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DeutschNichols Bison football
| Nichols Bison football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1932 |
| Athletic director | Jack Hayes |
| Head coach | Vinny Marino 1st season, 3–6 (.333) |
| Stadium | Vendetti Field (capacity: 2,000) |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Dudley, Massachusetts |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | CNE |
| Past conferences | Independent (1932–1942, 1947–1971) ECFC (1992–1997) |
| All-time record | 264–354–11 (.428) |
| Conference titles | 5 NEFC (1973–1976, 1978) |
| Division titles | 1 NEFC Boyd Division (2001) |
| Colors | Black and green[1] |
| Mascot | Bison |
| Website | nicholsathletics.com |
The Nichols Bison football team represents Nichols College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Bison are members of the Conference of New England (CNE), fielding its team in the CNE since 1972 when it was named the New England Football Conference (NEFC). The Bison play their home games at Vendetti Field in Dudley, Massachusetts.[2][3]
Their head coach is Vinny Marino, who will take over the position for the 2024 season.[4]
Conference affiliations
[edit]- Independent (1932–1942, 1947–1971)
- New England Football Conference (1972–1991)
- Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (1992–1997)
- New England Football Conference / Commonwealth Coast football / Conference of New England (1998–present)
Championships
[edit]Conference championships
[edit]Nichols claims 5 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2023.
| Year | Conference | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | New England Football Conference | 8–1 | 4–0 | Michael Vendetti |
| 1974 | 7–1–1 | 6–0–1 | ||
| 1975† | 6–2 | 6–2 | ||
| 1976 | 8–1 | 7–1 | ||
| 1978† | 6–2 | 6–2 |
† Co-champions
Division championships
[edit]Nichols claims 1 division title, which came in 2001.
| Year | Division | Coach | Overall Record | Conference Record | Opponent | CG result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | NEFC Boyd | Bill Carven | 6–4 | 5–0 | Westfield State | L 0–12 |
Postseason games
[edit]Bowl games
[edit]Nichols has participated in one bowl game, and has a record of 0–1.
| Season | Coach | Bowl | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Bill Carven | ECAC Bowl | Western Connecticut | L 10–63 |
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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown | 1932–1942 | — | — | — | — | — | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Hal Chalmers | 1947–1958 | 68 | 25 | 38 | 5 | 0.404 | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Harry Gaffney | 1959–1961 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0.412 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Michael Vendetti | 1962–1985 | 191 | 103 | 83 | 5 | 0.552 | 65 | 43 | 2 | 0.600 |
| 5 | Jack Charney | 1986–1992 | 63 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 0.548 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0.500 |
| 6 | Jim Crowley | 1993–1995 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0.111 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0.105 |
| 7 | Jim Foster | 1996–1998 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0.310 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0.294 |
| 8 | Bill Carven[8] | 1999–2010 | 115 | 51 | 64 | 0 | 0.443 | 34 | 41 | 0 | 0.455 |
| 9 | Kevin Loney[9] | 2011–2013 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0.069 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0.048 |
| 10 | Dale Olmsted[10] | 2014–2023 | 90 | 30 | 60 | 0 | 0.333 | 12 | 44 | 0 | 0.214 |
| 11 | Vinny Marino | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Year-by-year results since 1947
[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 | ||||||||
| Nichols Bison | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | 1947 | Hal Chalmers | NCAA | — | Independent | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | ||||
| 1948 | 1948 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1949 | 1949 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1950 | 1950 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1951 | 1951 | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1952 | 1952 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1953 | 1953 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1954 | 1954 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1956 | 1956 | College Division | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1957 | 1957 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1958 | 1958 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1959 | 1959 | Harry Gaffney | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1960 | 1960 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1961 | 1961 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1962 | 1962 | Michael Vendetti | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1963 | 1963 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1964 | 1964 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1965 | 1965 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1966 | 1966 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1967 | 1967 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1968 | 1968 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1969 | 1969 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1970 | 1970 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1971 | 1971 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | NEFC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1973 | 1973 | Division III | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | |||
| 1974 | 1974 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 1 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 6 | 2 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 6 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 6 | 2 | 0 | Conference co-champions | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8th | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | 1982 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1983 | 1983 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 2 | 7 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | Jack Charney | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1987 | 1987 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3rd (North) | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3rd (North) | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4th (North) | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4th (North) | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd (North) | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | ECFC | 7 | 1 | 1 | T–2nd | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1993 | 1993 | Jim Crowley | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1994 | 1994 | Division II | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1995 | 1995 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | Jim Foster | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1997 | 1997 | Division III | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1998 | 1998 | NEFC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th (Blue) | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1999 | 1999 | Bill Carven | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4th (Blue) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2000 | 2000 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd (Boyd) | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1st (Boyd) | 5 | 0 | 0 | Division champions | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd (Boyd) | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–2nd (Boyd) | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th (Boyd) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7th (Boyd) | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd (Boyd) | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 5 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd (Boyd) | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th (Boyd) | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th (Boyd) | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7th (Boyd) | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | Kevin Loney | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8th (Boyd) | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2012 | 2012 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–6th (Boyd) | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | Dale Olmsted | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2015 | 2015 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | CCC Football | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2018 | 2018 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| No team in 2020 due to COVID-19. | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Dale Olmsted | NCAA | Division III | CCC Football | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–5th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
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.[5]
- ^ 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.[6]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Style Guide". Retrieved September 17, 2019.
- ^ "Facilities". Nichols College Athletics. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Nichols College receives gift from DCD Automotive for new video scoreboard". Nichols College. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Vinny Marino Named 15th Head Coach Of Nichols Football". Nichols College Athletics. Retrieved November 29, 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.
- ^ "Carven Steps Down After 12 Years at Helm of Football Program". Nichols College Athletics. December 13, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Loney Named Head Football Coach". Nichols College Athletics. January 24, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "Millis' Olmsted to take over at Nichols College". ESPN.com. November 20, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2023.