New England Bowl

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New England Bowl Series
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LocationVaried (campus sites)
Operated2016–2023
Conference tie-insAt-large picks from ECFC, MASCAC, CCC Football, NEWMAC

The New England Bowl was an annual NCAA Division III post-season college football bowl game series established in 2016 by four New England football conferences (ECFC, MASCAC, CCC Football, NEWMAC) pulling their teams from the ECAC Bowl structure. [1] All four conferences were eligible for postseason play and each of the 27 football-playing institutions in the conferences were eligible to participate in the New England Bowl series. The criteria used by the commissioners to select the teams required an overall winning percentage of .667 or higher and they evaluated overall record, conference record, conference standing, head-to-head results, and results versus teams selected for the NCAA Tournament.

The inaugural game was held on Saturday, November 19, 2016, at Gaudet Field in Middletown, Rhode Island, with a victory of Framingham State over Salve Regina. [2] The following years, the bowl was transformed into a series, with three or two bowl games played. The series was not renewed for the 2024 season.

Game results

SeasonWinnerLoserResultSource
2016
Framingham State Salve Regina 37–34 [3]
2017
Framingham State Curry 48–14 [4]
WPI Maritime 17–3 [5]
2018
Bridgewater State Salve Regina 34–19 [6]
Merchant Marine Endicott 38–22 [7]
Springfield Maritime 17–14 [8]
2019
Endicott Dean 52–10 [9]
WPI Western Connecticut 35–6 [10]
2021
Merchant Marine Western New England 63–35 [11]
UMass Dartmouth Alfred State 42–16 [12]
2022
Plymouth State Husson 21–20 [13]
Bridgewater State Catholic University 34–24 [14]
2023 Western New England UMass Dartmouth 37–7 [15]
Salve Regina Anna Maria 37–34 [16]

The 2020 bowls were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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