Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Football: 1959 East

Results
Week 1 Beloit 12, East Rockford 6
Week 2 East Rockford 13, North Chicago 7
Week 3 East Rockford 40, Joliet 6
Week 4 East Rockford 19, West Aurora 13 *
Week 5 East Rockford 20, East Aurora 7 *
Week 6 East Rockford 14, Elgin 6
Week 7 East Rockford 19, Freeport 19
Week 8 West Rockford 9, East Rockford 6
Week 9 East Rockford 26, LaSalle-Peru 0
* Lost by forfeit

Rushing
Player Att. Yards Avg.
Dan Longnecker 44 427 9.7
Bill Howard 86 280 3.3
Dennis Willis 36 257 7.1
Ron Fearn 85 184 2.2
Bill Weems 26 69 2.6
Dick Ogren 7 32 4.6

Passing
Player Att. Comp. Yards TD Int.
Ron Fearn 75 27 484 5 5
Gale Gustafson 5 2 51 1 0
Dennis Willis 1 1 13 0 0
Don Longnecker 1 0 0 0 0

Receiving
Player Rec. Yards Avg.
Jerry Sandberg 15 301 20.1
Don Longnecker 9 146 16.2
Bill Weems 2 34 17.0
Bruce Livingston 2 20 10.0
Larry Friel 1 37 37.0
Rich Olson 1 9 9.0
Dennis Willis 1 9 9.0

Scoring
Player TD PAT Total
Ron Fearn 11 1 67
Dan Longnecker 3 0 18
Bill Weems 3 0 18
Dennis Willis 3 0 18
Larry Friel 0 12 12
Jerry Sandberg 2 0 12
Bill Howard 1 0 6
Bruce Livingston 1 0 6
Rich Olson 1 0 6

All-Big Eight
Team Player Position Year
First Cliff Cramer Guard Sr.
First Ron Fearn Quarterback Sr.
First Dan Longnecker Halfback Sr.
First Bill Howard Fullback Sr.
Second Frank Walker End Sr.
Second Roger Erickson Tackle Jr.
Second Dave Lonsway Center Sr.

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