Vermont Catamounts football

Vermont Catamounts
First season 1886
Last season 1974
Athletic director N/A
Stadium Centennial Field
Seating capacity 4,415
Field surface Grass
Location Burlington, Vermont
NCAA division Division I
Conference Yankee Conference
Bowl record 00 (–)
Colors Green and Gold
         
Rivals New Hampshire Wildcats
Website UVMAthletics.com
For information on all University of Vermont sports, see Vermont Catamounts

The Vermont Catamounts football program were the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Vermont located in Burlington, Vermont. The team competed in the NCAA Division I and were members of the Yankee Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1886.[1] The football program was discontinued at the conclusion of the 1974 season.[2][3]

Vermont fields a team at the club football level, in a conference that also uses the Yankee Conference name.

History

The first intercollegiate game in the state of Vermont happened on November 6, 1886 between Dartmouth and Vermont in Burlington. Dartmouth won 91 to 0.[4] Vermont reached a level of success after coach "Dud" Drake in the 1907 and 1908 seasons. The 1907 team fought Dartmouth to a scoreless tie, and the 1908 team gave Cornell a scare.

All-time Yankee Conference records

This table reflects the results of Yankee Conference matchups when both Vermont and its opponent were members of the conference. Vermont began Yankee Conference play in 1947 with Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Although they played UMass and UNH in the first season, they didn't play Maine until 1950, Rhode Island until 1955, and UConn until 1966. Boston University began league play in 1973.

Team Yankee
Wins
Yankee
Losses
Yankee
Ties
Winning
Percentage
Notable
Streak
First Yankee
Meeting
Last
Meeting
Boston U. Terriers 1 1 0 .500 1973 1974
Connecticut Huskies 2 7 0 .222 Lost 4 1966 1974
Maine Black Bears 4 21 0 .160 Lost 14 1950 1974
Massachusetts Minutemen 3 18 1 .159 Lost 15 1947 1974
New Hampshire Wildcats 9 9 0 .500 Won 4 1947 1974
Rhode Island Rams 8 8 1 .500 Won 5 1955 1974
27 66 2 .295

All Data from Michigan-Football.com[5]

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

References

Vermont's Season-by-Season Records at the College Football Data Warehouse

  1. Dartmouth 1885-1889 on CFB Data Warehouse
  2. "Vermont Catamounts All-Time NCAA College Football Records". michigan-football.com. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  3. "Helmets of Discontinued College Teams". The Helmet Project. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  4. "College Football Games". New York Times. November 7, 1886. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Vermont Catamounts All-Time NCAA Scores". michigan-football.com. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
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