Year-by-Year Football Results

YEAR	ALL	CCIW	HEAD COACH	LINKS
2015	5-5	4-3	Mike Yeager	Results | Statistics | Roster
2014	3-7	2-5	Mike Yeager	Results | Statistics | Roster
2013	1-9	0-7	Mike Yeager	Results | Statistics | Roster
2012	3-7	1-6	Tim Rucks/Mike Yeager	Results | Statistics | Roster
2011	5-5	2-5	Tim Rucks	Results | Statistics | Roster
2010	6-4	3-4	Tim Rucks	Results | Statistics | Roster
2009	7-3	4-3	Tim Rucks	Results | Statistics | Roster
2008	5-5	3-4	Tim Rucks	Statistics
2007	7-3	4-3	Tim Rucks	Statistics
2006	6-4	3-4	Tim Rucks	Statistics
2005	7-3	4-3	Tim Rucks	Statistics
2004	11-2	6-1*	Tim Rucks	Statistics
2003	3-7	1-6	Tim Rucks
2002	4-6	3-4	Tim Rucks
2001	6-4	3-4	Tim Rucks
2000	4-6	1-6	Tim Rucks
1999	5-4	4-3	Tim Rucks
1998	5-4	4-3	Tim Rucks
1997	5-4	4-3	Tim Rucks
1996	3-6	3-4	Tim Rucks
1995	3-5-1	2-4-1	Tim Rucks
1994	1-8	1-6	Mike Larry
1993	1-8	1-6	Mike Larry
1992	0-9	0-7	Mike Larry
1991	3-6	2-6	Jack Synold
1990	5-4	4-4	Jack Synold
1989	1-8	1-7	Jack Synold
1988	3-6	3-5	Jack Synold
1987	2-7	2-6	Roger Scott
1986	3-6	3-5	Roger Scott
1985	1-8	1-7	Roger Scott
1984	2-7	2-6	Ken Wagner
1983	4-5	3-5	Ken Wagner
1982	4-5	4-4	Art Keller
1981	7-2	6-2	Art Keller
1980	6-3	5-3	Art Keller
1979	0-8-1	0-8	Art Keller
1978	1-8	1-7	Art Keller
1977	5-4	4-4	Art Keller
1976	3-6	3-5	Art Keller
1975	4-5	3-5	Art Keller
1974	5-3-1	4-3-1	Art Keller
1973	8-2	8-0*	Art Keller
1972	8-1	7-1*	Art Keller
1971	9-0	8-0*	Art Keller
1970	7-1-1	7-0-1*	Art Keller
1969	9-0	7-0*	Art Keller
1968	4-5	4-3	Art Keller
1967	7-1	6-0*	Art Keller
1966	6-2	4-2	Art Keller
1965	6-2	5-1	Art Keller
1964	4-4	4-2	Art Keller
1963	6-1-1	4-1-1*	Art Keller
1962	8-0	7-0*	Art Keller
1961	7-2	4-2	Art Keller
1960	5-4	Ind.	Art Keller
1959	5-3-1	Ind.	Art Keller
1958	7-2	Ind.	Art Keller
1957	4-3-1	Ind.	Art Keller
1956	8-2	Ind.	Art Keller
1955	6-2	Ind.	Art Keller
1954	5-3	Ind.	Art Keller
1953	8-1	Ind.	Art Keller
1952	5-2	Ind.	Art Keller
1951	0-9	0-5	Loel Frederickson
1950	2-7	1-4	Loel Frederickson
1949	2-6-1	1-4-1	Roscoe Scott
1948	4-4	2-3	Roscoe Scott
1947	5-2-1	3-0	Roscoe Scott
1946	0-7-1	0-4	L. Paul LaVinn
Year	All	Little 19	Coach
1945	2-3	Ind.	L. Paul LaVinn
1944	No team-World War II
1943	No team-World War II
1942	3-4	Ind.	Herbert "Hub" Wagner
1941	1-5-2	1-1-1	Herbert "Hub" Wagner
1940	5-2-1	2-0	Herbert "Hub" Wagner
1939	2-6-1	2-1	Herbert "Hub" Wagner
1938	6-1-1	3-0	Herbert "Hub" Wagner
1937	1-6	1-2	Herbert "Hub" Wagner
1936	2-5-1	1-4-1	Herbert "Hub" Wagner
1935	4-4	2-3	Lewis Omer
1934	2-6	1-4	Lewis Omer
1933	4-1	3-1	Lewis Omer
1932	1-4-4	0-4-3	Lewis Omer
1931	4-4-1	3-3-1	Lewis Omer
1930	3-4-1	3-3	Lewis Omer
1929	4-3-1	2-2-1	Lewis Omer
1928	2-3-2	2-2-1	Lewis Omer
1927	2-3-2	1-2-1	Lewis Omer
1926	3-3-2	2-3-1	Lewis Omer
1925	4-4-1	3-2-1	Lewis Omer
1924	3-4-1	1-3-1	Lewis Omer
1923	4-3-1	2-3-1	Lewis Omer
1922	5-4	2-3	Lewis Omer
1921	6-2	4-2	Lewis Omer
1920	1-5-1	0-4-1	Forest Loudin
1919	5-3	3-2	Forest Loudin/Stewart Clark
1918	1-2	0-1	Forest Loudin
1917	4-1-1	3-0	Forest Loudin
1916	2-5	2-2	Forest Loudin
1915	3-4	2-3	Stewart Clark
1914	3-2	1-2	J. Arthur Baird
1913	3-3-1	1-2	J. Arthur Baird
1912	5-2	2-1	J. Arthur Baird
1911	3-4-1	Ind.	J. Arthur Baird
1910	2-4	Ind.	J. Arthur Baird
1909	6-1-1	Ind.	J. Arthur Baird
1908	2-3	Ind.	J. Arthur Baird
1907	2-5	Ind.	Russell Osborne
1906	3-2	Ind.	Carl Sundberg
1905	4-2	Ind.	Bud Hendrickson
1904	0-0-2	Ind.	Wilbur Larrick
1903	1-1	Ind.	Wilbur Larrick
1902	2-1-1	Ind.	Wilbur Larrick
1901	1-1	Ind.	Ben Mathis
1900	4-3	Ind.	Ralph McKee
1899	3-2-1	Ind.	Ralph McKee
1898	3-0	Ind.	Ralph McKee
1897	3-1	Ind.	Ralph McKee
1896	4-0	Ind.	Ralph McKee
1895	2-0	Ind.	Ralph McKee

