The 1989 Union College football team finished with a record of 13-1 and played in the Stagg Bowl, the NCAA Division III National Championship Game (losing to Dayton, 17-7 in Alabama). Union was the ECAC Div. III Team of the Year and won the Lambert Meadowlands Cup. The Dutchmen recorded one of only nine undefeated regular seasons in the program's history, and won home playoff games over Cortland and Montclair State by a combined score of 87-20. Team MVP and linebacker Tom McMahon posted 132 tackles, and Union led the nation in pass defense. The Dutchmen defeated Ferrum in the national semifinals, and that team featured future NFL Pro Bowl player Chris Warren. Other stars included All-American DE Bill Deakins, DE Greg Hallas (record 22 sacks), TB Ryan Mason (records of 1,545 yards and 22 TDs), QB Brett Russ (2,670 yards), along with ECAC All Stars TE Mario DiLoreto, NT Bill Smith, OL Jack Catanzaro, and McMahon. This team still hold the school single season records for turnovers caused (53) and fumble recoveries (25).
Members of the team:
Patrick Ahearn
Robert Anderson
Michael Beauvais
James Bothwell
Brian Bowers
Timothy Bradford
Jeff Brockenbrough
Craig Bronder
Bradford Brundage
Andrew Burke
Mark Callahan
Mario Carbone
John Catanzaro
Peter Cocozza
Michael Corbi
Shaun Cutting
Scott Day
William Deakins
William Dean
Christopher Decker
Matthew Decker
Mark DeLisio
James Dembowski
William DeVaney
Mario DiLoreto
Ross Eberhart
Jason Evans
Dominick Famulare
Bryan Faria
James Farnan
Paul Fehrenbach
Alejandro Felipe
David Flynn
Dennis Foley
Bret Gelder
Vincent Giaimo
Andrew Girardi
Scott Gomes
R. Scot Goodwin
Milton Grant III
Michael Grimes
William Groesbeck IV
Timothy Hadden
Michael Hale
Gregory Hallas
David Healy
Gregory Holmes
Timothy Kempski
Fred Krahmer
Jeff Krockta
Craig Lapinski
Arthur Leventis
Thomas Lombardoni
Charles Mamone
Marco Mancuso
Edward Martin
Ryan Mason
Scott McIntyre
James McLaughlin
Kevin McLaughlin
Thomas McMahon
Gregory Morris
Matthew Nee
Joseph Pecora, Jr.
Theron Perna
Anthony Priore
Craig Randall
Eugene Ray-Jackson, Jr.
Edward Resnick
Dominic Ricciardi
Michael Richardson
Todd Richardson
Robert Riglietti
Aaron Root
Brett Russ
Bryan Savage
William Schwing
Richard Sgueglia
Peter Simmons
William Smith
David Sodergren
Robert Sokolowski
Michael Strolla
Gerard Sullivan
James Sweet
Vladimir Telemaque
Christopher Trevisani
Eric Tryon
Mark Tullman
William VanOrder
Patrick Varley
Jerald Walker, Jr.
Richard Werdann
Erik Westby
Peter Wilhelm
Al Bagnoli, Head Coach
Pete Brown, Assistant Coach
Larry Cottrell, Assistant Coach
Tom Fogarty, Assistant Coach
Rich Nagy, Assistant Coach
Tom Plungis, Assistant Coach
Chuck Priore, Assistant Coach
Gary Reynolds, Assistant Coach
Jim Schaefer, Assistant Coach
Bob Ridings, Equipment Manager
Cheryl Rockwood, Head Athletic Trainer
