Carthage College Athletics

Ralph McKee, 1895-1900
19-6-1, 6 years

1895
2-0
Head Coach: Ralph McKee

Nov. 23	10	at Quincy High School	0
Nov. 28	18	Quincy Athletic Association	0

William Simmons, ‘02, the Redmen’s “Mr. Touchdown,” is credited with scoring Carthage’s first home touchdown in the 18-0 win over the Quincy Athletic Association on Nov. 28, 1895. Simmons scored on a 75-yard fumble recovery. Simmons (left in the photo with former Carthage coach Art Keller in 1958), who died in 1962, was the last living player from Carthage’s 1895 football team.

1896
4-0
Head Coach: Ralph McKee

Oct. 3	12	at Macomb High School	0
Oct. 17	32	Illinois College	18
Nov. 21	8	Quincy Athletic Association	0
Nov. 26	20	Mount Pleasant High School	0

1897
3-1
Head Coach: Ralph McKee

Oct. 16	4	Keokuk Medical	0
Oct. 30	4	at Keokuk Medical	0
Nov. 13	6	Jacksonville Deaf Institute	0
Nov. 25	4	at Jacksonville Deaf Institute	0

1898
3-0
Head Coach: Ralph McKee

Oct. 29	11	at Keokuk Medical	6
Nov. 5	17	at Jacksonville Deaf Institute	5
Nov. 12	6	Keokuk Medical	5

William Ruthrauff (middle row, second from right), the son of former Carthage president John M. Ruthrauff (1895-1900), was a member of Carthage’s 1898 team. Ruthrauff later became the first to use calcium phosphate in a toothpaste and invented the Pepsodent brand of toothpaste.

1899
3-2-1
Head Coach: Ralph McKee

Sept. 16	6	Carthage Alumni	0
Sept. 30	0	Gem City Business College	11
Oct. 7	6	Gem City Business College	0
Oct. 28	--	Illinois College, ccd., rain	--
Nov. 4	0	at Keokuk Medical	12
Nov. 11	26	Biggsville Athletic Club	0
Nov. 30	6	at Blandinsville Athletic Club	6

1900
4-3
Head Coach: Ralph McKee

Sept. 22	0	at Knox	34
Oct. 6	16	at La Harpe High School	0
Oct. 12	0	at Monmouth	27
Oct. 20	17	Illinois College	5
Nov. 3	6	at Gem City Business College	0
Nov. 6	5	Elvaston High School	0
Nov. 9	6	Monmouth	12

Ben Mathis, 1901
1-1-0, 1 year

1901
1-1
Head Coach: Ben Mathis

Nov. 16	0	Gem City Business College	33
Nov. 28	17	Carthage High School	0

Wilbur Larrick, 1902-04
3-2-3, 3 years

1902
2-1-1
Head Coach: Wilbur Larrick

Oct. 3	12	at Iowa Wesleyan	0
Oct. 18	11	Bushnell Athletic Club	0
Oct. 31	6	Illinois College	11
Nov. 27	12	at Illinois College	12

1903
1-1
Head Coach: Wilbur Larrick

Sept. 26	0	Macomb High School	60
Oct. 16	5	Carthage High School	0

1904
0-0-2
Head Coach: Wilbur Larrick

Nov. 19	0	Carthage High School	0
Nov. 24	0	Carthage High School	0

Bud Hendrickson, 1905
4-2-0, 1 year

1905
4-2
Head Coach: Bud Hendrickson

Sept. 30	11	Keokuk High School	0
Oct. 7	32	Gem City Business College	0
Oct. 21	10	at Keokuk Medical	0
Nov. 11	0	at Western Illinois	11
Nov. 18	0	Illinois College	6
Nov. 30	20	Western Illinois	0

Carl Sundberg, 1906
3-2, 1 year

1906
3-2
Head Coach: Carl Sundberg

Oct. 6	0	Carthage High School	12
Oct. 13	14	Gem City Business College	0
Oct. 20	11	Quincy High School	0
Oct. 26	0	at Illinois College	14
Nov. 17	6	Western Illinois	0

Russell Osborne, 1907
2-5-0, 1 year

1907
2-5
Head Coach: Russell Osborne

Sept. 28	11	Quincy High School	13
Oct. 5	0	at Knox	10
Oct. 11	0	Lombard	40
Nov. 2	5	Elliot Business College	4
Nov. 8	6	Illinois College	11
Nov. 22	0	at Western Illinois	41
Nov. 28	27	La Grange	0

J. Arthur Baird, 1908-14
24-19-3, 7 years

1908
2-3
Head Coach: J. Arthur Baird

Oct. 12	5	at Gem City Business College	12
Oct. 17	5	Lombard	36
Nov. 7	21	Western Illinois	11
Nov. 20	5	at Iowa Wesleyan	6
Nov. 26	23	Hedding	0

1909
6-1
Head Coach: J. Arthur Baird

Oct. 2	12	Carthage High School	0
Oct. 9	16	at Christian University	0
Oct. 16	36	Lombard	6
Oct. 23	0	at Illinois College	0
Oct. 30	33	Iowa Wesleyan	0
Nov. 5	53	at Western Illinois	0
Nov. 12	44	Christian University	0
Nov. 25	9	at William & Vashti	12

1910
2-4
Head Coach: J. Arthur Baird

Oct. 1	27	Carthage High School	0
Oct. 7	0	at Christian University	5
Oct. 15	0	Gem City Business College	3
Oct. 28	6	Illinois College	0
Nov. 12	0	at Gem City Business College	20
Nov. 24	11	Western Illinois	22

1911
3-4-1
Head Coach: J. Arthur Baird

Sept. 29	27	Carthage High School	0
Oct. 6	0	Gem City Business College	5
Oct. 13	0	Christian University	0
Oct. 20	6	at Illinois College	0
Oct. 27	6	at Lombard	5
Nov. 3	3	at Christian University	21
Nov. 11	0	Gem City Business College	16
Nov. 25	11	at Western Illinois	22

The Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Carthage's First League
From 1912 to 1941, Carthage was a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Association (IIAA) for football, men's basketball, baseball, men's golf and men's track and field. According to former Illinois State University track and field coach Joe Cogdal, the league had its roots in the 1870s when a number of Illinois schools banded together for oratorical contests. The first intercollegiate football game within this association was played in 1881 between Illinois State and Knox College, and a football association was established for the 1894 season.

