DANBURY, CONN. – The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) announced Monday that the Washington & Jefferson College football team will host the United States Merchant Marine Academy for the 2023 ECAC Division III James Lynah Bowl on Saturday, Nov. 18. The game will be played at Cameron Stadium and kickoff at 12 p.m. 
 
Tickets will be sold on gameday only at the main entrance to the stadium. Cash only admission will be $10 for adults. Children 12 and under will be granted free admissions as well as all W&J staff and students who present their college ID.
 
W&J enters Saturday's postseason game with an 8-2 overall record and in the Presidents' Athletic Conference. Under the direction of head coach Mike Sirianni, the Presidents have qualified for the postseason in 18 of his 21 seasons. W&J will be making its seventh appearance in an ECAC bowl game. The Presidents previously competed in the ECACs in 2003, 2010, 2016, 2019, 2021 and and 2023. W&J has compiled a 5-1 mark in ECAC bowl competition. The Presidents beat Wilkes (41-19) in 2003, Franklin & Marshall (54-41) in 2010, Brockport (38-31) in 2016 and Ithaca (20-17) in 2019. W&J fell by a 20-7 score at Brockport in the ECAC Clayton Chapman Bowl before earning a 35-18 win over Hobart in the 2022 ECAC Asa. S Bushnell Bowl. 

USMMA, from Kings Point, N.Y. on Long Island, finished 7-2 overall and 5-2 in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. Merchant Marine will play in its first bowl game since the 2021 New England Bowl, and its fourth in the past seven seasons. It will be the 11th postseason game all-time for USMMA.
 
Head-to-Head Series: Saturday's matchup will be the first all-time meeting between the two teams.  
 
The other 2023 ECAC Bowl Series matchups are SUNY Brockport (8-2) at Carnegie Mellon (9-1) in the Asa S. Bushnell Bowl, Utica (8-2) at Hobart (8-2) in the Clayton Chapman Bowl and Widener (7-3) at RPI (7-3) in the Scotty Whitelaw Bowl.
 
 
2023 ECAC BOWL SCHEDULE - SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 2023
Asa S. Bushnell Bowl
Brockport (8-2) at Carnegie Mellon (9-1)
 
James Lynah Bowl 
United States Merchant Marine Academy (7-2) at W&J (8-2)
 
Clayton Chapman Bowl
Utica (8-2) at Hobart (8-2)
 
Scotty Whitelaw Bowl
Widener (7-3) at RPI (7-3)