Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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BRINGS THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT TO TEST every confesl a differenf player was lauded for his greaf line or baclcfield play. Three lads responsible for mosl of fhe of- fensive power of The Purple and Gold grid ma- chine were Niclc Spadaccini, John Sfianche, and Jack Millard. Spadaccini carried 60 fimes for an average of 6.9 yards. Slianchc had 72 fries in carrying fhe pigslcin and averaged 6.2 Newly elecled caplnins who will lead The Rough- riders Through The I950 campaign. LEFT TO RIGHT: Dick Bubien, Coach Joe Behol and Allan Coslill. yards, and Millard ran The ball 46 limes and challced up a I0.I average for eighl games. These lads gained l,365 yards on The ground, more Than half of lhe Roughrider lolal of 2,228 yards. They scored l55 poinls belween fhem. Slfanche headed The scoring punch wilh six Iouchdowns, 20 exlra poinls, and one field goal for a 'rofal of 59 poinls. Spadaccini and Millard were fied for second honors wilh eighl fouch- downs. Two field generals fhal made The Behof af- faclc Click were Allan Coslill and Bob Maschal. Coslill, lasf year's M.V,P. award winner, Tossed fhe pigslcin 36 fimes and cornplcfed I7, while Maschal heaved 40 passes and connecfed on I4. These complefions folaled 665 yards. In The defensive deparfmenf, fhe forward wall held Iheir opponenfs To 75 firsf downs and forced fheir opposifion fo fhrow I I7 passes. Thus, in his firsf year as head coach. Joe Behof has done a remarkable job. l-le and his aides are fo be congralulafed for a piece of work well done. If' an gil

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' RIDER'S FOOTBALL TEAM I949 SCHEDULE OPPONENTS RIDER Bowling Green ----- 47 .------- I4 Adelphi .... - - - I3 ------ -125 ST. Michael ... ..-- 7 4---.' .-39 Panzer .......,.. ---- 0 - -,--- .i '53 Easf Sirousburg ... ....- 7 .,--.- --I9 Wilkes ......... 4.--. 3 4 -------- 4' Kufzfown ..... -,-. I 3 -------- 27 MT. ST. Mary .... -... 5 ----'--- 4 3 I l FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT. SEATED: Don Plokhooy, John Sfianche. John MaTis, George Arvaniiis, HecTsr Boulas, Walf Poore, Dave Veschesky. SECOND ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT. KNEELING: AssisTanT Coach Tuffy Frau- Iino, Dick Bubien. SEATED: Bill Zserdin, Bob McLane, Pefe Jandura, Jim Wel- don, CapTain Allan CosTill, Johln Moore, Joe Anfhony, Frank STallings. KNEEL- ING: Sfeve Szwak, Coach Joseph F. Be- hof. THIRD ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT. KNEELING: Assisfanf Coach WalT Car- Ter. STANDING: Frank Dudek, John Kuzma, Sam KuTaIek, Ed STrenge, Bill ApplegaTe, Alex Chiemingo, Bob Roskos. STeve Koval, Harry Gamble, Tom MaTTo, Mike Knrash. BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: George,Malmos, John Brewsler, Jim McWilliams, Bill Werke, Joe Reilly. Joe Curran, Jack Millard, Bill Rowan, Bill Damian, Joe YaTsko, and Nick Spa- daccini. lBob Maschal was absenf when phoTo was Taken.l xx NOT since The year l929, when Clair Bee was aT The coaching helm, has a Rider College TooTball Team enioyed a more successTul season Than This year's squad has. In ThaT year, under Bee's TuTelage, The Roughriders rode Torward To The only undeTeaTed season in The modern hisTory oT Rider. ln The spring of I949, Joe BohoT was named I-lead Coach and WalT CarTer and TuTTy Fraulino as his assisTanTs Tollowing The resigna- Tion OT SmiTh Byham. Under These Three men. The Roughriders surpassed all previous Team's achievemenTs in many ways: FirsT, iT won seven while losing only one To give ils Third coach in Three years, a record ThaT can be maTched wiTh any yearling coach's in The counTry. Secondly. IT wenT on To capTure seven consecuTive wins, a TeaT no oTher Rider TooTball club had ever been able To accomplish. Thirdly, in deTeaTing Panzer, 53-O, iT broke The exisTing 20 year-old record Tor highesT single ouTpuT in one game. And TourThly, by scoring a grand ToTal OT 26l poinTs, iT became The highesT scoring Team in Purple and Gold I-lislory. The Task of singling ouT any individual who esTablished himseli as The greaTesT player oT The year promoTed a raTher perplexing problem. Under BehoT's Two plaToon sysTem, The Rough- riders produced no consisTenT perTormer. Ironi- cally. no individual speared The spoTlighT. In

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N F pun H.:-.-.x . - ' Q' J. Y T .gif ay 1 ,gt f -, l 1- h fy f Q if .rw 7 . f .g T '- . T A A ' - 'M df!! Q . . -N, T - .- 1 4 ' vt hrs- L TTTLW 5' P Qui! iff, Tk The Roughriders opened The season againsT a well co-ordinaTed Bowling Green aggregaTion and were Trounced 47'I4. A poor pass defense anda case oT Tumble- iTis gave Coach Joe BehoT a disasTrous debuT. Scoring Twice Through The air and once on The ground, The Falcons Took a 20-O lead in The TirsT quarTer. The Broncs ToughT back in The second sTanza, held The Greenies, To six poinTs, and Tallied once on a 38-yard pass Trom Allan CosTill To George ArvaniTis. John STianche place kicked The exTra poinT. l-lowever, in The second halT oT The game, The BehoTmen held The Bee-Gees To a virTual sTandsTill, and Trom ThaT poinT on were an enTirely diTTerenT Team. The Tollowing week proved This when The Broncs bounced back To Trim Adelphi, 25-T3, in Riders iniTial home game under The lighTs aT Dunn Field. A CNG THE WP' Adelphia jumped in The driver's seaT when They scored on sTraighT- power plays aTTer The Broncs Tumbled, To go ahead aT The end oT The TirsT quarTer, 7-O. The Roughriders reTaliaTed when Nich Spadaccihi snared a TlaT pass Trom Bob Maschal and sfreaked down The side lines Tor 40 yards beTore hiTTing pay dirT. STianche split The uprighTs To even The score 7-7. The PanThers hTT back and scored on a neaT 70-yard iaunT To go ahead, I3-7, Tor The second Time aT The end oT The TirsT halT. Then, on successive SaTurdays, The Purple KnighTs OT ST. Michaels were beaTen 39-7, Panzer meT The wraTh oT The Purple and Gold gridders and were soundly Trounced, 53-O, and EasT STroudsburg Tell by The wayside To The Tune oT I9-7.