College at Brockport - Saga Yearbook (Brockport, NY)

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74465415 The fall of 1947 gave birth to Brockport State's first football team. The debut of our Green and Cold gridders was inauspicious but gave indications that in the future the Golden Eagles' opponents were in for trouble, Sep- tember 27th the Boozer-tutelaged eleven journeyed to Oneonta and absorbed a 27-O whitewashing from a power-laden Hartwick team which was destined to run up six straight wins without having their goal line crossed. In the Sampson encounter State scored their lone touchdown of the short-lived campaign when big Dick Hansen connected on a 39-yard touch- down pass to end Mauro Spennachio. This 6-O lead was overcome in the third quarter and Sampson eventually eked out a 7-6 decision. Seeking their initial victory the Golden Eagles played host to Mansfield State Teachers College on Homecoming Day, October 25. The visiting teachers had too much on the ball for our warriors and when the smoke of battle cleared, they were on the long end of a 49-0 count. The Green and Gold fielded practically a freshman team and with a year's experience under their belt the prospects for the coming gridiron cam- paign are much brighter.