*Denotes a CCIW championship
 

Coaches	All				CCIW
Coach	W	L	T	Pct.	W	L	T
Ralph McKee (1895-1900)	19	6	1	.750	--	--	--
Ben Mathis (1901)	1	1	0	.500	--	--	--
Wilbur Larrick (1902-04)	3	2	3	.500	--	--	--
Bud Hendrickson (1905)	4	2	0	.667	--	--	--
Carl Sundberg (1906)	3	2	0	.600	--	--	--
Russell Osborne (1907)	2	5	0	.286	--	--	--
J. Arthur Baird (1908-14)	24	19	3	.558	--	--	--
Stewart Clark (1915, 1919)	6	5	0	.545	--	--	--
Forest Loudin (1916-20)	10	15	2	.407	--	--	--
Lewis Omer (1921-35)	51	52	18	.496	--	--	--
Hub Wagner (1936-42)	20	29	6	.418	--	--	--
L. Paul LaVinn (1945-46)	2	10	1	.192	0	4	0
Roscoe Scott (1947-49)	11	12	2	.480	6	9	1
Loel Frederickson (1950-51)	2	16	0	.111	1	9	0
Art Keller (1952-82, 31 years)	177	87	7	.666	105	53	3
Ken Wagner (1983-84)	6	12	0	.333	5	11	0
Roger Scott (1985-87)	6	21	0	.222	6	18	0
Jack Synold (1988-91)	12	24	0	.333	10	22	0
Mike Larry (1992-94)	2	25	0	.074	2	19	0
Tim Rucks (1995-2012)	95	79	1	.546	55	67	1
Mike Yeager (interim in 2012-present)	9	24	0	.273	6	18	0
Total	460	443	44	.509	192	227	5

