MIT football headlines

  • Klein Leads MIT to 35-28 Road Win at SUNY Maritime
    October 21, 2023
    Led by 167 rushing yards and two touchdowns by senior Brady Klein (Washington, Ill.), the MIT football team picked up a 35-28 road victory over SUNY Maritime College on Saturday afternoon. This marked the first-ever meeting between the two programs as the Privateers are in their first season as a member of the NEWMAC football conference.
  • MIT Earns 21-7 NEWMAC Road Win at Coast Guard
    October 30, 2021
    Led by a pair of touchdowns from sophomore Brady Klein (Washington, Ill.) and a pair of blocked field goals and a fumble recovery by senior Sam Gozelski (East Northport, N.Y.), the MIT football team moved to 4-3 overall on the season with a 21-7 road win at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy on Saturday afternoon.
  • MIT Uses Late 27-0 Run to Rally Past Norwich in 48-37 Final
    October 23, 2021
  • Maritime to NEWMAC in 2023
    June 23, 2021
    The NEWMAC lost Maine Maritime from its conference for football when the school eliminated its football program, but the conference will return to one-fourth seafaring in the fall of 2023 when SUNY-Maritime takes that spot.
  • MIT Claims NCAA Berth and NEWMAC Title With Wild 43-40 Win at Springfield
    November 16, 2019
    In a wild regular-season finale, the MIT football team used a 36-yard field goal from junior Mark Wright (Fort Worth, Texas) with 33 seconds remaining to cap a 43-40 victory at Springfield to claim the 2019 NEWMAC Championship.
  • MIT Pulls Away for 34-21 Senior Day Win Over Norwich
    November 09, 2019
    On Senior Day, the MIT football team used four touchdowns by senior Chris Mauck (Wellington, Fla.) to pull away for a 34-21 home win over Norwich University. Prior to the game, MIT recognized 18 members of the senior class for their contributions to the program during their careers.
  • MIT Earns 28-22 Double-Overtime Win Over Previously Unbeaten WPI
    November 02, 2019
    In the second overtime period, junior Keithen Shepard (Vancouver, Wash.) pulled down a 23-yard TD pass in the back of the end zone to lift MIT to a thrilling 28-22 home win over previously-undefeated WPI on Saturday afternoon. The win is MIT’s first over WPI since 1900 as the Cambridge Engineers now trail the all-time series by a 9-7-1 margin. The victory also lifts MIT into a three-way tie for first place with two games remaining as the Engineers are tied with WPI and Springfield.
  • Roundup: MIT engineers win; ODAC remains tied
    November 01, 2019
    MIT hadn't beaten WPI since 1900, but that streak ended Saturday. Meanwhile, Bridgewater dominated and Randolph-Macon survived to keep the ODAC tied, and the SAA and NCAC remain tied at the top as well.
  • Career Day by Robertson Leads MIT Past Maine Maritime, 30-12
    October 12, 2019
    Led by a career-high 263-yard rushing performance from senior John Robertson (Brentwood, Tenn.), the MIT football team defeated Maine Maritime Academy by a 30-12 final on Saturday afternoon in Cambridge. This was the first 200-yard rushing game for MIT since 2015 and is the third-highest single-game total in program history.
  • Defense, Special Teams Lead MIT Past Catholic in NEWMAC Opener
    September 28, 2019
    In the NEWMAC opener for both teams, the MIT football team defeated Catholic University by a 32-13 final on Saturday in Washington, D.C. The Engineers were led by an outstanding defensive and special teams effort, along with a pair of long touchdown passes from senior Chris Mauck (Wellington, Fla.).
  • MIT Claims NEWMAC Championship With 22-7 Win Over Springfield
    November 10, 2018
    On Senior Day, the MIT football team forced three Springfield turnovers and turned those into 12 points, en route to a 22-7 final and the outright 2018 NEWMAC Conference Championship. Prior to the game, the Engineers recognized the senior class for their contributions to the MIT program during their careers.
  • MIT Improves to 8-1 With 20-0 Road Shutout of Norwich
    November 03, 2018
    On Saturday afternoon, the MIT football team picked up its third shutout victory in its last four games with a 20-0 road shutout of Norwich University at Sabine Field. Today’s win sets up next week’s matchup with Springfield College as both teams will have a chance for at least a share of the NEWMAC Championship.
  • Roundup: Eureka still unbeaten; MIT, K-zoo fall
    October 27, 2018
    Eureka had a dramatic last-minute touchdown, while MIT and Kalamazoo lost for the first time and Central and Marietta fell for the second week in a row after unbeaten starts.
