tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621914815414134662024-03-12T21:00:17.087-04:00Gridiron GarbDavid Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.comBlogger430125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-91092325547003915912024-02-28T13:09:00.000-05:002024-02-28T13:09:16.452-05:00Dream Japan Bowl (2023-24)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKCd3u1ZyqvM_2R1fYvsWb30PmUzXzqdeaYDf42Wy812fZA583e5HWtzh9xpvvUm18QqZ9tYpdhm_RYw9ev6_ejoB9Yt8gdh_wnf4beZiKI8s_f6iLDud-z9C-4y3dfmwfUZIDNlpvHqYmILrf7AJcsU4XE5dWiz7ewi4iGAxLdAVBk6LD89FhkB6N64/s1600/Dream%20Japan%20Bowl%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKCd3u1ZyqvM_2R1fYvsWb30PmUzXzqdeaYDf42Wy812fZA583e5HWtzh9xpvvUm18QqZ9tYpdhm_RYw9ev6_ejoB9Yt8gdh_wnf4beZiKI8s_f6iLDud-z9C-4y3dfmwfUZIDNlpvHqYmILrf7AJcsU4XE5dWiz7ewi4iGAxLdAVBk6LD89FhkB6N64/s320/Dream%20Japan%20Bowl%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDGZIeGk7SbyZ7ZFaPREE-AqlLoBC2HW-jOLNMGFw0YgDVsgo05yhRA7kDV_SP3mFk86-00jABL9_u4e6FztG_uYFtRW1rUMiN2trZxN0ekveL3wMowVxvWkW0WICidbwaAyyh02q8ndqpJakbhi_RQJJz0TzaExHnr0yifBOzPcZrY3Wqzo_Ncu5zS0/s1600/Dream%20Japan%20Bowl%202024%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDGZIeGk7SbyZ7ZFaPREE-AqlLoBC2HW-jOLNMGFw0YgDVsgo05yhRA7kDV_SP3mFk86-00jABL9_u4e6FztG_uYFtRW1rUMiN2trZxN0ekveL3wMowVxvWkW0WICidbwaAyyh02q8ndqpJakbhi_RQJJz0TzaExHnr0yifBOzPcZrY3Wqzo_Ncu5zS0/s320/Dream%20Japan%20Bowl%202024%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This, kids, is how the the Ivy League postseasons. For the last two seasons, representatives of the Ivy League and Japanese college football have faced off in a postseason all-star game called the "Dream Japan Bowl." Each side has won a game, while promoting international goodwill and and all that fun stuff. Hopefully, the series continues for a while.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The uniforms, as you can see, are decidedly un-Ivy. The Ivy jerseys, with the horizontal navy and royal blue bands, kinda resemble a muted version of <a href="https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/images/2013_Pittsburgh.png" target="_blank">those Steelers alternates</a> from about a decade ago. The Japanese jerseys use a very distinctive font that took forever for me to reproduce. (These were easily the toughest uniforms I've ever had to create; all apologies if they're not picture-perfect.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">For helmets, I simply used a lid from an Ivy League champ from the previous season. (The 2023 game was played after the 2022 season, etc.) For Japan, I used the helmet of the </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Fujitsu Frontiers, who have won multiple </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Japanese national championships (called the Rice Bowl), including the 2023 season.</span></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-24377370626541296692024-01-24T09:08:00.003-05:002024-01-24T09:08:55.674-05:00Boston College, UConn, UMass (2023)<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Enough procrastinating. (There's no nation like Procrastination, where the next game is always tomorrow.) Let's wrap up the uniforms of 2023 with New England's three FBS representatives.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicKxp8Yi2QO-DIHhOVNx068x_zeY6DfYcxhr0vzZf04Bbn0prP1KJu7RVsYHQpBJHmLSVwlSzLSAfunNOyfygWAYjkl3aDZcoRrhEELWCuly4d0EwzQ68l1wupxXUwC1whY73UCaHy6kfpjup9k2cTQloOu2V6AehvMzBMUGcJgblo5-M_TlnqRRtJ7s/s2361/BC%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2361" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicKxp8Yi2QO-DIHhOVNx068x_zeY6DfYcxhr0vzZf04Bbn0prP1KJu7RVsYHQpBJHmLSVwlSzLSAfunNOyfygWAYjkl3aDZcoRrhEELWCuly4d0EwzQ68l1wupxXUwC1whY73UCaHy6kfpjup9k2cTQloOu2V6AehvMzBMUGcJgblo5-M_TlnqRRtJ7s/s320/BC%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Remember when <b>Boston College</b> was going to dump Jeff Hafley as coach and bring in Bob Chesney from Holy Cross? Instead, the Eagles had a winning record capped by a bowl win. BC made no changes from previous seasons, except for the all-maroon ensemble worn for the Fenway Bowl.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HpvrgwB_m7tdyUUzZwKpI4oy76IhzOjdx3btmaoOI0Fw1P3yBxZGwbUeA9IJUD9zmRmMNJlrDd5dVCf1kO6idwp82Ywyynowuo91HqXxYqcnTtA5An0GyxxTqWGl8bkpcqSZ1mgwiMpIu1QtaJdm3xOwsdS8-GYBHmkA_OYFq7GdpsrcP09h9dohukQ/s4000/UConn%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HpvrgwB_m7tdyUUzZwKpI4oy76IhzOjdx3btmaoOI0Fw1P3yBxZGwbUeA9IJUD9zmRmMNJlrDd5dVCf1kO6idwp82Ywyynowuo91HqXxYqcnTtA5An0GyxxTqWGl8bkpcqSZ1mgwiMpIu1QtaJdm3xOwsdS8-GYBHmkA_OYFq7GdpsrcP09h9dohukQ/s320/UConn%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There might not be a more complicated team to keep track of than <b>UConn</b>. Even though the Huskies have only two jerseys and two pants, they trotted out seven different helmet designs, many of them with very minute differences; some weeks the helmets had stripes, some weeks they didn't. UConn also had two specialty helmets — a "Husky Heroes" lid with a red-white-and-blue logo and a cancer awareness helmet with the "C" logo in a variety of colors. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0OKlR71AhlKN-EmcCyQCBwFeqzjhF6USM2417wAuaKvkIUEdf5vNw3XUs0hs8c7QM8fjNQexy6dRe_xsvisQ0XqLHkTlnCmRNnFgWqJUCDFyFSux3frlGNV15BS4cK7Xa1RbEVVtiWG9w3vke4RtXX9zJzIUZ9ndeF3DXdZYvNBWG5yRJLcCtkhPn1k/s3200/UMass%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2523" data-original-width="3200" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0OKlR71AhlKN-EmcCyQCBwFeqzjhF6USM2417wAuaKvkIUEdf5vNw3XUs0hs8c7QM8fjNQexy6dRe_xsvisQ0XqLHkTlnCmRNnFgWqJUCDFyFSux3frlGNV15BS4cK7Xa1RbEVVtiWG9w3vke4RtXX9zJzIUZ9ndeF3DXdZYvNBWG5yRJLcCtkhPn1k/s320/UMass%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've said a million times before and I'll say it again: <b>UMass</b> may be bad, but at least the Minutemen look good while they're losing. The uniforms remained the same as in previous seasons, although UMass fiddled around with the facemark color a couple times. I wonder what it's like to be the equipment people, having to swap out 100-plus facefasks on short notice?</span></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-19757961723760704002024-01-06T08:51:00.000-05:002024-01-06T08:51:14.084-05:00Colgate, Holy Cross (2023)<p> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">Time to review the two Patriot League teams profiled on this little ol' blog. ...</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSvbZbo9J1mpW-f0FIrU_SUIZU-F8h4Owj9JZvDKonTTXaxK5vUDT8RZzB1L1kekR0AubXeBmdBqBGEXRkplL6zM-i3luJODbwkAout5jlR7AoONA1OcbOOtbws9yPOKVLUX7Bol5SbvGuawjJ0D4rQoPNASAypQ3IrDlu5578czotpMKUmT0kzjGzv4/s1930/Colgate%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="1930" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSvbZbo9J1mpW-f0FIrU_SUIZU-F8h4Owj9JZvDKonTTXaxK5vUDT8RZzB1L1kekR0AubXeBmdBqBGEXRkplL6zM-i3luJODbwkAout5jlR7AoONA1OcbOOtbws9yPOKVLUX7Bol5SbvGuawjJ0D4rQoPNASAypQ3IrDlu5578czotpMKUmT0kzjGzv4/s320/Colgate%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Colgate</b> simplified things a bit, dumping the white helmet and sticking with the classic dark red 'gate lid. The road jersey underwent some minute modifications.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghZcinAn8dHmaYFdAGpptr0Ca9TkpvYKIV8Dgm7gVOnbti9uEEcIAbauYZUTBRIU2FPML_jYO0liHKLPzjV-uAOXxsA3ArBMTDTXU29JJnjQ8zunXN-fW1jft0Ow-mmvQP2KCF18ZVCAB_wsKKZVDuu8llr4pyz2NXQHRjyT91LDbsWEBY7eVAKnC3Xw/s3136/Holy%20Cross%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3136" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghZcinAn8dHmaYFdAGpptr0Ca9TkpvYKIV8Dgm7gVOnbti9uEEcIAbauYZUTBRIU2FPML_jYO0liHKLPzjV-uAOXxsA3ArBMTDTXU29JJnjQ8zunXN-fW1jft0Ow-mmvQP2KCF18ZVCAB_wsKKZVDuu8llr4pyz2NXQHRjyT91LDbsWEBY7eVAKnC3Xw/s320/Holy%20Cross%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Holy Cross</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">, which won a share of its fifth straight Patriot League title (and lost coach Bob Chesney to James Madison in the process — remember when he was supposed to be BC's next leader?), kept the same uniform as 2022, just changing a few combos here and there. The black alternate jersey from the previous few seasons was not used.</span></div><p></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-58498396546775523842023-12-30T22:26:00.002-05:002023-12-30T22:26:29.836-05:00Bryant, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island (2023)<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Our next look at the year in uniforms takes us to the <strike>Colonial Athletic Association</strike> <strike>Coastal Athletic Association</strike> </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference. How about "The Conference With Too Many Damn Teams"? or "Why won't the America East Conference add football already?"</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Anyway, here's a look at the four CAA teams covered on this site, plus Bryant, which is leaving the Big South for the CAA next year, which will raise the conference's membership to 743.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68c2geXBHIvoKsXbQLSR7UlZKFM724D-aRwre3N9TEM-bzxqNdmbDVlE7A_309tUE44v7wzT1pciEbTNl0aFT0u9lfOjucNbTEDRHqoX-FgVMagHHAoVzrRyyWBx8zigaOg7i-6vJAu4YBK1QWwgxlzfHTDDurv48HQR1Rnluuy2u8U3atWuzs3sE0U8/s2361/Bryant%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2361" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68c2geXBHIvoKsXbQLSR7UlZKFM724D-aRwre3N9TEM-bzxqNdmbDVlE7A_309tUE44v7wzT1pciEbTNl0aFT0u9lfOjucNbTEDRHqoX-FgVMagHHAoVzrRyyWBx8zigaOg7i-6vJAu4YBK1QWwgxlzfHTDDurv48HQR1Rnluuy2u8U3atWuzs3sE0U8/s320/Bryant%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Bryant</b> — anyone else remember when the Patriots trained there in days of yore? — added a white shirt to more closely match the black jerseys introduced last year when the Bulldogs switched to New Balance uniforms. The gold alternate jersey worn last year was left on the bench in '23.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4C7m99lo7BEnJHhu4BCbEUsKFs1Vt4v2RDlOprQxCezvJLMaKX3CwJETRHOMBjLYSToqw_I_9UsbGSgF97QD5y4WD9MOre0JdPgxK0Z5-uKHBbtUNsFI8Dz5LLq1iSTgHL4vcTIh76kkG-3ufRo4jaTjEHBq2sHnBWxLz4Mq7hj58q5hhOPoWJOEEkM/s3100/Delaware%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1848" data-original-width="3100" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho4C7m99lo7BEnJHhu4BCbEUsKFs1Vt4v2RDlOprQxCezvJLMaKX3CwJETRHOMBjLYSToqw_I_9UsbGSgF97QD5y4WD9MOre0JdPgxK0Z5-uKHBbtUNsFI8Dz5LLq1iSTgHL4vcTIh76kkG-3ufRo4jaTjEHBq2sHnBWxLz4Mq7hj58q5hhOPoWJOEEkM/s320/Delaware%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Delaware</b>, which will be leaving the CAA for FBS and Conference USA in 2025, changed its blue jersey to match the white road version, and the blue pants now match the white and yellow versions with the big ol' hen on the right pant leg.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOQoh26pp1iUZsySSxrKsG8L0oUOTbulJjHIzrh42NJgY30vQufKd0iVhBsB97FAiCDYh5RXlHzEE7tYXj2yjgeQ2OCJ-TXsXv3846s6atLdjNFPyHmnf_oII26-0Ot3rndALGi8Pib-Zoq_iCd9kgwEsSJDv6iKX3acavD6NJgSoPpUwGrPspsNZ4EU/s3200/Maine%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOQoh26pp1iUZsySSxrKsG8L0oUOTbulJjHIzrh42NJgY30vQufKd0iVhBsB97FAiCDYh5RXlHzEE7tYXj2yjgeQ2OCJ-TXsXv3846s6atLdjNFPyHmnf_oII26-0Ot3rndALGi8Pib-Zoq_iCd9kgwEsSJDv6iKX3acavD6NJgSoPpUwGrPspsNZ4EU/s320/Maine%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Maine</b> made a few </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">changes this year, which doesn't hide the fact that my Black Bears won two games for the second straight year. The helmet stripe colors were reversed and the <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2017/12/maine-black-bears-2001.html" target="_blank">script "Maine,"</a> last worn in 2015, returned, replacing the Maine logo with the black bear head. Only problem is that the size of the revived logo is tiny — did Maine borrow the decals from the hockey team or something?? And speaking of hockey, Maine added new road jerseys with numbers that mirror those worn by the pucksters. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Finally, Maine changed its white pants, with a striping pattern that matches the ones on the helmet and navy blue jerseys.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQrJZeyVDlkX6pLRjg730Rkv8vmdWHKqaXtR2EiKq5hx3tk5_tWY9emeol3hhUZJ5B__RkFhob9dshpQhr3a2bRFDCvEvReqh1Zfeicd-np_X-K-DTCxrUeoWPQOqPP1pAEJgp07S0mqOehGYCfxJGrnqAktWs6bfccO-Ds3y7hQNFVkA7vR8XsI6Xok/s2510/UNH%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2510" data-original-width="2361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQrJZeyVDlkX6pLRjg730Rkv8vmdWHKqaXtR2EiKq5hx3tk5_tWY9emeol3hhUZJ5B__RkFhob9dshpQhr3a2bRFDCvEvReqh1Zfeicd-np_X-K-DTCxrUeoWPQOqPP1pAEJgp07S0mqOehGYCfxJGrnqAktWs6bfccO-Ds3y7hQNFVkA7vR8XsI6Xok/s320/UNH%202023%20(new).png" width="301" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>New Hampshire</b> didn't change much from last year, although the white helmets underwent a couple changes throughout the season: The Wildcats had a white wildcat logo for one game, switched to the throwback "NH" logo for homecoming and used a blue wildcat logo the rest of the way.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-4eOzZhOmUuLGjmYa3rDMMiwJI3a2OdGit4iO9FjD5B_6q6ih0NuaJ5VhC67RwFcKV2ebOLH0OKtA43zekMJr91r2azapxeHhcuKwhWiVrvIWf9ylV7n-AkA2NHZCaxEdt2wNfNX6PQDYCGtuKz_DS8KOOB7YWmvVeqUDGOuCmmoPkwHes8lhdyaE8E/s3200/Rhode%20Island%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5-4eOzZhOmUuLGjmYa3rDMMiwJI3a2OdGit4iO9FjD5B_6q6ih0NuaJ5VhC67RwFcKV2ebOLH0OKtA43zekMJr91r2azapxeHhcuKwhWiVrvIWf9ylV7n-AkA2NHZCaxEdt2wNfNX6PQDYCGtuKz_DS8KOOB7YWmvVeqUDGOuCmmoPkwHes8lhdyaE8E/s320/Rhode%20Island%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Rhode Island</b> kept its multitude of jerseys and pants from 2022, and for good measure, added an alternate white uniform, giving the Rams four different shirts and FIVE different pants. But only one helmet? Yeah, I know, helmets are expensive. 😎</span></span></p><p></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-70883925261744387382023-12-19T10:20:00.002-05:002023-12-19T10:20:14.424-05:00Central Connecticut State, Merrimack, Sacred Heart, Stonehill (2023)<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The 2023 parade o' uniforms (slowly) continues with New England four Northeast Conference teams.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7gtH19-GoCxUyTCnTaWHKefm8NNfNf1xYOJa9_f80nxBJpw_7GtasOP5Mot3_J0O77ZMpR5rULMck1IDNh8fLETCvtNF6yeGGEf_YKv-lG_zht0mCnNhHyLD8OZUHZDuk22K9T0oazaZkE0wzggIXm96s-wH4hm4ICei5RGBCloo2_YbQnzWW1nGJYM/s3194/CCSU%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="3194" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7gtH19-GoCxUyTCnTaWHKefm8NNfNf1xYOJa9_f80nxBJpw_7GtasOP5Mot3_J0O77ZMpR5rULMck1IDNh8fLETCvtNF6yeGGEf_YKv-lG_zht0mCnNhHyLD8OZUHZDuk22K9T0oazaZkE0wzggIXm96s-wH4hm4ICei5RGBCloo2_YbQnzWW1nGJYM/s320/CCSU%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Central Connecticut State</b> changed its helmet logo, ditching the blue devil next to the "CC" for a pitchfork. The logo also appears on both sides of the helmet, ditching the logo-on-one-side-uniform-number-on-the-other-side look that I can't stand. The jersey and pants remain unchanged from the last few years; I like the Blue Devils' commitment to consistency.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpETmmPl-xKvGsB0V_9UQy3yjuuK9TqUgIz6ya8TMgrqjf_drkGN-rdJVebW3l1yxKJeZzcDYilPviQIliwbdjdY_ATB_HDuxDa5NrZvppbHpljrx7rJhKg4uqDpG0VrpDf7C1BDRL_60MkBniCbiEQR7KDPNLNkwcsW8xYUW0aZKeevYgw6dKJoF5ob4/s3200/Merrimack%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpETmmPl-xKvGsB0V_9UQy3yjuuK9TqUgIz6ya8TMgrqjf_drkGN-rdJVebW3l1yxKJeZzcDYilPviQIliwbdjdY_ATB_HDuxDa5NrZvppbHpljrx7rJhKg4uqDpG0VrpDf7C1BDRL_60MkBniCbiEQR7KDPNLNkwcsW8xYUW0aZKeevYgw6dKJoF5ob4/s320/Merrimack%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Merrimack</b> made no real changes from last year, unless you count the return of yellow pants after a year's absence. Honestly, there's not much to complain about the Warriors' uniforms.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjTpsPjO6lPyT82eJ9Opviq4ZJsvclMCpKlC9uRio59t5AhRAFM2VkJ8ABj8bve-ADMJ5p_ypu0zQSptYVdzhQ-YpqELXXKhw3slQtGBfDnzYOnUI0EMSNU8XsSedrUk-Yd9cH5x6miAcZGja9EMKiIT7HnK58gdypgr2HBzkys0Dwipa1w7KaKiqkVw/s3200/Sacred%20Heart%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjTpsPjO6lPyT82eJ9Opviq4ZJsvclMCpKlC9uRio59t5AhRAFM2VkJ8ABj8bve-ADMJ5p_ypu0zQSptYVdzhQ-YpqELXXKhw3slQtGBfDnzYOnUI0EMSNU8XsSedrUk-Yd9cH5x6miAcZGja9EMKiIT7HnK58gdypgr2HBzkys0Dwipa1w7KaKiqkVw/s320/Sacred%20Heart%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;"><b>Sacred Heart'</b>s only real change was an update to the all-gray alternate, which now more closely matches the red and white uniforms. The "PIONEERS" down the side of the gray pants goes in the opposite direction of the red and white versions, which I'm sure will ruin a lot people's breakfast. 😎</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFi9WyHYL7XdiUvcVLH_R3AnN3aGPb_hPliiRDrh04TSp2d62sF9xvSC3W58e0bTRG8PcLWw2HFqcFH7_Yl8yi-l_2UsWi1MMPXf9M-0gMY7zoXj7g64b0-WoPn1jdOTFgs8SX4-6qWcJLvTWna-UvlBp-6M-jI3ariQpok6Wm0KC-eoVQATiKVyDDWo/s2337/Stonehill%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="2337" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFi9WyHYL7XdiUvcVLH_R3AnN3aGPb_hPliiRDrh04TSp2d62sF9xvSC3W58e0bTRG8PcLWw2HFqcFH7_Yl8yi-l_2UsWi1MMPXf9M-0gMY7zoXj7g64b0-WoPn1jdOTFgs8SX4-6qWcJLvTWna-UvlBp-6M-jI3ariQpok6Wm0KC-eoVQATiKVyDDWo/s320/Stonehill%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;"><b>Stonehill</b> changed its jerseys and pants, adding a more contemporary number font while switching to more traditional sleeves. The helmets remained unchanged.</p><p></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-66273821590914960512023-12-06T17:32:00.003-05:002023-12-06T17:32:24.762-05:00Ivy League (2023)<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">OK, enough procrastination, it's time to kick off the uniforms of 2023. We start with the Ivy League, and we'll look at each team in alphabetical order.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In a nice touch, all eight teams wore a green-and-white "BT" decal on the back of their helmets in honor of former Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens, who <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2023/09/buddy-teevens-1956-2023-part-1.html" target="_blank">passed away in September</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWNa9L0drx2tIHB229AeiIew7T5TMcD54HKSNOzug2g_oDFKh5ElVevKgC47XT9Udh6swbEP0yBlWkqwLCBsSqfRjWUA8_9eU5yHsWt36EILfXdWcRk6qu1VWz3A-D7H7kYkvJHfAZ79tVGbbP1b_7Peb_gALqPYk3yVh_jl0dNvMXu_NRtho96zqWaY/s2420/Brown%202023%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1808" data-original-width="2420" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWNa9L0drx2tIHB229AeiIew7T5TMcD54HKSNOzug2g_oDFKh5ElVevKgC47XT9Udh6swbEP0yBlWkqwLCBsSqfRjWUA8_9eU5yHsWt36EILfXdWcRk6qu1VWz3A-D7H7kYkvJHfAZ79tVGbbP1b_7Peb_gALqPYk3yVh_jl0dNvMXu_NRtho96zqWaY/s320/Brown%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-weight: bold;"><b>Brown</b></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> made no real changes from 2022 other than mixing up a combo or two. I made this comment last year, and I'll repeat it here:</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;">I still say there either needs to be some red trim on the shirts or ditch red from the helmets and pants entirely; the uniform just looks mismatched otherwise. </span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKobykyF5vDG5GbpDUs452ADfsa6Q2Pc_aNlZJeajzk1ss2o1qfAdRdtxoaylJOJeI9THBuTeKdQgwiRCRjhfuGmidt16Vk8cXktPD5Lzrtkkyq-SeD7B9vCd2Arl_eRXFFvNn0-907hwA-qpFTH9wvAFJW0WFYmgyUYVClE89Gzst7-UhIb0V7VawWk/s2373/Cornell%202023%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1751" data-original-width="2373" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKobykyF5vDG5GbpDUs452ADfsa6Q2Pc_aNlZJeajzk1ss2o1qfAdRdtxoaylJOJeI9THBuTeKdQgwiRCRjhfuGmidt16Vk8cXktPD5Lzrtkkyq-SeD7B9vCd2Arl_eRXFFvNn0-907hwA-qpFTH9wvAFJW0WFYmgyUYVClE89Gzst7-UhIb0V7VawWk/s320/Cornell%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Cornell</b> added a new home jersey to match the ones the Big Red wear on the road, and also introduced black alternate pants, which, like the NBA In-Season Tournament and the Boston Bruins' new lemon-meringue sweaters, is an answer to a question that <b>nobody</b> asked.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUiDf5NVK71mft4U-nCTqAKt1_RhpoCq9nPMpKlngCnwz6Y8fjC6KcdlDrNHy0xqZoYIhHdWMbjTDL5ZnpLMHIFa_-RO8NEYbURQ4_1vybYy1Vs53a5LzcMb8vN4I4BDTKN-s01mkMHM4REEQBrEtCyGioEg94jYbZZ_AvOLggkn-qIaPzRTXaOsqZXw/s3200/Columbia%202023%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUiDf5NVK71mft4U-nCTqAKt1_RhpoCq9nPMpKlngCnwz6Y8fjC6KcdlDrNHy0xqZoYIhHdWMbjTDL5ZnpLMHIFa_-RO8NEYbURQ4_1vybYy1Vs53a5LzcMb8vN4I4BDTKN-s01mkMHM4REEQBrEtCyGioEg94jYbZZ_AvOLggkn-qIaPzRTXaOsqZXw/s320/Columbia%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Columbia</b>, alas, wore "only" eight combinations after having 10 each of the last two seasons. But the Lions made up for it by restoring light blue as the primary home jersey color after years of black and navy shirts. (Navy was still used for a couple games.) I prefer the white helmets to the navy version, but nothing about this uniform is actively bad.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujgaItdu7CAaJsc0HgpNH9iX2qg9wLg8ck1W4t6-cgwiKkQjzol4k28jHKjoBVFxA2nCYGO-q2RSLQWGf9AmX1E-mpKIf-sl8NPHmFXEUUQcvuuSuc2QrZfK576OK_RymCl3DCPEOK39D6_iIsvoKAp6KJ39hnjaKcTE-Qu1OwQlc7A_eVOyYmvTWsQE/s2393/Dartmouth%202023%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2393" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujgaItdu7CAaJsc0HgpNH9iX2qg9wLg8ck1W4t6-cgwiKkQjzol4k28jHKjoBVFxA2nCYGO-q2RSLQWGf9AmX1E-mpKIf-sl8NPHmFXEUUQcvuuSuc2QrZfK576OK_RymCl3DCPEOK39D6_iIsvoKAp6KJ39hnjaKcTE-Qu1OwQlc7A_eVOyYmvTWsQE/s320/Dartmouth%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Dartmouth</b>, like Brown, made no changes other than a combo change or two. Why change the best helmets in the Ivy League?