Western Connecticut St
1-1Landmark Conference · Westside Athletic Complex · 2,500
LastL 7–37 vs Christopher Newport · Sat Sep 12
Nextat Gettysburg · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium · series 1-0
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 5 | #580 | #635 | — | @William Paterson | W 27–17 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #583 | #568 | — | Christopher Newport | L 7–37 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #597 | #630 | @Gettysburg | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #599 | #618 | Kean | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | Moravian | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Catholic | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Lycoming | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Juniata | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Susquehanna | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Wilkes |
Game Week
4d 17h
until kickoff · at Gettysburg · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET
The Wolves of Danbury, a public-university program that twice remade its own name — Indians to Colonials to Wolves in 2022 — and now plays Division III football in western Connecticut.
Western Connecticut is the working-class state school in a region of brand-name privates — the Wolves get none of the attention and have to earn every yard.
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 5-5 · last season
✓ measured from 10 games · ranks are among Landmark Conference teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Western Connecticut St has won two of its last five.
Cooling. 4-6 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
Next Sep 19
vs Gettysburg · away
Outcome band · Western Connecticut St · 2026
Outcome band · Western Connecticut St · 2026Western Connecticut St's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
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 Wolves of Danbury, a public-university program that twice remade its own name — Indians to Colonials to Wolves in 2022 — and now plays Division III football in western Connecticut.
Playoff path
Western Connecticut St sits 3rd in the Landmark Conference and 110th of 229 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susquehanna | 0-0 | 2-0 | 68.0 |
| 2 | Wilkes | 0-0 | 2-0 | 60.8 |
| 3 | Western Connecticut State | 0-0 | 1-1 | 50.8 |
| 4 | Lycoming | 0-0 | 1-1 | 47.8 |
| 5 | Juniata | 0-0 | 0-2 | 34.4 |
| 6 | Moravian | 0-0 | 0-2 | 31.9 |
| 7 | Catholic | 0-0 | 0-2 | 30.1 |
Win the Landmark 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.