FOOTBALL
1964

Left to Right: Bob Davenport, Russ Houk, Dick
Mentzer, Ron Novak, and George Wilwohl.

PRESS and RADIO
INFORMATION

BLOO MSBURG STATE COLLEGE
Bloomsburg

Pennsylvania

GENERAL INFORMATION

Dr. Harvey A. Andruss
President, Bloomsburg State College
Russell Houk, Lock Haven S. C. '52
Athletic Director and Head Football Coach
Robert Davenport, Bucknell U. '52
Line Coach
Richard Mentzer, Shippensburg S. C. '30
Backfield Coach
George Wilwohl, Slippery Rock S. C. '53
Freshman Coach
Ronald Novak, California S. C. '58
Assistant Freshman Coach
Boyd F. Buckingham, Bloomsburg S. C. '43
Director of Public Relations
Bruce C. Dietterick. Penna. State U. '47
Information Specialist and Sports Publicity
Randy Krapf, Bloomsburg S. C. '67
Student Statistician
William Turley, Bloomsburg S. C. '66
Head Trainer
Donald Franklin, Bloomsburg S. C. '65
Team Manager

ATHLETIC INFORMATION
Member ------------------------------------ NCAA, NAIA, PSCAC
Colors ---------------------------------------------------- Maroon and Gold
Nickname ---------------------------------------------------------------- Huskies
Home Field ------------------------------------------------ Mt. Olympus
Capacity ------------------------------------------------ - - - - - - - 3,000
Press Table ________________ Accomodations for 10 persons

COLLEGE INFORMATION
Denomination -------------------------------- Non-Denominational
Conducted by ____________ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Year Founded ----------------------------------------- 1839
En r o 11 men t

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2,200

BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROSTER 1964

Name
*Boerner, Richard, '65
Caldwell, Doug, '65
*Ciocca, Louis, '65
*Kurzinsky, Robert, '65
*Mercando, Neil, '65
*Ward, Jeff, '65
Hubler, Rodney, '65
Betterly, Jack, '66
*Bonacci, Mike, '66
Capecci, Alfred, '66
*Doto, Jerry, '66
Eddows, Wayne, '66
*Greco, Richard, '66
Hostetter, Allyn, '66
*Letcavage, Robert, '66
*Mulka, John, '66
Osborne, Edward, '66
Pokego, Peter, '66
*Stoicheff, Fred, '66
*Martin, Clipson, '66
Masich, George, '66
Mattucci, Tony, '66
Robinson, Jerry, '66
Zarski, John, '67
*Bilyk, Stephen, '67
Boston, Steve, '67
Force, David, '67
*Lowe, Joseph, '67
Opie, Robert, '67
*Perry, King, '67
*Resavage, Roy, '67
*Whitelock, John, '67
Zindell, Ray, '67
*Arnott, Hal, '67
Schaefer, Bernard, '67
Tucker, Bob, '67
Hess, James, '67
Hunter, William, '67
Davies, Raymond, '67
Fabian, John, '67
Schnable, James, '67
Denes, Barry, '67
Shoop, Alan, '67
Schraeder, Gerald, '67
*Lettermen

Pos.
HB
C

G
QB
T
E
G
HB
E
T
E
QB
G
C
G
G
E
T
HB
FB
HB
G
QB
T
HB
HB
G
E
QB
T
FB
C
G
HB
C
C
G
QB
T
HB
T
T
HB
FB

Age

Ht.

21
21
21
20
21
21
22
20
21
22
21
20
21
20
21
20
20
21
23
19
21
21
19
22
18
18
20
19
19
18
19
18
19
19
19
19
24
19
24
20
18
19
18
19

6
5'8
5'10
6'1
5'9
6'3
5'9
5'11
5'11
5'9
6'2
5'11
5'8
5'1 I
5'10
5'7
6'3
5'11
5'11
6
5'9
5'8
5'11
6'2
5'7
5'8
6
6'3
5'8
5'11
5'10
6
5'8
5'6
6'2
6'3
6
5'11
6'3
5'11
6'1
6'4
5'8
5'8

Wt.
185
170
175
195
205
195
180
170
186
188
190
170
205
175
190
170
195
205
177
190
150
185
165
215
150
165
180
185
135
190
185
200
180
160
195
200
160
170
250
160
210
212
170
180

Hometown
Rockledge
Levittown
Glenside
Mahanoy City
Forty Fort
Auburn, N . Y.
Ashland
Warminster
Carbondale
Easton
Upper Darby
Wyncote
Mt. Carmel
North Wales
Shamokin
Taylor
Boothwyn
P lymouth
Lewistown
Emporium
Berwick
Berwick
Athens
Shenandoah
Phoenixville
Scranton
Berwick
Morrisville
Shamokin
Aldan
Levittown
Malvern
Southampton
Woodbridge, N. J.
Seafood, N. J.
Hazleton
St. Clair
Lewisburg
Bloomsburg
Langhorne
Souderton
Bethlehem
Glenolden
Alden Station