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcjWI0X-rl2eOGfWLGI-IHODJezxkpuLlFQazC1bW-UaoamIW1p074lHnkHreHGCiLd6_dMEXvH9TiDCyVGC7lmYnjNx4z-KcLJ760QNj6tSrVMTyvEQjr6-iXrXnF8FeKQEvpv-BBg8anHbT5xAKbUcjgCd2_LopxOK2UZ9DrjSfAkpSFiGGv8rw434/s2338/Harvard%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="2338" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcjWI0X-rl2eOGfWLGI-IHODJezxkpuLlFQazC1bW-UaoamIW1p074lHnkHreHGCiLd6_dMEXvH9TiDCyVGC7lmYnjNx4z-KcLJ760QNj6tSrVMTyvEQjr6-iXrXnF8FeKQEvpv-BBg8anHbT5xAKbUcjgCd2_LopxOK2UZ9DrjSfAkpSFiGGv8rw434/s320/Harvard%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Harvard</b> made no changes, other than the addition of a patch celebrating the 150th anniversary of the football program. (I personally thought the Crimson should have worn a helmet with the slogan "The REAL Football Sesquicentennial," in the style of their <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2019/09/ivy-league-1974.html" target="_blank">100th anniversary helmets</a> in 1974.) One other note: With the decreased use of knee pads, many players wear their pants super-short these days. Take a look at <a href="https://gocrimson.com/galleries/football/football-vs-penn/2283" target="_blank">this photo gallery</a>; is it me or has Harvard taken the biker-shorts look to eleven? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkY4d6RFLHtkR2f7neOcNZAAAn7ZJyI167bf0n0jvIBVb5SqbStIeGd0XGl3TwcAc_IUAV9JXKErIeHZ8yzYBKGfFI9rZg49PlSZXrVHBKgLyCiaBzixOEcO7oWFf_hwsC-fu1d57vu9Kfnx-rBhsMj9gIos-cmFRMP9yShgzY3KTPvE2IRykIguBqUfY/s2365/Penn%202023%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2365" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkY4d6RFLHtkR2f7neOcNZAAAn7ZJyI167bf0n0jvIBVb5SqbStIeGd0XGl3TwcAc_IUAV9JXKErIeHZ8yzYBKGfFI9rZg49PlSZXrVHBKgLyCiaBzixOEcO7oWFf_hwsC-fu1d57vu9Kfnx-rBhsMj9gIos-cmFRMP9yShgzY3KTPvE2IRykIguBqUfY/s320/Penn%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Penn</b> introduced new home and road jerseys, with the most notable difference being a switch to white numbers at home and blue on the road after previously using red on both versions. The white helmets and red alternate shirts (a personal favorite of mine) returned for another run.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNdaW9SJ1PsV5NzWzyvvgbnGUh6nU8sUcVLv8vhyphenhyphenOvftlTqmo5FratwO6LbE54bwp46Tz0JqkQjTQCCoyM7gsT09xi3KclgO1kSXDlUzO4lf4zI4K_Fe1I-xZ_Ci8eVh1h1u8TCn2GEk4yJA5ZilTAb8bebBVgdLkXylJQYWPlveooge7hYMY9jAaHWI/s3100/Princeton%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="3100" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNdaW9SJ1PsV5NzWzyvvgbnGUh6nU8sUcVLv8vhyphenhyphenOvftlTqmo5FratwO6LbE54bwp46Tz0JqkQjTQCCoyM7gsT09xi3KclgO1kSXDlUzO4lf4zI4K_Fe1I-xZ_Ci8eVh1h1u8TCn2GEk4yJA5ZilTAb8bebBVgdLkXylJQYWPlveooge7hYMY9jAaHWI/s320/Princeton%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Princeton</b> made some interesting alterations this season. The Tigers introduced a new alternate uniform with black tiger stripes on white shirts and pants, a la the <a href="https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=teams-season&team_id=CIN&year=2022" target="_blank">Cincinnati Bengals</a>. They also hauled the orange pants, last worn in 2017, out of retirement, giving Princeton more than passing resemblance to Oregon State.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFDOX9VI_9kKnsVl76Z_zpJJAVhZ-bhJXtlkTK8gEVJQVmuTWRTMBS6kfBhqkGJSfyG1I1T54dJY6uv3WnjeyeXFj13G1t8EAbJ4CgKvBd4coUUOsdTjWFfELssvPb63qq-xoYKTB5x9A_Ggu2sbDs070DbxG98ypqjAVll7hH7RvPM4S_Z-c1r4QXfM/s2361/Yale%202023%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="2361" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFDOX9VI_9kKnsVl76Z_zpJJAVhZ-bhJXtlkTK8gEVJQVmuTWRTMBS6kfBhqkGJSfyG1I1T54dJY6uv3WnjeyeXFj13G1t8EAbJ4CgKvBd4coUUOsdTjWFfELssvPb63qq-xoYKTB5x9A_Ggu2sbDs070DbxG98ypqjAVll7hH7RvPM4S_Z-c1r4QXfM/s320/Yale%202023%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Yale</b> kept things pretty simple except for the homecoming game, where the Bulldogs broke out blue helmets and pants. You may recall they wore a <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2022/12/ivy-league-2022.html" target="_blank">blue 150th anniversary helmet in 2022</a>; this one is kinda similar, except the stripes and the "Y" on the sides are white.</span></span></div><p></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-20497461637061432912023-11-17T20:47:00.000-05:002023-11-17T20:47:51.776-05:00Colgate Red Raiders (1932)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLoe2mEIoXSHgGJExW57hDzpJoT7XmxfGQMx0wG0mR1sMbv3Md1fpcr_vrbSfMZxbizuxgjeLROugS2lv9ToCG_X9l7yBEmm0waG2jo7VKT9oTn0FS43ye88carjqNmYY1HRWKP3wyGNBurvnAh2Vuz4yYi0F98tF_ktAppCcHrpQDkjID4gUvZ3LM6I/s1600/Colgate%201932%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1600" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLoe2mEIoXSHgGJExW57hDzpJoT7XmxfGQMx0wG0mR1sMbv3Md1fpcr_vrbSfMZxbizuxgjeLROugS2lv9ToCG_X9l7yBEmm0waG2jo7VKT9oTn0FS43ye88carjqNmYY1HRWKP3wyGNBurvnAh2Vuz4yYi0F98tF_ktAppCcHrpQDkjID4gUvZ3LM6I/s320/Colgate%201932%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">If you've watched any college football this season (and if you haven't, shame on you), then you've probably heard about the plight of James Madison University, a second-year FBS program that is undefeated as of this writing, but won't be allowed to participate in a bowl game because it's in the second year of a two-year transitional status from FCS football, where it was a perennial powerhouse. Pleas to the NCAA have gone unheeded, which gives fans yet another reason to shake their heads (and fists) at the institution. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Colgate fans can sympathize with JMU's supporters. In 1932, the Red Raiders not just went undefeated, but allowed ZERO points in nine games, making other historical defensive juggernauts like the <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2019/11/umass-redmen-1963.html" target="_blank">1963 UMass team</a> look like a sieve.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_AW0dneKKboiIwZRWEgpeLS3OzGi2y_km2rUSzXQKyQ6HeJsraog9CuGANT2E-jgpB8oA_fT1fiYsBWWrlPqKoL1dP9Q64FBk-H7EIisPmpRX3yAw7Qi_jTHht4WgKWhkPDPFRwJWAEve55Yx-B53mZUxIwNCoa_rJ8df3hques92xURRLYFg9UqNkk/s1350/Colgate%2032%20results.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="1350" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_AW0dneKKboiIwZRWEgpeLS3OzGi2y_km2rUSzXQKyQ6HeJsraog9CuGANT2E-jgpB8oA_fT1fiYsBWWrlPqKoL1dP9Q64FBk-H7EIisPmpRX3yAw7Qi_jTHht4WgKWhkPDPFRwJWAEve55Yx-B53mZUxIwNCoa_rJ8df3hques92xURRLYFg9UqNkk/s320/Colgate%2032%20results.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The scores, taken from the 1933 Salmagundi yearbook.<br />"Mississippi" is actually the Mississippi College Choctaws, <br />a D-II school these days, <i>not</i> Ole Miss.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This was no out-of-the-blue campaign from an obscure school in the Northeast. The 'Gate had been a regional and occasionally national force for the last 15 years or so, and went 47-5-1 from 1929-34 under coach Andy Kerr, according to <a href="http://www.tiptop25.com/champ1932.html" target="_blank">this great TipTop 25 piece</a>. (TipTop is the source for much of the information here, including this wowza: "</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Colgate ran a gimmicky rugby-like offense that featured laterals all over the field, like a modern day team trying to score on the last play of the game.")</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vogOdh4bALai19ogBgDDfhSZqyMPHuB62z90seWrgsllv1y9OCdsILH6JUzk-q_o174BVd_3gyfrSBxpD_7pqspErVC02ns3okOnF7ixYMsrZM4XYorMySIsQskv2hKz9eCG3un45Ey81zO0durvsFQCgFPMmDj9raGNJ7_wKEOqt4Ql_llfLmkA6AA/s1930/Colgate-Brown%2032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="1930" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vogOdh4bALai19ogBgDDfhSZqyMPHuB62z90seWrgsllv1y9OCdsILH6JUzk-q_o174BVd_3gyfrSBxpD_7pqspErVC02ns3okOnF7ixYMsrZM4XYorMySIsQskv2hKz9eCG3un45Ey81zO0durvsFQCgFPMmDj9raGNJ7_wKEOqt4Ql_llfLmkA6AA/s320/Colgate-Brown%2032.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colgate faces Brown in the 1932 season finale.<br />Both teams have pretty distinctive uniforms here.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The list of opponents don't look overwhelming, and in fact Brown was probably the best team Colgate faced. The teams were undefeated when they faced off in the season finale Thanksgiving Day at Brown Stadium. The Raiders led only 6-0 at halftime but pulled away to win 21-0. The Bears came closest to anyone to scoring against the Raiders all season; Brown drove to the Colgate 1-yard line with time running out in the first half, but quarterback </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Robert Ramsay Chase's keeper came two inches shy of the end zone.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5Lxun2J6b1SsRlFHGyBp4Yp_BhzV6bLix5VL9sj5seoP6ibUB21EObttnEt2OS17VwhvPj-vSNqbJ07qqCZXp_PxmQQTm2IjkP5mBAkJp47R1_KXsqaYoj0cz68_-IYs2rVkXXLUyyuX1UHxyexq-mlkwl7-QSoYbuHpWIMQxUI5MQk33ZkZ9dvJ9ik/s2048/Colgate%2032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="2048" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5Lxun2J6b1SsRlFHGyBp4Yp_BhzV6bLix5VL9sj5seoP6ibUB21EObttnEt2OS17VwhvPj-vSNqbJ07qqCZXp_PxmQQTm2IjkP5mBAkJp47R1_KXsqaYoj0cz68_-IYs2rVkXXLUyyuX1UHxyexq-mlkwl7-QSoYbuHpWIMQxUI5MQk33ZkZ9dvJ9ik/s320/Colgate%2032.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colgate battles NYU at Yankee Stadium. <br />The game attracted 35,000 fans. Ah, the days when<br />NYC was a college football hotbed ...</td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With a 9-0 record and a 264-0 scoring margin, Colgate awaited an invitation to be the East's representative in the Rose Bowl, the only major bowl game at that point and which usually pitted an Eastern power against the champions of the West Coast. Legend has it the Raiders literally had their bags packed for Pasadena. Alas, the invite went to 8-1-2 Pittsburgh, which frankly played a tougher schedule against the likes of Ohio State, Penn, Notre Dame, Army, Stanford and Carnegie Tech (a legit power in the '30s). The novelty of an undefeated AND unscored-upon team going to the Rose Bowl probably would have attracted some mainstream attention, though. If only there had been more bowl games, as was the case later in the decade ... </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">(BTW, Pitt was wiped out by USC in the Rose Bowl, 35-0.)</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mtq670xO1_JG34c5T2_HhpKTV5QTnB0VUBmDGyd5G8pPyxkZT9p195MSamBP7DJWovBVyD5hnb8XtLhn90XmpzSJDgqPHxXsF5lDzzseXZGYvZ5sf6vf1tXakdIl1fRPGvGCh4mwQM5DGC75b6-dEcqs5ffU8YO9CzABvSbDsvBVKKzl4TrQr_EpUmA/s1438/Colgate%2032%20team.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1438" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mtq670xO1_JG34c5T2_HhpKTV5QTnB0VUBmDGyd5G8pPyxkZT9p195MSamBP7DJWovBVyD5hnb8XtLhn90XmpzSJDgqPHxXsF5lDzzseXZGYvZ5sf6vf1tXakdIl1fRPGvGCh4mwQM5DGC75b6-dEcqs5ffU8YO9CzABvSbDsvBVKKzl4TrQr_EpUmA/s320/Colgate%2032%20team.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 1932 Raiders.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">But while Colgate, like James Madison, had to stay home for the holidays, it became famous as the team of the "four uns," as Kerr wrote on a chalkboard for his players after the season: "Remember the great team of 1932, undefeated, united, unscored upon and uninvited."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Then there are the uniforms. In addition to the maroon jerseys worn the previous year, Colgate debuted new white shirts and maroon pants, which apparently gave birth to the "Red Raiders" nickname used until 2001. White helmets completed the ensemble. The unis definitely stood out in an era when many teams still wore dark helmets and shirts and muddy brown or tan pants.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 2018, as part of the school's 200th anniversary, Colgate wore <a href="https://colgateathletics.com/news/2018/9/18/football-throwback-uniforms-two-years-in-making.aspx">these awesome throwback uniforms</a> inspired by the 1932 team.</span></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-46377782765545235172023-10-23T22:04:00.003-04:002023-10-23T22:04:32.092-04:00The (Somewhat) Complete Holy Cross Uniform History, Part II<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">OK, time to get off the couch and resume the history of Holy Cross uniforms. This time we'll go form the late 1940s through 1969.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Part I can be found <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-somewhat-complete-holy-cross.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdNURPyRq5-qjzrh0gsDyIZaNaeJmcclJzSoUvyJhMFkJUEozYw58-Sg6a9fOYs4Rnt2O3G-DGNowa8MnaCnz5dM5V2BM_B-SrN27Kx3BK-vk2eUTIboM8FBPGJS_IYGM6CxeIgNYeI9LmmAlUvHGjnOP0p1SJKz7d8OJp_irW_ovgUZYxwRBz1VymrI/s1800/Holy%20Cross%201946%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdNURPyRq5-qjzrh0gsDyIZaNaeJmcclJzSoUvyJhMFkJUEozYw58-Sg6a9fOYs4Rnt2O3G-DGNowa8MnaCnz5dM5V2BM_B-SrN27Kx3BK-vk2eUTIboM8FBPGJS_IYGM6CxeIgNYeI9LmmAlUvHGjnOP0p1SJKz7d8OJp_irW_ovgUZYxwRBz1VymrI/s320/Holy%20Cross%201946%20(new).png" width="284" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1946:</b> For at least one game, the Crusaders wore the <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2020/07/holy-cross-crusaders-1945-7.html">Orange Bowl-era uniform</a>, with the silver helmet and plain jersey. But for the rest of the season, the helmets were white, the jerseys sprouted shoulder panels and the pants added stripes on the back.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmGbis7regBL_pVDdaDafkUPQQdcI6BNFe4KofLX60D8BeIqCwUPtNMBCrtHXEIYh40fLQuT4E3wSD3LbMP2yuiJEEkLBoukWxD1aHmWDpSwX4ry0OHK3-gb5CawpSU1srRvJtbyNIz2OKApb-ukTH0TvTYuEg9ELd4h6koF3a9BABCsoToBVTvGw23I/s2400/Holy%20Cross%201948%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="2400" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmGbis7regBL_pVDdaDafkUPQQdcI6BNFe4KofLX60D8BeIqCwUPtNMBCrtHXEIYh40fLQuT4E3wSD3LbMP2yuiJEEkLBoukWxD1aHmWDpSwX4ry0OHK3-gb5CawpSU1srRvJtbyNIz2OKApb-ukTH0TvTYuEg9ELd4h6koF3a9BABCsoToBVTvGw23I/s320/Holy%20Cross%201948%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1948: </b>The 'Saders returned to a more conventional look, with all frills removed except for an alternate shirt with sleeve stripes. The silver lids also returned. And not much changed for a while.</div></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-Ehl_JIRLBN97sQWVsiQUd0leXuX3TGVH7I0g_CuzphrqewImgSikAiow6Kkp4GEUDcm4tuJfjNayf2X6HlykyBZnQqz-EgJQYR8n6Gf5940stca8ELw7UWktN8c_HMgkbXTj3QBrnYghyphenhyphengVhNJtcT7fH3ejPWotgs-M4XqtOD0jUAgBF5VDLT7DgUg/s1600/Holy%20Cross%201956%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1013" data-original-width="1600" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-Ehl_JIRLBN97sQWVsiQUd0leXuX3TGVH7I0g_CuzphrqewImgSikAiow6Kkp4GEUDcm4tuJfjNayf2X6HlykyBZnQqz-EgJQYR8n6Gf5940stca8ELw7UWktN8c_HMgkbXTj3QBrnYghyphenhyphengVhNJtcT7fH3ejPWotgs-M4XqtOD0jUAgBF5VDLT7DgUg/s320/Holy%20Cross%201956%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1956:</b> Plenty of changes here. Silver disappeared as a color, replaced with purple helmets and pants. Shoulder stripes were added the shirts; notice the Crusaders had a two-stripe pattern on the helmets, shirts, pants and socks, giving them a nice, consistent look that I'm sure the Fitton Field faithful noticed right off the bat. (OK, maybe not.)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSwrjc4kd4Oy17bSfDrW2njl1GaQOqAI8wFQY48iVrIn6Q1PS3gtX9Z9yXhqOiQEQx_vFOjqm-PmjnhCSKvIuoT9Y0NFcUfFwYQ2n9NU66DiCX1kU31AHZ6yXKlODYsn7ufQhVMv5bF9fPL9Z9viK2VpdKbRts_l4ZYH3_lKEvGThKMZETWq1Vje1t5A/s525/Holy%20Cross%2056%20preseason.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSwrjc4kd4Oy17bSfDrW2njl1GaQOqAI8wFQY48iVrIn6Q1PS3gtX9Z9yXhqOiQEQx_vFOjqm-PmjnhCSKvIuoT9Y0NFcUfFwYQ2n9NU66DiCX1kU31AHZ6yXKlODYsn7ufQhVMv5bF9fPL9Z9viK2VpdKbRts_l4ZYH3_lKEvGThKMZETWq1Vje1t5A/s320/Holy%20Cross%2056%20preseason.png" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This 1956 clipping from The Crusader newspaper <br />note Holy Cross's new uniforms. "Dr. Eddie" is a reference<br />to Dr. Eddie Anderson, the Crusaders' longtime coach.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="text-align: left;"></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVX3yLoR-fWayoEtxu8WtGKl8Cz8DAEI3C25nt4WhWnPNUP0i-Ulo0VhvJh8uv9zk6zqvE1vglco2vL2011ZImr_B_G6GT4Y_DYarm7QxfTfqazVjYpi41vLmSD9byqTshhA5NO2kk__uNS7edP9jgbU58GSciWuUeZZRkKZC4Ygp8cTr_mUqkUz6Eb1Q/s1600/Holy%20Cross%201957%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1013" data-original-width="1600" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVX3yLoR-fWayoEtxu8WtGKl8Cz8DAEI3C25nt4WhWnPNUP0i-Ulo0VhvJh8uv9zk6zqvE1vglco2vL2011ZImr_B_G6GT4Y_DYarm7QxfTfqazVjYpi41vLmSD9byqTshhA5NO2kk__uNS7edP9jgbU58GSciWuUeZZRkKZC4Ygp8cTr_mUqkUz6Eb1Q/s320/Holy%20Cross%201957%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1957:</b> Numbers were added to the helmets.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_IpB_a27bKy8lcqmVfhiswrcs1_Tami59UcBot5E97MA0qzrRQFIKBgoMcuuqYko7wgJNJJln4Elal2OxIBalDJqUD2nZZ7YApS9tBsM4m5wrjuR7oYfOz1smM3TNsYJYHm5QLquUmyxJtgAsp_VPo2dDuWg0DzahavOGqa-puNvacqOfXhcYC1fh1Y/s1800/Holy%20Cross%201963%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_IpB_a27bKy8lcqmVfhiswrcs1_Tami59UcBot5E97MA0qzrRQFIKBgoMcuuqYko7wgJNJJln4Elal2OxIBalDJqUD2nZZ7YApS9tBsM4m5wrjuR7oYfOz1smM3TNsYJYHm5QLquUmyxJtgAsp_VPo2dDuWg0DzahavOGqa-puNvacqOfXhcYC1fh1Y/s320/Holy%20Cross%201963%20(new).png" width="284" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1963:</b> By this time, Holy Cross has two white jerseys — a short-sleeved shirt for early-season games and a long-sleeved version for later in the fall. Against archival Boston College, Holy Cross wears silver helmets and pants. The new fashion statement works, as the 1-6-1 Crusaders upset the 6-2 Eagles, 9-0.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjuI5a4KdLxZugFxdmNQ9hwlVbC2ARX90RoVpryENF93XTp0Iu9tAeB-MrpVsqL4bj_hX5Vg24VwN7l7hZqsEAwio3OnXYlqb1tJQH5nOsdY1xtFjtGX6mLwmxWtrax1TzfDoYumPVQXGCmKpqK1TOTvTz7auJUEWwzDx-K0UUmMsItU0swcCasGy1Ag/s2568/Holy%20Cross%201964%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2568" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjuI5a4KdLxZugFxdmNQ9hwlVbC2ARX90RoVpryENF93XTp0Iu9tAeB-MrpVsqL4bj_hX5Vg24VwN7l7hZqsEAwio3OnXYlqb1tJQH5nOsdY1xtFjtGX6mLwmxWtrax1TzfDoYumPVQXGCmKpqK1TOTvTz7auJUEWwzDx-K0UUmMsItU0swcCasGy1Ag/s320/Holy%20Cross%201964%20(new).png" width="199" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1964: </b>The silver helmets and pants stick around, although the purple lids are dusted off for at least one game. The Crusaders wear numbers on the silver helmets for the BC game only.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5U-buTCUwkwy9k6bbGdsGSvXauxI44Ap18HhKjWjtFgqKP5eJU6XQZQ3zIxbGmezCfHXkWEpEY1LN3G8013TOqHWBFcZh-Eby6ngzlGPJ9ttdnYip0eEGGJGSpFwNN15qsKccHtWumnIsiDjWP8JGJ77s3TaJbE4QlhBjM6ukVkEhpUh5SquhFqsyWHg/s1776/Holy%20Cross%201965%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1776" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5U-buTCUwkwy9k6bbGdsGSvXauxI44Ap18HhKjWjtFgqKP5eJU6XQZQ3zIxbGmezCfHXkWEpEY1LN3G8013TOqHWBFcZh-Eby6ngzlGPJ9ttdnYip0eEGGJGSpFwNN15qsKccHtWumnIsiDjWP8JGJ77s3TaJbE4QlhBjM6ukVkEhpUh5SquhFqsyWHg/s320/Holy%20Cross%201965%20(new).png" width="288" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1965:</b> Holy Cross adds a purple short-sleeved jersey. Numbers are on the helmets except for the BC game (of course!), when the Crusaders replaced the digits with a small "HC" logo.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIhDgNTT4brrT6JwUgp8K_Xd7b0SaLYyrwiBgz4mTd88r7csVgjCTy2opB2i4jkO0sIui2ckc9qM9EHN7QQ_7lr_SrAR21SGLU4kcsR2HqT_mazU-VQz5uEXtCQv1KgMf3wWjlJkpduFtNG5EwRqAHm9lMSNiChK3mZJdVeyDw7pzgELzE90WXXMWQ9E/s1678/Holy%20Cross%2065%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="1678" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIhDgNTT4brrT6JwUgp8K_Xd7b0SaLYyrwiBgz4mTd88r7csVgjCTy2opB2i4jkO0sIui2ckc9qM9EHN7QQ_7lr_SrAR21SGLU4kcsR2HqT_mazU-VQz5uEXtCQv1KgMf3wWjlJkpduFtNG5EwRqAHm9lMSNiChK3mZJdVeyDw7pzgELzE90WXXMWQ9E/s320/Holy%20Cross%2065%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holy Cross runs the ball against Northeastern in 1965. </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeU3n2tH9Uz1zk5ilfxkcIzdDPXORUeaE4nTYF3ajbgql6534Lg8LqXC1-bKfOJJmiA9bfHERyx7B5ksepJ6Uv2Xv-sf8gr2E1RTCrH1Mz7uHiekXvFfLMUL5vN7YTpsFPhshATyBaQYL3gPo58lnT9QkKJR73TX5XiXjCNPL7YmWyA56UalpbzncJU0g/s2600/Holy%20Cross%201966%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeU3n2tH9Uz1zk5ilfxkcIzdDPXORUeaE4nTYF3ajbgql6534Lg8LqXC1-bKfOJJmiA9bfHERyx7B5ksepJ6Uv2Xv-sf8gr2E1RTCrH1Mz7uHiekXvFfLMUL5vN7YTpsFPhshATyBaQYL3gPo58lnT9QkKJR73TX5XiXjCNPL7YmWyA56UalpbzncJU0g/s320/Holy%20Cross%201966%20(new).png" width="197" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1966: </b>The helmets are free of logos or numbers, and in some cases, stripes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8Zjt97K-xd2uZq6Fim5Z36mC5vPU5B_dwwzzYXPoYIUxvWPWY4V3BQRYtezorAkuPPTb92smt1X2uNDXNoyFGoB3Isn2Mn5uBp1IsnmYNZ9q6y1BRLbrTWU_mSJY4VN_KzgGU5BTQMtLTke1R3mlVEDBVF23qwAXoZ5uo3qXVtUIVhY_ZuoTBuMSnHc/s1800/Holy%20Cross%201967%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8Zjt97K-xd2uZq6Fim5Z36mC5vPU5B_dwwzzYXPoYIUxvWPWY4V3BQRYtezorAkuPPTb92smt1X2uNDXNoyFGoB3Isn2Mn5uBp1IsnmYNZ9q6y1BRLbrTWU_mSJY4VN_KzgGU5BTQMtLTke1R3mlVEDBVF23qwAXoZ5uo3qXVtUIVhY_ZuoTBuMSnHc/s320/Holy%20Cross%201967%20(new).png" width="284" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;">1967:</b><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;"> The uniforms undergo a complete overhaul. Silver is dumped, and the purple helmets return, this time with an "HC" logo (similar to what the 'Saders have now). New jerseys feature three stripes on each sleeve and TV numbers on the shoulders. The socks also have three stripes.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFbPb2L1h4fOH2LXR-Qs1GyRCNM17_XeZ5mynOXdW_uhYKLSGJFg8RTBzmxxVxhVoBuKiyqwpEJyP-B5Pxp7uKJmH-hYqnHemEnO8WZI27oLa_INvMmCOu03AeUDUYAnv6eigAAWQTG4v5lE9uaIgHyO5fOWqU7Qrs3c8L0eX3MWV9QjMGv5FUSsYzTw/s1800/Holy%20Cross%201969%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFbPb2L1h4fOH2LXR-Qs1GyRCNM17_XeZ5mynOXdW_uhYKLSGJFg8RTBzmxxVxhVoBuKiyqwpEJyP-B5Pxp7uKJmH-hYqnHemEnO8WZI27oLa_INvMmCOu03AeUDUYAnv6eigAAWQTG4v5lE9uaIgHyO5fOWqU7Qrs3c8L0eX3MWV9QjMGv5FUSsYzTw/s320/Holy%20Cross%201969%20(new).png" width="284" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1969:</b> The season that wasn't. Holy Cross played two games, both losses, before a hepatitis epidemic on the team <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2014/10/holy-cross-crusaders-1967-70.html" target="_blank">caused the rest of the season to be cancelled</a>. The lower two uniforms were used only for pre-season publicity photos. Silver pants returned, as did a warm-weather short-sleeved jersey.