The IIAA was formed in April 1908 for a May 22 track and field meet with eight charter members, including the Bradley Polytechnic Institute (later Bradley University), Illinois College, Illinois State Normal University (later shortened to Illinois State University), Illinois Wesleyan University, Knox College, Lombard College (now defunct), Millikin University and Monmouth College. By the 1910-11, the league had expanded to 13 teams with the addition of Eureka College, Hedding College (now defunct), Lincoln College, Shurtleff College (now defunct) and William & Vashti College (now defunct).

Four schools were added for the 1912-13 season, including Augustana College (Ill.), Carthage College, Eastern Illinois Normal University (later shortened to Eastern Illinois University) and McKendree College. Southern Illinois Normal University (later re-named Southern Illinois University-Carbondale) became the 18th member during the 1913-14 academic year. Three more schools were added in 1914-15 to boost the membership to 21 schools. Those three were Blackburn College, St. Viator College (now defunct) and Western Illinois Normal University (later shortened to Western Illinois University). William & Vashti closed in 1917 reducing the league to 20 members, but Lake Forest College and Wheaton College (Ill.) joined the circuit in 1919-20 when the league name was changed to the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Association (IIAC), bringing the membership up to 22 schools.

Several other schools joined in the 1920s, including Mount Morris College (joined in 1920 and now defunct), Northern Illinois Normal University (joined in 1922 and later re-named Northern Illinois University), Elmhurst College in 1925 and North Central (Ill.) College in 1927. Blackburn withdrew following the 1923 season, and Hedding College closed in 1927 and was subsequently bought out by Illinois Wesleyan.

Somewhere along the line, the IIAC gained the nickname of the Little 19 Conference, even though the membership ranged from the high of 24 in the 1927-28 season schools to just five by the spring of 1942. Lincoln pulled out after 1928 spring season and subsequently shifted from a four-year school to a junior college. Lombard quit after 1929, and the school closed in 1930 and was taken over by Knox College. Mount Morris closed following the 1931-32 academic year. The conference really began to falter after the 1936-37 season when 12 schools withdrew to form the Illinois College Conference. Those 12 schools were Augustana, Bradley, Illinois College, Illinois Wesleyan, Knox, Lake Forest, McKendree, Millikin, Monmouth, North Central (Ill.), Shurtleff (closed after the 1956-57 academic year and absorbed by Southern Illinois University) and Wheaton. St. Viator closed in 1939, and Olivet Nazarene University took over its campus in 1947. Carthage, Elmhurst and Eureka withdrew from the IIAC in December 1941, leaving only five schools: Eastern Illinois, Illinois State, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois and Western Illinois.

In 1950, the league changed its name from the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Association to the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference when Eastern Michigan University and Central Michigan University brought the membership to seven schools. Eastern Michigan and Southern Illinois both left after the 1961-62 academic year. Eastern Michigan went independent for several years before joining the Presidents’ Athletic Conference for two seasons in 1964-65 and 1965-66. EMI returned to independent status for a time before joining the Mid-American Conference in 1971. EMU did not begin competing in MAC men’s basketball until 1974-75 or in football until 1976.

Southern Illinois also played as an independent for several years before joining the Academic Athletic Conference of Midwestern Universities for two seasons beginning in 1970-71 and 1971-72. SIU returned to independent status for three seasons prior to joining the Missouri Valley Conference for men’s basketball in 1975-76 and for football in 1977. The MVC dropped football as a conference sport in 1985, and SIU became a charter member of the Gateway Football Conference that same year, along with former Little 19 schools Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois and Illinois State.

Northern Illinois left the IIAC for the Mid-American Conference in 1966, dropping the league to four members. The final demise of the IIAC came in 1969 when Illinois State left to join the Academic Athletic Conference of Midwestern Universities. Illinois State is now a member of the Missouri Valley conference. The remaining three IIAC schools disbanded the league at the end of the 1969-70 academic year. Central Michigan joined the Mid-American Conference in 1971. Western Illinois was admitted to the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (AMCU) in 1978-79 after eight years as an independent, and Eastern Illinois joined WIU in the AMCU in 1982-83 after 12 years as an independent. The AMCU changed its name to the Mid-Continent Conference in 1989-90 and to the Summit League in 2007-08.

Among the other IIAC members, seven later helped form the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. Those seven were Augustana (Ill.), Carthage, Elmhurst, Illinois Wesleyan, Millikin, North Central (Ill.) and Wheaton (Ill.). Bradley is currently a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. Blackburn and Eureka are members of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Illinois College, Knox, Lake Forest and Monmouth are members of the Midwest Conference, although Illinois College and Lake Forest were once part of the CCIW. McKendree is an NAIA affiliate and a member of the American Midwest Conference, and Lincoln is now a two-year school and a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association.

