UMass Lowell River Hawks football
College football team
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The UMass Lowell River Hawks football team represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The River Hawks were members of the Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10), having fielded its team in the NE-10 from 2001 to 2002. The River Hawks played their home games at the Cushing Field Complex in Lowell, Massachusetts.
First season1980
Last season2002
Athletic directorDana Skinner
Head coachWally Dembowski
2nd season, 4–17 (.190)
2nd season, 4–17 (.190)
| UMass Lowell River Hawks football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1980 |
| Last season | 2002 |
| Athletic director | Dana Skinner |
| Head coach | Wally Dembowski 2nd season, 4–17 (.190) |
| Location | Lowell, Massachusetts |
| Stadium | Cushing Field Complex (capacity: 2,000) |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | NE-10 |
| Colors | Blue, white, and red[1] |
| All-time record | 87–125–1 (.411) |
| Conference championships | |
| 1 | |
| Division championships | |
| 2 | |
| Mascot | River Hawks |
Their last head coach was Wally Dembowski, who took over the position from 2001 to 2002.
Conference affiliations
- Club team (1980)
- Independent (1981–1986)
- New England Football Conference (1987–1991)
- Freedom Football Conference (1992–1995)
- Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (1996)
- Eastern Football Conference (1997–2000)
- Northeast-10 Conference (2001–2002)
List of head coaches
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Perreault | 1980–1985 | 47 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 0.383 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Dennis Scannell | 1986–1992 | 65 | 45 | 19 | 1 | 0.700 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0.767 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| 3 | Tom Radulski | 1993–1995 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0.167 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0.133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Sandy Ruggles[5] | 1996–2000 | 50 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 0.300 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0.286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Wally Dembowski[6][7] | 2001–2002 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0.190 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0.200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Year-by-year results
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Lowell Chiefs | ||||||||||||||
| 1980 | 1980 | John Perreault | Club team | |||||||||||
| 1981 | 1981 | NCAA | Division III | Independent | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1982 | 1982 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1983 | 1983 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1986 | 1986 | Dennis Scannell | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1987 | 1987 | NEFC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4th (North) | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1988 | 1988 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2nd (North) | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st (North) | 5 | 0 | 0 | L conference championship | — | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2nd (North) | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| UMass Lowell River Hawks | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | 1991 | Dennis Scannell | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st (North) | 5 | 0 | 0 | W conference championship | — |
| 1992 | 1992 | FFC | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1993 | 1993 | Tom Radulski | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1994 | 1994 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | Sandy Ruggles | ECFC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | 1997 | Division II | EFC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th (Bay State) | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | 1998 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–3rd (Bay State) | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5th (Atlantic) | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th (Atlantic) | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | Wally Dembowski | NE-10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | 2002 | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
Notes
- A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.