Plymouth State Panthers football

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Plymouth State Panthers football
Psu athletics mark.png
First season1970;55 years ago (1970)
Athletic directorKim Bownes
Head coach Paul Castonia
Devin Zeman [a]
22nd season, 103–109 (.486)
StadiumPanther Field
(capacity: 1,200)
Field surface FieldTurf
Location Plymouth, New Hampshire
NCAA division Division III
Conference MASCAC
Past conferences NEFC
Freedom Football Conference
All-time record312–206–7 (.601)
Bowl record5–8 (.385)
Playoff appearances Div. III: 5
Playoff record Div. III: 1–5
Conference titles14
Rivalries UMass Dartmouth
ColorsGreen and white [1]
   
MascotPanther
Website athletics.plymouth.edu/football

The Plymouth State Panthers football team represents Plymouth State University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Panthers are members of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, fielding its team in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference since 2013. The Panthers play their home games at Panther Field in Plymouth, New Hampshire. [2]

Contents

Their co-head coaches are Paul Castonia, who took over the position in 2003, and Devin Zeman who took over the position in 2020. [3]

Championships

Conference championships

Plymouth State claims 14 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2017.

YearConferenceOverall
record		Conf.
record		Coach
1981 New England Football 9–19–0 Jay Cottone
198210–09–0
1983†9–28–1
198410–19–0
1985†8–38–1
19869–2–18–0–1 Lou Desloges
198710–15–0
198810–16–0
19909–25–0
1994† Freedom Football 10–16–0 Don Brown
19959–17–0
2001†7–35–1 Chris Rorke
2008 New England Football 10–27–0 Paul Castonia
2017† Massachusetts State 9–27–1

† Co-champions

Division championships

Plymouth State claims 3 division titles, the most recent of which came in 1990.

YearDivisionCoachOverall
Record		Conf.
record		OpponentCG result
1987 NEFC North Lou Desloges 10–15–0 Worcester State W 40–0
198810–16–0 Worcester State W 62–0
19909–15–0 Bridgewater State W 26–7

† Co-champions

Playoffs

The Panthers have made five appearances in the Division III playoffs. Their combined record is 1–5.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1984 First Round Union (NY) L 14–26
1994 First Round
Second Round		 Merchant Marine
Ithaca 		W 19–18
L 7–22
1995 First RoundUnion (NY)L 7–24
2008 First Round Cortland L 14–26
2017 First Round Brockport L 0–66

Seasons

National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth
SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal ranking
OverallConference
WinLossTieFinishWinLossTie
Plymouth State Panthers [4]
1970 1970 Walter L. Murphy NCAA ——030——
1971 1971 NEFC 530——
1972 1972 Tom Bell 4212nd311——
1973 1973 Division III 6202nd320——
1974 1974 7112nd511——
1975 1975 6405th530——
1976 1976 Charlie Currier 540T-2nd530——
1977 1977 2619th161——
1978 1978 Dan Zaneski 3608th260——
1979 1979 460T-5th450——
1980 1980 Jim Aguiar 631T-4th531——
1981 1981 Jay Cottone 9101st900Conference Champion—
1982 1982 10001st900Conference Champion—
1983 1983 9201st810Won ECAC Championship —
1984 1984 10101st900Lost First Round 14–26—
1985 1985 8301st810Lost ECAC Championship—
1986 1986 Lou Desloges 9111st801Lost ECAC Championship—
1987 1987 10101st500Won ECAC Championship—
1988 1988 10101st600Lost ECAC Championship—
1989 1989 7202nd410——
1990 1990 9201st500Lost ECAC Championship—
1991 1991 6312nd320Lost ECAC Championship—
1992 1992 FFC 4413rd411——
1993 1993 Don Brown 6402nd510Lost ECAC Championship—
1994 1994 10101st600Won 1994 First Round 19–18
Lost Second Round 7–22		—
1995 1995 9101st700Lost 1994 First Round 7–24—
1996 1996 Mike Kemp 540T-4th330——
1997 1997 740T-2nd420Lost ECAC Championship—
1998 1998 7403rd420Lost ECAC Championship—
1999 1999 Chris Rorke 830T-2nd420Won ECAC Championship—
2000 2000 550T-3rd330——
2001 2001 730T-1st510Conference Champion—
2002 2002 01007th060——
2003 2003 Paul Castonia 01007th060——
2004 2004 —180——
2005 2005 460——
2006 2006 NEFC 450T-3rd43——
2007 2007 9102nd61Won ECAC Championship—
2008 2008 10201st70Lost 2008 First Round 14–26 [5] —
2009 2009 8302nd61Lost ECAC Championship [6] —
2010 2010 640T-4th43——
2011 2011 4605th25——
2012 2012 280T-6th16——
2013 2013 MASCAC 280T-8th17——
2014 2014 1909th08——
2015 2015 280T-8th17——
2016 2016 640T-3rd44——
2017 2017 920T-1st71Lost 2017 First Round 0–66 [7] —
2018 2018 6404th53——
2019 2019 640T-5th44——
Season canceled due to Covid-19
2021 2021 Paul Castonia / Devin Zeman NCAA Division III MASCAC 5504th530——
2022 2022 9202nd620Won New England Bowl 21–20 [8] —
2023 2023 4605th440——
2024 2024