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfa_qjTHNsMpxe4gJSYVcCRl6rwmg9Qx-ESc3AEOVh3Q_pGhHUjRrNcAeI9Lus7HfSvoi8U7KZkT4UmVNWe5h1s7AkvG003gOr3gCvYF3gvXnn12RL3VsGbbqy13Bb23a3fOoOMIw80tt9kv1_Vd_kzcQ5d0vHoDVirG4Xnplnfod16PA0IXjvO-Spit0/s454/Harvard-Holy%20Cross%2069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="454" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfa_qjTHNsMpxe4gJSYVcCRl6rwmg9Qx-ESc3AEOVh3Q_pGhHUjRrNcAeI9Lus7HfSvoi8U7KZkT4UmVNWe5h1s7AkvG003gOr3gCvYF3gvXnn12RL3VsGbbqy13Bb23a3fOoOMIw80tt9kv1_Vd_kzcQ5d0vHoDVirG4Xnplnfod16PA0IXjvO-Spit0/s320/Harvard-Holy%20Cross%2069.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">Holy Cross gets crunched by Harvard in its 1969 season opener.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p></div></div>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-41442718862632329802023-10-02T21:04:00.001-04:002023-10-02T21:04:09.949-04:00Buddy Teevens (1956-2023), Part II<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Part II of our look at the career of Buddy Teevens takes us to his return to Dartmouth in 2005. You can read Part I <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2023/09/buddy-teevens-1956-2023-part-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsld4mtKzmEXjnwr9WOS8A_BlNnPKQ3WU5_0ZfGcOZt4lKnyhTcF_uYQY36IEpUplkPoQzLmZjY4GrIF727ZulSUlA4AL2kuFkp8p3CrSP6RfbPB_IttkY1JqvjO5G_sHCstgdIGakdPchi3qT3Shvx51KTewsJsZNbSg35ZC0pPTJtPBA7rnlz1CMXeg/s1589/Dartmouth%202005%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1589" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsld4mtKzmEXjnwr9WOS8A_BlNnPKQ3WU5_0ZfGcOZt4lKnyhTcF_uYQY36IEpUplkPoQzLmZjY4GrIF727ZulSUlA4AL2kuFkp8p3CrSP6RfbPB_IttkY1JqvjO5G_sHCstgdIGakdPchi3qT3Shvx51KTewsJsZNbSg35ZC0pPTJtPBA7rnlz1CMXeg/s320/Dartmouth%202005%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>2005:</b> The return of Buddy to Dartmouth came when the program was in a deeply troubled state. The Big Green fired coach John Lyons after a 1-9 campaign in 2004. Long story short: After Dartmouth won the Ivy League title in 1996 with a 10-0 record, the college — perhaps freaked out over the football team doing so well — changed its academic index, which affected recruiting greatly — Dartmouth went 15-53 over Lyons' last seven seasons (1997-2004). </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A couple weeks after Lyons was fired, the Valley News (where your humble servant worked at the time) reported that Karl Furstenberg, Dartmouth's dean of admissions, had written a letter in 2000 — on Dartmouth stationery — to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, essentially congratulating the school for dropping football. (This was forever known as the "Furstenberg Letter.") Needless to say, Dartmouth had to go into damage control, and as <a href="https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/2005/3/1/framing-the-letter">this column points out</a>, it might have been the best thing for the program. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">First, Dartmouth brought back Teevens, who had just been fired as Stanford's head coach. Later, the school announced plans for badly needed renovations to Memorial Field and the construction of the Floren Varsity House, a facility behind the visitors' grandstand that includes a weight room, locker rooms for football and other athletic goodies.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">But, as an old baseball player once said, "Rome wasn't born in a day," and Teevens 2.0 was no different. The Big Green went 9-51 over Teevens' first five years, including an 0-10 disaster in 2008. (To this day, I still regret putting all 10 scores on the front of the Valley News sports page — I was the page design guy — after the Green lost to Princeton in the season finale.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The uniforms were about as inspired as the team on the field. All-green? Machine font? Jersey side panels? Let's put it this way: Several years later, I had a chance to get as many of these as I wanted for $10 a pop at a Dartmouth equipment sale, and I still passed. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpL4v1PsGYO_9E5-64XafVwBGiO3aUwaPdk2yklEE-P4aJC9cuu7hQH2lQ2RDxi9u96a7-_I-jw9mXQRTtMMnEvvapp-Ln-rvHeCt48WKgwP1W23NyW5dqVW2BSvqRLI4oAvS57V6hKbafx4vZAxfk_CB2AFxZyPG3poPX2LyJDY9oRDl4uzSFJnm3CN8/s1600/Dartmouth%202009%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpL4v1PsGYO_9E5-64XafVwBGiO3aUwaPdk2yklEE-P4aJC9cuu7hQH2lQ2RDxi9u96a7-_I-jw9mXQRTtMMnEvvapp-Ln-rvHeCt48WKgwP1W23NyW5dqVW2BSvqRLI4oAvS57V6hKbafx4vZAxfk_CB2AFxZyPG3poPX2LyJDY9oRDl4uzSFJnm3CN8/s320/Dartmouth%202009%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>2009:</b> After the 2008 disaster, Dartmouth <a href="https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/2018/9/game-changer" target="_blank">hired a consultant</a> for advice on how to save the floundering program. The short answers: More money for recruiting and for assistant coaches, better facilities (see above) and an easier nonconference schedule. In 2010, Teevens abolished live tackling in practice in an effort to prevent concussions and keep his players fresh for gameday. By 2010, Dartmouth was 6-4, its first winning record in 13 years. From 2010-13, the Big Green plodded along with five or six wins a year; they weren't up to the early-mid '90s level of success, but at least they were respectable. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The uniforms also were respectable. While the looping lines and panels didn't age well, the design was still fairly clean. Also, the numbers and lettering were stitched, rather than screened, onto the shirts, a big upgrade.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaM22Fq25szekCskpObG87269j7vweBf78f5sOH804ZLRXb1bUC2QkmOCeJmmbjm17OtGNEUF_xbugdhbebNASPac5lfxfm64AYb2sKiPyJpR_InnLyaeNV9u4YeAb0RFuxb4nxIwTHHmUtMvz1hf6RkLx0tZsSgs78jB2QEydfOoNKD_EF-YIqeqGc8/s2600/Dartmouth%202015%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2600" data-original-width="2361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaM22Fq25szekCskpObG87269j7vweBf78f5sOH804ZLRXb1bUC2QkmOCeJmmbjm17OtGNEUF_xbugdhbebNASPac5lfxfm64AYb2sKiPyJpR_InnLyaeNV9u4YeAb0RFuxb4nxIwTHHmUtMvz1hf6RkLx0tZsSgs78jB2QEydfOoNKD_EF-YIqeqGc8/s320/Dartmouth%202015%20(new).png" width="291" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>2015:</b> In 2014, Dartmouth shot up to 8-2, second behind only Harvard (the Big Green's longtime bugaboo) in the Ivy standings. One year later, Dartmouth ended a 19-year wait by capturing a share of the Ivy League title with a come-from-behind win over Princeton in the season finale at Memorial Field. Down 10-7 with five minutes left, the Big Green tied the game at 10-all on an Alex Gakenheimer field goal with 4:54 remaining and won the game on Dalyn Williams' 12-yard TD pass to Kyle Bramble with 24 seconds left.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_LIHa3K3MfQ0rkM1SDN6CvdIaUtLbYVnq8hHtQauuZaVNhWx-PHRs56jC-mW2xFxV6-7xQIFMWZu8rlFGiXslUM1LgBCdLmRqiyXYb7ShnKLLQrAbWq9eE7dVd-3N8v2weGyDeERqc7MsAUfPvtkj7X8HvOHz7LSN7TiHBj9QVh0ZiDriz6oXbBCfqY/s930/Dartmouth%2015.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="599" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_LIHa3K3MfQ0rkM1SDN6CvdIaUtLbYVnq8hHtQauuZaVNhWx-PHRs56jC-mW2xFxV6-7xQIFMWZu8rlFGiXslUM1LgBCdLmRqiyXYb7ShnKLLQrAbWq9eE7dVd-3N8v2weGyDeERqc7MsAUfPvtkj7X8HvOHz7LSN7TiHBj9QVh0ZiDriz6oXbBCfqY/w258-h400/Dartmouth%2015.jpg" width="258" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Valley News front page from 2015 (designed by <i>moi</i>)<br />celebrates Dartmouth's (shared) Ivy League title. </td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKL-hS1XjgphklEftlSfFR6tURFDEpVWuwbxNsOzQiT8nezKCDvEzYEpSme71gkRe6PSqE2bMAZJ0DnrAYrX_wUxurexl04qZx1teyaYjS791N3o_l_Zqg9tfM9qoclMB912IT-e32KRTQNY1DaLtmDMRuAvVlfWyJR0Vi2431YXJoMK3pmwej6gKFYc/s1864/1121151516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="1864" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKL-hS1XjgphklEftlSfFR6tURFDEpVWuwbxNsOzQiT8nezKCDvEzYEpSme71gkRe6PSqE2bMAZJ0DnrAYrX_wUxurexl04qZx1teyaYjS791N3o_l_Zqg9tfM9qoclMB912IT-e32KRTQNY1DaLtmDMRuAvVlfWyJR0Vi2431YXJoMK3pmwej6gKFYc/s320/1121151516.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They even had an Ivy League champs sign ready to go<br />to match the ones in the background!</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The uniforms took a dramatic turn during this period. As I noted in Part I of our little series, Teevens eliminated the black trim from the uniforms when he first took over in 1987. Well, by 2015, not just was black back, but as an alternate jersey, pants AND helmet. And Dartmouth also trotted out gray alternate pants and helmets, giving the Big Green 27 possible combinations. I always thought Dartmouth should have gone with the traditional look for the Ivy title clincher, but what do I know? At least they didn't bring back the green pants.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Also note the tree on the sleeves; introduced as an alternate logo, it later became part of the school seal to honor Dartmouth's connection to the great outdoors.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7tlkmmeO0rkwOo89_B4x0n7rWaTtz4bWjnRRmkc8aLsbBV75xbB2Vq4s1sXIw9b6F_ZkQPyLhbb6LWLP7QS9y_68bFfG2TGrWQYQFg5GlM4MN1cytulVv3q9VQMaNC1xXB9I-qS9c8mF9eLLgF7AXB3cDc-1RO0zCE4UX9OvMK12XkiSuZVBNo1KNq8/s354/Tree.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="354" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7tlkmmeO0rkwOo89_B4x0n7rWaTtz4bWjnRRmkc8aLsbBV75xbB2Vq4s1sXIw9b6F_ZkQPyLhbb6LWLP7QS9y_68bFfG2TGrWQYQFg5GlM4MN1cytulVv3q9VQMaNC1xXB9I-qS9c8mF9eLLgF7AXB3cDc-1RO0zCE4UX9OvMK12XkiSuZVBNo1KNq8/s320/Tree.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mighty but humble Dartmouth tree.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One other note: Teevens finally won the Ivy title in his 11th year of his second stint at Dartmouth. I say this as a huge Teevens fan, but I wonder if any other coaches have been given that long a leash? Jack Cosgrove won his first league title in his ninth year at Maine. ... Rich Brooks won the Pac-10 in his 18th year at Oregon, so that might be the winner, although I've also read that as long as Brooks finished around .500 and beat Oregon State (he was 14-3-1 vs. the Beavs), everyone was happy.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekT1NOxXd03-N9Emq5-C8jxffA1xZmcmBzu62g5LGrUEMAI3vc53xTvFbYSAwOYPpUCgzRJsXZm-3dYad5o1Ty_1fTVR8ycxWzE15R7tbWqqqlnkj7lwsnrDqO4Hnjvj5DQOtpS7QG847JtX1WfxqYm3nml3StRFpmVSSCPkX0epS780HAvjdkdy8K5Y/s2284/Dartmouth%202019%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2284" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekT1NOxXd03-N9Emq5-C8jxffA1xZmcmBzu62g5LGrUEMAI3vc53xTvFbYSAwOYPpUCgzRJsXZm-3dYad5o1Ty_1fTVR8ycxWzE15R7tbWqqqlnkj7lwsnrDqO4Hnjvj5DQOtpS7QG847JtX1WfxqYm3nml3StRFpmVSSCPkX0epS780HAvjdkdy8K5Y/s320/Dartmouth%202019%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>2019: </b>After a 4-6 season in 2016, Dartmouth finished second in 2017 and '18 before reclaiming the Ivy crown in '19, sharing the title with Yale. The Big Green's only loss came to Cornell (huh?) in the season's ninth game. The wins included a 27-10 win over Princeton at Yankee Stadium in a game celebrating Princeton's 150th anniversary of college football and Dartmouth's 250th anniversary as a college.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After burning through as many as nine combinations in recent years, Dartmouth pared the uniforms down a bit by '19, going with white helmets and pants the whole season. The green and white jerseys were slightly modified, with the back numbers getting super-sized. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BN9xL0uwvvzK0cc2Idm1fyWt4xD4HOY-UYQQ3jut85nHtA1c9liCylyRFjDnWiP1r8xe-IAofrCZIWbShwvwiUnjZsRgZd5Da6vODe4_KLetrJ748XXrsLsDs-0qKPzW7_NCW4cBMMKu_zWUjsdjX3ObOeEEh7zIQywYjgn0GJCmQXy1avh5B7ZpiA0/s2361/Dartmouth%202021%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2361" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BN9xL0uwvvzK0cc2Idm1fyWt4xD4HOY-UYQQ3jut85nHtA1c9liCylyRFjDnWiP1r8xe-IAofrCZIWbShwvwiUnjZsRgZd5Da6vODe4_KLetrJ748XXrsLsDs-0qKPzW7_NCW4cBMMKu_zWUjsdjX3ObOeEEh7zIQywYjgn0GJCmQXy1avh5B7ZpiA0/s320/Dartmouth%202021%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>2021:</b> After COVID-19 wiped out the 2020 season, Dartmouth returned in '21 with a vengeance, going 9-1 and splitting the Ivy title with Princeton (which Dartmouth destroyed 31-7 during the season). </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">From 2017-21, the Big Green went 35-5, which has to be among the best records of any FCS team during that period. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The gray and black alternate pants were brought out of mothballs, and Dartmouth also introduced an alternate helmet with a big ol' tree on the side. But the Green was shut out by Columbia 19-0 the night the helmets debuted, and they haven't been seen since.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Dartmouth's decision to bring back Buddy Teevens, and its patience while he slowly rebuilt the program, paid huge dividends on and off the field. He loved and cared about his game and his school, but he wasn't afraid to bring innovations to the table: robotic tackling dummies, women coaches, etc. His impact on football, hopefully, will be felt for years to come.</span></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-39827269235055966612023-09-21T20:55:00.000-04:002023-09-21T20:55:09.485-04:00Buddy Teevens (1956-2023), Part 1<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Any words I use to describe Buddy Teevens wouldn't do the man justice. His impact on football will be felt for years to come, and his love of the game, his players and his school cannot be overstated.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/16n6r1w/dartmouth_announces_death_of_head_coach_buddy/k1d0suq/?context=3">This</a> Reddit post sums up his life and impact perfectly.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/1987/10/the-buddy-system">This 1987 article</a> from the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine looks at his goals when he first became the Big Green's head coach.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://archive.dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/article/2018/09/01/game-changer">This incredible DAM article</a> from 2018 discusses the challenges Teevens faced when he returned to Dartmouth in 2005 (ah, the infamous Furstenberg letter) and how be basically put his career on the line in 2010 when he abolished live tackling.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And your humble servant wrote <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/05/29/sidelines-the-buddy-system-paid-dividends-for-umaine-football-in-the-1980s/">this piece</a> several months ago about Teevens' two years at Maine, which took a chance on a 28-year-old rookie head coach, and he responded by reviving a program that had been treading water.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Let's take a look at Buddy's teams and uniforms (some of which I've written about multiple times, so bear with me), at least the ones covered in the little ol' project. Part 1 will cover his playing days through his first coaching stint at Dartmouth. Part 2 will come eventually:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNr_5lapvP2tGqgJzUlCkEIL_LhQ-8-PugG2uhhXrf5OrDtjik3QqMmDlqtKTdNwdNZfW8jJGsSuxE6HSEfPIkv7Qi4gZARBhX24pktX3aLmCQrSsA3YdSTO49g8Tw1ummJ8SlAhuRbyy3BYbDX2Qasq2u6Z4nMjHzpx7mkyKMtXOq-KqWnC08kDUhNbc/s1775/Dartmouth%201977%202%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1775" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNr_5lapvP2tGqgJzUlCkEIL_LhQ-8-PugG2uhhXrf5OrDtjik3QqMmDlqtKTdNwdNZfW8jJGsSuxE6HSEfPIkv7Qi4gZARBhX24pktX3aLmCQrSsA3YdSTO49g8Tw1ummJ8SlAhuRbyy3BYbDX2Qasq2u6Z4nMjHzpx7mkyKMtXOq-KqWnC08kDUhNbc/s320/Dartmouth%201977%202%20(new).png" width="288" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1977: </b>Buddy Teevens first made his mark as a junior, when he came off the bench to lead the Big Green to a come-from-behind 17-13 win over Cornell at Memorial Field. (The game also marked the only time Dartmouth coach Jake Crouthamel faced his predecessor, Bob Blackman.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This was the last year Dartmouth wore the jerseys with the big "D" on the sleeves and the slightly oversized numbers. Teevens wore No. 5 (and, considering his impact on the school and the game, perhaps Dartmouth should retire it?).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMSUx29IAKivED_cf_z2k87W0LRfPrJpfrDf6SrgSMvw4eq9NfVfrMkMoWlxmY3pjgwD6_LaRrMzHUQMmlqA1STpCyeO1v1zYLpcVFkJONS6roGEYquhC6FowtZj2VVcAVay7AptJLqdINusyzb9sjqdBEFqRfMT0sWMUO5gCu3Qt68as1s-tEw4AD1Q/s2356/Buddy%2077.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="2356" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMSUx29IAKivED_cf_z2k87W0LRfPrJpfrDf6SrgSMvw4eq9NfVfrMkMoWlxmY3pjgwD6_LaRrMzHUQMmlqA1STpCyeO1v1zYLpcVFkJONS6roGEYquhC6FowtZj2VVcAVay7AptJLqdINusyzb9sjqdBEFqRfMT0sWMUO5gCu3Qt68as1s-tEw4AD1Q/s320/Buddy%2077.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buddy Teevens scrambles against Cornell in 1977.<br />From a 2005 Dartmouth Alumni Magazine article.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1DRO6HjXKSjP5RTW7e1_5RTHqsKLRLBBT-GSAq1zBr27PCDgmszkQJomrNGuP1sUDUieCPnMFnIoHjMAR8JdOpEVrqhURprBT9wd_Ryq597KTT3hvmuYrRKFhMUtDUh9jHI7xG3Tm1BV8hmuUlaabaZhWnwTKSEBnJU-8ja4DhVirefXqmwAd8cVovU/s1600/Dartmouth%201978%202%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1DRO6HjXKSjP5RTW7e1_5RTHqsKLRLBBT-GSAq1zBr27PCDgmszkQJomrNGuP1sUDUieCPnMFnIoHjMAR8JdOpEVrqhURprBT9wd_Ryq597KTT3hvmuYrRKFhMUtDUh9jHI7xG3Tm1BV8hmuUlaabaZhWnwTKSEBnJU-8ja4DhVirefXqmwAd8cVovU/s320/Dartmouth%201978%202%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1978: </b>Under first-year coach Joe Yukica, Teevens threw for nearly 1,400 yards, won the Bushnell Cup as the Ivy League's player of the year, and guided Dartmouth to its first Ivy title in five years. Oh, and after the season he hit the ice and helped the men's hockey team reach the 1979 NCAA Frozen Four.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Under Yukica, Dartmouth eliminated the "D" from the jersey sleeves and added black trim.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-ESELEVwLyt_MZ2x_10yThSImqSDmihjBcC3nJuaU4NUTPkWBBKPZMR4z3rfjuj8NOGLmISKYaiocHfsmhMGn66u2nwR7ZMZ46D61DqmKb2ALcI9Ee_iNuYCf5R0fgtGDr7eXPpiyxUfhAQCnmsPbzCUcEQAVYl2YZrvUd5G6X42fjls_yMZlz52Zv4/s1168/1978.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="868" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-ESELEVwLyt_MZ2x_10yThSImqSDmihjBcC3nJuaU4NUTPkWBBKPZMR4z3rfjuj8NOGLmISKYaiocHfsmhMGn66u2nwR7ZMZ46D61DqmKb2ALcI9Ee_iNuYCf5R0fgtGDr7eXPpiyxUfhAQCnmsPbzCUcEQAVYl2YZrvUd5G6X42fjls_yMZlz52Zv4/s320/1978.jpeg" width="238" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teevens and a teammate take a breather in 1978.<br />I miss mud and dirt and grass.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkS8LTinY0etV5xmUSywE3j9VcbnRyzBWBXNJnWZKpz0kRtQzo2TF5ut0e-gIqOE_LRK6rWi6orrdR7lok3lSrAFO81r5HvcU1BQKng0-imajdu-s6ECLI4FwwPpGrX6XyWAXciyxD9tGnFlZnAxt3mjQtLb0uLERHBax0W1WLudFFA3JvNu-mqpXuiQ/s1600/Boston%20U%201982%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkS8LTinY0etV5xmUSywE3j9VcbnRyzBWBXNJnWZKpz0kRtQzo2TF5ut0e-gIqOE_LRK6rWi6orrdR7lok3lSrAFO81r5HvcU1BQKng0-imajdu-s6ECLI4FwwPpGrX6XyWAXciyxD9tGnFlZnAxt3mjQtLb0uLERHBax0W1WLudFFA3JvNu-mqpXuiQ/s320/Boston%20U%201982%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1982: </b>In 1981 — just three years removed from his playing career — Teevens became offensive coordinator at Boston University. One year later, the Terriers reached the NCAA I-AA (now FCS) tournament despite a losing record overall, thanks to winning a share of the YC title and the league's automatic bid. BU coach Rick Taylor was an assistant at Dartmouth during Teevens' first two years in Hanover.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The BU helmets had "Boston" with a white stripe below it — not the last time a Teevens team used that design.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8wmZVN6bcH_p4Rtdju40Ub4HUPxhdf-7IDFrdXalY1MUuQnUY232tkbno5RBG_qUCPqdq9pghRrd-HZER6haxpgBtqwlFIj1mXthpIGA0oR68qaYPTN4s7XZTT0h_Br7dl0brgxi5Ol9yH8y1rLf6TQk7Pod74zEr6n7Z76DA5EjjlHlCMfBDsCJbbg/s1600/Sample%20Maine%201985%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8wmZVN6bcH_p4Rtdju40Ub4HUPxhdf-7IDFrdXalY1MUuQnUY232tkbno5RBG_qUCPqdq9pghRrd-HZER6haxpgBtqwlFIj1mXthpIGA0oR68qaYPTN4s7XZTT0h_Br7dl0brgxi5Ol9yH8y1rLf6TQk7Pod74zEr6n7Z76DA5EjjlHlCMfBDsCJbbg/s320/Sample%20Maine%201985%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1985: </b>At only 28 years old, Teevens was named head coach at Maine and guided the Black Bears to their first back-to-back winning seasons since 1963-65. Much of the talent Teevens recruited to Orono were part of Maine's NCAA I-AA tournament teams in 1987 and '89, after Teevens left for his alma mater.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijB0ET2UGph111g6n7XG_BN57bP_1-tcx-slvAhJXlStQucf3DeeFwvM_EvwC61xwVe1eEXJ72YQ_6Mf_2szSahYF1oxkGsTcfqo0YXe-krws0xhv7SYPkYj7zhvRm0v8b7zj5jIKG4TqrOxRv1DSwrn1wxh_Hcl7o4Rx49YmCNXWLG4KvEcKwmd9OXl4/s2014/1985.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="2014" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijB0ET2UGph111g6n7XG_BN57bP_1-tcx-slvAhJXlStQucf3DeeFwvM_EvwC61xwVe1eEXJ72YQ_6Mf_2szSahYF1oxkGsTcfqo0YXe-krws0xhv7SYPkYj7zhvRm0v8b7zj5jIKG4TqrOxRv1DSwrn1wxh_Hcl7o4Rx49YmCNXWLG4KvEcKwmd9OXl4/s320/1985.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rookie coach Buddy Teevens guides Maine during 1985 <br />spring practice in this image from the team's media guide.<br />Notice the older "M" helmets in the background, which <br />were eliminated when the regular season began.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Teevens overhauled the uniforms at Maine, dumping the <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2015/01/maine-black-bears-1976-84.html" target="_blank">boring Penn State look</a> for home jerseys with Northwestern striping and names on the back, last used by the Bears in 1980. The road jerseys followed suit in 1986. The helmets had an arched "Maine" with a stripe below it. (Honestly, I was never a fan of them growing up, and I used to see them every weekend on TV or in the paper.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bobby Wilder (No. 7) was Teevens' quarterback and later became the first head coach at Old Dominion when that school revived its program.