Plymouth State Panthers football

First season1970; 56 years ago

Athletic directorKim Bownes

Head coachPaul Castonia
Devin Zeman^[a]
22nd season, 111–111 (.500)

StadiumPanther Field
(capacity: 1,200)

Plymouth State Panthers football

First season	1970; 56 years ago (1970)
Athletic director	Kim Bownes
Head coach	Paul Castonia Devin Zeman^[a] 22nd season, 111–111 (.500)
Stadium	Panther Field (capacity: 1,200)
Location	Plymouth, New Hampshire
NCAA division	Division III
Conference	MASCAC
All-time record	312–206–7 (.601)
Bowl record	5–8 (.385)
Conference championships
14
Rivalries	UMass Dartmouth
Colors	Green and white^[1]
Mascot	Panther
Website	athletics.plymouth.edu/football

The Plymouth State Panthers football team represents Plymouth State University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Panthers are members of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, fielding its team in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference since 2013. The Panthers play their home games at Panther Field in Plymouth, New Hampshire.^[2]

Their co-head coaches are Paul Castonia, who took over the position in 2003, and Devin Zeman who took over the position in 2020.^[3]

Conference championships

Plymouth State claims 14 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2017.

Year	Conference		Overall record	Conf. record
1981	New England Football	9–1	9–0	Jay Cottone
1982		10–0	9–0
1983†		9–2	8–1
1984		10–1	9–0
1985†		8–3	8–1
1986		9–2–1	8–0–1	Lou Desloges
1987		10–1	5–0
1988		10–1	6–0
1990		9–2	5–0
1994†	Freedom Football	10–1	6–0	Don Brown
1995		9–1	7–0	Don Brown
2001†		7–3	5–1	Chris Rorke
2008	New England Football	10–2	7–0	Paul Castonia
2017†	Massachusetts State	9–2	7–1	Paul Castonia

† Co-champions

Division championships

Plymouth State claims 3 division titles, the most recent of which came in 1990.

Year	Division	Coach	Overall Record	Conf. record	Opponent	CG result
1987	NEFC North	Lou Desloges	10–1	5–0	Worcester State	W 40–0
1988			10–1	6–0	Worcester State	W 62–0
1990			9–1	5–0	Bridgewater State	W 26–7

† Co-champions

Playoffs

The Panthers have made five appearances in the Division III playoffs. Their combined record is 1–5.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1984	First Round	Union (NY)	L 14–26
1994	First Round Second Round	Merchant Marine Ithaca	W 19–18 L 7–22
1995	First Round	Union (NY)	L 7–24
2008	First Round	Cortland	L 14–26
2017	First Round	Brockport	L 0–66

Seasons

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
Plymouth State Panthers^[4]
1970	1970	Walter L. Murphy	NCAA	—	—	0	3	0					—	—
		Walter L. Murphy
1971	1971	NEFC			5	3	0					—	—

1972	1972			Tom Bell	4	2	1	2nd	3	1	1	—	—

1973	1973				Division III	6	2	0	2nd	3	2	0	—	—

1974	1974			7		1	1	2nd	5	1	1	—	—

1975	1975			6		4	0	5th	5	3	0	—	—

1976	1976			Charlie Currier		5	4	0	T-2nd	5	3	0	—	—
				Charlie Currier
1977	1977			2		6	1	9th	1	6	1	—	—

1978	1978			Dan Zaneski		3	6	0	8th	2	6	0	—	—
				Dan Zaneski
1979	1979			4		6	0	T-5th	4	5	0	—	—

1980	1980			Jim Aguiar		6	3	1	T-4th	5	3	1	—	—

1981	1981			Jay Cottone		9	1	0	1st	9	0	0	Conference Champion	—

1982	1982	10				0	0	1st	9	0	0	Conference Champion	—

1983	1983	9				2	0	1st	8	1	0	Won ECAC Championship	—

1984	1984	10		1		0	1st	9	0	0	Lost First Round 14–26	—

1985	1985	8		3		0	1st	8	1	0	Lost ECAC Championship	—

1986	1986	Lou Desloges		9		1	1	1st	8	0	1	Lost ECAC Championship	—

1987	1987			10		1	0	1st	5	0	0	Won ECAC Championship	—

1988	1988			10		1	0	1st	6	0	0	Lost ECAC Championship	—

1989	1989			7		2	0	2nd	4	1	0	—	—

1990	1990	9		2		0	1st	5	0	0	Lost ECAC Championship	—

1991	1991	6		3		1	2nd	3	2	0	Lost ECAC Championship	—

1992	1992	FFC		4		4	1	3rd	4	1	1	—	—

1993	1993			Don Brown		6	4	0	2nd	5	1	0	Lost ECAC Championship	—

1994	1994					10	1	0	1st	6	0	0	Won 1994 First Round 19–18 Lost Second Round 7–22	—