  • New chief Engineer keeps MIT humming
    October 17, 2018
    MIT lost the coach that made the program what it is today, leading it to the best stretch in the history of MIT football. But so far, rather than take a step back, the Engineers are still looking smart under new coach Brian Bubna. Brian Lester has more.
  • MIT Downs Endicott in 31-29 Road Final to Move to 3-0
    September 15, 2018
    Led by a pair of touchdowns from sophomore Keithen Shepard (Vancouver, Wash.) and a number of key special teams plays, the MIT football team held off Endicott College for a 31-29 road win on Saturday afternoon. The non-conference win is the second straight in the all-time series for MIT and improves the Engineers to a perfect 3-0 on the season.
  • MIT promotes from within
    March 20, 2018
    With the Engineers having found success under Chad Martinovich, just the second coach in program history, MIT made sure its third-ever coach was in position to continue that success.
  • Martinovich named head coach at Rochester
    January 23, 2018
    After nine years leading the Massachusetts Institute of Technology football program to unprecedented success, Chad Martinovich will take over as the new head football coach at the University of Rochester.
  • New England conferences team up for bowl series
    August 30, 2016
    The ECFC, MASCAC, NEFC and NEWMAC will be pulling out of the ECAC's postseason bowls and creating their own postseason game this season.
  • Catholic jumping to NEWMAC
    September 29, 2015
    Catholic University, whose move to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference in 1999 was the first move by a conference seeking an automatic bid in football, will move to another one in 2017 when the NEWMAC opens shop.
  • New shuffle begins as NEWMAC adds football
    April 08, 2015
    The NEWMAC, which sponsors a wide range of Division III sports, is bringing its football teams home, which is likely to set off a new set of falling dominoes in Division III's East Region.
  • Wesley bracket: Kodossou goes off, MIT moves on
    November 22, 2014
    MIT defeated Husson in overtime to win the New England geography bowl, while Hobart scored in the closing seconds to beat Ithaca and Steve Kodossou had a first half for the ages in Wesley's win.
  • MIT Captures First NCAA Playoff Win With Overtime Thriller at Husson
    November 22, 2014
    BANGOR, Maine – Trailing by three points with less than a minute to play, MIT got a game tying 38-yard field goal as time expired in regulation from sophomore Tucker Cheyne (Avon, Conn.), and then a spectacular TD catch by junior Seve Esparrago (St. Louis, Mo.) in overtime to pull out a thrilling, 27-20, win against host Husson University in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Division III Football Playoffs.
  • MIT Completes Historic Regular Season With 24-13 Win Over Coast Guard
    November 15, 2014
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT football team completed its historic regular season with a 24-13 victory over the U.S. Coast Guard Academy this evening in a New England Football Conference (NEFC) contest.
  • Still playing meaningful games
    November 11, 2014
    Husson and Mount Ida, along with MIT and Framingham State, are still playing meaningful games but they are in very different situations.
  • MIT, CNU wrap up bookending automatic bids
    November 08, 2014
    MIT won the NEFC for the first time, CNU won the USAC for the last time, and other teams clinched automatic bids as well. Macalester won its eighth game for the first time in 121 years of football, while George Fox picked up its first win since restarting football. More in the national roundup.
  • MIT Clinches NEFC Title With 55-37 Comeback Win at Maine Maritime
    November 08, 2014
    CASTINE, Maine – Led by a record-breaking performance by senior running back Justin Wallace (Palatine, Ill.), the MIT football team bounced back from a third quarter deficit and scored the game’s last four touchdowns to score a 55-37 victory over the Maine Maritime Academy in a New England Football Conference (NEFC) clash.
  • From slumping to surging
    November 06, 2014
    With two weeks of football left to play in the regular season, some names that may not be so familiar to football fans around the country are in the postseason discussion.
  • MIT Holds Off Endicott, 34-29, In Battle for First Place in NEFC
    November 01, 2014
    BEVERLY, Mass. – A 15-yard TD pass from senior Peter Williams (Portland, Ore.) to junior Chris McPherson (Gaithersburg, Md.) with 7:53 left proved to be the winning score as MIT overcame a second half comeback by Endicott College to take a 34-29 win.
  • Middlebury's great round trip
    October 28, 2014
    The bus barreling up I-95, through the small towns along Route 103 and up Route 7 back to Middlebury, Vt., was spilling over with euphoria. Middlebury had done something that nobody had done since 2001. But the bus had been just as excited on the way down as well.
  • Blocked Extra Point Preserves Thrilling, 35-34, Win For MIT
    October 25, 2014
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – It all came down to the final minute in a battle of undefeated New England Football Conference (NEFC) teams when sophomore Anthony Emberley (Longmont, Colo.) blocked an extra point attempt with 42 seconds left to lift MIT to secure a thrilling, 35-34, win over Western New England University.
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