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5CwBWAA5ND1iNh4EkjiA_PAS6j84Shh7NI6rEnZC5xoWr5tat7vlliPuGg_8YbmTwIk9BfhKItUW2GnIGnQOJC08-VJrUqUuGm7jeT-fjD1GXbYJz_JrOKKQAarwJaG33Z4xHAmVltePOyt3W4E5_QLOmEy9exV1YIQLb8HRcNoUHqxnYJxJZCjF3jI/s1600/Dartmouth%201987%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5CwBWAA5ND1iNh4EkjiA_PAS6j84Shh7NI6rEnZC5xoWr5tat7vlliPuGg_8YbmTwIk9BfhKItUW2GnIGnQOJC08-VJrUqUuGm7jeT-fjD1GXbYJz_JrOKKQAarwJaG33Z4xHAmVltePOyt3W4E5_QLOmEy9exV1YIQLb8HRcNoUHqxnYJxJZCjF3jI/s320/Dartmouth%201987%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1987:</b> Teevens returned to Dartmouth after predecessor Joe Yukica's settled a contentious contract dispute with the school's administration. (Short story: Dartmouth fired Yukica with one year left on his contract, Yukica sued, he was eventually allowed to return for a lame-duck year in '86.) Having taken over for a lame-duck regime, Teevens didn't have much in the cupboard and the Big Green slid to their worst record since 1945. Dartmouth's only Ivy win was a 2-point nail-biter over Columbia, then in the midst of its 47-game winless streak.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7RCMs6FDbiBEeCfgvB9SeF5qzmAnl-St0cEMVjmTru0aW7_Q27wPjiETJ35pNymoEc2F_CQLhqaJyCmSU5E-dGkcJF39n1UZ8oVwH1QtBJgVl_2jLXYT-RuOw-qAWD_ipzS5BvboCwjMRO1_iuRf-f9Zm6F4cyZrWeT3XTNgl0MxLKXkgoNY5Yqsetc/s1182/Buddy%2087.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="918" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7RCMs6FDbiBEeCfgvB9SeF5qzmAnl-St0cEMVjmTru0aW7_Q27wPjiETJ35pNymoEc2F_CQLhqaJyCmSU5E-dGkcJF39n1UZ8oVwH1QtBJgVl_2jLXYT-RuOw-qAWD_ipzS5BvboCwjMRO1_iuRf-f9Zm6F4cyZrWeT3XTNgl0MxLKXkgoNY5Yqsetc/s320/Buddy%2087.png" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A determined Buddy Teevens returns to Dartmouth in 1987.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As he had at Maine, Teevens overhauled the uniforms, dumping the iconic helmet with the "D" on the front introduced by Bob Blackman in 1965 (it returned in 1999). In its place was ... well, let this Dartmouth Alumni M</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">agazine article from 1987 explain:</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i>Two other visual changes that alumni are apt to notice involve the uniform. Teevens has eliminated all colors except for green and white. The helmet is also changed, with the "DARTMOUTH" logo underlined by speed stripes in order to give his team a faster, lighter look. "Image is a big thing to me," he says. "I want to put my best foot forward."</i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">A three-stripe pattern was used on the helmet, jersey and pants, and the jerseys were essentially a green version of Maine's tops. '87 marked the first time Dartmouth wore names on the back.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">No. 25 was wide receiver Craig Morton (no relation to the 1970s NFL QB), who went on to set Big Green career records for yards and yards per catch. He led the '87 team with 41 catches for 651 yards despite a separated shoulder.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGta_ta3Rat5QIOny-CJpqMBCEWlOFFNyB0kt23Bs4Ms4q7taQHgbtiS4NrQ3Wb7pTAqqx9bhdp9SPVySiN4hcECH8WpV-3XkJe1O0HRFC5xGl3UO0CJEJPc5PCAxShlu5NLKZCC9G5jF6svDhMML57HxYQFPwqR1vEcY_xDrB3zSxtTQFOyspRllaaM/s1600/Dartmouth%201990%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGta_ta3Rat5QIOny-CJpqMBCEWlOFFNyB0kt23Bs4Ms4q7taQHgbtiS4NrQ3Wb7pTAqqx9bhdp9SPVySiN4hcECH8WpV-3XkJe1O0HRFC5xGl3UO0CJEJPc5PCAxShlu5NLKZCC9G5jF6svDhMML57HxYQFPwqR1vEcY_xDrB3zSxtTQFOyspRllaaM/s320/Dartmouth%201990%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>1990: </b>In year four under Teevens, Dartmouth returned to glory with its first Ivy title since 1982. The Big Green added another title in '91 before Teevens left to become head coach at Tulane.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">No. 32 was running back Shonn Page, who ran for 1,087 yards and 11 TDs in 10 games.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-8048838285573701082023-09-16T13:38:00.001-04:002023-09-16T13:38:18.414-04:00The (Somewhat) Complete Holy Cross Uniform History, Part I<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">For some reason, I've had Holy Cross on the brain lately. Maybe it's because of the Crusaders' recent return to excellence (four straight Patriot League titles, 25-5 record since 2020 heading into the 2023 season) after a string of so-so years. As I've probably noted before, this program has had the highest of highs (undefeated seasons, an Orange Bowl berth) and the lowest of lows (a season called off because of a hepatitis outbreak, a coach who took his own life).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With the 'Saders flying high (as long as Boston College doesn't poach coach Bob Chesney anytime soon) and positioning themselves as a legitimate FCS national title contender, I thought I'd take a look at their uniform history over the last century-plus. Today, we'll work our way up through World War II.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One disclaimer: Figuring out what shades of purple Holy Cross has worn over the years is about as tough as Worcester rush-hour traffic. Some of the graphics you'll see previously used darker shades in earlier post, but I fear there may be some inaccuracies along the way. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">With that outta the way ...</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHd__eIZrZp2IPu3Blf54V7zbQjObxdm1QGsfg3ALdNmdDZ3_bcRtzvppZNGQiA-eIL8XgaZppRiwz2Mj0VUYy9xjUv6brQ-AHacYZ28CAUMPJ1Zta5cU0DhsQhsXPoZKU0S0raTDTJsb-zkL9c_-vrhMvXvdaXtAV0yyDYE-Q-iAAiPYvmKrBhs8lwE/s1677/Holy%20Cross%201915%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1677" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHd__eIZrZp2IPu3Blf54V7zbQjObxdm1QGsfg3ALdNmdDZ3_bcRtzvppZNGQiA-eIL8XgaZppRiwz2Mj0VUYy9xjUv6brQ-AHacYZ28CAUMPJ1Zta5cU0DhsQhsXPoZKU0S0raTDTJsb-zkL9c_-vrhMvXvdaXtAV0yyDYE-Q-iAAiPYvmKrBhs8lwE/s320/Holy%20Cross%201915%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1915: </b>About as plain as you can get. Leather helmet, tan pants, purple jerseys and socks. The team had no nickname, and the jerseys don't even have numbers.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrLqSmu0sKsr-gK6v-J79TvQKP5XoMNhcLjcj_z_4FiD0-LvhOssFhUKwgeGVTONtsC_HyAToiV8BrZJxKOn7CzSsVM6u2V7l-mtOcQrLRKOs9S4LiQo14wOxeSDeAuTyuYIr21vtM8l7egg6FK8r-FGY5VYtvzhoyJT7aGzjv_99Fsn9LkXhFiKZLyc/s1677/Holy%20Cross%201919%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1677" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrLqSmu0sKsr-gK6v-J79TvQKP5XoMNhcLjcj_z_4FiD0-LvhOssFhUKwgeGVTONtsC_HyAToiV8BrZJxKOn7CzSsVM6u2V7l-mtOcQrLRKOs9S4LiQo14wOxeSDeAuTyuYIr21vtM8l7egg6FK8r-FGY5VYtvzhoyJT7aGzjv_99Fsn9LkXhFiKZLyc/s320/Holy%20Cross%201919%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1919:</b> No changes except for a little white showing on the socks. (The uniform crowd probably went wild over that one at the time.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOYhau8ft5nrzgYnSnvDxTFmy07y8ehVt7qPffsB77LqVKZjZVLvcA1fyVEWndERVY5_64Zzn_JnXWrSmoki7TqTghsjBZNni_I4TykJ5-rnNFhuT7erfVY6UqjhnnEtG8BFVQ3sSGzzFVJvqWR0nDilNDYIGHnd0wBj7d_5Jx6FFlLK-UCE_OoEtl78/s1677/Holy%20Cross%201923%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1677" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOYhau8ft5nrzgYnSnvDxTFmy07y8ehVt7qPffsB77LqVKZjZVLvcA1fyVEWndERVY5_64Zzn_JnXWrSmoki7TqTghsjBZNni_I4TykJ5-rnNFhuT7erfVY6UqjhnnEtG8BFVQ3sSGzzFVJvqWR0nDilNDYIGHnd0wBj7d_5Jx6FFlLK-UCE_OoEtl78/s320/Holy%20Cross%201923%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1923: </b>By this time, numbers are in use. Going by photos from the 1924 Purple Patcher yearbook, it appears Holy Cross used two different shades of purple for the jerseys.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyH9J-3aJgkqAExXqqerUqqsg7oIUEg-BHIBdbQwUBOYmkUR3PXvE7DnucHjXmFtRxs97su1_BWv4N1irti21lflyXTBPQxnAnZu91toVA7P8N45pSWfZdYRUp4VZYanliMdrHagHuSRHZHC6nivF-Ry1fUbab5-EjYkS4EXE3_bfj55wWLBJHbK0LOO8/s1677/Holy%20Cross%201926%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1677" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyH9J-3aJgkqAExXqqerUqqsg7oIUEg-BHIBdbQwUBOYmkUR3PXvE7DnucHjXmFtRxs97su1_BWv4N1irti21lflyXTBPQxnAnZu91toVA7P8N45pSWfZdYRUp4VZYanliMdrHagHuSRHZHC6nivF-Ry1fUbab5-EjYkS4EXE3_bfj55wWLBJHbK0LOO8/s320/Holy%20Cross%201926%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1926: </b>The "Crusaders" nickname is in use by this point, and the lighter purple is in full use.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEvg8dTQlwI6lGI0E_m--g8V-rMoLGACtP594d-CaBzM00gfavwNvvKmIZ_EIC0V8vbjLDa1jXwoeQ9ei2GKgTFiXdYdnvH2BcRCsAqTrzYZcTNtRh38oFq53BnXxfn-K68NsmT86s0HTWZY0QXSgOTn9AFz6-c0xjQO0NZCcpadFIaAAtLJpiuKKfIQ/s1677/Holy%20Cross%201928%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1677" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEvg8dTQlwI6lGI0E_m--g8V-rMoLGACtP594d-CaBzM00gfavwNvvKmIZ_EIC0V8vbjLDa1jXwoeQ9ei2GKgTFiXdYdnvH2BcRCsAqTrzYZcTNtRh38oFq53BnXxfn-K68NsmT86s0HTWZY0QXSgOTn9AFz6-c0xjQO0NZCcpadFIaAAtLJpiuKKfIQ/s320/Holy%20Cross%201928%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1928:</b> The 'Saders add striped socks that would look good on the wicked witch of the east (or is it west?), and some pants have stripes down the back.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66IBvuR17bprxns0DAH3UGdkch03p95oCoaPxba_6zFw-QMFDeM908wzgFoPB1uV5lKhjPgGRSHJnp7e5hRF4xvOSjtLAiBS1rGl7OnHctYEQU59IRBAc61D6_3b-JnLAAq48MnAMV_PB0lK-FzomFJePCIj7gLl8qBIB0wpyoOAcQflhs9ndg9QtFv8/s1677/Holy%20Cross%201929%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1677" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66IBvuR17bprxns0DAH3UGdkch03p95oCoaPxba_6zFw-QMFDeM908wzgFoPB1uV5lKhjPgGRSHJnp7e5hRF4xvOSjtLAiBS1rGl7OnHctYEQU59IRBAc61D6_3b-JnLAAq48MnAMV_PB0lK-FzomFJePCIj7gLl8qBIB0wpyoOAcQflhs9ndg9QtFv8/s320/Holy%20Cross%201929%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>1929:</b> Holy Cross replaces the plain front with a friction-stripe pattern that was all the rage in the 1920s and early '30s. By this time, I <i>think</i> the helmet color matches the jerseys, but I am not 100%.</p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVQsnGGjVDX0uZv5xes9sB6Szhb0-0XZv1Osj3VJFg-BUYQ0ZM1jOS28O3VctJ7QM_3TP5QfHpOTZwYe_R1C-X7AfQydaOrLsGfaNnxXJQ_pfrjVfOBVbwdtyafzhYZbrJf6n2XgfWVIXu9k7wRW5AxL3_F22lpMUZb_Kt-8OimtL1HV5oQzvW5-q9xg/s1677/Holy%20Cross%201930%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1677" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVQsnGGjVDX0uZv5xes9sB6Szhb0-0XZv1Osj3VJFg-BUYQ0ZM1jOS28O3VctJ7QM_3TP5QfHpOTZwYe_R1C-X7AfQydaOrLsGfaNnxXJQ_pfrjVfOBVbwdtyafzhYZbrJf6n2XgfWVIXu9k7wRW5AxL3_F22lpMUZb_Kt-8OimtL1HV5oQzvW5-q9xg/s320/Holy%20Cross%201930%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: helvetica;">1930: </b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After just one year, the friction stripes are gone, replaced by uniform numbers. I'm not sure who was the first team to adopt the practice, but Holy Cross was definitely one of the first in New England.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKTmF9lX1o-9k3LzjUncHd1SjBtsGAiHhaVLjO4YGd62IvYfrDef3uvlI5E-Z5U_290hMdcDyxY74s17PtWmFeDV8CKSCWs_HU8zMV8oZyj5zxdnXXYW5zOiquErBPYJHLyIC7OS7aEfJhLZt8kXePS0qActgbAkU-jmlRuAA22B0TXY38Su5XQuHLoc/s1600/Holy%20Cross%201931%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKTmF9lX1o-9k3LzjUncHd1SjBtsGAiHhaVLjO4YGd62IvYfrDef3uvlI5E-Z5U_290hMdcDyxY74s17PtWmFeDV8CKSCWs_HU8zMV8oZyj5zxdnXXYW5zOiquErBPYJHLyIC7OS7aEfJhLZt8kXePS0qActgbAkU-jmlRuAA22B0TXY38Su5XQuHLoc/s320/Holy%20Cross%201931%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1931:</b> A bunch of funky stripes are added to the jerseys and helmets. Numbers were worn on the front for some, but not all, games. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSoNOCGI5XJfpkTTbKlhIHojubMNLN764R474UQSkH2QKuCxC_5KG-SO7SLHzLg3v295iAXImcdXetn4LTBNejY5zqQRyrW8m_FBYMpESIP4UsHm1Gx3ASh8i2CZ65CO8NdbBksTmeMQrzX7MF2Y9AQxweTCeP_bGKWTQiFzVtAiB8X6thZl4yKHD3Ps/s1600/Holy%20Cross%201934%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSoNOCGI5XJfpkTTbKlhIHojubMNLN764R474UQSkH2QKuCxC_5KG-SO7SLHzLg3v295iAXImcdXetn4LTBNejY5zqQRyrW8m_FBYMpESIP4UsHm1Gx3ASh8i2CZ65CO8NdbBksTmeMQrzX7MF2Y9AQxweTCeP_bGKWTQiFzVtAiB8X6thZl4yKHD3Ps/s320/Holy%20Cross%201934%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1934:</b> The jersey stripes are gone, and the Crusaders return to tan helmets, only with purple stripes.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsI5cFP5ObXZf1R2pRh5MGNIQ6QDlOVq5xVIRoRiPibGqg-PPPsQrQk3JfkPMyLqKYGLnMXNo9Qe_s0yXjZW85AVJuezgKGuLogd8tRlceIUEtSr3zSJlDNFDnp6JTw5RZNRQwE8DIe9LsfYggPoZcpSaa7tggPBV3lf326Ef-YNYNfUgkmaiUw6tB_4/s1600/Holy%20Cross%201935%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsI5cFP5ObXZf1R2pRh5MGNIQ6QDlOVq5xVIRoRiPibGqg-PPPsQrQk3JfkPMyLqKYGLnMXNo9Qe_s0yXjZW85AVJuezgKGuLogd8tRlceIUEtSr3zSJlDNFDnp6JTw5RZNRQwE8DIe9LsfYggPoZcpSaa7tggPBV3lf326Ef-YNYNfUgkmaiUw6tB_4/s320/Holy%20Cross%201935%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: helvetica;">1935:</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Holy Cross introduces silver helmets and pants, which the Crusaders wear into the 1950s, and the darker purple returns. For at least one game, white cutoff shirts are worn over the jerseys; the number font is only a guesstimate.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAelHD2Ln4ukDiKK3w5kXTln-31hrGr1e3lZlgEmzgEXys_5P8E9D4qXGG9j3AgztZ-mexZBKnnBTU3zu5BjpChyhOI0M0BZ2F9-zcytW1MzrqakA1wc5k1DSsogO81F6zEe-Jpn840f7I71nkbcub8C81mefwAHwal0yyVHMwNFoRRjxhwIiDDG_P78U/s1600/Holy%20Cross%201936%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAelHD2Ln4ukDiKK3w5kXTln-31hrGr1e3lZlgEmzgEXys_5P8E9D4qXGG9j3AgztZ-mexZBKnnBTU3zu5BjpChyhOI0M0BZ2F9-zcytW1MzrqakA1wc5k1DSsogO81F6zEe-Jpn840f7I71nkbcub8C81mefwAHwal0yyVHMwNFoRRjxhwIiDDG_P78U/s320/Holy%20Cross%201936%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1936:</b> Stripes are added to the helmets, as are <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2020/11/cornell-big-red-1915.html" target="_blank">Cornell-style striping</a> on the sleeves.</span><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbZTtXBPlPGFWwVpg2AZzZHc7WM2jDI_HN2M1ZEsftC4KaokrSIeL1wD6P7FLF_kGmGl56AuBu-sc0YNDcu8adJy7ffURdhqDsJ1DMXXZS-Kcvarvt_tqA5q83Qvj4N9XLEyklfQD9abD9H8yWragKYesoF5GDzV9eUqgS1izH8KoYAip1JZU0KiJXnA/s1600/Holy%20Cross%201937%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFbZTtXBPlPGFWwVpg2AZzZHc7WM2jDI_HN2M1ZEsftC4KaokrSIeL1wD6P7FLF_kGmGl56AuBu-sc0YNDcu8adJy7ffURdhqDsJ1DMXXZS-Kcvarvt_tqA5q83Qvj4N9XLEyklfQD9abD9H8yWragKYesoF5GDzV9eUqgS1izH8KoYAip1JZU0KiJXnA/s320/Holy%20Cross%201937%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1937: </b>The sleeve stripes are removed.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXSpKifNkfry_7aXRIueFdNG7e2383CZCi1XgREO6HZ8YbP72v_k3fhM3U4FhnLxz1FZVBz9VRXfQOjh7lq8hMhBr3SCPcJr5fUAMoToEDqz5JPyFIn0rekRbaGiYIp_MtqknZJY4I9ZhxaVYRVs_n2H9DwcYmG43Bfx7dv9MuMRRwZYsFrrG_lI-hF0/s1600/Holy%20Cross%201939%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXSpKifNkfry_7aXRIueFdNG7e2383CZCi1XgREO6HZ8YbP72v_k3fhM3U4FhnLxz1FZVBz9VRXfQOjh7lq8hMhBr3SCPcJr5fUAMoToEDqz5JPyFIn0rekRbaGiYIp_MtqknZJY4I9ZhxaVYRVs_n2H9DwcYmG43Bfx7dv9MuMRRwZYsFrrG_lI-hF0/s320/Holy%20Cross%201939%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1939: </b>The Crusaders add a white jersey.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyzUQVUFQofHNkHZyD90ENiPvp_Q5lF6-CtVtlY2DSwvfrtfWAW5rBsGoImCe5zMsaF02zHlY5HNx4CBe5xRvtCNtN9udcKzoh_vyzQh1rWR2EibNTSSWHpZ0elkEKytOiGHJBlyPwuJjHPvSNndp9FjsrICTcd0k820Wn8O8WUYmSTB6iNynSpdxIoY/s1600/Holy%20Cross%201942%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyzUQVUFQofHNkHZyD90ENiPvp_Q5lF6-CtVtlY2DSwvfrtfWAW5rBsGoImCe5zMsaF02zHlY5HNx4CBe5xRvtCNtN9udcKzoh_vyzQh1rWR2EibNTSSWHpZ0elkEKytOiGHJBlyPwuJjHPvSNndp9FjsrICTcd0k820Wn8O8WUYmSTB6iNynSpdxIoY/s320/Holy%20Cross%201942%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1942: </b>The helmet stripes change, and the white jersey adds stripes. Holy Cross wore the white jerseys in the <a href="https://magazine.holycross.edu/issue_47_1/47_1_sports/47_1_hcbc">55-12 rout of undefeated Boston College</a> in a game that was followed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoanut_Grove_fire">fatal fire at the Cocoanut Grove</a> that killed nearly 500 people; BC was supposed to attend a postgame party there but declined after the big loss.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Y_6pfdLPfujZ91pihZUE6oekEez4k_P0ckZd3sZeBe1LcbC3l5giwAIBsD2OsQVViFNipyx3g32GCrLit4t22NQk2QWF4D7IZxviA9SlQkbuU6mmljIqiwN-xO6BFivOycnsb0op84cESPAmL7tnyAmZpjBCfmHTjOF3KR4YO5CQoYNy8WWQEoKtKyw/s1600/Holy%20Cross%201945%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Y_6pfdLPfujZ91pihZUE6oekEez4k_P0ckZd3sZeBe1LcbC3l5giwAIBsD2OsQVViFNipyx3g32GCrLit4t22NQk2QWF4D7IZxviA9SlQkbuU6mmljIqiwN-xO6BFivOycnsb0op84cESPAmL7tnyAmZpjBCfmHTjOF3KR4YO5CQoYNy8WWQEoKtKyw/s320/Holy%20Cross%201945%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>1945:</b> The purple socks vanish. The Crusaders wore this style for their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Orange_Bowl" target="_blank">first (and only) trip to the Orange Bowl</a>.</span></p></div>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-38147356655070300532023-08-22T20:20:00.006-04:002023-09-04T19:56:47.885-04:00Brown Bears (1948)<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5UonRNyXcqrW6Y9iEwbxRTL2cANTQqftNxH1SfBbVVVtp1QGnYitdl0Tmod2QrkfVWbedlBIP7FWZe1fFi8cXfaxVmtKoe6EW3D4TVK6SyDxPeoBRvbCDlP1dN4FbAJqnyx1EbJi_apuxBoM0RyQArRNYhjxW5-pEl09jUqveu6XreOHKYS5UO1T9v0/s1600/Brown%201948%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5UonRNyXcqrW6Y9iEwbxRTL2cANTQqftNxH1SfBbVVVtp1QGnYitdl0Tmod2QrkfVWbedlBIP7FWZe1fFi8cXfaxVmtKoe6EW3D4TVK6SyDxPeoBRvbCDlP1dN4FbAJqnyx1EbJi_apuxBoM0RyQArRNYhjxW5-pEl09jUqveu6XreOHKYS5UO1T9v0/s320/Brown%201948%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The latest dip into the bag o' random gives us a not inconsiderable Brown team.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Team: </b>The Bears went 7-2, their best record since they went 7-1 in 1931 and '32. The two losses were to mediocre Harvard and Yale teams. The wins came over Princeton (on a walk-off field goal by kicker/center Joe Condon), Rhode Island, Holy Cross, UConn, Rutgers, Western Reserve and Colgate (on Thanksgiving). The Bears outscored their foes 242-103. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcXwDB-cKbyE1aofGVOuRHT9FNUphntnDHE5mQPnbXhW8emhZEsPsPKiLZ9yWI5wl4dVlkLGJK8j7QLQYBHyns5Ev7S9ljvDkZWnSsShvpJGSjGHu1NS1a3LGzmsrabUuStNSKgUW5BzhzJoRDi6nx7T3nj2iaUufegfxpIUcRuVrwdjYwbjI_WVVAfk/s1630/Brown%2048%20team.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1630" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcXwDB-cKbyE1aofGVOuRHT9FNUphntnDHE5mQPnbXhW8emhZEsPsPKiLZ9yWI5wl4dVlkLGJK8j7QLQYBHyns5Ev7S9ljvDkZWnSsShvpJGSjGHu1NS1a3LGzmsrabUuStNSKgUW5BzhzJoRDi6nx7T3nj2iaUufegfxpIUcRuVrwdjYwbjI_WVVAfk/s320/Brown%2048%20team.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 1948 Bears.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Players: </b>You've probably heard a little over the years about junior Joe Paterno, who played quarterback and cornerback in Providence and still shares the school career record for defensive interceptions with 14. One odd fact about JoePa was that his tuition was funded by comics magnate Everett "Busy" Arnold, a Brown alumnus and benefactor.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XkIXHUiEzRsH8ZfmIAdrUcWoOCDo3FIL0i_6FCJkptCz_Pms46EczvWU4DDyLoF36YTcwrvTpHYP86MalW0QibHcCK3lSJoiLLEL3Cr2OJW45zdF9TKSB-swl7tKrycuplvE-kBeqK2KnbN81iDKKdHpzNrC6gpNqLJM4jWPi5888MJfLCLS22ieYkk/s1122/Brown%2048%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="972" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XkIXHUiEzRsH8ZfmIAdrUcWoOCDo3FIL0i_6FCJkptCz_Pms46EczvWU4DDyLoF36YTcwrvTpHYP86MalW0QibHcCK3lSJoiLLEL3Cr2OJW45zdF9TKSB-swl7tKrycuplvE-kBeqK2KnbN81iDKKdHpzNrC6gpNqLJM4jWPi5888MJfLCLS22ieYkk/s320/Brown%2048%202.png" width="277" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe Paterno flashes his defensive skills against Holy Cross.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Paterno and fellow DB Walt Pastuzak led a pass defense that ranked fourth in the nation (presumably in yards). Ed Finn handled the passing duties, while guard John Chernak was named to something called the sophomore All-America team, according to the 1949 <i>Liber Brunensis</i> yearbook. Moe Maloney, also a basketball star, and Chuck Nelson were the top receivers. George Paterno, Joe's brother, was a fullback.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Coach: </b>Charles A. "Rip" Engle was an end at Western Maryland (now McDaniel) College, where the first football game he played in also was allegedly the game he ever <i>saw</i>. He coached Brown to a 28-20-4 mark from 1944-49, before he left to lead at Penn State, taking Paterno with him as an assistant. Engle was 104-48-4 at Penn State from 1950-65 before he retired and handed the ball off to Paterno.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Uniforms: </b>Silver has been Brown's secondary color since the 1970s, but before that gold or tan trim was in fashion. The Bears took the field in gold plastic helmets with brown jerseys at home and white on the road, capped with gold pants. Northwestern striping was used on the sleeves for both jerseys. The Bears appear to be one of the early New England teams to wear plastic headgear.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25e2fkU5HPfpyE2E4owos0Kjqzd6HUIYhYcWjGrg6s8MLhnLvubgMVRLsUqLrZN7YkcuRlB_F9xBnTrGXDqbxro_NPPy8Gg2Ti5ssKM4zlz3LOEyNmQjj3K1mTLCFSYv44rjzVu9xJktYSKrRExNA3U9By-Uli3EkWJQOvK-J6UyxgcO4v_BCPmLFAtU/s1818/Brown%2048%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1818" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25e2fkU5HPfpyE2E4owos0Kjqzd6HUIYhYcWjGrg6s8MLhnLvubgMVRLsUqLrZN7YkcuRlB_F9xBnTrGXDqbxro_NPPy8Gg2Ti5ssKM4zlz3LOEyNmQjj3K1mTLCFSYv44rjzVu9xJktYSKrRExNA3U9By-Uli3EkWJQOvK-J6UyxgcO4v_BCPmLFAtU/s320/Brown%2048%203.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brown in action in their home unis.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4AaJ1mgsJIrtnJ4ZwJiZPajClv2PHjTH4JVGmagJMWIT_WFVTQUGOGBDNsUo6Z3SnsVaDijPfzDwFriKx7meop7yFm44fQjT1tu9dqaCtzgV35KVqxkEw1BstS3NJzu39n0hZfiREqJtlS7yWuwPJFVhg4Z8rw7MUYG2vuKRRxEcERxZnsjLiVSqxYM/s2338/Brown%2048%204.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="2338" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4AaJ1mgsJIrtnJ4ZwJiZPajClv2PHjTH4JVGmagJMWIT_WFVTQUGOGBDNsUo6Z3SnsVaDijPfzDwFriKx7meop7yFm44fQjT1tu9dqaCtzgV35KVqxkEw1BstS3NJzu39n0hZfiREqJtlS7yWuwPJFVhg4Z8rw7MUYG2vuKRRxEcERxZnsjLiVSqxYM/s320/Brown%2048%204.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Paterno tries to bulldoze his way through the line.