[3] The conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs continued to be held by the eight remaining members: Curry, Endicott, Maine Maritime, MIT, Nichols, Salve Regina, Coast Guard, and Western New England.

[4] The decision to rename the NEFC was made in October 2015, as the Commonwealth Coast Conference announced that it would add football by effectively absorbing the NEFC as a single-sport conference known as Commonwealth Coast Football, starting with the 2017–18 school year.

[5] The CCC and Commonwealth Coast Football unveiled a new family of logos during a June 2019 visual rebrand.

[6] Due to changes in NCAA Division III legislation regarding the number of members required for a conference to receive an automatic qualifier (AQ), football was incorporated into the multi-sport Commonwealth Coast Conference in 2022, eliminating the need for the football-only league.

1965 – The New England Football Conference is founded by charter members Curry, Bridgewater State and Maine Maritime.

1987 – UMass Lowell becomes conference member in 1987, initiating a split into two six-team divisions with divisional winners meeting in championship playoff game.

1997 – Five new members begin conference play in 1998: Curry, Nichols, MIT, Salve Regina and WNEC.

2008 – The NEFC qualifies two teams for the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament for the first time.

2010 – Maine Maritime Academy sets a new NCAA Division III season rushing record with 5189 yards in 11 games.

2011 – Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference institution presidents decide to form a MASCAC football league, which consists of nine schools, and the league champion is awarded an automatic berth to the NCAA D-III Football National Tournament.

2012 – The NEFC qualifies two teams for the NCAA Division III National Tournament for the second time in league history.

2013 – Retired Bridgewater State University Director of Athletics John Harper is named Commissioner of the Conference 2014 – The Conference Championship traveling trophy is named for former Maine Maritime Academy Director of Athletics and football coach Bill Mottola.

2015 – Maine Maritime Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the United States Coast Guard Academy announce plans to leave the NEFC following the 2016 season to compete in the NEWMAC, which begins sponsoring football as a championship sport in 2017.

As a renamed NEFC, CCC Football continues to receive automatic qualification to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.