List of head coaches

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
GeneralOverallConferencePostseason [A 1]
No.Order of coaches [A 2] GCGames coachedCWConference winsPWPostseason wins
DCDivision championshipsOWOverall winsCLConference lossesPLPostseason losses
CCConference championshipsOLOverall lossesCTConference tiesPTPostseason ties
NCNational championshipsOTOverall ties [A 3] C%Conference winning percentage
†Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O%Overall winning percentage [A 4]
  1. ↑ 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. [9]
  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.
  3. ↑ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since. [10]
  4. ↑ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. [11]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards
No.NameSeason(s)GCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLPTDCCCNCAwards
1 Walter Murphy [12] 1970–1971115600.455
2 Tom Bell [13] 1972–19753423920.706
3 Charlie Currier [14] 1976–19771871010.417
4 Dan Zaneski [15] 1978–19791971200.368
5 Jim Aguiar [16] 1980106310.650
6 Jay Cottone [14] 1981–19855346700.8681205
7 Lou Desloges [17] 1986–199273551530.7741404
8 Don Brown [18] 1993–19953125600.8061202
9 Mike Kemp [19] 1996–199831191200.613020
10 Chris Rorke [20] 1999–200241202100.4881001
11 Paul Castonia [21] 2003–present182859700.4671402
12 Devin Zeman 2020–present33181500.545

Notes

  1. ↑ Zeman has served as co-head coach since 2020. He will be in his fifth year with a record of 23–17.

References

  1. ↑ "Plymouth State Logos, Colors, and Fonts" . Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ "FB: Panthers ground Fitchburg State". Plymouth State University. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ "PSU elevates Zeman to co-head coach – New Hampshire Football Report" . Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Plymouth State Football Year by Year Results". athletics.plymouth.edu. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  5. ↑ "PSU Football to visit SUNY Cortland for NCAA playoffs". November 16, 2008.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ "Springfield tops PSU Football in ECAC Northeast Bowl". Plymouth State University. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  7. ↑ Newcomb, Nick. "Brockport blows out Plymouth St. 66-0 in first round of NCAA Division III playoffs". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  8. ↑ Staff Report. "NH college football: Plymouth State wins New England Bowl". UnionLeader.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Citizen, For The. "Plymouth St. honors two local coaches". Foster's Daily Democrat. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  13. ↑ "History of Success; Bell's Tenure Sparks Years of Continued Success for Charger Football". University of New Haven Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  14. 1 2 McCool, Joseph Daniel (August 17, 1997). "From Ordinary Guy To a Hall of Famer". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  15. ↑ "2003 Plymouth State Athletic Hall of Fame".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  16. ↑ "Ex-college wrestling coach Aguiar dead at 68". InterMat. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  17. ↑ Leader, Alex Hall New Hampshire Union. "Plymouth State football celebrates 50th season". UnionLeader.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  18. ↑ Vautour, Matt (November 24, 2021). "Matt Vautour: UMass' Don Brown has turned a doomed program into a winner before". masslive. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Head Football Coach Mike Kemp resigns". May 10, 1999.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  20. ↑ "Lehigh Names Chris Rorke Football Offensive Coordinator". patriotleague.org. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Paul Castonia named Head Football Coach". June 30, 2003.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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