Tufts Jumbos football

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Tufts Jumbos football
Tufts university athletics logo.png
First season 1874; 151 years ago
Athletic directorJohn Morris
Head coach Jay Civetti
14th season, 56–55 (.505)
Stadium Ellis Oval
(capacity: 4,000)
FieldZimman Field
Location Medford, Massachusetts
NCAA division Division III
Conference NESCAC
Past conferences Northern Intercollegiate Football Association (1885–1886) [1]
Independent (1887–1970)
Colors Tufts blue  and brown [2]
   
Website gotuftsjumbos.com

The Tufts Jumbos football program represents Tufts University in the sport of American football. The team competes in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). [3] Tufts plays its home game at Ellis Oval, located on the campus in Medford, Massachusetts. The team's head coach is Jay Civetti, who has led the Jumbos since 2011. [4]

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History

1875 Tufts team Tuft college football team 1875.jpg
1875 Tufts team

A Tufts football team has played since the 1874–75 season. [5] [6] [7] The Tufts football team played its first game on June 4, 1875, against Harvard, which Tufts won by a score of 1–0. This game is considered the first game of American football between two American colleges, with each team fielding 11 men, the ball being advanced by kicking or carrying it, and tackles of the ball carrier stopping play. [8] During the 1875–76 season, Tufts played Bates on the Bates campus in Lewiston, Maine, for the first organized intercollegiate football game played in Maine. [9]

In one of the largest shutout wins in team history, Tufts defeated the 1914 New Hampshire football team by a score of 83–0. [10]

One Tufts player, William Grinnell (1909–1997), a varsity member during the 1930s, has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. [11]

The 1,000th game in team history was played during the 2006 season. [12]

Seasons

Tufts vs. Harvard at College Hill, October 1875 Tufts vs harvard football october1875.jpg
Tufts vs. Harvard at College Hill, October 1875
Original ball from the Tufts-Brown game played in November 1892 Tuftsfootball.jpg
Original ball from the Tufts–Brown game played in November 1892
SeasonHead coachConferenceFinishedWinsLossesTies
1875 Luman Aldrich Independent—210
1876–77—101
1877 Scott Campbell —030
1884 Dwight Griswold —241
1885 Fred P. Chapman NIFA2nd23 [a] 0
1886 James Gallety 2nd080
1887 Frank W. Durkee Independent—460
1889Martin—310
1890 Charles Stover —230
1891 Wilfred Russ —710
1892 A. G. Baillet —820
1893Haskell—470
1894 H. W. Hamlin —650
1895 Marshall Newell —850
1896—261
1897 Joshua Damon Upton —670
1898—190
1899 E. A. Locke —740
1900Hopkins—361
1901 J. C. Pearson —661
1902—461
1903 Charles Whelan —580
1904—291
1905—530
1906—620
1907—341
1908 Nate Pulsifer —161
1909 Edward N. Robinson [13] —260
1910 Vin H. Sheehy —171
1911 Clark Tobin —340
1912Charles Whelan—540
1913 —710
1914—530
1915—512
1916—530
1917—330
1918 Al Pierotti [14] —230
1919Charles Whelan—250
1920 William Parks —260
1921—152
1922 Eddie Casey —540
1923—620
1924—342
1925—160
1926 Arthur Sampson —440
1927 —800
1928—521
1929—512
1930 Lewis Manly —520
1931—322
1932—512
1933—620
1934 —800
1935—152
1936—331
1937—341
1938—161
1939—341
1940—440
1941—530
1942—251
1943—620
1944—141
1945—410
1946 Frederick M. Ellis —160
1947—530
1948—341
1949—531
1950—441
1951—072
1952—341
1953—430
1954 Harry Arlanson —620
1955—520
1956—610
1957—611
1958—620
1959—521
1960—710
1961—530
1962—530
1963—260
1964—350
1965—170
1966 Rocco J. Carzo —170
1967—161
1968—530
1969—620
1970—170
1971NESCAC—350
1972—440
1973—170
1974 Paul Pawlak —350
1975—260
1976—620
1977—350
1978 Vic Gatto —530
1979 —800
1980—620
1981—521
1982—620
1983—431
1984—071
1985 Duane Ford —341
1986—710
1987—440
1988—431
1989—620
1990—620
1991—530
1992—341
1993—170
1994 Bill Samko —260
1995—440
1996—170
1997—350
1998—710
1999—440
2000T–7th260
20013rd620
2002T-6th350
2003T–3rd530
2004T–7th260
2005T–7th260
20065th440
20074th530
2008T–5th440
2009T–8th260
2010T–9th170
2011 Jay Civetti 10th080
201210th080
2013T–9th080
20146th440
20153rd620
20162nd710
20176th540
20183rd720
2019T–5th450
2020Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
20216th450
2022T–3rd630
2023T–3rd630
2024T–2nd720

[15] [16] [17]

Individual accomplishments

College Football Hall of Fame inductees

In 1951, the College Football Hall of Fame opened in South Bend, Indiana. Since then, Tufts has had 1 player inducted into the Hall of Fame. [18]

PlayerPos.TenureInducted
William Grinnell End 1932–19341997

Notes

  1. ↑ Alternative sources indicate a 2–4 record for the 1885 season. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tufts Digital Library". dl.tufts.edu.
  2. ↑ Tufts University Visual Identity Standards Quick Guide (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Directory - Directory - Member Listing". web3.ncaa.org. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Jay Civetti". Tufts. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Tufts Journal: Features: Gridiron history".
  6. ↑ "The Tufts Daily". October 21, 2004.
  7. ↑ "Tufts".
  8. ↑ Dupont, Kevin Paul (September 23, 2004). "Gridiron gridlock: Citing research, Tufts claims football history is on its side". The Boston Globe.
  9. ↑ "Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History". Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  10. ↑ "New Hampshire is Outclassed". The New Hampshire . Vol. 4, no. 2. Dover, New Hampshire. October 2, 1914. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved December 7, 2024– via UNH.edu.
  11. ↑ Sauer, Anne; Branco, Jessica; Bennett, John; Crowley, Zachary (2000). "Grinnell, William G. "Johnny", ca.1915-1997". Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History. Medford, MA: Tufts University Press. Archived from the original on June 3, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Jumbo Football to Play 1,000th Game at Trinity on Saturday". Tufts University Athletics. October 9, 2006. Archived from the original on June 4, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Going Back to Brown: Edward N. Robinson Again Appointed Football Coach There - With Tufts Last Year". The Boston Daily Globe. February 12, 1910.
  14. ↑ "Pierotti 'Wises' Up Tufts On Harvard Formation". The Boston Globe . November 7, 1918. p. 7. Retrieved August 31, 2024– via newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Tufts University Jumbos Football Program Records". Tufts University. May 27, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  16. ↑ "NCAA Division III football standings". d3football.com. 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  17. ↑ "NCAA Division III football standings". d3football.com. 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Hall of Fame: Select group by school". College Football Hall of Fame . Football Foundation. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
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