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ISSN: 1526-233x [March 2011 Vol. 4 No. 2] circa: Jan. 2008

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The Unlike today, when the schools make no claim to Football Team’s being members of the upper Amazing Run, echelon of college football, from Climaxed by Winning the first game in 1869 between Princeton and Rutgers until the the “Southern early 1920’s, the Eastern colleges Championship” in dominated the gridiron.

1924 Centre initially gained national Rob Robertson - Author of attention by defeating a West Virginia Mountaineer’s team in a “The Wonder Team” game played in Charleston, West [email protected] Virginia in1919. West Virginia The Centre College Colonels had had dominated an excellent an amazing run in college Princeton eleven, winning 25-0 at football from the years 1917- the Tigers’ Palmer Stadium. 1924. The little Danville, After Centre’s 14-6 win, and after college is probably best the Colonels finished at 9-0 in a remembered, if remembered at year which also included all, for its 6-0 win over mighty Harvard in 1921. The College Football Historian-2- Harvard at the time was one of victories over Indiana, Virginia the “Big 3” along with Yale and and Kentucky, , Princeton. considered to be the “Father of College Football,” declared that Centre was the top team in the Centre played in the second bowl country for 1919. venue of all time (of course, the Rose Bowl was the first) after the Camp picked THE All-American 1920 season, beating an team each year. While there undefeated TCU squad on were several other selections, January 1, 1921. The game was Camp’s was recognized as the called “The Fort Worth Classic,” most prestigious. For the first and after TCU scored early on an time in the history of football, a intercepted pass, Centre ran off small Southern college was 63 straight points to win 63-7, recognized as having talent on and season ended at 8-2. par with that of the larger, mainly Eastern schools. 1921 was a huge year for the Colonels. The highlight was the The Colonels’ Alvin Nugent “Bo” 6-0 win over Harvard. The McMillin was selected for the regular season ended at 9-0, and position and James besides beating Harvard, “Red” Weaver was picked at significant wins were over center. James “Red” Roberts was Clemson, Virginia Tech, placed on the third team at . Kentucky, Auburn and Tulane.

The successes of 1919 earned “Red” Roberts was selected by Centre a spot on Harvard’s Walter Camp as a first team All- schedule for 1920. A sellout American at the end of the crowd at Harvard Stadium regular season and became the watched in awe as Centre third, first team player jumped out to a 14-7 lead. The designated by Camp, joining “Bo” half ended at 14-14, but McMillin and “Red” Weaver from Harvard’s size and numbers the 1919 team. “Bo” made prevailed and the Crimson won, Camp’s second team at 31-14. quarterback in 1921.

Centre lost to Georgia Tech the It was decided to reward the week after the loss to Harvard. team with an western excursion The Colonels were so banged up after the season. The trip after the effort against the included bowl games in San Crimson that the two “Red’s,” Diego on December 26, 1921, Roberts and Weaver, along with and in Dallas on January 2, George Chinn, an end, all 1922. starters in Cambridge, were held out of the game. The College Football Historian-3 - The Colonels regular season Therefore, little Centre played in finished with a record of 7-2 and the third bowl venue ever held, “Bo” landed a second team berth the “Christmas Bowl” on on the Camp All-American team. December 26, 1921, in which the Colonels rolled over the and defeating Harvard would University of Arizona, 38-0, in have been out of the question. San Diego. The strong class which entered in They also played in the fourth 1921 had allowed Centre to bowl venue ever, the “Dallas continue turning out excellent Classic”, which found Centre teams during 1922 and 1923, losing to a very tough Texas A & but it was obvious that the “glory M team coached by D.X. Bible, days” of what was being called 22-14, on January 2, 1922. “the Wonder Team” would soon come to an end. The trip by train covered over 2,000 miles and took 20 days. In 1923, the Colonels were 7-1-1. The loss was to Pennsylvania, at Centre continued to play with the the time a major power, in a “big boys” during the 1922 and game played before 42,000 fans 1923 seasons. in Penn's new (1922) Franklin The Colonels were 8-2 in 1922, Field. The first half ended with losing the rubber match to the Quakers up 3-0 due to a field Harvard, 24-10, and going goal kicked just as time expired. to defeat against Auburn in The Colonels were worn down in Birmingham, 6-0. Notable wins the second half, much as they were over Clemson, Mississippi, had been in the 1920 Harvard Virginia Tech, Kentucky and game, as Penn's numbers and South Carolina, all state size increasingly took their toll. universities with student bodies The final score was 24-0. which far exceeded the enrollment in Danville. The 1923 season-ending tie was with a Georgia Bulldog team in By 1923, the numbers able to Athens. Wins included victories suit up at Centre had been over Clemson, Kentucky and greatly diminished by the Auburn. “freshman rule” of 1922 which had been put in place by football Centre's coach, Charles B. authorities. The rule forbade Moran, “Uncle Charlie,” resigned freshmen from participating in after the 1923 season and took intercollegiate sports until they over the Bucknell (PA) program. had been enrolled for 12 months. Sports fans all over Kentucky and the South knew what “Unc” Centre had taken 28 young men to play Harvard in 1921. The College Football Historian-4- Fourteen were freshmen. Of the 16 who got into action, 8 were had meant to the Colonels' freshmen. Without those first program. year men, Centre would have had difficulty even fielding a team, Moran had taken the reins after Only 21 young men showed up Centre lost the second game of for practice in the fall of 1924. the 1917 season to DePauw, 6-0. The number of students on During “Unc's” tenure, Centre campus had dropped from 292 had gone 52-6-1 and had during the 1923-24 school year outscored its opponents, 2113- to 223. While the larger 218, for a rounded-off average universities would hardly notice score of 36-4. a decrease of 69 enrolled, for Centre it meant nearly a 25% As phenomenal as Centre's decline. record was during the Moran years, it was even more Centre had a freshman team in remarkable due to the fact that 1924 coached by former Colonel nearly all of the major games All-American, James B. “Red” were played on the road. The Roberts. The first-year team was limited accommodations in also short in numbers as Danville and the small wooden demonstrated by the fact that stadium (until 1923) meant that during a game with the attracting programs of substance University of Kentucky frosh in was virtually impossible. Of the Lexington, “Red” had only 11 49 contests from 1919 through men available. 1923, 31 were played away from Danville. Only by “borrowing” a few of the freshmen could “Chief” Myers Robert L. “Chief” Myers, Centre even have a scrimmage for the '07, had brought the nucleus of varsity. the team after the Great War to Danville from Fort Worth North Fortunately for the “Chief,” the Texas High School where he had 21 team members included 7 been the football coach. Myers who had been on the team since had been Centre's coach during 1921. Six of the 7 were present the first two games of 1917 but at the famous 6-0 win over moved aside when he saw that Harvard and 4 – Herb Covington, “Uncle Charlie” was available to Minos Gordy, and take over the team. Frank Rubarth – saw action.

