1981 Plymouth State Panthers football team

American college football season March 2026 July 2024 1981 Plymouth State Panthers football New England Football Conference NEFC 9–1 9–0 Jay Cottone 1st Charlie Currier 8th Lou Desloges 4th Panther Field NEFC champion The 1981 Plymouth State Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Plymouth State University as a member of the New England Football Conference (NEFC) during the 1981 NCAA Division III football season. In their first year under head coach Jay Cottone, the Panthers compiled a 9–1 record (9–0 against NEFC opponents), won the NEFC championship, outscored opponents by a total of 239 to 57,Final 1981 Plymouth State Statistics https://stats.ncaa.org/team/548/stats/13169 May 23, 2024 NCAA and recorded a defensive shut out in half of the team's games. The team was led by quarterback Kevin Bradley who finished the season with 835 passing yards, ten touchdowns, and nine interceptions. This season was the team's first-ever conference title.November 8, 1981 Plymouth State wins, clinches first title https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-plymouth-state-wins-cl/148024574/ May 24, 2024 The Boston Globe 82November 9, 1981 Plymouth clinches first NEFC title https://www.newspapers.com/article/bennington-banner-plymouth-clinches-firs/148024673/ May 24, 2024 Bennington Banner 16 The team played its home games at Panther Field in Plymouth, New Hampshire. After former head coach Jim Aguiar resigned in April 1981, Plymouth State hired former Norwich offensive coordinator and backfield coach Jay Cottone as the team's next head football coach.June 17, 1981 Cottone grid coach at PSC https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-tribune-cottone-grid-coach-at-ps/148025280/ May 24, 2024 Journal Tribune 15 Schedule y y September 12 at 1981 Norwich Cadets Norwich<ncg> Sabine Field Northfield, VT L 0–17 2,000 Novogrodsky Gene September 12, 1981 Revenge On Cadets Mind As Panthers Enter Den https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-argus-revenge-on-cadets-mind-a/147965506/ May 23, 2024 The Times Argus 8Fillion Don September 13, 1981 Offense Sputters, But Norwich's Defense Holds https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-offense-sputte/147965550/ May 23, 2024 The Burlington Free Press 29 September 19 at 1981 Nichols Bison Nichols Dudley, MA W 14–8 2,500 September 19, 1981 Plymouth St. 14, Nichols 8 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal-plymouth-st-14-nichol/147973361/ May 24, 2024 The News Journal 11 September 26 1981 Western Connecticut Colonials Western Connecticut Panther Field Plymouth, NH W 35–0 3,840 September 27, 1981 Plymouth 35, Western 0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-plymouth-35-western-0/147973382/ May 24, 2024 Hartford Courant 24September 27, 1981 WesConn humbled, 35-0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/citizen-register-wesconn-humbled-35-0/147973387/ May 24, 2024 Citizen Register 42 October 3 1981 Boston State Warriors Boston State Panther Field Plymouth, NH W 34–0 1,400 October 4, 1981 Plymouth St. rolls past Boston St. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-plymouth-st-rolls-past/147973403/ May 24, 2024 The Boston Globe 86 October 10 at 1981 Massachusetts Maritime Buccaneers Massachusetts Maritime Buzzards Bay, MA W 13–0 1,500 October 11, 1981 Plymouth St. stops Mass. Maritime https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-plymouth-st-stops-mass/147973427/ May 24, 2024 The Boston Globe 70October 11, 1981 Plymouth St. 13, Mass. Maritime 0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-plymouth-st-13-mass/147973430/ May 24, 2024 Hartford Courant 29 October 17 1981 Framingham State Rams Framingham State Panther Field Plymouth, NH W 16–6 2,818 October 18, 1981 Plymouth St. takes 5th straight https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-plymouth-st-takes-5th/148024156/ May 24, 2024 The Boston Globe 81October 18, 1981 Plymouth St. 16, Framingham St. 6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-plymouth-st-16-framin/148024197/ May 24, 2024 Hartford Courant 67 October 24 at 1981 Maine Maritime Mariners Maine Maritime Ritchie Field Castine, ME W 21–14 1,000 October 25, 1981 Plymouth St. retains first https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-plymouth-st-retains-fi/148024270/ May 24, 2024 The Boston Globe 87October 25, 1981 Plymouth, 21-14 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-day-plymouth-21-14/148024296/ May 24, 2024 The Day 50 October 31 1981 Western New England Golden Bears Western New England Panther Field Plymouth, NH W 29–0 2,225 November 1, 1981 Plymouth 29, West. New England 0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-plymouth-29-west-new/148024455/ May 24, 2024 Hartford Courant 63 November 7 at 1981 Bridgewater State Bears Bridgewater State Bridgewater, MA W 14–6 500 November 9, 1981 Plymouth State Clinches; UNH, Dartmouth Stay Alive https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-plymouth-state-clinches/148024626/ May 24, 2024 Concord Monitor 15 November 14 1981 Curry Colonels Curry Panther Field Plymouth, NH W 63–6 2,790 November 16, 1981 Plymouth Winds Up Perfect https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-plymouth-winds-up-perfec/148024899/ May 24, 2024 Concord Monitor 14 References Plymouth State Category:Plymouth State Panthers football seasons Plymouth State Panthers football