WEST HAVEN, Conn. – University of New Haven head football coach Chris Pincince has announced the Chargers full 10 game regular season slate that will make up the 2022 schedule. New Haven will enter the 2022 campaign looking to repeat as Northeast-10 Conference Champions for the first time since three-straight titles from 2010-12.

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The Blue and Gold will kick off the 44th season of Charger football on the road before opening up a five-game home schedule in week two. The season opener is slated for Saturday, September 3 when the Blue and Gold play the return game of a home-and-home series against Bowie State. Last season, the Chargers dropped a 27-13 decision to the then ranked No. 24 Bulldogs, the only loss in the regular season for New Haven. The Bulldogs went on to advance to the NCAA playoff quarterfinal round before concluding the season with a 12-2 overall record.

Following the trip to Maryland, the Chargers will play back-to-back games on the friendly Blue & Gold turf of Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium with the home opener slated to be the first of two battles with crosstown rival Southern Connecticut State University on Saturday, September 10. This early season match-up will count as a non-conference game for league standings as well, the annual Elm City Trophy will also be contested at the second meeting later in the season. However, the Chargers will be looking to extend a 12-game streak against the Owls that dates back to the 2010 campaign.

Following that first meeting with SCSU, the Chargers will open up defense of their conference title from 2021 with a visit from American International on Saturday, September 17. The NE10 opener is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff and will serve as the University's annual Family Day, welcoming back parents and siblings of University students for a weekend of activities.

The next two games will come away from the Chargers home turf with visits from Bentley and Saint Anselm next on the docket. First up will be the final game of the opening month when the Chargers travel to Waltham, Mass. for a date with the Falcons, the first since the Chargers defeated Bentley in the opening round of the 2021 NCAA Division II playoffs. The second game in the road trip will take New Haven to Manchester, N.H. to take on the Saint Anselm Hawks (Oct.1), opening the month of October.

New Haven will then again return home for back-to-back home games as they welcome Pace to DellaCamera Stadium on Saturday, October 8 before stepping away from NE10 conference action for a first-time meeting with an in-state rival, Post. The Eagles elevated their Sprint Football team to full varsity status, playing an abbreviated schedule in the fall of 2021.

Following that match-up with Post, the Chargers will enjoy a bye week following the departure of Stonehill College. The return to play will take place on Saturday, October 29 as the Chargers will head back on the road and back to the Bay State to take on the Assumption Greyhounds to close out the month of October.

The final month of the regular season will start at home as the Chargers will welcome Franklin Pierce to DellaCamera Stadium for the third time in the short history of the two programs. The final regular season home game for New Haven will also serve as the University's annual Homecoming celebration with kick off slated for 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November5.

The regular season finale will be the second of the two meetings with the crosstown rival Owls as the Chargers look to maintain control of the Elm City Trophy for the 12th straight season. The Battle of the Elm City is slated for a12:00 p.m. kickoff at Jess Dow Field on Saturday, November 12.

Following the regular season finale against the Owls, the top seven teams in Super Region One will advance to the NCAA Division II Football Championship which opens up with First Round action on November 19.

The top seed in each of the four regions will receive a bye in the first round, while all battle for a spot in the national Championship game on Saturday, December 17 at McKinney Independent School District Stadium in McKinney, Texas.

In seven seasons under Pincince, the Chargers have collected 52 wins after closing out the 2021 campaign undefeated in the Northeast-10, earning the first conference championship since the 2012 season. The Chargers would go on to defeat Bentley in the opening round of the NCAA Division II playoffs before falling to Kutztown in a second-round match-up.