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FOOTBALL

1965
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Kneeling L to R-Bob Davenpor t, Russ Houk, Ron'
Noval; standing-Dick Mentzer, Doug Boelhouwer

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INFORMATION

---------·· --•••+-+-++-++--++++-+---++-+-+-+-+++-++-+++++BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE
Bloomsburg

Pennsylvania

GENERAL INFORMATION

Dr. Harvey A. Andruss
President, Bloomsburg 1S tate College
'Russell Houk, Lock Haven S. C . '52
Athletic !Director and Head ~ootball Coach
Robert Davenport, :Bucknell U. '52
Line Coach
Ronald Novak, California 1s. C. '58
Assistant Freshman Coach
Richard Mentzer, 'S hippensburg 1S . C. '30
Freshman Coach
Douglas Boelhouwer, Rutgers U. '59
Assistant Freshman Coach
Boyd F. Buckingham, Bloomsburg S. C. '43
Director of Development
Bruce C. Dietterick, Penn State U. '47
Information Specialist an'd
,s ports Publicity
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Kenneth :Adams , Bloomsburg
Team Manager

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C. '67

ATHLETIC INFORMIATION

Member ........................................ NICAA, NAI'A, PSOAC
Colors .................................................... Maroon and Gold
Nickname ..................................................................... Huskies
Home 'Field ................................................ Athletic Park
Capacity .................................................................... .,........ 3,000
Press Table .................... .Aiccomodations for 8 persons

COLLEGE INFORMATION

Denomination ................................ Non-Denominational
Conducted by ........ Commonwealth o,f Pennsylvania
Year Founded .................................................................... 1839
Enrollment ...................................................................... 2900

BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROSTER 1965

lJo.

Name

Class

1(, - ·'Bonacci, Mike, Sr.
~3 ·· *Dotto, Jerry, Sr.
'-/<:,- *E}ddowes, Wayne, Sr.
i,,_} *Letcav•a ge , Bob, Sr.
0-i , *Mulka, John, Sr.
\;\'1'*0sborne, Ed, Sr.
j 1Y *Martin, Clip, 1Sr.
'15 - McManimen, Gary, Sr.
(/,;,·*Roibinson, Jerry, Sr.
'-1--1-- Vargo, Thomas, Sr.
7.,-•Davis, Ray, Jr.
77- *Denes, Barry, Jr.
(i- *Force, Dave, J-r .
' *Greco , Dick, Jr.
::3-· Henry, Terry, Jr.
;.'.)-*Hunter, William, Jr.
'ft -*Johnson, Otis, Jr.
fJ· *Lowe, Jose:ph, Jr.
71,- *Perry, King, Jr.
9-*Schaefer, Bernard, Jr.
y.3•*Schraeder, Gerald, Jr.
'fl · Tucker, Bob, Jr.
50 -•zarski, J·o hn, Jr.
o6 - zenyulii, Paul, Jr.
t.,;J - Zindell, Ray, Jr.
E.la~:les:;:,,-.\So..
3J. ·- De'Francisco, !Mike, So.
W- Farrelly, John, So .
;) '-{ . Gerst, Joe, So.
-(l - Herrold, William, So.
2(5 - Kurcharski, Stan, 1so.
Jo - Lichtel, Richard, So.
J } - Masich, Jim, So.
..:J 6 - Mitchell, Sidney, So.
7'5., Moul, William, So.
-) 1 - Novak, Mike, 1So.
~ 4- Rudy, Russell, So.
7k ,s urridge, Robert, So.
-3. 1./ -Watto, John, So.

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*Lettermen

Pos.
E
E
HIB
G
G
E

FB
HB
E

HB
T
T

G
G
F1B
iHB
iHB

E
G
C
IHJB

E
T
E
G
HiB
HlB

QB
HB
T

E
QB
!HlB

Q'B
T
iHB

Ar:e

m.

Wt.