“Chief” Myers continued on as The seniors were dubbed “The the unpaid and Seven Immortals” by “Chief” after Moran's resignation was Myers. named the for 1924. The College Football Historian-5- Thus the stage was set for what many consider was Centre (Besides the 4 who played College's finest moment of many against Harvard, Clifton “Hennie” memorable moments in the little Lemon and Robert L. “Case” school's storied history – the Thomasson made the trip to amazing exploits of 1924. Cambridge. The 7th “Immortal”, Howard Lynch, wasn't included a “double pass” and at the half it on the travel squad.) was 6-3. The third quarter ended at 6-6 after Herb Covington, the The 1924 season began not with little Centre quarterback, kicked a bang, but more like with a an 18 yard . Ten whimper. minutes into the last quarter, the Bill Shadoan, a starter at guard Mountaineers began a drive on the 1921 and '22 Centre which culminated in a score as teams, had taken over the the clock wound down and West coaching position at Valparaiso Virginia walked off the field with University in Indiana. On a hard-fought 13-6 win. October 4, he brought his well- The game was as statistically drilled squad to Danville and close as the score. Centre gained played the Colonels to a 0-0 tie. 218 yards and West Virginia Centre got back into the win picked up 234. “Chief” Myers column on October 18 with an sent in only two substitutes, a easy victory over Transylvania, pattern which was going to define located in Lexington, Kentucky. the rest of the season. The game, played in Danville, Adding to the Colonels’ problems ended at 43-0. with such a small squad was the The Centre athletics department matter of injuries suffered in New and administration had decided York. Frank Rubarth was after the trips to Cambridge to diagnosed after the return to play Harvard that a journey to Danville with a fractured clavicle the East brought publicity like no and Robert Wallace, another money could buy. The 1923 starter, had x-rays which game in Philadelphia to play revealed a broken bone in his Penn had been scheduled for hand. Both continued to play that reason, and now, in 1924, it the entire 60 minutes against the was off to New York to play West Mountaineers, but Wallace was Virginia at the Polo Grounds. later declared definitely out for the season. Revenge was on the minds of an excellent Mountaineer team. The At a team meeting back in 1919 loss still galled. West Danville on Monday, October 27, Virginia was 20-2-2 over the last captain Herb Covington called a 3 seasons, allowing only 101 meeting of the squad. He points in the 24 games which declared that he had to come to included 12 shutouts. The College Football Historian-6 - The Colonels scored first on a 40 yard field goal by “Hennie” Lemon. During the second quarter, West Virginia scored on Centre because of its winning “The seniors made a simple tradition and he was determined declaration. They would not lose to go out a winner. And then he another game. I was at Centre made a bold declaration. from 1921 through the 1924 season and sat in on every “We are Centre. We play hard. meeting during 1924 because We play clean. And we play to “Red” Roberts was always in win. We have 4 games left with attendance and I was “Red’s” colleges. If shadow. Each of the seniors we win all 4, we can be declared made a vow that they would play the best team in the South. And, every minute of the remaining we will win the next 4 games and games, and the only way they’d not only that, we won’t give up not be in the action was if they another point the rest of the were literally carried off the field season!” on a stretcher.”

Then the captain began the (End of part 1 of 3) chant that Centre often used to help bond the team to a common * * * purpose. 1876/77 COLLEGE “We are Centre!” FOOT- SUMMARY “We are Centre!”

“We are Centre!” By Mel Smith

One by one, the players stood This article summarizes the and picked up the chant. American college foot-ball season of 1876/77. The kicking game or “We are Centre!” association game of foot-ball (early soccer) reached an early pinnacle of “We are Centre!” play in the United States this “We are Centre!” season. The carrying game or early rugby game begins to increase Robert W. “Red” Robertson, a significantly after this season. A senior who was “Red” Roberts’ table below shows the number of freshman team manager, later teams playing the early soccer and related what he had witnessed in rugby games during a period Centre’s tiny Boyle-Humphrey surrounding the 1876/77 season. gymnasium. The number of teams includes both college varsities and class teams.

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CODE SEASON

1874/75 1875/76 1876/77 1877/78 1878/79

Early Soccer 39 33 46 27 21

Early Rugby 9 12 17 43 52

It is seen about 80% of the teams senior level of the association played the soccer style of foot-ball football/soccer-style game and six during the 1874/75 season. By teams are listed as division I under 1876/77, about 73% of the teams the ball-handling/rugby-style game played the kicking game of soccer. during 1876/77. Many teams in the northeast United States then dropped the early soccer Three of these teams played both game for the rugby game after types of games during the season. 1876/77. By the 1878/79 season, Columbia played three soccer games only 29% of the teams were playing and two rugby games. Princeton the early soccer game. also played three soccer games and two rugby games. Stevens Tech For discussion purposes, nine played three soccer games and one varsity teams are placed in the rugby game.

