| Teamname: | UMass Lowell River Hawks football |
| Firstyear: | 1980 |
| Lastyear: | 2002 |
| Athleticdirector: | Dana Skinner |
| Headcoachyear: | 2nd |
| Hcwins: | 4 |
| Hclosses: | 17 |
| Stadium: | Cushing Field Complex |
| Stadiumbuilt: | 2001 |
| Stadcapacity: | 2,000 |
| Stadsurface: | FieldTurf |
| Location: | Lowell, Massachusetts |
| Ncaadivision: | II |
| Conference: | NE-10 |
| Pastaffiliations: | Independent NEFC FFC ECFC ECF |
| Atwins: | 87 |
| Atlosses: | 125 |
| Atties: | 1 |
| Conftitles: | 1 |
| Divtitles: | 2 |
| Mascotdisplay: | River Hawks |
The UMass Lowell River Hawks football team represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The River Hawks were members of the Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10), having fielded its team in the NE-10 from 2001 to 2002. The River Hawks played their home games at the Cushing Field Complex in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Their last head coach was Wally Dembowski, who took over the position from 2001 to 2002.
| Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Perreault | 1980–1885 | 47 | 18 | 29 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2 | Dennis Scannell | 1986–1992 | 65 | 45 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | |||
| 3 | Tom Radulski | 1993–1995 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 4 | Sandy Ruggles[1] | 1996–2000 | 50 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 5 | Wally Dembowski[2] [3] | 2001–2002 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 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 | ||||||||
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| 1980 | 1980 | John Perreault | Club team | |||||||||||
| 1981 | 1981 | NCAA | Division III | Independent | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| 1982 | 1982 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1983 | 1983 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| 1986 | 1986 | Dennis Scannell | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||||||
| 1987 | 1987 | NEFC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4th (North) | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1988 | 1988 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2nd (North) | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st (North) | 5 | 0 | 0 | L conference championship | — | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2nd (North) | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
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| 1991 | 1991 | Dennis Scannell | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st (North) | 5 | 0 | 0 | W conference championship | — |
| 1992 | 1992 | FFC | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1993 | 1993 | Tom Radulski | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1994 | 1994 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | Sandy Ruggles | ECFC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | 1997 | Division II | EFC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th (Bay State) | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | 1998 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–3rd (Bay State) | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5th (Atlantic) | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th (Atlantic) | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | Wally Dembowski | NE-10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | 2002 | 3 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||