Sunday, August 26, 2018

Football: 1964 West

Rockford West 13, Janesville 7

STATISTICS

 

RW

J

First downs

10

6

Rushing yardage

195

53

Passing yardage

0

0

Passes

0-4

2-14

Intercepted by

1

0

Punts

5-25

5-31.6

Fumbles lost

0

1

Yards penalized

85

30

SCORING SUMMARY

Rockford West …….. 0     7     0     6 – 13

Janesville …………….. 0     0     0     0 –  7 

RW – Maurice Cox, 3, run (Jim Keegan kick)

J – Bob Zentz, 3, run (John Betz kick)

RW – Jim Brown, 19, run (kick failed)

NOTES

Brown scored winning touchdown with 4:31 remaining.
Gary Henning set up first touchdown by recovering
a fumble on the Janesville 40.

 

Rockford West 21, Aurora East 17

STATISTICS

 

AE

RW

First downs

12

16

Rushing yardage

115

232

Passing yardage

115

28

Passes

5-11

2-7

Intercepted by

2

2

Punts

1-46

2-24

Fumbles lost

2

0

Yards penalized

40

25

SCORING SUMMARY

Aurora East ………………….. 0     7     7     3 – 17

Rockford West ……………. 14     0     0     7 – 21 

RW – Gary Henning, 12, pass from Chuck Ayersman (Jim Keegan kick)

RW – Keegan, 15, run (Keegan kick)

EA – Artice Goins, 30, interception return (Al Wagner kick)

EA – Goins, 17, pass from Locart (Wagner kick)

EA – Field goal, 16, Wagner

RW – Maurice Cox, 62, kickoff return (Keegan kick)

NOTES

East Aurora went ahead with 1:10 in the game on a field goal only
to see Maurice Cox return the kickoff for the game-winning score.

 

Rockford West 25, Rockford Boylan 6

STATISTICS

 

RW

B

First downs

19

3

Rushing yardage

305

166

Passing yardage

99

16

Passes

6-11

2-8

Intercepted by

1

0

Punts

X

X

Fumbles lost

2

1

Yards penalized

75

13

SCORING SUMMARY

Boylan ………………………….. 0     6     0     0 –  6

Rockford West ……………. 12     0     6     7 – 25 

RW – Jim Keegan, 5, run (kick failed)

RW – Maurice Cox, 20, run (kick failed)

B – Jerry Vickery, 96, run (pass failed)

RW – Cox, 67, run (kick failed)

RW – Cox, 3, run (Keegan kick)

NOTES

Cox gained 184 yards on 21 carries.

 

Rockford West 27, Rockford East 20

STATISTICS

 

RW

RE

First downs

11

18

Rushing yardage

242

172

Passing yardage

0

69

Passes

0-1

9-16

Intercepted by

1

0

Punts

1-46.0

1-26.0

Fumbles lost

0

1

Yards penalized

60

15

SCORING SUMMARY

Rockford West .…………….. 7     7     7     6   – 27

Rockford East ..……………… 0     7     0     13 – 20 

RW – Maurice Cox, 1, run (Jim Keegan kick)

RW – Cox, 8, run (Keegan kick)

RE – Perry Giardini, 1, run (Steve Copp kick)

RW – Cox, 1, run (Keegan kick)

RW – Tony Musso, 5, run (kick failed)

RE – Steve Miller, 3, run (Copp kick)

RE – Copp, 33, pass from Larry Franzen (kick missed)

NOTES

East ran 40 plays to West’s 17 in the second half.

 

Rockford West 6, Rockford Guilford 0

STATISTICS

 

West

Guilford

First downs

8

11

Rushing yardage

102

185

Passing yardage

23

0

Passes

1-2

0-2

Intercepted by

2

1

Punts

3-43

5-26

Fumbles lost

2

0

Yards penalized

25

20

SCORING SUMMARY

Rockford West .…………….. 6     0     0     0 – 6

Rockford East ..……………… 0     0     0     0 – 0 

RW – Tony Musso, 2, run (kick failed)

NOTES

A blocked punt set up the only touchdown.
Jim Keegan recovered the punt at the Guilford 7.

