Worcester State Lancers football
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First season1962
Athletic directorMichael Mudd
Head coachLazaro Mitjans Jr.
1st season, 3–7 (.300)
1st season, 3–7 (.300)
StadiumJohn F. Coughlin Field
(capacity: 2,500)
(capacity: 2,500)
| Worcester State Lancers football | |
|---|---|
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| First season | 1962 |
| Athletic director | Michael Mudd |
| Head coach | Lazaro Mitjans Jr. 1st season, 3–7 (.300) |
| Stadium | John F. Coughlin Field (capacity: 2,500) |
| Location | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | MASCAC |
| All-time record | 185–181 (.505) |
| Rivalries | Fitchburg State (Sterling Cup) |
| Colors | Blue and gold[1] |
| Mascot | Lancer |
| Website | wsulancers.com |
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The Worcester State Lancers football team represents Worcester State University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Lancers are members of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), fielding its team in the MASCAC since 2013. The Lancers play their home games at John F. Coughlin Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.[2]
Their head coach is Lazaro Mitjans Jr., who took over the position for the 2025 season.[3]
- Club team (1969–1984)
- Independent (1985)[4]
- New England Football Conference (1986–2012)[5]
- Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (2013–present)[6]
Championships
Conference championships
Worcester State claims 3 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 1997.
| Year | Conference | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | New England Football Conference | 9–2 | 8–0 | Brien Cullen |
| 1996 | 10–1 | 8–0 | ||
| 1997† | 8–3 | 7–1 |
† Co-champions
Division championships
Worcester State claims 4 division titles, the most recent of which came in 2011.
| Year | Division | Coach | Overall Record | Conference Record | Opponent | CG result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | NEFC South | Brien Cullen | 7–2 | 5–0 | Plymouth State | L 0–40 |
| 1988 | 7–3 | 5–1 | Plymouth State | L 0–62 | ||
| 2000† | NEFC Bogan | 7–2 | 5–1 | N/A lost tiebreaker to Bridgewater State | ||
| 2011† | 8–3 | 6–2 | N/A lost tiebreaker to Framingham State | |||
† Co-champions
Postseason games
Bowl games
Worcester State has participated in seven bowl games, and has a record of 1–6.
| Season | Coach | Bowl | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Brien Cullen | ECAC Bowl | RPI | L 12–69 |
| 1996 | ECAC Bowl | Ithaca | L 21–27 | |
| 1997 | ECAC Bowl | RPI | L 13–14 | |
| 2001 | ECAC Bowl | Curry | W 36–35 | |
| 2002 | ECAC Bowl | RPI | L 29–55 | |
| 2003 | ECAC Bowl | UMass Dartmouth | L 7–21 | |
| 2011 | ECAC Bowl | Salve Regina | L 6–26 |
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 | Brien Cullen[10] | 1985–2019 | 346 | 181 | 165 | 0 | 0.523 | 130 | 111 | 0 | 0.539 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5× NEFC Coach of the Year (1987, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2011) |
| 2 | Adam Peloquin[11] | 2020–present | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0.200 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
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 | ||||||||
| Worcester State Lancers | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | 1983 | Brien Cullen | Club team | |||||||||||
| 1984 | 1984 | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | 1985 | NCAA | Division III | Independent | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1986 | 1986 | NEFC | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1987 | 1987 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1st (South) | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1st (South) | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2nd (South) | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | 1993 | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 8 | 2 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L ECAC Northeast Bowl | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L ECAC Northeast Bowl | — | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | L ECAC Northeast Bowl | — | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th (Bogan) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6th (Bogan) | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 7 | 2 | 0 | T–1st (Bogan) | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference champions | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2nd (Bogan) | 5 | 1 | 0 | W ECAC Northeast Bowl | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2nd (Bogan) | 5 | 1 | 0 | L ECAC Northeast Bowl | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd (Bogan) | 5 | 1 | 0 | L ECAC Northeast Bowl | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–4th (Bogan) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th (Bogan) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th (Bogan) | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th (Bogan) | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th (Bogan) | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th (Bogan) | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th (Bogan) | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st (Bogan) | 6 | 2 | 0 | L ECAC Northwest Bowl | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5th (Bogan) | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | MASCAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2014 | 2014 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Adam Peloquin | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 2023 | 2023 | Zach Besaw | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
