Merchant Marine Academy8-2The Mariners of Kings Point, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's NEWMAC program, where future ship's officers play Division III football as a fourth service academy and meet Coast Guard for the Secretaries Cup.
Kings Point is the forgotten service academy — every midshipman ships out to sea, yet the football team plays in front of crowds a fraction the size of Army and Navy.
The Mariners keep the faith.
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Recent Form · last 10 games
Warming
Four of five. The board favors this trend.
Opens Sep 3
vs Montclair State · away
Game Week
9 days
until kickoff · at Montclair State · Thu Sep 3 · 21:00 UTC
The Mariners of Kings Point, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's NEWMAC program, where future ship's officers play Division III football as a fourth service academy and meet Coast Guard for the Secretaries Cup.
Merchant Marine Academy sits 2nd in the NEWMAC and 37th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — inside the projected 40-team field on the at-large math.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springfield | 7-0 | 9-3 | 62.7 |
| 2 | Merchant Marine | 5-2 | 8-2 | 62.6 |
| 3 | Coast Guard | 5-2 | 7-3 | 58.9 |
| 4 | MIT | 4-3 | 6-3 | 53.6 |
| 5 | Salve Regina | 3-4 | 6-4 | 54.2 |
| 6 | SUNY Maritime | 3-4 | 5-6 | 49.4 |
| 7 | WPI | 1-6 | 2-8 | 40.8 |
| 8 | Norwich | 0-7 | 1-9 | 33.5 |
Win the NEWMAC 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 49-0 over Norwich; toughest day 7-35 against Springfield.
Community pulse
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What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
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| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sep 5 | — | — | — | Montclair State | W 29–15 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #538 | #590 | — | @Nichols | W 56–24 | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #554 | #633 | — | @Norwich | W 49–0 | 3-0 | 1-0 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #501 | #459 | — | MIT | W 6–3 | 4-0 | 2-0 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #482 | #558 | — | SUNY Maritime | L 14–34 | 4-1 | 2-1 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #525 | #517 | — | @Salve Regina | W 38–34 | 5-1 | 3-1 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #520 | #448 | — | @Springfield | L 7–35 | 5-2 | 3-2 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #544 | #613 | — | WPI | W 34–14 | 6-2 | 4-2 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #533 | #490 | — | Coast Guard (N) | W 39–38 | 7-2 | 5-2 |
| 13 | Nov 21 | #526 | #442 | — | @Curry | W 27–24 | 8-2 | 5-2 |
Home-Field Advantage · Merchant Marine Academy · 2018-present
Soft
66% home win rate vs 72% on the road. margin runs -3.4 weaker at home. Brooks Stadium (NY) seats 2,000.
65°F average kickoff temp; 22% of games had measurable precipitation; 6 mph average wind.
Based on 18 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
37-38-2
since 1945 · 13 seasons · .480 win rate
Moment of the Year · Merchant Marine Academy · 2025
Moment of the Year · Merchant Marine Academy · 2025Won 29-15 vs Montclair State
Week 2 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.