1912
5-2, 2-1 IIAC
Head Coach: J. Arthur Baird

Oct. 5	29	Carthage High School	0
Oct. 12	0	*at Knox	73
Oct. 19	13	*at Illinois College	0
Nov. 1	14	at Christian University	6
Nov. 16	39	*Lombard	0
Nov. 23	37	Gem City Business College	0
Nov. 27	13	at Iowa Wesleyan	53

*IIAC game

1913
3-3-1, 1-2 IIAC
Head Coach: J. Arthur Baird

Oct. 4	0	*at Lombard	59
Oct. 18	0	*at Monmouth	47
Oct. 25	44	Western Illinois	6
Nov. 1	46	*Hedding	0
Nov. 8	0	Iowa Wesleyan	0
Nov. 14	13	Gem City Business College	0
Nov. 21	0	at Parsons	28

*IIAC game

1914
3-2, 1-2 IIAC
Head Coach: J. Arthur Baird

Sept. 26	37	Carthage High School	0
Oct. 3	0	*Illinois College	7
Oct. 17	0	*William & Vashti	21
Nov. 6	48	Christian University	0
Nov. 14	13	*at Hedding	3

*IIAC game

Stewart Clark, 1915, 1919
6-5-0, 2 years

1915
3-4, 2-3 IIAC
Head Coach: Stewart Clark

Oct. 9	59	Hannibal-La Grange JC	0
Oct. 16	0	*at William & Vashti	38
Oct. 30	7	*Lombard	28
Nov. 6	0	at Christian University	6
Nov. 13	28	*at Western Illinois	6
Nov. 20	0	*at Illinois College	111
Nov. 25	49	*Hedding	0

*IIAC game

Forest Loudin, 1916-20
10-15-2, 5 years

1916
2-5, 2-2 IIAC
Head Coach: Forest Loudin

Oct. 13	0	Christian University	26
Oct. 21	0	at Knox	49
Oct. 28	13	*Western Illinois	0
Nov. 4	16	*at Hedding	13
Nov. 11	0	*William & Vashti	21
Nov. 17	0	at Parsons	20
Nov. 25	0	*Illinois College	42

*IIAC game

1917
4-1-1, 3-0 IIAC
Head Coach: Forest Loudin

Oct. 12	14	*at Eureka	7
Oct. 20	71	*Hedding	0
Oct. 27	24	*at Western Illinois	0
Nov. 2	7	at Iowa Wesleyan	7
Nov. 10	0	Parsons	26
Nov. 29	33	St. Francis Solanus+	6

*IIAC game
+St. Francis Solanus changed its named to Quincy University in 1918. Carthage’s series record with the school is listed elsewhere under Quincy.

1918
1-2, 0-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Forest Loudin

Oct. 5	6	Carthage High School	0
Oct. 12	0	Iowa Wesleyan	7
Oct. 19	0	*at Lombard	16

*IIAC game

1919
5-3, 3-2 IIAC
Head Coach: Stewart Clark

Oct. 4	0	*at Knox	57
Oct. 10	18	at Quincy	0
Oct. 17	16	*Eureka	0
Oct. 25	6	+at Culver-Stockton	20
Nov. 1	6	*Lombard	10
Nov. 7	13	Iowa Wesleyan	0
Nov. 15	13	*Hedding	6
Nov. 22	20	*Western Illinois	0

*IIAC game
+Culver-Stockton changed its name from Christian University in 1919. Carthage’s series record with the school is listed elsewhere under Culver-Stockton.

1920
1-5-1, 0-4-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Forest Loudin

Oct. 2	14	Quincy	7
Oct. 8	0	*at Eureka	69
Oct. 16	0	Iowa Wesleyan	6
Oct. 23	0	*at Illinois College	33
Oct. 30	0	*Lombard	64
Nov. 7	0	*at Hedding	6
Nov. 14	0	*at Western Illinois	0

*IIAC game

Lewis Omer, 1921-35
51-52-18, 15 years

1921
6-2, 4-2 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Oct. 1	21	*Western Illinois	0
Oct. 8	48	at Quincy	0
Oct. 14	12	*Eureka	17
Oct. 22	45	*Hedding	0
Oct. 27	0	at Iowa Wesleyan	26
Nov. 4	21	*at Western Illinois	7
Nov. 11	28	*at Lincoln	0
Nov. 19	14	*at Bradley	7

*IIAC game

1922
5-4, 2-3 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Sept. 30	54	Quincy	6
Oct. 7	10	*at Illinois College	0
Oct. 14	20	Culver-Stockton	0
Oct. 20	0	at Parsons	12
Oct. 28	0	*at Monmouth	7
Nov. 3	6	*at Eureka	16
Nov. 11	3	+Iowa Wesleyan	0
Nov. 17	27	*Lincoln	0
Nov. 25	6	*at Bradley	7

+Forfeit win
*IIAC game

Radio station WCAZ, which originated as a Carthage College campus station during the 1921-22 academic year, broadcast a 1922 football game between Carthage and Culver-Stockton College, and that's believed to be the third-ever "live" voice-transmission broadcast of a college football game.

The earliest-known college football broadcasts were not relayed on radio in the traditional voice-broadcast manner, but rather in Morse code signals and subsequently "re-broadcast" by local announcers. The University of Minnesota pioneered this method from 1912-15, but the process ground to halt with World War I and its federal restrictions regarding amateur radio broadcasts. Texas A&M University's campus radio station, 5XB in College Station, Texas, which later became WTAW, was probably the second school to utilize the Morse-code system in its Nov. 24, 1921 broadcast of the Aggies' home game against the University of Texas.