1995	1995		9	1		0	1st	7	0	0	Lost 1994 First Round 7–24	—


1996	1996		Mike Kemp	5	4	0	T-4th	3	3	0	—	—

1997	1997			7	4	0	T-2nd	4	2	0	Lost ECAC Championship	—
1998	1998	7	4	0	3rd	4	2	0	Lost ECAC Championship	—
1999	1999	Chris Rorke	8	3	0	T-2nd	4	2	0	Won ECAC Championship	—

2000	2000		5	5	0	T-3rd	3	3	0	—	—

2001	2001	7	3	0	T-1st	5	1	0	Conference Champion	—
2002	2002	0	10	0	7th	0	6	0	—	—
2003	2003	Paul Castonia	0	10	0	7th	0	6	0	—	—

2004	2004		—	1	8	0					—	—
			—
2005	2005		4	6	0					—	—

2006	2006		NEFC	4	5	0	T-3rd	4	3		—	—

2007	2007			9	1	0	2nd	6	1		Won ECAC Championship	—

2008	2008			10	2	0	1st	7	0		Lost 2008 First Round 14–26^[5]	—

2009	2009			8	3	0	2nd	6	1		Lost ECAC Championship^[6]	—

2010	2010		6	4	0	T-4th	4	3		—	—

2011	2011		4	6	0	5th	2	5		—	—
2012	2012	2	8	0	T-6th	1	6		—	—
2013	2013	MASCAC	2	8	0	T-8th	1	7		—	—

2014	2014		1	9	0	9th	0	8		—	—

2015	2015		2	8	0	T-8th	1	7		—	—

2016	2016		6	4	0	T-3rd	4	4		—	—
2017	2017	9	2	0	T-1st	7	1		Lost 2017 First Round 0–66^[7]	—
2018	2018	6	4	0	4th	5	3		—	—
2019	2019	6	4	0	T-5th	4	4		—	—
Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	2021	Paul Castonia / Devin Zeman	NCAA	Division III	MASCAC	5	5	0	4th	5	3	0	—	—
2022	2022					9	2	0	2nd	6	2	0	Won New England Bowl 21–20^[8]	—
2023	2023					4	6	0	5th	4	4	0	—	—
2024	2024

List of head coaches

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
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]}

↑ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.^[9]
↑ 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.
↑ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[10]
↑ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[11]

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	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	DC	CC	NC	Awards
1	Walter Murphy^[12]	1970–1971	11	5	6	0	0.455	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2	Tom Bell^[13]	1972–1975	34	23	9	2	0.706	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3	Charlie Currier^[14]	1976–1977	18	7	10	1	0.417	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	Dan Zaneski^[15]	1978–1979	19	7	12	0	0.368	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	Jim Aguiar^[16]	1980	10	6	3	1	0.650	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	Jay Cottone^[14]	1981–1985	53	46	7	0	0.868	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	–	5	–	–
7	Lou Desloges^[17]	1986–1992	73	55	15	3	0.774	–	–	–	–	1	4	0	–	4	–	–
8	Don Brown^[18]	1993–1995	31	25	6	0	0.806	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	–	2	–	–
9	Mike Kemp^[19]	1996–1998	31	19	12	0	0.613	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	–	–	–	–
10	Chris Rorke^[20]	1999–2002	41	20	21	0	0.488	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	–	1	–	–
11	Paul Castonia^[21]	2003–present	182	85	97	0	0.467	–	–	–	–	1	4	0	–	2	–	–
12	Devin Zeman	2020–present	33	18	15	0	0.545	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

v t e Plymouth State Panthers football
Venues	Panther Field (1970–1982) Currier Field (1983–2020) Panther Field (2021–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference football
Current teams	Anna Maria Amcats Bridgewater State Bears Dean Bulldogs Fitchburg State Falcons Framingham State Rams Massachusetts Maritime Buccaneers Plymouth State Panthers UMass Dartmouth Corsairs Westfield State Owls Worcester State Lancers
Former teams	Castleton Spartans Western Connecticut Wolves
Championships & awards	All-time standings
Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020–21 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Plymouth State Panthers football

Conference championships

Division championships

Playoffs

Seasons

List of head coaches

Key

Coaches

Notes

References

External links

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