STATE CHAMPION Mooney -- 1980

Coach: Don Bucci.
Season record: 12-0, 4-0 Steel Valley Conference.
Schedule:
Regular season
30Chaney8
40Pittsburgh North Catholic0
35East Liverpool0
14Warren Western Reserve13
27Ursuline6
57DuBois, Pa.0
49Howland13
7Cleveland St. Ignatius0
17Fitch0
Playoffs
42Dover6
31Richfield Revere6
50Lebanon0
Notable players: Several Division I college recruits, including tackle Bob Maggs and center John Lucente, who went to Ohio State; quarterback Ralph DePasco, fullback Mike Hardie and tight end Rick Shepas went to YSU; tight end Jim Boniface (Princeton), lineman John Thomas (Georgia Tech) and tailback Steve Johnson (Michigan). First team All-SVC players included Jack Kohl, Hardie, Terry Reardon, Maggs, DePasco, Mike Giambattista, Mark Kachmer, Boniface and Lucente.
Notebook: Mooney still holds Division II state championship game records for points (50), points in a quarter (22), touchdowns (7) and rushing yards (362). This was the only Mooney team to finish undefeated since the playoffs began in 1972. The Cardinals won 25 straight games from 1979-81. Mooney's three playoff opponents had a combined record of 29-1-3 before playing the Cardinals. Three players ran for more than 100 yards in the title game: DePasco (106), Hardie (102), Johnson (102). The regular season game against Boardman was canceled due to a teacher's strike. Boardman, which had to cancel four games, finished 6-0 and missed the playoffs. Bernie Kosar was a junior for the Spartans that season.
-- Joe Scalzo