Station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pa., with announcer Harold Arlin, is thought to be the first station to broadcast a "live" voice-transmission broadcast of a college football game when it offered a University of Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia University game on either Oct. 8, 1921 KDKA repeated the process with another West Virginia-Pittsburgh game on Oct. 14, 1922. Sometime that same day, probably an hour or so later due to differing time zones, then-Carthage freshman Paul Ensrud, ‘26, handled the play-by-play of the Red Men’s 20-0 win over Culver-Stockton, in Carthage, Ill. That game was carried on WCAZ, that, due to the paucity of radio stations at the time, was reportedly received in as many as 40 states.

Two weeks later, on October 28, a Princeton University-University of Chicago game was broadcast over WEAF Radio (later WNBC Radio) in New York, N.Y. A University of Pennsylvania game in November 1922 versus an unknown opponent was broadcast on WIP Radio in Philadelphia, Pa., and that's thought to be the fifth live broadcast.

WCAZ, first licensed by the Federal Radio Commission on May 5, 1922, was sold to a private investor in late-1929 and remains in operation today.

1923
4-3-1, 3-2-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Sept. 29	6	*at Millikin	18
Oct. 6	26	*Illinois College	24
Oct. 20	0	Parsons	6
Oct. 26	16	*Monmouth	6
Nov. 3	3	*Eureka	13
Nov. 10	34	at Culver Stockton	7
Nov. 17	33	*at Shurtleff	0
Nov. 24	0	*at Western Illinois	0

*IIAC game

1924
3-4-1, 1-3-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Oct. 4	10	*Western Illinois	7
Oct. 11	0	*at Monmouth	0
Oct. 18	0	at Parsons	16
Oct. 31	0	*at Eureka	6
Nov. 11	9	Iowa Wesleyan	6
Nov. 15	0	*at McKendree	13
Nov. 22	27	*Shurtleff	13
Nov. 27	0	*at Illinois College	12

*IIAC game

1925
4-4-1, 3-2-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Oct. 3	0	*at Western Illinois	0
Oct. 10	0	*Monmouth	3
Oct. 17	0	Parsons	18
Oct. 23	7	at Culver-Stockton	10
Oct. 31	14	*Eureka	0
Nov. 11	3	at Iowa Wesleyan	0
Nov. 14	0	*at McKendree	3
Nov. 21	3	*+at Shurtleff	0
Nov. 26	25	*Illinois College	0

*IIAC game
+Shurtleff scheduled Carthage and Blackburn on the same day, in error. Shurtleff chose to play Blackburn and forfeit to Carthage.

1926
3-3-2, 2-3-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Oct. 9	0	*at Bradley	58
Oct. 16	7	*at Illinois College	9
Oct. 23	0	*at Illinois Wesleyan	6
Oct. 30	7	*at Eureka	7
Nov. 5	7	Iowa Wesleyan	7
Nov. 13	38	*McKendree	0
Nov. 20	29	at Culver-Stockton	14
Nov. 25	13	*Western Illinois	6

*IIAC game

1927
2-3-2, 1-2-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Oct. 1	19	Culver-Stockton	13
Oct. 15	20	*Illinois College	20
Oct. 22	6	*Illinois Wesleyan	12
Oct. 29	27	*Eureka	0
Nov. 4	0	at Iowa Wesleyan	6
Nov. 11	0	at McKendree	7
Nov. 24	12	*at Western Illinois	12

*IIAC game

1928
2-3-2, 2-2-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Sept. 29	0	at Culver-Stockton	0
Oct. 6	6	*at Augustana (Ill.)	19
Oct. 13	6	*at Illinois College	19
Oct. 20	2	Parsons	39
Nov. 9	7	*at Eureka	0
Nov. 17	0	*at North Central (Ill.)	0
Nov. 29	16	*Western Illinois	0

*IIAC game

1929
4-3-1, 2-2-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Sept. 28	19	+at Culver-Stockton	0
Oct. 5	7	*Augustana (Ill.)	13
Oct. 18	13	at Parsons	0
Oct. 26	0	at Iowa Wesleyan	12
Nov. 2	0	*Illinois College	6
Nov. 11	7	*Eureka	7
Nov. 16	2	*#North Central (Ill.)	0
Nov. 28	6	*at Western Illinois	0

*IIAC game
+game played in Quincy, Ill.
#Forfeit win

1930
3-4-1, 3-3 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Oct. 4	7	*at Augustana (Ill.)	10
Oct. 11	0	*at Millikin	19
Oct. 18	0	at Culver-Stockton	13
Oct. 23	6	+at Iowa Wesleyan	6
Nov. 1	25	*at Illinois College	12
Nov. 8	10	*at Eureka	7
Nov. 15	6	*at Monmouth	31
Nov. 27	12	*Western Illinois	6

*IIAC game
+game played in Burlington, Iowa

1931
4-4-1, 3-3-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Sept. 25	6	*at Shurtleff	14
Oct. 3	6	*Augustana (Ill.)	6
Oct. 9	6	*at Bradley	26
Oct. 16	12	at Culver-Stockton	0
Oct. 22	14	+Iowa Wesleyan	31
Oct. 31	14	*Illinois College	7
Nov. 7	12	*Eureka	7
Nov. 14	0	*Monmouth	12
Nov. 26	19	*at Western Illinois	0

*IIAC game
+game played in Burlington, Iowa

1932
1-4-4, 0-4-3 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Sept. 19	12	at Burlington Junior College	0
Sept. 24	6	*Shurtleff	19
Sept. 30	0	*at Augustana (Ill.)	13
Oct. 15	7	*Bradley	7
Oct. 22	6	at Iowa Wesleyan	6
Oct. 29	0	*at Illinois College	14
Nov. 5	13	*at Monmouth	33
Nov. 12	0	*at Eureka	0
Nov. 19	9	*Western Illinois	9

