Springfield Pride
NEWMACSpringfield, MAStagg Field
2026: 5–1 (3–0 NEWMAC). Last: beat WPI 19–13 at home. Next: at Merchant Marine, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.
- W 42–28Western New England
- W 48–0at Husson
- L 14–37Wisconsin Platteville
- W 19–13MIT
- W 36–23at Salve Regina
- W 19–13WPI
- Oct 24at Merchant Marine
- Oct 31at Coast Guard
- Nov 7Norwich
- Nov 14at SUNY Maritime
Springfield has played football since at least 1891 and is 59–82–4 in the 145 games on record. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 coach from Springfield. This season, they’re 5–1.
On this date in 2024Springfield beat MIT 48–0 at home.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 59–82–4 .421; how we count
- Postseason
- 1–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1247
- Seasons
- 46 since 1891, 145 games
2026 season 5–1
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vsWestern New England | W 42–28 | 76% |
| Sep 12 | atHusson | W 48–0 | 74% |
| Sep 19 | vsWisconsin Platteville | L 14–37 | 61% |
| Sep 26 | vsMIT | W 19–13 | 71% |
| Oct 3 | atSalve Regina | W 36–23 | 50% |
| Oct 17 | vsWPI | W 19–13 | 84% |
| Oct 24 | atMerchant Marine | Preview | 48% |
| Oct 31 | atCoast Guard | Preview | 69% |
| Nov 7 | vsNorwich | Preview | 92% |
| Nov 14 | atSUNY Maritime | Preview | 82% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Program strength since 1891
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 5–8–1 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Harvard
0–14 in 14
- 1907 L 5–9
- 1908 L 0–44
- 1914 L 0–44
- 1919 L 0–20
- 1928 L 0–30
- 1930 L 0–27
- 1935 L 0–20
- 1937 L 0–54
- 1951 L 13–21
- 1952 L 7–27
Lost the last 10.
- Brown
2–7–2 in 11
- 1903 T 6–6
- 1913 L 6–26
- 1920 L 0–14
- 1921 T 0–0
- 1929 W 14–6
- 1932 L 6–13
- 1933 L 6–13
- 1934 L 7–13
- 1935 W 20–0
- 1954 L 7–40
Lost the last one.
- Yale
0–11 in 11
- 1892 L 0–50
- 1903 L 0–22
- 1904 L 0–6
- 1905 L 0–29
- 1906 L 0–12
- 1907 L 0–18
- 1909 L 0–36
- 1915 L 0–19
- 1919 L 0–20
- 1947 L 0–49
Lost the last 10.
| Opponent | Games | SPR record |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard | 14 | 0–14 |
| Brown | 11 | 2–7–2 |
| Yale | 11 | 0–11 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | 4–6 |
| Army | 8 | 0–8 |
| Dartmouth | 5 | 0–5 |
| MIT | 5 | 5–0 |
| Husson | 5 | 5–0 |
The trophy it holds: Pynchon Saw Trophy (Western New England). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (46)
Every program Springfield has played, A to Z, with Springfield’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Amherst 1–1–1
- Andover 1–0
- Army 0–8
- Boston A.C. 0–1
- Boston College 0–1
- Brown 2–7–2
- Carlisle 0–1
- Catholic 1–0
- Coast Guard 4–0
- Colgate 0–2
- Connecticut Literary 2–0
- Cornell 0–1
- Dartmouth 0–5
- Endicott 1–0
- Georgetown 0–1
- Harvard 0–14
- Holy Cross 0–3
- Husson 5–0
- Ithaca 0–2
- Johns Hopkins 0–1
- Lafayette 0–1
- Massachusetts 4–6
- Merchant Marine 4–0
- MIT 5–0
- Mount Hermon 1–0
- New York University 1–0
- North Central College 0–1
- Norwich 4–0
- Orange A.C. 1–0
- Princeton 0–1
- Rowan 0–1
- Rutgers 0–1
- Salve Regina 4–0
- SUNY Cortland 2–0
- SUNY Maritime 3–0
- Syracuse 1–1
- Trinity (CT) 0–1
- Tufts 0–1
- UMass Dartmouth 1–0
- Union 1–2
- Wesleyan (CT) 0–3–1
- Western New England 4–1
- Williams 1–1
- Wisconsin Platteville 0–2
- WPI 5–0
- Yale 0–11
Conferences
