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College Football: Maine gets first-round bye in NCAA tournament

Jaron Grayer, left, and Kayon Whitaker photograph the championship trophy during a gathering at Sea Dog Brewery Company in Bangor on Sunday. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald Photo) BANGOR — The University of Maine went from being considered preseason afterthoughts to one of the nation’s best football teams this fall. That point was clearly made […]

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UMaine football beats Richmond, earns at least share of CAA title

RICHMOND, Va. — Chris Ferguson threw four touchdown passes at 16th-ranked Maine defeated Richmond 28-9 on Saturday. The win guarantees the Black Bears at least a share of the Colonial Athletic Association title, their first conference championship since 2013. Earnest Edwards caught two of Ferguson’s TD passes, and finished with six receptions for 105 yards. […]

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UMaine football picked 8th in CAA preseason poll

The University of Maine was picked to finish eighth of 12 teams in the Colonial Athletic Association preseason football poll Tuesday and that didn’t surprise anyone from the league’s northernmost post. “It happens every year,” said Joe Harasymiak, entering his third season as the Black Bears head coach. “Our guys are used to it. As […]

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UMaine football heads to Villanova with Micah Wright back from suspension

ORONO — The University of Maine’s football players and coaches are well aware of the stakes in Saturday’s 1 p.m. game at nationally ranked Villanova. A win evens Maine’s record at 2-2 and gives them their first Colonial Athletic Association win after tough losses to New Hampshire and James Madison (the top-ranked FCS team in […]

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UMaine football climbs to No. 4 in nation

ORONO (AP) — The Maine Black Bears have climbed to No. 4 nationally in both major Football Championship Subdivision polls. The ranking comes two days after Maine clinched the Colonial Athletic Conference championship with a 41-0 rout of Rhode Island. It is the team’s first conference championship since 2002. The Black Bears are now 10-1 […]

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Bears take CAA title, head to playoffs

ORONO — The University of Maine football team continued its record-setting season in impressive fashion Saturday afternoon. The sixth-ranked Black Bears secured the program’s first outright conference championship since 1965 with a resounding 41-0 victory over New England rival Rhode Island on Morse Field at Alfond Stadium. Coach Jack Cosgrove’s team improved to 10-1 for […]