*IIAC game

1933
4-1-2, 3-1-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Sept. 18	7	at Burlington Junior College	6
Sept. 30	0	*at Augustana (Ill.)	35
Oct. 6	0	at Parsons	0
Oct. 28	13	*at Bradley	6
Nov. 4	0	*Illinois College	0
Nov. 11	18	*at Eureka	8
Nov. 18	14	*Monmouth	12

*IIAC game

1934
2-6, 1-4 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Sept. 15	32	at Burlington Junior College	0
Sept. 28	0	at Southeast Missouri	13
Oct. 5	0	+at Parsons	7
Oct. 12	30	*Eureka	0
Oct. 27	7	*Bradley	20
Nov. 3	0	*at Illinois College	19
Nov. 10	0	*at Monmouth	7
Nov. 24	7	*at Augustana (Ill.)	41

*IIAC game
+game played in Fort Madison, Iowa

1935
4-4, 2-3 IIAC
Head Coach: Lewis Omer

Sept. 18	7	Burlington Junior College	6
Sept. 27	0	at Truman State	35
Oct. 4	3	*at Augustana (Ill.)	27
Oct. 11	10	*at Eureka	7
Oct. 26	0	*Illinois College	13
Nov. 2	0	*Monmouth	21
Nov. 9	6	*at Bradley	0
Nov. 16	7	Culver-Stockton	0

*IIAC game

Herbert “Hub” Wagner, 1936-42
20-29-6, 7 years

1936
2-5-1, 1-4-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Herbert “Hub” Wagner

Sept. 18	19	Burlington Junior College	0
Oct. 3	0	*at Monmouth	19
Oct. 9	21	*Eureka	7
Oct. 17	7	*at Elmhurst	7
Oct. 24	10	*Bradley	27
Nov. 7	15	*Illinois College	18
Nov. 14	0	at Culver-Stockton	33
Nov. 21	0	*at Augustana (Ill.)	33

*IIAC game

1937
1-6, 1-2 IIAC
Head Coach: Herbert “Hub” Wagner

Sept. 24	13	at Burlington Junior College	14
Oct. 2	0	Monmouth	7
Oct. 8	2	*at Western Illinois	7
Oct. 16	6	at Illinois College	7
Oct. 30	0	*Elmhurst	7
Nov. 6	51	*at Eureka	0
Nov. 20	6	at Augustana (Ill.)	14

*IIAC game

1938
6-1-1, 3-0 IIAC
Head Coach: Herbert “Hub” Wagner

Sept. 23	41	at Burlington Junior College	0
Oct. 1	0	at Monmouth	6
Oct. 8	3	Truman State	0
Oct. 15	9	Illinois College	6
Oct. 22	25	*at Elmhurst	0
Oct. 29	7	at Augustana (Ill.)	7
Nov. 5	46	*Eureka	6
Nov. 11	13	*at Western Illinois	7

*IIAC game

1939
2-6-1, 2-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Herbert “Hub” Wagner

Sept. 23	6	Burlington Junior College	6
Sept. 30	0	at Illinois College	19
Oct. 7	7	Monmouth	14
Oct. 13	0	at Parsons	20
Oct. 21	16	*Elmhurst	13
Oct. 27	6	at Southeast Missouri	27
Nov. 4	40	*at Eureka	0
Nov. 11	7	*Western Illinois	14
Nov. 18	0	at Augustana (Ill.)	18

*IIAC game

1940
5-2-1, 2-0 IIAC
Head Coach: Herbert “Hub” Wagner

Sept. 20	19	at Burlington Junior College	7
Sept. 28	6	Illinois College	7
Oct. 5	0	at Augustana (Ill.)	0
Oct. 12	14	Parsons	0
Oct. 19	31	*at Elmhurst	0
Oct. 26	6	at Monmouth	0
Nov. 2	19	*Eureka	6
Nov. 8	0	at Arkansas Tech	34

*IIAC game

1941
1-5-2, 1-1-1 IIAC
Head Coach: Herbert “Hub” Wagner

Sept. 20	6	Burlington Junior College	6
Sept. 27	7	at Illinois College	12
Oct. 4	0	at Augustana (Ill.)	12
Oct. 10	0	at Parsons	40
Oct. 18	0	*Elmhurst	3
Oct. 25	10	Culver-Stockton	13
Nov. 1	0	*at Eureka	0
Nov. 8	13	*at Western Illinois	12

*IIAC game

1942
3-4
Head Coach: Herbert “Hub” Wagner

Sept. 26	13	at Iowa Wesleyan	6
Oct. 3	6	at Augustana (Ill.)	14
Oct. 10	0	Illinois College	14
Oct. 17	14	at Elmhurst	0
Oct. 24	0	at Culver-Stockton	13
Oct. 31	14	Eureka	0
Nov. 7	7	Western Illinois	14

No intercollegiate football team at Carthage in either 1943 or 1944 due to World War II.

