Tippy

East Chicago Roosevelt's school song was "Hail to Purple and to White"

Central Catholic's 1961 Football Season!

Co-Captains - Jim Lamb and Tom Thomes

Friday September 1, 1961 at East Tipp

Central Catholic  40 East Tipp 0

LCC  6-13-14-7

ET     0-0-0-0

The first game on East Tipp's new field.  Lamb scored 2 td's for LCC

Friday September 8, 1961 at Central Catholic

Frankfort 19 Central Catholic 7

LCC  0-0-7-0

Fran  0-6-0-13

It was Frankfort's 3rd win in a row over LCC.  LCC had 5 turnovers.  Statton scored for LCC.  LCC threw a pick 6 with 2:38 left in the game.

Friday September 15, 1961 at Southwestern

Central Catholic 26 Southwestern 6

LCC  7-12-7-0

SW   0-0-0-6

It was Homecoming at SW.  Lamb scored 2 td's for LCC.

Friday September 22, 1961 at Rensselaer

Central Catholic 13 Rensselaer 6

LCC  0-6-0-7

Ren  0-6-0-0

Rensselaer had the ball on the LCC 6 yard line in the 4th Q, but fumbled.  Tim Statton recovered the fumble for LCC.  It was LCC's first victory over Rensselaer in 3 attempts.

Friday September 29, 1961 at Central Catholic

Central Catholic 19 Danville, IL (Schlarman) 7

LCC  6-13-0-0

Sch  7-0-0-0

Lamb scored two td's for LCC.

Tuesday October 3, 1961 at Delphi

Central Catholic 26 Delphi 6

LCC  13-0-6-7

Del    0-0-0-6

Delphi was unbeaten!  1200 fans were at the game.  Delphi completed 1 pass in the game.  Lamb and Statton scored for LCC.

Tuesday October 10, 1961 at Central Catholic

Central Catholic 38 Klondike 6

LCC  13-13-6-6

Klon  0-6-0-0

Lamb scored 3 td's for LCC.  Klondike Nuggets fell to 0-8.  LCC attempted 1 pass in the game and it was not complete.

Friday October 13, 1961 at Central Catholic

Central Catholic 26 Attica 7

LCC  14-6-0-6

Att     0-0-0-7

It was Homecoming at LCC.  Judy Isbell crowned Queen. LCC played South Bend St. Joseph the last game of the season, and several members of the SB St. Joe team were in attendance at the LCC/Attica game.  

Friday October 20, 1961 at West Lafayette

Central Catholic 13 West Lafayette 6

LCC  0-6-0-7

WL   6-0-0-0

This was LCC's first win against WL.  It was the 3rd meeting in the already bitter series.  Lamb and Metzinger scored for LCC.  Henry Ebershoff hit Jim Metzinger for a 61 yard td pass late in the 4th Q.

Friday October 27 at Central Catholic

South Bend St. Joseph 27 Central Catholic 13

LCC  0-13-0-0

SBSJ  14-0-0-13

Lamb scored 2 td's for LCC.  LCC threw 3 interceptions.  SB St. Joe's enrollment in 1961 was 1650.  LCC's enrollment in 1961 was about 550

Central Catholic's 1960 Football Season!

Co-Captains Ed Mugg and Reno Rizzo

Friday September 2, 1960 at Central Catholic

Central Catholic 62 East Tipp 0

LCC  7-20-14-21

ET    0-0-0-0

This was Paul LaRocca's first game as Head Coach at LCC.  He was an assistant coach the past 2 years at LCC.  Tom Conrad scored two td's for LCC.  7 players scored for LCC.  East Tipp had 9 yards rushing.

Friday September 9, 1960 at Frankfort

Frankfort 19 Central Catholic 6

LCC  0-0-0-6

Frank  6-7-0-6

Schrader scored for LCC.  Frankfort's QB, Doug Reid, was on the best QB's in the state.

Friday September 16, 1960 at Attica

Central Catholic 29 Attica 13

LCC  0-15-7-7

Attica  0-0-0-13

This was Attica's first 11 man football season.  Attica had a 90 yard KO return for a td with 45 seconds left.  LCC had 13 penalties for 169 yards.

Friday September 23, 1960 at Central Catholic

Rensselaer 19 Central Catholic 14

LCC  0-0-7-7

Ren   0-13-0-6

LCC had 4 turnovers.  First CC Dad's Night.  LCC's Lamb threw a desperation pass as the game ended, but Rensselaer's Flick knocked the ball down.

