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UMass Lowell River Hawks football | |
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First season | 1980 |
Last season | 2002 |
Athletic director | Dana Skinner |
Head coach | Wally Dembowski 2nd season, 4–17 (.190) |
Stadium | Cushing Field Complex (capacity: 2,000) |
Year built | 2001 |
Field surface | FieldTurf |
Location | Lowell, Massachusetts |
NCAA division | Division II |
Conference | NE-10 |
Past conferences | Independent NEFC FFC ECFC ECF |
All-time record | 87–125–1 (.411) |
Conference titles | 1 |
Division titles | 2 |
Colors | Blue, white, and red[1] |
Mascot | River Hawks |
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.
Their last head coach was Wally Dembowski, who took over the position from 2001 to 2002.
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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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] |
No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
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1 | John Perreault | 1980–1885 | 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
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Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
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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 | — | — | ||||
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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 | — | — |