Here are the varsity teams listed by W-L-T records in both the early soccer game and the rugby games:

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN RUGBY GAME

Princeton Coll 3-0-0 Yale Coll 3-0-0

Washington & Lee Univ 2-0-0 Harvard Univ 4-1-0

Rutgers Coll/NBTS 1-0-0 Tufts Coll 2-0-1

Stevens Tech 2-1-0 Columbia Coll 1-1-0

Columbia Coll 1-2-0 Stevens Tech 0-1-0

U Pennsylvania 1-2-0 Princeton Coll 0-2-0

City Coll New York 0-1-0

New York City UNIV (NYU) 0-1-0 The College Football Historian-8 -

Virginia Military Inst 0-2-0

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL defeated the FBC of San Francisco in an outside game. The In the association/soccer-style games, Worcester Free Institute (now Worcester Princeton scored fifteen goals and did Polytechnic Institute, MA) beat the not allow a goal. Worcester English & Classical HS (now Twelve goals were scored while playing Doherty HS). The Brooklyn Polytechnic the University of Pennsylvania. The Institute had at least a 1-1-1 record association rules of 1873 were used. It playing outside teams. would be Penn’s only varsity year AMERICAN RUGBY GAME playing the early kicking game. On November 7, 1876, the football Washington & Lee scored fourteen goals association of Princeton College sent and allowed three. out a call to Yale, Harvard and Rutgers players combined with the New Columbia to meet and form a Brunswick Theological Seminary co0nference playing the rugby-style (NBTS) team this season and beat game, not the soccer-style game. The th Steven Tech. delegates met Saturday, November 26 in the Massasoit House in Springfield, Captain Andrew Raymond of the MA. There were 61 rules taken from the Rutgers/NBTS team came from the British rules of 1871. NBTS. Stevens Tech scored fifteen goals There would be 15 players a side. The and allowed six. In the Columbia- biggest argument came over the 7th rule Princeton game of 11/18/1876, the – how to score the game. The decision goals were kicked over a 10-foot cross- was made that a match game was to be rope. determined by and 1 goal would equal 4 touchdowns and a goal It was only the second time a ball was took precedent over 4 touchdowns (see kicked over a cross-line in an early Parke H. Davis, Football: The soccer game. The City College of New Intercollegiate Game, 1911). York and University (NYU) each lost big-time to Columbia The British had also changed their rule and Stevens Tech. The Virginia Military #7 in November 1875 to read, ‘a match Institute only scored three goals while to be decided by goals. If no goals are Washington & Lee scored almost five obtained, then the match is to be times that number. decided by tries’. The British also changed the number of players from 20 At a lower level, the University of down to 15 in late 1876 (see Rev. F. California 1880 Freshmen team The College Football Historian-9- against Yale and Harvard, respectively (Frank Presbry & James Moffat, Marshall, ‘Football: The Rugby Union ‘Athletics at Princeton: A History, 1901’. Game’, 1892). At a division II level, the Harvard 1880 In the rugby-style games, Yale would Freshmen had a 4-2-0 record playing score a total of 5 goals and 7 mostly outside teams. Their wins came touchdowns (5g, 7t) while allowing 4tds over the Adams Academy, the Resolute in their undefeated year. Harvard Athletic Club, Phillips Academy of scored 4g, 13t versus 1g, 1t scored Andover and the Yale 1880 Freshmen. against them. Harvard beat the best Their two losses were to the Harvard team in Canada by a 2g, 3t-0 score. 1878 Junior and 1879 Sophomore class Tufts College played a lower level teams. schedule to get a 2-0-1 record. They The University of Michigan 1877 were tied by the Boston Resolute Seniors won the campus championship Athletic Club. Columbia split their two rugby game and possibly played the rugby games, but did score a Chicago Foot-Ball Club on against Yale. Stevens Tech 11/17/1876. No other information has lost their one game with partial rugby been found. A proposed game with the rules played with Columbia. Princeton old Chicago University did not come to was undefeated playing soccer while pass. they lost their first two attempts at the rugby game. Princeton used 20 men while playing the three soccer-style games and 11 and 15 players while * * * playing the two rugby-style games  In Memory of Brad Smith (Missouri), into the University of Missouri Intercollegiate , University of San Athletics Hall of Fame Francisco, he was 80…. Former Houston center Ben Fricke, was State of South Carolina Athletics Hall 35. . . . Ohio State volunteer of Fame—Arnold Tucker (Army); assistant strength and conditioning South Carolina safety Brad coach and former Capital (Ohio) Edwards, Clemson defensive tackle University player Jack Nickle Chester McGlockton, South passed away at the age of 22… former Duke quarterback Elmore Carolina tackle Ed Pitts and Hackney was age of 95. Clemson center Gene Moore. State of West Virginia Sports Hall of  Halls of Fame Fame-- Ace Mumford The College Football Historian-10- who Collie J. plucked from the Shreveport Sun, photographer State of Georgia Athletics Hall of Glenn Lewis, and Ernie Miles, Fame inductees include longtime another photographer, but also SEC official Joe DeLany, former radio announcer for football games Georgia quarterback and coach Ray and Collie’s successor as SID. Miles Goff, and James Thomas, who is known more as the founder and played for Florida State James editor, in 1960, of The Monroe News Thomas. Leader, the first African American weekly newspaper in Northeast LSU Athletics Hall of Fame--Former Louisiana. Miles is also the popular LSU athletics directors Carl Maddox host of a long-running weekly gospel and Skip Bertman and wide music show that airs throughout receiver Wendell Davis. Northeast Louisiana, Southern  Awards Arkansas, and Northwest Mississippi, and, in 1972, he Former LSU fullback became the first black television will receive the news anchor and reporter in the Legends Award… area when he started working for (Purdue), the Davey O'Brien KNOE-TV in Monroe, Louisiana. Legends Award… Dosher, who passed away in 2003,  Retired had also been an SID at Louisiana Tech, leaving there to start a Bob Greise announcer at ABC; journalism department at 1997 Chris Schenkel Award Grambling. He never got past winner Jack Cristil, the voice of Collie’s office. Mississippi State football for 58 “He and Collie were like brothers,” years; in all, Cristil called 636 said Buddy Davis, of the Ruston Bulldogs football games since 1953. Daily Leader, and one of Dosher’s former students at La. Tech. “He Collie J. worked at Grambling for nearly 20 years. Pete said before he came to By Michael Hurd Grambling, when he worked at newspapers in Arkansas, they Through the years, Collie J. had couldn’t wait to get Collie’s stories several top lieutenants, most because they were so enjoyable and prominent of who was Pete Dosher a unusual to read.” white journalism professor and a former newsman, Andrew Harris, The College Football Historian-11 - and Dosher and offered to pay them to put their conference on the maps Glenn Lewis returned from Vietnam like Collie had done for Grambling. and enrolled at Louisiana Tech, where he would be one of Dosher’s “They just told him, ‘It’s a totally students. In 1971, the former different situation.’ Part of that was professor recommend his former the band, but there was so much student to Collie for the more there. Nobody else had that photographer’s job at Grambling. product.”

