJo Garcia 1 sacks, 2 TFL, 1 INT

Nextvs Rhode Island · Sat Sep 19 · 2:30 pm ET · Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium · series 7-4, lost the last 4

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Stony Brook · 2026 schedule & results1-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 27#168#187-4.5@Delaware StateL 34–410-10-0
1Sep 3#168#177-4=LindenwoodW 36–321-10-0
2Sep 12#176#145+13.5@Ball StateL 17–41 681-20-0
3Sep 19#174#105Rhode Island
4Sep 26#174#255@Fordham
6Oct 10@Towson
7Oct 17UAlbany
8Oct 24@Bryant
9Oct 31Sacred Heart
10Nov 7@Campbell
11Nov 14@New Hampshire
12Nov 21Hampton
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)
DateOppResultYdsTOTOPEPA/playSuccess%Explosive%Note
Sep 12@Ball StateL 17–41+0.10136.9%133.1%Season-low EPA/play
Sep 3LindenwoodW 36–32+0.23246.9%119.4%Season-high EPA/play
Aug 27@Delaware StateL 34–41+0.11436.4%148.1%Most explosive
Season average (3 games)+0.14940.1%133.5%

Game Week

4d 18h

until kickoff · vs Rhode Island · Sat Sep 19 · 2:30 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Stony Brook went 0-10 in 2023, hired Billy Cosh, went 8-4 the next year, and finished 6-6 in 2025 — the Seawolves are the most dramatic FCS turnaround story in recent memory, still figuring out whether the Cosh era is a rebuild or the beginning of something real.

Standard GapA program with four straight Big South titles (2009-2012) and two FCS pl…

The room says Stony Brook won four straight conference titles, made multiple FCS playoff runs, and still gets treated as an afterthought from Long Island — that the 2023 collapse was a coaching proble…

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The season in chapters

What fans said

Real posts from the day of the game, chosen by community score · usernames not shown

What it is like to watch them2025 · 6-6 · last season

Game feel54even gamescombined pts / game6th highest-scoring of 14 in the Coastal Athletic
Heart rate2-3some dramain one-score games (5 of 12)6th most one-score games of 14 in the Coastal Athletic
Margin+2.2competitiveavg scoring margin6th best margin of 14 in the Coastal Athletic
Big plays1.12grind it outexplosiveness (IsoPPP)14th most explosive of 14 in the Coastal Athletic
Home crowd4,792avg attendance7th 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

Stony Brook has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 5-5 over the last 10, and lost the last one.

Streak L1Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 5-5
We’re far from where we want to be, but at the end of the day it’s a work in progress
Jackson · HBCU Gamedaythe day after Stony Brook's 2026 opener
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Rhode Island · at home

Outcome band · Stony Brook · 2026

Stony Brook'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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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Stony Brook went 0-10 in 2023, hired Billy Cosh, went 8-4 the next year, and finished 6-6 in 2025 — the Seawolves are the most dramatic FCS turnaround story in recent memory, still figuring out whether the Cosh era is a rebuild or the beginning of something real.

Offseason movesEvery addition and subtraction since the last snap.

The Offseason Ledger · Stony Brook

1 verified update · portal · recruiting · staff · news
  1. News

    Seth Sweitzer: 12 rec · 157 yds · 1 TD vs Lindenwood

    Top 1% catches game since 2021. vs Lindenwood (FCS) W 36-32.

    Sep 3
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 Seawolves.”
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