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1969 Bucknell Bison Football Team
The 1969 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. Bucknell placed third in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division. In their first year under head coach Fred Prender, the Bison compiled a 3–5–1 record. Randy Ruger and Dave Vassar were the team captains. With a 3–2–1 record against MAC University Division opponents, the Bison narrowly missed second place in the division, finishing half a game behind 4–2 . Bucknell played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Schedule References {{Bucknell Bison football navbox Bucknell Bucknell Bison football seasons Bucknell Bison football The Bucknell Bison football team represents Bucknell University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) level. Bucknell is a member of the Patriot Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Atlantic Conferences
The Middle Atlantic Conferences (MAC) is an umbrella organization of three athletic conferences that competes in the NCAA's Division III. The 18 member colleges are in the Mid-Atlantic United States. The organization is divided into two main conferences: the MAC Commonwealth and the MAC Freedom. A third conference, named the Middle Atlantic Conference (singular), draws members from both the Commonwealth and Freedom conferences and sponsors sports that only a certain set of members participate in, such as track & field and cross country. History In 1912, the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletics Association (MASCAA) was founded primarily as a track association and had its first event, a track meet, at Lafayette College in May 1913. In 1922, it was reorganized as the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC or MAC). The original 13 members present at the formation meeting in 1922 were: Bucknell University, Drexel University, Franklin & Marshall Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gettysburg Times
''The Gettysburg Times'' is an American newspaper in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania owned by the Sample News Group. It published daily, except for Sundays, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. The ''Times'' was founded in 1902 as ''The Progress'', but is also the successor to prior newspapers going back to the ''Adams Centinel'' which was founded in 1800 and was the first newspaper in Adams County.Masthead 1985 ''Gettysburg Times'' The Gettysburg Times' focus is Adams County news. Its news staff covers area municipal meetings and events and its sports staff covers seven schools - Delone Catholic, Littlestown, Gettysburg, Bermudian Springs, New Oxford, Fairfield, Bermudian Springs and Biglerville. The newspaper is headed by Managing Editor Alex J. Hayes and Publisher Harry Hartma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Football Team ...
The 1969 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. In its fourth season under head coach Tubby Raymond, the team compiled a 9–2 record (6–0 against MAC opponents), won the MAC University Division championship, defeated in the Boardwalk Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 383 to 156. Joe Purzycki was the team captain. The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware. Schedule References {{Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football navbox Delaware Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football seasons Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represents the University of Delaware in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football. The team is currently led by head coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Lehigh Engineers Football Team
The 1969 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season, and completed the 86th season of Engineers football. Lehigh finished fourth in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, and won the Middle Three Conference championship. The 1969 team came off a 3–7 record from the previous season. The team was led by coach Fred Dunlap. The team finished the regular season with a 4–5–1 record. Mike Leib and Pete Tomaino were the team captains. To kick off its conference schedule, Lehigh scored a significant upset against Rutgers, dealing the Scarlet Knights their first loss during college football's centennial season, the 100th anniversary of the 1869 game between Rutgers and Princeton that is considered the sport's first intercollegiate matchup. Dunlap compared the 17-7 victory to Lehigh's best season in recent memory: "We beat Columbia, Colgate and Harvard in 1961, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton (village), New York
The Village of Hamilton is a village located within the town of Hamilton in Madison County, New York, United States. Notably, it is the location of Colgate University and has a population of 4,239, according to the 2010 census. The 2017 movie '' Pottersville'' starring Michael Shannon and Judy Greer was filmed here. Geography and climate The village, located at (42.825646, -75.544673), lies in the Chenango Valley, just south of the headwaters of the Chenango River. Northeast of the village is the river Payne Brook, which starts at Lake Moraine and travels through the village before converging with the Chenango River. The village is approximately southeast of Syracuse and southwest of Utica. The elevation of the village's municipal airport (Hamilton Municipal Airport) is approximately above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village's total area is 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), of which 2.3 square miles (6.1 km2) is land and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Kerr Stadium
Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium is a 10,221-seat multi-purpose stadium in Hamilton, New York, United States. It is the home of Colgate University's football and men's lacrosse teams. Colgate opened the stadium in 1939, originally as Colgate Athletic Field. Colgate's football teams – then known as the Red Raiders and competing at the highest level of NCAA play – were coached during the stadium's inaugural year by Andy Kerr, who led the team from 1929 to 1946. The stadium adopted the name Andy Kerr Stadium on "Andy Kerr Day" on September 17, 1966, before a crowd of 8,000. The 87-year-old former coach was on hand to greet well-wishers and witness a 34-0 Colgate football victory over Boston University. Parts of the stadium have also been named to honor Raider athletes and coaches. A permanent main grandstand on the east (home team) side of the stadium was dedicated in 1991 to Frederick H. Dunlap, 1970s-80s football head coach and athletic director. The seven-lane, 400-mete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Colgate Red Raiders Football Team
