Plymouth State Panthers football

Plymouth State Panthers football
First season1970
Athletic directorKim Bownes
Head coachPaul Castonia
Devin Zeman[a]
21st season, 99–107 (.481)
StadiumPanther Field
(capacity: 1,200)
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationPlymouth, New Hampshire
NCAA divisionDivision III
ConferenceMASCAC
Past conferencesNEFC
Freedom Football Conference
All-time record312–206–7 (.601)
Bowl record5–8 (.385)
Playoff appearancesDiv. III: 5
Playoff recordDiv. III: 1–5
Conference titles14
RivalriesUMass Dartmouth
ColorsGreen and white[1]
   
MascotPanther
Websiteathletics.plymouth.edu

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]

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.

Year Conference Overall Record Conference Record Coach
1981 New England Football Conference 9–1 9–0 Jay Cottone
1982 10–0 9–0
1983† 9–2 8–1
1984 10–1 9–0
1985† 8–3 8–1
1986 9–2–1 8–0–1 Lou Desloges
1987 10–1 5–0
1988 10–1 6–0
1990 9–2 5–0
1994† Freedom Football Conference 10–1 6–0 Don Brown
1995 9–1 7–0
2001† 7–3 5–1 Chris Rorke
2008 New England Football Conference 10–2 7–0 Paul Castonia
2017† Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference 9–2 7–1

† Co-champions

Division championships

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

Year Division Coach Overall Record Conference Record Opponent CG result
1987 NEFC North Lou Desloges 10–1 5–0 Worcester State W 40–0
1988 10–1 6–0 Worcester State W 62–0
1990 9–1 5–0 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.

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

Seasons

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
Plymouth State Panthers[4]
1970 1970 Walter L. Murphy NCAA — — 0 3 0 — —
1971 1971 NEFC 5 3 0 — —
1972 1972 Tom Bell 4 2 1 2nd 3 1 1 — —
1973 1973 Division III 6 2 0 2nd 3 2 0 — —
1974 1974 7 1 1 2nd 5 1 1 — —
1975 1975 6 4 0 5th 5 3 0 — —
1976 1976 Charlie Currier 5 4 0 T-2nd 5 3 0 — —
1977 1977 2 6 1 9th 1 6 1 — —
1978 1978 Dan Zaneski 3 6 0 8th 2 6 0 — —
1979 1979 4 6 0 T-5th 4 5 0 — —
1980 1980 Jim Aguiar 6 3 1 T-4th 5 3 1 — —
1981 1981 Jay Cottone 9 1 0 1st 9 0 0 Conference Champion —
1982 1982 10 0 0 1st 9 0 0 Conference Champion —
1983 1983 9 2 0 1st 8 1 0 Won ECAC Championship —
1984 1984 10 1 0 1st 9 0 0 Lost First Round 14–26 —
1985 1985 8 3 0 1st 8 1 0 Lost ECAC Championship —
1986 1986 Lou Desloges 9 1 1 1st 8 0 1 Lost ECAC Championship —
1987 1987 10 1 0 1st 5 0 0 Won ECAC Championship —
1988 1988 10 1 0 1st 6 0 0 Lost ECAC Championship —
1989 1989 7 2 0 2nd 4 1 0 — —
1990 1990 9 2 0 1st 5 0 0 Lost ECAC Championship —
1991 1991 6 3 1 2nd 3 2 0 Lost ECAC Championship —
1992 1992 FFC 4 4 1 3rd 4 1 1 — —
1993 1993 Don Brown 6 4 0 2nd 5 1 0 Lost ECAC Championship —
1994 1994 10 1 0 1st 6 0 0 Won 1994 First Round 19–18
Lost Second Round 7–22 		—
1995 1995 9 1 0 1st 7 0 0 Lost 1994 First Round 7–24 —
1996 1996 Mike Kemp 5 4 0 T-4th 3 3 0 — —
1997 1997 7 4 0 T-2nd 4 2 0 Lost ECAC Championship —
1998 1998 7 4 0 3rd 4 2 0 Lost ECAC Championship —
1999 1999 Chris Rorke 8 3 0 T-2nd 4 2 0 Won ECAC Championship —
2000 2000 5 5 0 T-3rd 3 3 0 — —
2001 2001 7 3 0 T-1st 5 1 0 Conference Champion —
2002 2002 0 10 0 7th 0 6 0 — —
2003 2003 Paul Castonia 0 10 0 7th 0 6 0 — —
2004 2004 — 1 8 0 — —
2005 2005 4 6 0 — —
2006 2006 NEFC 4 5 0 T-3rd 4 3 — —
2007 2007 9 1 0 2nd 6 1 Won ECAC Championship —
2008 2008 10 2 0 1st 7 0 Lost 2008 First Round 14–26[5] —
2009 2009 8 3 0 2nd 6 1 Lost ECAC Championship[6] —
2010 2010 6 4 0 T-4th 4 3 — —
2011 2011 4 6 0 5th 2 5 — —
2012 2012 2 8 0 T-6th 1 6 — —
2013 2013 MASCAC 2 8 0 T-8th 1 7 — —
2014 2014 1 9 0 9th 0 8 — —
2015 2015 2 8 0 T-8th 1 7 — —
2016 2016 6 4 0 T-3rd 4 4 — —
2017 2017 9 2 0 T-1st 7 1 Lost 2017 First Round 0–66[7] —
2018 2018 6 4 0 4th 5 3 — —
2019 2019 6 4 0 T-5th 4 4 — —
Season canceled due to Covid-19
2021 2021 Paul Castonia / Devin Zeman NCAA Division III MASCAC 5 5 0 4th 5 3 0 — —
2022 2022 9 2 0 2nd 6 2 0 Won New England Bowl 21–20[8] —
2023 2023 4 6 0 5th 4 4 0 — —
2024 2024

List of head coaches

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
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]
  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. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards
1 Walter Murphy[12] 1970–1971 11 5 6 0 0.455 – – – – – – – – – – –
2 Tom Bell[13] 1972–1975 34 23 9 2 0.706 – – – – – – – – – – –
3 Charlie Currier[14] 1976–1977 18 7 10 1 0.417 – – – – – – – – – – –
4 Dan Zaneski[15] 1978–1979 19 7 12 0 0.368 – – – – – – – – – – –
5 Jim Aguiar[16] 1980 10 6 3 1 0.650 – – – – – – – – – – –
6 Jay Cottone[14] 1981–1985 53 46 7 0 0.868 – – – – 1 2 0 – 5 – –
7 Lou Desloges[17] 1986–1992 73 55 15 3 0.774 – – – – 1 4 0 – 4 – –
8 Don Brown[18] 1993–1995 31 25 6 0 0.806 – – – – 1 2 0 – 2 – –
9 Mike Kemp[19] 1996–1998 31 19 12 0 0.613 – – – – 0 2 0 – – – –
10 Chris Rorke[20] 1999–2002 41 20 21 0 0.488 – – – – 1 0 0 – 1 – –
11 Paul Castonia[21] 2003–present 182 85 97 0 0.467 – – – – 1 4 0 – 2 – –
12 Devin Zeman 2020–present 33 18 15 0 0.545 – – – – – – – – – – –

Notes

  1. ^ Zeman has served as co-head coach since 2020. He will be in his fourth year with a record of 19–15.

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. ^ a b 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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