22

5'11
6'2
5'"11
5'10
5'7'
6'3
6'0
5'11
5'"11
5'11
6'3
6'4
6'0
5'8
5'6
5'11
5'11
6'3
5'11
6'2
5'8
6'3
6'2
6'2 'f' 1'
5'1:1¾
5'8
5'10
5'9
5'8
6'5
6'1
5'11
5'9
5'7
6'2
5'7
6'0
6'1
6'0

Car,bondale
Upper Darby
Wyncote
Shamokin
Taylor
Boothwyn
Emporium
North Hills
Athens
RiverS'i:de
Blooms'b urg
Bethlehem
,22.8
Berwick
183
Mit. Carmel
215
Hershey
190
Lewisburg
177
Bristol
174
Morrisville
185
A1dan
190
Seafood, N. J.
195
Alden Station
180
Hazleton
200
Shenandoah
215
Natalie
198
Southampton
206
Kingston
165
Bethlehem
175
Wes.t MiMlin
175
-J.61 15'1 Danville
Shamokin
308
Archibald
180
Shamokin
171
-i-50 / </ o Berwick
Athens
160
Sprmg Grove
205
rs towe
151
Reading
190
Kingston
212
Summit Hill
180

22

21
2~
21
21
20
21
20
20
25
20
21
22
20
20
22
20
19

20
,20
20
23
22
20
19

19
19
19

18
2•3
18
19
19
18
19

!E

18

G
IF\B

19
19

186
186
17()
199
170
195
190
185
165
1"77
256

Hometown

OUTLOOK FOR '65
Compared to a year ago when Russ Houk took
over the helm of the Huskies Gridiron fortunes , the
prospects of at least a break-even season are much
brighter . Last year being the first year under ithe
freshman rule, Houk was handicapped with lack of
depth from the sta11t . Then the team experienced
a series of key injuries that finally resulted in only
twenty some players availaible ,f or duty. Thus, a
rather dismal 2-win, 5-loss, 1-tie record resulted .
The freshman rule change-over will lbeigin ,t o pay
off this year as over 50 percent ,o f the regulars will
be from last year 's frosh team which posted ,a 2-2
record . The main contribution of this year's sophomores will be size to bolster last year's underweight line . Players like Big "Hoagie" Herrold
(at 6'5"-308 pounds is probably one of the largest
players in college ball in Pennsylvania), hard-hitting ,Bob Surridge and Bill Moul , both over 200
pounds , are 1bound to bring a smile to any coach's
face .
Houk will have t o relie on sophomore quarterbacks Dick Lichte! and John Farrelly , as Bob Opie
from last year 's squad did not report . Other promising offensive halfback sophomores are Joe Gerst
(outstanding as a frosh ) and Mike lNovak , who will
support returning scat backs, Gerald Schraeder and
Otis Johnson.
Unt ried newcomers .to the backfield are Tom
Vargo, an outstanding wrestler under Houk, Jim
Masich, Gary McManimen, and Terry Henry, a
gradualte from Hershey Junior College. Senior Clip
Martin is back at fullback with sophomore John
Watto ready to go .
Veteran linemen returning are Bob Letcavage,
J3arry Denes , Dick Greco , John Zarski, J ,a ck Mulka,
King Perry , Dave Force. Bernard S'chae!er ,will
replace John Whitlock at center who suffered a
severe knee injury .
A fine selecUon of ends are •available in (Bob
Tucker , Joe Lowe , !Paul Zenyuh , Stan Kurcharski,
Ed Osborne , Jerry Doto , Mike Bonnacci, Russell
Rudy. Line backers will consist of Zarski, Martin,
Kurcharski , and defenders Jerry Robinson , Wayne
Eddows, Doto and Masich.
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VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 18-Shippensburg ...... . ...... . . . . . ... . . : A
(Scrimmage)
...... A-8:00
Sept. 25-Lock Haven
.... ... ... A-2:00
*Oct. 2-Mansficld

