June 22, 2026 · Dead Period · Heritage Window · 2026 Outlook

George Fox University

4-6 2025 final

The Bruins of Newberg, Oregon — George Fox University — a Quaker-founded school that brought football back in 2014 after nearly fifty years away, now building in the Northwest Conference at Stoffer Family Stadium.

Quiet weeks in Bruins country.

Record

4-6

win% .400

Conference

5th of 8

Northwest · 4-4

Index Rating

44.8

D3 #161 of 240

Playoff Path

Win the league

Dead PeriodOffseasonPatientPost-loss — diagnostic

The Long Wait·Offseason

Standard GapA revived program at a faith-based school, measured against the establis…

Grow the revived program into a Northwest Conference contender and make Newberg football matter against the league's powers.

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Offseason

69 days

until kickoff · Sun Aug 30 · 17:00 UTC

Act I

The 2026 Outlook

DIVISION III · THE PATH TO THE STAGG BOWL

George Fox University sits 5th in the Northwest Conference and 161st of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.

Northwest · 2025

	Team	Conf	Overall	Index
1	Whitworth	7-0	8-3	61.2
2	Linfield College	6-1	7-2	59.9
3	Pacific Lutheran	5-2	6-4	51.6
4	Lewis & Clark College	5-4	6-4	52.0
5	NEWBERG	4-4	4-6	44.8
6	Pacific (OR)	3-5	3-7	40.6
7	Puget Sound	1-7	1-9	33.5
8	Willamette	0-8	1-9	32.7

44.8 CFB Zeitgeist#161 of 240 D349.0 strength of schedule

Win the Northwest 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 · 4-6

Signature win 48-23 over Puget Sound; toughest day 21-55 against Pacific Lutheran.

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Quiet weeks in Bruins country.

What moved it — offseason · last 30 days

June Dead-period quiet — official-visit + heritage window —

Camp Fall camp ~40 days out

"Go Bruins." — George Fox University fanbase · recurring line

0 mentions · awaiting signal

Winning record—

The baseline for a successful season.

Conference title—

The primary goal and national bracket path.

32-team bracket qualifierLocked—

One of 32 national tournament entries.

Stagg BowlLocked—

The Division III national championship game.

Floor 2-10

Base 4-8

Ceiling 7-5

floor2-10Rebuild year. Below .500.

base4-8Mid-table finish.

ceiling7-5Conference 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.

Act II

Who We Are

Home-Field Advantage · George Fox University · 2018-present

Strong

57% home win rate vs 38% on the road. margin runs +8.9 better at home.

Home12-9Away7-11

Act III

Last Season Reviewed

2025 season · tap to expand

Recent Form · last 10 games

Warming

Four of five. The board favors this trend.

Streak L1Last 5 · 4-1Last 10 · 4-6

Schedule Strength · George Fox University · 2025

Balanced

Average opponent win rate 47% across 9 finalized games. Balanced slate across the conference slate.

Opp Win %0.478

Moment of the Year · George Fox University · 2025

Won 42-28 vs Lewis & Clark College

Week 8 of 2025. The single game that defined the season's arc.

Decisive Margin

From the Archive — George Fox University

2024: Won 28-7 at Willamette

In 2024, the program won 28-7 at Willamette — a comfortable road result that left the 21-point margin on the books.

Go Bruins.