1975 National Rugby Championships

1975 National Rugby Championships
Tournament details
Tournament format(s)Knockout
Date1975
Tournament statistics
Final

The 1975 National Rugby Championships were limited to Local Union championships since the United States of America Rugby Football Union had only been established on June 7 of that year in Chicago.[1] The Territorial selection tournament would not start until 1977 therefore most of the higher level play was by the sub-unions. There was no college tournament during the reorganization of the RFU[2] and the Monterey National played its 17th edition.

Local Union Selects

The Eastern Rockies v Texas match was the final of the Western RFU Championship Tournament, the idea of which was brought up during the June 1975 meeting in Chicago that established the United States RFU.[3] Third place went to Rio Grande RFU, Missouri RFU was fourth, Heart of America RFU fifth and Beehive Intermountain RFU sixth.

15 April 1975
NorCal Pelicans21–3Abertillery (Wales)
[4]
Polo Fields, San Francisco
19 April 1975
2:00PM
NorCal Pelicans26–9SoCal Griffins
[5]
UC Irvine
7 April 1975
Ebbw Vale10–12Golden State Poppies
[6]
Ebbw Vale, Wales
9 April 1975
Swansea21–7Golden Poppies
[7]
St. Helen's Stadium
14 April 1975
Edinburgh4–25Poppies
Scotland
16 April 1975
Scottish Border Counties19–16NorCal Poppies
[8]
Scotland
19 April 1975
Esher9–9Poppies
[9]
England
21 April 1975
Bath XV16–10Poppies
[10]
Bath, England
24 April 1975
Cheltenham0–18Poppies
[11]
England
25 May 1975
Ontario RU14–0Midwest RFU
[12]
Toronto, ON
1 June 1975
Wisconsin RFU0–7Chicago Area RFU
[13]
Madison, WI
1 June 1975
Tri–State RU–Blackhawk RU
[14]
Indianapolis, IN
14 September 1975
Eastern Rockies RFU4–11Texas RFU
[15]
Colorado Springs, CO
9 November 1975
Blackhawk RU–Chicago Area RU
[16]
Davenport, IA

Monterey National Championships

Program cover for 1975 tournament.

The 1975 Monterey National Rugby Championship was the 17th edition of the tournament and was considered to be the de facto national championship.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] This event took place at Pebble Beach, CA from March 22–23. The tournament MVP was Mike Hodgins (Cal Berkeley), Most Valuable Fan was 86 year old Watson Luke, Steve Montgomery of the Old Blues won the Drop Kick competition while Mickey Ording of X–Os was runner-up.[25] UCLA went 5–0 to take first place.[26][27][28][29][30][31]

First round

22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 1 Santa Monica RC 19-0 Western Washinton State College Pebble Beach
8:00AM Stadium: Field 1
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 2 Sacramento Capitol 0-0
(L–W p)		 Pensacola Navy Pebble Beach
8:00AM Stadium: Field 2
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 3 Old Blues 6-6
(W–L p)		 St. Mary's College Pebble Beach
8:00AM Stadium: Field 3
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 4 Old Puget Sound Beach 3-0 Santa Clara University Pebble Beach
8:00AM Stadium: Field 4
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 5 X–O RC 6-0 USC Pebble Beach
8:30AM Stadium: Field 1
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 6 Florida State 6-0 Portland RC Pebble Beach
8:30AM Stadium: Field 2
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 7 Newport Beach 10-4 Oregon State Pebble Beach
8:30AM Stadium: Field 3
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 8 UC Berkeley 14-0 The Fresno Rugby Club Pebble Beach
8:30AM Stadium: Field 4
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 9 UCLA 20-0 UC Davis Pebble Beach
9:00AM Stadium: Field 1
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 10 Chuckanut Bay 0-9 Seahawks RC Pebble Beach
9:00AM Stadium: Field 2
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 11 OMBAC 8-0 San Francisco RC Pebble Beach
9:00AM Stadium: Field 3
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 12 San Jose State 15-0 Navy All–Star Touring Side Pebble Beach
9:00AM Stadium: Field 4
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 13 CSU Los Angeles 10-3 River Rat RC Pebble Beach
9:30AM Stadium: Field 1
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 14 Stanford University 0-9 Monterey RC Pebble Beach
9:30AM Stadium: Field 2
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 15 UC Santa Barbara 0-0
(W–L p)		 Olde Gaels Pebble Beach
9:30AM Stadium: Field 3
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 16 BATS 12-0 Washington State Pebble Beach
9:30AM Stadium: Field 4

Championship Bracket

Second Round
March 22 		Quarterfinals
March 22 		Semifinals
March 22 		Final
March 23
            