Friday September 30, 1960 at Danville, IL (Schlarman)

Central Catholic 19 Schlarman 13

LCC  0-7-6-6

Sch  0-7-6-0

The game was scheduled for 7:30pm, but was delayed for 40 minutes when the LCC bus developed engine trouble on the way to Danville.

Tuesday October 4, 1960 at LCC

Central Catholic 14 Delphi 13

LCC  7-7-0-0

Del   0-6-7-0

Delphi was unbeaten at the time.  Tom Moser and Tom Conrad scored for LCC.

Tuesday October 11, 1960 at West Lafayette

Central Catholic 71 Klondike 0

LCC  19-21-13-18

Klon  0-0-0-0

Klondike was playing its first full year of 11 man football.  8 players scored for LCC.  Klondike had minus 23 yards rushing.

Friday October 14, 1960 at Central Catholic

Central Catholic 13 Southwestern 6

LCC  0-0-0-13

SW   0-6-0-0

There was a steady rain during the game, and the field was a slippery mess.  Conrad and Moser scored for LCC.  It was Homecoming at LCC.  LCC had a plague of Fumbles.

Friday October 21, 1960 at Central Catholic

West Lafayette 23 Central Catholic 21

LCC  7-7-0-7

WL   6 -0-7-10

WL's Hadley missed a 30 yard FG in the 4thQ, but the ref said LCC was offsides on the play and Hadley made the 25 yard FG.  The game, 2nd in history between the schools, ended on a sour note with rival players trading punches at the finish.

Friday October 28, 1960 at Central Catholic

Central Catholic 26 Knox 0

LCC  7-0-6-13

Knox  0-0-0-0

LCC scored 2 td's in the last minute of the game on a blocked kick and an interception returned for a td.  Conrad scored 2 td's for LCC

Central Catholic finished the season 7-3

On 12/9/2023 at 8:18 AM, Coach Nay said:

Tippy,

This thread was shared with me and it's incredible!  We're not from Lafayette and all I've been able to really get my hands on is our history in the MaxPreps era.  I would love to sit down and learn more about our program's history!  If you're willing, please get a hold of me so I can get put more of this history together!  bnay@lcss.org.  Thank you for considering!

Thank you!  I would love to meet with you, but I won't be able to until January.  What day in January would be best for you?

27 minutes ago, dazed and confused said:

I didnt know LCC was that big back in the 60s/early 70s... what caused them to lose enrollment numbers ?

Enrollment started to go down after St. Ann's grade school closed in 1968.  Some of those kids from St. Ann's went to public school after they closed.  In 1990 some of the reasons were a bus system that was inadequate to handle many pickups outside the city, where most of the growth was occurring at that time.  The cost of tuition.  In 1970 LCC tuition was $200.  In 1991 the tuition was about $1600, a 743 percent increase.  There were only 2 Catholic grade schools feeding into LCC compared with 4 in the 1960's.

Central Catholic's 1959 Football Season !

1959 was LCC's first full varsity football season.

Friday September 11, 1959 at Central Catholic

Frankfort 32 Central Catholic 13

LCC  6-0-0-7

Frank  6-7-7-12

This was the first game on LCC's new field and the first game for LCC's new coach Jim Shea.

Friday September 18, 1959 at Southwestern

Central Catholic 19 Southwestern 2

LCC  6-7-0-6

SW   0-0-0-2

LCC punter stepped out of the end zone for Southwestern's only points.

Tuesday September 22, 1959 at Central Catholic

Central Catholic 27 Klondike 0

LCC  6-14-0-7

Klon  0-0-0-0

This was Klondike's first 11 man football game of the year.  They had 3 six man football victories.

Friday September 25, 1959 at Rensselaer

Rensselaer 32 Central Catholic 0

LCC  0-0-0-0

Re     13-6-6-7

LCC threw 4 interceptions.  Things didn't go well in their first game against Rensselaer.

Friday October 2, 1959 at Central Catholic

Danville, IL (Schlarman) 24 Central Catholic 6

LCC  6-0-0-0

Sch  0-12-6-6

LCC threw 3 interceptions  Jack Hubertz scored for LCC

Tuesday October 6, 1959 at Delphi

Central Catholic 25 Delphi 21

LCC  0-12-6-7

Del   7-0-0-14

Jack Hubertz scored 3 td's for LCC.  Delphi scored twice in the final 4 minutes of the game.  The game was played on a soggy field.

