| 2022 Trinity Bantams football | |
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NESCAC champion | |
| Conference | New England Small College Athletic Conference |
| Record | 9–0 (9–0 NESCAC) |
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| Home stadium | Jessee/Miller Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trinity (CT) $ | 9 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middlebury | 7 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tufts | 6 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wesleyan | 6 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colby | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bates | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowdoin | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Williams | 3 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 2 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amherst | 2 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Trinity Bantams football team was an American football team that represented Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) during the 2022 NCAA Division III football season. In their 17th season under head coach Jeff Devanney, the Bantams compiled a perfect 9–0 record and won the NESCAC championship. [1]
The 2022 season was one of several perfect seasons for the Trinity football program, including 1934, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1993, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, and 2016.
The team played its home games at Jessee/Miller Field in Hartford.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 17 | 1:30 p.m. | at Tufts | W 26–23 | 2,800 | [2] | |||
| September 24 | 1:30 p.m. | Colby  | W 19–7 | |||||
| October 1 | 1:00 p.m. | at Amherst | W 20–3 | 1,000 | ||||
| October 8 | 1:30 p.m. | Hamilton |
| W 45–0 | [3] | |||
| October 15 | 1:00 p.m. | at Middlebury | W 27–21 | 1,250 | [4] | |||
| October 22 | 2:30 p.m. | Williams |
| W 32–13 | [5] | |||
| October 29 | 1:30 p.m. | Bowdoin |
| W 38–3 | 2,411 | |||
| November 5 | 1:30 p.m. | at Bates | W 63–14 | 2,800 | [6] | |||
| November 12 | 12:00 p.m. | Wesleyan |
| W 31–14 | 1,250 | [7] | ||
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