“I had heard of Collie,” Lewis said. Nicholson spread the Grambling “He was a legend. I was a journalism name from Northern Louisiana to student just about when integration Japan and given more time who was taking place. Every day Pete knows where else he could have would come in and show us articles taken the program. Collie had written, because his “Somebody said, in today’s time, if writing was so colorful and Pete was they were going to play a game on trying to get us to get that style. the moon,” (his wife) Ophelia There wasn’t a black person in the recalled, “Collie would try to get the class. team up there. The first team to “He had a huge impact around here, schedule a football game on the even when it was segregated. moon.” Everybody knew about Collie’s One season, Eddie Robinson had a writing. He had a gift. We started struggling quarterback with a getting students from all over the penchant for throwing wobbly country because they’d heard passes. At last, after repeated Grambling’s name on Monday Night attempts to improve the player’s Football or any pro football game. mechanics, and soothe his ego, He was very professional and Robinson pulled the player aside knowledgeable, and he knew so and assured him: “That’s okay, son, much about sports. All sports. He keep throwing those wobbly passes. was like a walking encyclopedia.” By the time Collie finishes writing Black or white, everyone in Northern about them, they’ll be spirals.” Louisiana knew what Collie J. could Collie J.’s colorfully-written press do and even other athletic releases, game stories and award- conferences sought his guidance. winning media guides are treasures, Lewis recalls a representative from many of which were lost in a the Gulf South Conference coming devastating fire in the athletic to Grambling to meet with Collie J. building during the 1960s. He knew The College Football Historian-12 - White is a dreadnaught both as a runner and receiver.” how to turn a phrase. An exceptionally speedy • On Robert could be known as an “afterburner”; Pennywell: “He is built for rough a hard-hitting linebacker was a “rib work and sports an upper torso that rattler”; a huge lineman could be would put Mr. America to shame.” responsible for “setting off the • On the 1972 team: “Several Richter Scale” when he stepped onto sets of interesting circumstances the field; an exciting player could will keep Robinson and his Black provide “pyrotechnics.” It was Knights from getting lost in a Nicholson who bestowed the name mélange of arms, legs and “Tank” on Paul indistinguishable bodies.” Younger. • On the Grambling band: “The Here are some gems from his media band that has the music you can guides: hear and see and feel and know, all • In describing the 1975 team’s in one – and know that, whoever schedule: “It is loaded with booby you are, wherever you are, whatever traps and leaves little time for your background or race, whatever recuperation.” your age, whatever your calling, you can be with it…The group is • In describing sophomore rhythmically geared to and quarterback Doug Williams: energetically propelled by the zesty “Douglas has a diagnostic brain, gyrations of stately drum majors.” reads defensive alignments well, and has a flair for translating nothing • On Grambling’s landmark into something. There is little doubt network television appearance in that Williams will radiate electricity. 1971 – ABC-TV aired the His individual virtuosity is being Grambling-Morgan State game live, compared with the likes of James nationally, the first for any “college Harris…” division” NCAA team: “Grambling fans are bug-eyed with delight…” • On wide receiver Sammie White: “…the wispy senior speedster • One year, on the Tigers with a many-gaited stride is a undersized secondary: “…makes up mercurial stalwart with an All- in belligerence for what they lack in American gridiron charm. size.” Distinctive and often disarming, • On freshman defensive tackle Gary “Big Hands” Johnson: “An The College Football Historian-13 - By Bo Carter amazing immovable object…has March committed marvelous acts of self- 1 (1883) , Muskegon, Mich. discovery…this young giant who 1 (1884) , Livingston, Ky. arrests the progress of ball carriers 1 (1961) Mike Rozier, Camden, N.J. with violent finality.” 1-(d – 1959) Albie Booth, New York City • On wide receiver Frank Lewis: 1-(d - 1969) Andy Kerr, Tucson, Ariz. 1-(d – 1979) Hube Wagner, , Pa. “He combines stop-and-go tactics 2 (1934) Howard “Hopalong” Cassady, Columbus, Ohio with blinding bursts of speed. This 2 (1946) Wayne Meylan, Bay City, Mich. speed and the open-field savvy to 2-(d – 1970) Paul Christman, Lake Forest, Ill. utilize it, makes him equally 2-(d – 1971) Dixie Howell, Hollywood, Calif. devastating as a runner on 3 (1890) Art Howe, South Orange, N.J. scintillating counter plays.” 3 (1917) Carl Hinkle, Hendersonville, Tenn. 3 (1952) Randy Gradishar, Warren, Ohio • On the 1970 team’s offensive 3 (1962) Herschel Walker, Wrightsville, Ga. and defensive lines: “Grambling has 3-(d – 1966) Calvin Roberts, St. Louis Park, Minn. a mammoth line of murderous 4 (1888) , Voss, Norway capability that can supply straight- 4-(d – 1962) Pat O’Dea, San Francisco, Calif. ahead blasting power, blaze trails on 4-(d – 1986) George Owen, Milton, Mass. sweeps, wreck havoc on passers, 4-(d - 1989) Harvey Jablonsky, San Antonio, Texas and smother running plays at their 4-(d - 2009) George McAfee, Durham, N.C. inception.” 5 (1875) Frank O’Neill, Syracuse, N.Y. 5 (1918) Paul Christman, St. Louis, Mo. • On a less than enthusiastic 5 (1921) , Lancaster, Wis. outlook for the 1969 team, that 5 (1922) Bob Odell, Corning, Iowa included the loss of two star 5-(d - 1974) Fred Crawford, Tallahassee, Fla. defensive players to academic 5-(d – 1990) Stan Barnes, Palm Springs, Calif. probation: “Coaches will be 6 (1892) , St. Cloud, Minn. contented to win enough to keep 6 (1927) Jim Owens, Oklahoma City, Okla. sullen fans from becoming 6 (1942) Jerry Rhome, Dallas, Texas mutinous…Coaches are snorting in 6 (1950) Johnny Musso, Birmingham, Ala. 7 (1943) Rick Redman, Portland, Ore. disdain because half the team can’t 7 (1952) , Alcoa, Tenn. block and tackle, and the other half 7-(d – 1956) Paul Des Jardien, Monrovia, Calif. can’t read and write.” 7-(d – 1977) , Laguna Hills, Calif. 7-(d – 1983) , Bellefonte, Pa. Remembering College 8 (1873) Charley Brewer, Honolulu, Hawai’i Football Hall of Fame 8 (1893) Harry Young, Charleston, W.Va. 8 (1917) Dan Hill, Asheville, N.C. Players and Coaches 8 (1931) , Pittsburgh, Pa. The College Football Historian-14- 17 (1905) Joe Donchess, Youngstown, Ohio 17 (1912) Joe Styhahar, Kaylor, Pa. 17 (1914) Sam Baugh, Temple, Texas 8 (1965) Kenny Gamble, Holyoke, Mass. 17 (1915) Bill Hartman, Thomaston, Ga. 9 (1877) Art Hillebrand, Freeport, Ill. 17 (1916) Bob Suffridge, Fountain City, Tenn. 9 (1927) Jackie Jensen, San Francisco, Calif. 17 (1931) Ray Beck, Bowden, Ga. 9-(d – 1937) Walter Steffen, Chicago, Ill. 17 (1967) Johnny Bailey, Houston, Texas 9-(d – 1971) Barry Wood, Tamaica Plain, Mass. 17-(d – 1965) , Stockton, Calif. 9-(d – 2005) , La Quinta, Calif. 17-(d – 1992) Frank Carideo, Ocean Springs, Miss. 10 (1927) Bill Fischer, Chicago, Ill. 18 (1905) , Cleveland, Ohio 10 (1949) Chip Kell, , Ga. 18 (1906) Frank Wickhorst, Aurora, Ill. 10 (1960) Bill Stromberg, , Md. 18 (1910) Wear Schoonover, Pocahontas, Ark. 10-(d – 1919) John Dalton, Brooklyn, N.Y. 18 (1928) James Williams, Waco, Texas 10-(d – 1945) Ed “Robbie” Robinson, Boston, Mass. 18 (1932) Dave Maurer, Duquesne, Pa. 10-(d – 1954) Frank Thomas, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 18 (1938) , Santa Fe, N.M. 11 (1893) Ellery Huntington, Nashville, Tenn. 18 (1961) Curt Warner, Pineville, W.Va. 11 (1894) Bernie Bierman, Springfield, Minn. 18-(d – 1975) Biggie Munn, Lansing, Mich. 11-(d – 1979) Beattie Feathers, Winston-Salem, N.C. 18-(d – 1984) John Smith, West Hartford, Conn. 11-(d - 1995) Herb McCracken, Ocean Ridge, Fla. 18-(d – 2000) Bob Blackman, Hilton Head, S.C. 12 (1880) Bobby Marshall, Milwaukee, Wis. 19 (1913) Nello Falaschi, Dos Palos, Calif. 12-(d – 1968) Bill Hollenbeck, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19 (1914) , Dubuque, Iowa 12-(d – 1983) Ki Aldrich, Coffeyville, Kan. 19 (1931) George Morris, Vicksburg, Miss. 12-(d – 1987) , Upper Arlington, Ohio 19-(d – 1977) , Menlo Park, Calif. 13 (1918) George McAfee, Ironton, Ohio 20 (1906) Ben Stevenson, Smith Mills, Mo. 13 (1938) Joe Bellino, Winchester, Mass. 20 (1909) Marchmont “Marchy” Schwartz, , La. 13 (1969) Chris Zorich, Chicago, Ill. 20-(d – 1910) James Hogan, New Haven, Conn. 13-(d – 1932) Percy Wendell, Boston, Mass, 21 (1884) Jim McCormick, Boston, Mass. 14 (1903) Ed Weir, Superior, Neb. 21 (1889) , Coupar Angus, Scotland 14 (1936) Dr. Jim Swink, Sacul, Texas 21 (1951) John Hicks, Cleveland, Ohio 14 (1943) Charlie Green, Dayton, Ohio 21-(d – 1971) Gomer Jones, New York City 14 (d – 1925) Walter Camp, New York City 21-(d – 1995) Frank Merritt, Clearwater, Fla. 15 (1898) Clarence Swanson, Wakefield, Neb. 22 (1879) Art Poe, Baltimore, Md. 15 (1926) , Eagle Butte, S.D. 22 (1931) Billy Vessels, Cleveland, Okla. 15 (1937) , Osage, Iowa 22 (1954) Ross Browner, Warren, Ohio 15 (1956) , Muscle Shoals, Ala. 22 (1960) Jimbo Covert, Conway, Pa. 15-(d – 1990) Tom Harmon, Los Angeles, Calif. 22-(d – 1993) Jack Riley, Kenilworth, Ill. 15-(d – 2006) Dick Wildung, Minneapolis, Minn. 23 (1886) Nathan Dougherty, Hales Mill, Va. 16 (1872) Phillip King, Washington, D.C. 23-(d – 1934) George Woodruff, Harrisburg, Pa. 16 (1920) , Townsend, Tenn. 23-(d – 1977) , Beckley, W. Va. 16-(d – 1943) , POW Camp in Japan 23-(d – 1980) Frank Sundstrom, Summit, N.J. 16-(d – 2006) Bill Hartman, Athens, Ga. 24-(d - 1930) , Chicago, Ill. 17 (1871) John Outland, Hesper, Kan. 24-(d – 1947) Dr. John Outland, Laguna Beach, Calif. 17 (1876) , Cimarron, N.M. The College Football Historian-15 - Champion is made by the .

