Gettysburg · Next-Season Outcome Band1863
Civil War Battlefield adjacency
Pennsylvania Hall served Union and Confederate forces during the battle—the ground Gettysburg plays on is sacred
Gettysburg1-9Hope-Doping·Offseason
Gettysburg football plays on a Civil War battlefield and carries that historical weight — a program that accepts its role in a sacred place, now rebuilding after recent collapse.
Title DroughtSince 1964 · 61 yrs
Fans here believe no chip directed outward. Gettysburg's identity is internal: the privilege and weight of playing where the greatest battle of the Civil War was fought.
low signal
The Bullets keep the faith.
Gettysburg · Next-Season Outcome Band
Floor / Base / Ceiling
Floor 0-12
Base 1-11
Ceiling 4-8
floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
base1-11Mid-table finish.
ceiling4-8Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.
Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.
Recent Form · last 10 games
Cold
One of five. The film room is busy this week.
Streak W1Last 5 · 1-4Last 10 · 1-9
The forecast
Opens Sep 3
vs Juniata · away
Game Week
9 days
until kickoff · at Juniata · Thu Sep 3 · 23:00 UTC
The experience
Gettysburg football plays on a Civil War battlefield and carries that historical weight — a program that accepts its role in a sacred place, now rebuilding after recent collapse.
DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL
Gettysburg sits 6th in the Centennial Conference and 197th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
Centennial · 2025
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franklin & Marshall | 6-0 | 9-2 | 67.4 |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins | 5-1 | 12-2 | 75.4 |
| 3 | Muhlenberg | 4-2 | 9-3 | 64.3 |
| 4 | Dickinson | 3-3 | 5-6 | 51.3 |
| 5 | Ursinus | 2-4 | 7-4 | 55.1 |
| 6 | Gettysburg | 1-5 | 1-9 | 38.5 |
| 7 | McDaniel | 0-6 | 1-9 | 36.8 |
38.5 CFB Zeitgeist#197 of 240 D356.4 strength of schedule
Win the Centennial 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.
Source: CFB Zeitgeist — conference records + NPI-style rating from 2025 games · the field is 40 teams, NPI-selected
THE 2025 SEASON · 1-9
Signature win 36-23 over McDaniel; toughest day 21-59 against Johns Hopkins.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Gettysburg
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The Bullets keep the faith.
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
Camp
Fall camp open — install + scrimmage cycle
ongoing
"Go Gettysburg"
— Gettysburg fanbase · recurring line
3 mentions · awaiting signal
Player stats — 2025 season
No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.
Gettysburg · 2025 schedule & results1-9Hard slateAverage opponent win rate 57%.
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sep 5 | — | — | — | Juniata | L 30–31 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #617 | #484 | — | Christopher Newport | L 14–49 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #630 | #539 | — | @Western Connecticut State | L 21–55 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #637 | #520 | — | Franklin & Marshall | L 28–35 | 0-4 | 0-1 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #630 | #520 | — | @Dickinson | L 21–49 | 0-5 | 0-2 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #648 | #462 | — | @Carnegie Mellon | L 20–44 | 0-6 | 0-2 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #645 | #440 | — | Johns Hopkins | L 21–59 | 0-7 | 0-3 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #640 | #527 | — | @Ursinus | L 13–40 | 0-8 | 0-4 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #645 | #492 | — | Muhlenberg | L 27–59 | 0-9 | 0-5 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #644 | #620 | — | @McDaniel | W 36–23 | 1-9 | 1-5 |
Home-Field Advantage · Gettysburg · 2018-present
Soft
10% home win rate vs 20% on the road. margin runs -2.3 weaker at home. Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium seats 6,000.
Home2-18Away4-16
Venue texture
72°F average kickoff temp; 15% of games had measurable precipitation; 6 mph average wind.
Based on 20 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
22-130-4
since 1890 · 54 seasons · .141 win rate
HOME
9-27-3
AWAY
13-103-1
NEUTRAL
0-0
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1960s
2020s
Program memory
What this program never forgets
Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.
1964 MAC Championship
7–2 season; the program's only conference title
1981
Centennial Conference founding
Gettysburg becomes a charter Centennial member
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