Union College Athletics

One of the most successful teams in a program built on sustained excellence, the 2005 Union College football team recorded the second-most wins in a season in program history and set numerous records on the way to an 11-1 record and the program's 10th NCAA Tournament appearance.
 
Lead by head coach John Audino, the team steamrolled to the third 10-0 regular season ever by a Union squad, outscoring their opponents 290-160 and winning on the strength of both its offense and defense. The team could win a game 7-0, when Alex Markel '08 returned an interception 76 yards for a touchdown in the final minute to beat Coast Guard, or outscore the opponent 55-41, when Union and Ithaca combined for over 1,100 total yards in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The team captured Union's second outright Liberty League championship with a 7-0 conference record and finished the season ranked 14th by D3football.com.
 
The team's high-powered offense set at least seven individual program records that still stand today. Hall of Fame running back Tom Arcidiacono '07 HOF '19 broke program single-season standards for rushing yards (1,954), rushing attempts (350), rushing touchdowns (20) and rushing yards per game (162.8); quarterback Anthony Marotti '07 threw for a record 3,095 yards and helped set a team record for passing yards in a season (3,176); and wide receiver Steve Angiletta '07 reset program records in pass receptions (99) and receiving yards (1,612). Arcidiacono and Marotti went on to become and remain the school's all-time leaders in rushing yards and passing yards, respectively.
 
Arcidiacono was named the program's second Gagliardi Trophy finalist as the Division III Player of the Year and earned the program's only D3football.com All-America first-team honor, and was part of a program-record four D3football.com All-Americans alongside Angiletta, tackle Jim Masso '06 and cornerback Chris Nappi '06.
 


Team Members:
Eze Abosi '06
Jeff Adams '09
Steve Angiletta '07
Tom Arcidiacono '07 HOF '19
Craig Avalone '07
James Baron '06
Paul Barone '06
Michael Bartles '09
Anton Becker '09
Chris Boland '09
Alex Bongiorni '08
Rich Caister '09
Tim Cannon '06
Vince Carano '07
Corey Chase '08
Jordan Cinelli '08
Elliott Cohen '08
Alan Coholan '09
Kyle Colomba '09
Dustin Connelly '09
Liam Cronin '08
Brendan Crumlish '06
Patrick Cummings '08
Jason Curtis '09
Mike Daley '08
Doug Davis '07
P.J. Deguire '06
Matt Dumont '07
Kevin Fallon '09
Kevin Flike '06
Trevor Flike '09
Vincent Gillick '09
John Greklek '07
Mike Guigli '07
Steve Haller '06
Patrick Hatch '06
John Helmer '08
Will Holiday '06
Peter Homnick '09
Bradley Horth '09
Brett Huntley '09
Patrick Irwin '09
Robert Jacque '09
Shawn Johnston '09
Charles Kaliades '09
Robert Kaufman '06
Mike Kissane '07
Nick Kramer '06
Ryan Kraynak '09
Dan LoBasso '09
Jon Long '09
Sean Losier '06
Sean Maginess '08
Jeff Mahon '06
Alex Markel '08
Anthony Marotti '07
Todd Marsh '07
James Masso '06
Dan McGraw '09
Charles McCaleb '06
Josh McKelligan '09
Brian McLaughlin '09
Brendan Merrell '07
Rich Modliszewski '08
Tony Morello '09
Pat Mulrooney '07
Chris Nappi '06
Chet Parlavecchio '09
Eugene Parloff '07
Dan Peciaro '09
Vito Pellerito '08
Ryan Perry '06
Mike Pieciak '06
Chuck Pinckney '08
Ben Rapple '08
Kevin Rautenstrauch '09
Andrew Reigle '09
Walter Roesch '07
Tim Romano '09
Andy Salemo '07
Andrew Salvo '08
Nate Saslow '09
Jeff Scheer '07
John Schlick '09
Justin Schmiedel '08
David Schneidman '07
Zach Schrantz '07
Pat Sheridan '08
Rob Shoobs '09
Elliot Silverstein '06
R.J. Simoni '08
Jesse Smith '06
Rigoberto Smith '08
Ed Speno '08
Scott Stone '09
Garrett Sullivan '06
Bill Tamparo '07
Brace Thompson '09
Zach Tillo '08
John Tomlin '08
Darrell Tulcin '09
Ryan Twichell '07
Rich Uluski '06
Matt Waddell '07
Sean Wade '09
Dylan Walton-Yedlin '06
Derek Wayman '06
Doug Weller '09
Ted Weller '09
Mike Wess '08
Jon Wilcon '08
Pat Wilson '09
Alex Zani '08
Jordan Zelinger '09
Chris Zona '07
 
Head Coach: John Audino
Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line Coach: Gary Reynolds
Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach: Pete Brown '83
Secondary/Special Teams Coach: Erv Chambliss
Receivers/Tight Ends Coach: Larry Cottrell
Offensive Line Coach: Alan Fiore '03
Running Backs Coach: Dan Iozzia '05
Defensive Line Coach: John Knapp
Special Teams Coach: Bill Nowak '86
Offensive Line Coach: T.R. Perna '92
Outside Linebackers Coach: Daryl Steverson
Special Assistant: Jon Kralovic