25 (1909) Frank Howard, Barlow Bend, Ala. Have you ever wished you 25-(d – 1983) Edwin “Goat” Hale, Jackson, Miss. knew how many times your 26 (1870) Lee McClung, Knoxville, Tenn. favorite school has been 26 (1899) , Sumter, S.C. 26 (1899) Harry Kipke, Lansing, Mich. ranked; but with little time to 26 (1906) Rip Engle, Elk Lick, Pa. do the research? 26 (1960) , San Diego, Calif. 27 (1898) , Warren, Ohio George Macor has compiled an 27 (1921) Malcolm Kutner, Dallas, Texas exclusive database on the 27 (1922) Alex Agase, Chicago, Ill. teams that have been ranked 27-(d – 2006) , Holland, Mich. 28 (1899) Buck Shaw, Mitchellville, Iowa in the 75-year old poll--and in 28-(d – 1953) , Lomita, Calif. very detailed information and 28-(d – 1955) Art Howe, Plymouth, N.H. facts. 28-(d – 1962) Bob Neyland, New Orleans, La. 29 (1902) Don Miller, Defiance, Ohio One feature of this database is 29 (1906) Jim Bausch, Marion Junction, S.D. the record of each national 29 (1955) , Tyler, Texas champion and its coaches. 29-(d – 1986) Bill Murray, Durham, N.C. 30 (1914) Bob Reynolds (Stanford), Morris, Okla. Other interesting aspects 30 (1935) Willie Gallimore, St. Augustine, Fla. 31 (1938) Bob Anderson (Army), Elizabeth, N.J. contained this source is the 31 (1950) Ed Marinaro, New York City week-by-week ranking of each 31-(d – 1931) Knute Rockne, Bazaar, Kan. team in the final poll; annual 31-(d – 1952) Bo McMillin, Bloomington, Ind. match-up of teams in the final 31-(d – 2003) George Connor, Chicago, Ill. poll against the other...and LOTS MORE! * * * AP Poll Database Subscribers of The College Football Historian can By Tex Noel/Editor TCFH download the entire database from Macor's website: Since 1936 one of college http://www.georgemacor.co football’s sources when it m/ comes to ranking teams and eventually a National While on the site, visitors will also be able to access other The College Football Historian-16 - Jim Gumm databases for major sporting Sports Editor "The Kickoff" events as well. In 1964 the Missouri Valley Conference wanted every school to * * * play 4 league games. Since Cincinnati and Louisville had only FROM WITHIN THE MEMBERSHIP scheduled 3 conference games, This will be a regular feature when the the Missouri Valley information becomes available… Conference came up with a unique consisting of when one of our members solution. is recognized for his/her The conference game between accomplishments. Cincinnati and North Texas TCFH subscriber Scott McGinnins is State counted as 1 conference game the SID at Washington & Jefferson. He for North Texas State but as 2 is a busy man; he compiles the conference games for Cincinnati. The Cincinnati statistics and publicity for many Bearcats won the game 27-6, so successful athletic teams at the school Cincinnati was awarded with 2 on the NCAA III level. conference wins in one day The Washington & Jefferson College while North Texas State received the men’s athletic programs lead the 2010- normal 1 conference loss. 11 Presidents’ Athletic Conference The conference game between All-Sports Trophy race by nine points Louisville and North Texas heading into the spring season. If the State counted as 1 conference game Presidents hold on, W&J would claim a for North Texas State but as 2 seventh consecutive Men’s All-Sports conference games for Trophy. Louisville. North Texas State won the game 22-0 and added, again, a * * * normal 1 win to their 1964 conference ledger, however Unusual Conference Louisville was set back with 2 Games conference losses. subscription to The Kick-off. If you’re Jim has also been kind enough to offer interested, just send him an email at TCFH subscribers a complimentary [email protected]. The College Football Historian-17 -