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Fallout:</b> Brown improved to 8-1 in 1949 (the loss was to Princeton) before Engle left for Happy Valley. The Bears collapsed to 1-8 in 1950 under one-and-done coach Gus Zitrides before successor Alva Kelley resorted them to respectability.</span></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-31803751765222564432023-07-30T10:40:00.001-04:002023-07-30T10:58:21.416-04:00Boston College Eagles (1933)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvym5SXdQNTpZvb6wEPLgqCcwe-16c3M_4iqjcxeIkIx1HdrMhmKpjpiob3Vmt19yY9sI88CruTYe28V9dJkzR0CHwuElGH6tSDum14fHT8rMaQYg-_e-74D5AqxVp56gNtJiaWO1aJmLkjsuqEmAQOsrOETo6HZO8vgddl35rzYI7U5jc8mrn5-QfpV8/s1600/BC%201933%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvym5SXdQNTpZvb6wEPLgqCcwe-16c3M_4iqjcxeIkIx1HdrMhmKpjpiob3Vmt19yY9sI88CruTYe28V9dJkzR0CHwuElGH6tSDum14fHT8rMaQYg-_e-74D5AqxVp56gNtJiaWO1aJmLkjsuqEmAQOsrOETo6HZO8vgddl35rzYI7U5jc8mrn5-QfpV8/s320/BC%201933%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Our latest random team takes us waaaay back to the Depression years with a Boston College team that was hardly depressing. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Team:</b> The Eagles went 8-1 in '33, but don't look for them in any national title discussions. Most of the wins were against small Jesuit schools such as Saint Anselm, Loyola (Md.), Georgetown, Villanova and Holy Cross. The other victories were against Centre (a short-term power in the 1920s out of Kentucky), Boston University and Western Maryland (which was rebranded McDaniel College in 2002 and plays a Division III schedule).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Maybe the foes weren't so great, but the nicknames were. Centre was known as the "Praying Colonels" (just plain Colonels today) and Western Maryland/McDaniel goes by the "Green Terror."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The lone loss was 32-6 to Fordham at the Polo Grounds in BC's only road game; Vince Lombardi was a Rams freshman.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjvNWN2YGWCLEO5Hla_rdENbnwr-_TXIH5y974jilTY6W46t9G_2uJaJCdunbRZ7T31CbS8_VyhOy9wya_VLlPpy5bOI6DtKRAxdft3f1FtCuFotqGqVkW0GUcaMc2617248Vyxk5HaeQ3G04M2QfFfoDNQEUr7rKMsJTWffgGxz2Xn3QkLEby49B1s0/s1000/BC-fordham%2033.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1000" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjvNWN2YGWCLEO5Hla_rdENbnwr-_TXIH5y974jilTY6W46t9G_2uJaJCdunbRZ7T31CbS8_VyhOy9wya_VLlPpy5bOI6DtKRAxdft3f1FtCuFotqGqVkW0GUcaMc2617248Vyxk5HaeQ3G04M2QfFfoDNQEUr7rKMsJTWffgGxz2Xn3QkLEby49B1s0/s320/BC-fordham%2033.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BC punts away during its only loss of the season, <br />to Fordham at the Polo Grounds.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Players:</b> It appears the Eagles' big star was Flavio Tosi, whom the Sub Turri yearbook claimed was the best end in the East; according his BC Hall of Fame profile, he registered TEN sacks in a season-ending 13-9 win over Holy Cross. After the season, he signed with the Boston Redskins, becoming the first Eagle to play in the NFL.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq-Cd8O8wWrSEzYCG-uS0o2jGeBizv8TXoEi_Dudm0SEgPCLORJd1iqZS3N0PA7jCVtqPFJAZApHf1mxsrX6C-owjh7JBkzjGEU-5JtqwDeN9HtV0kdYAYOff4ZfVzVcvTE7iw09j5EMvCctqrDJR65cTZ_nu9mzR2r10eIRrRU_-Xu7lHjSQC4tltdY/s1070/BC%2032%20Tosi.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="596" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq-Cd8O8wWrSEzYCG-uS0o2jGeBizv8TXoEi_Dudm0SEgPCLORJd1iqZS3N0PA7jCVtqPFJAZApHf1mxsrX6C-owjh7JBkzjGEU-5JtqwDeN9HtV0kdYAYOff4ZfVzVcvTE7iw09j5EMvCctqrDJR65cTZ_nu9mzR2r10eIRrRU_-Xu7lHjSQC4tltdY/s320/BC%2032%20Tosi.png" width="178" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Star end Flavio Tosi, wearing the older BC uniform.<br />Check out the socks!</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Among the other stars:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">* Quarterback Johnny Frietas, who also was a pretty fair punter and kicker, with a 40-yard drop-kick field goal (!) in a season-opening win over St. Anselm. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">* Paul Flaherty also played some QB and his passing led BC to a 25-0 win over BU. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iaRQD0Pkrvg8ZcNcu8mtrQZ_NcC4zZ45dIoEWgdIrJYqPABYcjEzGoF19G4sn9EGx5i_xoYqvvRovvgMccN9Nn_12axMPIp5wrbjrBvt-rPVsxtOfQWeRUfwuN0WVuvkCP6ltkBGtnZTe1_V5rXFT_PUTWiktQEiNfU7gxZM2OzVbrXCKKU4ffGyjmo/s1852/BC-BU%2033.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="1852" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iaRQD0Pkrvg8ZcNcu8mtrQZ_NcC4zZ45dIoEWgdIrJYqPABYcjEzGoF19G4sn9EGx5i_xoYqvvRovvgMccN9Nn_12axMPIp5wrbjrBvt-rPVsxtOfQWeRUfwuN0WVuvkCP6ltkBGtnZTe1_V5rXFT_PUTWiktQEiNfU7gxZM2OzVbrXCKKU4ffGyjmo/s320/BC-BU%2033.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The caption says it all. The official on the left appears <br />to be wearing pants about six sizes too large.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">* Bobby Ott and Johnny Dougan handled the running chores, and Ott also was a standout linebacker. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">* Frank Maloney, the captain, was described the the Sub Turri as "our greatest defensive bulwark, his blocking ability and inspiring leadership paved the way for a successful season."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Tosi and Frietas are in BC's Varsity Club Hall of Fame.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Coach: </b>Joe McKenney also is a BC Hall of Famer. As a player, he quarterbacked the Eagles to an undefeated season in 1926 and also was a track and baseball standout. As coach, he led BC to a 44-18-3 mark from 1928-34. McKenney later served as the director of physical education for the Boston school system and was a linesman for college football, the NFL and AFL. And on top of all that, he led the fundraising drive for the construction of Alumni Stadium in 1957.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKak005_m4gWSVos3MoPh1D0oIYoYc6IlZyqb3F71klGHk53O3A4XxblQpzyx_cRlBXk-KZHXheA5bJ3Qq0EEeZ15IH7pcOmVWMN7-FTf-ng8yc6AjJmkdRit8znI5yvKrjD1NPfmXmnKzIRwd1P79WGT31GqEk0R8ztIQvusTZpHhWNF6oOINiM-OlU/s1516/BC%2032%20McKenney.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="1516" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKak005_m4gWSVos3MoPh1D0oIYoYc6IlZyqb3F71klGHk53O3A4XxblQpzyx_cRlBXk-KZHXheA5bJ3Qq0EEeZ15IH7pcOmVWMN7-FTf-ng8yc6AjJmkdRit8znI5yvKrjD1NPfmXmnKzIRwd1P79WGT31GqEk0R8ztIQvusTZpHhWNF6oOINiM-OlU/s320/BC%2032%20McKenney.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This cartoon from the Sub Turri touts Joe McKenney while <br />he discusses his team's accomplishments.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Uniforms:</b> Keeping in mind that there may be mistakes in the above graphic thanks to dark, murky photos, it appears BC wore two different jerseys in '33 with maroon helmets and gold/tan pants. According to Reid Oslin's excellent <i>Boston College Football Vault</i>, the Eagles debuted maroon jerseys with gold stripes in '32. Against Fordham (which also wore maroon), BC sported gold jerseys with maroon shoulder panels and numbers on the back, but not the front. By '34, numbers were added to the front of the gold shirts and the maroons followed suit in '35.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Fallout</b>: BC fell to 5-4 in '34 in McKenney's last season. Two different coaches guided the Eagles in '35 before personal favorite <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2017/08/boston-college-eagles-1935-38.html" target="_blank">Gloomy Gil Dobie</a> arrived in '36.</span></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-81305914266958644852023-07-27T22:34:00.000-04:002023-07-27T22:34:15.928-04:00Harvard Crimson (1966)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xl-cqZJD-LwyfmNm17SV0hEZT3L607ijNbQ7uYWv_X_c-BUI1dJyGWYifVsy0tBntotV7seYv454j1dwFbzep_heIKrRm3cXbFu4W4_C-9SibAOie_U3ZzK-0vlspxugGxJxIP2FFJckDoemaKOKkKXsQ1kigI9yiBp7A2GQr92zF7w72qxt3FgHPIc/s1600/Harvard%201966%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xl-cqZJD-LwyfmNm17SV0hEZT3L607ijNbQ7uYWv_X_c-BUI1dJyGWYifVsy0tBntotV7seYv454j1dwFbzep_heIKrRm3cXbFu4W4_C-9SibAOie_U3ZzK-0vlspxugGxJxIP2FFJckDoemaKOKkKXsQ1kigI9yiBp7A2GQr92zF7w72qxt3FgHPIc/s320/Harvard%201966%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Our last post concerned the <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2023/07/yale-bulldogs-1966.html" target="_blank">1966 Yale Bulldogs</a>, so for this one we'll take a glance at their Ivy League doppelgängers. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Team: </b>Harvard went 8-1 and shared the Ivy title with Princeton and Dartmouth. (Trivia: From 1960-83, at least one school out of Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton or Yale won or shared the Ancient Eight title each season.) The Crimson's lone loss was an 18-14 decision to Princeton on Nov. 5 at old Palmer Stadium. The Tigers drove 93 yards in the fourth quarter for the go-ahead touchdown, then stopped the Crimson in the red zone on fourth down with less than 2 minutes left to seal the victory. To complete the circle, Princeton's lone Ivy loss was to Dartmouth and Dartmouth's defeat was against Harvard.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Players:</b> Quarterback Ric Zimmerman threw for a modest 639 yards with seven TDs and seven interceptions, completing just under half his passes in an era when a 50% completion percentage was pretty darn good. Senior Bobby Leo led the ground game with 827 yards and seven TDs, followed by sophomore Vic Gatto with 700 yards and three scores. Junior Carter Lord led the receivers with a whopping 19 catches for 248 yards. (Ah, the '60s.) As many of you probably know, future actor </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Tommy Lee Jones played for Harvard and was a sophomore guard on the '66 team.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRk321xaH-qM5qVRqKA2ozFsls8sjAwXlXBs2IVgHS-XaHyYsPMjnJ9R4rgrnzi1GQ-Rb1O7YOWcJXlQTOoUUbE-tHN0mQa3CurV38rwHh7qcryn4grEx9R-riczMP39nj9mvPOadBkh8-oUJ6Xm6aFDZh7Sf-h-AER91koyAKLKpbCe_CTLzvnyw8hs0/s545/Columbia%2066%20home%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="545" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRk321xaH-qM5qVRqKA2ozFsls8sjAwXlXBs2IVgHS-XaHyYsPMjnJ9R4rgrnzi1GQ-Rb1O7YOWcJXlQTOoUUbE-tHN0mQa3CurV38rwHh7qcryn4grEx9R-riczMP39nj9mvPOadBkh8-oUJ6Xm6aFDZh7Sf-h-AER91koyAKLKpbCe_CTLzvnyw8hs0/s320/Columbia%2066%20home%202.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vic Gatto runs against Columbia in 1966. Note that <br />both teams are wearing dark jerseys.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Coach:</b> I wrote a bit about John Yovicsin <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2022/02/harvard-crimson-1957-58-1971-72-75-1994.html" target="_blank">in this post</a>. This was his 10th year at Harvard and his second of three Ivy titles. His career record was 78-42-5. <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1966/11/19/john-yovicsin-pthe-life-of-a/" target="_blank">This Harvard Crimson article</a> from 1966 takes a first-hand look at his personality and coaching style.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Uniforms: </b>Harvard's look was largely unchanged from 1964-71: Crimson helmets with black-and-white stripes with white numbers; crimson jerseys with smallish white numbers (reversed on the road); and light gold pants. In later years, Harvard added striped socks to the ensemble. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFawjzzK8x_isdiN3c-1Jbx4mMR8uGuUu-J5fHc60MbuxptDWrQGceEXBTOem8SDeQnrpim2pqLX_rVxas_8q4uJ8KaLDHxs6nylOLQWttD8IDZ3ck5gjL-gsYXohr9n51AYUR5KYpMxlTHlClB8fm5ez3sDH5amXY2hUYNgzuNN_utk0J6gtShL1k3YE/s2008/Harvard-Prnceton%2066.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="2008" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFawjzzK8x_isdiN3c-1Jbx4mMR8uGuUu-J5fHc60MbuxptDWrQGceEXBTOem8SDeQnrpim2pqLX_rVxas_8q4uJ8KaLDHxs6nylOLQWttD8IDZ3ck5gjL-gsYXohr9n51AYUR5KYpMxlTHlClB8fm5ez3sDH5amXY2hUYNgzuNN_utk0J6gtShL1k3YE/s320/Harvard-Prnceton%2066.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harvard breaks out the white jerseys and long sleeves<br />for its late-season loss to Princeton.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Harvard played only two road games in '66 (Princeton and Columbia) and wore the white jerseys only once, at Princeton. (For whatever reason, Harvard wore the "home" jerseys even when Columbia wore the light blue shirts at home, although '66 marked the time in years the Lions wore white shirts on the road.) The white shirts were long-sleeved for the late-season game, but the homes went with short sleeves all season long.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Fallout:</b> Harvard slipped to 6-3 overall, 4-3 and tied for fourth in the Ivies in '67, then in '68 ... ah, you all know that. 😎</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsMbtrefdoT7NJCev8S_ngHOFCg2IZagNI1lgMQalT8u5WiAZNKZyDcS3AWWL6TYR2Gtap0KTO8K5muVeeK_oNSZ7M5SZ6Hv9_QG0WNXGf_pqNl8iaiII8d-jJelGmL2Xp0fSQOyxsXcY4sV_MvqBEAUns7BbpM1tbgoRTV_IUh5enZOGtTvTa-CUob4/s1024/gettyimages-94240000-1024x1024.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1024" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsMbtrefdoT7NJCev8S_ngHOFCg2IZagNI1lgMQalT8u5WiAZNKZyDcS3AWWL6TYR2Gtap0KTO8K5muVeeK_oNSZ7M5SZ6Hv9_QG0WNXGf_pqNl8iaiII8d-jJelGmL2Xp0fSQOyxsXcY4sV_MvqBEAUns7BbpM1tbgoRTV_IUh5enZOGtTvTa-CUob4/s320/gettyimages-94240000-1024x1024.webp" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sure, everyone knows Tommy Lee Jones played at Harvard,<br />but how many people know he was a star on the old soap opera<br />"One Life to Live" from 1971-75?</td></tr></tbody></table></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-39215902342643205432023-07-12T10:56:00.004-04:002023-07-12T10:56:55.508-04:00Yale Bulldogs (1966)<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFr5HoBTy-iONAKMx0HBz4wd2dfNC_OSGaXgj2ssVgOWprmMxRjBucxTeTvGathNDQiuNvACfuT8QIuOywJT1uH5DPhAbpjD6k7LB1Ir4_YX6Jtl4mZjsPF_vmZlHBlIdJoW4ON-kcYVid9BbZByBMsQK53R1aiwd99o3_VCM_NzXexdOgy2DdPTt1Qok/s1800/Yale%201966%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFr5HoBTy-iONAKMx0HBz4wd2dfNC_OSGaXgj2ssVgOWprmMxRjBucxTeTvGathNDQiuNvACfuT8QIuOywJT1uH5DPhAbpjD6k7LB1Ir4_YX6Jtl4mZjsPF_vmZlHBlIdJoW4ON-kcYVid9BbZByBMsQK53R1aiwd99o3_VCM_NzXexdOgy2DdPTt1Qok/s320/Yale%201966%20(new).png" width="284" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The latest dip into the bag-o-random gives us the 1966 Yale Bulldogs, a historically significant team for uniform-related reasons.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Team:</b> This was a fairly middling bunch, going 4-5 overall, 3-4 in the Ancient Eight. The Bulldogs' three Ivy wins were all against teams with the same record or worse in the standings (Brown, Penn, Columbia); the losses were all to teams that finished higher. Dartmouth, Harvard and Princeton all shared the Ivy title that year.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOA5qdY8HmBK0SeuC_Pcl2YqfIkCgFOIfrGQVdHPeZIDXV1oMmFQz3A9_FW4WGPEXEJEO9axfb87A7Hc1RjQ6AKpvWnP5zUUr4Av7rpcdFrwZtqE-Z1AEJeTWD1094ch-nIlJIJtHvKIUeUPpPENLdTDMk-51dtauIt0lHpfZva1Z3PJdSjcefavckAdo/s1968/Harvard-Yale%2066.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="1968" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOA5qdY8HmBK0SeuC_Pcl2YqfIkCgFOIfrGQVdHPeZIDXV1oMmFQz3A9_FW4WGPEXEJEO9axfb87A7Hc1RjQ6AKpvWnP5zUUr4Av7rpcdFrwZtqE-Z1AEJeTWD1094ch-nIlJIJtHvKIUeUPpPENLdTDMk-51dtauIt0lHpfZva1Z3PJdSjcefavckAdo/s320/Harvard-Yale%2066.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Yale Daily News photo from Yale's season-ending 17-0 loss to Harvard.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Players:</b> Good news: This team had two all-time legends in quarterback Brian Dowling and running back Calvin Hill. Bad news: They were sophomores and did not play regularly. Dowling played mostly in the season opener — a 16-0 win over UConn — and tossed two TD passes. Pete Doherty was the starter in '66 and threw for </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">978 yards and </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">11 TDs. Hill ran for 369 yards in a time-share with Don Barrows (396 yards), Jim Fisher (262) and Chris Kule (147). Bob Kenney led receivers with 37 </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">catches for 414 yards and four TDs.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWaW-zu_XTxnhxp2OFng2Pfqgxml7EY4K0J_WjgQDt0uyFAo1_8a4CkUysZXk2vatYODISYBKTP36tZRwApe-HgJ0YH9up9hiwb2CfIkO9g46W8tHMp8Ih486jh59BoqnRHPzkuAIhfz_EkttUUgXbIEccLVAgJPQvPY5BBweVJj4jYB3HlpbrEDYv_GI/s1000/Yale%2066%20Dowling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1000" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWaW-zu_XTxnhxp2OFng2Pfqgxml7EY4K0J_WjgQDt0uyFAo1_8a4CkUysZXk2vatYODISYBKTP36tZRwApe-HgJ0YH9up9hiwb2CfIkO9g46W8tHMp8Ih486jh59BoqnRHPzkuAIhfz_EkttUUgXbIEccLVAgJPQvPY5BBweVJj4jYB3HlpbrEDYv_GI/s320/Yale%2066%20Dowling.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A 1966 press photo of Brian Dowling, sans facemark.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Coach: </b>Carm Cozza was in the second season of his 31-year run in New Haven. A product of the Miami (Ohio) school of coaching legends, Cozza played quarterback for another pair of famed coaches, Ara Parseghian and Woody Hayes. Cozza was an assistant under John Pont at Yale and became the head man when Pont left for Indiana (where he guided the Hoosiers to their only Rose Bowl berth). Cozza, meanwhile, won 179 games and 10 Ivy titles.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Uniforms:</b> This was the season Yale placed the famed "Y" on the helmets, which remains there to this day. From 1997-2011, the Y had a double outline before the plain letter returned in 2012. The rest of the uniform was plain as plain can be; navy jerseys with white numbers and white pants with two navy stripes down the side. Except for some minor changes here and there, this look lasted through 1995.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Fallout: </b>Dowling took over as QB in 1967 and led the Bulldogs to Ivy titles in 1967 and '68, never losing a game (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Beats_Yale_29–29" target="_blank">well, unless you count the '68 Harvard tie as a loss</a>). Hill ended his Yale career with 1,512 rushing yards, 858 receiving yards ... and 298 passing yards. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Yale won a third straight title without Dowling and Hill in '69.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Zoc5m2WiMZ5Xh52Y0ntUxsIkDY3O5vLcEu5uItEJSlvcr8YZdG0D81Als9KCym1N1kMRh9xnsE9A6qi7GlLpn1AenfbtuakGCAYVQoSyLj7gXvxGtkUro0fADtiGQKbFIsCegnBFp_sO4IHA74CBUd5pSDtDFodqRl9uOB8d3TQG7_l4AHyZ5HUsLSA/s700/Yale%2066%20ad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="700" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Zoc5m2WiMZ5Xh52Y0ntUxsIkDY3O5vLcEu5uItEJSlvcr8YZdG0D81Als9KCym1N1kMRh9xnsE9A6qi7GlLpn1AenfbtuakGCAYVQoSyLj7gXvxGtkUro0fADtiGQKbFIsCegnBFp_sO4IHA74CBUd5pSDtDFodqRl9uOB8d3TQG7_l4AHyZ5HUsLSA/s320/Yale%2066%20ad.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't go to Benderly Kimberdict for betting tips.</td></tr></tbody></table>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-29511372309094600222023-07-06T09:37:00.000-04:002023-07-06T09:37:02.907-04:00Rhode Island Rams (1967)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdoqlRn1BODBo0hQMWpz0CckPT2c1Xc4kqvOdhnG3Cc6AFC7PIPrgeCb4UZFJgD_SL0Bh922QB8qt0-bhjrDUhhQC0Ce9kXxS17klpGl8jt47pG_jJ5fDbi15KQgOTdIh913BeWPldKurIYDlCC0dx112w--1Eyirt_ldcmA1qZmU7FoXS53iB655VdL0/s1600/Rhode%20Island%201967%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdoqlRn1BODBo0hQMWpz0CckPT2c1Xc4kqvOdhnG3Cc6AFC7PIPrgeCb4UZFJgD_SL0Bh922QB8qt0-bhjrDUhhQC0Ce9kXxS17klpGl8jt47pG_jJ5fDbi15KQgOTdIh913BeWPldKurIYDlCC0dx112w--1Eyirt_ldcmA1qZmU7FoXS53iB655VdL0/s320/Rhode%20Island%201967%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">College football is less than two months away. Let's get back into the swing of things and pull a team out of the bag o' random! This time, it's the 1967 Rhody Rams.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Team: </b>Between 1958 and 1972, Rhode Island has but one winning team, and this was it. Among the wins was a 28-17 opening-day shocker over Delaware in which Rhody scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns. (The Hens ended the season 2-7, their last losing season for 16 years.) Wins over Maine and New Hampshire and a scoreless tie against Vermont put Rhody in third place in the Yankee Conference.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirymcHR1G7W8Lf3TMr09V-Wa6PCD91UQ2gvS1v5B-3e0KIoUDiHkOyNwghwpULy3wSC0-7bWQbEiKwo8s87lz1AOR2_9qHRKMwNVpD4ToMTbuyieeeO6_BzWiwGPD-ptnox4Pan3icnVgMTvZIT-Anc6Hnx7et9Tay1LFqfJVBrJ0xG0PHiGCVKt8lImU/s1065/Rhody%2067%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1065" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirymcHR1G7W8Lf3TMr09V-Wa6PCD91UQ2gvS1v5B-3e0KIoUDiHkOyNwghwpULy3wSC0-7bWQbEiKwo8s87lz1AOR2_9qHRKMwNVpD4ToMTbuyieeeO6_BzWiwGPD-ptnox4Pan3icnVgMTvZIT-Anc6Hnx7et9Tay1LFqfJVBrJ0xG0PHiGCVKt8lImU/s320/Rhody%2067%201.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rams take in the action from the bench.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Players:</b> In an era when passing was far more risky and interceptions far more common, Rhody QB Larry Caswell threw for 11 TDs and just two picks. He finished with 1,575 passing yards, a respectable total for that era. His favorite target was future NFL draft pick Frank Geiselman, who hauled down 48 passes for eight TDs. Brent Kaufman was the leading ground-gainer with 590 yards and eight scores. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrucHm41b-zPjLm4qigD4hDB6v9md8SD50JP1M5XQhcruUFJBIPrWoZroB66mcuc895RrxmKXehHR5wAuG6Z_ngGRTSU9lc3I8YSCGcJzv4WC97A-2tdCe9wPTdmCTEJaK7fDseQBLaYn8_VOsmj8etPOM8sPUsK76US5MKgm4RdB3MJmzOzXsEk4SSr8/s742/Rhody%2067%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="519" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrucHm41b-zPjLm4qigD4hDB6v9md8SD50JP1M5XQhcruUFJBIPrWoZroB66mcuc895RrxmKXehHR5wAuG6Z_ngGRTSU9lc3I8YSCGcJzv4WC97A-2tdCe9wPTdmCTEJaK7fDseQBLaYn8_VOsmj8etPOM8sPUsK76US5MKgm4RdB3MJmzOzXsEk4SSr8/s320/Rhody%2067%202.png" width="224" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank Giesleman goes airborne to <br />grab a pass against Maine.