.. .... ... H-8:00
Oct. 8-Brockport . .
. ... .. . . . . . H-2:00
,:'Oct. 16-West Chester
(Homecoming)
,:'Oct. 23-Millersville . . .
. ... . ... .. .. .. .. A-2:00
*Oct. 29-Cheyney ......... .. . . ... . . . .. . . .. . . H-8:00
*Nov. 6-Kutztown
.. .. . .. . . .. ... ... . . A-2:00
*Nov. 12-E. Stroudsburg . .
. . .. . . .. . . H-8:00
Nov. 20-State Playoff-Eastern Site
''League Games

FRESHMAN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Oct. 14-Shippensburg .. . .. . . .... .. .. ...... -H-2:00
Oct. 18-Kutztown . ..... .. . ... ..... . . ... ... .. A-2:00
Oct. 29-Susquehanna ...... . . ... . . .. ... ... -H-2:00
Nov. 3-Lock Haven ........... . ............. A-2:00

THE COACHING STAFF
Head Coach Russ Houk, a product of Lincoln

High ,School in E1lwood City, attended :r>uk-e University and learned his first intercollegiate football
les sons under one of ,the country's outS'tanding grtd
tea,chers , Wallace Wa<le. Houk later transferred to
Lock Ha.ven State College and won several varsity
letters in football, wrestling and track. In addition
to being head fooitball coach at B.S.C., he also serves
at Athletic Director and Head W.restl'i ng Coach . He
has been extremely successful at IB.S .C. in wrestling , having won five Pennsylvania Sta,te College
Championships and three national titles in N .A.I.A .
competition.
Houk was an outstanding lineman at Lock Haven
and later coached high school football a,t South
Williamsport and Muncy before moving to Bloomsburg in 1957 . In addition to his wreS'tling coaching
duties at B .'S.C., he served as assistant football
coach at B .S.C. from 1957 to 1961.
Line Coach Bob Davenport, a nartive of Berw'ick,
Pennsylvania, •and a newcomer to the IB.S.C. coaching s,ta ff , has had valuable experience coaching high
school te ams at Clark Summit, Pa., Berwick, Pa.,
and Vineland , N. J . During .this period , he produced
several championship teams and had an overall record of 34 wins and 24 losses . [Bob captained his
Freshman team at Buckne ll University in 1948, and
played varsity during the '49-'50-'51 seasons. As a
center and line 'backer , he was instrumental in helping the '51 Bucknell team remain uillbeaten and untied .
Backfield Coach Ron Novak is a naitive of California , Pa ., where he graduated from high school
and California 'State College. Prior to coming to
Bloomsburg, he was assistant rfootball •a nd baseball
coach at Elizabeth Forward High Schools , Elizabe th, Pa. At California State College , 1Ron was a:n
outstanding halfback and considered one of ithe
!be Uer grid performers of the past 20 years at
that college .
Freshman Coach Dick Mentzer was a letter winner in football , baseiball, and track .a t both high
school and Shippensburg State College. He then
coached at Cresson !High 1School, before going to
Hollidaysburg where he was head coach, jayvee
basketball coach, and head track •c oach at ,t he Hollidaysburg Senior High School. Following an •a ppointment as head coach at Eastern High, Washington , D. C., his teams logged 120 victories, 53
loss es , 6 ties--'winning many area championships.
Dick joined the BSC coaching staff in 1963 and is
also baseball coach .
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Assistant Freshman Coach, Doug Boelhouwer,

a newcomer to the !Bloomsburg Sta,te College Coaching staff , was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
and is a 1959 graduate of Rutgers University where
he played his college football . Prior to coming to
Bloomsburg State, Doug was ,a member of the faculty of •S outh Plainfield High School, New Jersey,
where he served as varsity l:ine coach.
'He will
also be head Track Coach at Bloomsburg State
<;:allege .
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