The Merrimack Warriors have announced their 2025 football schedule, which features two games against FBS opponents and 11 contests overall.
The 2025 season will be the second for Merrimack as an Independent in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) following its departure from the Northeast Conference (NEC).
Merrimack opens the 2025 season with a road contest against the Kent State Golden Flashes on Saturday, Aug. 30. The following week on Saturday, Sept. 6, the Warriors open their home slate at Duane Stadium in North Andover, Mass., against the Saint Anselm Hawks of Division II, which was previously unannounced.
Another road contest follows as the Warriors will visit the Kennesaw State Owls on Saturday, Sept. 13 before returning to Duane Stadium to host the Central Connecticut Blue Devils on Sept. 20.
Next, Merrimack returns to the road to visit the Stony Brook Seawolves on Sept. 27 and then travels back to North Andover to host consecutive games against the Robert Morris Colonials on Oct. 4 and Maine Black Bears on Oct. 11.
Three of Merrimack’s final four games of the season are on the road, although two open dates fall within that span. The Warriors are set to visit the Harvard Crimson on Oct. 18 before an open date on Oct. 25, followed by a road trip to face the Colgate Raiders on Nov. 1.
After a second open date, Merrimack visits the Sacred Heart Pioneers on Nov. 15 before concluding the regular-season at home against the Fordham Rams on Nov. 22.
Below is Merrimack’s complete schedule for the 2025 season, plus a link to their schedule page which will be updated with kickoff times and TV as they are announced:
2025 Merrimack Football Schedule
08/30 – at Kent State
09/06 – Saint Anselm
09/13 – at Kennesaw State
09/20 – Central Connecticut
09/27 – at Stony Brook
10/04 – Robert Morris
10/11 – Maine
10/18 – at Harvard
10/25 – OFF
11/01 – at Colgate
11/08 – OFF
11/15 – at Sacred Heart
11/22 – Fordham
Merrimack finished the 2024 season 5-6 overall. It was the first season under the guidance of head coach Mike Gennetti, who previously served as the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at the school from 2013 through 2023.
That leaves Butler as the only FCS school that still needs 1 more non-conference game.
Additionally, there are 14 other FCS schools that could schedule 1 more non-conference game if they wish. Those schools are: Albany, Villanova, Merrimack, Morgan State, Duquesne, Long Island, St. Francis, Dayton, Drake, Marist, Grambling, Jackson State, Texas Southern, and West Georgia.
Of all those schools you named, only Villanova and Butler have yet to officially announce their schedules as complete. And with no common date between them, there’s nothing happening there.
My guess is Villanova stays at 11 and Butler is yet to fortify one or two lower Division opponents, likely September 6 and/or 13.
I agree Butler will likely schedule a D2/3/NAIA school. Morgan State might try to schedule St. Francis on 10/18. Merrimack & LIU might play on 10/25 (but I doubt it since Merrimack already “announced” their schedule.
Albany and Butler both have 9/13 openings, but I doubt Butler will travel that far for an OOC game, and I doubt Albany would travel to Butler.
I don’t think any of the remaining PFL or SWAC schools will schedule an extra game. West Georgia will only schedule an extra one if it’s a D2 school imo.
Marist always schedules 11 games—they could add a 12th, but they won’t. Every time they can, they stay at 11. I’ll assume that in 2026, FCS teams are back to 11 games for all—
John Currently I am comfortable with FCS playing 11 games however I would be open to FCS playing 12 games in future.
Have a safe & happy Easter John.
Give high approval of Merrimack 2025 schedule.
I love you guys keeping track of this. I flunked Algebra 2 Final Exam so I have not shot here.
Keep up the good work
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aB8f2wrGIXCSSg5J_U6q5-nGkKhtILty2Y4Lx6s_bQM/edit?usp=sharing
I am standing up for you John.
Oh wow Jason that’s a lot more intricate than what I have.
I just have an excel sheet with the schools that still need at least one non-conf game, when their openings are, and how many games they need.