New England Football League
| Formerly | Greater Lawrence Men's Football League |
|---|---|
| Sport | American football |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Tom Torrisi |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Headquarters | Salisbury, Massachusetts |
| Most recent champion | Middleboro Cobras |
| Official website | nefl.us |
The New England Football League (NEFL) is a semi-professional American football league based in Salisbury, Massachusetts, and is a Non-profit Corporation founded by Thomas Torrisi. It is the largest semi-professional league in New England, and has been one of the biggest leagues in the United States. The NEFL was founded in 1994 and was also known as the Greater Lawrence Men's Football League. In 2025, the league added a number of new teams expanding back to its historic 3 level format.
From 2013-2019, the NEFL has had single-A, AA Conferences, and AAA Conferences, with annual promotion and relegation among Conferences based on game results, so that the best teams work their way toward the higher levels. From 2021-2023 the league featured A and AA. In 2025 the league returned to its multi-level format with the addition of a number of new teams, featuring A, AA, and AAA conferences. In 2026 the league expects to add several more teams to the existing conferences, as well as adding a spring conference, which would play a shorter schedule prior to the traditional NEFL season kickoff.
The league provides competitive football for adult players. It is a "working man's league", as most players have regular jobs during the week. Teams practice on weeknights and play virtually all games on weekends. Players are not paid for their participation, but they often pay up to $200 to be on the team's roster. The league runs from July through September, followed by single-elimination championship tournaments within each Conference. Each team can dress up to 65 players.
The league is unrelated to the original NEFL, which operated from 1964 to 1969.
The 2025 NEFL season finished with three league champions in AAA, AA and A; the Rhode Island Riptide won the Maritime (A) Conference by defeating the New London Silverbacks 28-0, their third NEFL Championship (2011, 2023). The Windsor (CT) Flyers won the North Atlantic Conference (AA), their first in program history in the NEFL, by beating the Haverhill Hitmen 28-14. The top level Colonial Conference (AAA) championship was won by the New England Bombers by defeating the Boston Bandits 26-16.