Springfield College's playing
field was resurfaced with
FieldTurf during the summer
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Football Ranked No. 1 in New England Division III Coaches Poll
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., – September 20, 2006 – The 2-0 Springfield College football team has been ranked #1 in New England according to this year’s first New England Division III Coaches poll.
Springfield garnered 114 total points (and four first-place votes) to 2nd-place Trinity’s 110 total points (and eight first-place votes). In addition, SC was ranked 21st nationally by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette and 34th nationally (up 10 spots) by D3football.com.
New England Division III Coaches poll (week #1):
1) Springfield 114 points (4 first-place votes)
2) Trinity 110 (8 first-place votes)
3) Curry 91 (1 first-place vote)
4) Western Conn. 77
5) WPI 71
6) Colby 66
7) Williams 49
8) WNEC 45
9) Amherst 24
t10) Bowdoin and Fitchburg State 17
Also receiving votes: Husson 10, Endicott 9, UMass Dartmouth 7
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Head Coach Mike DeLong
Michael C. “Mike” DeLong ’74 enters his 27th season as a head football coach in the fall of 2008. He enters his 25th year at Springfield College alone. For the past 24 years (1984 through 2007, inclusive), he has been the head coach at Springfield, his alma mater. Mike had also been the head coach at Maine Maritime in Castine, Maine in 1979 and 1980. Read more.