Seasons |  1979 |  1980  | 1981

1980 - 81 Football Season

Game Schedule

Richland Bombers 35 Pasco Bulldogs 7  
Richland Bombers 20 Kennewick Lions 7  
Richland Bombers 54 Columbia River Chieftans 0  
Richland Bombers 0 Wenatchee Panthers 7  
Richland Bombers 29 Eisenhower Cadets 14  
Richland Bombers 33 Walla Walla Blue Devils 7  
Richland Bombers 43 Kamiakin Braves 19  
Richland Bombers 41 Moses Lake Chiefs 0  
Richland Bombers 39 Davis Pirates 8
Class "AAA" State Playoffs First Round
Richland Bombers 49 Shadle Park Highlanders 34
Class "AAA" State Playoffs Quarterfinals
Richland Bombers 26 Gonzaga Prep Bullpups 10  
Class "AAA" State Playoffs Semi-Finals
Richland Bombers 26 Mount Tahoma Thunderbirds 28  
Green icons are news stories. News Story  Blue icons are game photos. Game Photo  Red icon is for a Game Program. Game Program

1980 News Articles, Photos and Programs

Big Nine Conference Schedule 1980
Culverhouse, Soldat all-state
Richland's teams look for answers
Soldat All-America Honors

Notes from the 1980 Season

Class "AAA" Big Nine League Co-Champions with Wenatchee. Finished 5th in AP Football poll. Finished 3rd in State Playoffs.

Team Photo

1980 Player Roster

No. Name Position Height Weight Grade Files
66 Jaime Archibald       12   
89 Darryl Beasley       12   
Chuck Bender       11   
7 Mark Bircher QB      11   
74 Paul Brigs       11   
Joe Bruun       12   
Mark Campbell       11   
Dave Carlile       11   
76 Thor Culverhouse       12   
88 Bob Cushing       12   
8 Dave Daling QB      12   
Chris Dalton       11   
Mike Engelbrecht       12   
Greg Fowlkes       12   
26 Tom George       12   
Rob Greenhalgh       11   
Tim Hale       11   
84 Sid Hall       12   
Tom Hedges       12   
Eric Howden       11   
50 Denny Irby       12   
Roy Jerome       11   
41 Jim Jerome       12   
14 Mike Jones       11   
10 Kurt Kafentzis       12   
15 Kyle Kafentzis       11   
42 Kent Kafentzis       12   
Benji Kroll       11   
Dan Kulick          
13 Dana Langlois       12   
Billy Leech       11   
1 Kevin Linn       12   
Jodi Mayo       11   
33 John McKinney       12   
11 Jon Mulligan       12   
George Naughton       11   
19 Joe Neidhold       12   
6 Greg Olson QB      12   
Jeff Osborn       11   
63 Kevin Ott       12   
20 Joe Payne       12   
61 Chris Peale       11   
Mike Peale       12   
Dennis Piert       11   
52 Leon Rail       12   
61 Kelly Ratach       11   
5 Leon Rice       11   
77 Guy Robertshaw       12   
74 Vince Rolie       12   
Tim Ruane       11   
Dean Russell       11   
78 Mike Schuster       12   
32 Mark Schwisow       11   
72 Dennis Soldat       12   
59 Scott Stephens       12   
Dave Stocker       12   
65 Tim Strand       11   
Cory Stratton       11   
58 Terry Tanner       12   
22 Greg Thomas       12   
Doug Waltar       11   
85 Jim Williamson       11   
25 Dave Wilson       12   
55 John Worster       12   
68 John Wunderlich       11   

JD Covington

Head Coach

Overall Record 10 - 2
Conference Record 7 - 1
Playoff Record 2 - 1
Coaching Staff

Bob Elsensohn

Offensive Line / Defensive Line

Lonnie Pierson

Defensive Coordinator

Scott Woodward

Receivers / Junior Varsity

Ken Olson

Defense / Junior Varsity

Steve Potter

Sophomore Team

Jim Deatherage

Sophomore Team