Mizzou Rugby Season Archive
Kansas City Collegiate & Langenberg Cup Champions · Western Championship semi-finalists
Two trophies in one spring — five wins in two days at Swope Park, the Missouri union’s collegiate cup, and a semi-final at the Western championships.
Missouri won the fourth annual Kansas City RFC Collegiate Invitational at Swope Park on April 4–5, 1992, beating Kansas 37–24 in the championship match. The field had expanded to eleven teams that year, split into three round-robin pools, and the Tigers swept their pool on Saturday before coming through the championship bracket on Sunday. The squad carried six freshmen, two sophomores and three juniors.
Flanker Rob Hoens was named the tournament's most valuable player, scoring two tries in the final and seven across the weekend. Mark Blaine captained the side. The final produced nine tries and 61 points, with John Tajkowski converting five in a row, and Dennis Richard of the Heart of America society refereeing.
Swope Park was not the only trophy that spring. Missouri also won the Langenberg Cup, the Missouri Rugby Football Union's collegiate championship, and the cup carried the Tigers into the Western championships at Kansas on the weekend of April 18–19. There the run ended. Missouri went out in the semi-finals to the Air Force Academy in a match played in heavy mud. Scores from that weekend have not reached the archive — if you played in it, we would like to hear from you.
| Round | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Pool play | Iowa State | W 10–4 |
| Pool play | Southwest Missouri State | W 20–12 |
| Pool play | Northern Colorado | W 26–4 |
| Semifinal | Drake | W 26–15 |
| Final | Kansas | W 37–24 |
Results as reported by Gerard Seymour in Rugby magazine, May 25, 1992.
Printed in a Mister Guy advertisement in the Columbia Missourian.
| Date | Opponent | Site |
|---|---|---|
| March 14 | Southwest | Home |
| April 4 | KC Collegiate Tournament | Swope |
| April 11 | CMSU | Home |
| April 18–19 | Westerns | K.U. |
| April 25 | TBA | TBA |
| May 2–3 | Beach Party | Home |
Results for these fixtures are not recorded. Know how they finished? Use the form below.
Players who have told us they wore the Black and Gold this season.
| Name |
|---|
| Mark Blaine (Captain) |
| David Bray |
| Chuck Bruder |
| Bob Buckman |
| Fred Cole |
| Warren DuBois |
| Pete Fisher |
| Pat Fogarty |
| Ian Hermann (Coach) |
| Pat Hess |
| Rob Hoens |
| Jason Jent |
| Chris Justice |
| Mason Kahle |
| Nick Kujawa |
| Geof Massa |
| Thom Mitchell |
| Mike Moriarity |
| Barry Nor |
| Rob Rasnic |
| Ed Reed |
| Bob Rimel |
| Aaron Stoker |
| John Tajkowski |
| Mark Thomlison |
| Tim Whyte |
| Joe Zwillenberg |
This roster comes from alumni submissions and is not yet complete. Missing a teammate? Use the form below.
Thirty-four photographs, most of them from a shoebox opened by Ramona Sparks Hicks.
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