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Coach: </b>Jack Zilly was an All-American, national-title winning end at Notre Dame who played for the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles from 1947-52, winning an NFL title in LA in '51. At Rhody, Zilly installed a pro-style offense (which would explain the Rams' air attack), but, the '67</span><b style="font-family: helvetica;"> </b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">team was his only winner; his final record was 21-41-2 from 1963-69.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: helvetica;">The Uniforms:</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2015/07/rhode-island-rams-1967-71.html" target="_blank">I've written about these uniforms before</a>, but they're among my favorites of the '60s. In '67, Rhody ditched the <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2014/10/rhode-island-rams-1966.html" target="_blank">navy blue LA Rams knock-offs</a> (<a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2016/01/rhode-island-rams-1963-65.html" target="_blank">here's</a> another example) and returned to the light blue it had phased out earlier in the decade. The new unis had white helmets with light blue horns and little notches in the horns. Light blue jerseys and white pants were worn at home, and the colors were revered on the road. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Fallout:</b> Rhody won only five games over the next two seasons and Zilly was let go in 69. His successor, Jack Gregory (1970-75), also had only one winning season. It would take the magic of Bob Griffin to turn the Rams into a consistent winner for the first time since the early 1950s.</span></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-21565821327206595742023-05-30T09:23:00.002-04:002023-05-30T09:23:39.292-04:00Buddy Teevens: Rookie coach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVeXN2D8h9BoTrLTty0aLV8ZxuLPjWm6NP_GZUiPPxg2kGRvfTe8eJWNw1_FC5rNemJ10J9qKk-MpKnFQIPiB7uFPVTyqeJzBwIMoXhBUtSznu3Xl7mT3osDEXP3ArPXHPfgAt08NS4MrkLCTtL9cSnJyYSWp6ZLOA2SZi1rJ14SmxFFhE3c_sWCN/s1600/Sample%20Maine%201985%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVeXN2D8h9BoTrLTty0aLV8ZxuLPjWm6NP_GZUiPPxg2kGRvfTe8eJWNw1_FC5rNemJ10J9qKk-MpKnFQIPiB7uFPVTyqeJzBwIMoXhBUtSznu3Xl7mT3osDEXP3ArPXHPfgAt08NS4MrkLCTtL9cSnJyYSWp6ZLOA2SZi1rJ14SmxFFhE3c_sWCN/s320/Sample%20Maine%201985%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIBW0NQ24JdtFgftD_MvdD7LD89QUzSrMTNgIefvPV-DO0onX5ndDCD3TnSmhovZkp5dHgk5wha7tWbgL3CSkcucDe-YfdZkTzBpehXotUOra_qj1hCzhssZJRNwdfg7UZpz-h0OBHMvWAAh4Mq-GYiPdQflcUNcyvQBls5gr3eF7k6J7cFxeFmiD/s1600/Sample%20Maine%201986%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIBW0NQ24JdtFgftD_MvdD7LD89QUzSrMTNgIefvPV-DO0onX5ndDCD3TnSmhovZkp5dHgk5wha7tWbgL3CSkcucDe-YfdZkTzBpehXotUOra_qj1hCzhssZJRNwdfg7UZpz-h0OBHMvWAAh4Mq-GYiPdQflcUNcyvQBls5gr3eF7k6J7cFxeFmiD/s320/Sample%20Maine%201986%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens, who became a national name in football circles after abolishing live tackling in favor of robotic dummies in an effort to prevent head trauma, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/dartmouth-teevens-leg-amputated-mccorkle-eb7066e2f45ec7508e36666a4259b0b1" target="_blank">recently lost a leg</a> following a cycling accident. <a href="https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/05/29/sidelines-the-buddy-system-paid-dividends-for-umaine-football-in-the-1980s/" target="_blank">Here's</a> a column I wrote for Central Maine Newspapers on how Teevens turned around a stagnant Maine program in the mid-1980s. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A while back, I wrote about the changes Teevens made to Maine's uniforms <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2016/01/maine-black-bears-1985.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-89301000342641175982023-05-19T17:33:00.004-04:002023-05-19T17:33:59.922-04:00From Football to Baseball (Part II)<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">OK, I've procrastinated enough. Time for Part II of our series of New England/Ivy League college football players who went on to play Major League Baseball. Part I can be found <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2023/04/from-football-to-baseball-part-i.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_l7JAAv3E43AMXomW6rsscUM_3w56Fu2iPdDB-EBgjv7kuWq27T-f6cFc3ZHK5iHhxty8ExWgtu9spX8oNnw3DkKgh3es5Tykj2gkocyKGeCyt1WUIsMKOkt9sD1OHN-e-RTbwEDpO1-kfHO8prvk_QSCxAR_EfOHIVJfQiwOuEOcNdUDv-ohdWX6/s1600/Harvard%201968%20(new%202).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_l7JAAv3E43AMXomW6rsscUM_3w56Fu2iPdDB-EBgjv7kuWq27T-f6cFc3ZHK5iHhxty8ExWgtu9spX8oNnw3DkKgh3es5Tykj2gkocyKGeCyt1WUIsMKOkt9sD1OHN-e-RTbwEDpO1-kfHO8prvk_QSCxAR_EfOHIVJfQiwOuEOcNdUDv-ohdWX6/s320/Harvard%201968%20(new%202).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You probably know all about Harvard "beating" Yale 29-29 in the 1968 season finale in a battle of undefeated teams. But did you know the guy who caught the "winning" 2-point conversion was a baseball player? <b>Pete Varney</b> was a tight end on the football team and a catcher on the baseball team, where he batted .370 lifetime (still third on the all-time list) and was a first-team All-American at a school not known for its baseball exploits. Varney went on to play parts of three seasons with the Chicago White Sox and the Atlanta Braves. He later coached tag Brandeis University, where he won 705 games over 34 years.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAq4JvvQahEqhTi_H3NihKvew14dNH-f6YFh0FdXurVOejccWrw9vjpoI76lVwWTx_48i_bnAaT_RpDbLC-LLOkIvHdyPxxtjLDk5cldh8arfBuzC5ZgSAZCZ0gGxvy7VG1bmLgLjy16dl_xDdjldZrEpJU_wYq3MMpN1dyqeVG3c3_x0AlxoQIXDH/s1024/gettyimages-938821000-1024x1024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="889" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAq4JvvQahEqhTi_H3NihKvew14dNH-f6YFh0FdXurVOejccWrw9vjpoI76lVwWTx_48i_bnAaT_RpDbLC-LLOkIvHdyPxxtjLDk5cldh8arfBuzC5ZgSAZCZ0gGxvy7VG1bmLgLjy16dl_xDdjldZrEpJU_wYq3MMpN1dyqeVG3c3_x0AlxoQIXDH/s320/gettyimages-938821000-1024x1024.jpg" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pete Varney, right, with old-school Coke can in hand, congratulates <br />Harvard QB Frank Champi after the Crimson's celebrated 29-29 tie with Yale in 1968.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYK8vtkvCIdr7qYe6kKSfNyi8N9ZAo9j4LJB3Bg05J3iL3GQApStHL_dtJkg-XcbYm9D852Dx0z0OvKWYCKRQbrJYkFK4hMxZh-Gb08Xx_wfgIecxOziHrCAAdWlMTRVF06sQXuF9e3Ox1Na2a4XTW9BB4rkwarHbap5UQqa3xGa5ThFzgnrDxCoq/s1384/Varney.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="1118" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYK8vtkvCIdr7qYe6kKSfNyi8N9ZAo9j4LJB3Bg05J3iL3GQApStHL_dtJkg-XcbYm9D852Dx0z0OvKWYCKRQbrJYkFK4hMxZh-Gb08Xx_wfgIecxOziHrCAAdWlMTRVF06sQXuF9e3Ox1Na2a4XTW9BB4rkwarHbap5UQqa3xGa5ThFzgnrDxCoq/s320/Varney.jpg" width="258" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Varney with the Chicago White Sox in the mid-1970s.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A search through Baseball-Reference reveals not one, but <i>three</i> guys named <b>Mark Johnson</b> who played in MLB between 1995-2008. The one we want is a native of Worcester, Mass., who was a first baseman-outfielder for the Pirates, Angels and Mets from 1995-2002. His second year with the Pirates (1996) was his best one, when he played a career-high 127 games and batted .274 with 13 homers. (I'll save the analytics for other sites.)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0LGOcco9W9Y42l3Fy5oCn_6N2ECr67J9gwkuJ3Im5OAjtM1f4xRKVEs3bOfAfZgaVn51PDXNyuAjxNYCzxfewnSwyCDzGuTL_clwT5scuQXUC1FK18D2-dy9P3DSPproK-zsK69iD7Yve2Nwsln0YqFuCGDCEcMvHQAW7X6L82ywNZzbcx7eRnhz/s1600/Dartmouth%201989%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0LGOcco9W9Y42l3Fy5oCn_6N2ECr67J9gwkuJ3Im5OAjtM1f4xRKVEs3bOfAfZgaVn51PDXNyuAjxNYCzxfewnSwyCDzGuTL_clwT5scuQXUC1FK18D2-dy9P3DSPproK-zsK69iD7Yve2Nwsln0YqFuCGDCEcMvHQAW7X6L82ywNZzbcx7eRnhz/s320/Dartmouth%201989%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">But on the gridiron, the left-handed Johnson was the starting quarterback at Dartmouth, where his name still dots the top 10 on many of the Big Green's passing lists despite playing only three seasons. He also played first base, right field and even pitched for the baseball team.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">(Funny aside: Johnson's<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(first_baseman)" target="_blank"> Wikipedia bio</a> is probably longer than those of many Baseball Hall of Famers.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5shNR59-fuJ3GSN_Hbr7NPL-HFC7VBDWEsp5We5qiH73w7oeComD4IyYrsyekPWuo4esuTIM83owDpJWDh0JebK9fnB7HRFfwPiEmPeaow78qBP-m3x3dszRwHvor-9D2VQim9yRxPubE-1VYQMAksJjLWY7B0bUUJVGuOpGpciVj-IjDXZjBh7LZ/s1002/Dartmouth%2089.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1002" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5shNR59-fuJ3GSN_Hbr7NPL-HFC7VBDWEsp5We5qiH73w7oeComD4IyYrsyekPWuo4esuTIM83owDpJWDh0JebK9fnB7HRFfwPiEmPeaow78qBP-m3x3dszRwHvor-9D2VQim9yRxPubE-1VYQMAksJjLWY7B0bUUJVGuOpGpciVj-IjDXZjBh7LZ/s320/Dartmouth%2089.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mark Johnson with coach Buddy Teevens c. 1988. (GET WELL BUDDY!!)<br />The caption is a reference to Johnson declining a Pirates contract offer <br />in 1989 in order to return to Dartmouth for his senior year. He signed with the Pirates in '90.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJHzbyMYQQ8h3iHFYfJ4hM3YGQP5O7Dk0cyetrToN95aq0waaCWXv-7eWJYe77Gk-oWuWSa7e-iuZYbEz9-fpAplcA11ZJUab_ucUZ7ztnpdQVKpjdZDpfE-4vFnsVJ9lWTks4AxPbmr2KLLdEDqr1SjyhF9RSNf4DqTInYLuanj8ENjbNbWY6HXG/s350/MarkJohnson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="247" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJHzbyMYQQ8h3iHFYfJ4hM3YGQP5O7Dk0cyetrToN95aq0waaCWXv-7eWJYe77Gk-oWuWSa7e-iuZYbEz9-fpAplcA11ZJUab_ucUZ7ztnpdQVKpjdZDpfE-4vFnsVJ9lWTks4AxPbmr2KLLdEDqr1SjyhF9RSNf4DqTInYLuanj8ENjbNbWY6HXG/s320/MarkJohnson.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Johnson's 1995 Upper Deck baseball card.<br />I recall blowing $75 on an unopened box in '95 ...<br />only to buy the whole set for $25 a decade later.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ah, the nomadic career of a left-handed relief pitcher. <b>Ron Villone</b> pitched 15 years in MLB, one for every team that employed him. OK, I exaggerate, but not by much; he took the mound for 12 different teams, never lasting more than two seasons with any one club. (He pitched three seasons for Seattle, but that was over two stints.) Amazingly, he's only tied for third for most MLB teams; Octavio Dotel and Edwin Jackson played for 13 each.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqsj-dwCZlq8MsWRU9HNyAiunTDF11xyJI5lB2WLk1cxsyR7iZOx55Bc92jLJ15TuGilghQZrL5mjemZ7S_woYWPBZ57rqZR7dfKX3SwyxgJnYL_MV1Ze_l7KkVD-LhInu9dt9srlRg5HvbqwmbhKYTIPlGIKI06tM0BvM5Rl4oufKDslSKIqFRNc/s1596/UMass%201990%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1596" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqsj-dwCZlq8MsWRU9HNyAiunTDF11xyJI5lB2WLk1cxsyR7iZOx55Bc92jLJ15TuGilghQZrL5mjemZ7S_woYWPBZ57rqZR7dfKX3SwyxgJnYL_MV1Ze_l7KkVD-LhInu9dt9srlRg5HvbqwmbhKYTIPlGIKI06tM0BvM5Rl4oufKDslSKIqFRNc/s320/UMass%201990%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">At UMass, the 6-foot-3, 245-pound Villone was a third-team All-American pitcher in 1992. But the oddity about Villone is that he was recruited to play football; according to <a href="https://umassathletics.com/sports/2016/7/5/genrel-050500aaa-html" target="_blank">this article</a>, the baseball coach asked him to they out for baseball upon hearing about his 90-mph fastball.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Villone was certainly no slouch on the gridiron, where he was an all-Yankee Conference selection at tight end in 1990 and '91. He caught 47 passes for 651 yards and four TDs during his time at Amherst. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8-4UBQI2l4AX2rLUga-Y4iFTUvqqRgnHLjDZdyJ0bcuenYEqo-jpSkr4TF8p5PI-QlGrBBzH8PORrZuZIfQROrAv_dcnkREWSEbE8kB1a1p3K4H3lLBVdhOkFijPT1CF_7PQi_P40OeVpNeFxyRkYKI84SWajkIljLq_PikK4IP3flxPV073vzio/s812/Villone.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="565" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8-4UBQI2l4AX2rLUga-Y4iFTUvqqRgnHLjDZdyJ0bcuenYEqo-jpSkr4TF8p5PI-QlGrBBzH8PORrZuZIfQROrAv_dcnkREWSEbE8kB1a1p3K4H3lLBVdhOkFijPT1CF_7PQi_P40OeVpNeFxyRkYKI84SWajkIljLq_PikK4IP3flxPV073vzio/s320/Villone.jpg" width="223" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ron Villone, the football player: Intense.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzzr1bygJtCuNfw2qtxfsyUy0mcLGvWPY-5Cu7NZbwy-EzGLoSSx1NSbFYfimpacpzYq84h76ntUgzG1NHgznUSmJC8BH2sVvAkoEYMkttg1kKS-0fgDQl66K_eEkwkmGsziVCXUGnP1LeMqugOBfTkoShWEA-oLG7Ui6e-m7ZbmiBsr7AX75qe6x/s1131/Villone%20Jax.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="861" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzzr1bygJtCuNfw2qtxfsyUy0mcLGvWPY-5Cu7NZbwy-EzGLoSSx1NSbFYfimpacpzYq84h76ntUgzG1NHgznUSmJC8BH2sVvAkoEYMkttg1kKS-0fgDQl66K_eEkwkmGsziVCXUGnP1LeMqugOBfTkoShWEA-oLG7Ui6e-m7ZbmiBsr7AX75qe6x/s320/Villone%20Jax.jpg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ron Villone, the pitcher: Also intense.<br />Here he is in his minor league days.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Mark DeRosa</b> was in the news earlier this year for managing Team USA to a silver medal in the World Baseball Classic. Before that (and before he was bouncing off the walls every day on MLB Network) he played infield (and occasionally outfield) for eight MLB teams from 1998-2013. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeWe91GQ0HiW5iG9yTx4rnyRxnmImo1u8sVIYi13afrAIx7grNhcfgx7-XHeu2XueJuw2xmzCYIA5R0hClc6IeeZy50lpDn95nOmlpzTkx3tSKokEBvU_MAjq4OFUtLg8-I4TwF8MXZEb50Quq8bRwUL4vpn1-NCv2SuXdYmdVrZa8IWoxGRKNpKL/s1800/Penn%201994%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeWe91GQ0HiW5iG9yTx4rnyRxnmImo1u8sVIYi13afrAIx7grNhcfgx7-XHeu2XueJuw2xmzCYIA5R0hClc6IeeZy50lpDn95nOmlpzTkx3tSKokEBvU_MAjq4OFUtLg8-I4TwF8MXZEb50Quq8bRwUL4vpn1-NCv2SuXdYmdVrZa8IWoxGRKNpKL/s320/Penn%201994%20(new).png" width="284" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And before <i>that</i>, he was a killer quarterback at Penn who led the Quakers to Ivy League titles in 1994 and '95 — including an undefeated season in '94 — throwing for 3,895 yards and 25 touchdowns. DeRosa also played shortstop on the baseball team, and he signed with the Atlanta Braves following his junior season (he continued to attend class at Penn and earned his degree in 1997).</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqD4iv609GNGcZgVNLTKVjJeUb4hUzf768JNviqXxGUZgdRVfDitzDxHLokGUievs8t6bVMkCKjrqtsUOa1-KX492K_PTBob-wGSV1yNqVHO5xC7XWRmj4s4ynj7KrDPShvWJFXVh_F8aefy4fbzC2p0bvEPavo4fn_2zTQ0DL3AWTzvpuLu_qzC9/s644/tdp19941121-01.1.14-1941-3887-2574-2279-644w.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="644" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqD4iv609GNGcZgVNLTKVjJeUb4hUzf768JNviqXxGUZgdRVfDitzDxHLokGUievs8t6bVMkCKjrqtsUOa1-KX492K_PTBob-wGSV1yNqVHO5xC7XWRmj4s4ynj7KrDPShvWJFXVh_F8aefy4fbzC2p0bvEPavo4fn_2zTQ0DL3AWTzvpuLu_qzC9/s320/tdp19941121-01.1.14-1941-3887-2574-2279-644w.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This 1994 Daily Pennsylvanian article highlights Mark DeRosa's<br />performance in the season-ending win over Cornell <br />that gave the Quakers an undefeated season. </td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9g9gu6R1REkLOIsY5AVBp7kpuAElw0-BnzAep8eFUeC7OaQfT4IoERhwPIdxFRO33XjN8RlYVt1ZlGV4Vd9TkiZzBTw0COFz3icr7sjbg8-z6W6JQx7R4quL_IM4eSUk1SW9mIY2gLBIZjkIuVi6eyl763sN_ZClBrXDxNmS3lq6r3T0Uu6tjPI9/s500/DeRosa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="357" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9g9gu6R1REkLOIsY5AVBp7kpuAElw0-BnzAep8eFUeC7OaQfT4IoERhwPIdxFRO33XjN8RlYVt1ZlGV4Vd9TkiZzBTw0COFz3icr7sjbg8-z6W6JQx7R4quL_IM4eSUk1SW9mIY2gLBIZjkIuVi6eyl763sN_ZClBrXDxNmS3lq6r3T0Uu6tjPI9/s320/DeRosa.jpg" width="228" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DeRosa (with awesome throwback jersey)<br />with the Atlanta Braves. </td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-31703184606992818712023-04-13T19:52:00.000-04:002023-04-13T19:52:39.241-04:00From Football to Baseball (Part I)<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2023/04/holy-cross-crusaders-1967.html" target="_blank">last week's post on the 1967 Holy Cross team</a>, which noted that defensive back Pat Bourque went on to win the World Series with the 1973 Oakland A's, I decided to round up a list of other college football players from teams covered on this site who went to play Major League Baseball. Part 1 takes us from the early 1920s through the early '50s. Part 2 will come ... eventually. 😎 </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've written about some of these teams before, and chances are I've missed a few guys along the way. The numbers in the uniform graphics are the ones worn by the profiled athletes (Harry Agganis wore 33 at Boston U, etc.).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLmK6RfH1BVsVGbXdL_x3jp_OcNjpI-w0HoNER13EXe2gBqSBb9hjV7IIlg6y9ui9ilmTIU3scJzX7Rtx_29MSXkY1Ya724GqCAWqHGvAnvuBOaklnm6nyMCKmTSP7hv2uqYZtcpfe6_tsw4Ti_93Z0fVlbaddGdBCQmkQUroWKfJNnDwO78dUwU8/s1600/Columbia%201922%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1600" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLmK6RfH1BVsVGbXdL_x3jp_OcNjpI-w0HoNER13EXe2gBqSBb9hjV7IIlg6y9ui9ilmTIU3scJzX7Rtx_29MSXkY1Ya724GqCAWqHGvAnvuBOaklnm6nyMCKmTSP7hv2uqYZtcpfe6_tsw4Ti_93Z0fVlbaddGdBCQmkQUroWKfJNnDwO78dUwU8/s320/Columbia%201922%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Let's save the best for first, as in first base. <b>Lou Gehrig</b> (Columbia) is a legend for his Hall of Fame career with the New York Yankees, his consecutive-games streak and his death in 1941 from </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (<a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/did-lou-gehrig-actually-die-of-lou-gehrigs-disease" target="_blank">or was it something else</a>?)</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Before the Yanks came calling, Gehrig was a two-sport athlete at Columbia, where he was a starting fullback and defensive tackle on the football team. With pro football in its relative infancy, though, his odds of playing football for a living were between slim and none, and slim just went out for a bathroom break. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30FOHuKSdTVsjJ4Bq-WfbXNqWcJx7YcOOcho8kjPqvKx5bgsw1FTTc3hq5iZxvRrpQVjYJW0xxTn-omXTbWql9N4QKxN96KiKi74eq0slThK443i_fRCu_BcMw-uoLYlV9dTBp9ss7Zo4xtDIJ82Lc6RWHdu5HX4Zn0VdFbubJABHkngqwTuI2DK_/s6432/New_York_Herald_Sun__Oct_15__1922_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3219" data-original-width="6432" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30FOHuKSdTVsjJ4Bq-WfbXNqWcJx7YcOOcho8kjPqvKx5bgsw1FTTc3hq5iZxvRrpQVjYJW0xxTn-omXTbWql9N4QKxN96KiKi74eq0slThK443i_fRCu_BcMw-uoLYlV9dTBp9ss7Zo4xtDIJ82Lc6RWHdu5HX4Zn0VdFbubJABHkngqwTuI2DK_/s320/New_York_Herald_Sun__Oct_15__1922_.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lou Gehrig plows through Wesleyan's defense in 1922.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The uniform graphic above is a rough estimate, especially the font of the number on the back. It appears some, but not all, of the helmets had white stripes on the front and sides.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvvm89IjdRH1tPOLfq79yTrSaqegQUW7lSR5chMXWRhQjXDGmtubkcvwYPySgL0QfzgLf1w13_Zai6VpUH_AG3d_gsDN6b6zdc7iQYrJdnwC9LXVlgBWi9x-DuNBX4fwKn4d8XpSQZfQQi4yJeqj5Ub-THWOwpcZlb2YsSnh6iqRgA_ffe1GhhC8B/s1600/Vermont%201942%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1600" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvvm89IjdRH1tPOLfq79yTrSaqegQUW7lSR5chMXWRhQjXDGmtubkcvwYPySgL0QfzgLf1w13_Zai6VpUH_AG3d_gsDN6b6zdc7iQYrJdnwC9LXVlgBWi9x-DuNBX4fwKn4d8XpSQZfQQi4yJeqj5Ub-THWOwpcZlb2YsSnh6iqRgA_ffe1GhhC8B/s320/Vermont%201942%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">At the University of Vermont, football and baseball are just rumors (football was canceled in 1974, while baseball was dumped twice — in 1971 and 2009). But in the winter of 1941-42, Winooski's <b>Ralph LaPointe</b> was a star on the Catamounts' freshman football, basketball and baseball teams. In the fall of '42, LaPointe joined the football varsity and was on the the receiving half of the "Goal Dust Twins" with quarterback Norm Beaulieu. LaPointe scored a TD in every game that season, including one in the season-ending 18-7 won over Middlebury. (Thanks to World War II, it was UVM's last game until 1946.) </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After World War II, LaPointe signed with the Philadelphia Phillies' organization and made his major league debut on April 15, 1947 — the same day Jackie Robinson debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers — as a defensive replacement at second base. While LaPointe's MLB career was short (he his .266 in 143 games), he established his legend as UVM's baseball coach from 1952-67, going 216-127 in a region not exactly hospitable to baseball in the early spring. He also served as an assistant on the football team during that time.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDhTgooGsqEvKDImQY9YgyjuLTwb8FwinmYvCTk74XRk51WBh5-wZNRmSSO7EhGr79vSx_Q6iGyUEl8RzsgvWKN4lXfWmIwN5X0Rs7rGjy8pmH1tdEkS3mxboxO9Qko1qaTOLdttOlu334P59HqRh76thwHdyqzVAClcRJmxOLc2K5bRrXUSG2x84/s8759/LaPointe%2042.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8759" data-original-width="2284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDhTgooGsqEvKDImQY9YgyjuLTwb8FwinmYvCTk74XRk51WBh5-wZNRmSSO7EhGr79vSx_Q6iGyUEl8RzsgvWKN4lXfWmIwN5X0Rs7rGjy8pmH1tdEkS3mxboxO9Qko1qaTOLdttOlu334P59HqRh76thwHdyqzVAClcRJmxOLc2K5bRrXUSG2x84/s320/LaPointe%2042.jpg" width="83" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you can see by the caption, Ralph LaPointe<br />got married after the 1942 season.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">UVM's uniforms were heavy on the yellow (color rush before color rush was cool), with slightly darker shades used for the jerseys and socks, which had matching green stripes. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrm6QXPyld0PCDHpgyclnj-o1cAmvIwG-vH1AostbDOfWJ1yuWY-ysU9zyCnBTEw_Ll8zcl0kMuGEvs9hySZxjdOM22jGHQsMw4JGSEqxpUJzxONtbCiOmymD_BRkHuMymOpBvJ5AVATTNtbfCQLjqmrJTJZ8SAANIfZwZGQU3UjlijirgnqW7rVnC/s1744/UConn%201946%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrm6QXPyld0PCDHpgyclnj-o1cAmvIwG-vH1AostbDOfWJ1yuWY-ysU9zyCnBTEw_Ll8zcl0kMuGEvs9hySZxjdOM22jGHQsMw4JGSEqxpUJzxONtbCiOmymD_BRkHuMymOpBvJ5AVATTNtbfCQLjqmrJTJZ8SAANIfZwZGQU3UjlijirgnqW7rVnC/s320/UConn%201946%20(new).png" width="294" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p style="text-align: justify;">I noted the achievements of UConn end-turned-Red Sox first baseman <b>Walt Dropo</b> in <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2021/07/uconn-huskies-1942.html" target="_blank">this</a> post. Suffice to say, he was an amazing athlete during a period when multi-sport athletes weren't uncommon. Something was lost when specialization became the norm in college sports; when you play different sports, it forces you to use body <b>and</b> your mind in different ways.