The Fightin' Quakers of Wilmington, a small Quaker-founded Ohio college that has played football at Townsend Field since 1900 and now grinds through the Ohio Athletic Conference.
Wilmington plays in the OAC, where a small Quaker college spends every fall trying to matter in a league the Mount Union dynasty has dominated for decades.
The Quakers are patient.
Wilmington (OH) · Next-Season Outcome Band
Floor / Base / Ceiling
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
Cooling
Two of five. Schedule has caught up.
Opens Sep 3
vs Wooster · away
Game Week
9 days
until kickoff · at Wooster · Thu Sep 3 · 23:00 UTC
The Fightin' Quakers of Wilmington, a small Quaker-founded Ohio college that has played football at Townsend Field since 1900 and now grinds through the Ohio Athletic Conference.
Wilmington (OH) sits 8th in the Ohio Conference and 175th of 240 in the CFB Zeitgeist — outside the at-large picture — the path runs through the conference title.
| Team | Conf | Overall | Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Carroll | 1-0 | 12-2 | 74.2 |
| 2 | Mount Union | 8-1 | 11-1 | 74.0 |
| 3 | Ohio Northern | 7-1 | 8-3 | 60.5 |
| 4 | Baldwin Wallace | 6-2 | 8-2 | 62.2 |
| 5 | Heidelberg | 5-3 | 6-4 | 54.2 |
| 6 | Muskingum University | 4-4 | 4-6 | 47.7 |
| 7 | Marietta | 3-5 | 5-5 | 51.8 |
| 8 | Wilmington (OH) | 1-7 | 3-7 | 43.2 |
Win the Ohio 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 59-35 over Wooster; toughest day 0-59 against Mount Union.
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Wilmington (OH)
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 | — | — | — | Wooster | W 59–35 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 13 | #583 | #473 | — | @Baldwin Wallace | L 21–63 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 4 | Sep 20 | #600 | #537 | — | @Muskingum University | L 49–56 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #616 | #557 | — | Ohio Northern | L 35–41 | 1-3 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Oct 11 | #604 | #456 | — | Mount Union | L 0–59 | 1-4 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #606 | #639 | — | @Otterbein | W 54–41 | 2-4 | 1-4 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #590 | #663 | — | @Anderson (IN) | W 34–23 | 3-4 | 1-4 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #592 | #562 | — | Marietta | L 14–44 | 3-5 | 1-5 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #603 | #539 | — | @Heidelberg | L 31–34 | 3-6 | 1-6 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #596 | #601 | — | Capital | L 27–28 | 3-7 | 1-7 |
Home-Field Advantage · Wilmington (OH) · 2018-present
Average
25% home win rate vs 25% on the road. margin runs +0.9 better at home. Wiliams Stadium (OH) seats 3,500.
73°F average kickoff temp; 0% of games had measurable precipitation; 10 mph average wind.
Based on 20 home games with weather data.
All-Time Record
10-30
since 2022 · 4 seasons · .250 win rate
Moment of the Year · Wilmington (OH) · 2025
Won 59-35 vs Wooster
Week 2 of 2025. A statement margin. Recruiting boards re-rendered overnight.