| Teamname: | Plymouth State Panthers football |
| Firstyear: | 1970 |
| Athleticdirector: | Kim Bownes |
| Headcoach: | Paul Castonia Devin Zeman |
| Headcoachyear: | 20th |
| Hcwins: | 89 |
| Hclosses: | 103 |
| Stadium: | Panther Field |
| Stadcapacity: | 1,200 |
| Stadsurface: | FieldTurf |
| Location: | Plymouth, New Hampshire |
| Ncaadivision: | III |
| Conference: | MASCAC |
| Pastaffiliations: | NEFC Freedom Football Conference |
| Atwins: | 302 |
| Atlosses: | 204 |
| Atties: | 7 |
| Playoffapps: | Div. III 5 |
| Playoffs: | Div. III 1–5 |
| Conftitles: | 12 |
| Rivalries: | UMass Dartmouth |
| Mascotdisplay: | Panther |
| Websitename: | athletics.plymouth.edu |
| Websiteurl: | https://athletics.plymouth.edu/sports/football |
The Plymouth State Panthers football team represents Plymouth State University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Panthers are members of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, fielding its team in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference since 2013. The Panthers play their home games at Panther Field in Plymouth, New Hampshire.[1]
Their co-head coaches are Paul Castonia, who took over the position in 2003, and Devin Zeman who took over the position in 2020.[2]
The Panthers have made five appearances in the Division III playoffs. Their combined record is 1–5.
| First Round | L 14–26 | ||
| First Round Second Round | W 19–18 L 7–22 | ||
| First Round | Union (NY) | L 7–24 | |
| First Round | L 14–26 | ||
| First Round | L 0–66 | ||
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Plymouth State Panthers[3] | ||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 1970 | Walter L. Murphy | NCAA | — | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1971 | 1971 | NEFC | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1972 | 1972 | Tom Bell | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1973 | 1973 | Division III | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1974 | 1974 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | Charlie Currier | 5 | 4 | 0 | T-2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1977 | 1977 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9th | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | Dan Zaneski | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1979 | 1979 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T-5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | Jim Aguiar | 6 | 3 | 1 | T-4th | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1981 | 1981 | Jay Cottone | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 9 | 0 | 0 | Conference Champion | — | |||
| 1982 | 1982 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1st | 9 | 0 | 0 | Conference Champion | — | ||||
| 1983 | 1983 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | Won ECAC Championship | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 9 | 0 | 0 | Lost First Round 14–26 | — | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost ECAC Championship | — | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | Lou Desloges | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 1 | Lost ECAC Championship | — | |||
| 1987 | 1987 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Won ECAC Championship | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost ECAC Championship | — | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost ECAC Championship | — | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost ECAC Championship | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | FFC | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1993 | 1993 | Don Brown | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost ECAC Championship | — | |||
| 1994 | 1994 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | Won 1994 First Round 19–18 Lost Second Round 7–22 | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | Lost 1994 First Round 7–24 | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | Mike Kemp | 5 | 4 | 0 | T-4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1997 | 1997 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T-2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost ECAC Championship | — | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost ECAC Championship | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | Chris Rorke | 8 | 3 | 0 | T-2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | Won ECAC Championship | — | |||
| 2000 | 2000 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T-3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T-1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference Champion | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | Paul Castonia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2004 | 2004 | — | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 2006 | 2006 | NEFC | 4 | 5 | 0 | T-3rd | 4 | 3 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | Won ECAC Championship | — | |||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | Lost 2008 First Round 14–26[4] | — | |||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | Lost ECAC Championship[5] | — | |||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T-4th | 4 | 3 | — | — | |||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 5 | — | — | |||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T-6th | 1 | 6 | — | — | |||||
| 2013 | 2013 | MASCAC | 2 | 8 | 0 | T-8th | 1 | 7 | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | — | — | |||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T-8th | 1 | 7 | — | — | |||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T-3rd | 4 | 4 | — | — | |||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 9 | 2 | 0 | T-1st | 7 | 1 | Lost 2017 First Round 0–66[6] | — | |||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | — | — | |||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T-5th | 4 | 4 | — | — | |||||
| Season canceled due to Covid-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Paul Castonia / Devin Zeman | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | Won New England Bowl 21–20[7] | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Murphy[8] | 1970–1971 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| 2 | [9] | 1972–1975 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| 3 | [10] | 1976–1977 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| 4 | [11] | 1978–1979 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| 5 | [12] | 1980 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| 6 | 1981–1985 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||
| 7 | [13] | 1986–1992 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
| 8 | [14] | 1993–1995 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
| 9 | [15] | 1996–1998 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| 10 | [16] | 1999–2002 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
| 11 | [17] | 2003–present | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||
| 12 | 2020–present | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |