2016 Football News
Quarterbacks Jett Even and Jesse Hanckel head a list of 12 Pasadena City College football players committed to scholarships at 4-year universities to continue their academic/playing careers, it was announced by PCC head coach Tom Maher this morning.
Larry Reisbig, head coach of the Pasadena City College football team for three winning seasons from 1982-1984, passed away Monday at age 77. Reisbig had a legendary career at the California Community College level, coaching at both College of the Canyons and then Long Beach City College and posting a 156-81-1 record (.658 win percentage) in 23 seasons as a head coach.
Pasadena City College football team defensive tackle Daeqwan Bailey was chosen All-California, Region IV First Team Defense. Bailey was the lone Lancer named to the All-State teams by the coach's association.
Defensive tackle Daeqwan Bailey was one of four Pasadena City College football players to be selected to the 2016 SCFA All-Metro League First Team.
The Pasadena City College football team had hopes of a winning season in 2016 after dropping to the lower American Division of the SCFA. Playing in the American Metro League, the Lancers were supposed to be a favorite. Instead, PCC dropped four of its last five league games and finished on a sour note with a 4-6 record.
The Pasadena City College football team may want to petition the SCFA to play all its games at Robinson Stadium. Away from PCC, it's been a truly tough road for the Lancers. Pasadena finished 0-5 in road games in 2016 as East Los Angeles College celebrated its American Metro League title in a 63-17 rout over the Lancers.
The Pasadena City College football team managed to move the ball well on the ground and in the air and scored a season high in points in downing Los Angeles Southwest, 42-14, in a SCFA American Metro League game Saturday night at Robinson Stadium.
History appeared to be on Pasadena City College's side going into its SCFA American Metro League football game Saturday afternoon. But winless Glendale, a school that has lost more times v. PCC than any other opponent, turned the tables on the Lancers and sent them to a 25-3 defeat at Sartoris Field.
The Pasadena City College football team faced the state leader in passing in quarterback Jorge Reyna, who didn't disappoint his home fans as he passed for 387 yards and four touchdowns in leading West Los Angeles College to a 34-27, American Metro League victory Saturday afternoon.
The Pasadena City College football team turned to its special teams to make the big plays as the Lancers returned a punt return and a kick return for touchdowns in a 31-20, American Metro League-opening win over El Camino-Compton Center at Robinson Stadium Saturday night.
The Pasadena City College defense, which had been stellar in the last 10 quarters of play, parted like the Red Sea for Moses on Saturday night. The Lancers football team gave up season highs in points and yards in a 58-29 loss at Southwestern College, ending the non-conference portion of their schedule at 2-2.
Trailing visiting Allan Hancock, 17-14, the Pasadena City College football team had to march 80 yards with under four minutes to play. A diving 30-yard catch by Drevontae Armstrong put PCC into Hancock territory, then quarterback Jesse Hanckel delivered a perfect throw to a streaking Yusef Muhammad for a 29-yard touchdown that rallied the Lancers to a 21-17 triumph at Robinson Stadium. The game-winning TD came with only 1:38 left in the SCFA non-conference contest.
On a night where the Pasadena City College football team had 50 more yards in penalties than in total offense (194 to 144), the Lancers let their defense do the talking in a 26-11, SCFA non-conference victory over San Bernardino Valley at Robinson Stadium Saturday.
The Pasadena City College football team outscored state No. 2 Long Beach City College, 7-6, in the second half of their 2016 season opener Saturday. Unfortunately for the Lancers, the first half was all Long Beach as PCC fell, 41-14, at LBCC Veterans Stadium.
Saturday's season opener marks the 56th football meeting between Pasadena City College and Long Beach City College. The Lancers have never played more contests against a single opponent and hold a 29-24-2 all-time series edge.
Lean times in recent years for the Pasadena City College football team have put the Lancers program in a re-boot mode. With Tom Maher making a second tour of duty as head coach, PCC hopes to find success in 2016 in a new conference. Pasadena will play in the newly formed SCFA Metro League as part of the American Division.