Wednesday October 21, 1959 at West Lafayette

West Lafayette 21 Central Catholic 13

LCC  0-0-0-13

WL   15-0-0-6

2000 fans witnessed the first game between WL and LCC.  LCC had 5 turnovers in the game.  CC scored with 1:43 left in the game to make the score 21-13.  LCC got the ball back and threw a long pass at the end of the game, but the pass fell short.

Friday October 30 at Central Catholic

Terre Haute Schulte 33 Central Catholic 21

LCC  0-7-7-7

Schulte  13-14-6-0

LCC had 6 turnovers in the game.  Tom Moser scored 2 td's for LCC.  LCC bid farewell to Seniors Jack Morrison, Paul Sanders, Dan McGuire, Ron Edmundson, Don Rowland, and Jack Hubertz.  LCC finished the season 3-5

Friday November 6, 1970 at Central Catholic

Central Catholic 28 Southwestern 8

LCC  0-8-8-12

SW   0-8-0-0

Friday November 5, 1971 at Southwestern

Central Catholic 34 Southwestern 7

LCC  6-8-12-8

SW   0-0-0-7

Friday November 8, 1872 at Central Catholic

Southwestern 7 Central Catholic 6

LCC  0-6-0-0

SW   0-0-7-0

LCC - Buit 4 yard run (pass failed)

SW - Parker 2 yard run (Pearson kick)

Friday November 9, 1973 at Southwestern

Southwestern 7 Central Catholic 0

LCC  0-0-0-0

SW   0-0-7-0

SW - Davis 7 yard fumble return (Pearson kick)

Friday November 8, 1974 at Central Catholic

Central Catholic 38 Southwestern 16

LCC  8-0-6-24

SW   0-6-3-7

LCC - Center snap out of end-zone for a safety

LCC - Schetzsie 11 yard run (run failed)

LCC - Schetzsie 2 yard run (run failed)

LCC - George 2 yard run (Vaughan run)

LCC - 42 yard pass interception return (George run)

LCC - Vaughan 37 yard run ( George run) 

Central Catholic Enrollment Numbers grads 9-12

Year

1959 - 456

1960 - 515

1964 - 633

1965 - 642

1969 - 557

1970 - 538

1978 - 382

1981 - 345

1982 - 321

1984 - 290

1988 - 221

1990 - LCC almost closed its doors

1991 - 190

1992 - 207

1994 - 204

1996 - 221

19 minutes ago, foxbat said:

What strikes me as odd is the number of safeties that these teams had ... and some cases two in a game by a team. 

SW got 2 safeties in the 4thQ of the 1964 game.  The first safety came on a blocked punt, out of the end-zone, and the 2nd came when Combs was nailed in the end-zone by Ed Mahan while trying to get away a pass

Wainwright and Southwestern consolidated into McCutcheon in 1975.

Southwestern first played Central Catholic on September 18, 1959 at SW new field.  It was SW 3rd season of football and LCC's 2nd season of football.

Starters

LCC                                 Southwestern

Jack Hubertz         LE    Charlie Smith

Ron Edmundson    LT    Wayne M

Dan McGuire         LG    Joe Smith

Bill Manley             C      

Tom Thomes         RG    John Buck

Reno Rizzo            RT    Paul Ostheimer

Walt Anthrop         RE    Jerry Corwin

Jim Lamb               QB    Bob Pritchard

Paul Sanders         LH    Dale Hummer

Tom Moser            RH    Larry Cox

Jack Morrison       FB    Bob Downham

LCC 19 Southwestern 2

LCC  6-7-0-6

SW   0-0-0-2

Friday October 14, 1960 at LCC

LCC played Southwestern-It was Homecoming at LCC and the game was played in a steady rain.  The field was a slippery mess.  LCC had a plague of fumbles but won the game 13-6.  LCC finished 7-3 in 1960 and SW finished 5-2-2.

