https://www.d3football.com en-us https://www.d3football.com/notables/2024/11/coast-guard-merchant-marine-fenway The Secretaries' Cup, the rivalry between the D-III service academies of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, will become the latest D-III rivalry to take the field in an MLB stadium when it does so in 2025. Mon, 18 Nov 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2024/11/coast-guard-merchant-marine-fenway https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2024/contrib/20240914lq0cc8 The USMMA football team rolled past non-conference foe Gallaudet University, 55-7, on Saturday afternoon at the Bison’s Hotchkiss Field down in our nation’s capital. The Mariners’ record improves to 2-0 on the season, while Gallaudet falls to 0-2. Sat, 14 Sep 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2024/contrib/20240914lq0cc8 https://www.d3football.com/notables/2021/12/croall-to-take-over-merchant-marine Longtime assistant Jameson Croall will take over at Merchant Marine for longtime head coach Mike Toop, who announced his retirement earlier in November. Wed, 24 Nov 2021 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2021/12/croall-to-take-over-merchant-marine https://www.d3football.com/notables/2021/10/king-named-finalist-campbell-trophy Division III's finalist for the Campbell Trophy, given to one player across all of college football, is Joshua King, of the 7-0 U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Wed, 27 Oct 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2021/10/king-named-finalist-campbell-trophy https://www.d3football.com/columns/features/2021/merchant-marines-1-by-land The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is rolling and off to a 6-0 start, and that's due in no small part to a ground game that is leading NCAA Division III. Joe Sager has more in a D3football.com feature. Thu, 21 Oct 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/columns/features/2021/merchant-marines-1-by-land https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2021/contrib/202110164ra6oi The USMMA football team kept on rolling on Saturday with another big conference victory, this time defeating two-time reigning NEWMAC Champs MIT by the final score of 56-34 at Brooks Stadium. The win keeps the Mariners undefeated at 6-0 on the season (3-0 NEWMAC), while the Engineers fall to 2-3 (0-2 NEWMAC) in defeat. Sat, 16 Oct 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2021/contrib/202110164ra6oi https://www.d3football.com/notables/2021/06/maritime-to-newmac-in-2023 The NEWMAC lost Maine Maritime from its conference for football when the school eliminated its football program, but the conference will return to one-fourth seafaring in the fall of 2023 when SUNY-Maritime takes that spot. Wed, 23 Jun 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2021/06/maritime-to-newmac-in-2023 https://www.d3football.com/notables/2020/11/team-of-the-week With the fall portion of the 2020-21 Division III football season complete, our honor roll looks back at the top individual performances from October and November in a special edition of the D3football.com Team of the Week. Mon, 16 Nov 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2020/11/team-of-the-week https://www.d3football.com/notables/2020/11/rivalry-takes-center-stage Merchant Marine had two 100-yard rushers and added a highlight-level fourth quarter touchdown as the Mariners won the Secretaries Cup for the 16th time in 21 outings, defeating archrival Coast Guard 24-14. Sat, 14 Nov 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2020/11/rivalry-takes-center-stage https://www.d3football.com/notables/2020/09/cup-rivals-set-to-meet-in-2020 The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy are getting in gear for a November meet-up with the Secretaries' Cup on the line. Tue, 22 Sep 2020 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2020/09/cup-rivals-set-to-meet-in-2020 https://www.d3football.com/notables/2020/09/thursday-throwback-10-sept On this day in 2016, one of Division III's top rivalries saw a rally on the run, as Merchant Marine scored 17 fourth-quarter points to upend Coast Guard and win the Secretaries' Cup. Wed, 09 Sep 2020 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2020/09/thursday-throwback-10-sept https://www.d3football.com/notables/2018/11/week10-roundup Ithaca pushed back against Hobart to remain somewhere in playoff contention, while Baldwin Wallace outlasted Ohio Northern to set up a showdown with John Carroll next week for a possible at-large bid. Merchant Marine and Thomas More remained in contention for the Pool B bid. Sat, 03 Nov 2018 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2018/11/week10-roundup https://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-region/northeast/2017/service-nation-takes-center-stage-service-academies With Veterans Day coinciding with game day in college football, the service academies were a special place to see teams play on Saturday. Tue, 14 Nov 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-region/northeast/2017/service-nation-takes-center-stage-service-academies https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2017/contrib/20170902mik908 The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy football team began the 2017 season off on the right foot with a 56-35 victory over visiting Misericordia University in front of a great crowd at Brooks Stadium during Parents Weekend. The 56 points were the highest point-total for the Mariners in the tenure of Head Coach Mike Toop ’77 – besting last year’s mark of 55 on Homecoming against Rochester – and was also tied for the program’s fifth-most points in a game in Academy history. Sat, 02 Sep 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2017/contrib/20170902mik908 