ECAC Bowl

The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Bowl was a college football bowl game played from 1989 to 2003. From 1993 until its cancellation in 2003, the game pitted the champion of the Northeast Conference against the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion. All games were played on campus sites.

All games involved a team from either New York State or Pennsylvania, and only the 1997 game, hosted by Georgetown University, did not take place in either one of those states. At the time, the NEC and MAAC were two of three conferences (the third being the Pioneer Football League) that did not have an automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Football Championship but had not voluntarily abstained from the tournament; the conferences were notable in that they did not offer football scholarships. The Northeast Conference edged the MAAC in all-time results, with NEC members winning six of the ten games.

By 2003, several of the MAAC universities were closing down their football teams, and the ECAC Bowl was likewise shuttered; this contraction eventually led to the conference's dropping of the sport in 2007. From 2006-2009, the NEC champion instead participated in the Gridiron Classic against the Pioneer Football League champion. The NEC was awarded an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in 2010, with the PFL receiving their bid in 2013.

Results

Date	Winner		Loser		Venue
November 18, 1989	Franklin & Marshall	31	St. John's	18	Jamaica, NY
November 21, 1992	Wagner	48	Saint Francis (PA)	6	Staten Island, NY
November 20, 1993	Wagner	32	Iona	0	New Rochelle, NY
November 19, 1994	St. John's	34	Wagner	14	Jamaica, NY
November 18, 1995	Duquesne	44	Wagner	20	Pittsburgh, PA
November 23, 1996	Robert Morris	28	Duquesne	26	Pittsburgh, PA
November 22, 1997	Robert Morris	35	Georgetown	13	Washington, DC
December 1, 2001	Sacred Heart	31	Duquesne	15	Pittsburgh, PA
November 23, 2002	Albany	23	Duquesne	0	Albany, NY
November 22, 2003	Duquesne	12	Monmouth	10	Pittsburgh, PA

ECAC Bowl Series (Division III)

The ECAC introduced in 1983 two Division III football bowl games: The Metro NY/NJ and the New England bowls. In 1984 they were renamed to North and South, and in 1991 they were expanded to two games per region: Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest bowls. In 2002 they were expanded to three games per region, with an additional game per region if there were enough qualifying teams: Northeast, Northwest, North Atlantic, Southeast, Southwest, South Atlantic, North Central (2010, 2013, 2014) and South Central (2008). Format was changed in 2015 so all the teams played at a single site over three days, and names were changed to: Asa S. Bushnell, Clayton Chapman, James Lynah, Legacy, Presidents and Robert M. "Scotty" Whitelaw. The games returned to campus sites in 2018, but with only four played: Asa S. Bushnell, Clayton Chapman, James Lynah and Robert M. "Scotty" Whitelaw. At this point many conferences had decided to sponsor bowls outside the ECAC structure (New England Bowl Series, New York Bowl and Centennial-MAC Bowl Series).^[1]

