Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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Fort first-year grldders out for football 54-Steve Tofanelli 55-John Mclntosh '56-Frank Myron 57-Bob Hendricks 59-Mike Savage 59-Larry Costin 60-Tom Hanson 60-Jack Meek 63-Rich Doria 64-.lim Sudbeck 65-Jeff Hoffman 66-Tom O'Brien 68-Tim Lefevour 70-Ed Barry 7l-John Boyle 7l-Joe McDermott 72aMario Rodriguez 73aRoy Strong 73-John Hill 74-Tony Topf 75-Jim Burke 75-Jerry Ross 76-Dan Rigdon 77-Tom Hays 78-Don McCormack 79-Ed Baffoe 80-Pat Leahy Sl-Ted Peterson 82-Tim Geary 83-Jim Dreznes 84-Pat Blake 85-Jim McHugh 86-Duane Hackman 87-.lack D'Amico 89-Dave Donnelly Co captain Mike O Shea C379 is crossing the 25 yard line and headed for the goal line in the Homecoming game with St Ambrose With the and of blocks from Greg Capell QD Duane Hackman C863 and Jack D Ainico C873 O Shea went all the way to the Bees three yard line and later scored in an I8-6 victory. On the positive side of the ledger was the fact that there were over 40 newcomers out for football and the largest coaching staff in the past five years, Jeff Heitzman, the starting quarterback during the l973 season, until he was injured, was not able to play in l974 but joined the coaching staff. Steve McGrath and Ken Hefel were also welcome new additions to the staff. McGrath had an outstanding high school career in Florida before attending Loras at a time when there was no football program. He is now a businessman in Dubuque and he welcomed the chance to help with the program at his Alma Mater. Ken Hefel is one of the most respected Junior High School coaches in Dubuque, as for the past I4 years, the boys he has coached at Holy Ghost school have gone on to play High School and College foot- ball. Bob Bucko and Darrell Burns, who transferred to Loras from Parsons in l973, and were on the coaching staff last year, returned as did Don Hendricks and Vince Coyle, who have been coaching football at Loras since it returned in I97O. The Duhawks also got help from Barry Beekman, the newly named trainer at Loras, as he worked closely with Darrell Burns, the man who had taken care of most of the training duties in l973. Bob Mullen, the newly named Athletic Direc- tor, showed a great interest in the program and was helpful in many ways. lt quickly became apparent that the Duhawks were in a race against the clock as they prepared for their season opener with Northeastern Illinois State. ln seven previous meetings, the Duhawks had defeated the Golden Eagles on every occa- sion, and the Chicago entry was well aware of this fact. Northeastern Illinois opened their season two weeks before Loras did and so they were playing their third game while it was the season opener for the Duhawks. When the game was over the series stood 7-l as Northeastern lllinois posted a 20-O victory in a game in which the Duhawks were unable to get their offense in high gear and were hurt on defense by typical first game mistakes. The following week, the Duhawks hosted the Marquette Warriors and returned to their winning ways as they stopped the Warriors 28-6.

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l94 When the squad returned for the l974 season they knew that they had a lot of work to do. They liked the idea of being number two, but they wanted to be number one and felt that the only way they could do this was to go undefeated while playing the most rugged schedule any team had faced since football returned in l97O. A total of 72 players reported for pre- season drills, among them 33 returning lettermen. This year's seniors had only played in four losing games in three years and they were determined to make I974 a year to remember. As the coaching staff worked with the team during two-a-day drills they discovered that for the first time since football began in l97O there were more new faces than returning veterans. When everything was accounted for it was noticed that 24 players from the I973 team were gone via graduation and other reasons. In many ways i974 was somewhat of a rebuilding year. Loras lost four All-Americans from the l973 team with graduation and two as the result of injuries that forced them to pass up the l974 season. Joe Schiesl, a two-time first team All-American safety man, graduated as did Terry Langan and John Tofanelli, a pair of defensive tackles that started every game for four years and won All-American recognition in the process. Mark Keeney, one of several outstanding football players who transferred to Loras after Parsons College closed, won All- American honors at right guard during his senior year as a Duhawk. John Leonard, an All-American wide receiver, was forced to pass up the l974 season due to a knee injuryp while Bob Paul, an All-American middle guard, missed the season because of a broken leg suffered during the l973 season. As if the loss of six All-Americans was not enough the Duhawks also had to replace such three and four year veterans as Ed Biondi, Jerry Burke, Jim Van Steenhuyse. Tom Murray and Harlow LaBarge, as well as many other players that had made big contributions to the team in the one or two years they were on the squad. rebuilding year :' .1:.,' .1 - 1-...4 -el-ai. - ' -- - ' ' Q :-.Z'7', '31Y-rPlE?'f ' ' 4- fs 'Y ' 'l F'Qv-TJ,-filhg :uLfAa'1?