- Liberty League 2014–2016
- NEWMAC since 2017
Springfield’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 0
- Coaches
- 1
| 1951 | Amos Alonzo Stagg coach here, 1891 |
Old photographs

Football 1941, Donald DucharmePhoto: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Digital Public Library of America 
Football 1941, Thomas Bartlett, Thomas Collins, Joseph Palmieri, Myron Angier, Horace Sansoucy, Robert F. Miller, Karl Kurth, and Paul RosePhoto: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Digital Public Library of America 
Football 1941, physical examinationPhoto: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Digital Public Library of America 
Football 1941, Co-capt. KurthPhoto: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Digital Public Library of America 
Football 1941, Horace SansoucyPhoto: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Digital Public Library of America 
Football game against A.I.C. 1941Photo: Springfield College Archives and Special Collections, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Digital Public Library of America
From libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives and credited to it. The records don’t give these a season; those they date are on their seasons’ pages.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1247 | ||||
| 2025 | 9–3 | 7–0 | 1321 | ||||
| 2024 | 12–1 | 7–0 | 1389 | ||||
| 2023 | 9–2 | 6–0 | 1271 | ||||
| 2022 | 9–3 | 6–0 | 1299 | ||||
| 1954 | 0–2 | 1178 | |||||
| 1952 | 0–1 | 1188 | |||||
| 1951 | 0–1 | 1199 | |||||
| 1948 | 1–0 | 1213 | |||||
| 1947 | 0–1 | 1193 | |||||
| 1937 | 0–2 | 1199 | |||||
| 1936 | 0–1 | 1224 | |||||
| 1935 | 1–1 | 1241 | |||||
| 1934 | 0–1 | 1193 | |||||
| 1933 | 0–1 | 1199 | |||||
| 1932 | 0–1 | 1204 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–1 | 1213 | |||||
| 1929 | 1–0 | 1229 | |||||
| 1928 | 0–1 | 1180 | |||||
| 1924 | 0–1 | 1182 | |||||
| 1923 | 0–2 | 1183 | |||||
| 1922 | 0–1 | 1185 | |||||
| 1921 | 0–1–1 | 1188 | |||||
| 1920 | 0–1 | 1176 | |||||
| 1919few games on file | 0–3 | 1171 |
Every season back to 1891 (21 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917few games on file | 0–3 | 1178 | |||||
| 1916few games on file | 0–2 | 1186 | |||||
| 1915few games on file | 0–2 | 1187 | |||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–2 | 1192 | |||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–2 | 1196 | |||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–1 | 1210 | |||||
| 1911few games on file | 1–0 | 1218 | |||||
| 1910few games on file | 0–1 | 1178 | |||||
| 1909few games on file | 0–1 | 1171 | |||||
| 1908few games on file | 0–3 | 1160 | |||||
| 1907few games on file | 0–2 | 1150 | |||||
| 1906few games on file | 0–3 | 1128 | |||||
| 1905few games on file | 0–4 | 1133 | |||||
| 1904few games on file | 0–4 | 1147 | |||||
| 1903few games on file | 0–3–1 | 1176 | |||||
| 1902few games on file | 0–2–1 | 1186 | |||||
| 1901few games on file | 0–1 | 1181 | |||||
| 1899few games on file | 0–2 | 1175 | |||||
| 1893few games on file | 2–0 | 1264 | |||||
| 1892 | 4–3 | 1255 | |||||
| 1891 | 5–8–1 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1212 |
No season on file for 1894–98, 1900, 1918, 1925–27, 1931, 1938–46, 1949–50, 1953, 1955–2021: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 46 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.