L. Paul LaVinn, 1945-46
2-10-1, 2 years

1945
2-3
Head Coach: L. Paul LaVinn

Oct. 6	20	Parsons	6
Oct. 12	6	at Iowa Wesleyan	13
Oct. 20	27	at Grinnell	6
Oct. 27	6	at Parson	7
Nov. 3	0	Iowa Wesleyan	14

1946
0-7-1, 0-4 CCI
Head Coach: L. Paul LaVinn

Sept. 27	7	at Wartburg	32
Oct. 5	0	*at Augustana (Ill.)	13
Oct. 12	7	Eureka	7
Oct. 19	0	at Monmouth	28
Oct. 26	0	*North Central (Ill.)	40
Nov. 2	0	Culver-Stockton	6
Nov. 9	0	*at Elmhurst	27
Nov. 16	0	*Wheaton (Ill.)	25

*CCI game

Roscoe Scott, 1947-49
11-12-2, 3 years

1947
5-2-1, 3-2 CCI
Head Coach: Roscoe Scott

Sept. 27	20	Wartburg	6
Oct. 4	13	at Western Illinois	13
Oct. 11	7	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	32
Oct. 18	12	*at Millikin	6
Oct. 25	0	*Augustana (Ill.)	13
Nov. 1	7	at Quincy	6
Nov. 8	27	*Elmhurst	13
Nov. 15	12	*at North Central (Ill.)	6

*CCI game

1948
4-4, 2-3 CCI
Head Coach: Roscoe Scott

Sept. 25	19	at Parsons	13
Oct. 2	6	Western Illinois	20
Oct. 9	0	*at Lake Forest	8
Oct. 16	13	*Millikin	14
Oct. 23	18	*at Elmhurst	0
Oct. 30	13	*at Illinois Wesleyan	21
Nov. 6	6	*Augustana (Ill.)	0
Nov. 13	21	Quincy	6

*CCI game

1949
2-6-1, 1-4-1 CCI
Head Coach: Roscoe Scott

Sept. 23	13	Parsons	19
Sept. 30	0	*Wheaton (Ill.)	18
Oct. 8	6	*Lake Forest	19
Oct. 22	38	*Elmhurst	12
Oct. 28	7	*Illinois College	19
Nov. 5	13	*at Augustana (Ill.)	21
Nov. 12	20	*at North Central (Ill.)	20
Nov. 18	0	at Western Illinois	30
Nov. 24	20	+vs. Iowa Wesleyan	6

*CCI game
+game played in Keokuk, Iowa

Loel Frederickson, 1950-51
2-16-0, 2 years

1950
2-7, 1-4 CCI
Head Coach: Loel Frederickson

Sept. 21	13	at Culver-Stockton	25
Sept. 29	13	*Wheaton (Ill.)	40
Oct. 6	20	Eureka	6
Oct. 14	0	*Illinois Wesleyan	49
Oct. 21	0	at Valparaiso	60
Oct. 28	7	*at Millikin	34
Nov. 3	6	*Augustana (Ill.)	33
Nov. 11	12	*at Elmhurst	6
Nov. 17	13	at Quincy	39

*CCI game

1951
0-9, 0-5 CCI
Head Coach: Loel Frederickson

Sept. 21	6	Culver-Stockton	13
Sept. 28	13	Quincy	48
Oct. 6	0	*at Illinois College	6
Oct. 13	0	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	66
Oct. 20	7	at Illinois-Chicago	21
Oct. 27	19	*Elmhurst	20
Nov. 3	14	*at Augustana (Ill.)	40
Nov. 9	19	*North Central (Ill.)	25
Nov. 16	0	Western Illinois	76

*CCI game

Art Keller, 1952-1982
177-87-7, 31 years

1952
5-2
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 26	14	at Graceland	7
Oct. 4	7	Principia	0
Oct. 11	33	at Culver-Stockton	7
Oct. 17	33	Augustana (Ill.)	13
Oct. 25	20	Illinois-Chicago	12
Nov. 1	0	at Elmhurst	33
Nov. 8	18	at Quincy	19
Nov. 14	---	Iowa Wesleyan, ccd.	---

One of Art Keller’s assistant coaches in the mid 1950s was Robert “Red” Miller (pictured above in light suit to the right of Keller). Miller, a native of Macomb, Ill., was named team MVP three straight years (1947-49) at Western Illinois University. He worked under Keller for three seasons (1955-57) before Lou Saban named Miller an assistant coach for the American Football League Boston Patriots in 1960. Miller subsequently served as an assistant with the Buffalo Bills, the Denver Broncos, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Baltimore Colts and the New England Patriots, before taking over head coaching duties for the Broncos in 1977. His first team in Denver, known at the time as the “Orange Crush,” went 12-2 and lost to the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XII. Miller was named “NFL Football Coach of the Year” by the Associated Press, United Press International and most of the football publications. He remained with the Broncos through the end of the 1980 season.

1953
8-1
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 18	25	Graceland	0
Sept. 26	7	at Augustana (Ill.)	31
Oct. 3	21	at Principia	7
Oct. 9	40	Culver-Stockton	6
Oct. 16	32	at Shurtleff	7
Oct. 23	45	Central Methodist	21
Oct. 30	19	Quincy	12
Nov. 6	20	Eureka	0
Nov. 14	40	at Illinois College	0

1954
5-3
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 17	7	Central (Iowa)	25
Sept. 24	15	Augustana (Ill.)	18
Oct. 2	6	Principia	12
Oct. 9	24	at Culver-Stockton	0
Oct. 16	39	Wisconsin Tech	0
Oct. 22	51	at Central Methodist	6
Nov. 5	19	at Eureka	0
Nov. 12	45	Illinois College	6

1955
6-2
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 16	13	at Central (Iowa)	20
Sept. 24	7	at Augustana (Ill.)	6
Oct. 1	35	at Principia	7
Oct. 7	23	Culver-Stockton	6
Oct. 15	0	+at Illinois-Chicago	18
Oct. 22	31	Central Missouri	13
Oct. 28	7	Mankato State	6
Nov. 4	47	Eureka	0