1 Santa Monica 30
17 Pensacola Navy 0
1 Santa Monica 20
9 Old Blues 0
9 Old Blues 4
8 Old Puget Sound Beach 0
1 Santa Monica 3
4 Cal Berkeley 0
5 X–O Rugby Club 6
12 Florida State 0
5 X–O 6
4 Cal Berkeley 10
13 Newport Beach 7
4 Cal Berkeley 10
1 Santa Monica 7
3 UCLA 10
3 UCLA 18
19 Seahawks 3
3 UCLA 9
6 San Jose State 0
11 OMBAC 0
6 San Jose State 3
3 UCLA 12
2 BATS 6
7 CSU Long Beach 12 Third place
22 Monterey RC 3
7 Long Beach 0 4 Cal Berkeley 8
2 BATS 19 2 BATS 6
15 UC Santa Barbara 0
2 BATS 28

Third place

23 March 1975
12:45PM
Cal Berkeley8–6BATS
Try: Mike Hodgins (2)[32]Pen: Kip Oxman (2)
Pebble Beach
Attendance: 5000

Final

23 March 1975
2:20PM
Santa Monica7–10UCLA
Try: Greg Schneeweis
Pen: John McDermott		[33]Try: Vince Pasavariello 5' c
Terry Scott
Con: John Sullivan
Pebble Beach
Attendance: 5000

Champions: University of California at Los Angeles Bruins
Coach: Dennis Storer
Captains: Terry Scott, Wade Killefer
Roster: Steve Auerbach, David Briley, Del Chipman, Tom Clark, Jeff Ferrar, John Fowler, Jamie Grant, Dennis Jablonski, Art Keuhn, Larry Layne, Randy Lovelace, Jesse Naufahu, Rudi Nieto, John Pasquariello, Vince Pasquariello, Ed Purcell, Jeff Smith, David Sugden, John Sullivan, Greg Viviano.

5th–8th Fifth place
      
L33 Old Blues 0
L34 X–O 3
W51 X–O 6
W52 San Jose State 13
L35 San Jose State 12
L36 Long Beach 0 Seventh place
L51 Old Blues 8
L52 Long Beach 7
Thirteenth13th–16th9th–16th9th–12thNinth
Field 2 1:10PM
L17Pensacola0
Field 2 4:00PML18Old Puget Sound24Field 2 4:40PM
L37Pensacola3W37Old Puget Sound6
L38Florida State3*Field 2 1:50PMW38Newport Beach0
L19Florida State0
Field 2 10:15AML20Newport Beach10Field 2 12:45PM
W55Florida State6W53Old Puget Sound10
W56OMBAC18Field 3 2:30PMW54Seahawks9
L21Seahawks0*
Field 4 4:40PML22OMBAC0Field 3 5:10PM
FifteenthL39OMBAC17W39Seahawks12Eleventh
Field 3 12:45PML40Monterey9Field 4 2:00PMW40Santa Barbara0Field 2 11:30AM
L55Pensacola4L23Monterey3L53Newport Beach0
L56Monterey16L24Santa Barbara4L54Santa Barbara8

*Advanced on kicks

Consolation Bracket

Second Round
March 22 		Quarterfinals
March 22 		Semifinals
March 22 		17th place
March 23
            
L1 Western Washington 0
L2 Sacramento Capitol RC 15
W25 Sacramento Capitol 12
W26 St. Mary's 3
L3 St. Mary's College 6
L4 Santa Clara University 4
W41 Sacramento 6
W42 USC 0
L5 USC 7
L6 Portland RC 6
W27 USC 8
W28 Fresno 0
L7 Oregon State 10
L8 Fresno RC 13
W57 Sacramento 14
W58 Chuckanut Bay 6
L9 UC Davis 0
L10 Chuckanut Bay 8
W29 Chuckanut Bay 15
W30 San Francisco RC 0
L11 San Francisco RC 14
L12 Navy All Star Touring Side 0
W43 Chuckanut Bay 16
W44 Olde Gaels 0
L13 River Rat RC 4* 19th place
L14 Stanford 4
W31 River Rat 0 L57 USC 28
W32 Olde Gaels 4 L58 Olde Gaels 6
L15 Olde Gaels 6
L16 Washington State 3

*Advanced on kicks

21st–24th 21st place
      
L41 St. Mary's 4
L42 Fresno RC 3
W59 St. Mary's 7
W60 River Rat 6
L43 San Francisco RC 0
L44 River Rat 12 23rd place
L59 Fresno RC 8
L60 San Francisco RC 16
29th place29th–32nd25th–32nd25th–28th25th place
Field 4 12:40AM
L25Western Washington0
Field 4 4:00PML26Santa Clara4Field 4 3:20PM
L45Western Washington0W45Santa Clara11
L46Portland RC17Field 4 1:20PMW46Oregon State7
L27Portland RC3
Field 3 9:00AML28Oregon State10Field 1 9:00AM
W63Portland RC6W61Santa Clara8
W64Washington State0Field 3 3:10PMW62Stanford4
L29UC Davis3
Field 4 6:00PML30Navy All Star Touring0Field 4 5:20PM
31st placeL47Navy All Star0W47UC Davis027th place
Field 4 9:00AML48Washington State9Field 4 2:40PMW48Stanford4Field 2 9:00AM
L63Western Washington17L31Stanford22L61Oregon State19
L64Navy All Star11L32Washington State0L62UC Davis8

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