Stonehill Skyhawks football

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Stonehill Skyhawks football
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2025 Stonehill Skyhawks football team
Stonehill Skyhawks logo.svg
First season1988;37 years ago (1988)
Head coach Eli Gardner
8th season, 37–44 (.457)
Stadium W.B. Mason Stadium
(capacity: 2,400)
Year built2005
Field surfaceFieldTurf
Location Easton, Massachusetts
NCAA division Division I FCS
Conference NEC
All-time record164–200–3 (.451)
Conference titles4 (1989, 1991, 1995, 2013 - Co-Champions)
Consensus All-Americans3 [1]
ColorsPurple and white [2]
   
Outfitter Adidas
Website Official website
Skyhawks before the game Stonehill Skyhawks get ready for the game.jpg
Skyhawks before the game

The Stonehill Skyhawks football team represents Stonehill College in football. Stonehill is a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). Prior to 2005, Stonehill's athletics teams were known as the Chieftains.

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The Skyhawks play in W.B. Mason Stadium on the campus of Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, which has a seating capacity of 2,400. [3]

History

On Saturday, September 8, 2012, the Skyhawks defeated Southern Connecticut State University for the first time in 15 years, by a score of 13–0. In addition to breaking the losing streak, Stonehill also became the first team to shut out the Owls in 12 years. [4]

On Thursday, October 18, 2012, Stonehill hosted the University of New Haven Chargers in Stonehill's first ever nationally televised football game, broadcast as part of CBS Sports Network's Thursday night Division II game of the week. The game drew an overcapacity crowd that saw heavily favored New Haven win 45–41 on a last-second touchdown pass. [5] [6] [7]

Classifications

Conference memberships

Notable athletes

Head coaches

Coach Eli Gardner Eli Gardner, Stonehill Skyhawks head football coach.jpg
Coach Eli Gardner
Name [8] SeasonsRecordWin Pct.
Cliff Sherman 1988–19896–5–10.500
Dave Swanton 1990–199214–10–20.538
Connie Driscoll1993–199836–240.600
Rich Beal1999–20039–440.170
Chris Woods 2004–20067–220.241
Robert Talley 2007–201548–460.511
Eli Gardner 2016–31–290.517

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of September 9, 2025. [9]

20252026202720282029
at Sacred Heart at Ohio at Miami (OH) Maine
Lafayette
at Maine
Penn
at Yale

References

  1. ↑ "Stonehill College Football All-Americans". Stonehill College. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Stonehill College Skyhawks" . Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  3. ↑ "W.B. Mason Stadium" . Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  4. ↑ Stonehill Skyhawks. "Stonehill Shuts Out Southern Connecticut State, 13–0." http://www.stonehillskyhawks.com/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/20120908p2f3wb
  5. ↑ Jim Fenton, "Stonehill drops 45–41 shootout to third-ranked New Haven in closing seconds" Archived 2013-02-16 at archive.today , The Enterprise , October 19, 2012.
  6. ↑ Stonehill to Host Nationally Televised Football Game- News Around Campus – Stonehill College Archived 2013-02-17 at archive.today
  7. ↑ Stonehill : #3/6 New Haven Rallies Late to Top Stonehill, 45–41
  8. ↑ "Stonehill College Football Coaching History". Stonehill College Skyhawks Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Stonehill Skyhawks Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved September 9, 2025.


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