University of Massachusets Athletics
Ingoglia, Schubert Named To College Football Hall Of Fame Ballot
March 23, 2012 | Football
March 23, 2012
AMHERST, Mass. - A pair of UMass football greats have been named to the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame Ballot as Rene Ingoglia and Steve Schubert are among 38 Football Championship Subdivision candidates. The Class of 2012 will be named on May 22 in Dallas, Texas. The College Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival will be held July 20-21 in South Bend, Ind.
Ingoglia, who starred for the Minutemen from 1992-95 as a punishing running-back, is third in rushing yardage and second in rushing touchdowns in program history. Ingoglia was an All-American in 1994 and 1995, and a finalist for the Walter Payton Award in '94. He earned All Yankee Conference honors three times, and finished his career as the conference's all-time leading rusher with 4,624 yards. His 54 rushing touchdowns were second-most in FCS history when his UMass career ended in 1995.
Following his college career, Ingoglia played parts of three NFL seasons (1996-98) with the Buffalo Bills and the Washington Redskins. He then played the 1999 season with the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe, where he helped lead the team to the World Bowl Championship.
Over the past four years, Ingoglia has served as a color analyst for both the UMass Sports Network and ESPN.
Schubert was a record-setting wide receiver for the Minutemen from 1970-72 leading UMass to the 1972 Yankee Conference title and a win over Cal-Davis in the Boardwalk Bowl held in Atlantic City, N.J. After earning First-Team All-American and First-Team All-New England honors as a senior, he played for the New England Patriots in 1974 followed by a five-year stint with the Chicago Bears.
Between the Patriots and Bears, he played in a total of 74 games with 24 catches for 362 yards and a touchdown. As a punt returner, he had 103 returns for 866 yards and three touchdowns.
The 2006 inductee into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame still remains one of the top wide receivers and punt returners in program history. His 901 receiving yards as a senior in 1972 ranks 9th-most for a single season. That year, he averaged 20.1 yards per catch which is still the school record. For his career, he ranks 3rd all-time with an average of 17.7 yards per catch thanks to 81 receptions for 1,435 yards.
As a punt returner, Schubert ranks second all-time with his 1972 season average of 16.8 yards, while ranking 3rd for career return yardage (12.2). He still holds two of UMass top-10 single-game longest punt returns: 80 yards against Boston University in 1972 and 66 yards against Boston University in 1970.
Schubert graduated with a degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Administration from the University of Massachusetts in 1973. The Manchester, New Hampshire native was a managing partner of the Manchester Wolves in Arena Football 2 being named the league's Executive of the Year in 2005. In 2006, he was awarded the Distinguished American Award from the Joe Yukica New Hampshire Chapter of the National Football Foundation. He is also a member of the Manchester and Central High School Halls of Fame.
