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Junior running back Joe Dudek rushed for 1,378 yards on 199 carries (125.3 yards per game), scored 21 touchdowns, and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Against Massachusetts Maritime , Dudek set the NCAA small college's record for career touchdowns with 43.
The Plymouth State Panthers football team represents Plymouth State University in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Panthers are members of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference , fielding its team in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference since 2013.
The team played its home games at Panther Field in Plymouth, New Hampshire. After former head coach Jim Aguiar resigned in April 1981, Plymouth State hired former Norwich offensive coordinator and backfield coach Jay Cottone as the team's next head football coach. [4]
The team played its home games at Currier Field in Plymouth, New Hampshire. [2] Following the season nine players earned post-season honors and head coach Don Brown was named the conference's Coach of the Year.
Plymouth State entered the season with a nineteen-game win streak that spanned to the beginning of the 1981 season. [2] [3] [4] It was the longest win streak at any level of college football. [5] The team was led by quarterback John Sperzel who finished the season with 619 passing yards, twelve touchdowns, and five interceptions. [1]
The longest field goal in NCAA history is a 69-yard kick by Ove Johansson of Abilene Christian in 1976, but kickers were able to kick off a holding tee until 1989.
Freshman running back Joe Dudek rushed for 1,094 yards on 123 carries (121.6 yards per game), scored 16 touchdowns, and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Other statistical leaders included quarterback Kevin Bradley with 1,151 passing yards and Scott Anson with 37 catches for 529 receiving yards.
The sun-splashed football field at a swanky San Diego private school served as the backdrop for a remarkable display of accuracy and power. Someone comfortably kicked a 58-yard field goal. Then ...