Team of the Day: Kutztown Cougars
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Things have looked more promising for the Kutztown Cougars in recent seasons. They’ve been much more competitive since moving to Section 5 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League in 2022, winning a pair of league games in each season since.
They departed from the Berks Football League following the 2021 season with a 67-game league losing streak.
The Cougars have had a trying history, to say the least. They have known just three winning seasons since their debut in 1976. Thirteen times they have gone winless in a season. They had a 41-game losing streak that ended in 2016. Take away a forfeit victory and their on-field losing streak was a freightful 58.
Kutztown earned its first league victory in 13 years when it beat Northern Lebanon 34-28 in Week 7 of the 2022 season; two weeks later they earned their second Section 5 victory, beating Columbia. They finished 3-7 last season, with two of the wins coming in league play.
Despite the struggles the Cougars have had some outstanding individual performances. Both Calvin Laing and Lennon Neiman scored six touchdowns in a game; Laing set the program rushing record with 1,569 yards in 2005.
To find more about Kutztown football history, including the newly expanded team records page, click on the Cougars Team Page.
You can find this season’s schedule, the Cougars’ series record against all their current opponent, results from the 2023, 2022 and 2021 seasons and team rushing, scoring, and passing records you won’t find anywhere else.
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