-- H-1 s ,-. .qs Quarterback Mike Krause CID, with good blocking from Phil LaMere C455 and Ken Tritz 4341. is preparing to throw a touchdown pass against the Marquette Warriors. IO-Jim Murray Il-Jim Prunty I3-Tom Hoffmann I4-Jeff Heissel I4-Jim Shaw I7-Mike Krause I9-Dick Adams JO-Claude Maddox ll-Greg Capell 22-Ed Buckley 23-John McCormack 23-Rich Bares 24-Tim Stephenson 26-Ted Pillow 27-Dan O'Donogl1ue 27-Art Kalousek 29'Craig Francois SO-Andy Anello 30-Jeff Myles 32-Jim Owens 34-Ken Tritz 36-Ron Zuccarelli 37-Mike O'Shea 40-Tom McCullough 4l-Gary Kahn 4l-Jack Dolehide 42-Charles Banks 43-Jack Sebesta l 44-Dick Geary l 45-Phil LaMere 46-Jerry Carberry 50-Kurt Clodius Sl-Bob Minucciani 52-Gene Baffoe 54-Phil Mikaitis

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Gridders on a winni Loras quarterback Mike Krause enjoyed a good day against Marquette as he con- nected on a I3-yard touchdown pass to Jack D'Amico, a I0-yard scoring toss to Duane Hackman and a five-yard six pointer to Tim Geary. Phil LaMere ran the second Loras touchdown in from three yards out and Tom Hoffmann kicked all four extra points. The only Marquette score came as the result of a fumble that was recovered on the Loras seven yard line. Warrior quarterback Pete Glaeser ran the ball in from that spot but Jim Burke of the Duhawks blocked the extra point and that ended the Marquette scoring. The third game of the season with Maranatha Baptist Bible College was one of the most thrilling games that any Loras team has ever played, and although the Duhawks dropped a 23-2l decision in the last ll seconds of play it turned out to be the turning point of the season. As he had done the week before Marquette, Mike Krause of the Duhawks connected on three scoring passes, only this time they were all to freshman wide receiver Greg Capell. The Duhawks had to over- come a I0-0 half time lead but they fought back to go in front 2l-I6 with only 20 seconds to play when Krause connected on a I9 yard scoring pass to Capell. Tom Hoffmann kicked his third extra point of the day and all seemed well for the Duhawks. However, the old adage that the game is never over until the final gun sounds proved to be all too true as Maranatha came back with a desperation pass and run play that allowed the Crusaders to score and kick an extra point as they went in front 23-2I with one second to play. Again Krause connected with Capell but the speedy end was driven out of bounds on the 20 yard line as time ran out. lt was a rather quiet bus ride back to Dubuque, but during that time the players and coaches vowed that they would not lose another game this season. They had to wait until the final seconds of the last game of the season to make sure that this promise was good, but good it was as they went from a record of I-2 to one of 6-2. For the third year in a row they ended up ranking among the top teams in the nation. But there was a lot of action in between that bus ride from Water- town. Wisconsin and the one to St. Leo College in St. Leo, Florida. Duhawk quarterback Tom Hoffmann U35 is kicking one of his four extra points against Marquette despite the best efforts of a Warrior defender. Phil LaMere held for the successful conversion. ng streak! Ron Zuccarelli C363 is blocking up front while quarterback Jeff Heissel U45 has just completed the hand off to LaMere. Following their loss to Maranatha, the Duhawks returned home to beat arch rival St. Ambrose in the traditional Homecoming game in the Rock Rock Bowl Stadium. Following an open date, Loras travelled to Davenport to take part in the St. Ambrose Homecoming game. At the end of the game, which saw Loras come from behind twice to post a 27-I9 victory, the Duhawks had a record of 3-2. Loras jumped to a quick 7-0 lead as Phil LaMere's three-yard run capped a 70-yard scoring drive and Tom Hoffmann kicked the first of his three extra points. The Bees bounced right back with two touchdowns on a 50-yard pass play from Greg Stevens to Jeff Miller and a recovered fumble on the kick off that Rob Avon carried into the end zone for a score. Mike Krause of the Duhawks connected on a 3l-yard scoring pass to Jack D'Amico as the half ended with the score tied I3-l3. Late in the third quarter Krause connected with D'Amico on a 60-yard pass play that was good for a touchdown and when Ron Zucarelli scored from one yard out in the fourth period the Duhawks had made a clean sweep of the Bees.