The Tufts Jumbos are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs of Tufts University, in

Medford, Massachusetts Medford is a city northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, Medford's population was 59,659. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus alo ...

. The Jumbos compete at NCAA Division III level as member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Like all Division III schools, Tufts does not offer athletic scholarships. Coed and women's sailing are the only Division I sports at the school. Tufts won the NACDA Directors' Cup in 2021-22 as the most successful team in NCAA Division III that year.

Sports sponsored

Football

The Tufts football program is one of the oldest in the country. The 1,000th game in team history was played during the 2006 season. Historians point to a Tufts versus

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game in 1875 as the first game of

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using American football rules. The team plays at the Ellis Oval, located on the southwest corner of the campus.

Sailing

The Jumbos particularly stand out in sailing. The team competes in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association, and has won the

Leonard M. Fowle Trophy The Leonard M. Fowle Trophy is a sailing trophy awarded annually by the Intercollegiate Sailing Association to the best overall collegiate team. The team with the most points, which are compiled results of the ICSA Women’s Singlehanded, Men’s S ...

eight times. The Jumbos also won the 2001 Dinghy National Championship, and won more championships in the 1990s than any other team. Several world and Olympic champions have been a part of the Tufts Sailing Team; among them is

Tomas Hornos Tomas Hornos (born September 15, 1988 in Argentina), is a world class sailor in the Star and Snipe classes. He was the youngest skipper to win the Snipe World Championship by winning the title on his 19th birthday in 2007, and also the youngest ...

(class of 2010), who was world champion in 2007, and

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, who was awarded the ICSA Women's College Sailor of the Year trophy in 2008. Others include

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in 1975, R. Stuart Johnstone in 1980, Paul Dickey in 1981, and

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in 1996, who all won the

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trophy.

Other

Tennis Courts, Tufts University, Medford MA

Men's Squash maintains a top 20 Division I national ranking. Tufts University won its first NCAA-sanctioned national team championship when the men's lacrosse team defeated Salisbury in the 2010 Division III men's lacrosse final. Since then, Tufts has captured NCAA Division III National Championships in women's field hockey (2012), women's softball (three consecutive from 2013 to 2015), men's lacrosse again (2014, 2015), and men's soccer (2014, 2016, 2018, 2019). Tufts teams also reached the 2008 championship game in women's field hockey and the 2011 championship game in men's lacrosse.

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* {{Massachusetts Sports