Citadel 1961

USD gr id iro nme ntors lef t to ri ght ar e George Hobbs, Ge o rg e R a d o v ic h , e ad c o a c h M ik eP e c a ro v ic h , Ro bert Se xto n. No t shown is C. G. Wa lke r.

Ever sinc e the adoptio nof foot ba llin 19 56 the Un ive rs ityof San Diego has hadthe di st in ct ion of being the on ly Ca tho licCol lege on the West Coast to fie ld a foot ba llteam. Be gin nin ghis fi rs t year as head foot ba llcoa ch, Mike Pecaro­ vic h fie lde da te am that cons iste dof 15 re tu rn ing let ter me nand 24 fre shme n.Because USD's en ro llm en t is below 75 0 stu de nts ,it is allowed to have freshm en on its va rsi ty. Next yea r the blu e and white w ill be rep resent ed by 25 re tu rn inglet termen . The new sta diu mbe ing unde rco ns tru ct ion , home game s were play ed at Wes tgate Park and Balb oa St ad ium ,whe re the Pionee rs play ed a free lanc e sch edu le that inc lud ed some of the to p small col lege and m ili ta ryba ll clu bs in the co un try. Among the se were Whi tti er ,Humb old tSta te, San Fra nci sco Sta te and Mar ine Cor ps Re cru it Depot. USD has accumulat ed21 win s, 18 losses, and 1 ti e fo r fiv e seasons of int er co llegia te football. Tho ugh small in size and young in year s, it hopes to at ta in the gr idiro nprowess that w ill make it na tio na llyknown.

Tr ain erJoe Ro ge rsch eck swi th Joe Vargo, eq ui pm en tma na ge r.

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