Region Football Weekly – Episode Nine – 10/15/26
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This Day in Region Football History: 10/8
1954 - A missed extra point attempt gave the Hammond High Wildcats a 14-victory of the Lew Wallace Hornets. 1965 - The Hobart Brickies survive the Panthers of Roosevelt by a 13-12 score at old Gilroy Stadium on the far north side of the Glen Park section of Gary. 1982…
This Day in Region Football History: 10/1
1965 - The Hammond Tech Tigers defeat their neighbor and nemesis Hammond High 14-6. The loss contributed to 4-5 record for the Wildcats - their first losing season since 1957. 1965 - Eddie Herbert’s Hornets of Lew Wallace win a black and blue slugfest at Gary’s Gilroy Stadium by a…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/29
1966 - Chet Lukowski goes to 4-0 as a head coach of EC Roosevelt against Hammond High with a 40-14 win on Sohl Street in Hammond. 1967 - Chet Lukowski improves to 5-0 as a head coach of EC Roosevelt against Hammond High thanks to a 28-18 Roughrider victory. 1967…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/28
1962 - The Hammond High Wildcats remain undefeated with a 20-0 win over the school next door - Hammond Tech. It\'s the second shutout of the season for the Cats and the first of four straight. Krueger\'s club went 10-0 and allowed just 27 points against. The High would be…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/27
1963 - Terry Sheehan gets his first win as head coach of the Lowell Red Devils, a 13-7 victory over Merrillville. The victory would help Lowell to a 5-4-1 mark in \'63 - just their second winning season in the last 15 years. 1974 - Mike Jennings and his Lew…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/26
1975 - Mike Jennings and his Lew Wallace Hornets got the better of John Friend and the Munster Mustangs 16-6 at Barney Hill Field on Columbia Avenue. 1997 - The Griffith Panthers move to 5-1 with a 20-13 victory over the Lowell Red Devils. The following week Rusty\'s renegades topped…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/25
1936 - Behind the blocking of the great Eddie Herbert, Tom Harmon and the Horace Mann Horsemen, claw their way past the Hammond High Wildcats 6-0. The Horsemen, and their future Heisman Trophy winner Harmon, finish the season at 8-1. Some still wonder how anyone beat them. 1936 - EC…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/24
1976 - Defending 3A state champion Valpo improves to 5-0 with a 30-16 win at Chesterton. 1976 - The Merrillville Pirates double up on the Portage Indians by a score of 20-10. The Pirates get their fifth win of 11 wins en route to the school\'s only football state title.…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/23
1949 - Pete Rusinski’s Roughriders ride rough shot over the Horsemen of Horace Mann 31-0. It’s the third of 10 straight wins for ECR, who would add another mythical championship to the collection for their efforts during the ‘49 season. 1966 - The Wirt Troopers moved their winning streak to…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/22
1967 - It was close, but quarterback Jerry Perkins and the Wirt Troopers won their 17th straight game - a 7-6 nailbiter at Bulldog Turf in Crown Point. 1972 - Harry Szurlborski and his Golden Tornadoes of Emerson High School beat Gary Wallace 29-0 at Gilroy Stadium. The Tornado went…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/21
1929 - The Hobart Brickies open up their third season of football with a 36-0 home shutout of Valpo. These were the years before Brickie Bowl. Does anyone know where in Hobart this game would have been played? 1945 - Hobart and Lowell battle it out in a black and…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/20
1952 - Morton High School plays its first ever varsity football game. The Governors, coached by Maury Zlotnik, travel to the shores of Lake Michigan where they lose to the Whiting Oilers 52-18. 1963 - Tom Kurt and his Griffith Panthers get the best of a good Gary Wirt…
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This Day in Region Football History: 10/8
1954 - A missed extra point attempt gave the Hammond High Wildcats a 14-victory of the Lew Wallace Hornets. 1965 - The Hobart Brickies survive the Panthers of Roosevelt by a 13-12 score at old Gilroy Stadium on the far north side of the Glen Park section of Gary. 1982…
Today in Sports History: 10/8
1933 – Cliff Battles of the Boston Redskins becomes the first player in NFL history to run for more than 200 yards in a game as he picked up 215 yards on the ground in a 21-20 win over the Giants. 1956 – Don Larsen throws a perfect game as…
This Day in Region Football History: 10/1
1965 - The Hammond Tech Tigers defeat their neighbor and nemesis Hammond High 14-6. The loss contributed to 4-5 record for the Wildcats - their first losing season since 1957. 1965 - Eddie Herbert’s Hornets of Lew Wallace win a black and blue slugfest at Gary’s Gilroy Stadium by a…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/29
1966 - Chet Lukowski goes to 4-0 as a head coach of EC Roosevelt against Hammond High with a 40-14 win on Sohl Street in Hammond. 1967 - Chet Lukowski improves to 5-0 as a head coach of EC Roosevelt against Hammond High thanks to a 28-18 Roughrider victory. 1967…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/28
1962 - The Hammond High Wildcats remain undefeated with a 20-0 win over the school next door - Hammond Tech. It\'s the second shutout of the season for the Cats and the first of four straight. Krueger\'s club went 10-0 and allowed just 27 points against. The High would be…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/27
1963 - Terry Sheehan gets his first win as head coach of the Lowell Red Devils, a 13-7 victory over Merrillville. The victory would help Lowell to a 5-4-1 mark in \'63 - just their second winning season in the last 15 years. 1974 - Mike Jennings and his Lew…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/26
1975 - Mike Jennings and his Lew Wallace Hornets got the better of John Friend and the Munster Mustangs 16-6 at Barney Hill Field on Columbia Avenue. 1997 - The Griffith Panthers move to 5-1 with a 20-13 victory over the Lowell Red Devils. The following week Rusty\'s renegades topped…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/25
1936 - Behind the blocking of the great Eddie Herbert, Tom Harmon and the Horace Mann Horsemen, claw their way past the Hammond High Wildcats 6-0. The Horsemen, and their future Heisman Trophy winner Harmon, finish the season at 8-1. Some still wonder how anyone beat them. 1936 - EC…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/24
1976 - Defending 3A state champion Valpo improves to 5-0 with a 30-16 win at Chesterton. 1976 - The Merrillville Pirates double up on the Portage Indians by a score of 20-10. The Pirates get their fifth win of 11 wins en route to the school\'s only football state title.…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/23
1949 - Pete Rusinski’s Roughriders ride rough shot over the Horsemen of Horace Mann 31-0. It’s the third of 10 straight wins for ECR, who would add another mythical championship to the collection for their efforts during the ‘49 season. 1966 - The Wirt Troopers moved their winning streak to…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/22
1967 - It was close, but quarterback Jerry Perkins and the Wirt Troopers won their 17th straight game - a 7-6 nailbiter at Bulldog Turf in Crown Point. 1972 - Harry Szurlborski and his Golden Tornadoes of Emerson High School beat Gary Wallace 29-0 at Gilroy Stadium. The Tornado went…
Today in Sports History: 9/21
1929 – The Hobart Brickies open up their third season of football with a 36-0 home shutout of Valpo. These were the years before Brickie Bowl. Does anyone know where in Hobart this game would have been played? 1934 – St. Louis Cardinals pitchers, and brothers, Dizzy and Paul Dean…
This Day in Region Football History: 9/21
1929 - The Hobart Brickies open up their third season of football with a 36-0 home shutout of Valpo. These were the years before Brickie Bowl. Does anyone know where in Hobart this game would have been played? 1945 - Hobart and Lowell battle it out in a black and…