40 Year SCIAC Anniversary

1970 team photo courtesy of C-M-S Athletics

It's been 40 years since C-M-S Stags football team won its first Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) championship in 1970. Claremont McKenna College (then Claremont Men's College) 1971 graduate Harry Wright wrote a memoir on the Claremont McKenna College website that is worth a read HERE.

Although the Stags finished 8-1 in conference play, it was Cal Lutheran who was selected as the SCIAC's playoff representative that year. C-M-S' (then Claremont-Mudd) lone loss was to Pomona-Pitzer.

This season, the Stags have jumped out to a 3-0 record with wins over Lewis & Clark College, Pacific University (Ore.) and La Verne. C-M-S has outscored its opponents by a 122-44 margin. The team's showdown with Pomona-Pitzer will take place on November 13th.

The Stags are the only undefeated SCIAC team for the 2010 season and share a similar 1-0 conference record with Cal Lutheran and Occidental. Could this season be the Stags' return to glory on its 40th anniversary?