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The Tufts football program is one of the oldest in the country. The 1,000th game in team history was played during the 2006 season. [4] Historians point to a Tufts versus Harvard game in 1875 as the first game of college football using American football rules. [5] [6] The team plays at the Ellis Oval, located on the southwest corner of the campus.
The Tufts Jumbos football program represents Tufts University in the sport of American football. The team competes in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). [3] Tufts plays its home game at Ellis Oval, located on the campus in Medford, Massachusetts.
Later, Bates, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts joined and the NESCAC was officially formed. The Conference was created out of a concern for the direction of intercollegiate athletic programs and remains committed to keeping a proper perspective on the role of sport in higher education. [9]
Springfield College: Springfield: NEWMAC: Suffolk Rams: Suffolk University: Boston: Commonwealth Coast [c] [c] Tufts Jumbos: Tufts University: Medford: NESCAC: UMass Boston Beacons: University of Massachusetts Boston: Boston: Little East [c] [c] UMass Dartmouth Corsairs: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth: North Dartmouth: Little East [f] [f ...
Jay P. Civetti Jr. (born May 11, 1979) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for Tufts University, a position he has held since 2011.
Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, as well as Talloires, France. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. [8]
The 1961 Tufts Jumbos football team was an American football team that represented Tufts University as an independent during the 1961 college football season.In their eighth season under head coach Harry Arlanson, the Jumbos compiled a 5–3 record.
Sep. 25—LEWISTON — Nearly every time Tufts University sophomore quarterback Michael Berluti threw the football, the ball found its way into the arms of an eager and capable receivers. Berluti ...