Curtis Schmidt Earns FFC and ECAC Honors
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. 19, 2003 – Springfield College junior linebacker
Curtis Schmidt has been named the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Northeast and the Freedom Football Conference (FFC) Defensive Player of the Week.
Schmidt, who is from
Whitesboro, N.Y., played a starring role in the Pride’s 21-18 win at Union on Saturday. With Union driving towards a game-winning score, he forced a fumble on the Springfield 10-yard line that the Pride recovered with 30 seconds left in the game to secure the win and a school-record 10-0 season. Schmidt also recovered a fumble and raced 23 yards for SC’s first touchdown of the game in the second quarter. His totals on the day also included ten tackles.
Schmidt’s season totals include 24 tackles and three sacks.
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Michael C. “Mike” DeLong ’74 enters his 31st season as a head football coach in the fall of 2012. He enters his 29th year at Springfield College alone. For the past 28 years, he has been the head coach at Springfield, his alma mater. Mike had also been the head coach at Maine Maritime in Castine, Maine in 1979 and 1980.
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