| Western Connecticut Wolves football | |
|---|---|
 | |
| First season | 1969; 56 years ago (1969) |
| Athletic director | Lori Mazza |
| Head coach | Kevin Jones (interim) 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Stadium | The WAC (capacity: 4,500) |
| Year built | 1995 |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Danbury, Connecticut |
| NCAA division | Division III |
| Conference | Landmark |
| Past conferences | NAIA Independent NEFC Division III Independent FFC NJAC MASCAC |
| All-time record | 230–282–4 (.450) |
| Bowl record | 4–2 (.667) |
| Playoff appearances | 4 |
| Playoff record | 1–4 |
| Conference titles | 4 |
| Rivalries | Framingham State[1] |
| Colors | Deep blue and Starbust orange[2] |
| Mascot | Wolves |
| Website | westconnathletics.com |
TheWestern Connecticut Wolves football (often stylized asWestConn) team representsWestern Connecticut State University incollege football at theNCAA Division III level. The Wolves are members of theLandmark Conference, fielding its team in the Landmark Conference since 2025. The Wolves play their home games at the WAC inDanbury, Connecticut.[3] The team was previously known as theWestern Connecticut Colonials andWestern Connecticut Indians.
Their head coach isKevin Jones, who took over the position for the 2025 season.[4]
Western Connecticut State College, now known as Western Connecticut State University, established itscollege football team in 1969, initially named the Western Connecticut Indians. The team's first head coach wasJim Krayeske, who guided them to a 2–2–1 record during their debut season in the Freedom Football League.[5] In recognition of his contributions, Krayeske was inducted into the WestConn Hall of Fame in 2013.[6] The team held their inaugural home game on October 25, 1969, at Osborne Street Field, where they facedNew Haven.[7]
Western Connecticut claims 4 conference titles, the most recent of which came in 2023.
| Year | Conference | Overall Record | Conference Record | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985† | New England Football Conference | 10–2 | 8–1 | Paul Pasqualoni |
| 1999 | Freedom Football Conference | 10–1 | 6–0 | John Cervino |
| 2001† | 8–2 | 5–1 | Bob Surace | |
| 2023† | Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference | 10–2 | 8–1 | Joe Loth |
† Co-champions
The Wolves have made fourappearances in the NCAA Division III playoffs, with a combined record of 1–4.
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | First Round | Montclair State | L, 0–28 |
| 1999 | Second Round | Montclair State | L, 24–32 |
| 2001 | First Round Second Round | Westfield State Rowan | W, 8–7 L, 14–43 |
| 2023 | First Round | Johns Hopkins | L, 20–62 |
Western Connecticut has participated in tenbowl games, and has a record of 4-2.
| Season | Coach | Bowl | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Bob Surace | ECAC Bowl | Nichols | W 63–10 |
| 2013 | Joe Loth | ECAC Bowl | Salve Regina | W 48–35 |
| 2014 | ECAC Bowl | St. John Fisher | L 14–28 | |
| 2019 | New England Bowl | WPI | L 6–35 | |
| 2024 | ECAC Bowl | Alfred | W 45-14 |
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to theCollege Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overallwinning percentage[A 4] | ||||
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Krayeske[5] | 1969 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Nick Cutulle[14] | 1970–1971 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 3 | Dave Rice[15] | 1972–1974 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0.346 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Bill Sferro[16] | 1975–1976 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0.375 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Carl Paight[17] | 1977–1979 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0.115 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.111 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Steve Golden | 1980–1981 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0.083 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0.088 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Paul Pasqualoni[18] | 1982–1986 | 51 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 0.667 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0.667 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 8 | Chris Rippon[19] | 1987–1989 | 30 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0.217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Ken Brasington[20] | 1990–1991 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0.200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | John Cervino[21] | 1992–1999 | 81 | 39 | 41 | 1 | 0.488 | 22 | 26 | 0 | 0.458 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Bob Surace[22] | 2000–2001 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0.857 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.833 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – |
| 12 | John Burrell[23] | 2002–2011 | 100 | 37 | 63 | 0 | 0.370 | 20 | 54 | 0 | 0.270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Joe Loth[24] | 2012–present | 101 | 61 | 40 | 0 | 0.604 | 48 | 32 | 0 | 0.600 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| Western Connecticut Indians | ||||||||||||||
| 1969 | 1969 | Jim Krayeske | — | — | FFL | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Western Connecticut Colonials | ||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 1970 | Nick Cutulle | NAIA | Division I | Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1971 | 1971 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1972 | 1972 | Dave Rice | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1973 | 1973 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1974 | 1974 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | Bill Sferro | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1976 | 1976 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 1977 | Carl Paight | NCAA | Division III | — | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 1978 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | NEFC | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1980 | 1980 | Steve Golden | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10th | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | — | |||
| 1981 | 1981 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | 1982 | Paul Pasqualoni | 2 | 7 | 0 | T–8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 1983 | 1983 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 1984 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 10 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | LNCAA Division III First Round | — | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | Independent | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1987 | 1987 | Chris Rippon | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1988 | 1988 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | Ken Brasington | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1991 | 1991 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | John Cervino | FFC | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | 1993 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1994 | 1994 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 1995 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1998 | 1998 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | LNCAA Division III Second Round | 14[26] | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | Bob Surace | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 0 | W ECAC Northeast Bowl | 20[27] | |||
| 2001 | 2001 | 8 | 2 | 0 | T–1st | 5 | 1 | 0 | LNCAA Division III Second Round | — | ||||
| 2002 | 2002 | John Burrell | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2003 | 2003 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | NJAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2005 | 2005 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10th | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | Joe Loth | 1 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2013 | 2013 | MASCAC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | W ECAC Northeast Bowl[28] | — | |||
| 2014 | 2014 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | L ECAC Northeast Bowl[29] | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–4th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 8 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 8 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | LNew England Bowl[30] | — | ||||
| Season canceled due toCovid-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Joe Loth | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Western Connecticut Wolves | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 2022 | Joe Loth | NCAA | Division III | MASCAC | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
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