 The now defunct Fairfield Stags football team once competed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference of NCAA Division I-AA between 1996 and 2003.Following the team's inaugural season, the 1997 team recorded the second-best single-season turnaround in Division I-AA history posting a 7-3 mark.The Stags won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title in 1998 posting a 9-2 record and head coach Kevin Kiesel captured the league's Coach of the Year Award.