Anna Maria Amcats football | |
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First season | 2009 |
Athletic director | Joseph Brady |
Head coach | Steve Croce 3rd season, 12–11 (.522) |
Stadium | Caparso Field (capacity: 1,000) |
Year built | 2019 |
Field surface | FieldTurf |
Location | Paxton, Massachusetts |
NCAA division | Division III |
Conference | ECFC |
Past conferences | Independent (2009) |
All-time record | 29–109 (.210) |
Bowl record | 0–1 (.000) |
Playoff appearances | 1 |
Playoff record | 0–1 |
Conference titles | 2 (2021, 2023) |
Colors | Cardinal and white [1] |
Mascot | Wildcat |
Website | goamcats.com |
The Anna Maria Amcats football team represents Anna Maria College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. [2] [3] The Amcats are members of the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC), fielding its team in the ECFC since 2010. [4] The Amcats play their home games at Caparso Field in Paxton, Massachusetts. [5]
Their head coach is Steve Croce, who took over the position for the 2022 season. [6]
Anna Maria claims 2 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2023.
Year | Conference | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach |
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2021† | Eastern Collegiate Football Conference | 7–3 | 5–1 | Dan Mulrooney |
2023† | 5–5 | 3–1 | Steve Croce |
† Co-champions
Anna Maria has appeared in the Division III playoffs one time, with an overall record of 0–1.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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2021 | First Round | Delaware Valley | L, 10–62 |
Anna Maria has participated in one bowl game, and has a record of 0–1.
Season | Coach | Bowl | Opponent | Result |
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2023 | Steve Croce | New England Bowl | Salve Regina | L 34–37 |
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason [A 1] | ||||
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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] |
No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
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1 | Marc Klaiman [11] | 2009–2011 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0.065 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Vince Sinagra [12] | 2012–2016 | 50 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0.120 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0.114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Dan Mulrooney [13] | 2017–2021 | 37 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0.275 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0.375 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Steve Croce [14] | 2022–present | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0.526 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
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Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
Anna Maria Amcats | ||||||||||||||
2009 | 2009 | Marc Klaiman | NCAA | Division III | Independent | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2010 | 2010 | ECFC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
2011 | 2011 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2012 | 2012 | Vince Sinagra | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
2013 | 2013 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2014 | 2014 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2015 | 2015 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2016 | 2016 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2017 | 2017 | Dan Mulrooney | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
2018 | 2018 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–5th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2019 | 2019 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||
2021 | 2021 | Dan Mulrooney | NCAA | Division III | ECFC | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | L Division III First Round [15] | — |
2022 | 2022 | Steve Croce | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
2023 | 2023 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T-1st | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
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