Murphysboro High School - Crimson and Corn Yearbook (Murphysboro, IL)

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Managers busy themselves preparing for oncoming season. CHESTER Murphysboro used Chester fumbles together with a strong running attack to trounce Chester by a score of 37-0. The Red Devil defense again proved to be one of Southem Illinois' best. ANNA Murphysboro's underdog Red Devils next traveled to Anna to face the unbeaten Wildcats for the Conference Champion- ship. Murphysboro came within a fraction of pulling an upset but had to settle with a 0-0 tie, when their 3rd period touch- down was called back on a penalty. The devils outplayed the DON GENOVESE - Quarterback Wildcats in every department but had to surrender the Championship to them because of the tie. A victory would have given the Devils the Championship. CARBONDALE The traditional game between these two rivals was featured by an evenly fought first half. However, the Devils came back strong the second half and powered their way to a 20 -0 victory. HERRIN Murphysboro closed their season by play- ing Herrin. The Herrin Tigers won the game HJB SHADRON - Halfback JOHN WOOD - Halfback EDDIE FISHER - End . 5lv .fifty luv l

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DAN GLEASON - End DUQUOIN Team spirit was high as the squad traveled to DuQuoin to face a high rated DuQuoin team. However, there was never any doubt from the opening kickoff that this was Murphysboro's game as they trounced the Indians 41-0, BENTON Murphysboro continued to improve as they subdued their next foe on the list, Benton by a score of 22-6. The Devils had a near perfect first half as they held the Benton Rangers to a -4 yards rushing. WEST FRANKFORT A cocky Murphysboro team next traveled to West Frankfort where they leamed the value of being too sure of themselves. A spirited Red Bird team used a strong defense to hold Murphysboro to a 0-0 tie. The Devils drove to the West Frankfort one yard line in the closing minutes of the game, but could not get that final yard. HENRY SAUERBRUNN - Guard ,tsl Scuras gets pulled down after a 10 yard gain. SPARTA A flu stricken Murphysboro team put up a gallant fight but had to give up their first conference loss to a very strong Sparta team. Two of Sparta's touchdowns came about as a result of Murphysboro fumbles. The final score was Sparta 19, Devils O. BARRY CROMBAR - Halfback JIM SCURAS - Halfback Q39 0-Qt ii

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BF .args i. 4 DAN BEDINGER - Guard VARSITY COACHES Murphysboro's Red Devils were very ably coached by Coach Colbom, and newcomer Coach Ed Johnson. Their winning strategy and coaching tactics once again led the Devils on to a winning season. FROSH-SOPH COACHES With an experienced group of sophomores, Ridge Weatherly was able to coach his team to a successful season. His success at handl- ing the underclassmen has a great influence on Murphy's future teams and so Ridge should be given much credit for the excellent job he did. Very ably coaching the Freshman team was Mr. Steve Dozier, who also scoured for both the Varsity and Freshman-Sophomore teams. His scouting reports proved again to be an invaluable aid to both teams. HM RAINES - Tackle All -Conference Qlst teamy Q0 av- shi' ani' lilac BOB WRIGHT - Center Record 6 2 2 Points Scored Touchdowns Extra Points Yards Rushing First Downs Passes Attempted Passes Completed Coaches I -I MIKE O'LEARY - Halfback STATISTICS Yards on Passes 494 173 Own Fumbles Recovered 17 26 Fumbles 28 15 Points Scored on 64 1692 Touchdowns Scored on 10 107 E.P. Scored on 4 92 38 plan strategy for Carbondale game, X is 'X