About the Program
Over the past 16 years, Milton Academy football has enjoyed the best winning percentage of any ISL team with a 86-36-3 record including two undefeated, league championships, two New England Titles, and seven second place finishes despite playing arguably the toughest schedule in the ultra-competitive ISL. Over this same period, Milton has sent nineteen players on to play Division I collegiate football. Two of Milton's current seniors will matriculate to Division I programs. Both Charlie Storey and Ben Ticknor will be heading off to Dartmouth where Charlie will play quarterback and Ben will be a running back. Five other current Milton seniors are being heavily recruited by NESCAC schools, often referred to as the "Small Ivies." Also, Yale University has announced that Adam Conklin, Milton class of 2010, will be heading to Yale to play tight end for the Bulldogs.
Coach Macdonald arrived at Milton in 1996 after having served as head coach at Archbishop Williams High School (Braintree, Massachusetts) for 14 seasons. At Williams, Coach Macdonald’s squads won seven Catholic Central Large championships and achieved three undefeated seasons. Coach Macdonald sent seventeen of his Williams’ players on to Division I collegiate programs including three who later played in the NFL.
Milton's Mustangs are the 2008 New England Champions
On November 15, 2008, Milton’s football team defeated King Low Heywood Thomas by a score of 29-14 in the Samson Lorden Bowl to take home the title of New England Champions. The Mustangs qualified for the Bowl based on the strength of the season’s schedule and on their impressive 7-1 record. The Bowl game marked the sixth straight victory for Milton and the first loss of the season for the unbeaten King Low Heywood Thomas team.
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Milton Academy's all-time football record from 1893–2010 is 481 wins, 282 losses and 61 ties.
Milton's all-time record against rival Nobles (series began in 1896) is 70 wins, 34 losses and 6 ties.
Josh Scott '09 and Grant Hailer '09 were named scholar-athletes by the Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of the College Football Hall of Fame. Twenty-two students are honored each year. Josh and Grant's names will be listed on a plaque that hangs in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.
Peter Colombo, Class of 2004, was recently named a Fulbright scholar, and is currently doing community service work in San Salvador. While at Milton, Peter helped lead the football team to a 13-2-1 record as a receiver, quarterback and defensive back and was named an All-ISL player in his senior season.
