1980 National Collegiate Rugby Championship
1980 National Collegiate Rugby Championship | |
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Tournament details | |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Date | May 17 – 18, 1980 |
Tournament statistics | |
Teams | 4 |
Matches played | 4 |
Final | |
Venue | Credit Island, Davenport, IA |
Champions | California (1st title) |
Runners-up | Air Force |
The 1980 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the first edition of an official national championship for intercollegiate rugby organized by the U.S. Rugby Football Union. The tournament was sponsored by Michelob and hosted by Palmer College of Chiropractic at Credit Island in Davenport, Iowa.[1] The Cal Bears were victorious in large part to Mick Luckhurst who was tournament MVP.
Venue
[edit]Iowa | ||
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Credit Island | ||
Davenport, Iowa | ||
Capacity: | ||
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Participants
[edit]Illinois
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the college division of the Mid-America Cup at the Midwest Rugby Championship at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH.[2]
- First round
Illinois 17-0 Dayton - Second round
Illinois 16-10 Palmer - Semifinal
Illinois 8-3 Ohio State - Final
Illinois 7-6 Minnesota
Roster:
President- Jeff Ruckman
Coach- Merle Faminow
Captain- Kevin McSweeney
Record 22-4-1(10-1-1)
Bruce Anderson (Center), Rob Beer (Prop), Craig Bergen (Prop), Dean Bostrom (#8), Bruce Gillingham (#8), Pete Hancock (Scrumhalf), Joe Janikas (Wing), Mark Kahn (Prop), Steve Lardner (Scrumhalf), Drew Kuhter (Lock), Pete McHugh (Wing), Kevin McSweeney (Flyhalf), Brian Mullery (Fullback), Mickey O'Neil (Hooker), Jim Quinn (Scrumhalf), Jeff Ruckman (Flanker), J.W. Sears (Hooker), Rick Smith (Center), Tony Sparrow (Flanker), Keith Surroz (Lock), Joe Vanderbranden (Center), Jeff Young (Wing).
Navy
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Eastern Collegiate Cup on April 5–6 at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.[3]
- Navy 6-4 Virginia Tech
- Navy 15-6 Army
Roster:
Coach- Dewey Mateer
Record (10-1-1)
Matt Aylward (Prop), Tom Brodmerkel (Lock), Jim Brownlowe (Center), John Burke (Prop), Jerry Chandler (Scrumhalf), Deryl Chen (Wing), Mike Coughlin (Wing), Dan Dewispelaere (Flyhalf), Jeff Freeman (Wing), Chuck French (Scrumhalf), James Hickey (#8), Rick Keller (Hooker), Jim King (Center), Steve Laukaitis (#8), Bob Matheny (Fullback), Herb McMillan (Flanker), Jim Merrill (Center), Kent Mills (Flanker), Dennis Murphy (Center), Keith Shultis (Prop), Brad Smith (Lock), John Theiss (Lock).
Air Force Falcons
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the West Regional on 2–4 May in Lawrence, KS.[4]
- Air Force def. Principia of St. Louis
- Air Force def.University of Northern Colorado
Roster:
Coach- Alan Osur
Captains- Kevin Nagie/Steve Miller
Record- 11-1
Brad Brown (Flyhalf), Jeff Burroughs (Lock), Bob Cushing (Scrumhalf), Jeff Dodson (Prop), Paul Frappier (Center), Tom Jee (Flanker), Tom Jones (Center), Jeff Lamont (Lock), Brian McNabb (Wing), Steve Miller (Fullback), Joe Motz (Scrumhalf), Kevin Nagie (Flanker), Fred Origel (Prop), Mark Ploederer (#8), Jason Prokopowicz (Prop), Jeff Richard (Flanker), Tom Robbins (Center), Mark Roling (Lock), Jerry Sirote (Hooker), Art Smith (Wing), Paul Smith (#8), Bruce Stark (Center).
California
Qualified from Far West Regional on March 22–23 at Pebble Beach, CA.
- California 18-4 University of Oklahoma
- California 12-7 Old Mission Beach RC
- California 6-0 San Francisco RC
- California 9-7 Santa Monica RC
Roster:
Coach- Ned Anderson
Record 15-5-1
Buzz Brown (Prop), Darrell Breedlove (#8), Jim Castignani (Wing), Kevin Dakis (Wing), Mark Deaton (#8), Scott Denardo (Prop), Frank Helm (Hooker), Donald Hooper (Flyhalf), Tom Horvath (Lock), Mike Lemmon (Back), Tom Lemmon (Center), Mick Luckhurst (Fullback), Jeff McDermott (Flanker), Ken Meyersieck, (Scrumhalf), Tim O'Brien (Center), Doug Raisch (Prop), Bob Spurzem (Prop), Matthew Taylor (Wing), Brian Vincent (Flanker), Bob Williams (Scrumhalf).