Results

Year	Bowl	Winner	Loser	Result
1983	Metro NY/NJ	Wagner	St. John's (NY)	48–7
1983	New England	Plymouth State	Massachusetts Maritime	35–24
1984	North	Ithaca	Norwich	35–14
1984	South	Merchant Marine	Widener	38–6
1985	North	Albany	Plymouth State	33–21
1985	South	Wagner	Merchant Marine	9–7
1986	North	Alfred	Plymouth State	30–3
1986	South	Wagner	Franklin and Marshall	40–28
1987	North	Plymouth State	Ithaca	13–12
1987	South	Franklin and Marshall	Kean	21–0
1988	North	Coast Guard	Plymouth State	28–19
1988	South	Dickinson	Fordham	21–14
1989	North	Alfred	Bridgewater State	30–27
1989	South	Franklin and Marshall	St. John's (NY)	31–18
1990	North	Union	Plymouth State	33–19
1990	South	Ramapo	Frostburg State	20–14
1991	Northeast	Buffalo State	WPI	23–17
	Northwest	Cortland	Plymouth State	21–6
	Southeast	Frostburg State	William Paterson	46–16
	Southwest	Wesley	Ramapo	35–21
1992	Northeast	RPI	Bridgewater State	28–25
	Northwest	Cortland	Bentley	38–20
	Southeast	Wagner	St. Francis	48–6
	Southwest	Merchant Marine	Dickinson	20–13 (ot)
1993	Northeast	Maine Maritime	Brockport	28–20
	Northwest	RPI	Plymouth State	13–0
	Southeast	Wesley	Fairleigh Dickinson	6–0
	Southwest	Montclair State	Dickinson	17–9
1994	Northeast	Cortland	Maine Maritime	15–6
	Northwest	Union	Massachusetts-Dartmouth	34–14
	Southeast	Wilkes	Stony Brook	28–21 (ot)
	Southwest	Kean	Frostburg State	41–7
1995	Northeast	Springfield	Cortland	49–26
	Northwest	RPI	Worcester State	69–12
	Southeast	Trenton State	Wesley	10–7
	Southwest	Albright	Salisbury	20–10
1996	Northeast	Ithaca	Worcester State	27–21
	Northwest	Union	Salve Regina	26–13
	Southeast	Frostburg State	Wilkes	24–21
	Southwest	Merchant Marine	Franklin and Marshall	20–0
1997	Northeast	RPI	Worcester State	14–13
	Northwest	Buffalo State	Plymouth State	21-17
	Southeast	Albright	Wesley	10–0
	Southwest	Merchant Marine	Grove City	25–12
1998	Northeast	Salve Regina	Plymouth State	36–6
	Northwest	Ithaca	Hartwick	40–6
	Southeast	Montclair State	Widener	15–7
	Southwest	Dickinson	Wesley	35–28
1999	Northeast	Plymouth State	Salve Regina	13–7
	Northwest	Union	Ithaca	31–7
	Southeast	Wilkes	Fairleigh Dickinson	27–6
	Southwest	Carnegie Mellon	Frostburg State	28–10
2000	Northeast	Western Connecticut	Nichols	63–10
	Northwest	Buffalo State	Hartwick	43–20
	Southeast	King's	Ursinus	45–20
	Southwest	Muhlenberg	Wilkes	26–22
2001	Northeast	Worcester State	Curry	36–35
	Northwest	Union	Hartwick	38–25
	Southeast	King's	Muhlenberg	32–29
	Southwest	Albright	Wesley	49–35
2002	Northeast	RPI	Worcester State\\	55–29
	Northwest	Cortland	Westfield State	30–7
	Southeast	McDaniel	Moravian	21–7
	Southwest	Johns Hopkins	Frostburg State	24–21
	North Atlantic	Hartwick	Curry	69–14
	South Atlantic	Wilkes	Merchant Marine	33–7
2003	Northeast	UMass Dartmouth	Worcester State	21–7
	Northwest	St. John Fisher	Cortland	47–37
	Southeast	Delaware Valley	College of New Jersey	54–37
	Southwest	Washington and Jefferson	Wilkes	41–19
	North Atlantic	Hobart	Norwich	34–18
	South Atlantic	Johns Hopkins	King's	41–13
2004	Northeast	Alfred	Norwich	36–17
	Northwest	Ithaca	UMass Dartmouth	36–19
	Southeast	Johns Hopkins	Waynesburg	26–23
	Southwest	Franklin and Marshall	Moravian	37–20
	North Atlantic	Springfield	Fitchburg State	53–7
	South Atlantic	Albright	McDaniel	54–10
2005	Northeast	Bridgewater State	Fitchburg State	34–17
	Northwest	RPI	St. John Fisher	26–22
	Southeast	Salisbury	Franklin and Marshall	27–23
	Southwest	Moravian	Frostburg State	14–7
	North Atlantic	Alfred	Maine Maritime	63–20
	South Atlantic	Widener	Montclair State	27–18
2006	Northeast	RPI	Cortland	26–7
	Northwest	Alfred	Rochester	40–34 (ot)
	Southeast	Kean	King's	37–0
	Southwest	Widener	Ursinus	14–7
	North Atlantic	Bridgewater State	Coast Guard	41–22
	South Atlantic	Salisbury	Delaware Valley	15–9
2007	Northeast	Cortland	Union	23–7
	Northwest	Alfred	Rochester	49–14
	Southeast	Dickinson	Waynesburg	16–10 (ot)
	Southwest	Carnegie Mellon	Gettysburg	21–20
	North Atlantic	Plymouth State	Bridgewater State	24–21
	South Atlantic	Montclair State	Albright	17–13
2008	Northeast	St. John Fisher	Husson	17–7
	Northwest	Brockport	Hartwick	70–68
	Southeast	Catholic	Johns Hopkins	18–17
	Southwest	Salisbury	Moravian	21–17
	North Atlantic	RPI	Alfred	34–31
	South Atlantic	Delaware Valley	Kean	16–7
