2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football season

The 2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference season will be the 11th season of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference taking place during the 2023 NCAA Division III football season. The season will begin on September 1, 2023, with non-conference play and with conference play beginning on September 15, 2023.

Preseason

Recruiting classes +National RankingsTeamTotal SigneesBridgewater State11Fitchburg State17Framingham State28Massachusetts Maritime13Plymouth State13UMass Dartmouth25Western Connecticut21Westfield Staten/aWorcester Staten/a

Preseason poll The preseason poll was released on August 24, 2023.

+MASCAC1UMass Dartmouth63 (7)2Bridgewater State533Western Connecticut47 (1)4Framingham State46 (1)5Plymouth State416Massachusetts Maritime297Westfield State198Worcester State169Fitchburg State10

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Head coaches

TeamHead coachYears at schoolOverall recordRecord at schoolMASCAC recordBridgewater StateJoe Verria837–2637–2634–14Fitchburg StateZach Shaw10–00–00–0Framingham StateTom Kelley19120–67–1120–67–164–8Massachusetts MaritimeJeremy Cameron1959–10259–10224–48Plymouth StatePaul Castonia2087–12585–9733–39UMass DartmouthJosh Sylvester10–00–00–0Western ConnecticutJoe Loth11110–10154–3731–17Westfield StatePete Kowalski1022–6022–6017–47Worcester StateAdam Peloquin44–164–164–12

Schedule Index to colors and formattingMASCAC member wonMASCAC member lostMASCAC teams in bold All times EST time.

Regular season schedule

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

Playoffs

Head to head matchups Head to headTeamBridgewater StateFitchburg StateFramingham StateMassachusetts MaritimePlymouth StateUMass DartmouthWestern ConnecticutWestfield StateWorcester StateBridgewater State—L 14–38——L 19–41—L 28–35—L 7–35Fitchburg StateW 38–14—W 40–7W 21–3————W 33–13Framingham State—L 7–40——L 14–24W 33–7—L 8–9—Massachusetts Maritime—L 3–21———W 26–0—W 17–10L 19–22Plymouth StateW 41–19—W 24–14———W 55–20——UMass Dartmouth——L 7–33L 0–26——W 52–21—L 0–59Western ConnecticutW 35–28———L 20–55L 21–52—L 0–42—Westfield State——W 9–8L 10–17——W 42–0——Worcester StateW 35–7L 13–33—W 22–19—W 59–0——— Updated with the results of all regular season conference games.

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

WeekOffensiveDefensiveSpecial TeamsRookiePlayerTeamPositionPlayerTeamPositionPlayerTeamPositionPlayerTeamPositionWeek 1Dante Aviles-SantosUMass DartmouthQBTrell BestUMass DartmouthDBBraedyn DeMarcoUMass DartmouthKRocky MarchitelliFitchburg StateQBWeek 2Marvens JeanUMass DartmouthWRTrell Best (2)UMass DartmouthDBIsaiah WrightBridgewater StateRBJason NickersonUMass DartmouthDBWeek 3James CahoonBridgewater StateQBRyan JustinWorcester StateDLJoey NasoBridgewater StateKLance WilliamsWorcester StateWRWeek 4Adam CouchBridgewater StateRBJared MartinoFramingham StateLBIsaiah Wright (2)Bridgewater StateRBDae'Shawn AllenWestern ConnecticutRBNajier MonteiroFramingham StateLBWeek 5Devaun FordFramingham StateRBMax MargesonWestfield StateDBAiden FigueroaWestern ConnecticutRBCooper HarveyWestfield StateKWeek 6Devaun Ford (2)Framingham StateRBMike HenricksenUMass DartmouthLBMoise NazaireFramingham StateDBJorge Aquino DebesBridgewater StateDEWeek 7Keion JonesWestern ConnecticutQBCade NelsonWestfield StateDLCooper HarveyWestfield StateKDae'Shawn Allen (2)Western ConnecticutRBWeek 8Luis GonzalezUMass DartmouthRBJack CataldiPlymouth StateRBAngel SanchezUMass DartmouthWRDae'Shawn Allen (3)Western ConnecticutRB

Home game announced attendance TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Total Average% of capacityBridgewater State Swenson Field1,600 1,504 1,100 1,100 2,000† 1,500 --- --- 7,204 1,441 90.1%Fitchburg StateElliot Field1,200 350 1,200† 1,200† --- --- --- --- 2,750 917 76.4%Framingham StateBowditch Field5,130 800 1,000† 600 --- --- --- --- 2,400 900 17.5%Massachusetts MaritimeClean Harbors Stadium2,300 1,234 1,891 2,134† 1,764 --- --- --- 7,023 1,756 76.3%Plymouth StateCurrier Memorial Field / Panther Field1,200 2,681 4,679† 1,213 192 --- --- --- 8,765 2,191 182.6%UMass DartmouthCressy Field1,850 2,788† 300 0 419 --- --- --- 3,507 877 47.4%Western ConnecticutThe WAC4,500775 775 1,995† 1,001 880 --- ---5,4261,08524.1%Westfield StateAlumni Field4,000 2,000 1,017 2,326† 1,207 --- --- --- 6,550 1,310 32.8%Worcester StateJohn F. Coughlin Field2,500 0 245 912† --- --- --- --- 1,157 386 15.4% Bold – exceeded capacity † Season high

Other headlines On October 4, 2023, Anna Maria College announced it was leaving the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference and joining the MASCAC for the 2025–26 academic year.

On October 10, 2023 Dean College announced it was leaving the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference and joining the MASCAC for the 2025–26 academic year.

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