More than a half century after playing in the only bowl game in Canisius history, the college's 1948 team will be inducted into the Canisius Sports Hall of Fame in ceremonies during halftime of the Golden Griffins' men's basketball game against Saint Peters on Sunday, Jan. 24 in the Koessler Center.

Keith Applegate (baseball, class of 1996) and current head softball coach and former

women's basketball coach and athletic department administrator Mike Rappl (class of '77) also

will be inducted.

The 1948 football team turned in a 7-1-1 record during the regular season under coach Jim

Wilson and earned an invitation to face John Carroll in the Great Lakes Bowl at Cleveland's

Municipal Stadium. John Carroll, led by sophomore backs Don Shula and Carl Taseff, edged the

Griffs, 14-13, before 17,694.

Shula, of course, went on to a Pro Football Hall of Fame coaching career with the Baltimore

Colts and Miami Dolphins. Taseff, who played defensive back for the Buffalo Bills in the early

1960s, was a trusted assistant under Shula on those teams.

The signature win for the '48 Griffs was a 14-6 upset of St. Bonaventure in Civic (later

War Memorial) Stadium. The favored Bonnies had played a 7-7 tie at Braves Field in Boston with

a Boston College team that included future pros Ernie Stautner, Art Donovan, Art Spinney and

Butch Songin. However, the loss to Canisius spoiled Bona's chances for a bowl bid.

Five members (end Al Chorny, tackle George Eberle, guard George Kuhrt and backs Howie

Willis and Chet Kwasek) of the '48 Canisius team were first-team Buffalo Evening News All-

Western New York selections. Six team members were past inductees as individuals into the

Canisius Sports Hall of Fame.

Applegate was a three-time (1992-94) first-team All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

selection as a catcher. Rappl, the first active coach in Canisius history to be inducted, has

guided Griffs softball teams to 12 MAAC regular-season and 12 MAAC Tournament championships

and 11 NCAA Division I Tournament appearances among other achievements.

Men's soccer

Medaille (17-2-2) will head to Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh on Saturday to face

Denison University (12-4-3) at 11 a.m. in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.

The Mavs clinched the automatic berth with a 1-0 win over Penn State-Behrend in the

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference title game. Denison shocked the nation's top-ranked

team, unbeaten Ohio Wesleyan, 2-1, in double overtime of the North Coast Athletic Conference

championship match.

This is the fourth trip to the nationals for the Mavs in the last five seasons. In the

first round last year, Medaille lost to eventual national champion Messiah College, 2-1, in

overtime.

Men's swimming

Stephen Pochatko (Starpoint) won the 200 backstroke (2:00.96) and swam leadoff for the winning

Canisius 400 freestyle relay in a triple dual meet against Cleveland State, Malone and

Youngstown State on Saturday.

Freshman Tyler Carver (Canisius High) won the 200 breaststroke in 2:20.41 for the only

other individual first place by the Griffs.