San Diego
1-2Pioneer · Torero Stadium · 6,000 · 4,573 avg in 2026
LastW 38–35 at Cal Poly · Sat Sep 19 · Dominic Nankil 236 pass yds, 2 TD, 39 rush yds
Nextat St. Thomas (MN) · Sat Sep 26 · 2 pm ET · O'Shaughnessy Stadium · series 2-3
Updated Tue Sep 22 · through week 3
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 6 | #142 | #116 | +14.5✗ | UC Davis | L 17–49 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #150 | #142 | +22.5✗ | @Idaho State | L 17–59 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 20 | #170 | #220 | +17.5✓ | @Cal Poly | W 38–35 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 26 | #180 | #199 | @St. Thomas (MN) | ||||
| 5 | Oct 3 | #183 | #266 | Davidson | ||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Butler | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Valparaiso | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Dayton | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Marist | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Drake | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 22 | Stetson |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | @Cal Poly | W 38–35 | — | — | — | +0.432 | 58.4% | 111.2% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Sep 12 | @Idaho State | L 17–59 | — | — | — | -0.028 | 37.0% | 118.8% | Most explosive |
| Sep 6 | UC Davis | L 17–49 | — | — | — | -0.032 | 35.3% | 86.6% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Season average (3 games) | — | — | +0.124 | 43.6% | 105.5% | ||||
Game Week
4d 18h
until kickoff · at St. Thomas (MN) · Sat Sep 26 · 2 pm ET
San Diego is the West Coast non-scholarship FCS dynasty — 12 Pioneer League titles, multiple playoff runs, and the program where Jim Harbaugh and Josh Johnson proved talent identification beats recruitment budgets.
Fans here believe san Diego's chip is the disrespect of the non-scholarship narrative — the media that treats FCS as minor-league football and San Diego's success as a curiosity, not proof of…
The season in chapters
What it is like to watch them2025 · 8-4 · last season
✓ measured from 12 games · ranks are among Pioneer teams the same season
Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025
San Diego has won three of its last five.
Mixed. 6-4 over the last 10, and won the last one.
Next Sep 26
vs St. Thomas (MN) · away
Outcome band · San Diego · 2026
Outcome band · San Diego · 2026San Diego's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.
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San Diego is the West Coast non-scholarship FCS dynasty — 12 Pioneer League titles, multiple playoff runs, and the program where Jim Harbaugh and Josh Johnson proved talent identification beats recruitment budgets.
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