# Worcester State Lancers football

The Worcester State Lancers football team represents Worcester State University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Lancers are members of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), fielding its team in the MASCAC since 2013. The Lancers play their home games at John F. Coughlin Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Their head coach is Lazaro Mitjans Jr., who took over the position for the 2025 season.

## Conference affiliations

* Club team (1969–1984)
* Independent (1985)
* New England Football Conference (1986–2012)
* Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (2013–present)

## Championships
### Conference championships

Worcester State claims 3 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 1997.
| Year | Conference | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach |
| 1995 | New England Football Conference | 9–2 | 8–0 | Brien Cullen |
| 1996 | New England Football Conference | 10–1 | 8–0 | Brien Cullen |
| 1997† | New England Football Conference | 8–3 | 7–1 | Brien Cullen |
† Co-champions

### Division championships

Worcester State claims 4 division titles, the most recent of which came in 2011.
| Year | Division | Coach | Overall Record | Conference Record | Opponent | CG result |
| 1987 | NEFC South | Brien Cullen | 7–2 | 5–0 | Plymouth State | L 0–40 |
| 1988 | NEFC South | Brien Cullen | 7–3 | 5–1 | Plymouth State | L 0–62 |
| 2000† | NEFC Bogan | Brien Cullen | 7–2 | 5–1 | N/A lost tiebreaker to Bridgewater State | N/A lost tiebreaker to Bridgewater State |
| 2011† | NEFC Bogan | Brien Cullen | 8–3 | 6–2 | N/A lost tiebreaker to Framingham State | N/A lost tiebreaker to Framingham State |
† Co-champions

## Postseason games
### Bowl games

Worcester State has participated in seven bowl games, and has a record of 1–6.
| Season | Coach | Bowl | Opponent | Result |
| 1995 | Brien Cullen | ECAC Bowl | RPI | L 12–69 |
| 1996 | Brien Cullen | ECAC Bowl | Ithaca | L 21–27 |
| 1997 | Brien Cullen | ECAC Bowl | RPI | L 13–14 |
| 2001 | Brien Cullen | ECAC Bowl | Curry | W 36–35 |
| 2002 | Brien Cullen | ECAC Bowl | RPI | L 29–55 |
| 2003 | Brien Cullen | ECAC Bowl | UMass Dartmouth | L 7–21 |
| 2011 | Brien Cullen | ECAC Bowl | Salve Regina | L 6–26 |

## List of head coaches
### Key

Key to symbols in coaches list :
| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| No. | Order of coaches | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |

### Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards :
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | Brien Cullen | 1985–2019 | 346 | 181 | 165 | 0 | 0.523 | 130 | 111 | 0 | 0.539 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5× NEFC Coach of the Year (1987, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2011) |
| 2 | Adam Peloquin | 2020–present | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0.200 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |

## Year-by-year results

| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | | | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | Conference | Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | Postseason | Final ranking |
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| 1983 | 1983 | Brien Cullen | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team |
| 1984 | 1984 | Brien Cullen | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team | Club team |
| 1985 | 1985 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | Independent | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 1986 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1987 | 1987 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1st (South) | 5 | 0 | 0 | Conference champions | — |
| 1988 | 1988 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1st (South) | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference champions | — |
| 1989 | 1989 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–2nd (South) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1990 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2nd (South) | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1991 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1992 | 1992 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 1993 | 1993 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 6 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1994 | 1994 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 8 | 2 | 0 | T–3rd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1995 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L ECAC Northeast Bowl | — |
| 1996 | 1996 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 0 | 0 | L ECAC Northeast Bowl | — |
| 1997 | 1997 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 0 | L ECAC Northeast Bowl | — |
| 1998 | 1998 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th (Bogan) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1999 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6th (Bogan) | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2000 | 2000 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 7 | 2 | 0 | T–1st (Bogan) | 5 | 1 | 0 | Conference champions | — |
| 2001 | 2001 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2nd (Bogan) | 5 | 1 | 0 | W ECAC Northeast Bowl | — |
| 2002 | 2002 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2nd (Bogan) | 5 | 1 | 0 | L ECAC Northeast Bowl | — |
| 2003 | 2003 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2nd (Bogan) | 5 | 1 | 0 | L ECAC Northeast Bowl | — |
| 2004 | 2004 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–4th (Bogan) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2005 | 2005 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th (Bogan) | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2006 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th (Bogan) | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 | 2007 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th (Bogan) | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2008 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th (Bogan) | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009 | 2009 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th (Bogan) | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010 | 2010 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th (Bogan) | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2011 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st (Bogan) | 6 | 2 | 0 | L ECAC Northwest Bowl | — |
| 2012 | 2012 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | NEFC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5th (Bogan) | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013 | 2013 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 | 2014 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2015 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2016 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | T–6th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017 | 2017 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2018 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019 | 2019 | Brien Cullen | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9th | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Season canceled due to Covid-19 |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Adam Peloquin | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | Adam Peloquin | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2023 | Adam Peloquin | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | | | | | | | | — | — |