Quote from: Trin9-0 on September 26, 2023, 08:56:01 PMQuote from: Nescacman on September 21, 2023, 06:24:00 PMQuote from: The Mole on September 21, 2023, 06:17:14 PM
Champs SINCE 2000
Trinity--10
Amherst--6
Williams--5
Middlebury--4
Wesleyan--1
Colby--1
2000 Amherst/Colby/Middlebury
2001 Williams
2002 Trinity/Williams
2003 Trinity
2004 Trinity
2005 Trinity
2006 Williams
2007 Middlebury
2008 Trinity
2009 Amherst
2010 Williams
2011 Amherst
2012 Trinity
2013 Amherst/Middlebury/Wesleyan
2014 Amherst
2015 Amherst
2016 Trinity
2017 Trinity
2018 Trinity
2019 Middlebury
2020 COVID-19
2021 Williams
2022 Trinity
Thank you Mole. We're sure our friends from Hartford State will be providing more color on this throughout the evening. Can't wait...Quote from: Trin9-0 on October 22, 2021, 10:16:45 AM
With this being the 50th Season of NESCAC football I went down a rabbit hole to determine the league school(s) with the best record for each of the previous 49 seasons. Common sense would tell you that this represents the schools who have won NESCAC championships. However, as some are eager to remind us, the league only began officially crowning a champion in 2000.
Either way, it's clear to see that the league has been dominated by four schools for the past 5 decades: Trinity, Williams, Amherst, and Middlebury.
The Bantams have won at least a share of the league title 16 times (a third of all championships). The Ephs can claim 14 titles, while their rivals the Jeffs/Mammoths have won at least a share of 13 championships and finally, Middlebury has won or tied for the best record in the league 11 times.
At least one of these four schools has had the best NESCAC football record in 47 of the past 49 season (96%)! Aside from the big four, only Tufts (in 1979 and 1986) has won an outright title. Hamilton, Colby, and Wesleyan can each claim a share of a championship (in 1987, 2000, and 2013 respectively).
It looks likely that either Trinity or Williams will continue the trend this year, but Wesleyan shocked us last year so anything is possible.
YEAR SCHOOL WINS LOSSES TIES
1971 Williams 7 1
1972 Middlebury 8 0
1973 Amherst/Middlebury 7 1
1974 Trinity/Williams 7 1
1975 Williams 7 0 1
1976 Middlebury 7 1
1977 Middlebury 7 1
1978 Trinity 7 1
1979 Tufts 8 0
1980 Trinity 7 1
1981 Middlebury 7 1
1982 Amherst 7 1
1983 Middlebury/Trinity 6 2
1984 Amherst 8 0
1985 Amherst 7 0 1
1986 Tufts 7 1
1987 Amherst/Hamilton/Trinity 6 2
1988 Williams 6 1 1
1989 Williams 8 0
1990 Williams 8 0
1991 Trinity 6 1 1
1992 Middlebury 7 1
1993 Trinity 8 0
1994 Williams 8 0
1995 Williams 7 0 1
1996 Amherst 7 1
1997 Amherst/Wesleyan/Williams 7 1
1998 Williams 8 0
1999 Williams 7 1
2000 Amherst/Colby/Middlebury 7 1
2001 Williams 8 0
2002 Trinity/Williams 7 1
2003 Trinity 8 0
2004 Trinity 8 0
2005 Trinity 8 0
2006 Williams 8 0
2007 Middlebury 7 1
2008 Trinity 8 0
2009 Amherst 8 0
2010 Williams 8 0
2011 Amherst 8 0
2012 Trinity 8 0
2013 Amherst/Middlebury/Wesleyan 7 1
2014 Amherst 8 0
2015 Amherst 8 0
2016 Trinity 8 0
2017 Trinity 8 1
2018 Trinity 8 1
2019 Middlebury 9 0
2020 N/A
Mole, it looks like we may have duplicated our efforts but glad to see that your research turned up the same results. It bears repeating that in 51 seasons of NESCAC play there's been only two years where either Trinity, Williams, Amherst, or Middlebury didn't end up with the best record (Tufts in 1979, '86). In addition only Hamilton (1987), Colby (2000) and Wesleyan (1997, 2013) can claim even a tri-championship.
Since the formal inception of the NESCAC it really seems to be those top four programs and then everyone else.
I was on the Hamilton FB staff in 1987, and it was a very good team, losing one NESCAC game (14-9 to Trinity) and one OOC game (7-0 to Brockport in a horrific snowstorm) Had Herb Hand as an OT (now a D-1 OLine coach on the squad). Hamilton has not matched six wins since then.....
Trinity lost one NESCAC game that year (13-10 to Amherst) and lost vs. Coast Guard 30-6 - I believe Rich Nagy was their stud TB then.
Amherst lost two NESCAC games that year: 29-7 vs Bowdoin and 25-7 vs Williams.
Bates had Chris Hickey as TB who was a major offensive weapon. Ironic that Chris' son and my son ended up as teammates for Amherst FB in the late 2010's.