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The uniform pictured is from 1946, Dropo's senior year. During this period, UConn mixed and matched their helmets, jerseys and pants something fierce. In '46, UConn wore white helmets and blue pants throughout but trotted out three different jerseys, each with contrasting shoulder panels and stripes on the lower sleeves. </p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguk5FmPn7JvRz2B4K-WxGqesHHpF82QSGlI-zO0rtr1plQUf_c7mL00LlutnMaM6rojMYelGaYijhLWk1SSRDIAh9572srXg7hAB7Ppcd_kTBcMxSFO3tyVw44WThbmAj43Ffwgqg7ME242V6bl2YnvQHYqYCgLxNKKkbtt_laHxAFaC1QZo5dsWMi/s1600/Boston%20U%201951%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1600" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguk5FmPn7JvRz2B4K-WxGqesHHpF82QSGlI-zO0rtr1plQUf_c7mL00LlutnMaM6rojMYelGaYijhLWk1SSRDIAh9572srXg7hAB7Ppcd_kTBcMxSFO3tyVw44WThbmAj43Ffwgqg7ME242V6bl2YnvQHYqYCgLxNKKkbtt_laHxAFaC1QZo5dsWMi/s320/Boston%20U%201951%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Growing up as a Red Sox fan in the 1980s, I knew the tale of <b>Harry Agganis</b> very well, even though he had died more than 30 years earlier. Lynn, Mass., native; two-sport star at Boston University; spurned an offer from the Cleveland Browns to sign with his hometown Sawx; played solidly as a rookie first baseman in 1954; got off to a strong start in '55; got sick and shockingly died from a pulmonary embolism. To this day, he and Tony Conligliaro are the ultimate "what might have beens" among the Sox faithful. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">At BU, Agganis set single-season school records for TD passes in 1949 (15!) and passing yards in 1951 (1,402 in only seven games, pretty impressive in that era). He missed the 1950 season when the U.S. Marine Corps came calling. Somehow, the '51 team was ranked No. 16 in the final AP poll despite a 6-4 record, which would be like a 7-5 MAC team landing in the top 25 today. Apparently, the writers were blown away by those wins over Camp Lejeune, NYU and Wichita State.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkfHXtbQpKKHmouiv5xIevhc9SYYyuNu0Ncp2XZ4Ul9Z_GPXUpg2nBdRm3SBRbkDWbbsCHHger14vx-mpw1fPQ5e0xbWBojxFKbKbbT-M748tTefWFs7T5LM3r0Xnq8quay8ceiKmgvXnkz54Klp0cmmK-QVfJIHmwJNOxh_bCvWQikWOpjsBOlIQ/s1600/Agganis%2050.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1600" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkfHXtbQpKKHmouiv5xIevhc9SYYyuNu0Ncp2XZ4Ul9Z_GPXUpg2nBdRm3SBRbkDWbbsCHHger14vx-mpw1fPQ5e0xbWBojxFKbKbbT-M748tTefWFs7T5LM3r0Xnq8quay8ceiKmgvXnkz54Klp0cmmK-QVfJIHmwJNOxh_bCvWQikWOpjsBOlIQ/s320/Agganis%2050.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A 1950 magazine article notes Harry Agganis'<br /> induction into the U.S. Marine Corps.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">BU's uniforms were pretty basic: White helmets, red jerseys and white pants; I believe the white jerseys were worn only at Louisville and Temple, which also wore red at home.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Kac4oS23cGThIkUgB-zIbRpfesy9LUFm5Dt041gy9_HKslMT16pGigs56DOq-9xh9lDNuO6GxwAKKmyJ8ARkUZ0zlmlTswl-WeBVP8jUt2Zym1TiRHRf_4PxPmyM6dLNx5bawoipnWpOPbcloApvUL3MHMCekbrS-0ZAt1W5tNyV4MRAUEr1WwiD/s2400/BC%201951%20(new%202).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="2400" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Kac4oS23cGThIkUgB-zIbRpfesy9LUFm5Dt041gy9_HKslMT16pGigs56DOq-9xh9lDNuO6GxwAKKmyJ8ARkUZ0zlmlTswl-WeBVP8jUt2Zym1TiRHRf_4PxPmyM6dLNx5bawoipnWpOPbcloApvUL3MHMCekbrS-0ZAt1W5tNyV4MRAUEr1WwiD/s320/BC%201951%20(new%202).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Boston College didn't have much to write home about in the early 1950s (other than a <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2014/11/rivalry-weeks-boston-college-holy-cross.html" target="_blank">mega-upset of nationally ranked Holy Cross in 1951</a>), but the Eagles did have a super end in <b>Mike Roarke</b>, who was known as "Mr. Captain" for his role as captain of the baseball and football teams. His career totals of 49 catches and 12 touchdowns won't cause Zay Flowers to lose sleep, but they were pretty darn good in those passing-challenged times. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In baseball, he was a star catcher who after BC toiled for many years in the minor leagues before spending parts of four seasons with the Detroit Tigers (1961-64) as a backup. He went on to become a pitching coach for MLB several teams, most notably Whitey Herzog's 1980s Cardinals. (</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Much of the info here on Roarke was taken from his </span><a href="https://bceagles.com/honors/varsity-club-hall-of-fame/mike-roarke/148" style="font-family: helvetica;" target="_blank">BC Hall of Fame bio</a><span style="font-family: helvetica;">.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Vp0BaFLdUrJXdIy-j6ezSBEpTMVayz1bIoPTDtKtYt2QnVDbxgeQlAMOLSGAktipNqKGjWjhYj9Lc9tPEvv2YKy38SDh-xhHmds2DOxHzNI-pwdpfBHHRvhxeugEQeMoa1PD94Ebjl8g8As8z3nk9SD6RxYDwc_lg-QS1vNlGOtSrPFx157j3-Aj/s1262/BC%20Roarke%2051%202.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Vp0BaFLdUrJXdIy-j6ezSBEpTMVayz1bIoPTDtKtYt2QnVDbxgeQlAMOLSGAktipNqKGjWjhYj9Lc9tPEvv2YKy38SDh-xhHmds2DOxHzNI-pwdpfBHHRvhxeugEQeMoa1PD94Ebjl8g8As8z3nk9SD6RxYDwc_lg-QS1vNlGOtSrPFx157j3-Aj/s320/BC%20Roarke%2051%202.png" width="233" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mike "Rourke" was as adept at catching a football as a baseball.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">BC's uniforms didn't change much during this era, with plain gold helmets, a maroon jersey with gold numbers at home and a white version with maroon numbers on the road, all with gold pants. On at least one occasion, the Eagles broke out striped socks to match the road jersey sleeves.</span><p></p></div>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-55490626962076466232023-04-08T09:33:00.001-04:002023-04-08T09:33:10.171-04:00Holy Cross Crusaders (1967)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb_g2R0CFleHsAAhnaiM2-uNLk9zw0eVJH7mCErZs5QMay9WMRYHCFPvch2Qdc8O_6YiT27mPheH-3uOsmtn4-l37vALOElibSKKNwWJmyDrgyKrGPelkdLCEzNPTbmJjOTLZBuOL6D17RqPUevBBMi9vaMxsD8UCJtOzc0q2ooucS4F__PJLepz_/s1800/Holy%20Cross%201967%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb_g2R0CFleHsAAhnaiM2-uNLk9zw0eVJH7mCErZs5QMay9WMRYHCFPvch2Qdc8O_6YiT27mPheH-3uOsmtn4-l37vALOElibSKKNwWJmyDrgyKrGPelkdLCEzNPTbmJjOTLZBuOL6D17RqPUevBBMi9vaMxsD8UCJtOzc0q2ooucS4F__PJLepz_/s320/Holy%20Cross%201967%20(new).png" width="284" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Our latest dip into the big o' random gives us the 1967 Holy Cross Crusaders.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Team:</b> The '67 'Saders went 5-5 against a hodgepodge of Ivy schools, small Eastern independents, Syracuse and Boston College, which beat Holy Cross 16-3 in the annual rivalry game. The 1968 Purple Patcher yearbook blames the mediocre record on injuries (of course) and the two-platoon system leaving the bench "thin and inexperienced." (Interesting, since college football was in its third year of unlimited substitutions, so you'd think The Cross would have been used to it by now.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXX16rB8Swr_nps5d29zRnNg2Ju4k6oI9euCHOzHvyW8zvYa85VlcdvfcBFfU_Zmu3zlM37uvfsaB_S6lBrYr2U_pOefzEZnFrVc_l_aiN-fbflXkOzhIw-wnxsup5pvs1a2xwgC0gYmJTuHJ01PyGDLm1eGH0O46fTnbFggQ8E9J6Kwo7vCUCczCr/s2380/Holy%20Cross%2067%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="2380" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXX16rB8Swr_nps5d29zRnNg2Ju4k6oI9euCHOzHvyW8zvYa85VlcdvfcBFfU_Zmu3zlM37uvfsaB_S6lBrYr2U_pOefzEZnFrVc_l_aiN-fbflXkOzhIw-wnxsup5pvs1a2xwgC0gYmJTuHJ01PyGDLm1eGH0O46fTnbFggQ8E9J6Kwo7vCUCczCr/s320/Holy%20Cross%2067%202.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holy Cross gets defensive against Villanova.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Players:</b> Someone at Wikipedia was nice enough to supply some stats for<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Holy_Cross_Crusaders_football_team" target="_blank"> the team's summary page</a>. QB Phil O'Neil threw for 1,378 yards and 10 touchdowns; running back Tim Hawkes ran for 458 yards and one TD and Bob Neary had a team-high 34 catches for 485 yards. Jon Vronis scored a team-high seven touchdowns.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One of the Crusaders' defensive backs was Pat Bourque, who later played parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball and even won a World Series ring with the 1973 Oakland A's.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09nQp4bTiHQ4UJPv3IQAqYfcJ7u1IubN6e-kiy7cHhM0-fME_mgIech5f4CHVzRp0srKvjH3U87jXEj-yjX77p7IFh_g51hNNriqB9-J25EPJFCOwVBfRvjEy5-oj6eOnMOcfV35CnKu0f3_H85HiWQq9N-vEbq6nyZtXusk2_i7kRlJximr3wqWm/s1448/Colgate-Holy%20Cross%2067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1448" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09nQp4bTiHQ4UJPv3IQAqYfcJ7u1IubN6e-kiy7cHhM0-fME_mgIech5f4CHVzRp0srKvjH3U87jXEj-yjX77p7IFh_g51hNNriqB9-J25EPJFCOwVBfRvjEy5-oj6eOnMOcfV35CnKu0f3_H85HiWQq9N-vEbq6nyZtXusk2_i7kRlJximr3wqWm/s320/Colgate-Holy%20Cross%2067.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love photos like this one. Holy Cross's Pat Bourque (21) blocks a punt <br />by Colgate's Mark Hubbard in 1967. Bourque later played Major League Baseball,<br />and Hubbard became a Pro Bowl running back for the Oakland Raiders<br />(who also had another Colgate RB, Mark van Eeghen). <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Coach: </b>First-year mentor Tom Boisture coached only two seasons in Worcester (1967-68), going 8-11-1. He later was a longtime scout for the New England Patriots and director of player personnel for the New York Giants.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYo0gUIvgAhXgZ0xO_j7rJERle_mNZ5IbM5H71NLjsSj-QBDBKhSxpruLufVI_BWPWDA2HpoNJHp_zXXgfhSbL684qzAPi0jFnkMGQTIUs33T0R94Dnb0ZvF8_Q4qO8iwsYblQj6OOEpQxAZJ2dBfDzk40Jfd8kzJ6BZT37Ek2h-yNJyBQI-95qNO/s1228/Holy%20Cross%2067%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYo0gUIvgAhXgZ0xO_j7rJERle_mNZ5IbM5H71NLjsSj-QBDBKhSxpruLufVI_BWPWDA2HpoNJHp_zXXgfhSbL684qzAPi0jFnkMGQTIUs33T0R94Dnb0ZvF8_Q4qO8iwsYblQj6OOEpQxAZJ2dBfDzk40Jfd8kzJ6BZT37Ek2h-yNJyBQI-95qNO/s320/Holy%20Cross%2067%201.png" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A nice leaping catch on the road (Syracuse?)</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Uniforms:</b> A new coach often means new uniforms, and 1967 Holy Cross was no exception. After several years with silver helmets, the Crusaders returned to purple lids and added a curved "HC" logo (a personal favorite of mine), which was abandoned in the 1970s and <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2015/12/dartmouth-delaware-harvard-holy-cross.html" target="_blank">revived in 2015</a>. The shirts had three stripes on the sleeves with numbers on the shoulders, a style made popular by the <a href="https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=teams-season&team_id=DAL&year=1964" target="_blank">Dallas Cowboys in 1964</a>. T</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">he socks also had three stripes. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Not all the helmets had the HC logo, which is reflected in the graphic above.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Fallout:</b> Boisture left after the 1968 season for Tulsa, where he was an assistant for one season before joining the Pats. Bill Whitton took over in '69, when the <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2014/10/holy-cross-crusaders-1967-70.html" target="_blank">infamous hepatitis outbreak</a> damn near destroyed the program.</span></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-3373190571553374932023-04-03T20:05:00.004-04:002023-04-03T20:05:42.692-04:00Yale Bulldogs (1940)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12EY45B4W_KaXqoEzbGJ6drAuD3Quq3V2DKzVwD7T27MK4pLda8Bkxp8fDlT8SNyTnKYl6RCbtChTt_DvhpRjk5BvMWkuXmdUw436uxrmoONo8UFu6iGnCDFX_INxmTo-M7aPve0JgRoW2i9A2soe3SWK3PsuSxoIOLht8DFaekqEpuEO046zWV69/s1594/Yale%201940%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1594" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12EY45B4W_KaXqoEzbGJ6drAuD3Quq3V2DKzVwD7T27MK4pLda8Bkxp8fDlT8SNyTnKYl6RCbtChTt_DvhpRjk5BvMWkuXmdUw436uxrmoONo8UFu6iGnCDFX_INxmTo-M7aPve0JgRoW2i9A2soe3SWK3PsuSxoIOLht8DFaekqEpuEO046zWV69/s320/Yale%201940%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We're deep into the offseason, so it's time to pull out a team at random, and 1940 Yale is the "winner."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Team: </b>Yikes. The Bulldogs won one game, a 13-7 win over a decent Dartmouth team. Yale scored only 43 points all season and allowed 162. (By today's standards, 162 points allowed in eight games is great. Back then, it was 112th out of 121 "major" teams, per <a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1940-schedule.html" target="_blank">sports-reference</a>.) The Bulldogs were shut out three times — including a 28-0 home decision to Harvard in The Game — and never scored more than 14 points in a game.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlSu9zDrKe2wcAUZ122QvkuDk-sjp6gFz3R6TBjVSWxsH7_WOgqJvr4VlNRVSKEK59mU6zE44x-0WXeSQGCx4hWvcmTT67O51_hI8aJ70IyWYdvyEgA23UqyUsErf7kKQPD6WoBUa9SscSb2EnuLOb8BDbS2wKCzJ0XmrUvOcziXb2gIy_obtifOV/s650/Yale%201940%20No.%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="650" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrlSu9zDrKe2wcAUZ122QvkuDk-sjp6gFz3R6TBjVSWxsH7_WOgqJvr4VlNRVSKEK59mU6zE44x-0WXeSQGCx4hWvcmTT67O51_hI8aJ70IyWYdvyEgA23UqyUsErf7kKQPD6WoBUa9SscSb2EnuLOb8BDbS2wKCzJ0XmrUvOcziXb2gIy_obtifOV/s320/Yale%201940%20No.%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEims3UQM7M_mSaaMu7k0cO_phzOkJDG--LxyYy-3jhrDCoJrFPKGM-oLdF0JImmfpnVruSgpGWAfOn-FuNnxfnJ3MZaJbMKrMRiHiqIYDg8jey9zd2Q-yTTI54xK6bol6KqAXHuXXmx77MPtoSf6dDp6MiJpeI44BNcRc3X1oe9Vp3Lx8N-gsw2JqTE/s653/Yale%201940%20No.%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="653" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEims3UQM7M_mSaaMu7k0cO_phzOkJDG--LxyYy-3jhrDCoJrFPKGM-oLdF0JImmfpnVruSgpGWAfOn-FuNnxfnJ3MZaJbMKrMRiHiqIYDg8jey9zd2Q-yTTI54xK6bol6KqAXHuXXmx77MPtoSf6dDp6MiJpeI44BNcRc3X1oe9Vp3Lx8N-gsw2JqTE/s320/Yale%201940%20No.%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These photos from the 1941 Yale University yearbook show off<br />those old-fashioned photos labeling the players and dashed line following the path of the ball.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Players:</b> Yikes, Part 2. It's hard to find much info about a one-win team from 83 years ago, so instead I give you the starting lineup for the Bulldogs' game against Harvard, from the Yale Daily News:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-I8Gws_FLK2m10uSJRUE2oxYUCUsQleF7c78z5_b6Opf6sVUMsSYDCcrpdRhu81eM8d6mQ-LKkOzwCiXYt7r7VI-oup3po8fq1E8vIZUI8vd7LJ5KDzst7S_ZpQ0Rs0zyIJuWwDN42dz5DM9C7C5E3YonTd-v27umPyHGJ1JC1UrMRunu9fuYe9U/s766/Yale%2040%20starters.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-I8Gws_FLK2m10uSJRUE2oxYUCUsQleF7c78z5_b6Opf6sVUMsSYDCcrpdRhu81eM8d6mQ-LKkOzwCiXYt7r7VI-oup3po8fq1E8vIZUI8vd7LJ5KDzst7S_ZpQ0Rs0zyIJuWwDN42dz5DM9C7C5E3YonTd-v27umPyHGJ1JC1UrMRunu9fuYe9U/s320/Yale%2040%20starters.png" width="243" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Coaches:</b> I wrote about Ducky Pond in <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2021/12/bates-bobcats-1946.html" target="_blank">this post on Bates</a>, where he coached after his time at Yale ran its course. You can also read more about him <a href="https://noblehorizons.org/6-degrees-of-noble-horizons-the-raymond-w-ducky-pond-connection/" target="_blank">here</a>. The backfield coach, Earle "Greasy" Neale, left after the season to become head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, only to join the Philadelphia Eagles when the teams' owners swapped franchises. Neale won two NFL titles was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969. He's also in the college football hall for his time as head coach at Virginia, West Virginia and Washington & Jefferson. (Quick quiz: which of those three teams went to the Rose Bowl under Neale? Hint: It wasn't the first two.) </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3nQB-Pg-LbN9SwfZHm9nvygepsS4uJWZcOEuHAaqmwFWsiv8L3rk44bxeq1RZuiuhy0yOc3B_uwlSzPLu7qaNHNNEMlgmi4h3P_3dADvJc-js9HF5xQjwscLwOAFuGI89RiUJ_B4ph6rB3-k7RSZ0lpdkEdyCy8dphIiCl9JMvCUxUdA9-DRrx7E/s1498/Yale%2040%20lineup.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1498" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3nQB-Pg-LbN9SwfZHm9nvygepsS4uJWZcOEuHAaqmwFWsiv8L3rk44bxeq1RZuiuhy0yOc3B_uwlSzPLu7qaNHNNEMlgmi4h3P_3dADvJc-js9HF5xQjwscLwOAFuGI89RiUJ_B4ph6rB3-k7RSZ0lpdkEdyCy8dphIiCl9JMvCUxUdA9-DRrx7E/s320/Yale%2040%20lineup.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This photo ran in the Yale Daily News the day of the Harvard game in 1940.<br />Ah, the days when student papers engaged in unabashed boosterism.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Uniforms: </b>Yale wore a lighter shade of blue than the more familiar navy of today, and the pants were gold or tan. The helmets were white with a navy blue base and a wing pattern on the front. Even by 1940s standards, the look is a total mishmash.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>The Fallout: </b>1940 marked the end of Ducky Pond's time in New Haven<b>. </b>Yale went 1-7 under one-year coach Spike Nelson, before Howie Odell went 35-15-2 from 1942-47.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidZ3nFxqpq90gRmhiQm9KA38-UNoYxoo7iuncK6OF0i0jlvLvUMj16aAt80H_1rcHCM1w6fXsCEQNFvzWJolNqSIGUl6LsLtJ9NwC_A8M8CJATpCFKSOkVRVj76_3CVduWp6-s5xaaZl04NRgThU1PYGXHLSsMeTjz7XYHtsySxZnw-VJXzpkPvu6/s331/Yale%201940%20No.%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="319" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidZ3nFxqpq90gRmhiQm9KA38-UNoYxoo7iuncK6OF0i0jlvLvUMj16aAt80H_1rcHCM1w6fXsCEQNFvzWJolNqSIGUl6LsLtJ9NwC_A8M8CJATpCFKSOkVRVj76_3CVduWp6-s5xaaZl04NRgThU1PYGXHLSsMeTjz7XYHtsySxZnw-VJXzpkPvu6/s320/Yale%201940%20No.%203.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hi, Doggie!</td></tr></tbody></table></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-1819787899120796172023-02-28T11:32:00.005-05:002023-02-28T11:32:51.785-05:00I like the cartoons! They make me laugh!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A long time ago, long before memes or YouTube videos with thumbnails featuring <a href="https://i.redd.it/f6d91fbznah81.png" target="_blank">shocked faces</a>, emojis and arrows, athletes and sporting events were regularly portrayed in newspaper cartoons. (For those reading in 2053, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper" target="_blank">this</a> is what a newspaper was.) Papers big and small supplemented their articles, box scores and photos with illustrations of everyone from Joe DiMaggio to high school swimmers. They added a welcome dimension to the sports pages, and unfortunately the concept seemed to die with the '60s.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">New England college football was no stranger to the cartoonists' pen and ink, so let's look at some vintage 'toons, shall we?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Perhaps New England's most famous sports cartoonist is Phil Bissell, <a href="https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/10/08/the-return-of-phil-bissell-and-his-pat-patriot/" target="_blank">who designed the New England (nee Boston) Patriots logo in 1960</a> and was recently revived for a couple of throwback games. Bissell drew for a number of newspapers from 1949-87, including the Boston Globe from 1953-65. His work also illustrated classic American Football League programs and media guides for Boston University and the University of New Hampshire.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzl6eN5qPM5_DyfNi6VkFjFS72kUof2RZ7EEHLHvSy9aLr3OxCdBtJuC1rRjKwGsEODNbuYNhik15xS8_8pEhbJncAwnfXyeisNp7alcZP06J_H8ipt-g56I3L5u-pWQ_cs_ly6PM2S-auCms3LqXBbjfcKRVFCVlmqtKoqNa2I4mHo_WV9XOcIRj/s6063/Bissell%2054%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6063" data-original-width="4674" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzl6eN5qPM5_DyfNi6VkFjFS72kUof2RZ7EEHLHvSy9aLr3OxCdBtJuC1rRjKwGsEODNbuYNhik15xS8_8pEhbJncAwnfXyeisNp7alcZP06J_H8ipt-g56I3L5u-pWQ_cs_ly6PM2S-auCms3LqXBbjfcKRVFCVlmqtKoqNa2I4mHo_WV9XOcIRj/s320/Bissell%2054%203.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxutI2MwbVy-wGsKi2l3FstZGUphSvoVn-uZ4Xe3XAtXYdU-eu0YvzpgPNsE_OxdFgiW9mYX89p9ShcVtPh03n9MDA4azurlE8QECbf2JRzeeqVp7PKP-icB3XjqBa6z-LkxdkA7CrBi5oSlUbITBG55tfEycPqLJJ6N4P6lewvX9LoFVo-CVng2p/s4842/Bissell%2055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="4842" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxutI2MwbVy-wGsKi2l3FstZGUphSvoVn-uZ4Xe3XAtXYdU-eu0YvzpgPNsE_OxdFgiW9mYX89p9ShcVtPh03n9MDA4azurlE8QECbf2JRzeeqVp7PKP-icB3XjqBa6z-LkxdkA7CrBi5oSlUbITBG55tfEycPqLJJ6N4P6lewvX9LoFVo-CVng2p/s320/Bissell%2055.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZWURRoXa6g_rWYwc4NLafnbWxyWPXRxU1IRcexkKwwn_AsP7a7Hk3jJcSVYVRuE8I0H-iLWGEccCCuFiPiVIKhbiM0B-MgTCy83eQpNDidofXLqOThV9swBpPQOytRqSYXMJgbD_pT8RdR2vusxF2daxrgvq_CZTbQH_YmNO6-c2tEVKSenPKBGN/s4902/Bissell%2054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3532" data-original-width="4902" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZWURRoXa6g_rWYwc4NLafnbWxyWPXRxU1IRcexkKwwn_AsP7a7Hk3jJcSVYVRuE8I0H-iLWGEccCCuFiPiVIKhbiM0B-MgTCy83eQpNDidofXLqOThV9swBpPQOytRqSYXMJgbD_pT8RdR2vusxF2daxrgvq_CZTbQH_YmNO6-c2tEVKSenPKBGN/s320/Bissell%2054.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The three cartoons above served the preview the weekend's college action. The first and third illustrations are from 1954; the second is from '55. About 4-5 games were typically highlighted, with the secondary games (Bridgeport-Brandeis?!?) written at the bottom on something resembling a royal scroll. The mascots and their natural habitats often made for easy subject matter. (Some, like Dartmouth and UMass's long-discarded Native American mascots, wouldn't fly today.) Boston University's terrier lives in a dog house, Princeton's tiger resides in the jungle, Boston College's eagle hangs out in a nest ... you get the idea.