The Tufts Jumbos football program represents Tufts University in the sport of college football. The team competes in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Tufts plays its home games at Ellis Oval, located on the campus within the municipality of Somerville, Massachusetts. The team's head coach is Jay Civetti, who has led the Jumbos since 2011.

History

A Tufts football team has played since the 1874–75 season. The Tufts football team played its first game on June 4, 1875, against Harvard, which Tufts won by a score of 1–0. This game is considered the first game of American football between two American colleges, with each team fielding 11 men, the ball being advanced by kicking or carrying it, and tackles of the ball carrier stopping play. During the 1875–76 season, Tufts played Bates on the Bates campus in Lewiston, Maine, for the first organized intercollegiate football game played in Maine.

In one of the largest shutout wins in team history, Tufts defeated the 1914 New Hampshire football team by a score of 83–0.

One Tufts player, William Grinnell (1909–1997), a varsity member during the 1930s, has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

The 1,000th game in team history was played during the 2006 season.

Seasons

Season Head coach Conference Finished Wins Losses Ties 1875 Luman Aldrich Independent — 2 1 0 1876–77 — 1 0 1 1877 Scott Campbell — 0 3 0 1884 Dwight Griswold — 2 4 1 1885 Fred P. Chapman NIFA 2nd 2 3 0 1886 James Galletly 2nd 0 8 0 1887 Frank W. Durkee Independent — 4 6 0 1889 Martin — 3 1 0 1890 Charles Stover — 2 3 0 1891 Wilfred Russ — 7 1 0 1892 A. G. Baillet — 8 2 0 1893 Haskell — 4 7 0 1894 H. W. Hamlin — 6 5 0 1895 Marshall Newell — 8 5 0 1896 — 2 6 1 1897 Joshua Damon Upton — 6 7 0 1898 — 1 9 0 1899 E. A. Locke — 7 4 0 1900 Hopkins — 3 6 1 1901 J. C. Pearson — 6 6 1 1902 — 4 6 1 1903 Charles Whelan — 5 8 0 1904 — 2 9 1 1905 — 5 3 0 1906 — 6 2 0 1907 — 3 4 1 1908 Nate Pulsifer — 1 6 1 1909 Edward N. Robinson — 2 6 0 1910 Vin H. Sheehy — 1 7 1 1911 Clark Tobin — 3 4 0 1912 Charles Whelan — 5 4 0 1913 — 7 1 0 1914 — 5 3 0 1915 — 5 1 2 1916 — 5 3 0 1917 — 3 3 0 1918 Al Pierotti — 2 3 0 1919 Charles Whelan — 2 5 0 1920 William Parks — 2 6 0 1921 — 1 5 2 1922 Eddie Casey — 5 4 0 1923 — 6 2 0 1924 — 3 4 2 1925 — 1 6 0 1926 Arthur Sampson — 4 4 0 1927 — 8 0 0 1928 — 5 2 1 1929 — 5 1 2 1930 Lewis Manly — 5 2 0 1931 — 3 2 2 1932 — 5 1 2 1933 — 6 2 0 1934 — 8 0 0 1935 — 1 5 2 1936 — 3 3 1 1937 — 3 4 1 1938 — 1 6 1 1939 — 3 4 1 1940 — 4 4 0 1941 — 5 3 0 1942 — 2 5 1 1943 — 6 2 0 1944 — 1 4 1 1945 — 4 1 0 1946 Frederick M. Ellis — 1 6 0 1947 — 5 3 0 1948 — 3 4 1 1949 — 5 3 1 1950 — 4 4 1 1951 — 0 7 2 1952 — 3 4 1 1953 — 4 3 0 1954 Harry Arlanson — 6 2 0 1955 — 5 2 0 1956 — 6 1 0 1957 — 6 1 1 1958 — 6 2 0 1959 — 5 2 1 1960 — 7 1 0 1961 — 5 3 0 1962 — 5 3 0 1963 — 2 6 0 1964 — 3 5 0 1965 — 1 7 0 1966 Rocco J. Carzo — 1 7 0 1967 — 1 6 1 1968 — 5 3 0 1969 — 6 2 0 1970 — 1 7 0 1971 NESCAC — 3 5 0 1972 — 4 4 0 1973 — 1 7 0 1974 Paul Pawlak — 3 5 0 1975 — 2 6 0 1976 — 6 2 0 1977 — 3 5 0 1978 Vic Gatto — 5 3 0 1979 — 8 0 0 1980 — 6 2 0 1981 — 5 2 1 1982 — 6 2 0 1983 — 4 3 1 1984 — 0 7 1 1985 Duane Ford — 3 4 1 1986 — 7 1 0 1987 — 4 4 0 1988 — 4 3 1 1989 — 6 2 0 1990 — 6 2 0 1991 — 5 3 0 1992 — 3 4 1 1993 — 1 7 0 1994 Bill Samko — 2 6 0 1995 — 4 4 0 1996 — 1 7 0 1997 — 3 5 0 1998 — 7 1 0 1999 — 4 4 0 2000 T–7th 2 6 0 2001 3rd 6 2 0 2002 T-6th 3 5 0 2003 T–3rd 5 3 0 2004 T–7th 2 6 0 2005 T–7th 2 6 0 2006 5th 4 4 0 2007 4th 5 3 0 2008 T–5th 4 4 0 2009 T–8th 2 6 0 2010 T–9th 1 7 0 2011 Jay Civetti 10th 0 8 0 2012 10th 0 8 0 2013 T–9th 0 8 0 2014 6th 4 4 0 2015 3rd 6 2 0 2016 2nd 7 1 0 2017 6th 5 4 0 2018 3rd 7 2 0 2019 T–5th 4 5 0 2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 6th 4 5 0 2022 T–3rd 6 3 0 2023 T–3rd 6 3 0 2024 T–2nd 7 2 0 2025 7th 4 5 0

Individual accomplishments College Football Hall of Fame inductees In 1951, the College Football Hall of Fame opened in South Bend, Indiana. Since then, Tufts has had 1 player inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Player Pos. Tenure Inducted William Grinnell End 1932–1934 1997

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