Overview: The 2022 season truly proved to be the "Year of the Bombers", as the Ithaca College Bombers from Ithaca, New York cruised to an unbeaten regular season in winning the Liberty League championship.
The Bombers won eight of their 10 regular season games by at least 17 or more points in securing the LL title, with the lone exceptions being a 13-10 win over RPI (8-3 overall, 5-1 in the Liberty League in 2022) on October 29. That was followed by come-from-behind 31-28 over Union (N.Y.)-(6-4, 3-3) on the road the following week to clinch an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs. Ithaca finished its regular season with a 34-17 rout of longtime archrival Cortland to claim the "Cortaca Jug" on November 12.
In the D-III playoffs, Ithaca cruised to a convincing 63-20 win over UMass-Dartmouth in the first round, before getting by Springfield 31-20 in the second round. The Bombers' season came to a close on December 3, as eventual national champion North Central easily won, 48-7, in the national quarterfinals. Ithaca's season ended at 12-1 overall with the loss at North Central.
Going into the 2023 season, Ithaca faces a tough task in not only defending their Liberty League title, but also facing a tough start to their season in general.
The Bombers will open their campaign with back-to-back road games against two 10-1 teams in Johns Hopkins and Endicott, respectively, and then pay a visit to Alfred before hosting Hobart (7-4,, 4-2) in their home opener on September 30.
If that wasn't enough, in addition to Hobart and RPI, expect Union to be a serious contender for the Liberty League crown before all is said and done this season.
Final 2022 Liberty League Football Standings
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