Hilbert College0-10The Hawks of tiny Hilbert College in Hamburg, New York — a brand-new program that kicked off in 2022 and is still chasing its first win, building football from absolute zero in the Empire 8.
Hilbert keeps suiting up the Hawks every week despite being college football's newest program — and everyone counts them out before kickoff.
The Hawks are patient.
Hilbert College · Next-Season Outcome Band
Hilbert College · Next-Season Outcome BandFloor / Base / Ceiling
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
Hibernating
Zero of five. Reset territory.
Opens Sep 5
vs Saint Vincent · away
Game Week
11 days
until kickoff · at Saint Vincent · Sat Sep 5 · 17:00 UTC
The Hawks of tiny Hilbert College in Hamburg, New York — a brand-new program that kicked off in 2022 and is still chasing its first win, building football from absolute zero in the Empire 8.
Hilbert College sits 9th in the Empire 8 Conference and 235th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUNY Cortland | 7-0 | 8-3 | 61.5 |
| 2 | Utica | 6-1 | 8-3 | 60.8 |
| 3 | St. John Fisher | 5-2 | 7-4 | 54.0 |
| 4 | Brockport | 4-3 | 7-4 | 54.1 |
| 5 | Alfred State | 4-4 | 5-5 | 46.3 |
| 6 | Alfred | 2-5 | 4-6 | 46.2 |
| 7 | Hartwick | 2-6 | 4-6 | 42.3 |
| 9 | Hilbert | 0-2 | 0-10 | 29.5 |
Win the Empire 8 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.
Signature win 8-15 over Buffalo State; toughest day 3-65 against Ithaca.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Hilbert College
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sep 6 | — | — | — | @Saint Vincent | L 7–28 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #630 | #603 | — | Alfred State | L 13–49 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #652 | #472 | — | Ithaca | L 3–65 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #660 | #649 | — | Buffalo State | L 8–15 | 0-4 | 0-1 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #664 | #632 | — | @St. Lawrence | L 14–45 | 0-5 | 0-1 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #664 | #556 | — | @Rochester (NY) | L 0–38 | 0-6 | 0-1 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #659 | #482 | — | Rensselaer | L 14–69 | 0-7 | 0-1 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #660 | #511 | — | @Union | L 13–34 | 0-8 | 0-1 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #655 | #512 | — | Hobart | L 6–63 | 0-9 | 0-1 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #653 | #636 | — | @Hartwick | L 0–52 | 0-10 | 0-2 |
Home-Field Advantage · Hilbert College · 2018-present
Average
0% home win rate vs 0% on the road. margin runs -6.0 weaker at home. St. Francis High School.
All-Time Record
0-35
since 2022 · 4 seasons · .000 win rate