Framingham State Rams football
| Framingham State Rams football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1972 |
| Athletic director | Tom Kelley |
| Head coach | Tom Kelley 20th season, 125–75–1 (.624) |
| Stadium | Bowditch Field (capacity: 5,130) |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Framingham, Massachusetts |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | MASCAC |
| Past conferences | NEFC |
| All-time record | 220–251–2 (.467) |
| Bowl record | 4–0 (1.000) |
| Playoff appearances | 6 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021) |
| Playoff record | 0–6 (.000) |
| Conference titles | 8 |
| Division titles | 3 |
| Rivalries | Western Connecticut[1] |
| Colors | Gold and black[2] |
| Mascot | Ram |
| Website | fsurams.com |
The Framingham State Rams football team represents Framingham State University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Rams are members of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, having joined in 2013. The Rams play their home games at Bowditch Field in Framingham, Massachusetts.[3]
Their head coach is Tom Kelley, who took over the position for the 2007 season.[4]
Conference affiliations
[edit]- Club team (1972–1973)
- New England Football Conference (1974–2012)[5]
- Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (2013–present)[6]
Championships
[edit]Conference championships
[edit]Framingham State claims 8 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2021.
| Year | Conference | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | New England Football Conference | 10–2 | 8–0 | Tom Kelley |
| 2013 | Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | 9–2 | 8–0 | |
| 2014 | 10–1 | 8–0 | ||
| 2015 | 9–2 | 8–0 | ||
| 2017† | 10–1 | 7–1 | ||
| 2018 | 8–3 | 7–1 | ||
| 2019 | 8–3 | 8–0 | ||
| 2021 | 8–3 | 8–0 |
† Co-champions
Division championships
[edit]Bridgewater State claims 7 division titles, the most recent of which came in 2008.
| Year | Division | Coach | Overall Record | Conference Record | Opponent | CG result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | NEFC Bogan | Tom Kelley | 9–2 | 7–1 | N/A lost tiebreaker to Maine Maritime | |
| 2011† | 7–4 | 6–2 | Western New England | L 13–20 | ||
| 2012 | 10–2 | 8–0 | Salve Regina | W 28–16 | ||
† Co-champions
Postseason games
[edit]NCAA Division III playoff games
[edit]Framingham State has appeared in the Division III playoffs six times, with an overall record of 0–6.
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | First Round | Cortland | L, 19–20 |
| 2013 | First Round | Ithaca | L, 0–25 |
| 2015 | First Round | Wesley | L, 22–42 |
| 2018 | First Round | Brockport | L, 27–40 |
| 2019 | First Round | Wesley | L, 21–58 |
| 2021 | First Round | Muhlenberg | L, 0–45 |
Bowl games
[edit]Framingham State has participated in four bowl games, and has a record of 4–0.
| Season | Coach | Bowl | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Tom Kelley | ECAC Bowl | Norwich | W 27–21 |
| 2014 | ECAC Bowl | RPI | W 42–36 | |
| 2016 | New England Bowl | Salve Regina | W 37–34 | |
| 2017 | New England Bowl | Curry | W 48–14 |
List of head coaches
[edit]Key
[edit]| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
[edit]| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Golden[10] | 1972–1981 | 82 | 47 | 35 | 0 | 0.573 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Tom Kelley[11][12] | 1982–1984, 2007–2019, 2021–present | 178 | 115 | 62 | 1 | 0.649 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Tom Raeke[13][14] | 1985–1994 | 81 | 31 | 50 | 0 | 0.383 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Michael Strachan[15][16] | 1995–2001 | 75 | 15 | 58 | 1 | 0.220 | 9 | 45 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Mark Sullivan[17] | 2002–2006 | 45 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 0.089 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Aynsley Rosenbaum[18] | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Year-by-year results
[edit]| National Champions | Conference Champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head Coach |
Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Framingham State Rams[19] | ||||||||||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | Dennis Golden | Club team | – | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1973 | 1973 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1974 | 1974 | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 5 | 3 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | 1982 | Tom Kelley | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1983 | 1983 | 3 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10th | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | Tom Raeke | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1986 | 1986 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5th (South) | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6th (South) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3rd (South) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 2 | 6 | 0 | T–6th (South) | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | 1993 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | 1994 | Tom Raeke (week 1) / Michael Strachan (weeks 2–10) | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1995 | 1995 | Michael Strachan | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1996 | 1996 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th (Red) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th (Red) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th (Bogan) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 2 | 7 | 0 | T–4th (Bogan) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | Mark Sullivan | 1 | 8 | 0 | T–5th (Bogan) | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2003 | 2003 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8th (Bogan) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7th (Bogan) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6th (Bogan) | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 1 | 8 | 0 | T–7th (Bogan) | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | Tom Kelley | 2 | 7 | 0 | T–7th (Bogan) | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2008 | 2008 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th (Bogan) | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th (Bogan) | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st (Bogan) | 7 | 1 | 0 | W ECAC Northeast Bowl | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–1st (Bogan) | 6 | 2 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st (Bogan) | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | MASCAC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | |||
| 2014 | 2014 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | W ECAC North Atlantic Bowl | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | W New England Bowl | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 10 | 1 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | W New England Bowl | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
| Season canceled due to Covid-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Tom Kelley | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | — | — | |||||||||||
Rivalries
[edit]Worcester State
[edit]The traditional final game of the season and plays for the Route 9 Cup[20] (the only state route that links Framingham directly with Worcester). Worcester State leads the series with twenty wins to seventeen as of the end of the 2022 season.
Massachusetts Maritime
[edit]Plays for the Kelley Bowl due to both coaches being a part of the Kelley family.[21]
Notable former players
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.[7]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[8]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Lowenadler, Eric (October 26, 2022). "Wolves Triumph In Rivalry Game". echowcsu.com. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ "FSU Branding and Style Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- ^ "Bowditch Field Athletic & Cultural Complex | City of Framingham, MA Official Website". www.framinghamma.gov. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ Hilliard, John. "Mass. college's first woman football player loves the game". The Holland Sentinel. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ NEFC Timeline
- ^ "MASCAC". MASCAC. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Framingham State University Celebrating 50 Years of Football". Framingham SOURCE. September 28, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "Framingham State Football Head Coach Tom Kelley Retires from Coaching". News. January 15, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "Kelley can't escape Framingham State coaching job". October 21, 2021.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Retired coach touched many lives as a friend - The Boston Globe". archive.boston.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ Pave, Marvin (September 3, 2015). "Catching Up With... Scott Faessler: Milford High, Framingham State football, baseball". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ Hetu, Tyler. "Former Attleboro High football coach Strachan takes over on North Attleboro sideline". The Sun Chronicle. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "North Attleborough High School Names Former Graduate, North Attleborough Native Mike Strachan Head Football Coach". John Guilfoil Public Relations LLC. April 4, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ Vega, Damian. "Fresh start for Framingham State football". Milford Daily News. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "Aynsley Rosenbaum named new Framingham State head football coach". Wicked Local. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "Football Year-By-Year Results". fsurams.com. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
- ^ "FSU Mens Lax on Instagram: "Route 9 cup on the line tonight at 7 #HDRF"". Instagram. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ "Football Retains Kelley Cup with 34-10 Victory over Mass. Maritime on Homecoming". October 29, 2022.
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