Art Keller, ‘44, Carthage’s career coaching leader with a 177-87-7 record in 31 years. Keller won eight CCIW titles, including five straight from 1969 to 1973. Under Keller’s leadership, Carthage rattled off six undefeated conference seasons, three 14-game win streaks, and a phenomenal 29-game CCIW unbeaten streak (28-0-1). The CCIW's Outstanding Offensive Player Award is named for Keller, who stands third on the conference's all-time victory ledger with a 105-53-3 mark in his 22 seasons in the league. Keller, who also served as Carthage’s athletic director from 1952 to 1982, received a college-division Distinguished Coaching Award from the Football Writers Association of America in 1982, and he was inducted into the Carthage Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984. Also pictured below is Keller’s widow, Beverly Keller, shown holding the game ball at Carthage’s 1999 homecoming game.

Lewis Omer, Carthage’s head football coach (1921-35), head men’s basketball coach (1921-29) and athletic director, is credited with originating the Illinois High School Association’s state basketball tournament. Omer organized the first tournament in 1908 in Oak Park, Ill., while serving as the Northwestern University men’s basketball coach. He was inducted into the Carthage Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985.

J. Arthur Baird, ’00, a 1984 posthumous inductee into the Carthage Athletic Hall of Fame, had an athletic career that would raise an eyebrow or two these days in the NCAA. Four years of college eligibility wasn’t enough for Baird. His stellar record lasted seven years, including a four-year undergraduate career at Carthage (1896-1900) and a three-year career at Northwestern while pursuing a law degree.

After Baird graduated in 1900, teammate William M. Ruthrauff wrote University of Chicago football coach Alonzo Stagg, trying to interest the legendary coach in letting Baird join the 1900 Maroon football squad. In a return letter to Ruthrauff, Stagg said, “Baird is evidently a good all-around athlete, but I am looking for stars.” Indeed.

Undaunted, Ruthrauff’s father, Carthage president John M. Ruthrauff, intervened with Northwestern University, and the result was an invitation to Baird to attend law school and play football.

Baird became a star for the Wildcats, the first athlete to letter in three sports in one season: football, baseball and track. He was a punter and offensive guard on the football team and was named Chicago Daily News All-Big 10 as a sophomore. Perhaps to settle a score, Baird also played a significant role in Northwestern’s defeat of Chicago during the 1900 season.

In track, he was an outstanding performer in the high jump, the hurdles, the pole vault, and the throwing events. He was a center on Northwestern’s first basketball team and a first baseman on the diamond squad.

After receiving his law degree from Northwestern in the spring of 1903, Baird practiced law in Chicago, for the next three years, taking time off in the fall to coach football at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, (1903-1905) and at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, (1906-1907), where his 1907 team reportedly upended the University of Washington.

He was named Carthage athletic director and men’s basketball coach in December 1907, added head football duties in the fall of 1908, and baseball responsibilities in 1910. He remained as both basketball and football coach through the end of the 1914 seasons and as baseball coach through 1916.

At the same time, he kept up his law practice and was elected as a judge in Hancock County in 1910. He served one term, returned to private practice, but was elected again in 1934 for a four-year term and re-elected in 1938, 1942, and 1946. Baird retired from the bench when his term expired in 1950, but remained active in the law until he died on July 26, 1964, in Galesburg, Illinois. Baird served as a member of the Carthage Board of Trustees for 40 years (1924-64).

Born on November 2, 1877, on a farm in Carthage Township, he married Georgia Hubbs of New York City on June 23, 1913. Georgia Baird died in October 1917.