2024 ECAC Scotty Whitelaw Bowl title
Morrisville beat Stevenson 21-18 for a postseason bowl championship
The Mustangs of Morrisville, a SUNY school in upstate New York that climbed to a 2024 ECAC Scotty Whitelaw Bowl title and now plays Division III football in the Empire 8.
Morrisville is a small SUNY school deep in rural central New York, and even a 2024 bowl championship barely registered outside the Empire 8.
Approaching
30 days
until kickoff · at Kean · Sat Sep 5 · 17:00 UTC
The Mustangs of Morrisville, a SUNY school in upstate New York that climbed to a 2024 ECAC Scotty Whitelaw Bowl title and now plays Division III football in the Empire 8.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cortland | 7-0 | 8-3 | 61.5 |
| 2 | Utica | 6-1 | 8-3 | 60.8 |
| 3 | St John Fisher University | 5-2 | 7-4 | 54.0 |
| 4 | Brockport | 4-3 | 7-4 | 54.1 |
| 5 | Alfred State | 4-4 | 5-5 | 46.3 |
| 6 | Alfred University | 2-5 | 4-6 | 46.2 |
| 7 | Hartwick | 2-6 | 4-6 | 42.3 |
| 8 | SUNY Morrisville | 0-7 | 0-10 | 31.1 |
Win the Empire 8 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 14-17 over Kean; toughest day 3-61 against Brockport.
The Mustangs hold the line.
SUNY Morrisville · Next-Season Outcome Band
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
Zero of five. Reset territory.
Opens Sep 5
vs Kean · away
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
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 6 | — | — | — | @Kean | L 14–17 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #558 | #564 | — | University of Rochester (NY) | L 14–30 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #573 | #511 | — | @Union (NY) | L 7–31 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #597 | #476 | — | Cortland | L 3–48 | 0-4 | 0-1 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #608 | #588 | — | @Alfred State | L 21–41 | 0-5 | 0-2 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #617 | #486 | — | @Utica | L 21–27 | 0-6 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #599 | #493 | — | Brockport | L 3–61 | 0-7 | 0-4 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #598 | #646 | — | @Hartwick | L 13–24 | 0-8 | 0-5 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #604 | #568 | — | St John Fisher University | L 7–21 | 0-9 | 0-6 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #606 | #578 | — | @Alfred University | L 21–34 | 0-10 | 0-7 |
Home-Field Advantage · SUNY Morrisville · 2018-present
52% home win rate vs 33% on the road. margin runs +3.0 better at home. Drake Field (NY) seats 1,500.
61°F average kickoff temp; 11% of games had measurable precipitation; 9 mph average wind.
Based on 19 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
since 2022 · 4 seasons · .425 win rate
Program memory
Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.
Morrisville beat Stevenson 21-18 for a postseason bowl championship