The Eagles of Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania — runner-up in the 1973 NCAA Division III national championship, now grinding for footing in the Landmark Conference decades removed from that peak.
Juniata played for the national championship in 1973 — and now gets written off as a Landmark also-ran that never mattered.
The Eagles circle the field.
Juniata College · Next-Season Outcome Band
Floor / 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 3
vs Gettysburg · at home
Game Week
9 days
until kickoff · vs Gettysburg · Thu Sep 3 · 23:00 UTC
The Eagles of Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania — runner-up in the 1973 NCAA Division III national championship, now grinding for footing in the Landmark Conference decades removed from that peak.
Juniata College sits 7th in the Landmark Conference and 206th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susquehanna | 6-0 | 11-3 | 66.1 |
| 2 | Lycoming | 5-1 | 5-6 | 49.2 |
| 3 | Wilkes | 4-2 | 7-4 | 55.8 |
| 4 | Western Connecticut State | 2-4 | 5-5 | 49.2 |
| 5 | Catholic | 2-4 | 3-7 | 41.7 |
| 6 | Moravian | 2-4 | 2-8 | 39.4 |
| 7 | Juniata | 0-6 | 2-8 | 36.6 |
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.
Signature win 40-38 over Allegheny; toughest day 7-56 against Susquehanna.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
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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 5 | — | — | — | @Gettysburg | W 31–30 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #625 | #560 | — | Allegheny | W 40–38 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #642 | #617 | — | @McDaniel | L 7–24 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #653 | #555 | — | @The College of New Jersey | L 0–35 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #653 | #515 | — | Western Connecticut State | L 15–63 | 2-3 | 0-1 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #659 | #607 | — | @Catholic | L 17–20 | 2-4 | 0-2 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #661 | #474 | — | Susquehanna | L 7–56 | 2-5 | 0-3 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #656 | #553 | — | @Wilkes | L 7–38 | 2-6 | 0-4 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #660 | #628 | — | Moravian | L 13–38 | 2-7 | 0-5 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #661 | #539 | — | Lycoming | L 16–24 | 2-8 | 0-6 |
Home-Field Advantage · Juniata College · 2018-present
Soft
10% home win rate vs 15% on the road. margin runs +0.2 better at home. Knox Stadium seats 3,000.
69°F average kickoff temp; 0% of games had measurable precipitation; 3 mph average wind.
Based on 5 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
5-36-1
since 1926 · 6 seasons · .119 win rate