Riverside wins first-ever Dirty 30 title

The Riverside City College Tigers completed the perfect season on Saturday with a 31-14 win against College of San Mateo in Bakersfield, California. With the win the Tigers are the JCGridiron.com Dirty 30 National Champions for 2019.

RCC started slow, but got their legs under them in the second quarter in steamrolling to the win. The Tigers outgained San Mateo 258-91 in the opening half, taking a 24-7 lead as time expired when Cameron Baulsley ran through three defenders and wouldn’t be denied on the final play of the half. It was a gutsy call by head coach Tom Craft, which was the kind of thing we saw from Craft and the Tigers all season.

Riverside had chances to blow the game open in the second half, but were stopped on two occasions at the one-yard line. The Tigers sealed the victory when Rey Estes stepped in front of a Luke Bottari pass and returned it eight yards for the final score of the game. In the end, Riverside held a 431-217 advantage in total yardage on Saturday, leaving no doubt as to who the best team was on the West Coast.

Riverside finishes the season 13-0, and ran through a litany of teams to remain perfect during the season. RCC went 5-0 against teams ranked in the top-25, and was also 4-0 against teams listed on the bubble. In essence, they won nine games against programs ranked in the top-50, and did it with style points. Riverside outscored opponents 645-215 for the year, averaging 49.6 points-per-game.

Riverside becomes the first program from California to win the Dirty 30 title since Fullerton College split the title with Garden City College (KS) in 2016. The last California program to win the Dirty 30 outright was City College of San Francisco in 2015. In the 15 years of the Dirty 30 Rankings, California programs have won or shared seven titles, while NJCAA programs have won or shared 10.

CONGRATS RCC, YOU ARE THE JCGRIDIRON.COM DIRTY 30 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS FOR 2019

The rest of the JCGridiron.com Dirty 30 Rankings follows. Just a reminder, JCGridiron.com does not include games against prep schools, club teams, or non-affiliated programs in the records.

JCGridiron.com Dirty 30 Rankings (FINAL, 12/14/19)

Others on the Bubble: Fullerton (CA) 5-5, Highland (KS) 5-5, El Camino (CA) 7-4, Ft. Scott (KS) 5-5, Sierra (CA) 7-4, San Diego Mesa (CA) 7-4, Shasta (CA) 7-4, Laney (CA) 6-5, Iowa Central 6-6, Itawamba (MS) 5-4, Reedley (CA) 10-1, New Mexico Military 4-5, Tyler (TX) 4-5, Copiah-Lincoln (MS) 4-5, San Bernardino Valley (CA) 9-2, Foothill (CA) 10-1, Southwestern (CA) 6-5, ASA-Miami (FL) 2-3*, ASA-Brooklyn (NY) 3-2, Monterey Peninsula (CA) 10-1

Rank	School	City	Record

1	Riverside City	Riverside, CA	13-0
2	Gulf Coast	Perkinston, MS	12-0
3	San Mateo	San Mateo, CA	12-1
4	Lackawanna	Scranton, PA	8-1
5	Hutchinson	Hutchinson, KS	9-2
6	Iowa Western	Council Bluffs, IA	9-3
7	Saddleback	Mission Viejo, CA	9-2
8	Jones	Ellisville, MS	7-2
9	Independence	Independence, KS	8-2 *
10	Butler	El Dorado, KS	9-3
11	Northwest	Senatobia, MS	8-3
12	Fresno City	Fresno, CA	8-3
13	Canyons	Santa Clarita, CA	9-3
14	Modesto	Modesto, CA	9-3
15	Hinds	Raymond, MS	7-3
16	Long Beach City	Long Beach, CA	8-3 *
17	Kilgore	Kilgore, TX	7-2
18	American River	Sacramento, CA	8-3
19	Garden City	Garden City, KS	8-3
20	Butte	Oroville, CA	8-3
21	Chaffey	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	11-0
22	San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	8-3
23	Georgia Military	Milledgeville, GA	6-3
24	Trinity Valley	Athens, TX	5-4
25	Mt. San Antonio	Walnut, CA	7-4
26	Navarro	Corsicana, TX	5-5
27	Cerritos	Norwalk, CA	7-4
28	East Mississippi	Scooba, MS	6-4
29	Ventura	Ventura, CA	8-3
30	Snow	Ephraim, UT	3-3

* = won a game by forfeit

DIRTY 30 RANKINGS HISTORY

JCGridiron.com Dirty 30 Champions History

* won Dirty 30 title as a result of Fullerton College having to forfeit all of their games

Year	Program(s)

2019	Riverside City College (CA)
2018	East Mississippi College (MS)
2017	Iowa Western College (IA) *
2016	(split) Garden City College (KS) / Fullerton College (CA)
2015	City College of San Francisco (CA)
2014	East Mississippi College (MS)
2013	(split) East Mississippi College (MS) / Butte College (CA)
2012	Iowa Western College (IA)
2011	East Mississippi College (MS)
2010	Mt. San Antonio College (CA)
2009	Mt. San Antonio College (CA)
2008	Butte College (CA)
2007	(split) Mississippi Gulf Coast College (MS) / Butler College (KS)
2006	Blinn College (TX)
2005	Glendale College (AZ)