Amos Alonzo Stagg Field
field was resurfaced with
FieldTurf during the summer
of 2007.
Football Headlines
Burrell and Carlson Named New England Football Writers Division II/III All-Stars
11/20/2009
Boston, Mass. - November 20, 2009 - Jarred Burrell and John Carlson were among 31 players representing 20 different teams who have been named to the 2009 New England Football Writers Division II/III All-New England team. The All-New England team is comprised of the top players from Division II and Division III institutions in the region. Read More.
Football Lands Seven on Empire 8 All-Conference Team
Rochester, N.Y. - November 19, 2009 - The Springfield College football team had seven players selected to the 2009 Empire 8 Football All-Conference team after standout regular seasons. Free safety Jarred Burrell and DE Cody Flanigan were named to the first team, while FB Baldwin Cunningham, ILB Ken Goodwin, and OT Sean Meagher earned second team honors. QB Josh Carter was named Empire 8 Sportsman of the Year for the Springfield team, and OT John Carlson earned honorable mention honors. Read More.Football to Host ECAC Division III Northeast Bowl Championship Game Saturday Versus Plymouth State
Springfield, Mass. -- November 16, 2009 -- Head coach Mike DeLong and his Springfield College football team (7-2) will host Plymouth State University (8-2) this Saturday, Nov. 21 at noon in the ECAC Northeast Bowl Championship Game at Amos Alonzo Stagg Field. It will be Springfield College's third ECAC Playoff game in history, and first since 2004. Read MoreFootball Slips to #3 in New England Division III Poll
Springfield, Mass. -- November 10, 2009 -- The Springfield College football team (7-2) has fallen to a No. 3 ranking in the latest New England Division III Coaches Poll. Amherst, the last of the unbeatens in New England at 7-0, has jumped into the No. 1 slot, while Williams (6-1) moves up to No. 2. Amherst travels to Williams this Saturday, while Springfield has the week off as it ended its regular season last Saturday. Read MoreMore Headlines
- St. John Fisher Bests Football, 34-7
- Football Returns to #1 Ranking in New England Division III Coaches Poll
- Myhren Named to D3Football.com's Team of the Week
- Burrell and Myhren Take Home Empire 8 Weekly Honors
- Huge Second Half Powers Football Past Ithaca, 47-26
About The Team
With more than 500 career victories (509 to be exact) safely tucked under its belt, Springfield College will open its 2009 season on Saturday, September 5th, with a home game versus Fitchburg State College of Fitchburg, Mass. at 7 p.m. in Amos Alonzo Stagg Field. That will be the first of four home dates as SC plays a nine-game slate in 2009. The other home games will include Husson on Oct. 10, and will conclude with two straight home games versus Ithaca on Oct. 31 and versus St. John Fisher on Nov. 7.
There are two main differences between the 2008 and 2009 seasons besides swapping home and away sites. First, SC has added King's (Pa.) to the schedule, and will play that squad on the road on Sept. 12. Secondly, the Norwich contest which normally concluded the regular-season has gone by the wayside. (Norwich has departed the Empire 8 conference). That game has not been replaced.
The Oct. 10 game versus Husson will be a Family & Friends Day.
The Nov. 7 contest versus St. John Fisher will be Homecoming Day.
Head Coach Mike DeLong (’74) three seasons ago won four Coach of the Year awards for leading his team to a 10-2 overall record, an Empire 8 co-title, and an NCAA post-season tournament berth. He will start the ’09 season as the winningest active Division III coach in New England with 154 victories in 27 years as a head coach. Twenty-five of those years have come right here at Springfield where he has recorded 142 victories, including a sparkling 48-25 mark the past six years. In five of the past 11 years (‘98, ’00, ’02, ’03, '06), Springfield teams have gone on to compete in the NCAA Division III Tournament. In ’95 and ’04, Springfield teams also won ECAC post-season tournament contests.
In 2006, Springfield's Chris Sharpe was recognized on the national level as he was awarded the Melberger Award, emblematic of the National Player of the Year in Division III. The QB established 12 school records and six NCAA Division III national marks on '06. Sharpe also received a bevy of further awards, including the Gold Helmet Award for the season from the New England Football Writers Association, the Joseph P. Zabilski Award from the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston, the ECAC Division III Northwest Offensive Co-Player of the Year, and the Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Year.
Team Links
- 2009 Schedule
- 2009 Roster
- 2009 Statistics
- 2009 JV Schedule
- 2009 Recruiting Guide
- Photo Gallery
- Alumni Questionnaire
- Empire 8 Football
- D3football.com
- Team Archive
Head Coach Mike DeLong
Michael C. “Mike” DeLong ’74 enters his 28th season as a head football coach in the fall of 2009. He enters his 26th year at Springfield College alone. For the past 25 years (1984 through 2008, 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.