1989 National Collegiate Rugby Championship
The 1989 National Collegiate Rugby Championship was the tenth edition of the official national championship for intercollegiate rugby. The tournament, sponsored by Steinlager, took place May 6-7 at the Air Force Academy soccer fields in Colorado Springs, CO. The Air Force Zoomies won their first title with a victory over the Long Beach 49ers. John Oliver of Army was named best forward while Tim Bohman of Air Force was best back.
Participants
Army Black NightsQualified for the National Championship by advancing from the Eastern College Championship on April 15–16 at Annapolis, MD.
- Army 33-0 University of Buffalo
- Army 43-18 Navy
Coach- Michael Mahan, Wallace, O'Gorman, Vaughn
Captain- John Oliver
Record-
Ron Albrecht, Dave Blain, Roscoe Blood, Brian Burlingame, John DeBlasio, Sean DeMartino, Kevin Dice, Pete Dunn, Kimo Gallahue, Mike Halpin, Mike Kilbane, Cliff Lairson, Bill Marshall, Dennis McKernan, Chris Morris, Lew Nance, John Oliver, Lincoln Oro, Steven Phillips, Spence Robinson, Jim Saccone, Rick Shipe, Scott Sutherland, Vincent Torza, John Wilson.
Penn State Nittany Lions
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Midwest Universities Cup on April 22–23 in Madison, WI.
- Penn State 18-0 Michigan State
- Penn State 3-0 Bowling Green
- Penn State 13-12 Wisconsin
Coach- Bruce Hale, Sanvido, Smith, Cranston, Bennese, Grigor, Ryland
Captain- Stephen Rae
Record-
Peter Anthan, Kevin Barry, Rich Cassidy, Erick Chizmar, Scott Davis, Greg Driscoll, Brian Ewing, James Gilhool, Howard Goldfine, Antony Hardon, Brent Hutchings, Stephen Hynes, Peter Karmilowicz, Daniel Kelly, George Nace, Matthew Norton, Lance Polcyn, Stephen Rae, Vincent Rocco, Peter Skeels, Ian Wallace, John Walton, Jay Wieder, Darren Woolf, John Zajac.
Air Force Zoomies
Qualified for the National Championship by winning the Western Collegiate Championship on April 15–16 in Lawrence, KS.
- Air Force 19-0 Rice
- Air Force 16-3 Kansas
- Air Force 22-9 Colorado
Coach- Vern Francis, Walt Daniels, Pat Gerdemann, Dave Easler, Jim Jasina
Captains- Brent VanderPol/Jon Finley
Record-
Harry Blue, Tim Bohman, Ronald Buckley, Dan Drummond, Eric Fester, Jonathan Finley, Jeffrey Hill, William Jacobus, Timothy Jozwiak, Michael Junk, Eric Kelm, Travis Klopfenstein, Jon Krause, David Mets, Douglas Nikolai, Kevin Oleen, James Owen, Bradley Rogers, Glenn Rogers Jr., Ted Schiller, James Snyder, Mark Thomas, Brent VanderPol, Don Wood, Arthur Wunder.
Long Beach 49ers
Qualified from Pacific Coast College Championships on April 7–9 in Tucson, AZ.
- Long Beach 28-7 Washington
- Long Beach 12-0 Cal Poly SLO
- Long Beach 18-10 California
Coach- Dr. Dale Toohey, Kaplan, Stackhouse, Anderson, Morgan
Captain-Brett Bowden
Record-
Steve Agor, Timothy Aitken, Brett Bowden, Jim Brown, Gabriel Cobos Jr., Jerry Fanning, Jimmy Guadagno, Dario Guerra, Ray Harper, Mark Kitchen, Andrew Klinkenberg, Charlie McKerras, Steve Meert, Derrick Munck, Andrew Nicholls, Jack Purdy, Kevin Robinson, Eric Skaar, Chris Stratton, Dean Toohey, Jon Westerman.
Final
Champions: Air Force Academy ZoomiesCoaches: Vern Francis, Walt Daniels, Pat Gerdemann, Dave Easler, Jim Jasina.
Roster: Jim Snyder, Kevin Oleen, Harry Blue, Mike Junk, Eric Kelm, Dan Drummond, Jay Owen, John Krause, Tim Jozwiak, Ted Schiller, Art Wunder, Jeff Hill, Brent VanderPol, Jon Finley, Mark Thomas, Tim Bohman, Bill Jacobus, Donnie Wood, Eric Fester, Doug Nikolai, Skip Rodgers, Dave Mets, Brad Rodgers.
College All–Stars
The inaugural All–Star Championship for college rugby players took place in Colorado Springs, CO from June 17–19. Similar to the Inter Territorial Tournaments for club teams the college competition is divided by geographic union and used to select the All–American team that goes on to play other junior national rugby teams. In the final the Eastern RU defeated the Western RFU 31–12. The final standings were 1st East, 2nd West, 3rd Pacific and 4th Midwest.Semifinals:
- West 18–16 Pacific Coast
- East 22–14 Midwest
- Pacific Coast 29–13 Midwest
- East 31–12 West