Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Freedom Football Conference


Related Topics

In the News (Sat 26 Dec 09)

  
  Freedom Football Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Freedom Football Conference is a College Athletic Conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III.
Member teams are located in New England and New York.
As can be deduced from the conference's name, teams only compete in football.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freedom_Football_Conference   (126 words)

  
 College football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
College football remains extremely popular today among students, alumni, and other fans of the sport, particularly in the Southern and Midwestern parts of the country.
Prior to the founding of the National Football League, and for a few decades thereafter, college football was the predominant venue of American football.
Though college football is often a source of revenue for the participating university, college athletes, unlike professionals, are unpaid.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/College_football   (1974 words)

  
 D3football.com - 2002 Season Previews
He was named FFC Rookie of the Week twice last season, rushing for 492 yards and six touchdowns, and throwing for 190 yards and a score.
In 2001, the Colonials captured their second FFC crown, advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after an 8-7 victory against Westfield State in the first round and finished with a shortened-season 8-2 record after a 43-14 loss to Rowan.
The FFC championship, PSC's third since 1994, was the highlight of a season in which the Panthers finished 7-3 overall, 5-1 in conference play, and maintained its status as the program with the highest career winning percentage (.696) in Division III.
www.d3football.com /previews/02/ffc.htm   (6242 words)

  
 The Guidon - Norwich University Student Newspaper
Norwich University football players received recognition throughout the Freedom Football Conference (FFC) league for their stellar performance during the 2000 season.
Unlike recent years, Norwich is a main contributor in the making of this year's Freedom Football Conference first and second all-star teams.
The players are selected for the FFC all-star team by receiving votes from the coaches throughout the league.
www.norwich.edu /about/guidon/30nov2000/football.html   (522 words)

  
 Player Bio: KiJuan Ware :: Football
At Springfield, Ware was a quarterback in football and a pitcher-first baseman in baseball.
Ware was also offensive coordinator of Weaver High's football team and helped Weaver win Class L state championships in 1997 and 1999.
He was an honorable mention all-state quarterback in football, a guard on Public's Class LL state champion basketball team (27-0) in 1993, and a captain and all-state selection in baseball.
athletics.dartmouth.edu /sports/m-footbl/mtt/ware_kijuan00.html   (241 words)

  
 Western Connecticut State University  Athletics
It would like to leave the FFC as the 12-year league’s final champion as Western moves on to the New Jersey Athletic Conference at season’s end.
In 2001, the Colonials captured their second FFC crown, advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after an 8-7 victory over Westfield State College in the first round and finished with a shortened-season 8-2 record.
Football, women's and men's soccer and women's lacrosse will play all its home games at the new field beginning this fall.
www.wcsu.edu /sports/FOOTBALL/football.html   (1211 words)

  
 Kings Point Football
Kings Point Football is expected to be in the hunt for the 1999 Freedom Football Conference Title, guided by the return of 11 starters.
Turpen led the Freedom Football Conference in passing last season with a 130.4 quarterback rating and ranked third in the FFC in total offense with 156.8 yards/game.
Kings Point football has earned recognition as one of the Academy's winningest programs in recent history, and the 1999 Mariners are ready to build on that reputation of success.
www.antonnews.com /greatneckrecord/1999/09/10/sports   (1399 words)

  
 Alfred University : News
ALFRED —The Empire 8 athletic conference announces the addition of two affiliate members for the sport of football, which will result in the conference champion being awarded an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III football playoffs.
The addition of Norwich and Springfield brings to seven the total number of football-playing schools in the Empire 8, the minimum a conference must have to be awarded an automatic NCAA bid.
Norwich University and Springfield College both are current members of the Freedom Football Conference (FFC).
www.alfred.edu /pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?ID=869   (268 words)

  
 Plymouth St. Returns to NEFC - NCAA Sports.com
New England Football Conference commissioner Sue Lauder has announced Plymouth State and the Coast Guard Academy have been admitted as members of the NEFC starting in the 2006 season.
After beginning its football program in 1970, Plymouth State was a member of the NEFC from 1971-91, winning or sharing nine titles in those 21 seasons.
Plymouth State competed in the Freedom Football Conference for 12 seasons from 1992-2003 before playing independent schedules in 2004 and 2005.
www.ncaasports.com /football/mens/story/8658243   (402 words)

  
 The Norwich Guidon, student newspaper of Norwich University
The Cadets football team ended their final season 6-4 in the soon-to- be disbanded Freedom Football Conference, battling back from a shaky 0-3 start that would turn out to be one of the most exciting seasons in recent history.
The Cadets' next five games, three of which were conference games, went untarnished for a five-game winning streak, something that had not been done in 20 years.
J.J. is a four-year football veteran at Norwich and captain of the team.
www.norwich.edu /about/guidon/2003dec11/football.html   (1320 words)

  
 Kings Point Football Wrap-Up
The Kings Point football team ended the 1999 campaign with a 3-7 overall record and a 2-4 mark in the Freedom Football Conference.
Warren, who was 3-3 in PAT attempts in addition to kicking the game-winning shot through the uprights, earned Freedom Football Conference Special Teams Player of the Week honors.
But with the return of many talented underclassmen, the drive back to the top of the Freedom Football Conference is an attainable goal in 2000.
www.antonnews.com /greatneckrecord/2000/08/11/sports   (3069 words)

