Portal:1968 Fall Men

1968 Fall Men Portal

Under the leadership of Captain Alan (Skipper) Osur, this was the first intercollegiate rugby team from the Air Force Academy. This team, and the class of ‘69 kicked off a great intercollegiate rugby tradition by winning all matches except against BYU and the final for the Coors Cup, which was the only championship for ALL rugby teams in Colorado! Alan and NZ exchange student Lindsay Fenwick were instrumental in getting permission for the team to be organized. (for those reading this and trying to make sense of the scores, in these days, tries = 3, conversions 2). The first (A) side were called "All Blues" and the B side "Silver" and sometimes "White"

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Team Record

A side

Opponent	Score	Date	Notes
Highlanders	29-0	29 Sept	Tries by L. Fenwick(2), Chase, Bennett, Keith, Johannes, Bewers and Coppinger. Also a dropped goal by Westmoreland and 1 conversions by Dyer
CC	24-10	6 Oct	at CC. 12 points on Dyer's foot (3 conversions/2 Penalties); tries by Coppinger, Keith, Westmoreland and R. Bennett; Click here for 1968 CC Photos
DU	16-3	19 Oct	Tries by Westmoreland, Sorensen, Bewers and R Bennett with 2 conversions by Dyer
Colorado State	8-5	26 Oct	Tries by Osur, Krasknicki and a Dyer conversion
BYU	0-16	1 Nov
Regis	41-0	3 Nov	C. Joy one try and 7 conversion, Martin (2), Zedaker (2), Dysart, Yakabowskas, Simmons and Morse
Mines	21-8	10 Nov	In the snow tries by Metzler (2) McNair, Bewer, R Bennett; Conversions by Joy, McNair and Metzler
CU	15-14	17 Nov	Tries by Metzler and R Bennett but behind 14-10 with 2 minutes left, McNair scored and Joy converted for the victory
Fitzimmons Eagles	36-0	18 Nov	Baumann had 6 conversions on tries by Martin (2), Morse (2), Keith (2), Zedaker, Pillari and Coppinger
Colorado State	8-13	7 Dec	Coors Cup Match and tries by R Bennett and Coppinger with a conversion by Dyer
Season Record	8-2

B Side

29 Sep Denver Univ 8-8 (2 tries by McNear and a conversion by Miller)

6 Oct CC B (7’s) 30-0 (3 tries by Zedaker, one each by Laws, McNear and McDougall; 3 conversions by Miller and penalties by McNear and Haynes)

19 Oct DU B 3-0 PK by Metzler

26 Oct Colorado State B 17-0 (tries by Chase, Olson, Laws, Joy and Martin with one conversion by Laws)

1 Nov BYU B 5-5 (Schmidt scored the try/converted by Laws)

10 Nov Mines B 18-0 (tries by Crittenden and Zedaker; conversions by Schmidt (2) and Zedaker)

69 Roster
Last Name	First Name	Class
Beezley	Michael	69
Bennett	Robert	69
Joy	Chris	70
Boyenga	Kurt	70
Mitchell	Frank	70
Berg	Ken	70
Krasnicki	Phil	70
Chase	Jim	69
Coppinger	Roy	69
Dysart	Dick	71
Morse	Chase	70
Crittenden	Burr	69
Dyer	Les	69
Sorensen	Norm	Uruguay
Johannes	William	69
Joyal	George	69
Laws	Harry	69
McNear	Alan	69
Metzler	Doug	69
Miller	James E Jr	69
Pillari	Tom	69
Raab	Henry	69
Skinner	Earnest	69
Fenwick	Lindsay	71
Bewers	Geoff	70
Connelly	Steve	70
Haines	Richard	70
McDougall	Dave	71
Baumann	Dave	71
MacDonald	Angus J	70
Martin	Marty	70
Zedaker	Bill	70
Kosich	Danny	71
Olson	O	70
Schmidt	Gary	70
Westmoreland	Thomas	70
Yakabowskas	Carl J	70
Keith	Dave	71
Porter	Dave	71
Stienke	Buck	71