Gametime Conditions:
- Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Date: September 18, 1970
- Game Location: Houseman Field
- Geographic Coordinate: 42.9660°N 85.6462°W
- Game Start: 7:00 pm ET
- Sunset: 6:48 pm ET
- Condition: Partly Cloudy
- 61 degrees
- 13 mph wind speed
- WSW wind direction
Opponent Profile:
1970 Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Michigan Sports Classification: Class A
Colors: Royal Blue and White
Nickname: Cougars
Year Founded: 1906
League: Grand Rapids City League
Head Coach: Jerry Sieracki
Record Prior to MCC Game: 0 – 0
Record After MCC Game: 1 – 0
1970 Season Final Record: 6- 3
GRCC 1970 Scores
1970 Grand Rapids Catholic Central (GRCC) Football Notes:
- Out of their 6 wins in 1970, GRCC shut out 4 teams (including MCC) and allowed only 2 points against Lansing Everett because of a snap over the head of their punter in the end zone spoiling a 5th shut out of their 6 wins.
- The 1959 MCC Football team lost the state championship to GRCC 6-0 on November 13, 1959…the same date, day and time 11 years later, in 1970, that MCC played Muskegon High School.
- In 1970, GRCC played two common MCC opponents. MCC beat both.
- In game 5 GRCC beat Grand Rapids Union 27 – 0
- In Game 9 GRCC lost to Traverse City Central 28 – 20
Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders at Grand Rapids Catholic Central Cougars Program
COVER
To enlarge: MCC vs GRCC Program Cover
ROSTERS
To enlarge: MCC vs GRCC Program Rosters
Crusaders mentioned in Grand Rapids Press and Muskegon Chronicle articles below*:
- Tom Kern
- Bruce Bourdon
- Jim Spilka
- Steve Coyne
- Tom Holmes
- John Zimmer
*Let these Crusaders know that they are in the newspaper this week…only 50 years later!
Grand Rapids Press
Muskegon Chronicle
1970 Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders Football 50th Anniversary 
Can recall the media talking about GR Catholic’s 300 pound lineman – who was neutralized and rendered ineffective! (Full credit to our interior line- Fodrocy, Beckmann, Treptow, Lenar, Jados, Carslake, Coyne, and apologies if I’ve forgotten anyone) Drove to Houseman on a beautiful Friday night (I can’t recall if it had artificial turf installed that season). Met a cute GR Catholic girl on the way to the gate. My impressions of the game were confirmed by the newspaper accounts – MCC dominated, but could not punch the ball in to their chagrin. Painfully frustrated, felt gutted for the guys. Decided to attend the after-game dance at GR Catholic, ran into the same girl I had met prior to the game, smiling and dancing to Edwin Starr’s “War”. As one would say “Wait Til Next Week!”
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