  
 Coaches - Cincinnati Bengals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In 2001, WCSU advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Championships and won the Freedom Football Conference title.
His father, Tony, was head coach for his high school football and baseball teams in Millville, N.J. Surace went on to earn All-Ivy League honors as a center at Princeton University.
In 1994, when the Canadian Football League fielded teams in the U.S., Surace was with the Shreveport Pirates.
www.bengals.com /team/coaches.asp?coach_id=6   (480 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / College / Football / Pride well grounded
Springfield College football coach Mike DeLong could be forgiven yesterday if relatives found him drawing up plays in his peas or muttering something about RPI while carving the Thanksgiving turkey.
Excitement has steadily built around the team as it ruled the Freedom Football Conference by posting its first 10-0 record in the program's 111 years (the 1965 squad finished 9-0 in the only other undefeated season).
Five players were named all-conference, including the linebacker tandem of Jesse Baker (team-high 63 tackles) and Justin Fletcher (53 tackles), and senior defensive back Chris Teel (32 tackles, INT).
www.boston.com /sports/colleges/football/articles/2003/11/28/pride_well_grounded   (716 words)

  
 Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire - American Football Monthly
With the help of some of the top sports writers and football experts in the nation, American Football Monthly has compiled a list of coaches that it believes will make such an impact in 2003 that they will be on everyone’s short list in 2004.
Conference USA S.I.D.’s chose the Frogs as the favorite in the conference for the upcoming year.
He took over as head football coach in 1997 and in only his second season led the Wildcats to a berth in the Heritage Bowl.
www.americanfootballmonthly.com /Subaccess/Magazine/2003/03aug/hotcoaches.html   (5104 words)

  
 K.C. Keeler completes 2002 football coaching staff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
New University of Delaware football head coach K.C. Keeler has announced the completion of his coaching staff for the upcoming 2002 season.
The Pride has ranked among the top offensive teams in NCAA I-AA football during his tenure with the Pride ranking second in total offense (491.6), fourth in passing offense (301.0), and fifth in scoring offense (37.9) nationally last season.
The Mariners went 4-5 and were 3-3 in the Freedom Football Conference.
www.udel.edu /PR/UDaily/01-02/footballstaff032502.html   (1267 words)

  
 Springfield College Home Page/Athletics/Football/Meet the Coach
In the past six years, the SC football program owns a very impressive 45-18 record (.714 winning percentage), has appeared in post season play four times, and played in the NCAA Division III tournament three times under DeLong.
The 5 FFC titles were the most in the history of the league.
The Pride averaged 39.2 points and led the conference in total offense (461.8) and rushing (381.4, second nationally).
www.spfldcol.edu /homepage/athletics.nsf/football/coach   (1137 words)

  
 New England Football Conference
1965 - The New England Football Conference is founded by charter members Curry, Bridgewater State and Maine Maritime.
The Divisions are re-named with the Red being the Bogan Division and the Blue becoming the Boyd Division named after the NEFC's first two commissioners.
Endicott College begins a football program and is admitted into the Boyd Division beginning with the 2003 season.
www.newenglandfootballconference.com /history.html   (406 words)

  
 WPI Varsity Football - Welcome
Here at WPI, varsity football has a long, proud history, including three undefeated, untied seasons (1938, 1954 and 1983) and two Freedom Football Conference (FFC) Championships (1992 and 1993).
In the fall of 2004, WPI became one of three new associate members incorporated into the Liberty League.
From 1992 through 2003, WPI was a charter member of the now-disbanded Freedom Football Conference, having won FFC titles twice.
www.wpi.edu /Academics/Depts/PE/Football   (241 words)

  
 Freedom Football Conference
Worcester, MA Most of the helmet information I have for this conference is pretty old, so some of these teams may have switched to different designs by now.
There is presently an undated photograph at Springfield's web site showing a maroon helmet with a logo consisting of the word "Pride" in white; this certainly may be a new-for-2002 helmet design that nobody had reported to me, or perhaps it is an older design.
Coast Guard, Kings Point, and Worcester Tech will enter the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2004; Western Connecticut will join the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football only in 2004, Norwich and Springfield will move to the Empire 8 Athletic Conference, and I do not know what Plymouth State's plans are at this point.
www.nationalchamps.net /Helmet_Project/freedom.htm   (196 words)

  
 Player Bio: Bill Schmitz :: Football
In 1996, he directed Coast Guard to a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs for the first time in history and was named the Freedom Football Conference Coach of the Year.
Schmitz entered the collegiate football coaching ranks in 1981 when he joined Mike Gottfried¹s staff at Cincinnati while pursuing his master¹s degree.
Schmitz and his wife of 27 years, Lynn, have two children: Matt, 24, who was a four-year football letterwinner at Austin Peay and is a graduate assistant coach at UAB; and Allison, 20, who is a student at the University of Tennessee.
uabsports.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/mtt/schmitz_bill00.html   (524 words)

