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1974 Season

Mississippi Valley Quad-Champions — 7-2 Record


COACHES: Head Coach Merv Habenicht, Offensive Line Coach Tom Enger, Offensive Coordinator Tom Freeman, Defensive Coordinator Jim Luhring, Head Trainer Reggie Speak. MANAGERS: Bill Haywood, Mike James, Doug Gosch. TRAINERS: Randy Willman, Tom Redling, Terry Speak, Pete Pittman. THE TEAM: 10 Kerry Felske, 11 Steve Drexler, 12 Randy Dawson, 14 Steve Rothweiler, 15 Greg Bummerstedt, 20 Ken Scheckler, 21 Mike Dykema, 22 Mike Dunbar, 23 Carl Hummel, 24 Mike Maher, 25 Gary Kimler, 26 Paul Blythe, 30 Marty Burroughs, 31 Rick Buckles, 32 Kim Wells, 33 Mike Pantzlaff, 34 Mark Cederblad, 35 Rich Smith, 40 Kevin Rose, 41 Rich Schindall, 42 Tim Stichnoth, 43 Kurt Habenicht, 44 Al Collentine, 45 Gary Oles, 50 Dave Rettenmaier, 51 Dave Ries, 52 Ed Walters, 53 Steve Heintze, 54 Paul Francis, 55 Mike Ragona, 56 Cary Swanwick, 60 Dennis McGee, 61 Ross McCracken, 62 Dan Hanley, 63 Bill Jensen, 64 Lynn Mishler, 65 Steve Bakeris, 66 Kip Knoblach, 67 Rick Venable, 68 Greg Chellis, 70 Rodey Tharp, 71 John Irvine, 72 Art Wulf, 73 Jim Brookhart, 74 Bernie Kraft, 75 Greg Sprott, 76 Con McCutcheon, 77 Steve Foster, 78 Greg Balzer, 80 Rick Kuebler, 81 Doug Dobbs, 82 Pat Woodward, 83 Joe Gadient, 84 Mark Brockway, 85 Joe Ahlers, 86 Don Nelson, 88 John Bushman, 51 Dwight O’Dell.

Game Scores/Results

Regular Season
Week #1:
(W) Bettendorf 19, Davenport Assumption 7
Week #2: (L) Bettendorf 16, C.R. Washington 28
Week #3: (W) Bettendorf 21, Iowa City West 13
Week #4: (W) Bettendorf 17, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 15
Week #5: (W) Bettendorf 48, Muscatine 6
Week #6: (W) Bettendorf 28, Clinton 7
Week #7: (W) Bettendorf 28, C.R. Jefferson 20
Week #8: (W) Bettendorf 26, Iowa City High 24
Week #9: (L) Bettendorf 6, Dubuque Hempstead 12





Mississippi Valley Conference
Team Standings

Bettendorf... 6-2 / 7-2
Cedar Rapids Jefferson... 6-2
Cedar Rapids Washington... 6-2
Dubuque Hempstead... 6-2
Iowa City High... 5-3
Cedar Rapids Kennedy... 4-4
Clinton... 2-6
Dubuque Senior... 2-6
Iowa City West... 2-6
Muscatine... 0-8

M.V.C. Coach of the Year
Merv Habenicht


All-Conference Players
:: Offense [or] Defense ::


1st Team:  John Irvine - Offensive Tackle
1st Team: 
Marty Burroughs - Running Back
1st Team: 
Kip Knoblauch - Linebacker
1st Team: 
Mark Cederblad - Defensive Back

2nd Team: 
Dennis McGee - Offensive Guard
2nd Team:  Gregg Sprott - Defensive Tackle
2nd Team:  Kurt Habenicht - Linebacker

Honorable Mention: Mark Brockway - Tight End
Honorable Mention: Rodey Tharp - Offensive Tackle
Honorable Mention: Mike Pantzlaff - Offensvie Tackle
Honorable Mention: Dave Rettenmeier - Center
Honorable Mention: Ross McCracken - Running Back
Honorable Mention: Steve Drexler - Quarterback
Honorable Mention: Bernie Kraft - Defensive Lineman
Honorable Mention: Joe Ahlers - Defensive Lineman
Honorable Mention: Jim Stichnoth - Defensive Back



All-Quad City Times All-Eastern Iowa
:: Offense [or] Defense ::


1st Team:  Marty Burroughs - Running Back
1st Team: 
Kip Knoblauch - Linebacker
1st Team: 
Mark Cederblad - Defensive Back

2nd Team:
 
John Irvine - Offensive Tackle

Honorable Mention: 
Dennis McGee - Offensive Guard
Honorable Mention: 
Steve Drexler - Quarterback
Honorable Mention:  Greg Sprott - Offensive Tackle
Honorable Mention: 
Kurt Habenicht - Linebacker



All-State Players

Mark Cederblad - Defensive Back
2nd Team - Des Moines Register

Marty Burroughs - Running Back
Special Mention - Des Moines Register

Kip Knoblauch - Linebacker
Honorable Mention - Des Moines Register




1975 Shrine Bowl All-Star Game
South Squad - Selectee

Marty Burroughs - Running Back
Mark Cederblad - Defensive Back

Won Game: 17-16




Captains, M.V.P., Managers

Captains
Marty Burroughs, Steve Drexler, Dennis McGee, Tim Stichnoth

M.V.P.

Mark Cederblad - Defensive Back

Managers

Doug Gosch, Bill Haywood, Mike James, Pete Pittman, Tom Redling, Terry Speak, Randy Willman

Coaches & Trainers

Head Coach
Merv Habenicht (4)

Assistant Coaches

Tom Enger, Tom Freeman, Dave Hodam, Jim Luhring

Trainer
Reggie Speak





Miscellaneous Information

The 1974 squad was the first team to gain (at least a share) of the M.V.C. title and tied with 3 other teams
• Running back Marty Burroughs was 2nd in the conference in rushing behind Hempstead's Tom Rush with 1,053 yards
• Head Coach Merv Habenicht named as M.V.C.'s "Coach of the Year"




Category Player Stats 1 Stats 2
Rushing Marty Burroughs 729 yards 10 TDs
Interceptions Mark Cederblad 7 interceptions N/A