The 1970s saw some highs and some lows. The highlight of the decade was the 1971 team which was unstoppable. Unfortunately there was no PIAA state title at the time or we are sure Neshaminy would have been strong contenders.

With the the exception of the detailed coverage of the 1971 Neshaminy - Pennsbury game, we have very little video from the 1970s. We were however, able to find various 1979 canisters in the football office that were not complete games. If you have any of the grey 7" canisters laying around please contact us. We will pay for the conversion to digital and return them along with DVDs.

1970

Head Coach: Jack Swartz

Mr. Redskin − Mike Emanuel

Mr. Back − Andy Koch

Mr. Lineman − Mike Dougherty

Mr. 3D Award − John Swartz

Unsung Hero − Tim Kelly

Roster | 1970 Season Recap

1970s Redskin Logo

1971

Head Coach: Jack Swartz

Mr. Redskin − Bruce McHale

Mr. Back − Pete Cordelli, Jr.

Mr. Lineman − Chuck Lodge

Mr. 3D Award − Bruce Traney

Unsung Hero − Dave Pyle

Mr. Offense − Dale Forchetti

Mr. Defense − Dan Meier

The Hurst Award − Joe Chamberlain

PFN's team of the century

Roster | 1971 Season Recap

Featured Game of the Year - Game 10 against Pennsbury of course!

1972

Head Coach: Jack Swartz

Mr. Redskin − Joe Sroba

Mr. Back − Bob Grupp

Mr. Lineman − Mark Strawbridge

Mr. 3D Award − Bob Miller

Unsung Hero − Steve Gale

Mr. Offense − Ben Watson

Mr. Defense − Bart Smith

Roster | 1972 Season Recap

Neshaminy_1972 Pennsbury game pic 2 09.28.16

1973

Head Coach: Paris Allison

Mr. Redskin − Brian Esslinger

Mr. Back − Bob Hallman

Mr. Lineman − Ralph Clark

Mr. 3D Award− Dave Miller

Unsung Hero − Rick Koch

Mr. Offense − Mike Hayes

Mr. Defense − Bill Marshall

Roster Not Available | 1973 Season Recap

1973 Team Action Shot

1974

Head Coach: Paris Allison

Mr. Redskin − Kevin Kelly

Mr. Back − Lamar Davis

Mr. Lineman − Jim Justice

Mr. 3D Award− George Watkins

Unsung Hero − Jeff Reinhold

Hurst Award − Andy Belmont

Roster | 1974 Season Recap

1974 Photo 10 Steve Shull leads the pack

Neshaminy is split into two schools, Neshaminy Langhorne and Maple Point, beginning that year and will remain so until Maple Point is closed and Neshaminy is once again a single school in 1983

1975

Head Coach: Paris Allison

Mr. Redskin − Steve Shull

Mr. Back − Jamie Meier

Mr. Lineman − Bill Foster

Mr. Lineman − Tom Conroy

Mr. 3D Award − John Barnett

Unsung Hero − Steve Cloak

Mr. Offense − Terry Gallagher

Mr. Defense − Bob Hayes

Hurst Award − Jim Thompson

Captains: Steve Shull and Bill Foster

Roster | 1975 Season Recap

1975 Senors Cloak_Kennedy_Dodd_Barnett

1976

Head Coach: Charles Schmidt

Mr. Redskin − Perry Ferrara

Mr. Back − Gordon Gray

Mr. Lineman − Bob Sterner

Mr. 3D Award − Chuck Martier

Unsung Hero − Dave Miguellez

Mr. Offense − Roger Thorsen

Mr. Defense − Chris Pfund

Hurst Award − Chuck Martier

Captains: Jack Auchs, Fred Calkins, Perry Ferrara and Chris Cwiklinski

Roster | 1976 Season Recap

1976 NeshaminyFootball_2

1977

Head Coach: Charles Schmidt

Mr. Redskin − Jim Riley

Mr. Back − Tom Calkins

Mr. Lineman − Alec Puketza

Mr. 3D − Chris Cechak

Unsung Hero − Gerry Wright

Mr. Offense − Bruce Moyer

Mr. Defense − Chris Bezick

Hurst Award − Blake Spirko

Captains - #55 Chris Cechak, #76 Jim Riley
and #34 Tom Calkins

 Roster | 1977 Season Recap

1977 Season Captains

1978

Head Coach: Charles Schmidt

Mr. Redskin − Bruce Cordelli

Mr. Back − Steve Walsh

Mr. Lineman − Dan Janzer

Mr. 3D Award − Jan Cechak

Unsung Hero − Bob Hammond

Mr. Offense − Brian O'Rourke

Mr. Defense − Steve Fario

Roster | 1978 Season Recap

1979

Head Coach: Charles Schmidt

Mr. Offense - Mike Trommer

Please contact us if you have the
Neshaminy Award information

Captains - Brett Connelly, Scott Obringer,
Al Kazickas, Jim Ference, Dan Capristo,
Kevin Stanford, Jeff Clarke, Mark Dementri,
Mike Murphy and Jeff Cohen

Roster | 1979 Season Recap

1979 Action Shot 7

Featured Game of the Year - Game 8 away against Woodrow Wilson