The New England Bowl was an annual NCAA Division III post-season college football bowl game series established in 2016 by four New England football conferences (ECFC, MASCAC, CCC Football, NEWMAC) pulling their teams from the ECAC Bowl structure. All four conferences were eligible for postseason play and each of the 27 football-playing institutions in the conferences were eligible to participate in the New England Bowl series. The criteria used by the commissioners to select the teams required an overall winning percentage of .667 or higher and they evaluated overall record, conference record, conference standing, head-to-head results, and results versus teams selected for the NCAA Tournament.
The inaugural game was held on Saturday, November 19, 2016, at Gaudet Field in Middletown, Rhode Island, with a victory of Framingham State over Salve Regina. The following years, the bowl was transformed into a series, with three or two bowl games played. The series was not renewed for the 2024 season.
Game results Season Winner Loser Result Source 2016 37–34 2017 48–14 WPI 17–3 2018 34–19 38–22 17–14 2019 52–10 WPI 35–6 2021 63–35 UMass Dartmouth 42–16 2022 Plymouth State 21–20 Bridgewater State 34–24 2023 UMass Dartmouth 37–7 Anna Maria 37–34 The 2020 bowls were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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