• Source: 1980 National Collegiate Rugby Championship

The 1980 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the first edition of an official national championship for intercollegiate rugby organized by the U.S. Rugby Football Union. The tournament was sponsored by Michelob and hosted by Palmer College of Chiropractic at Credit Island in Davenport, Iowa. The Cal Bears were victorious in large part to Mick Luckhurst who was tournament MVP.




Venue






Participants


Illinois
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the college division of the Mid-America Cup at the Midwest Rugby Championship at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH.

First round Illinois 17-0 Dayton
Second round Illinois 16-10 Palmer
Semifinal Illinois 8-3 Ohio State
Final Illinois 7-6 Minnesota
Roster:
President- Jeff Ruckman
Coach- Merle Faminow
Captain- Kevin McSweeney
Record 22-4-1(10-1-1)
Bruce Anderson (Center), Rob Beer (Prop), Craig Bergen (Prop), Dean Bostrom (#8), Bruce Gillingham (#8), Pete Hancock (Scrumhalf), Joe Janikas (Wing), Mark Kahn (Prop), Steve Lardner (Scrumhalf), Drew Kuhter (Lock), Pete McHugh (Wing), Kevin McSweeney (Flyhalf), Brian Mullery (Fullback), Mickey O'Neil (Hooker), Jim Quinn (Scrumhalf), Jeff Ruckman (Flanker), J.W. Sears (Hooker), Rick Smith (Center), Tony Sparrow (Flanker), Keith Surroz (Lock), Joe Vanderbranden (Center), Jeff Young (Wing).
Navy
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Eastern Collegiate Cup on April 5–6 at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.

Navy 18-3 South Florida
Navy 9-6 Cornell
Navy 6-4 Virginia Tech
Navy 15-6 Army
Roster:
Coach- Dewey Mateer
Record (10-1-1)
Matt Aylward (Prop), Tom Brodmerkel (Lock), Jim Brownlowe (Center), John Burke (Prop), Jerry Chandler (Scrumhalf), Deryl Chen (Wing), Mike Coughlin (Wing), Dan Dewispelaere (Flyhalf), Jeff Freeman (Wing), Chuck French (Scrumhalf), James Hickey (#8), Rick Keller (Hooker), Jim King (Center), Steve Laukaitis (#8), Bob Matheny (Fullback), Herb McMillan (Flanker), Jim Merrill (Center), Kent Mills (Flanker), Dennis Murphy (Center), Keith Shultis (Prop), Brad Smith (Lock), John Theiss (Lock).
Air Force Falcons
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the West Regional on 2–4 May in Lawrence, KS.

Air Force def. Principia of St. Louis
Air Force def.University of Northern Colorado
Roster:
Coach- Alan Osur
Captains- Kevin Nagie/Steve Miller
Record- 11-1
Brad Brown (Flyhalf), Jeff Burroughs (Lock), Bob Cushing (Scrumhalf), Jeff Dodson (Prop), Paul Frappier (Center), Tom Jee (Flanker), Tom Jones (Center), Jeff Lamont (Lock), Brian McNabb (Wing), Steve Miller (Fullback), Joe Motz (Scrumhalf), Kevin Nagie (Flanker), Fred Origel (Prop), Mark Ploederer (#8), Jason Prokopowicz (Prop), Jeff Richard (Flanker), Tom Robbins (Center), Mark Roling (Lock), Jerry Sirote (Hooker), Art Smith (Wing), Paul Smith (#8), Bruce Stark (Center).
California
Qualified from Far West Regional on April 26–27 at Stanford. A three team round robin was organized by Michelob during the Monterey tournament.

California 18-10 California State Long Beach
California 16-3 Stanford
Roster:
Coach- Ned Anderson
Record 15-5-1
Buzz Brown (Prop), Darrell Breedlove (#8), Jim Castignani (Wing), Kevin Dakis (Wing), Mark Deaton (#8), Scott Denardo (Prop), Frank Helm (Hooker), Donald Hooper (Flyhalf), Tom Horvath (Lock), Mike Lemmon (Back), Tom Lemmon (Center), Mick Luckhurst (Fullback), Jeff McDermott (Flanker), Ken Meyersieck, (Scrumhalf), Tim O'Brien (Center), Doug Raisch (Prop), Bob Spurzem (Prop), Matthew Taylor (Wing), Brian Vincent (Flanker), Bob Williams (Scrumhalf).




Bracket






Semifinals


The semifinals scheduled for 1:00 and 3:00PM respectively were delayed an hour and a half due to storms flooding the pitch requiring another field to be set up by the organizers.




Third place






Final



All Tournament Team
Matthew Aylward (Navy) – Prop
Mark Deaton (California) – #8
Jeff Freeman (Navy) – Wing
Mick Luckhurst (California) – Fullback
Herb McMillan (Navy) – Flanker
Brian McNabb (Air Force) – Wing
Joe Motz (Air Force) – Scrumhalf
Brian Mullery (Illinois) – Flyhalf
Tim O'Brian (California) – Outside Center
Doug Raisch (California) – Prop
Jeff Ruckman (Illinois) – Flanker
James Sears (Illinois) – Hooker
Bradley Smith (Navy) – Lock
Bruce Sorensen (California) – Lock
Bruce Stark (Air Force) – Inside Center




See also


1980 National Rugby Championships




References

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