Bracket
[edit]Regional Semifinal | Regional Final | National Semifinal | National Final | |||||||||||
March 22 - Pebble Beach, CA | ||||||||||||||
California | 6 | |||||||||||||
March 23 - Pebble Beach, CA | ||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 0 | |||||||||||||
California | 9 | |||||||||||||
March 22 - Pebble Beach, CA | ||||||||||||||
Santa Monica | 7 | |||||||||||||
Santa Monica | 6 | |||||||||||||
May 17 – Davenport, IA | ||||||||||||||
Seahawks | 0 | |||||||||||||
California (Pacific) | 15 | |||||||||||||
April 6 - Blacksburg, VA | ||||||||||||||
Navy (East) | 0 | |||||||||||||
Navy | 6 | |||||||||||||
April 6 - Blacksburg, VA | ||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 4 | |||||||||||||
Navy | 15 | |||||||||||||
April 6 - Blacksburg, VA | ||||||||||||||
Army | 6 | |||||||||||||
Army | 3 | |||||||||||||
May 18 – Davenport, IA | ||||||||||||||
Princeton | 0 | |||||||||||||
California | 15 | |||||||||||||
May 3 - Lawrence, KS | ||||||||||||||
Air Force | 9 | |||||||||||||
Air Force | 13 | |||||||||||||
May 4 - Lawrence, KS | ||||||||||||||
Principia | 9 | |||||||||||||
Air Force | 11 | |||||||||||||
May 3 - Lawrence, KS | ||||||||||||||
Northern Colorado | 10 | |||||||||||||
Northern Colorado | 3 | |||||||||||||
May 17 – Davenport, IA | ||||||||||||||
Kansas | 0 | |||||||||||||
Air Force (West) | 15 | |||||||||||||
April 27 - Dayton, OH | ||||||||||||||
Illinois (Midwest) | 4 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Illinois | 8 | |||||||||||||
April 27 - Dayton, OH | May 18 – Davenport, IA | |||||||||||||
Ohio State | 3 | |||||||||||||
Illinois | 7 | Illinois | 10 | |||||||||||
April 27 - Dayton, OH | ||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 6 | Navy | 0 | |||||||||||
Minnesota | 8 | |||||||||||||
Xavier | 3 | |||||||||||||
Semifinals
[edit]The semifinals scheduled for 1:00 and 3:00PM respectively were delayed an hour and a half due to storms flooding the pitch requiring another field to be set up by the organizers.
17 May 1980 2:30 PM |
California | 15–0 | Navy |
Try: Tim O'Brien 25' c Mark Deaton 70' c Con: Mick Luckhurst (2/2) Pen: Mick Luckhurst 10' | [5] |
Credit Island Referee: Chuck Erhart (Texas RU) |
17 May 1980 4:30 PM |
Air Force | 15–4 | Illinois |
Try: Mark Roling 30' Steve Miller 38' Art Smith Pen: Tom Jones 52' | [6] | Try: Pete McHugh 89' |
Credit Island Referee: Jim Russell (Eastern Rockies Union) |
Third place
[edit]18 May 1980 10:00 AM |
Illinois | 10–0 | Navy |
Try: Bruce Anderson Drop: Brian Mullery McSweeney | [7] |
Credit Island Referee: Jim Russell (Eastern Rockies Union) |
Final
[edit]18 May 1980 1:15 PM |
California | 15–9 | Air Force |
Try: Mark Deaton c Con: Mick Luckhurst Pen: Mick Luckhurst 72', 75' Drop: Mick Luckhurst 77' | [8] | Try: Bruce Stark 39' c Con: Tom Jones Pen: Joe Motz 15' |
Credit Island Attendance: 200 Referee: Peter Jones (Midsouth RU) |
All Tournament Team
Matthew Aylward (Navy) – Prop
Mark Deaton (California) – #8
Jeff Freeman (Navy) – Wing
Mick Luckhurst (California) – Fullback
Herb McMillan (Navy) – Flanker
Brian McNabb (Air Force) – Wing
Joe Motz (Air Force) – Scrumhalf
Brian Mullery (Illinois) – Flyhalf
Tim O'Brian (California) – Outside Center
Doug Raisch (California) – Prop
Jeff Ruckman (Illinois) – Flanker
James Sears (Illinois) – Hooker
Bradley Smith (Navy) – Lock
Bruce Sorensen (California) – Lock
Bruce Stark (Air Force) – Inside Center
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ White, Don (May 18, 1980). "Ruggers battle in rain, muck". Quad-City Times, p.1B
- ^ Cirillo, Chip (April 29, 1980). "Rutgers prove quality win mid America cup". The Daily Illini, p.32 col.1–4
- ^ "Navy Tops Army; Tech Makes Semis". (April 8, 1980). The Collegiate Times, p.9 col.4-5
- ^ Wolff, Kathy (May 1980). "Spring Chickens". The Pilot, p.S col.3-4
- ^ "Cal Gains National Rugby Final". (May 18, 1980). S.F. Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, p.C7 col.1
- ^ Franklin, Joe (July 14, 1980). "California Wins First National Collegiate Championship". Rugby. Vol. 6, no. 4. p. 19.
- ^ Cirillo, Chip (June 5, 1980). "Rugby Club Places Third At National Championship". The Daily Illini, p.23
- ^ Bates, Dearrel (May 19, 1980). "California Captures Rugby Title". Quad-City Times, p.15