https://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-region/east/2016/mariners-navigating-unexpected-path Merchant Marine has played a bunch of close games, but after going 3-6 last season, the Mariners have found a little bit of late-game heroics and could make a big splash this weekend against a conference rival. Thu, 20 Oct 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-region/east/2016/mariners-navigating-unexpected-path https://www.d3football.com/notables/2016/09/week2-roundup Several teams, including 2015 playoff squads, will have to dig their way out of an 0-2 start to the 2016 season. Other teams needed big comebacks to avoid a similar fate. More in Saturday's national roundup. Sat, 10 Sep 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2016/09/week2-roundup https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2016/contrib/202009094gimuq The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy won the Secretaries' Cup for the second consecutive season on Saturday, downing archrival Coast Guard, 31-27, in the 2016 season opener at the Bears' Cadet Memorial Field. Sat, 10 Sep 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2016/contrib/202009094gimuq https://www.d3football.com/notables/2016/08/link-new-england-bowl The ECFC, MASCAC, NEFC and NEWMAC will be pulling out of the ECAC's postseason bowls and creating their own postseason game this season. Tue, 30 Aug 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2016/08/link-new-england-bowl https://www.d3football.com/notables/2015/09/catholic-jumping-to-newmac Catholic University, whose move to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference in 1999 was the first move by a conference seeking an automatic bid in football, will move to another one in 2017 when the NEWMAC opens shop. Tue, 29 Sep 2015 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2015/09/catholic-jumping-to-newmac https://www.d3football.com/notables/2015/best-road-trips/week3 We still have a three-game weekend in store, and depending on where you started in Week 1, you might find a repeated team here. Mon, 10 Aug 2015 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2015/best-road-trips/week3 https://www.d3football.com/notables/2015/04/newmac-adds-football The NEWMAC, which sponsors a wide range of Division III sports, is bringing its football teams home, which is likely to set off a new set of falling dominoes in Division III's East Region. Wed, 08 Apr 2015 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2015/04/newmac-adds-football https://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-nation/2014/distance-no-deterrent-mighty-mikey-merchant-marine The Mariners' football team 'adopted' a young cancer patient a few years ago, and although young Mikey Weinstein is no longer in the New York area, his fight still inspires the team and the team still brings Mikey joy. Thu, 16 Oct 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-nation/2014/distance-no-deterrent-mighty-mikey-merchant-marine https://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-region/northeast/2014/show-of-force-by-land-and-sea This past week, two Division III maritime schools met in New York City on 9/11, and Coast Guard and the Merchant Marine Academy met in their annual rivalry. Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-region/northeast/2014/show-of-force-by-land-and-sea https://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-region/east/2013/merchant-marine-glad-to-be-back Injuries can be overcome and opponents can be game-planned for. But Mike Toop and his coaching staff had no course of action for a government shutdown. Thu, 31 Oct 2013 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/columns/around-the-region/east/2013/merchant-marine-glad-to-be-back https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2013/contrib/201310080501nj Not wanting to lose a Homecoming game, the University of Rochester has found another opponent for Saturday as the government shutdown continues. Tue, 08 Oct 2013 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2013/contrib/201310080501nj https://www.d3football.com/notables/2013/10/merchant-marine-rpi-game-victim-of-shutdown Although the Division I service academies got a reprieve from the Defense Department, the Merchant Marine Academy did not. Thu, 03 Oct 2013 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/notables/2013/10/merchant-marine-rpi-game-victim-of-shutdown https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2013/contrib/201309280bf5gz The USMMA football team came out on the wrong end of a 24-8 decision Saturday afternoon against Hobart in the team’s Liberty League opener. Sat, 28 Sep 2013 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2013/contrib/201309280bf5gz https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2013/contrib/20130907oz7y5c Matthew McDaniels (Malverne, NY) made his first collegiate start at quarterback a memorable one, accounting for four touchdowns and over 300 yards of offense as the USMMA football team defeated Susquehanna, 35-28 Saturday afternoon at Brooks Stadium. Sat, 07 Sep 2013 04:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2013/contrib/20130907oz7y5c https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2012/contrib/20121220nhqhs2 What Coviello would soon discover is that his trip would be one of the most unforgettable experiences of his football career. Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2012/contrib/20121220nhqhs2 https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2012/contrib/20121110wrdwb0 Alex Coviello (Cape Coral, FL) was named Merchant Marine's MVP of the Hoffman Cup as the Mariners topped St. Lawrence, 33-12, Saturday afternoon at Brooks Stadium. Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:00:00 GMT https://www.d3football.com/seasons/2012/contrib/20121110wrdwb0