2023 Merrimack Warriors football team

2023 Merrimack Warriors football
Conference	Northeast Conference
Record	5–6 (4–3 NEC)
Head coach	Dan Curran (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Aynsley Rosenbaum (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Gennetti (19th season)
Home stadium	Duane Stadium

2023 Northeast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Duquesne $^		6	–	1					7	–	5
Saint Francis (PA)		4	–	3					4	–	6
Merrimack		4	–	3					5	–	6
Stonehill *		4	–	3					5	–	5
LIU		4	–	3					4	–	7
Wagner		3	–	4					4	–	7
Sacred Heart		2	–	5					2	–	9
Central Connecticut		1	–	6					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Note: Stonehill ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 Merrimack Warriors football team represented Merrimack College as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) in the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Warriors were led by 11th-year head coach Dan Curran and played home games at Duane Stadium in North Andover, Massachusetts. 2023 marked the first year that Merrimack was eligible for the postseason as a Division I program.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	2:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	ESPN+	L 20–42	13,117
September 9	4:00 p.m.	Lehigh*	Duane Stadium North Andover, MA	NEC Front Row	L 12–14	1,562
September 16	6:00 p.m.	Virginia–Lynchburg*	Duane Stadium North Andover, MA	NEC Front Row	W 44–0	3,274
September 23	4:00 p.m.	at Wagner	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	NEC Front Row	L 27–30	1,362
September 30	1:00 p.m.	at Sacred Heart	Campus Field Fairfield, CT	NEC Front Row	W 17–7	8,552
October 7	1:00 p.m.	Stonehill	Duane Stadium North Andover, MA	ESPN+	W 45–34	13,647
October 21	1:00 p.m.	at LIU	Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium Brookville, NY	NEC Front Row	W 39–0	783
October 28	1:00 p.m.	at Saint Francis (PA)	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NEC Front Row	L 21–28	1,264
November 4	3:30 p.m.	at UMass*	McGuirk Alumni Stadium Amherst, MA	ESPN+	L 21–31	14,672
November 11	12:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Duane Stadium North Andover, MA	NEC Front Row	W 35–24	1,879
November 18	12:00 p.m.	Duquesne	Duane Stadium North Andover, MA	NEC Front Row	L 14–26	2,165
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time