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkJYJKyK3qtneLjrXj7uFGWrR_tpYVvVQICP3g44na_nAh5l-3_qAk7ttH6F--MVRR_Eslb1ohhBvqQIyZohhG2144xpr2L9yhmMPz7_ofjSZIeapDX34OPByM8jj5dkfmz3P11azIaFu9KcviFv04IEkdd_z7TQJwDASANUhOnIwe-CrZS3yGvd8/s4842/Bissell%2058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3285" data-original-width="4842" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkJYJKyK3qtneLjrXj7uFGWrR_tpYVvVQICP3g44na_nAh5l-3_qAk7ttH6F--MVRR_Eslb1ohhBvqQIyZohhG2144xpr2L9yhmMPz7_ofjSZIeapDX34OPByM8jj5dkfmz3P11azIaFu9KcviFv04IEkdd_z7TQJwDASANUhOnIwe-CrZS3yGvd8/s320/Bissell%2058.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After the game, a cartoon naturally wrapped up the weekend's action, often focusing on one game. Case in point, this Boston College win over Miami from 1958. (BTW, 6-2 wasn't BC's record, it was the <i>final score</i>. Old-time football, baby!) A cartoon would try to give a summary of the game for those who couldn't bothered to read the game story or watch the highlights on the nightly news, not that game highlights were a common thing in '58. Anyway, Bissell manages to squeeze in six key points in just a few columns of space, no small feat.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMh8j7gtaEK-znmH6hXyWQAz6anhtYP956AcZitNy7eoo85MyhFAnwa2TauWzv68NL0uZnkqnn-mgP0indgVsVfAFaJIhDwSwd4Vcgg5E0oo9OEYiQJSiiJaJUf4SgXjKKvOFgeevE8IO8x_MqVmyR2ZEsxcqnFBKyXArublPL7FB3MWxBfb9ITB6/s5043/Bissell%2054%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5043" data-original-width="4785" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMh8j7gtaEK-znmH6hXyWQAz6anhtYP956AcZitNy7eoo85MyhFAnwa2TauWzv68NL0uZnkqnn-mgP0indgVsVfAFaJIhDwSwd4Vcgg5E0oo9OEYiQJSiiJaJUf4SgXjKKvOFgeevE8IO8x_MqVmyR2ZEsxcqnFBKyXArublPL7FB3MWxBfb9ITB6/s320/Bissell%2054%202.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">During the week, cartoons might focus on one or two players. This example from 1954 focuses on BC's Tom Magnarelli, who won the O'Melia Trophy for the MVP of the annual Boston College-Holy Cross game (<a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2014/11/rivalry-weeks-boston-college-holy-cross.html" target="_blank">once one of the highlights of the New England sporting year</a>).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Let's take a gander at some other cartoonists. Frank Lanning was a longtime illustrator for the Providence Journal whose artwork for Brown and Rhode Island football (and their opponents) graced the paper's pages for decades.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpjjjJsJYdVnMoTOFFhtFh_HdMJBK0ITDD2vplnQKh2-3jA6KfFLU8zcx3SmFszKKZo383u_K9a6jVYI_CHcha07dH6S9w4bz-9ZYbrXEBKYDPZXgQHPKq4KtbpaztQuw4i5qiFKxlaq4yrjqFcqGezW3qsAb6KPZjjeg2eC5Qimq7NAAe9zI9FZO/s1132/Rhody%20Cartoon%2045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="1132" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpjjjJsJYdVnMoTOFFhtFh_HdMJBK0ITDD2vplnQKh2-3jA6KfFLU8zcx3SmFszKKZo383u_K9a6jVYI_CHcha07dH6S9w4bz-9ZYbrXEBKYDPZXgQHPKq4KtbpaztQuw4i5qiFKxlaq4yrjqFcqGezW3qsAb6KPZjjeg2eC5Qimq7NAAe9zI9FZO/s320/Rhody%20Cartoon%2045.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This one highlights a Rhody win over Boston University in 1945. Eight key moments are shoehorned into one cartoon, anchored by Sal Vento, the "scatback from Saugatcuk."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ju4VeVmrRymmh-xQQUJnf-QKhCTNzkSPeyGQjR9bTYc9ZDXUu9rl0q-LmVTdFZ0-eWUqY_-UHf4BzKBkOBbKeNCX49keLPm8cP6zzzNQRvuLT4RbExvG7zyPKU0yd0z6p6LcMHS7bJEIk38Y-fgtq8linIwkHTdPvIaqIhPDNtVGDfcaLa2yRV8w/s850/Maine%2065%20cartoon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ju4VeVmrRymmh-xQQUJnf-QKhCTNzkSPeyGQjR9bTYc9ZDXUu9rl0q-LmVTdFZ0-eWUqY_-UHf4BzKBkOBbKeNCX49keLPm8cP6zzzNQRvuLT4RbExvG7zyPKU0yd0z6p6LcMHS7bJEIk38Y-fgtq8linIwkHTdPvIaqIhPDNtVGDfcaLa2yRV8w/s320/Maine%2065%20cartoon.png" width="305" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lanning goes off the board for this cartoon, which previews the <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2015/08/maine-black-bears-1965.html" target="_blank">1965 Maine-East Carolina Tangerine Bowl</a>. Linebacker John Huard, a two-time Little All-America, is generally considered the G.O.A.T. of Black Bear football players. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hubert Bushey's illustrations of University of Vermont sports appeared in the Burlington Free Press for years, and he even designed the old Charlie Catamount mascot (since replaced by Rally Cat). His most famous work might be from 1974, when the school <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2014/10/vermont-catamounts-1970-74.html" target="_blank">pulled the plug on football after 77 seasons</a>. The "30" was old-time newspaper jargon marking the end of a story, and, well, the Catamounts got hit with the "30" on the gridiron. (Baseball, which got the ax in 1971, was revived in 1978 and canceled again in 2009.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIWeLp4TuM-1u8LTjmXFHtCMHAkYaN_QqgBgsuSNWSF1r9bbIJYCgnwlmDmgiB-X6RHaWjVeaGbSv-PSFqwqShzVcpIrINqQRNoXk059-zKRNRwOZRsZtD16FdIWBYhDAUHmOlJewvL1_zZgnpw-vXsgCF1wiudhnLSSypdz0Gul51PBjN3JZqDk-/s948/Vermont%2075%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="948" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIWeLp4TuM-1u8LTjmXFHtCMHAkYaN_QqgBgsuSNWSF1r9bbIJYCgnwlmDmgiB-X6RHaWjVeaGbSv-PSFqwqShzVcpIrINqQRNoXk059-zKRNRwOZRsZtD16FdIWBYhDAUHmOlJewvL1_zZgnpw-vXsgCF1wiudhnLSSypdz0Gul51PBjN3JZqDk-/s320/Vermont%2075%205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">From somewhat happier times, this cartoon previews UVM's '69 season. Bob Clifford, the head coach, resigned after a 3-6 season and threats of a player revolt.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeExxqMTGQN7TtTjNl1sTxk_6TtrEH78U49cz0yejd1Anmeso-r0I-FoygMG8kpdEH7LHmGMuldMqtVZ4cL4qSXERJr2LBScOeGi2s8X8MJYv_MUAsVJbcbJ1ss78rhAPP-Vk4PwQPftG8wDYi5qI-N9-n_R2Ygr55ycT4RCTmOFPJ4CZk3Athj6c/s7147/UVM%2069.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7147" data-original-width="4787" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeExxqMTGQN7TtTjNl1sTxk_6TtrEH78U49cz0yejd1Anmeso-r0I-FoygMG8kpdEH7LHmGMuldMqtVZ4cL4qSXERJr2LBScOeGi2s8X8MJYv_MUAsVJbcbJ1ss78rhAPP-Vk4PwQPftG8wDYi5qI-N9-n_R2Ygr55ycT4RCTmOFPJ4CZk3Athj6c/s320/UVM%2069.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And now, some miscellaneous cartoons:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYjKbuRjsAL3SqesAOzAv-Iw6PKxMVY2uiAIM_Ow7Li7mIoNN3xD-xiABaI6odsHEV1VOXeuduFp764i1ByYfGWMiCeYVrKXGVS-Il_rioLBZFYuoJGEEJmnPTmRvkz-yF1QD1shKAqz7qtC41nppK8XUIN2ebf8vBnfRLcaRLGGoHRrR-dpPBuuG/s1432/Dartmouth%2042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1012" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYjKbuRjsAL3SqesAOzAv-Iw6PKxMVY2uiAIM_Ow7Li7mIoNN3xD-xiABaI6odsHEV1VOXeuduFp764i1ByYfGWMiCeYVrKXGVS-Il_rioLBZFYuoJGEEJmnPTmRvkz-yF1QD1shKAqz7qtC41nppK8XUIN2ebf8vBnfRLcaRLGGoHRrR-dpPBuuG/s320/Dartmouth%2042.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This one is actually from Dartmouth's 1942 media guide. Dartmouth's "hometown" paper, the Valley News (where I worked for many years), wasn't born until 1952 and I don't think they ever did any Big Green cartoons.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQG7ycJXCCTVU_jhHUf6uNRMg4hranPPP94V9XjMmnjSCT0vreaIkqpAN-GTZqvyWu_dlnoz9ULB9hPeAP56ItB5AcQaV8ix384KeZB9P1MmxQti3zd3I4zKf4fLtwrae0ZJNcHIeFP5hmPL4h-wGA3jyl3LGp5tmz_SGNBCvYkDE54t-pvb_O4p0H/s1781/5th%20Down%20cartoon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1781" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQG7ycJXCCTVU_jhHUf6uNRMg4hranPPP94V9XjMmnjSCT0vreaIkqpAN-GTZqvyWu_dlnoz9ULB9hPeAP56ItB5AcQaV8ix384KeZB9P1MmxQti3zd3I4zKf4fLtwrae0ZJNcHIeFP5hmPL4h-wGA3jyl3LGp5tmz_SGNBCvYkDE54t-pvb_O4p0H/s320/5th%20Down%20cartoon.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Not sure where this one came from, but it illustrates Dartmouth's legendary <a href="http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/ups-downs/" target="_blank">"Fifth Down" game against Cornell in 1940</a>. (Long story short: Cornell trailed 3-0 late in the game and threatened near the Dartmouth goal line, got an inadvertent fifth down from the refs and scored a walk-off TD to win 6-3. The Big Red "forfeited" the game a couple days later after reviewing the film, expecting Dartmouth to decline the forfeit. Of course the Big Green accepted and was declared a 3-0 winner.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWTwsQLTk5pW4RaidFyN6vgAV8xbS4xXweCIEL2yu4N2gbyjjcYlnurblrKgunZl7Z9tsMesb5XS_WG6W1_8SXpXeBx8HVHqlKBA2SkC7JPQ9Q4p5AHrrkhMDEIUo8N5oWsCEkp9A8YU4COl7ZNOfTRn27Wc1YL91lxoCH4d759NGHUSqOFXayUpG/s1432/UMass%20Cartoon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1085" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNWTwsQLTk5pW4RaidFyN6vgAV8xbS4xXweCIEL2yu4N2gbyjjcYlnurblrKgunZl7Z9tsMesb5XS_WG6W1_8SXpXeBx8HVHqlKBA2SkC7JPQ9Q4p5AHrrkhMDEIUo8N5oWsCEkp9A8YU4COl7ZNOfTRn27Wc1YL91lxoCH4d759NGHUSqOFXayUpG/s320/UMass%20Cartoon.png" width="242" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Not sure who drew this, but it highlights 1960s UMass stars Milt Morin and Bob Meers; Morin later was a star tight end for the Cleveland Browns. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDw71VwXYjDQO6ApGxo-TFoPi_DrRTUf_41humdt0qrMC2EN9JhXGY_lwoKUAcGQud80CaGImwyycHIcKPCWfnn9kaqLy75pBcyZHEQkF4eChABpzrm3SX9zQJYlHzg83q-xGoa0NCs7tf6l6Q0ui2SNVG_cZqzLvyDM8_rDZK5PcK7eU0-DnR-fGC/s1424/Glassford%2047.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1194" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDw71VwXYjDQO6ApGxo-TFoPi_DrRTUf_41humdt0qrMC2EN9JhXGY_lwoKUAcGQud80CaGImwyycHIcKPCWfnn9kaqLy75pBcyZHEQkF4eChABpzrm3SX9zQJYlHzg83q-xGoa0NCs7tf6l6Q0ui2SNVG_cZqzLvyDM8_rDZK5PcK7eU0-DnR-fGC/s320/Glassford%2047.png" width="268" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">From The New Hampshire student paper, <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2014/12/unh-wildcats-1947-48.html" target="_blank">1947 Glass Bowl</a> coach Biff Glassford is profiled. I presume Vern Hall is the author.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ePebwsZIN5t58kgSE5ge6uIZ2OU6Ze3anvGc7b844HdM9fLxNy5R-6ZMzRcQvOU5J2wgcJSyPlp-OfhtTnAPnIJ3ZWiEMALsleZk3rjrO9oSws3QEM_5ZfZq9lxcBWyIONXxjZ8X_dtYFFO3yI7CVjJsE5MBPsDlKVa-FF2FzddtETBuROopUugS/s1284/Brown-Princeton%2064.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1264" data-original-width="1284" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ePebwsZIN5t58kgSE5ge6uIZ2OU6Ze3anvGc7b844HdM9fLxNy5R-6ZMzRcQvOU5J2wgcJSyPlp-OfhtTnAPnIJ3ZWiEMALsleZk3rjrO9oSws3QEM_5ZfZq9lxcBWyIONXxjZ8X_dtYFFO3yI7CVjJsE5MBPsDlKVa-FF2FzddtETBuROopUugS/s320/Brown-Princeton%2064.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I <i>think</i> this is from Daily Princetonian, but it illustrates Princeton's 14-0 win over Brown in 1964, when the Tigers went 9-0 and outscored their foes 216-53.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzr_AXven1xYRVXZKzBvZT4DcGURriA-I2Yt-exfA15dN6zt8II6CTejr5WVnRiMkusZUDPrMeAZByyKoMACDGtLzHVjIuUPbmYu_WJdJjCHx_6zn0BmGY_eZ0AjzIvBt2Cp2XzO-ZWuwjid8T1Ulr6-K9db3j1iOf_eYkapzwCv5uun6WTHz9LmE/s598/Yale-Dartmouth%2085%20cartoon.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzr_AXven1xYRVXZKzBvZT4DcGURriA-I2Yt-exfA15dN6zt8II6CTejr5WVnRiMkusZUDPrMeAZByyKoMACDGtLzHVjIuUPbmYu_WJdJjCHx_6zn0BmGY_eZ0AjzIvBt2Cp2XzO-ZWuwjid8T1Ulr6-K9db3j1iOf_eYkapzwCv5uun6WTHz9LmE/s320/Yale-Dartmouth%2085%20cartoon.jpeg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And last but not least, this piece of irreverence from the Yale Daily News in 1985, when Yale and Dartmouth played to a 17-17 tie. Alas, the Big Green's iconic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keggy_the_Keg" target="_blank">Keggy</a> was a long ways away. </span></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-73241292231584851412023-02-19T19:33:00.002-05:002023-02-19T19:33:56.726-05:00Cornell Big Red (1945)<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrbGwSuxPTlRQBBHy3o4IJ71wiZWfTXbkimZSPUQ56BtHEKN6pAlrf9k_ZxPj3sjYGaeNm_mRmFVKzl-XA6LEiniHBD9BOL78Fxf5KTzsIy0YPObJb0FN0n9-se9F5dWY4NbmhNL-W2BOpMxr63R1Ujg98cFXgPDjXa81Iqa-WWKuL4XIooiCdqYK/s3400/Cornell%201945%20(new).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3400" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrbGwSuxPTlRQBBHy3o4IJ71wiZWfTXbkimZSPUQ56BtHEKN6pAlrf9k_ZxPj3sjYGaeNm_mRmFVKzl-XA6LEiniHBD9BOL78Fxf5KTzsIy0YPObJb0FN0n9-se9F5dWY4NbmhNL-W2BOpMxr63R1Ujg98cFXgPDjXa81Iqa-WWKuL4XIooiCdqYK/s320/Cornell%201945%20(new).png" width="151" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">OK, it's been a while since the last post. Let's rectify that, shall we?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One of my favorite "</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">unheralded" football books is the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quarterback-Abstract-Complete-Guide-Quarterbacks/dp/160078268X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=quarterback+abstract&qid=1676593771&sprefix=Quarterback+abst%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-2" target="_blank">Quarterback Abstract</a> (2009), which attempts to grade more than 360 quarterbacks from the throughout the long history of pro football. While the usual legends are covered in depth, the real gems are the more obscure passers. While thumbing through the book recently, I came upon an entry for one Al Dekdebrun of Cornell University, who was a journeyman's journeyman in the NFL and AAFC before finding a home in Canadian football, where he won a Grey Cup for the Toronto Argonauts. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJVl4977-r1L7BLe52LoTVjp43ETpuELOGKZjrY4-90sI4ulm93YppyPElSe119fJZcyeYS7PgEi6AIAb5dVOZSEvhEZJ4pjBov4WLXy68I6-UwBZFMWyEDosU-mzEKyCvzSe2--cXlmWyVViTTprje7aJYre5bstjxIClJQu57QnJQCGH0u46B1T/s422/Dekdebrun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="312" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJVl4977-r1L7BLe52LoTVjp43ETpuELOGKZjrY4-90sI4ulm93YppyPElSe119fJZcyeYS7PgEi6AIAb5dVOZSEvhEZJ4pjBov4WLXy68I6-UwBZFMWyEDosU-mzEKyCvzSe2--cXlmWyVViTTprje7aJYre5bstjxIClJQu57QnJQCGH0u46B1T/s320/Dekdebrun.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sounds pretty straightforward, right? But check out these nuggets from the QB Abstract: </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">* Dekdebrun led the nation in passing yards as a junior in 1945 (1,227 yards!), "but was declared ineligible for his senior season because he had played four minutes in a game for Columbia in 1942 although (he) never enrolled there a student." And you thought the tramp athlete went the way of the flying wedge and mass interference plays.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">* In four pro seasons between the NFL and AAFC, Dekdebrun threw for 1,224 yards, or three fewer than in his final year with the Big Red.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">* In Canada, Dekdebrun led Toronto to the 1950 Grey Cup title in what became known as the "Mud Bowl." From the Abstract: "Using his Ivy League education, he taped thumbtacks to his fingers to improve his grip on the slippery ball and scored the only touchdown of the game." Sounds more like a tactic from a graduate of the School of Hard Knocks.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After football, Dekdebrun was either mayor or town supervisor of Amherst, New York (depending on your source) and was inducted into the Cornell Hall of Fame in 1982.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbsFE933k6v9eyAwrixlY-szArJI5f6GJQuIh-6b_ZGu5KBvIXMaujRZbsWySGSEbA0FoSSWg3iHfFlFSjnttdoW84gzmRvnbN3lOGbZL8raqrUdfoyCBfaaIH1jdFAOG07KuldPnx8WApUS805_C2pnP_sA6IxJ4RCXDyr5Z3loyHpe4Rqd9YK1c/s445/Dekdebrun%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbsFE933k6v9eyAwrixlY-szArJI5f6GJQuIh-6b_ZGu5KBvIXMaujRZbsWySGSEbA0FoSSWg3iHfFlFSjnttdoW84gzmRvnbN3lOGbZL8raqrUdfoyCBfaaIH1jdFAOG07KuldPnx8WApUS805_C2pnP_sA6IxJ4RCXDyr5Z3loyHpe4Rqd9YK1c/s320/Dekdebrun%202.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p style="text-align: justify;">I've touched upon Cornell's unis from this era before, but the big thing to take away is the inconsistency in regard to the helmets; at least four patterns were used, including a <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2020/11/dartmouth-big-green-princeton-tigers.html" target="_blank">Princeton/Michigan-esque winged design</a> and a <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2022/02/dartmouth-big-green-1934-40.html" target="_blank">Dartmouth-looking lid</a> with multiple stripes around the crown. With the dust still settling from World War II, teams may not have wanted to spring money on new helmets for everyone; if they were close enough, that was A-OK. (If the internet or social media were around in 1945, can you imagine the outrage?)</p></span><p></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-59380622655655780982022-12-31T09:04:00.000-05:002022-12-31T09:04:06.263-05:00Boston College, UConn, UMass (2022)<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We close out our look at the uniforms of 2022 with New England's three FBS schools. The results on the field vary, but I think these teams have some of the classiest unis around.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhm4ewGhkrmhobbH9j1G2fAZCBc9cmK9CB7IIUAbjT0UT3p_bJAblG_Qu_TCFA6UkbZGN32A3B6h9t2_q5Y2d6RNw9534MQ7CRyAt3kdrKdNCQYVoOOmctzhMhwSHOuuhFiR8vwvGdHkSuwku86p7OI_m7Z-UaLc2JkZg8-N3A-4-4iP4Ez7gWmIhI/s2361/Boston%20College%202022%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2361" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhm4ewGhkrmhobbH9j1G2fAZCBc9cmK9CB7IIUAbjT0UT3p_bJAblG_Qu_TCFA6UkbZGN32A3B6h9t2_q5Y2d6RNw9534MQ7CRyAt3kdrKdNCQYVoOOmctzhMhwSHOuuhFiR8vwvGdHkSuwku86p7OI_m7Z-UaLc2JkZg8-N3A-4-4iP4Ez7gWmIhI/s320/Boston%20College%202022%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p style="text-align: justify;">Tradition-minded<b> Boston College</b> didn't change a darn thing from 2021, other than the return of the dark red pants. The Eagles may not win much, but at least they look good while losing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DQctqjef7V-6y-03joRyHpJNrRJt01GkjuT6Gx7BsU1OtG7AQSgczmqsYp15HGUtmLhIR3maOnlRjswb8n30Nf4gXg-uKgn-ThxmgtK6ys4N6uJjEh-RA79rHepwuBrTi1I1K87eILRN9Dv3JETKx-TGi-iDDQF3EG8hJk_38W-sYxqjKJc8sYSg/s4000/UConn%202022%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DQctqjef7V-6y-03joRyHpJNrRJt01GkjuT6Gx7BsU1OtG7AQSgczmqsYp15HGUtmLhIR3maOnlRjswb8n30Nf4gXg-uKgn-ThxmgtK6ys4N6uJjEh-RA79rHepwuBrTi1I1K87eILRN9Dv3JETKx-TGi-iDDQF3EG8hJk_38W-sYxqjKJc8sYSg/s320/UConn%202022%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Speaking of teams that used to look good while losing, <b>UConn</b> now looks good while winning; I apologized for my Husky-bashing <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-somewhat-complete-uconn-uniform.html" target="_blank">here</a>. First-year coach Jim Mora didn't change much from 2021 beyond a few helmet tweaks: A red-white-and-blue "C" logo (the only time the Randy Edsall-era big C was used) and a unique cancer ribbon helmet worn for a few October games. The example above is pink, but the Huskies made a dozen ribbon colors available, to "give players a chance to bring awareness to the specific form of cancer that has affected their lives and loved ones," according to a UConn media release.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWoPe4UEs3X51Ovzak6ZhpRpnRGbI7b_uf7dyoDtimXPoG07Yk11cY2ryZ0aLMEEeqgl84lQSuVqXuvelgtaDtYRbZWTj8lKwaByT0QDHRxNot9v4I43Ohtk1oKYLlF-YdGq2jPM0u6Hr2pdHTzKZEZojGdTBfhXk-6yK1yxy9pKir1ag39pFS0jxq/s2523/UMass%202022%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2523" data-original-width="2361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWoPe4UEs3X51Ovzak6ZhpRpnRGbI7b_uf7dyoDtimXPoG07Yk11cY2ryZ0aLMEEeqgl84lQSuVqXuvelgtaDtYRbZWTj8lKwaByT0QDHRxNot9v4I43Ohtk1oKYLlF-YdGq2jPM0u6Hr2pdHTzKZEZojGdTBfhXk-6yK1yxy9pKir1ag39pFS0jxq/s320/UMass%202022%20(new).png" width="299" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>UMass</b> also had a new coach in 2022 (actually, new old coach: Don Brown was the head man when the Minutemen reached the 2006 FCS title game), but changed zippo from '21, except for the 1990s-era logo seeing playing time on the maroon helmet for the first time. </p></span><p></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562191481541413466.post-82744030837854647712022-12-30T10:44:00.003-05:002022-12-30T10:44:41.503-05:00Colgate, Holy Cross (2022)<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">OK, enough procrastinating. Let's take care of a couple more teams as we look back at the uniforms on 2022. This time around, it's a pair of Patriot League schools.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jJIep447sLYbOo_JomzbleZUTJfJH4cPyAF2fInK7eBB4y-TXFUew75z4_CQYW9nr6IbMZH0a3tZ6lOlgt7Xl_Ui-8oq1B_jJPNn9aOwPUNEqRb6p9_5yo7Uq0dOTip4DdDLqhjReMRuuYezPIUshs6FIdY-_rC8ccehMnqFQVVPmn7J9xmSktfe/s2432/Colgate%202022%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2432" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jJIep447sLYbOo_JomzbleZUTJfJH4cPyAF2fInK7eBB4y-TXFUew75z4_CQYW9nr6IbMZH0a3tZ6lOlgt7Xl_Ui-8oq1B_jJPNn9aOwPUNEqRb6p9_5yo7Uq0dOTip4DdDLqhjReMRuuYezPIUshs6FIdY-_rC8ccehMnqFQVVPmn7J9xmSktfe/s320/Colgate%202022%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Colgate</b> added a home jersey to match the road version that <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2021/12/colgate-holy-cross-2021.html" target="_blank">debuted in 2021</a>, and the Raiders eliminated those odd stripes that wrapped around the front of the pants. I still prefer the 'gate' logo on the helmets to the generic "C."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_-NcErei6435cszm0w0b2Mvd3lg0bbGpOXCJPFYU8A0wr8-lgwfRVLVOrP-EXinoP5c1nqYfW13GumseafjgfzQvTB9csQ1rPBXenqTlDTJ9sPVhdlW4J3vE4hNn7gsEInO9vSYQ1KQmVYKNi-6QCkR8PD2i__za7Jv3Q_PkzvmImVH5iaQaFywM/s4000/Holy%20Cross%202022%20(new).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_-NcErei6435cszm0w0b2Mvd3lg0bbGpOXCJPFYU8A0wr8-lgwfRVLVOrP-EXinoP5c1nqYfW13GumseafjgfzQvTB9csQ1rPBXenqTlDTJ9sPVhdlW4J3vE4hNn7gsEInO9vSYQ1KQmVYKNi-6QCkR8PD2i__za7Jv3Q_PkzvmImVH5iaQaFywM/s320/Holy%20Cross%202022%20(new).png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Holy Cross</b> didn't make any changes from 2021, but did revive the black jersey <a href="https://gridirongarb.blogspot.com/2020/01/boston-college-holy-cross-uconn-umass.html" target="_blank">last worn in 2019</a>, and even retains the college football 150th anniversary patch! The Crusaders wore a blue NCAA patch for their FCS tournament games.</span></p>David Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283485174336747415noreply@blogger.com0