+game played at Chicago St. Phillip’s High School

1956
8-2
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 13	26	+vs. Iowa Wesleyan	19
Sept. 22	6	Missouri-Rolla	20
Sept. 29	39	Principia	7
Oct. 5	27	at Culver-Stockton	13
Oct. 13	45	Illinois-Chicago	0
Oct. 20	38	at Central Methodist	0
Oct. 27	6	at Mankato State	12
Nov. 3	41	at Eureka	0
Nov. 10	19	Ferris State	17
Nov. 17	34	Augustana (Ill.)	19

+game played in Fort Madison, Iowa

1957
4-3-1
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 21	0	at Missouri-Rolla	34
Sept. 28	13	at Principia	12
Oct. 4	14	Culver-Stockton	20
Oct. 12	14	at Dana	0
Oct. 25	7	Westmar	7
Nov. 1	26	Eureka	0
Nov. 9	19	at Illinois-Chicago	0
Nov. 16	0	at Augustana (Ill.)	13

1958
7-2
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 19	6	Augustana (Ill.)	13
Sept. 27	40	Principia	7
Oct. 4	21	at Culver-Stockton	18
Oct. 11	42	Lakeland	0
Oct. 17	27	Tarkio	7
Oct. 25	20	at Westmar	14
Nov. 1	40	at Eureka	6
Nov. 7	14	Illinois-Chicago	0
Nov. 15	20	at William Penn	21

1959
5-3-1
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 19	7	at Augustana (Ill.)	10
Sept. 25	7	at Principia	20
Oct. 2	19	Culver-Stockton	7
Oct. 10	7	at Lakeland	0
Oct. 16	32	at Tarkio	20
Oct. 24	26	Eureka	0
Oct. 31	7	at Illinois-Chicago	7
Nov. 7	20	Wisconsin-Platteville	14
Nov. 14	6	William Penn	13

1960
5-4
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 17	18	Augustana (Ill.)	32
Sept. 24	0	+Lake Forest	8
Sept. 30	26	at Culver-Stockton	7
Oct. 8	21	at Illinois Wesleyan	31
Oct. 15	6	Illinois-Chicago	12
Oct. 21	53	at Eureka	0
Oct. 28	38	Illinois College	13
Nov. 5	13	Wisconsin-Platteville	6
Nov. 12	55	at William Penn	27

+game played at Lakefront Stadium in Kenosha, Wis.

1961
7-2, 4-2 CCI
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 16	33	*at Augustana (Ill.)	13
Sept. 23	6	*at Carroll (Wis.) (Wis.)	19
Sept. 30	20	*at Millikin	32
Oct. 7	33	*Illinois Wesleyan	12
Oct. 14	33	Kalamazoo	6
Oct. 21	38	North Park	19
Oct. 28	42	*at Lake Forest	13
Nov. 4	21	Culver-Stockton	0
Nov. 18	41	*North Central (Ill.)	13

*CCI game

1962
8-0, 7-0 CCI
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 22	34	at Graceland	20
Sept. 29	45	*Carroll (Wis.)	19
Oct. 6	25	*Millikin	20
Oct. 13	41	*at North Park	6
Oct. 20	47	*North Central (Ill.)	26
Oct. 27	28	*at Illinois Wesleyan	7
Nov. 3	48	*+Lake Forest	13
Nov. 10	35	*at Augustana (Ill.)	27

*CCI game
+game played at Lakefront Stadium in Kenosha, Wis.

1963
6-1-1, 4-1-1 CCI
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 14	48	Wisconsin-Platteville	6
Sept. 21	52	Graceland	13
Sept. 28	47	*+North Park	6
Oct. 5	14	*at North Central (Ill.)	7
Oct. 12	42	*Illinois Wesleyan	19
Oct. 26	7	*Augustana (Ill.)	34
Nov. 2	7	*at Carroll (Wis.)	6
Nov. 9	0	*at Millikin	0

*CCI game
+game played at Lakefront Stadium in Kenosha, Wis.

1964
4-4, 4-2 CCI
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 19	14	at Wisconsin-Platteville	29
Sept. 26	38	*Millikin	7
Oct. 3	47	*at North Park	0
Oct. 10	20	*North Central (Ill.)	0
Oct. 17	0	*at Illinois Wesleyan	16
Oct. 24	0	at Central (Iowa)	20
Oct. 31	6	*at Augustana (Ill.)	13
Nov. 7	20	*Carroll (Wis.)	19

*CCI game

Following Carthage College’s move from Carthage, Ill., to Kenosha, Wis., the 1964 football team played its home schedule at Kenosha’s Lakefront Stadium (pictured above). That downtown facility at Lake Michigan near 58th Street is now the site of the Southport Marina. The 1965 team played its Oct. 2 home-opener versus Augustana (Ill.), as well as its Oct. 23 Homecoming date versus North Park, at Lakefront Stadium before opening what is now known as Art Keller Field, on the Carthage campus, with the Nov. 6 Illinois Wesleyan contest. The 1965 team is pictured above running onto the field at Lakefront Stadium. The building behind the concession stand is the old American Motors assembly plant, now the site of Harbor Park.

