Knox College Football Record Book 2019

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Knox College Football Record Book 2019 Knox College Football Record Book 2019 1919 Football Team, 8-0, Total Points: Knox 295, Opponents 7 Compiled by Tom Crabtree ‘72 Knox College All-time Football Records Table of Contents All-time Results by year 1 Record by Opponent – alphabetical 32 Record by Opponent – by winning percentage 33 Record by Opponent – by number of games 35 Record by Opponent – detailed year by year results 37 Individual Records – Offense Rushing 61 Passing 71 Receiving 79 Scoring 85 Total Offense 88 Individual Records – Special Teams Kick & Punt Returns 90 Kicking 97 Punting 103 All-Purpose Yards 107 Individual Records – Defense Interceptions 109 Miscellaneous Records 111 Tackles 112 All – Midwest Conference Selections 117 Coaching Records By winning percentage 122 Top 10 lists 123 Year-by-year Record 126 Knox College All-time Football Results Home/ Won/ Year Date Opponent Away Lost Knox Opp. Record 1884 "Knox played a somewhat impromptu game during the Thanksgiving Holidays and won." Monmouth? 1888 Head Coach: No coach during the early years 10/20/1888 Monmouth H W 15 0 Total 15 0 1-0 1889 No games known 1890 No games known, although there is a picture of the 1890 Knox Football Team in the Gale with V. E. Bassett listed as captain 1891 Head Coach: No coach during the early years Captain: George Cooke 10/2/1891 Monmouth A W 22 4 10/31/1891 Illinois Wesleyan H W 42 0 11/21/1891 Illinois A L 0 12 Total 64 16 2-1 1892 Head Coach: No coach during the early years Captain: Prince Weinberg 10/11/1892 Monmouth H W 28 24 10/29/1892 Iowa A L 0 44 Unknown St. Alban's Academy Unknown W 14 0 Total 42 24 2-1 1893 Head Coach: No coach during the early years Captain: Frank Standard 10/7/1893 Monmouth H W 6 4 10/14/1893 Eureka H W 22 0 10/21/1893 Peoria A.C. H W 42 0 11/11/1893 Monmouth A L 0 18 11/18/1893 Illinois College H W 30 0 Total 100 22 4-1 1894 Head Coach: No fulltime coach, but George Cook ("one of the best coaches in Illinois") helped the team prepare for the final Monmouth game Captain: R. H. Rice 9/22/1894 Peoria A.C. H W 10 6 9/29/1894 St. Alban's Academy A L 10 16 10/6/1894 Illinois College A L 6 32 10/13/1894 Cambridge A. C. H W 38 0 11/10/1894 Cambridge A. C. A L 4 10 11/17/1894 Monmouth A L 0 23 11/24/1894 Monmouth H W 6 0 11/29/1894 St. Alban's Academy H T 0 0 Total 74 87 3-4-1 Knox College All-time Football Results -- compiled by Tom Crabtree, class of 1972 Page 1 Home/ Won/ Year Date Opponent Away Lost Knox Opp. Record 1895 Head Coach: J. L. D. Morrison Knox's first coach Captain: Roy L. "Pop" Sanford Games played at East Main Street Park 10/3/1895 Monmouth * W 8 4 10/5/1895 Illinois College * L 16 22 10/12/1895 Parsons H W 16 0 10/19/1895 Monmouth A W 12 11 10/26/1895 Eureka H W 14 4 11/2/1895 Moline H.S. H W 70 0 11/16/1895 Monmouth H W 28 0 11/28/1895 St. Alban's Academy H T 0 0 Total 164 41 6-1-1 * The first two games of the season were played at Carlinville as a part of the State Games 1896 Head Coach: Stephen Chase Captain: Robert L. Reiley 10/3/1896 Iowa Wesleyan A L 0 10 10/7/1896 Parsons H T 10 10 10/10/96 Illinois A L 4 70 10/17/1896 Iowa Wesleyan H L 6 10 10/24/1896 Monmouth H L 0 18 10/31/1896 Eureka H W 10 4 11/14/1896 Eureka A L 0 40 11/21/1896 Drake H W 6 0 11/26/1896 Monmouth A L 0 12 Total 36 174 2-6-1 1897 Head Coach: Wilfred Arnold Captain: George R. Martin 10/2/1897 Iowa Wesleyan H L 0 19 10/9/1897 Parsons H W 10 0 10/16/1897 Eureka A W 12 0 10/30/1897 Illinois State H W 14 0 11/2/1897 Monmouth A W 12 6 11/12/1897 Illinois A L 0 64 11/20/1897 Monmouth H L 0 14 11/25/1897 Monmouth A L 0 12 Total 48 115 4-4-0 1898 Head Coach: G.D. Stuart Coach