Draft:New England College Pilgrims Football
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| New England College Pilgrims football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 2024 |
| Athletic director | Dave Decew |
| Head coach | Kevin Kelly 1st season, |
| Stadium | TBD |
| Year built | 2025 |
| Field surface | Grass (2025), Turf (2026) |
| Location | Henniker, New Hampshire |
| NCAA division | NCAA Division III |
| Conference | Conference of New England |
| Rivalries | Plymouth State Panthers football |
| Colors | Navy, white, gray, and red[1] |
| Mascot | Pilgrims |
| Website | athletics.nec.edu |
New England College Football represents New England College (NEC), in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Pilgrims are members of the Conference of New England (formerly CCC). The Pilgrims play their home games on campus in Henniker, New Hampshire. On June 15, 2023, New England College announced the return of Football to its Athletics Department after 50 years. The school announced Kevin Kelly (American football coach) as its head coach in August 2023. They began play in the fall of 2024 with a Pre-Varsity Schedule, with a full varsity schedule coming in 2025.
Conference affiliations
[edit]- Conference of New England (2025-Present)
Championships
[edit]Conference championships
[edit]Bowl games
[edit]List of head coaches
[edit]Key
[edit]| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
[edit]| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Kelly (American football coach)[5] | 2024–Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
Year-by-year results
[edit]| National Champions | Conference Champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head Coach |
Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[2]
- ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
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- ^ "New England College Athletics Unveils New Logo and Identity". Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ {{|url=https://athletics.nec.edu/sports/football/roster/coaches/kevin-kelly/451%7Clanguage=en-US}}
- ^ "Football". New England College Athletics. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "WMUR: Kevin Kelly Hired to Be New England College Football Coach When Sport Returns in 2024". New England College. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Tucker Gaudette Joins Staff at New England College, Helps Kick Off Football Program". Saint Albans Messenger. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "New England College football team gears up under Donnie White, Kevin Kelly, Dave DeCew". Concord Monitor. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "NEC Football: Starting from scratch". Concord Monitor. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "New England College football hosts intrasquad scrimmage before inaugural season". WMUR. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Kevin Kelly hired as New England College football coach". YouTube. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "New England College officially kicks off football program". WMUR. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "NEC football to join Commonwealth Coast Conference in 2024". Concord Monitor. 23 June 2023.
- ^ "New England College football announces conference affiliation ahead of first season".