Vermont Catamounts football

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Vermont Catamounts football
Vermont Athletics wordmark.png
First season1886
Last season1974
Stadium Centennial Field
(capacity: 4,415)
Field surface Grass
Location Burlington, Vermont
NCAA division Division I
Conference Yankee Conference
Bowl record0–0 (–)
Rivalries New Hampshire
ColorsGreen and gold [1]
   

The Vermont Catamounts football program was the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Vermont located in Burlington, Vermont. The team competed in the NCAA Division I and were members of the Yankee Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1886. [2] The football program was discontinued at the conclusion of the 1974 season. [3] [4]

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Vermont fields a team at the club football level, in a conference that also uses the Yankee Conference name.

History

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The 1909 football team

The first intercollegiate game in the state of Vermont happened on November 6, 1886, between Dartmouth and Vermont in Burlington. Dartmouth won 91 to 0. [5] Vermont reached a level of success after coach "Dud" Drake in the 1907 and 1908 seasons. The 1907 team fought Dartmouth to a scoreless tie, and the 1908 team gave Cornell a scare.

In 2007, The University of Vermont brought football back as a club sport under the Student Government Association by Doug Deluca. The University of Vermont Club football team is currently playing in the NCFA and is led by head coach Jeff Porter, defensive coordinator Jason Paul and offensive coordinator Jack Leclerc.

As of recent, the team has sustained some success under head coach Jeff Porter. During the 2019 NCFA season, the Catamounts went undefeated in the North Atlantic conference until losing in their conference championship game to Sacred Heart University. The Catamounts are currently ranked fifth in the NCFA.

All-time Yankee Conference records

This table reflects the results of Yankee Conference matchups when both Vermont and its opponent were members of the conference. Vermont began Yankee Conference play in 1947 with Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Although they played UMass and UNH in the first season, they didn't play Maine until 1950, Rhode Island until 1955, and UConn until 1966. Boston University began league play in 1973.

TeamYankee
Wins		Yankee
Losses		Yankee
Ties		Winning
Percentage		Notable
Streak		First Yankee
Meeting		Last
Meeting
Boston University Terriers 110.50019731974
Connecticut Huskies 270.222Lost 419661974
Maine Black Bears 4210.160Lost 1419501974
UMass Minutemen 3181.159Lost 1519471974
New Hampshire Wildcats 990.500Won 419471974
Rhode Island Rams 881.500Won 519551974
27662.295

All Data from Michigan-Football.com [6]

Head coaches

Notable former players

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Ray B. Thomas

Notable alumni include:

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References

  1. ↑ "Vermont Athletic Style Guide" (PDF). September 1, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Dartmouth 1885-1889 on CFB Data Warehouse". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
  3. ↑ "Vermont Catamounts All-Time NCAA College Football Records". michigan-football.com. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  4. ↑ "Helmets of Discontinued College Teams". The Helmet Project . Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  5. ↑ "College Football Games". New York Times. November 7, 1886. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. ↑ "Vermont Catamounts All-Time NCAA Scores". michigan-football.com. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
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