University of Massachusets Athletics
Massachusetts' Coen Earns Boston Globe Gold Helmet Awards
September 21, 2006 | Football
Sept. 21, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Massachusetts quarterback Liam Coen, who sparked the Minuteman offense with a season high in passing, and Western New England quarterback Jon Tallerico, who had a record-tying performance for the Golden Bears, were honored with Boston Globe Gold Helmet Awards Wednesday at the New England Football Writers luncheon at Harvard's Dillon Field House.
Coen, the Division I-AA Gold Helmet winner, was named Atlantic-10 offensive player of the week after he became the first A-10 quarterback to throw for more than 300 yards this season with 350 passing yards in a 31-21 victory over Villanova. Coen completed 21-of-28 passes for two touchdowns and did not have a turnover. The 350 yards marked the second-highest passing yardage total of Coen's career and the eighth-most in program history.
Tallerico, the Division II/III Gold Helmet Award Winner, received the New England Football Conference offensive player of the week honors after tying a school record with four touchdown passes in Western New England's win 28-26 against Maine Maritime last weekend. Tallerico completed 15-of-22 passes for 233 yards.
Key New England games in Division I-AA this week include Brown hosting Harvard in a matchup between the 2005 Ivy League champion and the preseason favorite in 2006. Northeastern plays its fourth straight road game as it travels to James Madison, and Yale begins Ivy League play as the Bulldogs head to Cornell. Dartmouth will host top-ranked New Hampshire, while Massachusetts hosts Stony Brook, and Rhode Island entertains Delaware. Holy Cross at Marist, Sacred Heart is at Duquesne and Central Connecticut State meets Albany with first place in the Northeast Conference at stake.
A pair of matchups in Division II schools will take place Friday, with Merrimack at Bentley and American International at Southern Connecticut. Saturday's games include Bryant hosting Assumption while Stonehill hosts C.W. Post and Saint Anselm entertains Pace.
A pair of undefeated teams will battle in the New England Football Conference as Western New England heads to Curry. The rest of the NEFC slate has UMass Dartmouth at Plymouth State, Coast Guard at Westfield State, Bridgewater State at Maine Maritime, Salve Regina at Endicott, Mass Maritime at Worcester State, Framingham State at Fitchburg State, and Nichols at MIT.
The New England Small College Athletic Conference gets going this week as well as Tufts plays host to Hamilton, Bowdoin is at Williams, Wesleyan is at Middlebury, Colby visits Trinity and Bates opens at Amherst. Rounding out Division III play action is WPI at Merchant Maine, Norwich visiting SUNY-Maritime, Springfield hosting Alfred, Mount Ida heading to Becker and Husson hosting Hartwick.
