Football | 8/12/2021 10:17:00 AM
The three-time defending Empire 8 Champion SUNY Brockport football team is ranked No. 23 in the College Football America Yearbook's 2021 Division III Preseason National Poll.
Brockport is the lone Empire 8 Conference program ranked in the top 30. The Golden Eagles return to the gridiron for their regular season opener on September 4 when they travel to Framingham State University in Massachusetts for their first game since the 2019 season. The contest is scheduled to begin at noon. Brockport's home opener is scheduled for Sept. 11 at 1 p.m. against Ithaca College.
Brockport made its third straight NCAA appearance in 2019 and wrapped up its campaign with a 9-3 overall record. The Golden Eagles are looking to win their fourth straight Empire 8 Conference title in 2021. Brockport joined elite territory in 2019, becoming just the second program in the 18-year history of the Empire 8 to win three consecutive conference crowns.
Brockport's three straight Empire 8 titles have come courtesy of truly dominant league play over the course of the last three seasons. In this three year stretch the Golden Eagles are 19-1 in conference play. The Empire 8 dominance featured a 21-game winning streak in conference play. Over the course of the eight victories last season, the Golden Eagles posted three shut outs and allowed just 75 total points.
Brockport eighth year Head Coach
Jason Mangone and his coaching staff became the first group to earn three consecutive Empire 8 Coaching Staff of the Year honors in the 18-year history of the conference. Mangone has been named the AFCA Region I Coach of the Year in two of the last three seasons. He has an impressive 58-22 overall record at Brockport. Mangone and his staff have compiled a 33-5 overall record in the last three seasons. In 2017 he was named the AFCA National Coach of the Year after guiding the Golden Eagles to the semifinals of the NCAA Div. III Championships.
The College Football America 2021 Yearbook features more than 900 college football teams from the United States and Canada in more than 250 striking, full-color pages. That includes every team from the NCAA (FBS, FCS, Division II and Division III), NAIA, NJCAA, CCCAA and U Sports (Canada). It also includes updates on club football, one-year postgraduate prep/sports academies and Mexican college football, along with dozens of action shots and stadium photos taken by the CFA staff.