McDaniel College1-9The Green Terror of McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland — football since 1891, once the Western Maryland program that earned the first invitation to the Orange Bowl, now a Centennial Conference charter member at Gill Stadium.
The Green Terror were the first team ever invited to the Orange Bowl — and now barely anyone remembers Western Maryland football was a name at all.
Quiet weeks in Green Terror country.
McDaniel College · Next-Season Outcome Band
McDaniel 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 4
vs Catholic · at home
Game Week
10 days
until kickoff · vs Catholic · Fri Sep 4 · 23:30 UTC
The Green Terror of McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland — football since 1891, once the Western Maryland program that earned the first invitation to the Orange Bowl, now a Centennial Conference charter member at Gill Stadium.
McDaniel College sits 7th in the Centennial Conference and 204th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| 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 |
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.
Signature win 24-7 over Juniata; toughest day 7-62 against Salisbury.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on McDaniel 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 5 | — | — | — | @Catholic | L 7–10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #600 | #461 | — | Salisbury | L 7–62 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #617 | #642 | — | Juniata | W 24–7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #627 | #475 | — | @Carnegie Mellon | L 7–56 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #628 | #499 | — | @Ursinus | L 0–52 | 1-4 | 0-1 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #624 | #498 | — | Muhlenberg | L 7–56 | 1-5 | 0-2 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #630 | #513 | — | Dickinson | L 20–23 | 1-6 | 0-3 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #625 | #500 | — | @Franklin & Marshall | L 3–24 | 1-7 | 0-4 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #623 | #438 | — | @Johns Hopkins | L 0–42 | 1-8 | 0-5 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #620 | #644 | — | Gettysburg | L 23–36 | 1-9 | 0-6 |
Home-Field Advantage · McDaniel College · 2018-present
Strong
20% home win rate vs 5% on the road. margin runs +9.1 better at home. Kenneth R. Gill Stadium seats 1,434.
71°F average kickoff temp; 10% of games had measurable precipitation; 7 mph average wind.
Based on 20 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
5-35
since 2022 · 4 seasons · .125 win rate
Moment of the Year · McDaniel College · 2025
Moment of the Year · McDaniel College · 2025Won 24-7 vs Juniata
Week 4 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.