 

Rockford West 49, Freeport 6

STATISTICS

 

F

RW

First downs

5

26

Rushing yardage

11

433

Passing yardage

90

0

Passes

7-17

0-0

Intercepted by

1

X

Punts

6-29

3-29

Fumbles lost

0

0

Yards penalized

0

72

SCORING SUMMARY

Freeport .…………….. 0      0       6       0 –  6

Rockford West ..….. 7     14     21     7 – 49 

RW – Jim Keegan, 4, run (Chuck Ayersman run)

RW – Jeff Simonds, 41, run (Keegan kick)

RW – Tony Musso, 52, run (Keegan kick)

RW – Musso, 17, run (Keegan kick)

RW – Jim Brown, 53, interception return (Keegan kick)

F – Dick Rosenstiel, 1, run (kick failed)

RW – Simonds, 15, run (Keegan kick)

RW – Chuck Ayersman, 3, run (Keegan kick)

NOTES

Estimated attendance of 6,000. Freeport did not
get a first down until the third quarter.

 

Rockford West 33, Harlem 0

STATISTICS

 

RW

H

First downs

15

8

Rushing yardage

292

114

Passing yardage

47

24

Passes

3-6

3-9

Intercepted by

1

1

Punts

2-31

4-32.8

Fumbles lost

0

2

Yards penalized

90

5

SCORING SUMMARY

Rockford West .….. 7    12    0   14 – 33

Harlem …………..….. 0     0     0     0 –  0 

RW – Jeff Simonds, 2, run (Jim Keegan kick)

RW – Maurice Cox, 1, run (kick failed)

RW – Keegan, 30, pass from Chuck Ayersman (kick failed)

RW – Keegan, 1, run (Keegan kick)

RW – Clarence Brown, 3, pass from Ayersman (Keegan kick)

NOTES

Tony Musso had 132 yards rushing on 19 carries.
Jim Keegan had an 81-yard interception return.

 

Rockford West 24, Rockford Auburn 6

STATISTICS

 

A

W

First downs

10

13

Rushing yardage

130

251

Passing yardage

57

0

Passes

7-10

0

Intercepted by

0

0

Punts

2-37.5

2-29

Fumbles lost

1

1

Yards penalized

15

39

SCORING SUMMARY

Rockford Auburn .….. 6    0    0    0 –  6

Rockford West ………. 7    0    3   14 – 24 

RW – Jim Keegan, 38, run (Keegan kick)

A – Ken Hornbeck, 9, run (kick failed)

RW – Keegan, 20, field goal

RW – Tony Musso, 14, run (Keegan kick)

RW – Keegan, 27, run (Keegan kick)

NOTES

Jim Keegan had 96 yards rushing on 10 carries.

 

Rockford West 21, Belvidere 6

STATISTICS

 

RW

B

First downs

17

8

Rushing yardage

326

99

Passing yardage

48

0

Passes

2-8

0-5

Intercepted by

0

1

Punts

0-0

6-38.5

Fumbles lost

0

0

Yards penalized

65

54

SCORING SUMMARY

Rockford West .….. 7    0    7    7 –  21

Belvidere ……………. 6    0    0    0 –  6 

B – Terry Schrader, 7, fumble recovery (kick failed)

RW – Jeff Simonds, 2, run (Jim Keegan kick)

RW – Chuck Ayersman, 1, run (Keegan kick)

RW – Ayersman, 3, run (Keegan kick)

NOTES

Jeff Simonds rushed for 146 yards on 20 carries.

 

West All-Big 8 Players

Clarence Brown, end

First Team

Stacy Gedman, tackle

First Team

John Burkhalter, guard

First Team

Jim Keegan, half back

First Team

Jeff Simonds, full back

First Team

Gary Henning, end

Honorable Mention

Mike Stauffacher, tackle

Honorable Mention

Wally Kasputis, center

Honorable Mention

Chuck Ayersman, quarterback

Honorable Mention

Tony Musso, half back

Honorable Mention

Maurice Cox, half back

Honorable Mention

 

Rushing Leaders

Player

Att.

Yards

Avg.

TDs

Tony Musso

111

691

6.2

5

Maurice Cox

89

525

5.9

8

Jim Keegan

99

464

4.7

6

Jeff Simonds

53

365

6.9

4

 

Passing Leader

Player

Comp.

Att.

Pct.

Yards

TD

Int.

Chuck Ayersman

13

37

35.1%

224

3

5


Record: 7-0, 9-0
Coach: Bodie Westen
Notes: West won its first Big Eight football title since 1943.
West was the first District 205 to go undefeated in a full season since the 1910 Rockford team went 8-0.