1976 National Rugby Championships
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Final
The 1976 College championship took place from October 23–24 at LSU's Parade Grounds in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[1] LSU were the champions. Palmer was runner-up. LSU won three matches in the series to win the title.[2][3] Georgia took third[4] and Lamar placed fifth.[5] The women's division had six teams[6] with Florida State emerging victorious. The University of Florida took third. [7] Brown University won the Sportsmanship Trophy.
Championship Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| October 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| LSU | 27 | |||||||||
| October 23 – Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| WV Wesleyan | 0 | |||||||||
| LSU | 22 | |||||||||
| October 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| Brown | 12 | |||||||||
| Brown | 29 | |||||||||
| October 24 – Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| Lamar | 0 | |||||||||
| LSU | 21 | |||||||||
| October 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| Palmer | 3 | |||||||||
| Palmer | 13 | |||||||||
| October 23 – Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| Florida | 4 | |||||||||
| Palmer | 34 | |||||||||
| October 23 - Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| Georgia | 6 | Third place | ||||||||
| Georgia | 11 | |||||||||
| October 24 – Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 7 | |||||||||
| Georgia | 10 | |||||||||
| Brown | 3 | |||||||||
Consolation Bracket
| Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| October 23 – Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| WV Wesleyan | 0 | |||||
| October 24 – Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| Lamar | 36 | |||||
| Lamar | 8 | |||||
| October 23 – Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| Florida | 7 | |||||
| Florida | 8 | |||||
| Texas A&M | 4 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| October 24 – Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| Texas A&M | 21 | |||||
| WV Wesleyan | 6 | |||||
| 24 October 1976 2:20PM |
| LSU | 21–3 | Palmer |
| Try: Joey Husbands 30' c Bob Causey 35' Clay Mahaffey Clay Mahaffey 75' Con: Kamal Abdullah Drop: Kamal Abdullah | [8] | Pen: 55' |
| Baton Rouge Attendance: 500 Referee: Peter Jones |
Women's Tourney
Group 1
- Florida State 34–0 Memphis Belles
- Florida State 12–4 LSU
- LSU 14–0 Memphis Belles
Group 2
- Florida 12–0 Southeastern Louisiana
- Florida 0–4 Texas A&M
- Texas A&M 12–0 Southeastern Louisiana
5th place
- Memphis 8–0 Southeastern
3rd place
- LSU 0–4 Florida
1st place
- Florida State 10–4 Texas A&M
Monterey National Championships
The 1976 Monterey National Rugby Championship was the 18th edition of the tournament and was considered to be the de facto national championship.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] This event took place at Pebble Beach, CA from March 20–21. The tournament MVP was Tom Klein (BATS), Most Valuable Fan was 87 year old Watson Luke, Brian Cedarwell of the Athletic RFC won the Running Drop Kick contest while Steve Montgomery of Old Blues was runner-up. The Bay Area Touring Side of San Francisco, CA went 5–0 to take first place.[17][18][19][20][21]
First round
BATS v Coronado RC
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 1 | BATS | 10-0 | Coronado RC | Pebble Beach |
| 8:00AM | Stadium: Field 1 |
Dartmouth RFC v Stanford University
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 2 | Dartmouth RFC | 10-0 | Stanford University | Pebble Beach |
| 8:00AM | Stadium: Field 2 |
Newport Beach v St. Mary's College
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 3 | Newport Beach | 3-6 | St. Mary's College | Pebble Beach |
| 8:00AM | Stadium: Field 3 |
UC Berkeley v Hawaii Harlequins
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 4 | UC Berkeley | 16-0 | Hawaii Harlequins | Pebble Beach |
| 8:00AM | Stadium: Field 4 |
Athletic RFC v Hastings RFC
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 5 | Athletic RFC | 14-0 | Hastings RFC | Pebble Beach |
| 8:30AM | Stadium: Field 1 |
X–O RC v Kern County RC
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 6 | X–O RC | 4-3 | Kern County RC | Pebble Beach |
| 8:30AM | Stadium: Field 2 |
Olde Gaels v Buffalo's RC
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 7 | Olde Gaels | 9-0 | Buffalo's RC | Pebble Beach |
| 8:30AM | Stadium: Field 3 |
UCLA v Santa Clara University
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 8 | UCLA | 10-3 | Santa Clara University | Pebble Beach |
| 8:30AM | Stadium: Field 4 |
Old Blues RC v Portland RC
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 9 | Old Blues RC | 3-4 | Portland RC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:00AM | Stadium: Field 1 |
OMBAC v Palo Alto RFC
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 10 | OMBAC | 6-0 | Palo Alto RFC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:00AM | Stadium: Field 2 |
Los Angeles RC v Seahawks
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 11 | Los Angeles RC | 0-0 (L–W p) | Seahawks | Pebble Beach |
| 9:00AM | Stadium: Field 3 |
