Week One
Benedictine 48, West Tech 0
August 29, 1980
Benedictine’s All-Ohio tailback Kevin Richardson scored on a 63-yard run on the game’s first play from scrimmage to lead the Bengals to an easy 48-0 win over West Tech. Richardson, who would later play defensive back at Ohio State, added a 71-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Junior Alex Szocs kicked six of seven extra point conversions in the game.
The Bengals exploded for 21 points in the second with Mike O’Neill scoring on a 42-yard punt return, Richardson adding a two-yard run and Scott Noble catching a 12-yard pass from Paul Hrisko. After helping the Bengals to a 35-0 halftime lead, Richardson sat out most of the second half.
Chris Federico’s 43-yard punt return in the third gave the Bengals a 41-0 lead. Then in the fourth, Noble finished out the scoring on a three-yard run.
It was the second straight 48-0 season opening victory for the Bengals. In 1979, they defeated Ashtabula Harbor by the same score.
After going through the regular season with an 8-1-1 mark, the Bengals rolled in the state Division III playoffs with wins over Warren John F. Kennedy 43-15 and Orrville 7-0. In the state championship game, Benedictine won its second state playoff title defeating Hamilton Badin 9-3 to complete an 11-1-1 season.
Wally Mieskoski ’71
Benedictine Football Historian
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