Stonehill Skyhawks football

{{Short description|Intercollegiate American football team of Stonehill College}}

{{Infobox NCAA football school

| TeamName = Stonehill Skyhawks football

| CurrentSeason = 2025 Stonehill Skyhawks football team

| Image = Stonehill Skyhawks logo.svg

| ImageSize = 250

| FirstYear = {{Start date and age|1988}}

| HeadCoach = Eli Gardner

| HeadCoachYear = 8th

| HCWins = 37

| HCLosses = 44

| Stadium = W.B. Mason Stadium

| StadiumBuilt = 2005

| StadCapacity = 2,400

| StadSurface = FieldTurf

| Location = Easton, Massachusetts

| NCAAdivision = I FCS

| Conference = NEC

| ATWins = 164

| ATLosses = 200

| ATTies = 3

| BowlWins =

| BowlLosses =

| ConfTitles = 4 (1989, 1991, 1995, 2013 - Co-Champions)

| AllAmericans = 3{{cite web|publisher=Stonehill College |url=https://www.stonehillskyhawks.com/sports/fball/history/awards/All_Americans |title=Stonehill College Football All-Americans|access-date=April 6, 2022}}

| MarchingBand =

| PagFreeLabel = Outfitter

| PagFreeValue = Adidas

| WebsiteName =

| WebsiteURL = https://www.stonehillskyhawks.com/sports/fball/index

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The Stonehill Skyhawks football team represents Stonehill College in football. Stonehill is a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). Prior to 2005, Stonehill's athletics teams were known as the Chieftains.

The Skyhawks play in W.B. Mason Stadium on the campus of Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, which has a seating capacity of 2,400.{{Cite web |title=W.B. Mason Stadium |url=https://www.stonehillskyhawks.com/facilities/wbmason |access-date=2022-04-06}}

History

=Classifications=

  • 1988–1996: NCAA Division III
  • 1997–2021 NCAA Division II
  • 2022–present: NCAA Division I FCS

=Conference memberships=

Notable athletes

Head coaches

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style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white"Name{{Cite web |title=Stonehill College Football Coaching History |url=https://www.stonehillskyhawks.com/sports/fball/history/coach |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=Stonehill College Skyhawks Athletics |language=en}}SeasonsRecordWin Pct.
Cliff Sherman

| 1988–1989

| 6–5–1

| 0.500

Dave Swanton

| 1990–1992

| 14–10–2

| 0.538

Connie Driscoll

| 1993–1998

| 36–24

| 0.600

Rich Beal

| 1999–2003

| 9–44

| 0.170

Chris Woods

| 2004–2006

| 7–22

| 0.241

Robert Talley

| 2007–2015

| 48–46

| 0.511

Eli Gardner

| 2016–

| 31–29

| 0.517

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of February 21, 2025.{{cite web|title=Stonehill Skyhawks Football Future Schedules|publisher=FBSchedules.com|url=https://fbschedules.com/ncaa/stonehill/|accessdate=February 21, 2025}}

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Lafayette

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Penn

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References

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