• Sat, 11/19 | Football vs. Central Connecticut L, 42-21 (Final) BX | RC | PH
  • Sat, 11/12 | Football vs. Saint Francis (PA) W, 45-34 (Final) BX | RC | PH
  • Sat, 11/05 | Football at Albany W, 31-17 (Final) BX | RC
  • Sat, 10/22 | Football at Robert Morris W, 34-27 (Final) BX | RC
  • Sat, 10/15 | Football vs. Monmouth L, 40-35 (Final) BX | RC | PH
  • Sat, 10/08 | Football vs. Stonehill W, 42-7 (Final) BX | RC | PH
  • Sat, 10/01 | Football at Duquesne L, 31-28 (Final) BX | BX | RC
  • Sat, 09/24 | Football vs. Wagner W, 30-28 (Final) BX | RC | PH
  • Fri, 09/16 | Football at Sacred Heart W, 26-6 (Final) BX | RC
  • Sat, 09/10 | Football vs. American Int'l W, 27-16 (Final) BX | RC | PH
 

August 2, 2005

Bulldogs Picked Fifth in NE-10 Football Preseason Poll

BRYANT FOOTBALL PICKED FIFTH IN NORTHEAST-10 CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL

    SMITHFIELD, RI – The Bryant University football team was picked to finish fifth by the conference head coaches as the 2005 Northeast-10 Conference football coaches’ poll released this morning as part of the league media day at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. 

     Bryant, under the direction of second-year coach Marty Fine, opens the 2005 season September 3 at home against American International College (3 p.m.).  The Bulldogs return 56 letterwinners this season, including all eleven starters on offense. 

      “We played 30 freshmen (in 2004), but have experienced players returning this fall,” said Fine. “It will be an interesting season, but I think we’ll be very competitive. We have a year of hard work behind us but still a long way to go, especially in a conference that is as competitive as the Northeast-10."

     Bryant went 4-5 during Fine’s first year at the helm of the Bryant football program.  The Bulldogs were picked to finish sixth in last year’s preseason poll, just behind AIC.  This year, both Bryant and AIC switched places in the preseason poll with Yellow Jackets tabbed for sixth with 44 points, eleven behind Bryant’s 55.   

     C.W. Post was picked by the coaches to finish first in 2005.  The Pioneers, 8-3 last season and one of two NE-10 teams to qualify for the NCAA playoffs, earned a total of 92 points including three first place votes.  Bentley College, also an NCAA playoff participant, was picked second with 88 points. The Falcons, 8-2 last season, garnered five first-place votes.

Southern Connecticut and Merrimack College round out the third and fourth spots ahead of the Bulldogs. 

2005 Northeast-10 Football Preseason Coaches Poll

Team, Pts (2004 Record)
1.   LIU / C.W. Post (3), 92 (8-3)
2.   Bentley (5), 88  (8-2)
3.   Southern Connecticut (2), 84 (8-2)
4.   Merrimack, 74  (8-2)
5.   BRYANT, 55 (4-5)
6.   American International, 44 (5-4)
7.   Saint Anselm, 36 (4-6)
8.   Stonehill, 32  (2-7)
9.   Assumption, 28 (1-9)
10. Pace, 17  (0-10)    
 

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