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1976 State Championship football team to be inducted into CR Hall of Fame

This year’s College of the Redwoods Hall of Fame class will be only the fourth football team ever inducted into the CR Athletics Hall of Fame.  The undefeated 1976 CR football team, which won the Norther California Community College Football Championship, will be honored.

 

The 1976 Redwoods football team also won a Golden Valley Conference championship in undefeated fashion beating Butte College 17-10 in the final GVC game of the season to take the crown. Their overall regular season record was an unblemished 10-0. 

 

The Nor Cal championship game was played in Community Stadium on the campus of College of the Redwoods.   The undefeated Corsairs took on the Cabrillo College Seahawks who sported a 9-1 record.  Redwoods lead 17-14 at the half, but in the second half the Seahawks held a slim 21-17 lead until there were only 14 seconds left in the game.  It was then that Redwoods quarterback Dave Whitmire hit Dave Mogni with an 8-yard touchdown pass to give the Corsairs the championship. 

 

The team was coached by the legendary Jim McAuley whose teams won eight conference championships, three state championships and two Nor Cal Championships before he stepped down as head coach following the 1976 season to become CR’s athletic director.  Also on the 1976 coaching staff was Fred Whitmire, who followed McAuley as the head coach at Redwoods before becoming head coach at Humboldt State, and Tom Giacomini, who was also the CR baseball coach, head coach of the Humboldt Crabs and served as the CR athletic director.

 

 

Numerous players were named to the All-State Team:  Kurt Adams, Jack Walsh, Greg Walker, Greg Sarvinski and Dave Mogni.  Greg Sarvinski was also honored by being selected as an All-American. 

 

The team will be honored with the induction at half-time of the Homecoming Game on Saturday, September 24 vs. Mendocino College.  Kick-off is at 1:00pm. 

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