UMass Boston Beacons football
{{Short description|College football team}}
{{Additional citations|date=June 2023}}
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{{Infobox college football team
| TeamName = UMass Boston Beacons football
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| FirstYear = 1988
| LastYear = 2000
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| HeadCoach = Paul Castonia
| HeadCoachYear = 3rd
| HCWins = 1
| HCLosses = 29
| Stadium = Clark Athletic Center
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| StadCapacity = 3,000
| StadSurface = FieldTurf
| Location = Boston, Massachusetts
| NCAAdivision = III
| Conference = NEFC
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| ATWins = 28
| ATLosses = 91
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The UMass Boston Beacons football team represented the University of Massachusetts Boston in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Beacons were members of the New England Football Conference (NEFC), having fielded its team in the NEFC from 1988 to 2000. The Beacons played their home games at the Clark Athletic Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
Their last head coach was Paul Castonia, who took over the position from 1998 to 2000.
Conference affiliations
- New England Football Conference (1988–2000)
List of head coaches
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{{List of college football program head coaches key}}
=Coaches=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, and conference records ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | No. ! scope="col" | Name ! scope="col" | Season(s) ! scope="col" | GC ! scope="col" | OW ! scope="col" | OL ! scope="col" | OT ! scope="col" | O% ! scope="col" | CW ! scope="col" | CL ! scope="col" | CT ! scope="col" | C% |
| 1
! scope="row" | Jim Kent | 1988–1993 | 53 | 19 | 34 | 0 | {{nts|{{Winning percentage|19|34|0}}}} | 11 | 26 | 0 | {{nts|{{Winning percentage|11|26|0}}}} |
| 2
! scope="row" | Gus Giardi | 1994–1997 | 36 | 7 | 29 | 0 | {{nts|{{Winning percentage|7|29|0}}}} | 6 | 26 | 0 | {{nts|{{Winning percentage|6|26|0}}}} |
| 3
! scope="row" | Paul Castonia | 1998–2000 | 30 | 2 | 28 | 0 | {{nts|{{Winning percentage|2|28|0}}}} | 1 | 16 | 0 | {{nts|{{Winning percentage|1|16|0}}}} |
Year-by-year results
| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|National champions |bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Conference champions |bgcolor="#ffe6bd"|Bowl game berth |bgcolor="#d0e7ff"|Playoff berth |
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! rowspan="3" |Season ! rowspan="3" |Year ! rowspan="3" |Head ! rowspan="3" |Association ! rowspan="3" |Division ! rowspan="3" |Conference ! colspan="7" |Record |
| colspan="3" |Overall
! colspan="4" |Conference |
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| Win
!Loss !Tie !Finish !Win !Loss !Tie |
| colspan="15" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UMass Boston Beacons}}" |UMass Boston Beacons |
| 1988
| 1988 | rowspan="6" |Jim Kent | rowspan="13" |NCAA | rowspan="13" |Division III | rowspan="13" |NEFC | 3|| 6|| 0|| 5th (North)|| 2|| 4|| 0 |
| 1989
| 1989 | 1|| 7|| 1|| 6th (North)|| 0|| 5|| 0 |
| 1990
| 1990 | 4|| 5|| 0|| 5th (North)|| 1|| 4|| 0 |
| 1991
| 1991 | 4|| 5|| 0|| T–4th (North)|| 2|| 3|| 0 |
| 1992
| 1992 | 5|| 4|| 0|| T–5th|| 4|| 4|| 0 |
| 1993
| 1993 | 2|| 7|| 0|| 8th|| 2|| 6|| 0 |
| 1994
| 1994 | rowspan="4" |Gus Giardi | 0|| 9|| 0|| 9th|| 0|| 8|| 0 |
| 1995
| 1995 | 2|| 7|| 0|| T–8th|| 1|| 7|| 0 |
| 1996
| 1996 | 2|| 7|| 0|| 7th|| 2|| 6|| 0 |
| 1997
| 1997 | 3|| 6|| 0|| T–6th|| 3|| 5|| 0 |
| 1998
| 1998 | rowspan="3" |Paul Castonia | 0|| 10|| 0|| 7th (Blue)|| 0|| 6|| 0 |
| 1999
| 1999 | 1|| 9|| 0|| 6th (Blue)|| 1|| 5|| 0 |
| 2000
| 2000 | 1|| 9|| 0|| 7th (Boyd)|| 0|| 5|| 0 |
Notes
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