1979 Football

Standings
School	Conference	Overall	Points for	Points against
Boylan	7-1	8-2	176	54
Freeport	7-1	8-1	150	50
West	6-2	7-2	184	95
Belvidere	4-4	5-4	185	117
East	4-4	4-5	90	121
Jefferson	3-5	3-6	158	177
Harlem	2-6	2-7	76	175
Auburn	2-6	2-7	66	205
Guilford	1-7	1-8	52	150

               

All-Conference
Offense	School	Position
Larry Brown	Belvidere	End
Jim O’Connor	Boylan	End
Tom Glamalva	Boylan	Tackle
Wes Winnekins	Freeport	Tackle
Mike Rhode	Belvidere	Guard
Malcom Fairbairn	Freeport	Guard
Jim Zielinski	Boylan	Center
Bill Monson	Belvidere	Quarterback
Joe Nicolosi	Boylan	Running back
Todd Jenkins	Freeport	Running back
Ricky Mitchell	West	Running back
Defense	School	Position
Bob Donelli	Boylan	Line
Craig Gustafson	East	Line
Tom Linebarger	Freeport	Line
Mike Adcock	Harlem	Line
Bill Satterlee	Boylan	Linebacker
Brock Spack	East	Linebacker
Jeff Buss	Freeport	Linebacker
Clyde Bailey	West	Linebacker
Casey Kahler	Belvidere	Defensive back
Mike Bierk	Freeport	Defensive back
Dorman Terry	West	Defensive back
Jim Fill	West	Punter
Larry Brown	Belvidere	Kicker
Ben Murray	Boylan	Coach

    

Leaders - Rushing
Player	School	Att.	Yards	Avg.
Mitchell	West	132	1,134	8.6
Nicolosi	Boylan	180	704	3.9
Guglieimetti	Jefferson	103	561	5.4
Jenkins	Freeport	119	550	4.6
Sims	Jefferson	84	518	6.2
Marshall	Jefferson	89	517	5.8
Linebarger	Freeport	86	491	5.7
Terry	West	83	483	5.8
Bell	Auburn	94	431	4.6
Brooks	Freeport	93	415	4.5
Arvidson	Guilford	79	391	4.9
Winckle	Belvidere	91	390	4.3
Jackson	East	84	363	4.3
Leslie	East	60	334	5.6
Hike	Harlem	44	317	7.2
Spooner	Belvidere	49	315	6.4
Emerson	Boylan	61	306	5.0

 

Passing
Player	School	G	Comp.	Att.	Pct.	Yards	TD	Int.
Ernst	Boylan		52	130	40.5%	963	9	8
Marshall	Jefferson		48	127	37.8%	675	3	8
Monson	Belvidere		36	95	37.9%	631	5	7
Witnyski	Freeport		37	80	46.3%	460	3	9
Hall	Harlem		39	117	33.3%	437	2	11
Olafson	Auburn		37	97	38.1%	374	2	7
Draheim	East		22	63	34.9%	350	2	6
R. Anderson	West		20	48	41.7%	310	6	2
Horton	Auburn		10	24	41.7%	255	4	3
Milbourn	East		10	21	47.6%	164	1	1

 

Receiving
Player	School	G	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD
Brown	Belvidere		25	510	20.4	5
O’Connor	Boylan		19	419	22.1	3
Carter	Auburn		17	336	19.8	3
Morrell	Jefferson		20	316	15.8	1
Richards	East		9	267	29.7	1
Rand	Belvidere		14	236	16.9	1
Gradozzi	Harlem		16	244	15.3	2
Vesley	Boylan		13	221	17.0	4
Lipscomb	Jefferson		12	212	17.7	1
Graham	Auburn		18	207	11.5	3
Bierk	Freeport		9	165	18.3	2
Sims	West		10	163	16.3	2

 

IHSA State Playoffs
First round (4A)	Antioch 14, Rockford Boylan 7

 

Breakout players
Player	School	College	Years
Todd Jenkins	Freeport	Northwestern	1980-1983
Tom Linebarger	Freeport	Iowa/SMU	1980-1984
Wes Winnekins	Freeport	Iowa State	1980-1981
Brock Spack	East	Purdue	1980-1983
Reggie Sims	West	Northern Illinois	1981-1984
Ricky Mitchell	West	Northern Illinois	1980-1984