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364:(ISL). Under Papas, the Knights participated in New England prep school bowl games in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010, winning New England prep championships in 2005, 2006 and 2008. In 2008, the Knights went undefeated and were the ISL champions. In 2009 and 2010, the Knights finished 7-1 both years in the ISL and were later named ISL Champions, after Lawrence Academy was stripped of their titles for league sanctions. In February 2010, eight BB&N Knights footballers were signed by college football teams, five with
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Falcons won 30 straight, the longest winning streak in the country at that time and the second longest streak by a New England team in the last 100 years. While at Harvard in 1997 as the wide receiver coach, the Crimson won the 1997 Ivy League Title. As the special teams coordinator at Tufts, the Jumbos compiled a 18-14 record, including a 7-1 finish in 1998.
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Papas was an assistant coach at
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pandemic and has continued to grow throughout New
England. It is one of the only independent football leagues in the country and allows high school players to play more football outside of their fall seasons, thus affording them more recruiting opportunities.
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Papas is the founder of the Elite
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Papas is the founder and director of The Elite High School
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took over the program. The first game played by the school was a 36–15 victory over
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In his youth, Papas played for the football team, the Red
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Jack Etter, 83, school athletic director and head coach of 3 sports
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All Time
Winningest Coach at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
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951:"Emotional finale for Watertown's John Papas in Shriners Classic"
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Papas was the first head football coach at Mount Ida College in
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schools. In the fall of 2010, BB&N had 7 alumni playing
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3 New England Prep, 3 Independent School League (ISL) Titles
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BB&N brings big-time football to local Pop Warner teams
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football, the most of any high school in the country.
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926:"John Papas to step down from BB&N football"
626:"Mount Ida's athletic plan achieved (continued)"
1155:Coaches of American football from Massachusetts
745:"Campus ready for tailgate parties (continued)"
1145:High school football coaches in Massachusetts
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1010:, Big Red Today, Nebraska, February 10, 2011.
914:Wicked Local, Roslindale, September 11, 2007.
820:"Coaching Records Game by Game (John Pappas)"
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888:Independent School League football capsules
310:weekly honors three times his senior year.
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270:. He was the first head football coach at
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876:New N.F.L. Culture May Filter Down Slowly
250:coach. He was the head football coach at
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1019:Rapoport, Ian R. (December 30, 2009).
924:Hall, Brendan C. (November 25, 2013).
354:Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
252:Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
890:The Boston Globe, September 20, 2007.
866:, BostonHerald.com, February 4, 2010.
668:Connolly, John (September 17, 1999).
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375:Papas retired from coaching in 2014.
352:Papas was the head football coach at
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1150:People from Watertown, Massachusetts
743:DiCesare, Bob (September 12, 1999).
699:DiCesare, Bob (September 12, 1999).
166:Buckingham Browne & Nichols (MA)
1135:Mount Ida Mustangs football coaches
900:McCaffrey: great catch for BB&N
308:Eastern College Athletic Conference
1021:Barker picks Harvard over Stanford
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1125:Bentley Falcons football coaches
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864:BB&N celebrates great eight
824:College Football Data Warehouse
793:College Football Data Warehouse
624:Pave, Marvin (April 11, 1999).
580:Pave, Marvin (April 11, 1999).
550:. February 18, 1996. p. 81
348:Buckingham Browne & Nichols
344:played on September 11, 1999.
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1140:Tufts Jumbos football coaches
454:NCAA Division III independent
789:"Mount Ida Coaching Records"
527:Watertown High Hall of Fame.
538:"Papas promoted at Bentley"
342:Western New England College
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851:Boston.com, 27 March 2011.
319:Bentley, Harvard and Tufts
300:Springfield, Massachusetts
199:Accomplishments and honors
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358:Cambridge, Massachusetts
288:Watertown, Massachusetts
256:Cambridge, Massachusetts
16:American football coach
388:Elite Football Clinics
254:, a private school in
184:100–26–2 (high school)
755:Boston, Massachusetts
711:Boston, Massachusetts
636:Boston, Massachusetts
592:Boston, Massachusetts
548:Boston, Massachusetts
334:Newton, Massachusetts
284:Watertown High School
830:on September 7, 2015
799:on September 6, 2015
417:Head coaching record
176:Head coaching record
985:on August 23, 2011.
680:on November 6, 2012
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525:1973 Football Team
448:Mount Ida Mustangs
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260:Harvard University
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248:American football
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1091:(2000–2007)
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46:Position(s)
36:Springfield
1114:Categories
1089:Ed Sweeney
1081:John Papas
963:August 29,
935:August 29,
761:August 29,
717:August 29,
642:August 29,
598:August 29,
554:August 25,
512:References
485:Mount Ida:
470:Mount Ida
435:Conference
404:The LEAGUE
370:Ivy League
338:Ed Sweeney
278:Early life
244:John Papas
22:John Papas
438:Standing
328:Mount Ida
304:tight end
162:2003–2013
151:2000-2002
145:Mount Ida
97:1992–1995
87:1986–1991
76:1983-1985
50:Tight end
32:1974–1977
1026:ESPN.com
432:Overall
410:COVID-19
224:Records
181:Overall
123:Harvard
112:Bentley
101:Bentley
1083:(1999)
834:May 4,
803:May 4,
684:May 4,
499:Total:
459:(1999)
379:Honors
266:, and
214:Awards
429:Team
426:Year
191:Bowls
155:Tufts
134:Tufts
965:2020
937:2020
930:ESPN
836:2011
805:2011
763:2020
719:2020
686:2011
644:2020
600:2020
556:2020
466:1999
141:1999
130:1998
125:(WR)
119:1997
108:1996
65:1982
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