We complete our NESCAC tour of Maine with Bates, a school with only one winning football team since 1981. In '72, the Bobcats upset American International to snap a 25-GAME losing streak, thus the inclusion of the '72 Cats in our profile of Division III uniforms.
The Bates Student front page from Bates' 17-14 win over AIC that snapped a 25-game losing streak. If I used "WE" in a headline, I'd be tossed on the street. |
The '72 Bobcats home uniform. Also from the Bates Student, a paper whose layout often resembled a '60s-70s rock fanzie. |
The uniforms bear a stringing resemblance to 1960s-70s Harvard, right down to the white belts. The big difference is the white helmets; most (but not all) had a teeny-tiny bobcat mascot on the sides. It's interesting how gold was an integral part of Bates' color scheme for many years, until black took over some time in the 1970s-80s.
The '72 Cats at Colby. Note the SILVER Colts-style helmets on the Mules. The Bates player doesn't have a helmet stripe, but that appears to be an exception. |
We'll scrounge around and profile another D-III school next week.
You get the impression from this picture that football was a laid-back affair at Bates in the early 1970s. |
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