From Richard Topp’s American College Football Scorebase

Lake Forest-Rush Medical---was fell through, Lake Forest dropped 3-6-0 in 1895. Both schools were out and Michigan took their place. to merge in 1896, and that fell Hmmmmm! What if...??? through. Lake Forest attended a Here is the 1895 season. There meeting at the Palmer House were THREE schools involved, Hotel in Chicago called by the Lake Forest, Rush Medical and President of Purdue; it was to form Lake Forest/Rush Medical. a conference. When the merger

DATE COLLEGE GAME D PTS OPTS SITE Sep 28 1895 Lake Forest Chicago YMCA W 6 0 Lake Forest, Ill. Oct 5 1895 Lake Forest Chicago L 0 52 Chicago, Ill. Oct 9 1895 Lake Forest Armour Institute L 0 14 Chicago, Ill.

Oct 5 1895 Rush Medical Chicago AA L 0 30 Chicago, Ill.

Oct 12 1895 Lake Forest-Rush Medical Wisconsin L 5 26 Madison, Wisc. Oct 19 1895 Lake Forest-Rush Medical Illinois Cycling Club W 6 0 Chicago, Ill. Oct 22 1895 Lake Forest-Rush Medical Chicago AA L 0 30 Chicago, Ill. Oct 26 1895 Lake Forest-Rush Medical Michigan L 0 40 Ann Arbor, Mich. Oct 28 1895 Lake Forest-Rush Medical Michigan Academy W 16 0 Detroit, Mich. Oct 31 1895 Lake Forest-Rush Medical Northwestern L 0 24 Evanston, Ill. Nov 2 1895 Lake Forest-Rush Medical Illinois L 0 38 Champaign, Ill. Nov 16 1895 Lake Forest-Rush Medical Wabash W 26 0 Crawfordsville, Ind. Nov 28 1895 Lake Forest-Rush Medical Beloit L 0 18 Elgin, Ill.

