2022 Trinity Bantams football team

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2022 Trinity Bantams football
NESCAC champion
Conference New England Small College Athletic Conference
Record9–0 (9–0 NESCAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Jessee/Miller Field
Seasons
 2021
2023 
2022 New England Small College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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  
  • $ Conference champion

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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 171:30 p.m.at Tufts W 26–232,800 [2]
September 241:30 p.m. Colby Dagger-14-plain.pngW 19–7
October 11:00 p.m.at Amherst W 20–31,000
October 81:30 p.m. Hamilton
  • Jessee/Miller Field
  • Hartford, CT
W 45–0 [3]
October 151:00 p.m.at Middlebury W 27–211,250 [4]
October 222:30 p.m. Williams
  • Jessee/Miller Field
  • Hartford, CT
W 32–13 [5]
October 291:30 p.m. Bowdoin
  • Jessee/Miller Field
  • Hartford, CT
W 38–32,411
November 51:30 p.m.at Bates W 63–142,800 [6]
November 1212:00 p.m. Wesleyan
  • Jessee/Miller Field
  • Hartford, CT (rivalry)
W 31–141,250 [7]

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References

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