LCC  0-0-0-13

SW   0-6-0-0

Friday September 15, 1961 at Southwestern

Central Catholic 26 Southwestern 6

LCC  7-12-7-0

SW   0-0-0-6

Friday September 14, 1962 at Central Catholic

Central Catholic 40 Southwestern 0

LCC  13-7-13-7

SW    0-0-0-0

Friday September 13, 1963 at Southwestern

Central Catholic 8 Southwestern 0

LCC  6-0-0-2

SW   0-0-0-0

Friday October 23, 1964 at Central Catholic

Southwestern 16 Central Catholic 7

LCC  0-7-0-0

SW   6-0-6-4

Friday October 22, 1965 at Southwestern

Central Catholic 13 Southwestern 7 (light rain fell early in the game)

LCC  6-0-0-7

SW   0-0-0-7

Friday October 21, 1966 at Central Catholic

Central Catholic 41 Southwestern 0

LCC  7-14-7-13

SW   0-0-0-0

Friday October 20, 1967 at Southwestern

Southwestern 26 Central Catholic 6

LCC  0-6-0-0

SW   0-13-7-6

6 minutes ago, BendNotBreak said:

Do u hav more detail on those years? ... records ect.. most know of the WL series... SW seems... well forgotten by alota peeps... curious now I am...

I do and will post more very soon.

9 minutes ago, BendNotBreak said:

Gotcha... All very interesting..  thx! 

I do think ther was a rivalry w SW.. Lcc n SW/Wainwright/McC all on the South side of Laf.. carried over w McC for a couple yrs..  the Mavs were very good.. I do recall Lcc went 2-0 vrs some very very good Mav teams at the start of that series..  it was important to beat SW... no matter what they called themselves... LoL

LCC played Southwestern every year from 1959-1974.  It was a rivalry game.  Playing SW back then is just like LCC playing McC today.  LCC went 12-4 against SW during those years.  It was the last game of the season from 1968-1974.  In 1969 both teams were 9-0 and LCC beat SW 26-6 that year.

4 minutes ago, BendNotBreak said:

Tippy... im confused... enrollment was dropping... but they were close to being moved up to 2A by enrollment? How is that??

They were not close to being moved up by enrollment in 1980. They were close to being moved up in 1980 because HC would not let them back in the conf. if they didn't move up.  They had to wait a year to move up because the IHSAA only moved teams up in odd numbered years and LCC thought they were in 2A in 1980, but they were not.  LCC was in 2A in 1981 and 1982, but it didn't have anything to do with enrollment. Sorry for the confusion. I only put a little bit of the story on here at a time, and that is not a good thing.

1 hour ago, BendNotBreak said:

But in the 80s u say they were almost 2A by enrollment?????

LCC was always class A by enrollment.  I don't know how close they were to ever being in 2A by enrollment.  They were only in 2A in 1981 and 1982 because the HC wouldn't let them in the conf. if they didn't move up.  LCC was in class A in 1976 and they had almost 400 students, but there was only 3 classes at that time.

LCC didn't have a football field their first year of football.  Central Catholic's football field, reportedly one of the best new fields in the entire state, was dedicated September 3, 1959 when the young Knights staged an intrasquad game.  New coach Jim Shea was introduced that night.

55 minutes ago, foxbat said:

That's a significant drop off when you go from four K-8 schools and a high school in the area to the equivalent of two K-6, a JH, and HS.

LCC went from about 500 students in 1970 to 200 in 1990.  In 1978 LCC had 392 students and in 1992 they had 207 students.  That is why LCC withdrew from the Hoosier Conference in 1992.  I think the LCC JH opened about 1987.  That is probably when St. Mary's went to K-3 and St. Boniface 4-6.

Central Catholic 1958 Season Results (1st year of football)

Monday September 15 at Indy Scecina B Team

LCC 12  Indy Scecina 11  LCC's first offensive play in school history was a 55 yard pass from Tom Moser to Walt Anthrop.  Dick Isbell scored the other LCC td.

LCC    6-0-6-0

Sce    0-2-7-2

Tuesday September 23 at Lafayette Jeff field 

Klondike 30  LCC 0

LCC    0-0-0-0

Klon    6-6-12-6

Friday September 26 at Danville, IL (Schlarman)

Schlarman 38  LCC 7

LCC    0-0-7-0

Schlarman -

Thursday October 2 at West Lafayette B Team

West Lafayette B Team 18 LCC 13  (WL B team was 1-2-2)

LCC    6-0-0-7

WL     0-6-6-6

Friday October 10 at Cathedral B Team

Cathedral B Team 34 LCC 0 (Cathedral B team unbeaten)

LCC    0-0-0-0

Cath   14-7-6-7

Tuesday October 14 at Lafayette Jeff B Team

Lafayette Jeff B Team 25 LCC 13

LCC    0-0-6-7

Jeff    12-13-0-0

Thursday October 23 at Terre Haute Schulte

Terre Haute Schulte 39 LCC 0

LCC    0-0-0-0

TH      6-14-13-6

LCC finished the season 1-6

25 minutes ago, foxbat said:

That's interesting as St. Ann's doesn't have a school associated with it nowadays and St. Mary currently only goes K-3rd and St. Boniface only has 4th-6th.  I'm assuming that that split between St. Mary/St.Boniface may have happened later on and both might have been K-6 originally.  Given that LCC almost closed in 1990 on numbers, I suspect that K-6 being split between St. Mary / St. Boniface might have been the canary in the coal mine on eventual high school numbers given that LCC numbers used to easily be in the 300s at one time.