  
 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTE
*Don Brown named football coach at Northeastern* ------------------------------------------------ BOSTON (Ticker) -- Don Brown, the defensive coordinator at the University of Massachusetts the past two seasons, today was named football coach at Northeastern University.
Brown was head coach at Plymouth State College from 1993 to 19995 and posted a 25-6 record.
Brown was named Freedom Football Conference Coach of the Year all three seasons.
www.canoe.ca /StatsFBC/BC-FBC-LGNS-NORTHEAST-R.html   (231 words)

  
 Military.com Content
Despite Lipsyte's tongue-in-cheek comment, Army, Navy, and Air Force do play Division IA football on Saturday afternoons in the fall; Army is in Conference USA; Air Force is in the Western Athletic Conference; and Navy remains an independent.
The Air Force Academy has demonstrated that it can be competitive in Division IA football; West Point and the Naval Academy, on the other hand, have a losing tradition at this level in recent years (U.S. Air Force Academy).
Monahan listed the major changes in college football over the years: television revenues, the rise of the National Football League, and the win-at-any-cost philosophy.
www.military.com /Content/MoreContent1?file=NI_Open2   (2023 words)

  
 Norwich Bulletin - www.norwichbulletin.com - Norwich, Conn.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
NEW LONDON -- New England Football Conference commissioner Sue Lauder announced the Coast Guard Academy and Plymouth State University have been admitted as members of the New England Football Conference starting in the 2006 season.
Already the largest collegiate football conference in the country, the admission of the two institutions will bring the number of conference members to 16.
Coast Guard was a member of the Freedom Football Conference from 1992-2003 and the Bears are currently a member of the Liberty League, which they joined in 2004.
www.norwichbulletin.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050719/SPORTS/507190331/1006   (480 words)

  
 Muhlenberg College Sports Daily (September 5, 2002)
The football team, which has been on campus the longest, will be the last of the Muhlenberg fall sports teams to begin competition.
He was named to the All-FFC first team in 2001 after leading the league in total offense with 187.0 yards per game.
Centennial Conference rival Gettysburg (12-7), which will not play the Mules this weekend, is currently ranked third in the region and 18th in Division III.
www.muhlberg.edu /sports/fall02/95.html   (731 words)

  
 WNEC Football
He finished third in the New England Football Conference (NEFC) with a 27.4 average for 17 kickoff returns, and sixth in the conference with a 10.0 average for 15 punt returns.
Luce finished third in the New England Football Conference (NEFC) with a 27.4 average for 17 kickoff returns, and sixth in the conference with a 10.0 average for 15 punt returns.
Western New England is fourth in the New England Football Conference (NEFC) Boyd Division with a 2-3 mark.
www.wnec.edu /athletics/teams/ftb/2000news.html   (8720 words)

  
 Athletics at Salve Regina University
Salve Regina University Director of Athletics Del Malloy announced the hiring of Chris Robertson as the school's full-time head football coach.
While an undergraduate at Albany, Robertson was a three-year starter on the varsity football squad, a three-year letter-winner, and a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America©.
Robertson begins recruiting immediately for the Seahawk football program while allowing for a three-week transition period for the WPI baseball program to search for his replacement.
www.salve.edu /athletics/staff/football.cfm   (586 words)

  
 Springfield College Athletics/Football's Dewey Is A First-Team All-American
A two-year starter, Dewey is a major reason why SC led college football in rushing (398.5 yards-per-game) in ’03, and is ranked second in Division III (384.9 ypg) this season.
Lutgens is the only back in school history to break the 1,000-yard barrier in consecutive seasons, rushing for a team-high 1,064 yards in ’04, and 1,307 yards last season.
In ’03, Lutgens was a Football Gazette First-Team All-Region honoree, an ECAC Division III Northeast Second-Team All-Star and an All-Freedom Football Conference (FFC) First-Team selection.
www.spfldcol.edu /homepage/athletics.nsf/0/2C232865C760605085256F69006665B3?OpenDocument   (478 words)

  
 - AFCA Press Releases
Top-ranked Mount Union ran its record-breaking winning streak to 51 games with a 55-7 victory over Ohio Northern and is poised to begin the quest for its eighth national championship.
6 Springfield has already clinched the Freedom Football Conference title and will be playing for a perfect regular season when it visits Union (N.Y.) on Saturday.
John’s John Gagliardi became college football’s all-time wins leader with the Johnnies’ 29-26 win over Bethel (Minn.).
www.afca.com /press_details.cfm?ID=168&Type=full   (761 words)

  
 Player Bio: Brad Dunlay :: Football
Brad Dunlay is in his first year coaching the offensive line for the Georgetown football program.
Dunlay was a key member of the 1998 Springfield College team that became Freedom Football Conference Champions, appeared in the NCAA Division III play-offs for the first time in school history, and led the nation in rushing yards.
Along with football, Dunlay was also a national qualifier in the shot put for the track team.
guhoyas.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/mtt/dunlay_brad00.html   (211 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.