Stuart became Monmouth coach in 1899 Captain: Clyde A. Finley Games moved to Willard Field where they would be played until 1967 9/24/1898 Chicago A L 0 22 10/1/1898 Iowa H T 0 0 10/7/1898 Eureka H W 6 0 10/15/1898 Monmouth H W 10 5 10/18/1898 Streator H W 11 0 10/29/1898 Monmouth A W 5 0 11/5/1898 Eureka A W 18 0 11/12/1898 Bradley H W 32 0 11/24/1898 Beloit H W 18 0 Total 100 27 7-1-1 Knox College All-time Football Results -- compiled by Tom Crabtree, class of 1972 Page 2 Home/ Won/ Year Date Opponent Away Lost Knox Opp. Record 1899 Head Coach: Mark G. Gonterman Captain: Archie Dodge 9/23/1899 Chicago A L 0 40 9/30/1899 Iowa Wesleyan H W 11 0 10/7/1899 Illinois H L 0 5 10/14/1899 Grinnell H W 6 5 10/28/1899 Eureka H W 35 0 11/4/1899 Washington U. A L 5 6 11/11/1899 Eureka A W 34 0 11/18/1899 Iowa H L 0 33 11/30/1899 Beloit H T 6 6 Total 97 95 4-4-1 Monmouth cancelled all of this year's games due to "eligibility" issues 1900 Head Coach: Edgar M. Clinton Captain: Arthur G. Harbaugh (through 1st Monmouth game), Michael H. Walker (balance of season) 9/22/1900 Carthage H W 34 0 9/29/1900 Chicago A L 0 16 10/13/1900 Illinois A L 0 16 10/20/1900 Monmouth H W 23 0 10/27/1900 Illinois Wesleyan H W 23 0 11/3/1900 Northwestern A L 5 11 11/9/1900 Lombard H W 24 0 11/13/1900 Princeton Athletic Club A W 18 0 11/17/1900 Monmouth A W 11 6 11/29/1900 Beloit A L 0 43 Total 138 92 6-4-0 1901 Head Coach: John Frederick McLean Captain: Henning Ackerson 9/21/1901 Iowa Wesleyan H W 38 0 10/5/1901 Chicago A L 0 6 10/12/1901 Monmouth H W 16 6 10/15/1901 St. Alban's Academy A W 17 0 10/19/1901 Wisconsin A L 5 22 10/26/1901 Cornell College H W 21 5 11/2/1901 Iowa A L 6 23 11/9/1901 Monmouth A W 50 0 11/12/1901 Princeton Athletic Club A T 6 6 11/15/1901 Lombard H W 41 0 11/23/1901 Eureka H W 16 0 11/28/1901 Lake Forest H W 17 0 Total 233 68 8-3-1 1902 Head Coach: John Frederick McLean College Champions of the West Captain: Fred Ewing 9/20/1902 Rock Island Athletic Club H W 46 0 9/27/1902 Upper Iowa H W 45 0 10/4/1902 Chicago A L 0 5 10/11/1902 Gem City Business College A W 10 0 10/17/1902 Eureka H W 18 0 10/25/1902 Northwestern A W 15 0 10/29/1902 Kansas H W 5 0 11/8/1902 Notre Dame * W 12 5 11/15/1902 Nebraska A L 0 7 11/21/1902 Lombard H W 17 0 11/27/1902 Chicago Dental School H W 68 5 Total 236 22 9-2 * game played in Rock Island, IL for college championship of the "West" Knox College All-time Football Results -- compiled by Tom Crabtree, class of 1972 Page 3 Home/ Won/ Year Date Opponent Away Lost Knox Opp. Record 1903 Head Coach: Nelson W. Willard Captain: Chester R. Montgomery 9/19/1903 Central Academy of Macomb H W 17 0 10/3/1903 Illinois A L 5 29 10/10/1903 Kirksville Osteopaths A L 0 17 10/17/1903 Chicago Physicians and Surgeons H W 20 0 10/24/1903 Wisconsin A L 6 54 10/31/1903 DePauw H W 10 0 11/3/1903 Lombard A L 0 6 11/7/1903 Nebraska A L 5 33 11/18/1903 Monmouth A L 0 11 11/26/1903 Beloit * W 23 0 Total 86 150 4-6 * game played in Rockford, IL 1904 Head Coach: Nelson W. Willard Captain: Franklin C. Howell 9/24/1904 Crescent Athletic Club H W 20 0 10/1/1904 Illinois A L 0 11 10/8/1904 Augustana H W 13 0 10/15/1904 Lake Forest H W 33 0 10/22/1904 Nebraska A L 0 34 10/29/1904 Monmouth H T 5 5 11/5/1904 Bradley H W 60 0 11/19/1904 Beloit H W 16 0 Total 147 50 5-2-1 1905 Head Coach: Fred Ewing Captain: John Hilding 9/23/1905 Peoria Socials H W 11 0 9/30/1905 Illinois A L 0 6 10/7/1905 Illinois Wesleyan H W 47 0 10/14/1905 Nebraska A L 0 16 10/21/1905 Moline Athletic Club H W 6 0 10/28/1905 Monmouth A L 6 12 11/4/1905 North Central H T 0 0 11/11/1905 Wabash A L 0 57 11/18/1905 Lake Forest H W 10 5 11/24/1905 Beloit A L 5 42 11/30/1905 Washington U.
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