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RIT Executive Athletic Director Lou Spiotti Jr. and 1965 football team Inducted into the Ithaca Athletics Hall of Fame

Spiotti's undefeated 1965 Bombers football team inducted on Sept. 25

By: Joe Venniro - Executive Director of Sports Information
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General | 10/1/2015 9:01:00 AM

Ithaca Athletics Hall of Fame

ROCHESTER, NY – Lou Spiotti Jr., Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at RIT, was inducted into the Ithaca College Athletics Hall of Fame, along with the rest of his undefeated 1965 football team on Friday, Sept. 25 at the Ithaca Athletic and Events Center.
 
Ithaca's first and only undefeated team in the program's 84-year history, the 1965 football squad went 8-0 under the tutelage of Hall of Fame head coach Dick Lyon. The Bombers outscored their opposition, 204-76, and gave up less than seven points in five different games, including a shutout of Clarion in the season-opener on Sept. 18. En route to the perfect season, Ithaca also defeated Southern Connecticut (28-25), Montclair State (19-14), Cortland (13-12), Susquehanna (34-6), C.W. Post (39-6), Bridgeport (15-7) and American International (50-6).

Spiotti, a 1968 graduate of Ithaca, played monster back/linebacker for the Bombers during the 1965 season.