Old Puget Sound Beach v Monterey RC
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 12 | Old Puget Sound Beach | 16-6 | Monterey RC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:00AM | Stadium: Field 4 |
San Jose State v USC
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 13 | San Jose State | 3-0 | USC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:30AM | Stadium: Field 1 |
CSU Long Beach v San Francisco RC
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 14 | CSU Long Beach | 3-3 (W–L p) | San Francisco RC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:30AM | Stadium: Field 2 |
Capitol RFC v Boulder RC
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 15 | Capitol RFC | 4-0 | Boulder RC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:30AM | Stadium: Field 3 |
Santa Monica RC v Chico RC
| 20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 16 | Santa Monica RC | 9-0 | Chico RC | Pebble Beach |
| 9:30AM | Stadium: Field 4 |
Championship Bracket
| Second Round March 20 | Quarterfinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | Final March 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | BATS | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Dartmouth | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | BATS | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Cal Berkeley | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Saint Mary's | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Cal Berkeley | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | BATS | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UCLA | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Athletic RFC | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | X–O Rugby Club | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Athletic RFC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UCLA | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Olde Gaels | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UCLA | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | BATS | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Santa Monica | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Portland Pigs | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | OMBAC | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Portland Pigs | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Old Puget Sound | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Seahawks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Old Puget Sound Beach | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Old Puget Sound | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Santa Monica | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | San Jose State | 8 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Long Beach | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | San Jose State | 3 | 4 | UCLA | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Santa Monica | 8 | 7 | Old Puget Sound | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Capitol RFC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Santa Monica | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Final
| 21 March 1976 2:20PM |
| BATS | 13–3 | Santa Monica |
| Try: Eric Haley 23' Pen: Kip Oxman 15' Kip Oxman Drop: Kip Oxman | [22] | Drop: John McDermott |
| Pebble Beach |
Champions: Bay Area Touring Side
Coach: James Waste
Captain: Brick Haley
Roster: Mike Anderson, Fred Brown, Dick Dumont, Roger De Salles, Pete Eireman, Ty Gerlach, Don Guest, Orv Hibbard, Bobby Jonson, Tom Klein, Steve Luber, Ian Loveseth, Jerry Mosher, Skip Nubauer, Tom Ogrady, Kip Oxman, Tom Pullman, Mike Purcell, Doug Single, Mike Stepanian, Howie Williams, Mike Wood, Mike Yancy.
| 5th–8th | Fifth place | ||||||||
| L33 | Cal Berkeley | 3 | |||||||
| L34 | Athletic RFC | 3* | |||||||
| W51 | Athletic RFC | 3 | |||||||
| W52 | San Jose State | 6 | |||||||
| L35 | Portland Pigs | 3 | |||||||
| L36 | San Jose State | 15 | Seventh place | ||||||
| L51 | Cal Berkeley | 17 | |||||||
| L52 | Portland Pigs | 7 | |||||||
*Advanced on kicks
| Thirteenth | 13th–16th | 9th–16th | 9th–12th | Ninth | |||||||||||||||||||
| Field 2 1:10PM | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| L17 | Dartmouth | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 2 4:00PM | L18 | St. Mary's | 7 | Field 2 4:40PM | |||||||||||||||||||
| L37 | St. Mary's | 17 | W37 | Dartmouth | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| L38 | X-O RC | 0 | Field 2 1:50PM | W38 | Olde Gaels | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| L19 | X-O Rugby Club | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 2 9:40AM | L20 | Olde Gaels | 3 | Field 2 10:50AM | |||||||||||||||||||
| W55 | St. Mary's | 0 | W53 | Olde Gaels | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| W56 | Capitol | 25 | Field 3 2:30PM | W54 | OMBAC | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| L21 | OMBAC | 6* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 4 4:40PM | L22 | Seahawks | 6 | Field 3 5:10PM | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fifteenth | L39 | Seahawks | 3 | W39 | OMBAC | 4 | Eleventh | ||||||||||||||||