St. Ann's grade school closed in 1968.  All 4 schools were K-8th in the 1960's.

The Cadet Football league, Catholic grade school loop started in the Fall of 1959.  St. Mary's won the double round-robin schedule with a 5-1 record.  St. Lawrence finished 2nd, St. Boniface 3rd and St. Ann's 4th.  100 players from 4 schools were honored November 16, 1959 at the first-in-history Cadet banquet.

20 minutes ago, BendNotBreak said:

Upon going to the archives... I found this.. u decide... McC fumbled the snap in the shadow of their own goal post with less than 3 min to go...

MM defeated Jasper 34-7 the following week for the 2A Title

That might have been McCutcheon's best team ever.  It was their 2nd year of football.  LCC beat that McCutcheon team 14-12

Complete 1958 Central Catholic Football Roster!

1st year of Football for LCC!

Coach John Jardine

Pat Finley

Bill Fusiek

Dan Metzinger

Walt Anthrop

Stephen Lockard

Tom Lampe

Larry O'Connor

Terry Grenat

Joe Metzinger

Mike Harris

Ron Edmundson

Jerome Hobaugh

Phil Rothrock

 Mike Martin

Jim Croussore

Kenny Ross

Paul Halsema

Reno Rizzo

Tim Tierney

Ed Hickner

Bob Castor

Bob Adams

Charles Leake

Greg Brickler

Jack Morrison

Dave Klinker

Dick Demerly

Jim Metzinger

Dan McGuire

Tim Statton

Norman Sanders

Jim Courter

Mike Rausch

Tom Moser

Jim Lamb

Dick Isbell

Jack Hubertz

Chuck Deets

Paul Sanders

There were 6 Seniors-5 Juniors-14 Sophomores-14 Freshmen

1 hour ago, BendNotBreak said:

Oh My... so HC member McCutchen made the playoffs in 82.. n got blasted by Franklin in the finals... some say that was there best team ever..... it was their 76 team.... jmho. hmmmm

Kevin O'Shea was the QB on that 1982 McCutcheon team.  McCutcheon beat LCC 47-13 that year.  Franklin Central beat McCutcheon 40-13 in the finals, but FC only beat Crawfordsville 9-6 in the Sectional playoff game in 1982.

C'ville  0-0-6-0

FC       0-3-6-0

22 minutes ago, BendNotBreak said:

So.. the HC gamed the system getting an easy 2pts for adding a winless Lcc in 81 an 82... oh my

Yes, they did!  They didn't want to play LCC and only get 1 point.

31 minutes ago, BendNotBreak said:

Lcc petioned up to 2A for 81 n 82 Really??   I only heard of MM and Scenia doing that on their own... hmmm.. nice catch!

They petioned up in 1980, but in October 1980 they found out they were still in 1A because the IHSAA only moved teams in odd numbered years.  The other teams in the HC were not happy about that but they understood.

1 hour ago, BendNotBreak said:

Tippy.. u should clear that up if ur gonna do a history thread. Miss Anthrop would not approve.. lol.  It would b a surprise to learn that Lcc was ever anything other than class A... i believe enrollment was in decline.. n headed for the chopping block...  Mish Marion is special.. I beleve they petioned all the way up to 3A from 1A.. perhaps they fell back in line with their enrollment when 4A was introduced??

Miss Anthrop would probably give me an F for lack of clarity.

Fact:  LCC was in 2A in 1981 and 1982.  In 1975 the Hoosier conference wanted LCC to move up to 2A so the teams that beat LCC would get 2 points instead of 1 playoff point.  The other teams in the Hoosier were all in 2A.  LCC said no and they left the conference.  In 1980 LCC had a new coach and wanted back in a conference.  The Hoosier Conference said they would only let LCC back in if they moved up to 2A.  LCC said ok and they moved up to 2A.  When the Cluster System went in effect in 1983, LCC went back down to 1A.