Presbyterian
1-2Pioneer · Bailey Memorial Stadium · 6,500 · 2,766 avg in 2026
LastL 14–58 at Western Carolina · Sat Sep 19 · Damion Moate 43 rush yds, 1 TD, 18 rec yds
Nextat Marist · Sat Sep 26 · 12 pm ET · Leonidoff Field · series 2-3, won the last 2 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 27 | #156 | #388 | — | UVA Wise | W 47–37 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #156 | #169 | +22.5✗ | @Mercer | L 3–62 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #214 | #194 | +33.5✗ | @Western Carolina | L 14–58 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #230 | #222 | @Marist | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | #230 | #202 | St. Thomas (MN) | ||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | Davidson | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | @Stetson | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Valparaiso | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Butler | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | @Morehead State | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | Dayton |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | @Western Carolina | L 14–58 | — | — | — | -0.058 | 37.9% | 102.3% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 5 | @Mercer | L 3–62 | — | — | — | -0.037 | 33.3% | 115.6% | Defense's roughest night |
| Aug 27 | UVA Wise | W 47–37 | — | — | — | +0.254 | 46.3% | 130.6% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Season average (3 games) | — | — | +0.053 | 39.2% | 116.2% | ||||
Presbyterian spent nearly two decades quietly rebuilding after its century-old rivalry went dormant, then broke through in 2025 with its best season in a generation.
Presbyterian fans know their program wins without the benefit of athletic scholarships, in the Pioneer Football League, largely outside the sport's national attention -- the 2025 season was real…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 10-2 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Pioneer teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
Presbyterian has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 6-4 over the last 10, and lost the last two.
Next Sep 26
vs Marist · away
Outcome band · Presbyterian · 2026
Outcome band · Presbyterian · 2026Presbyterian's most likely season is 8-5 — a bowl game. The floor is 4-8; the ceiling is 11-2.
Floor, base and ceiling come from the season-path projection, which plays out conference title games and the CFP — so a ceiling can run past 12 games.
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Presbyterian went 10-2 in 2025 -- its first double-digit-win season since 2005 and its first undefeated home record since 1998 -- nearly two decades after the Bronze Derby, the century-old rivalry that once defined the program, went dormant.
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2026 snapshot - 2026-09-22Who's moved
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