The Husson Eagles football team represents Husson University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Eagles are members of the Conference of New England (CNE), fielding its team in the CNE since 2019. The Eagles play their home games at the Winkin Sports Complex in Bangor, Maine.
Their head coach is Nat Clark, who took over the position for the 2019 season.
History
Husson established their football team in 1932 despite the Bangor branch of the Shaw Business School fielding a team in the early 1900s. The team was known as the Maine School of Commerce and finished their inaugural season with a 2–3–1 record. The team's first-ever win came against Greenville High School with a final score of 20–0. The team played until 1936 before being discontinued due to low participation. The program was restarted as a six-man football team in 1938, but only lasted one season.
In 2002, Husson announced they would revive the football team and would begin play in 2003. The team's inaugural coach was chosen to be Gabby Price, who previously coached Bangor High School.
Conference affiliations Independent (2003–2008) Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (2009–2018) Commonwealth Coast Conference / Conference of New England (2019–present)
Championships Conference championships Husson claims 5 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2018.
2014 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference 8–2 7–0 Gabby Price 2015† 7–3 6–1 2016 9–2 7–0 2017 10–2 7–0 2018 8–3 6–0 † Co-champions
Postseason games
NCAA Division III playoff games Husson has appeared in the Division III playoffs four times, with an overall record of 1–4. 2014 First Round MIT L, 20–27 2016 First Round Western New England L, 27–44 2017 First RoundSecond Round SpringfieldDelaware Valley W, 23–21L, 15–37 2018 First Round RPI L, 14–38
Bowl games Husson has participated in four bowl games, and has a record of 0–4. 2008 Gabby Price ECAC Bowl St. John Fisher L, 7–17 2015 ECAC Bowl Salve Regina L, 39–42 2022 Nat Clark New England Bowl Plymouth State L, 20–21 2024 Fusion Bowl SUNY Maritime L, 14–21
List of head coaches Key
Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards No. Name Season(s) GC OW OLOT O% CW CL C% PW PL DC CC NC Awards 1 Jack Moran 1932–1934 24 5 154 – – – – – – – – – 2 Into Suomi 1935 6 0 60 – – – – – – – – – 3 Lloyd Hatfield 1936 6 0 60 – – – – – – – – – 4 Chesley H. Husson 1938 3 0 30 – – – – – – – – – 5 Gabby Price 2003–2008; 2013–2018 117 72 450 37 4 1 3 – 5 – – 6 Niles Nelson 2009–2010 19 5 140 4 9 – – – – – – 7 Sean Murphy 2011–2012 20 2 180 1 13 – – – – – – 8 Nat Clark 2019–present 62 33 290 21 15 – – – – – –
Year-by-year results National championConference championBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHeadcoachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossFinishWinLossHusson Braves / Eagles 2003 2003Gabby PriceNCAADivision IIIIndependent 0 7 – – –—— 2004 2004 2 7 – – –—— 2005 2005 4 4 – – –—— 2006 2006 6 4 – – –—— 2007 2007 6 3 – – –—— 2008 2008 7 3 – – –L ECAC Northeast Bowl— 2009 2009Niles NelsonECFC 4 5 T–4th 3 3—— 2010 2010 1 9 7th 1 6—— 2011 2011Sean Murphy 0 10 8th 0 7—— 2012 2012 2 8 T–7th 1 6—— 2013 2013Gabby Price 5 5 T–4th 4 3—— 2014 2014 8 2 1st 7 0L NCAA Division III First Round— 2015 2015 7 3 T–1st 6 1L ECAC Chapman Bowl— 2016 2016 9 2 1st 7 0L NCAA Division III First Round— 2017 2017 10 2 1st 7 0L NCAA Division III Second Round25 2018 2018 8 3 1st 6 0L NCAA Division III First Round— 2019 2019Nat ClarkCCC / CNE 4 6 4th 4 3——2020 season canceled due to COVID-19 2021 2021Nat ClarkNCAADivision IIICCC / CNE 7 3 4th 4 2—— 2022 20225 6 2nd 4 2 L New England Bowl— 2023 2023 7 3 T–2nd 3 2—— 2024 2024 6 5 T–2nd 3 2 L Fusion Bowl— 2025 2025 4 6 5th 3 4——
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