The 1970 Stonehill Knights Football team emerged following an intramural all-star game at Saint Anselm College the year before. Under the direction of the team’s first head coach, Dave Knight, the Stonehill Knights (believed to be named either after their head coach or the disbanded semi-pro team on Long Island from which their first powder blue and maroon uniforms came from) played their home games that year at Keith Field in Brockton. The out of service field was overgrown with weeds, but the team dedicated themselves to getting the field in shape leading into its inaugural season. The team made their debut against Worcester State and Western New England, before playing its first home game against Bristol Community College in October. Mike Berry scored the team’s first touchdown with a three-yard run against Worcester State. The Knights’ first win was a 14-12 home triumph over Saint Michael’s in early November. Coach Knight is largely credited with giving the team instant credibility, while Paul Finn, Mark Welch and Ernie DeSimone were key members of the team’s student leadership to get the team off the ground. The Knights won just one game that inaugural season, with five of the six games decided by a touchdown or less.
Michael Berry
William Blackwell
Peter Borosky
Robert Brickley
Stephen Burbank
Patrick Callaghan
Richard Cammarata
Richard Campion
Christopher Connelly
Robert Deasy
Ernest DeSimone
Francis Driscoll
William Duplisea
Paul Finn
Thomas Fisher
Walter Hazard
Kevin Hunt
James Iacovo
John Jennison
William Kavanaugh
Stephen Konopka
John Lauzon
Paul Looney
Stephen Loughlin
Kevin Lynch
Brian Mahoney
Joseph McDermott
Stephen Morocco
Jay Miller
Arthur Norden
Ralph Pascale
Edward Preneta
Alec Rich
Daniel Rich
William Rose
Mark Welch
Dave Knight (Head Coach)
Kirk Shaw (Assistant Coach)
Tom Shenette (Assistant Coach)
Steve Burbank (Athletic Trainer)
The 1970 Stonehill Knights Football team emerged following an intramural all-star game at Saint Anselm College the year before. Under the direction of the team’s first head coach, Dave Knight, the Stonehill Knights (believed to be named either after their head coach or the disbanded semi-pro team on Long Island from which their first powder blue and maroon uniforms came from) played their home games that year at Keith Field in Brockton. The out of service field was overgrown with weeds, but the team dedicated themselves to getting the field in shape leading into its inaugural season. The team made their debut against Worcester State and Western New England, before playing its first home game against Bristol Community College in October. Mike Berry scored the team’s first touchdown with a three-yard run against Worcester State. The Knights’ first win was a 14-12 home triumph over Saint Michael’s in early November. Coach Knight is largely credited with giving the team instant credibility, while Paul Finn, Mark Welch and Ernie DeSimone were key members of the team’s student leadership to get the team off the ground. The Knights won just one game that inaugural season, with five of the six games decided by a touchdown or less.