OUTLOOK FOR '64
The athletic complexion at BSC will change somewhat this year as the Freshman rule will be invoked
in all intercollegiate sports. This should result in
more careful sifting of freshman athletic ability and
enable a more gradual adjustment for incoming
freshman athletes to college competition.
Football at the college will experience a great
change this year as three new faces appear on the
coaching staff.
Appointed last Spring as Head
Coach was Russell E. Houk, BSC Athletic Director
and Head Wrestling Coach.
Houk has retained
George Wilwohl and Dick Mentzer from last year's
staff and has added Bob Davenport and Ron Novak.
The 50 candidates that reported on September 1 for
football practice have been narrowed down to 44.
Returning lettermen from last year's squad are:
Neil Mercando-T; Lou Ciocca-G; Dick Greco-T;
Bob Kurzinsky-QB; Rich Boerner-HE; Hal ArnottHB; Roy Resavage-FB; Jeff Ward-E; Mike BonacciE; Jerry Doto-E; Bob Letca.vage-T; John Mulka-G;
Fred Stoichefl'-HB; Clip Martin-FE; Steve BilykHB: Joe Lowe-E; John Whitelock-C; King Perry-T.
With the graduation from last year's squad of such
key players as Larry Tironi, Dick Davala, Joe Casarella, Gary Barnaba, Bart Wilenski, Roy Peffer and
with the Freshman Rule being in effect, Coach Houk
and the staff are lacking depth in almost all positions.
The backfield is shaping up but is minus a real speed
demon. Weight is a definite factor absent in the
line. It appears BSC linemen will be drastically outweighed in almost every contest. Coach Houk will
have to rely on good physical condition and hustle
to out-maneuver the opponents.
Some promising
newcomers are Tony Mattucci, George Masich, J erry
Robinson, and Robert Tucker.

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VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept.
*Sept.
Oct.
*Oct.
*Oct.

18-Lock Haven ______________________ _ H-8:00
25-Mansfield ------------------------------------------ H-8:00
3-Brockport ___________________ A-2:00
9-West Chester ______________ A-8:00
17-Millersville ______________________ H-2:00
(Homecoming)
*Oct. 24-Cheyney -------------------------------- A-2 :00
*Oct. 31-Kutztown ________________
H-1 :30
*Nov. 7-E. Stroudsburg ------------------------------- A-2:00
Nov. 14-State Playoff ___________ Western Site
*League Games
FRESHMAN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Oct. 13-Shippensburg _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A-2:00
Oct. 19-Kutztown ____________________________________________ H-2 :00
Oct. 30-Susquehanna ___________________________ A-2 :00
Nov.

4-Lock Haven --------------------------------------H-2:00

THE COACHING STAFF
Head Coach Russ Houk, a product of Lincoln
High School in Ellwood City, attended Duke University and learned his first intercollegiate football
lessons under one of the country's outstanding grid
teachers, Wallace Wade. Houk later transferred to
Lock Haven State College and won several varsity
letters in football, wrestling, and track. In addition
to being head football coach at B.S.C., he also serves
as Athletic Director and Head Wrestling Coach. He
has been extremely successful at B.S.C. having won
five Pennsylvania State College Championships and
two national titles in N.A.I.A. competition.
Houk was an outstanding lineman at Lock Haven,
and later coached high school football at South
Williamsport and Muncy before moving to Bloomsburg in 1957. In addition to his wrestling 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 native of Berwick,
Pennsylvania, and a newcomer to the B.S.C. coach ing staff, has had valuable experience coaching high
school teams at Clark Summit, Pa., Berwick, Pa.,
and Vineland, N. J. During this period, he produced
,everal championship teams and had an overall record
of 34 wins and 24 losses. Bob captained his Freshman team at Bucknell University in 1948 and played
varsity during the '49-'S0-'Sl seasons. As a center
and line backer, he was instrumental in helping the
'SI Buc;knell team remain unbeaten and untied.
Backfield Coach, Dick Mentzer, was a letter winner
in football, baseball, and track at both high school
and Shippensburg State College. He then coached
at Cresson High School, before going to Hollidaysburg where he was head football and baseball coach
in junior high school competition. Mentzer later
became head backfield coach, jayvee basketball coach,
and head track coach at the Hollidaysburg Senior
High School. Following an appointment as head
coach at Eastern High, Washington, D. C., his teams
logged 120 victories, 53 losses, 6 ties - winning many
area championships. Dick joined the BSC coaching
staff last Fall and will also coach baseball.
Freshman Coach George Wilwohl, an outstanding
athlete at North Catholic High School, Pittsburgh,
attended Slippery Rock State College where he
served as captain of that team and was voted on
the All-Teachers College 1952 team. He later coached at his alma mater, North Catholic High School,
and while teaching in Pittsburgh area schools, became an outstanding official in football and basketball
in Western Pennsylvania. George, who was end
coach last fall and became BSC Freshman Coach
this Fall, also is Head Track Coach.
Assistant Freshman Coach Ron Novak is a native
of California, Pa., where he graduated from high
school and California State College. Prior to coming
to Bloomsburg, he was assistant football and baseball
coach at Elizabeth Forward High School, Elizabeth,
Pa. At California State College, Ron was an outstanding halfback and considered one of the better
grid performers of the past 20 years at that College.