If they were in the Big Ten they would be 0-5-0 for 1895. But there was no conference in 1895.

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Mel Smith found and submitted the following:

[©1934 by The North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.]

Appeared in The Cleveland Plain-Dealer of Dec. 6, 1934 'Rating the Football Titans' The College Football Historian-18-

By

He asked about 20 coaches at a recent meeting and got this rating for the teams of 1934: 1) Minnesota - Power, speed, skill & squad strength 2) Alabama - to be decided New Year's Day 2) Stanford - to be decided New Year's Day 4) Pittsburgh - given practically an even chance against Alabama & Stanford 5) Ohio State- given practically an even chance against Alabama & Stanford 6) Rice - rated only a shade below the leaders, with one of the best backfields in football Then there is mention of the best open field play of Colgate and Navy.

This rating may stir up a noisy squawk in many football centers, but is the majority vote of coaches.

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During the decade of the 1930s Teams ranked were not limited to (1931-39 to be more precise) the college football; but all sports. Associated Press conducted and However, only teams from the released a “Team of the Year Poll.” collegiate gridiron are listed below. College Football Overall AP Team of the Year [College Year Rank Football Teams only] AP Rank 1931 1 Southern California 1st 2 Army 4th St. Mary's CA (win over Southern 3 California) 5th 4 Tulane 7th 5 Oklahoma City (with a 12-0 record) 8th The College Football Historian -19-

not ranked Columbia & Michigan (for its defenses) not ranked

1932 1 Colgate 2nd 2 Southern California 3rd

1933 1 Princeton 2nd 2 Michigan 4th 3 Army 5th 4 Stanford (win over Southern California) 6th -tied 5 Oregon State (Iron Men Team) 8th 6 Columbia 10th 7 Iowa 12th -tied

1934 1 (1)* Minnesota 2nd 2 (3) Alabama 5th 3 (2) Stanford 12th 4 (7) Navy 13th tied (nr) Yale 13th -tied 6 (8) Colgate 15th -tied (nr) Columbia 15th -tied 8 Knox College 19th -tied* LaSalle College 19th -tied*

1935 1 Minnesota 2nd 2 SMU 3rd 3 Princeton 4th 4 Notre Dame 7th 5 Alabama 12th The College Football Historian - -20-

1936 1 (1)* Minnesota 2nd 2 (2) LSU 6th 3 (6) Santa Clara 17th -tied 3 (12) Yale 17th -tied 3 (14) Duquesne 17th -tied

1937 1 (1)* Pittsburgh 2nd 2 (4) Alabama 8th -tie 2 (2) California 8th -tie 2 (5) Minnesota 8th -tie 5 (3) Fordham 12th -tie 6 (nr) Lafayette 17th - tied

1938 1 (1)* TCU 2nd 2 (5) Notre Dame 3rd 3 (2) Duke 4th 4 (2) Tennessee 10th 5 (6) Carnegie Tech 12th -tied 5 (15) Fordham 12th -tied 7 (nr) SMU 18th -tied

1939 1 (9)* Iowa 2nd 2 (3) Southern California 3rd 3 (2) Tennessee 4th 4 (4) Cornell 5th 5 (1) Texas A&M 6th The College Football Historian -21-

6 (nr) Penn State 18th -tied 7 (5) Tulane 23rd *(Final AP Football Poll Ranking) Originally appeared in an issue of the the scores comparing very favorably CFRA Bulletin; used by permission of with those made against Stevens by the members of the Eastern Foot Bob Kirlin, Editor. Ball League. * * * Her score with Princeton was remarkable more than that, phenomenal as is no game except THE STAGE the ones with Harvard and Yale has Princeton been compelled to content Sporting Life, 1887 herself with 30 points, which was all she could make against Rutgers. Lafayette fairly out-played us and FOOT BALL AT RUTGERS won two games in a style that showed her to be Rutgers' superior The Excellent Showing Made at One at foot ball. of the Minor Schools of Learning. Our games with the University of NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Nov. 29. Pennsylvania and Williams we fairly Editor SPORTING LIFE: won, although in both cases the Rutgers, although compelled to score showed against us. In the choose her team from 150 men, has former Pennsylvania, with both this season made a record to which referees, refused to call the game she can point with pride. when time was up, and forced five minutes more play, in which the She defeated Stevens in two games, game was lost. New Haven, the same score which At Williamstown, after holding the Williams, with her own referee, held lead 6 to 4 until within a few her to at Williamstown; 74-0 with minutes of time, the referee allowed Yale and 30-0 with Princeton is two foul passes, both of which indeed a record to which the friends resulted in touch-downs and the of Rutgers can point with pride.

The College Football Historian-22 - An effort will be made to enter the Intercollegiate Association this year, loss of the game. Our score with and Rutgers will be heard from next Yale shows our superiority over year on the field, as only one man of Williams, as we played Yale 74 0 at the present team leaves college.

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From old issues of Baseball Magazine

A Forecast of the Coming Season of 1911 and the Prospects for 1912 Football Season By M. V. B. LYONS Signs of Life on the Gridiron—A Few Reflections on the

While it is impossible to predict the alone sufficient to gain for her brilliant records that will be made possession of the coveted football on the gridiron this fall, every crown. It is a rare event when season is, at least in a measure, a Princeton defeats Yale and still rarer reflection of the season which has when she wins undisputed gone before. possession of the championship of college football. Football changes in every department, the rules are revised * * * every year, and every year the championship falls with steady By W. J. Menke impartiality upon some new In 1914 the W. & J. eleven mingled contender. in eleven gridiron battles. It won Last year was a glorious year for ten. It's only defeat was at the Princeton. Her triple victory over hands of Harvard, by a 10 to 9 score Dartmouth, Harvard and Yale was —and it had Harvard beaten until almost the last minute of play, when like the St. George ground, at Staten a stroke of Island, was at command, led to a very bitter feeling of animosity between the contesting elevens.

