Founded in 1920, New Haven has 5,216 undergraduate and is actually located in West Haven, Conn.
The Chargers' colors are blue and gold and they play at Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium, which has a capacity of 5,000. The stadium turf is blue. DellaCamera Stadium is 1.8 miles from Yale Bowl.
New Haven started football in 1973, going 0-8 in its first season and 0-9 in 1974 before defeating Curry College in the second game of the 1975 season for its first win. The first winning season was 1978 when the Chargers went 6-3 . They posted their only undefeated season a year later, going 8-0-1 in 1979.
Their high-water mark came in 1997 when they went 12-2 and advanced to the Division II national championship game. Their only losses were at IAA Western Kentucky (24-21) and in the national championship against Northern Colorado (51-0).
The best season in school history included a win at IAA Monmouth (49-3) and a 27-25 win over UC Davis whose quarterback was 43-for-64 for 482 yards that day.
The quarterback who set UC Davis records during the loss in New Haven? Kevin Daft, now the Dartmouth offensive coordinator.
After going 1-9 in 2003 New Haven shut the program down until it returned in 2009 with a 5-5 record under Pete Rossomando.
Records since reinstating football:
2009 5-5
2010 8-2
2011 11-2 (2 NCAA tournament games)
2012 10-1 (NCAA tournament)
2013 8-3
2014 6-5
2015 7-4
2016 7-4
2017 6-4
2018 9-3 (NCAA tournament)
2019 7-3
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84-36 (.697)
Most recent IAA/FCS games:
2001 – 17-14 win over No. 12 Villanova
2011 – 13-10 loss at No. 4 William & Mary
2018 – 41-31 loss at Bryant
2019 Results (7-3)
at Indiana (Pa.) 24, New Haven 13
New Haven 31, at Stonehill 9
at New Haven 37, American International 7
at Bentley 31, New Haven 14
at New Haven 28, Pace 21
at Saint Anselm 37, New Haven 31
New Haven 23 at Southern Connecticut 20
at New Haven 63, Franklin Pierce 0
New Haven 34 at Assumption 33
at New Haven 27, Stonehill 17
2019 Northeast 10 Standings
Bentley 6-2 (6-4)
New Haven 6-2 (7-3)
Assumption 5-3 (6-4)
Stonehill 5-3 (6-4)
Pace 5-3 (6-4)
Saint Anselm 4-4 (4-7)
American International 3-5 (4-6)
Southern Connecticut 2-6 (2-8)
Franklin Pierce 0-8 (1-10)
Coaches of note
CHRIS PALMER 1986-87 (16-4)
Later head coach of the Cleveland Browns and an assistant with Houston, New England, Jacksonville, Dallas, New York Giants, Tennessee, San Francisco and Buffalo.
MARK WHIPPLE 1988-1993 (48-17)
Brown University and two-time UMass head coach, NFL assistant with Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Miami, Cleveland and University of Pittsburgh.
TONY SPARANO 1994-1998 (41-14-1)
Later head coach of the Dolphins, interim head coach of the Oakland Raiders, and served as an assistant with Cleveland, Washington, Jacksonville, Dallas, New York Jets, Oakland, San Francisco and Minnesota.
PETE ROSSOMANDO 2009-2013 (42-13)
Went on to serve as head coach at Central Connecticut, then served as an assistant at Rutgers and now is an assistant at Vanderbilt.
Current head coach
CHRIS PINCINCE 2014- (42-23)
