# Team 172: Northern Force Falmouth/Gorham, Maine, USA. Rookie year 1996. District NE. ## Who backs them - School: Falmouth High School & Gorham High School - Sponsors: Brookfield Properties, GoFar, Maine APP Challenge, Tyler Technologies, STEM Coliseum & Learning Center, Adobe, Texas Instruments - Website: http://www.northernforce.org/wordpress - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/the-northern-force-147559991983900 - X: https://twitter.com/falgor172 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_northern_force ## 2026 season - xP rating: **87.10**, rank 740 of 3708 (80.1th percentile) - Record: 23-20-0 over 43 matches (53% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 17.8, teleop 68.0, endgame 1.3 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 59%, RP2 12% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | NE District Pine Tree Event | 2026mefal | 1 | 11 | 6-6-0 | 25 | 5 | 56.1 | 36 | | | NE District UNH Event | 2026nhdur | 4 | 8 | 8-4-0 | 33 | 4 | 69.7 | 35 | | | New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | 2026necmp1 | 7 | 27 | 6-6-0 | 30 | | 87.1 | 51 | | | New England FIRST District Championship | 2026necmp | 7 | | | | | 87.1 | | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (2026mefal) - FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (2026necmp) - Gracious Professionalism Award (2026necmp1) - Industrial Design Award (2026mefal) - Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse (2026nhdur) ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 2 - Awards: 39, over 16 seasons | Award | Won | Years | | --- | --- | --- | | Team Spirit | 6 | 2022, 2019, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 | | Industrial Design | 5 | 2026, 2025, 2023, 2017 | | Imagery | 5 | 2022, 2019, 2017, 2016 | | Engineering Inspiration | 5 | 2018, 2016, 2015, 2013 | | Excellence in Engineering | 4 | 2026, 2025, 2023 | | Leadership | 3 | 2026, 2023 | | Quality | 2 | 2024, 2014 | | Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2026 | | Creativity | 1 | 2024 | | Impact | 1 | 2024 | | Winner | 1 | 2024 | | Judges' | 1 | 2019 | | VOTY | 1 | 2019 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2015 | | Finalist | 1 | 2013 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2013 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Impact Finalist, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship | | | | 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Burns Division presented by GlobalFoundries | | Not picked | | 2026 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2026 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Sosik Division presented by GE Aerospace | | Not picked | | 2025 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2025 | NE District Southern Maine Event | Alliance 8 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2024 | New England FIRST District Championship - Ganson Division | | Not picked | | 2024 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Won the event | | 2024 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - MEIR Division | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | NE District UNH Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | NE District North Shore Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2023 | Week 0 | | Not picked | | 2022 | New England FIRST District Championship - Titanium Division | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District Pease ANG Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2020 | NE District SE Mass Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | Daly Division | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | New England District Championship | Alliance 8 · backup robot | Out before the top four | | 2019 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2019 | NE District Central Mass Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2019 | NE District SE Mass Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NE District Pine Tree Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | NE District Worcester Polytechnic Institute Event | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NE District - Pine Tree Event | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2017 | NE District - SE Mass Event | | Not picked | | 2016 | Hopper Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Top four | | 2016 | New England District Championship | | Not picked | | 2016 | NE District - Pine Tree Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four | | 2016 | NE District - WPI Event | Alliance 5 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | Carver Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | NE FIRST District Championship presented by United Technologies | | Not picked | | 2015 | NE District - Northeastern University Event | Alliance 3 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2015 | NE District - Pine Tree Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2014 | New England FRC Region Championship | Alliance 8 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2014 | Pine Tree District Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2014 | Granite State District Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four | | 2013 | Archimedes Division | | Not picked | | 2013 | Pine Tree Regional | Alliance 3 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2013 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2012 | BAE Systems Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2011 | BAE Systems/Granite State Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2010 | WPI Regional | Alliance 6 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2009 | BAE Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2008 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2007 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four | | 2006 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Not picked | | 2004 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | | | 2003 | BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 87.1 | 740 / 3708 | 80.1 | 23-20-0 | 4 | | 2025 | 57.2 | 515 / 3687 | 86.1 | 20-21-0 | 4 | | 2024 | 27.7 | 500 / 3475 | 85.6 | 19-24-0 | 4 | | 2023 | 47.6 | 432 / 3284 | 86.9 | 22-25-0 | 6 | | 2022 | 33.6 | 292 / 3053 | 90.5 | 23-19-0 | 7 | | 2020 | 16.5 | 1405 / 2024 | 30.6 | 4-10-0 | 2 | | 2019 | 26.2 | 351 / 3763 | 90.7 | 39-31-0 | 10 | | 2018 | 98.9 | 986 / 3617 | 72.8 | 11-17-0 | 7 | | 2017 | 104.0 | 462 / 3331 | 86.2 | 12-14-0 | 6 | | 2016 | 38.5 | 370 / 3114 | 88.1 | 29-22-1 | 8 | | 2015 | 44.5 | 322 / 2873 | 88.8 | Not applicable (qual average) | 5 | | 2014 | 41.5 | 563 / 2697 | 79.2 | 27-22-0 | 5 | | 2013 | 35.3 | 341 / 2510 | 86.4 | 20-23-1 | 4 | | 2012 | 3.9 | 1569 / 2332 | 32.7 | 2-6-2 | 2 | | 2011 | 11.1 | 676 / 2053 | 67.1 | 7-5-0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0.8 | 1214 / 1801 | 32.6 | 6-5-3 | 1 | | 2009 | 16.4 | 808 / 1675 | 51.8 | 3-4-0 | 2 | | 2008 | 7.5 | 1156 / 1498 | 22.8 | 4-4-0 | 2 | | 2007 | 5.0 | 887 / 1295 | 31.5 | 5-7-1 | 1 | | 2006 | 10.7 | 421 / 1125 | 62.6 | 5-3-1 | 1 | | 2004 | 25.9 | 396 / 932 | 57.6 | 4-4-0 | 1 | | 2003 | 24.0 | 108 / 785 | 86.4 | 7-3-0 | 1 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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