BD wins its 500th Game

[BDGiant93]

With the win over Pike on Friday, the Giants claimed their 500th program victory. The program took from 1937-1975 to get to 100 wins, but the Giants have won 400 games in the last 45 years. Congratulations to the 16 head coaches in BD history and all the players, assistant coaches, managers, trainers and staff who have made this milestone possible.

 

Win #1 9/23/37 vs. Warren Central, 32-9 (Played at George Washington H.S.)

#100 8/29/75 at Pike, 15-14

#200 9/22/89 vs. Terre Haute South at the Hoosier Dome, 47-7

#300 10/23/98 vs. Indy Northwest, 38-20 (Sectional)

 

#400 10/19/07 vs. Brownsburg, 35-13 (Sectional)

#500 9/4/20 at Pike, 48-24

Another interesting factoid, BD is now 35-12 vs. Pike, but the Giants are 19-3 at Pike. 

Edited September 8, 2020 by BDGiant93

[BDGiant93]

4 hours ago, BDGiant93 said:

With the win over Pike on Friday, the Giants claimed their 500th program victory. The program took from 1937-1975 to get to 100 wins, but the Giants have won 400 games in the last 45 years. Congratulations to the 16 head coaches in BD history and all the players, assistant coaches, managers, trainers and staff who have made this milestone possible.

 

Win #1 9/23/37 vs. Warren Central, 32-9 (Played at George Washington H.S.)

#100 8/29/75 at Pike, 15-14

#200 9/22/89 vs. Terre Haute South at the Hoosier Dome, 47-7

#300 10/23/98 vs. Indy Northwest, 38-20 (Sectional)

 

#400 10/19/07 vs. Brownsburg, 35-13 (Sectional)

#500 9/4/20 at Pike, 48-24

Another interesting factoid, BD is now 35-12 vs. Pike, but the Giants are 19-3 at Pike. 

So, if you are nerding out and wanting some more Ben Davis Football History...
 

The Giants are 500-369-12 all time. Since 1973, BD has won 72 percent of its games (404-137-0). Since 1984, BD has won 76.8 percent of its games (345-104-0).

 

The Giants are 117-45 all time in the MIC with 11 Championships (7 outright, 4 shared).

 

BD has won 23 Sectionals, 18 Regionals, 11 Semi-States, and 9 State Championships (7 5A, 2 6A).

As far as coaching wins go...

Dick Dullaghan has 213 wins

Mike Kirschner won 95 games

Bob Wilbur is third all-time with 59 wins.

Lou Parnell is fourth with 31 wins.

Tom Allen rounds out the top five with 25 wins.

Other Coaches:

Bill McClain 19

Red Haviland 15

Jason Simmons 12

John Masariu 11

Ralph Crock 7

Bob Britt 6

Woody Baker 4

Trent Gipson, Sr. 2

Chuck Stuckey 1

Leo Lentz 0

 

And Bob Otolski is a head coach who never coached a single game. He was hired in 1973 in January, but he was offered an assistant coaching position at IU with Lee Corso. He left without coaching a game. The Giants hired Bob Wilbur instead. That worked out ok!

 

Thanks to Jim Pich for helping me research all of this.