The two teams were made up as follows-Princeton.— Rushers—H. The College Football Historian-23 - Hodge, Cook, Cowan, George, Irvine, Moore, Wagenhorst; quarter-back— luck enabled the 1914 football R. Hodge; half-backs—Price and champions to score a goal from field. Ames; fullback—Savage, (captain).

The Closing Match of the scheduled Yale.—Rushers—Wallace, Gill, series of games of the Inter- Woodruff, Corbin, Carter, Burke, Collegiate Association’s Corwin, (captain;) quarter-hack— championship contests for 1886, Beecher; half-backs—Watkinson took place at Princeton on and Morrison; full-back—Bull. Thanksgiving day, under the most unpromising conditions or a We have not space for any details. satisfactory issue of the contest it Suffice it to say, therefore, that would be possible to imagine. during the first half not a point was scored on either side which was The contestants were the elevens of acknowledged by Referee Harris. In Yale and Princeton; and two teams the second half, however, Yale of the Association clubs never scored a touchdown, thereby entered a field under conditions securing 4 points to 0 in the game. better calculated to elect ill-feeling and give Princeton did on this Before the second half could be occasion. concluded, darkness and the increased inclemency of the weather In the first place the lay to bad necessitated the calling of “Time” temper than the players of Yale and before the regular limit time had ground was unfit for play, owing to been reached, avoidable delays the rain-storm which prevailed having rendered the playing out of during the contest. Secondly, the the full time before dark impossible. arrangements for the accommodation of the crowd were The final result was that Yale simply wretched, and lastly, the claimed a victory by 4 to 0, and course pursued by Princeton in Princeton claimed a drawn match insisting upon playing on such a on the ground of full time not field, when a model neutral field, having been played out. The question was left to the Inter- During these years, 1876-1886, Collegiate Association to settle, and football continued to occupy a larger on November 27, at a meeting held place among American games, until in New York, the contest was it came to be what it now is, a most officially declared a drawn match. attractive feature of the school and college life in this country and a delight to all who have any The College Football Historian-24 - understanding of it. It was not until 1886 that Harvard This leaves Princeton in possession Cumnock’s influence upon his men of the championship which they was very great, both in and off the won in 1885. Princeton afterward field, and he was ably assisted by challenged Yale to play at the Polo the coaches of his choice, for it is a grounds on December 4, but Yale well-known fact that a share of the stood by the decision of the success of the team belongs Association meeting . respectively to Mr. George Adams, * * * ex-Captain “Joe” Sears, Mr. Geo. A. Stewart and Dr. Conant among Recent Football at Harvard other helpers. A. Longdrop, Outing, 1891 George Adams was the chief instigator in getting football at The Rugby game of football was Harvard on its feet again, and W. A. introduced here from in Brooks was made captain of the 1876 by Harvard, and the first team. This was the fall of 1886. championship was won by Harvard. Adams coached the team and was Since that time, or rather during the induced to play end rush toward the following decade, most of the credit close of the season. for improving and adapting the game here belongs to Yale. Harvard The final match of the season was having ushered in the game, seemed something of an anti-climax, for it to lose her initiatory grip, and Yale, was hardly to be supposed that being favored by a succession of Princeton could recover sufficiently men who showed special aptitude from the Manheim defeat to turn the and interest in this new sport, made tables upon Yale, and thus tie all extraordinary progress and for many three, Pennsylvania, Princeton and years held almost uninterrupted Yale, for the Intercollegiate sway over the football field. championship. Princeton played a far stronger game than was expected, and Yale, with the exception of the first two minutes, in the result proved that there was not which, by beautiful execution, she nearly the fancied difference made a touchdown, played with but between the playing of the two little vigor and dash. teams.

Before the largest audience of the Yale opened with the ball, and the year, variously estimated from wonderful precision of her play 35,000 to 45,000 people, the Yale during the first few minutes showed and Princeton teams met on the possibilities of her game. Starting with a wedge, her team The College Football Historian-25 - moved up ten yards. Then the ball was passed to C. D. Bliss, who Thanksgiving day. The weather was carried it five yards ahead and clear and cold, but just suited for twenty yards to the left. Instantly the players. Yale came upon the upon the lining up the ball went to field with everything in her favor, all L. Bliss, who, swinging over to the the machinery of her game having other side of the field, gave his been thoroughly tested and proved interferers a chance to fall in, and in two hard-fought matches. behind that little bank of three men There was no substitute on her went straight down, and, crossing team: the same eleven men that had line after line, finally deposited the faced and beaten first University of ball behind the Princeton goal. Such Pennsylvania, and then Harvard, an opening must have made lined up for the final contest of the Princeton’s task a doubly hard one, year. It was an undefeated and a for the game was uphill from the veteran team, and it looked it as the very start. Yet from this point there men came out upon the field. was little to choose between the two Princeton, on the other hand, had teams. Princeton forced the play lost prestige by the defeat at the near enough to the Yale goal to try hands of Pennsylvania. Some of her twice for a field kick, but neither men had by no means recovered attempt succeeded. A stopped from the tremendous efforts they of Homans, well followed down by made in that game to stem the tide Stillman, gave Yale a second touch- of defeat which had set in so heavily down and goal in the second half; against them, and finally they must but when Yale, toward the end of have felt the effect of the lack of the game, had the ball almost on confidence expressed in them by Princeton’s five-yard line, the orange many of their own friends and and black out-played the blue and sympathizers. It looked as though forced the ball out of the danger Yale would win by a large score, but point by a wonderful rally, and the game finally ended with the score 12 to 0 in Yale’s favor, which was far closer than the score of the previous season.