| Field 4 12:00PM | L40 | Capitol | 6 | Field 4 2:00PM | W40 | Long Beach | 3 | Field 3 12:00PM | |||||||||||||||
| L55 | X-O RC | 24 | L23 | Long Beach | 12 | L53 | Dartmouth | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| L56 | Seahawks | 12 | L24 | Capitol RFC | 9 | L54 | Long Beach | 13 | |||||||||||||||
*Advanced on kicks
Consolation Bracket
| Second Round March 20 | Quarterfinals March 20 | Semifinals March 20 | 17th place March 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| L1 | Coronado | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| L2 | Stanford | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| W25 | Stanford | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| W26 | Hawaii Harlequins | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| L3 | Newport Beach | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| L4 | Hawaii Harlequins | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| W41 | Stanford | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| W42 | Kern County | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| L5 | Hastings | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| L6 | Kern County | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| W27 | Kern County | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| W28 | Buffalo's | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| L7 | Buffalo's RC | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| L8 | Santa Clara | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| W57 | Stanford | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| W58 | Chico RC | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| L9 | Old Blues | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| L10 | Palo Alto | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W29 | Old Blues | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W30 | Los Angeles RC | 0* | |||||||||||||||||
| L11 | Los Angeles RC | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| L12 | Monterey RC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W43 | Los Angeles RC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W44 | Chico RC | 0* | |||||||||||||||||
| L13 | USC | 4 | 19th place | ||||||||||||||||
| L14 | San Francisco RC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| W31 | USC | 4 | L57 | Kern County | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| W32 | Chico RC | 7 | L58 | Los Angeles RC | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| L15 | Boulder | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| L16 | Chico RC | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
*Advanced on kicks
| 21st–24th | 21st place | ||||||||
| L41 | Hawaii Harlequins | 3* | |||||||
| L42 | Buffalo's RC | 3 | |||||||
| W59 | Hawaii Harlequins | 6 | |||||||
| W60 | Old Blues | 12 | |||||||
| L43 | USC | 4 | |||||||
| L44 | Old Blues | 4* | 23rd place | ||||||
| L59 | Buffalo's RC | 41 | |||||||
| L60 | USC | 10 | |||||||
*Advanced on kicks
| 29th place | 29th–32nd | 25th–32nd | 25th–28th | 25th place | |||||||||||||||||||
| Field 4 12:40AM | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| L25 | Coronado | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 4 4:00PM | L26 | Newport Beach | 4 | Field 4 3:20PM | |||||||||||||||||||
| L45 | Newport Beach | 13 | W45 | Coronado | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| L46 | Hastings | 4 | Field 4 1:20PM | W46 | Santa Clara | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| L27 | Hastings | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 3 8:30AM | L28 | Santa Clara | 8 | Field 1 8:30AM | |||||||||||||||||||
| W63 | Newport Beach | 9 | W61 | Coronado | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| W64 | Palo Alto | 3 | Field 3 3:10PM | W62 | Monterey | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| L29 | Palo Alto | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Field 4 6:00PM | L30 | Monterey | 7 | Field 4 5:20PM | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31st place | L47 | Palo Alto | 4 | W47 | Monterey | 4 | 27th place | ||||||||||||||||
| Field 4 8:30AM | L48 | Boulder | 0 | Field 4 2:40PM | W48 | San Francisco RC | 0 | Field 2 8:30AM | |||||||||||||||
| L63 | Hastings | 10 | L31 | San Francisco RC | 6 | L61 | Santa Clara | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| L64 | Boulder | 16 | L32 | Boulder | 3 | L62 | San Francisco RC | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Exhibition match:
- UCLA Women's 14-6 San Francisco Women's RC
References
- ↑ Planas, Joe (October 21, 1976). "National Rugby Meet Slated This Weekend". Morning Advocate, p.3-C col.5–6
- ↑ "LSU Rugby Team Wins Men's National Meet". (October 25, 1976). State-Times, p.3-C col.1–2
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- ↑ "The Money Is Nice, But The Work Annoys Them". (March 20, 1974). San Francisco Examiner, p.52 col.2
- ↑ "Bakersfield Rugby Team Wins Slugfest From Fullerton". (March 14, 1977). Bakersfield Californian, p.14 col.5-7
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- ↑ "BATS Win Rugby Event In Monterey". (March 22, 1976). Bakersfield Californian, p.14 col.1
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