1987
First FCS playoff appearance
Maine earns its first postseason berth, beginning a playoff tradition across decades
Coastal Athletic · Alfond Stadium · 10,000 · 5,065 avg in 2026
LastL 14–23 vs Merrimack · Sat Sep 12 · Sam Oppenheimer 1 TFL, 1 INT, 8 tackles
Nextat Boston College · Sat Sep 19 · 2 pm ET · Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA) · series 0-6, lost the last 6 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
All-time record · Maine
137-187-3 all-time · 67 seasons · 1887–2026
Program memory
Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.
1987
Maine earns its first postseason berth, beginning a playoff tradition across decades
Maine advances to the national semifinals, losing to Eastern Washington 50-19 — the program's deepest playoff run ever
Heartbreak
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Coastal Athletic standing · 2026
Maine is 2nd in the Coastal Athletic at 1-0. 1 team above — that's the direct path to the title game.
| # | Program | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryant | 1-0 |
| 2 | Maine | 1-0 |
| 3 | Monmouth | 1-0 |
| 4 | Rhode Island | 1-0 |
| 5 | UAlbany | 1-0 |
| – | Campbell | 0-0 |
| – | North Carolina A&T | 0-0 |
| – | Stony Brook | 0-0 |
| 9 | Elon | 0-1 |
| 10 | Hampton | 0-1 |
| 11 | New Hampshire | 0-1 |
| 12 | Sacred Heart | 0-1 |
| 13 | Towson | 0-1 |
Playoff History
Most recent: 2018 — loss 50-19 (away). Last 5 postseason: 0-1.