It was a busy day for Delaware as they announced a glut of future opponents including three FCS teams for the 2026, 2027, and 2029 seasons. Delaware is joining the FBS and Conference USA beginning with the 2025-26 academic year. Delaware will host Merrimack on Saturday, September 19, 2026, Long Island on Saturday, September 2, … Read more
The United Athletic Conference kicked off the week by revealing its revised 2024 conference schedule following the departure of Stephen F. Austin in May. The UAC will maintain its original 8-game conference schedule and the entire slate can be found here. The UAC also noted it is currently building its 2025 schedule, which will also … Read more
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated as of Thursday, June 6 to include the release of the NCAA APR scores in which 7 FCS teams will have practice reductions. The 2024 FCS season is a few months away from kickoff and there are numerous changes to go along with it. As we have done … Read more
Merrimack College will play an independent FCS schedule for the 2024 season alongside Sacred Heart. Both schools are leaving the Northeast Conference after the 2023-24 academic year and will join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) in 2024-25. The MAAC discontinued football after the 2007 season and has not sponsored the sport since then. In … Read more
There were numerous date changes for 2024 FCS-FBS matchups in the last week and all the changes are summarized in a table at the bottom of this article. The first was Eastern Illinois changed its date against Illinois from Saturday, August 24 to Saturday, August 31. A second change was Indiana State’s matchup at Purdue … Read more
Sacred Heart will play an independent FCS schedule for the 2024 season as the school continues to assess its football affiliation options as first reported in mid-January and later confirmed by Craig Haley. The Pioneers previously announced they are leaving the Northeast Conference to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) beginning with the 2024-25 … Read more
Elon and Merrimack have added an FBS opponent for the 2024 season. Elon will play at Duke in week one with the contest to take place on either Friday, August 30, or Saturday, August 31. The most recent matchup between the two teams was in 2014 when Duke won 52-13. Elon has played 15 games … Read more
The Merrimack Warriors have decided to stay in-house to fill its head coaching vacancy by promoting defensive coordinator Mike Gennetti to the top role. Gennetti has been with Merrimack since the 2005 season. Gennetti’s coaching career began in 2003 when he joined his alma mater – the NCAA Division III program Worcester State – as … Read more
Holy Cross has hired Dan Curran to replace Bob Chesney as head coach. Curran has spent the past 11 years as the head coach of Merrimack. Curran played collegiately at New Hampshire and professionally with the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks. He began his coaching career at Merrimack as an offensive coordinator from 2010 … Read more
Editor’s Note: On Thursday, January 25, 2024, it was reported that Sacred Heart would play the 2024 FCS season as an independent. On Tuesday, January 30, 2024, the Northeast Conference released its 2024 conference schedule, which confirmed that Sacred Heart and Merrimack will not be football-playing members in 2024. On March 7, 2024, it was … Read more