	South Central	Albright	Montclair State	42–14
2009	Northeast	Springfield	Plymouth State	42–13
	Northwest	St. John Fisher	Cortland	34–20
	Southeast	Kean	Ursinus	35–14
	Southwest	Lebanon Valley	Salisbury	37–21
	North Atlantic	Union	Hartwick	39–21
	South Atlantic	Franklin and Marshall	Wilkes	29–24
2010	Northeast	Framingham State	Norwich	27–21 (ot)
	Northwest	St. John Fisher	RPI	56–13
	Southeast	Moravian	Wilkes	26–14
	Southwest	Washington and Jefferson	Franklin and Marshall	54–41
	North Atlantic	Springfield	Mount Ida	26–17
	South Atlantic	Johns Hopkins	Lebanon Valley	44–14
	North Central	Western New England	Maine Maritime	66–41
2011	Northeast	Alfred	Bridgewater State	41–10
	Northwest	Salve Regina	Worcester State	26-6
	Southeast	Cortland	Albright	14–0
	Southwest	Lebanon Valley	Saint Vincent	23–15
	North Atlantic	Endicott	Mount Ida	31–22
	South Atlantic	Widener	Waynesburg	48–27
2012	Northeast	Springfield	Alfred	31–8
	Northwest	St. John Fisher	Castleton State	63–7
	Southeast	Albright	Franklin and Marshall	38–34
	Southwest	Waynesburg	Carnegie Mellon	28–24
	North Atlantic	Endicott	Norwich	34–14
	South Atlantic	Delaware Valley	Muhlenberg	24–21
2013	Northeast	Western Connecticut	Salve Regina	48–35
	Northwest	Brockport	Waynesburg	19–12
	Southeast	Franklin and Marshall	Delaware Valley	38–14
	Southwest	Albright	Juniata	45–34
	North Atlantic	Springfield	Norwich	28–27
	South Atlantic	Salisbury	Muhlenberg	21–19
	North Central	Alfred	Cortland	21–14
2014	Northeast	Salve Regina	Norwich	48–21
	Northwest	St. John Fisher	Western Connecticut	28–14
	Southeast	Stevenson	Bethany	29–7
	Southwest	Buffalo State	Waynesburg	59–36
	North Atlantic	Framingham State	RPI	42–36 (ot)
	South Atlantic	Salisbury	Albright	48–27
	North Central	Morrisville	Utica	52–41
2015	Asa S. Bushnell	RPI	Buffalo State	20–13
	Clayton Chapman	Salve Regina	Husson	42–39
	James Lynah	Westminster	St. John Fisher	42–21
	Robert M. "Scotty" Whitelaw	Alfred	Fitchburg State	11–10
	Legacy	Carnegie Mellon	Bridgewater State	48–13
	Presidents	Kean	WPI	24–6
2016	Asa S. Bushnell	Frostburg State	St. John Fisher	38–14
	Clayton Chapman	Kean	Cortland	30–27
	James Lynah	Westminster	Utica	33–6
	Robert M. "Scotty" Whitelaw	RPI	Maritime College	38–6
	Legacy	Salisbury	Carnegie Mellon	52–20
	Presidents	Washington and Jefferson	Brockport	38–31
2017	Asa S. Bushnell	Muhlenberg	Carnegie Mellon	32–6
	Clayton Chapman	Merchant Marine	Buffalo State	35–20
	James Lynah	Alfred	Stevenson	29–16
	Robert M. "Scotty" Whitelaw	Ithaca	Salisbury	27–17
2018	Asa S. Bushnell	Alfred	Salisbury	14–7
	Clayton Chapman	Wesley	Westminster	42–34
	James Lynah	Grove City	Morrisville	56–48
	Robert M. "Scotty" Whitelaw	Utica	Ithaca	44–42
2019	Asa S. Bushnell	Washington and Jefferson	Ithaca	20–17
	Clayton Chapman	Westminster	Morrisville	35–24
	James Lynah	Grove City	RPI	41–38
	Robert M. "Scotty" Whitelaw	Brevard	Carnegie Mellon	42–28
2020	2020 Bowls canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Asa S. Bushnell	Hobart	Westminster	21–3
	Clayton Chapman	Brockport	Washington and Jefferson	20–7
	James Lynah	Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham	Saint Vincent	38–19
	Robert M. "Scotty" Whitelaw	Grove City	Utica	49–7
2022	Asa S. Bushnell	Washington and Jefferson	Hobart	35–18
	Clayton Chapman	Brockport	Westminster	Cancelled due to extreme weather.^[2]
	James Lynah	Grove City	Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham	31–14
	Robert M. "Scotty" Whitelaw	RPI	Morrisville State	10–6
2023	Asa S. Bushnell	Carnegie Mellon	SUNY Brockport	37–7
	Clayton Chapman	Utica	Hobart	10–6
	James Lynah	Washington and Jefferson	USMMA	39–14
	Robert M. "Scotty" Whitelaw	RPI	Widener	49–21

References

^ "ECAC Bowls". Sports Chronicles. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
^ "The Clayton Chapman Bowl Between Westminster College and SUNY Brockport Canceled Due To Extreme Winter Conditions". ECAC. November 11, 2022.

External links

ECAC Division III Bowls results

[1] "ECAC Bowls". Sports Chronicles. Retrieved November 19, 2022.

[2] "The Clayton Chapman Bowl Between Westminster College and SUNY Brockport Canceled Due To Extreme Winter Conditions". ECAC. November 11, 2022.

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