Framingham State Rams football | |
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First season | 1972 |
Athletic director | Tom Kelley |
Head coach | Tom Kelley 16th season, 120–67–1 (.641) |
Stadium | Bowditch Field (capacity: 5,130) |
Field surface | FieldTurf |
Location | Framingham, Massachusetts |
NCAA division | Division III |
Conference | MASCAC |
Past conferences | NEFC |
All-time record | 220–251–2 (.467) |
Playoff appearances | 6 |
Conference titles | 11 |
Rivalries | Western Connecticut [1] |
Colors | Gold and black [2] |
Mascot | Ram |
Website | fsurams.com |
The Framingham State Rams football team represents Framingham State University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Rams are members of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, having joined in 2013. The Rams play their home games at Bowditch Field in Framingham, Massachusetts. [3]
Their head coach is Tom Kelley, who took over the position for the 2007 season. [4]
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 | Dennis Golden [10] | 1972–1981 | 82 | 47 | 35 | 0 | 0.573 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2 | Tom Kelley [11] [12] | 1982–1984, 2007–2019, 2021–present | 178 | 115 | 62 | 1 | 0.649 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
3 | Tom Raeke [13] [14] | 1985–1994 | 81 | 31 | 50 | 0 | 0.383 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
4 | Michael Strachan [15] [16] | 1995–2001 | 75 | 15 | 58 | 1 | 0.220 | 9 | 45 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
5 | Mark Sullivan [17] | 2002–2006 | 45 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 0.089 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
6 | Aynsley Rosenbaum [18] | 2020 | 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 | ||||||||
Framingham State Rams [19] | ||||||||||||||
1972 | 1972 | Dennis Golden | Club team | – | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1973 | 1973 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
1974 | 1974 | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 5 | 3 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |
1975 | 1975 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1976 | 1976 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1977 | 1977 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1978 | 1978 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1979 | 1979 | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1980 | 1980 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1981 | 1981 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1982 | 1982 | Tom Kelley | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
1983 | 1983 | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1984 | 1984 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10th | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | — | ||||
1985 | 1985 | Tom Raeke | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
1986 | 1986 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1987 | 1987 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5th (South) | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1988 | 1988 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6th (South) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1989 | 1989 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1990 | 1990 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3rd (South) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1991 | 1991 | 2 | 6 | 0 | T–6th (South) | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1992 | 1992 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1993 | 1993 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1994 | 1994 | Tom Raeke (week 1) / Michael Strachan (weeks 2–10) | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
1995 | 1995 | Michael Strachan | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
1996 | 1996 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1997 | 1997 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1998 | 1998 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th (Red) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
1999 | 1999 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th (Red) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2000 | 2000 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th (Bogan) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2001 | 2001 | 2 | 7 | 0 | T–4th (Bogan) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2002 | 2002 | Mark Sullivan | 1 | 8 | 0 | T–5th (Bogan) | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
2003 | 2003 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8th (Bogan) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2004 | 2004 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7th (Bogan) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2005 | 2005 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6th (Bogan) | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2006 | 2006 | 1 | 8 | 0 | T–7th (Bogan) | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2007 | 2007 | Tom Kelley | 2 | 7 | 0 | T–7th (Bogan) | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
2008 | 2008 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th (Bogan) | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2009 | 2009 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th (Bogan) | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2010 | 2010 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st (Bogan) | 7 | 1 | 0 | W ECAC Northeast Bowl | — | ||||
2011 | 2011 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–1st (Bogan) | 6 | 2 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
2012 | 2012 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st (Bogan) | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
2013 | 2013 | MASCAC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | |||
2014 | 2014 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | W ECAC North Atlantic Bowl | — | ||||
2015 | 2015 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
2016 | 2016 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | W New England Bowl | — | ||||
2017 | 2017 | 10 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | W New England Bowl | — | ||||
2018 | 2018 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
2019 | 2019 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
Season canceled due to Covid-19 | ||||||||||||||
2021 | 2021 | Tom Kelley | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — |
2022 | 2022 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
2023 | 2023 | — | — | |||||||||||
The traditional final game of the season and plays for the Route 9 Cup [20] (the only state route that links Framingham directly with Worcester). Worcester State leads the series with twenty wins to seventeen as of the end of the 2022 season.
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