The 1969 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In its second season under head coach Neil Wheelwright, the team compiled a 4–5 record. Alan Klumpp was the team captain. The Red Raiders scheduled 10 games, but only played nine, as Holy Cross canceled its trip to Hamilton after a hepatitis outbreak on the Crusader team. The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York Hamilton is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2010 census. The town is named after American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. The Town of Hamilton contains a village also named Hamilton, the s .... Schedule Leading players Two trophies were awarded to the Red Raiders' most valuable players in 1969: * Al Klumpp, wide receiver, received the Andy Kerr Trophy, awarded to the most valuable of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Item (Sunbury)
''The Daily Item'' is a daily newspaper in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, covering the Central Susquehanna Valley Region. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. ''The Sunbury Daily'' (founded 1872) and ''The Evening Item'' (1893) merged July 1, 1936. Publishing five afternoons per week, ''The Daily Item'' was owned by the Dewart family and other local investors until April 15. 1970, when Ottaway Community Newspapers purchased it. Ottaway streamlined and upgraded the newspaper. It built new presses in 1979 and introduced Saturday and Sunday morning editions in the late 1980s. In 2001, the paper bought ''The Danville News''. Community Newspaper Holdings bought ''The Daily Item'' and ''The Danville News'' in late 2006 from Ottaway Community Newspapers, a division of Dow Jones & Company. In May 2015, the newspaper published a letter to the editor calling for the execution of US President Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Wittenberg Tigers Football Team
The 1969 Wittenberg Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Wittenberg University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. In their first year under head coach Dave Maurer, the Tigers compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the OAC championship, and defeated William Jewell, 27–21, in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl. Linebacker Larry Peacock was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1969 All-OAC football team. Five others were named to the second team: offensive guard Tom Young; running back Darryl Herring; defensive end Denny Yontz; defensive tackle bill Bibbee; and defensive back Jack Mackan. Quarterback Rocky Alt received honorable mention. The 1969 season was the conclusion of a decade in which Wittenberg compiled a record of 69–9–1. Schedule References {{Wittenberg Tigers football navbox Wittenberg Wittenberg Tigers football seasons Wittenberg Tigers football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Morning Call
''The Morning Call'' is a daily newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1883, it is the second longest continuously published newspaper in the Lehigh Valley, after '' The Express-Times''. In 2020, the newspaper permanently closed its Allentown headquarters after allegedly failing to pay four months of rent and citing diminishing advertising revenues. The newspaper is owned by Alden Global Capital, a New York City-based hedge fund. History Founding and ownerships ''The Morning Call'' was founded in 1883. Its original name was ''The Critic''. Its original editor, owner and chief reporter was Samuel S. Woolever. The newspaper's first reporter was a Muhlenberg College senior, David A. Miller. The newspaper was subsequently acquired and owned by Charles Weiser, its editor, and Kirt W. DeBelle, its business manager. In 1894, the newspaper launched a reader contest, offering $5 in gold to a school boy or girl in Lehigh County who could guess the publication's new name. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton is a city in, and the county seat of, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city's population was 28,127 as of the 2020 census. Easton is located at the confluence of the Lehigh River, a river that joins the Delaware River in Easton and serves as the city's eastern geographic boundary with Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Easton is the easternmost city in the Lehigh Valley, a region of that is Pennsylvania's third largest metropolitan region with 861,889 residents as of the U.S. 2020 census. Of the Valley's three major cities, Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, Easton is the smallest with approximately one-fourth the population of Allentown, the Valley's largest city. The greater Easton area includes the city of Easton, three townships ( Forks, Palmer, and Williams), and three boroughs ( Glendon, West Easton, and Wilson). Centre Square, the city's town square in its downtown neighborhood, is home to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, a memorial for East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisher Stadium
Fisher Stadium is a 13,132-seat multi-purpose stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania. The stadium is home to the Lafayette College Leopards football team. It opened in 1926 as Fisher Field. During 2006 and 2007, Fisher Field underwent a $33-million renovation. It reopened in time for the 2006 college football season complete with new seating, a JumboTron, a new press box, FieldTurf, and field lighting. Construction of a Football Varsity House beyond the western endzone commenced in Fall 2006 and was completed before the 2007 season. History Erected in 1926, Fisher Field was named for Thomas Fisher, Lafayette College Class of 1888, who almost single-handedly raised the $445,000 needed for construction through fund-raising efforts and a sizable personal contribution. The first football game played in the 18,000-seat structure came on September 25, 1926, with a 35-0 Leopard victory over Muhlenberg College. In 1973, during the construction of Allan P. Kirby Field House, more than 4,5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
