Billerica Memorial High School - BMHS Yearbook (Billerica, MA)

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HOWE HIGH YEARBOOK jluz Jbbfbdff loam The football team of '44 started practice under the direction of Coach John Sullivan. When Coach Sullivan resigned, a new coach was not found until a few days before the first game. Meantime, showing the Howe High spirit, the football boys practised by themselves and got into good physical shape. Phil Collins was then appointed coach, and it was a confident team that entered the first game against Dracut. All season long the team was hampered by injuries and ineligibilities, but the boys played hard and attained a successful season. 1. HOWE 27 DRACUT 0 The Howe team proved to be the superior of the two teams that were rated as even bef-ore the game. The team got off to a flying start, which proved that Coach Collins had done an outstanding job in his few days as coach. 2. ST. lVIARY'S, WALTHAM 19 HOWE 0 This was a hard, gruelling game. After the Howe gridsters had held a big, well-trained St. Mary's team to a one touchdown lead for three-quarters of the game, the St. Mary's boys rolled over the tired Howe eleven for two more touchdowns, which sewed up the game. 128..

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HOWE HIGH YEARBOOK 3. HOWE 6 WILMINGTON 6 This g'ame was the season's heartbreaker. The Howe High grids- ters held a sparkling one touchdown edge for most of the game by virtue of their powerhouse running drive. Late in the last quarter, after the game had been all in. favor of the Howe team, Wilmington, tied the game by means of their good passing attack. The Howe High team's pass defense left something to be desired. 4. HOWE 6 WESTON 0 The Howe High eleven journeyed to Weston to play in the first morn- ing game of the year. The two teams battled on even terms until the Green and White pushed over the winning touchdown late in the last quarter. 5. LEXINGTON 1 HOWE 0 After the Howe team had beaten Lexington 6 to 0 in a game filled with thrills of goal line stands and hard running, the game had to be forfeited because of a violation of the eligibility rules. 6. HOWE 6 TEWKSBURY 0 The Howe gridsters entered enemy territory for the third time, and came out with another hard earned win. This game was mainly a battle between two big, evenly matched lines. After a Tewksbury touchdown was nullified earlier in the game, the Howe team penetrated Tewksbury's territory and end zone on a sustained march. On this march the Tewks- bury line made a great goal line stand, but the Howe boys had the stuff to put the ball over. 7. STONEI-IAM 13 HOWE 0 The Stoneham team was superb as it ground out a decisive win over the hard fighting Howe High eleven. Although the Howe boys tried hard, they were outclassed by Stoneham's big linemen and flashy backs, even so, a few breaks and the game would have ended in a tie. 8. CONCORD 19 HOWE 7 The Howe High team entered Concord's football field as a slight favorite, but they were completely outplayed throughout most of the game. The Howe team displayed power on their down march, but the rest of the game was all Concord's. Some hard practise followed this disappointing game. 9. HOWE 6 CHELMSFORD 6 The usual thriller took place on Chelmsford's field on Thanksgiving Day. The field was very muddyg but even so, each team displayed fine football. After Chelmsford had scored first on a line plunge after a long' march, the Green and White came back and scored on a short pass play. Both teams failed in their attempts to get the point after touchdown. The closeness of the game is seen when one realizes that each team got nine first downs. -291