U.S. Coast Guard Academy football news
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Storied rivalry heads to Fenway
November 18, 2024The Secretaries' Cup, the rivalry between the D-III service academies of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, will become the latest D-III rivalry to take the field in an MLB stadium when it does so in 2025. -
Maritime to NEWMAC in 2023
June 23, 2021The 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.
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Honoring the fall's top performers
November 16, 2020With the fall portion of the 2020-21 Division III football season complete, our honor roll looks back at the top individual performances from October and November in a special edition of the D3football.com Team of the Week.
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Mariners' big leap seals Cup win
November 14, 2020Merchant Marine had two 100-yard rushers and added a highlight-level fourth quarter touchdown as the Mariners won the Secretaries Cup for the 16th time in 21 outings, defeating archrival Coast Guard 24-14.
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Rivals set to meet in 2020
September 22, 2020The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy are getting in gear for a November meet-up with the Secretaries' Cup on the line.
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Thursday throwback: Comeback for the Cup
September 09, 2020On this day in 2016, one of Division III's top rivalries saw a rally on the run, as Merchant Marine scored 17 fourth-quarter points to upend Coast Guard and win the Secretaries' Cup.
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Grant gets promoted at Coast Guard
March 23, 2020C.C. Grant, who has spent 21 seasons at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy as a coordinator, will replace Bill George, who retired after last season.
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Coast Guard coach announces retirement
November 12, 2019Coast Guard Academy head football coach Bill George announced that Saturday's game against Merchant Marine for the Secretaries' Cup will be his last as he will retire at the end of the academic year.
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Coast Guard Wins Secretaries' Cup
November 10, 2018
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Goldsworthy Has Three INT's as Bears Blank Maine Maritime 15-0
October 13, 2018NEW LONDON, Conn. – Junior Michael Goldsworthy had three interceptions leading Coast Guard to a 15-0 win
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Roundup: Extra time, extra effort, extra points
September 22, 2018Coast Guard won a trophy game on a quarterback run in the closing seconds, Carroll had its closing seconds extended by a play and St. Norbert confirmed the bar for 2018 was set at 91 points in Division III football action on Saturday, Sept. 22. Here's the Week 4 roundup.
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Coast Guard Wins The Mug in Dramatic Fashion 38-35
September 22, 2018NEW LONDON, Conn. – Junior quarterback Ryan Jones 3-yard touchdown run on fourth down with nine seconds left lifted Coast Guard to a dramatic 38-35 win
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Service to the nation takes center stage at service academies
November 14, 2017With Veterans Day coinciding with game day in college football, the service academies were a special place to see teams play on Saturday.
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Win or lose, football is family
September 25, 2017Framingham head coach Tom Kelley squared off against his son, Mass. Maritime assistant coach Mike Kelley. It's instances like this when the theme of family is readily apparent in football.
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Bears Defense Pitches Shutout in Win over Nichols
September 16, 2017NEW LONDON, Conn. -- The Coast Guard defense held Nichols to just 123 of total offense, just 25 in the second half, as the Bears blanked Nichols 13-0
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Questions about Nichols, Coast Guard get their answers
September 04, 2017Nichols and Coast Guard were turning the keys of their offenses over to new players, and both were able to open the doors to victory in Week 1.
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Bears Fall in Final Home Game of Season
November 05, 2016NEW LONDON, Conn. – Senior Chris Lipscomb had eight receptions for 136 yards and two touchdowns leading Endicott to a 28-17 win
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Husson's 'difference maker'
October 17, 2016Junior John Smith has hit the ground running since his freshman year with the Eagles, notching increasingly better seasons year after year.
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Roundup: Coast Guard airs it out; Johnson wins 200th
October 15, 2016There were lots of yards and lots of points in a few of Saturday's games, but Brockport's defense came through late and Hamilton won in an exciting finish. And Bethel got Steve Johnson his 200th career victory. That and more in Saturday's national roundup.
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Records Fall in Wild 56-54 Win for Coast Guard
October 15, 2016NEW LONDON, Conn. – Senior quarterback Derek Victory had a record setting afternoon leading Coast Guard to wild a 56-54 win
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Coast Guard Holds Off Maine Maritime
October 01, 2016
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Bears Second Half Comeback Falls Just Short in Shootout
September 17, 2016NEW LONDON, Conn. – Sophomore quarterback Ethan Goldcamp came off the bench and threw for 380 yards including 319
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Big Second Half Leads Merchant Marine Past Coast Guard
September 10, 2016NEW LONDON, CONN. – Junior quarterback Robert Moore ran for 203 yards while sophomore running back Wiley Martin ran for 101 yards
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Expect to see a lot more Victory at Coast Guard
September 06, 2016Derek Victory was a 5-foot-9 quarterback in high school. Nobody was clamoring for him to come to their campus and play football. But on Saturday, he eclipsed 5,000 career passing yards for Coast Guard.
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New England conferences team up for bowl series
August 30, 2016The ECFC, MASCAC, NEFC and NEWMAC will be pulling out of the ECAC's postseason bowls and creating their own postseason game this season.
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Davis Leads Bears Past Nichols
October 31, 2015NEW LONDON, Conn. – Sophomore quarterback Adam Davis threw for 301 yards and a pair of touchdowns
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Bear Remain Unbeaten in NEFC
October 17, 2015
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Catholic jumping to NEWMAC
September 29, 2015Catholic 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.
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Henning FG Lifts Bears to 21-20 Upset of Salve Regina
September 26, 2015NEW LONDON, Conn. – Senior Tyler Henning 's 37-yard field goal with three seconds left gave Coast Guard a thrilling 21-20 upset
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Bears Rush Past Anna Maria 34-6 in Season-Opener
September 03, 2015NEW LONDON, Conn. – Senior Mike Clancy carried 14 times for 106 yards and two third quarter touchdowns,