1965
6-2, 4-2 CCI
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 18	L	+at Lake Forest
Oct. 2	21	*Augustana (Ill.)	14
Oct. 9	12	*at Carroll (Wis.)	0
Oct. 16	21	*at Millikin	7
Oct. 23	42	*North Park	0
Oct. 30	14	*at North Central (Ill.)	7
Nov. 6	13	*Illinois Wesleyan	37
Nov. 13	42	*Elmhurst	12

*CCI game
+Carthage won the Lake Forest game, 14-13, but later forfeited the contest due to an ineligible player

1966
6-2, 4-2 CCI
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 24	34	Lake Forest	12
Oct. 1	0	*at Augustana (Ill.)	20
Oct. 8	19	*Carroll (Wis.)	16
Oct. 15	25	*Millikin	0
Oct. 22	53	*at North Park	32
Oct. 29	32	*North Central (Ill.)	6
Nov. 5	7	*at Illinois Wesleyan	32
Nov. 12	42	*at Elmhurst	26

*CCI game

1967
7-1, 6-0 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 16	12	Albion	0
Sept. 23	0	*Wheaton (Ill.)	20
Sept. 30	28	*at North Central (Ill.)	0
Oct. 7	23	*Illinois Wesleyan	14
Oct. 21	47	*Augustana (Ill.)	35
Oct. 28	45	*at Carroll (Wis.)	6
Nov. 4	34	*at Millikin	19
Nov. 11	19	*North Park	0

*CCIW game

1968
4-5, 4-3 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 14	7	at Albion	24
Sept. 21	14	Alma	21
Sept. 28	36	*North Central (Ill.)	14
Oct. 5	20	*at Illinois Wesleyan	13
Oct. 12	33	*Elmhurst	8
Oct. 19	36	*at Augustana (Ill.)	41
Oct. 26	40	*Carroll (Wis.)	20
Nov. 2	6	*Millikin	14
Nov. 9	26	*at North Park	27

*CCIW game

Then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan was honored at the Oct. 12, 1968, Carthage homecoming game against Elmhurst College. As a member of the Eureka College football team, Reagan (pictured below in his playing days) lost to Carthage three times: 7-0 in 1928, 10-7 in 1930 and 12-7 in 1931. Reagan, who did not attend the 1968 homecoming game but wrote a welcome in that day’s game program, pointed out that Carthage would have won the 1929 game had his brother, then a freshman, not caught his only career touchdown pass with seconds remaining to tie the score at 7-7.

1969
9-0, 7-0 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 20	19	at Alma	7
Sept. 27	21	Heidelberg	18
Oct. 4	41	*at North Central (Ill.)	14
Oct. 11	32	*Augustana (Ill.)	6
Oct. 18	28	*at Elmhurst	6
Oct. 25	40	*at Millikin	3
Nov. 1	13	*North Park	0
Nov. 8	49	*at Carroll (Wis.)	0
Nov. 15	35	*Illinois Wesleyan	0

*CCIW game

Carthage played a home-and-home series with Alma College in 1968 and 1969. Denny Stolz coached the Scots from 1965-70. Stolz was hired as head football coach at Michigan State University in 1973 and named “Big 10 Football Coach of the Year” in 1974. The Redmen's 19-7 win at Alma in 1969 snapped an 18-game Scots winning streak.

1970
7-1-1, 7-0-1 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 19	27	*Carroll (Wis.)	13
Sept. 26	35	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	20
Oct. 3	34	*Illinois Wesleyan	21
Oct. 10	13	at Western Illinois	17
Oct. 17	35	*at Millikin	7
Oct. 24	61	*North Central (Ill.)	14
Oct. 31	35	*+at Augustana (Ill.)	0
Nov. 7	21	*Elmhurst	14
Nov. 14	6	*at North Park	6

*CCIW game
+Game played at Rock Island Public Schools Stadium

1971
9-0-1, 8-0 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 18	20	*at Carroll (Wis.)	8
Sept. 25	40	*Wheaton (Ill.)	19
Oct. 2	22	*at Illinois Wesleyan	19
Oct. 9	47	Illinois-Chicago	7
Oct. 16	34	*Millikin	7
Oct. 23	54	*at North Central (Ill.)	0
Oct. 30	40	*Augustana (Ill.)	14
Nov. 6	38	*at Elmhurst	6
Nov. 13	61	*North Park	14
Nov. 27	28	+Westminster	28

*CCIW game
+NAIA Division II semifinals

George “Papa Bear” Halas, former owner and head coach of the Chicago Bears, was honored at halftime of Carthage’s Oct. 16, 1971, homecoming game versus Millikin University. Halas (center) is flanked by former Carthage president Harold H. Lentz (left) and former Carthage coach Jon Swift (right).

Carthage played its first post-season game on Nov. 27, 1971, when the Redmen played host to defending NAIA Division II national champion Westminster College (Pa.) in a semifinal game at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wis. With a game-time temperature reportedly at 13 degrees, Westminster led after three quarters, 21-20. Carthage’s John Vitkus scored on a nine-yard run in the fourth quarter, and Curt Whipple’s carry for the two-point conversion put the Redmen up, 28-21. Westminster quarterback Gene McNamara hooked up on a 16-yard touchdown pass to flanker Roger Price late in the game to knot the score at 28-28. That's the way the score stayed, but under NAIA playoff rules, Westminster was declared the winner based on the number of penetrations inside Carthage's 20-yard line.

1972
8-1, 7-1 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 16	17	*at North Park	7
Sept. 23	47	*Carroll (Wis.)	13
Sept. 30	43	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	13
Oct. 7	60	*Illinois Wesleyan	21
Oct. 14	59	Lakeland	6
Oct. 21	7	*at Millikin	6
Oct. 28	47	*North Central (Ill.)	18
Nov. 4	26	*at Augustana (Ill.)	28
Nov. 11	38	*Elmhurst	0

*CCIW game

1973
8-2, 8-0 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 15	34	*North Park	14
Sept. 22	21	*at Carroll (Wis.)	7
Sept. 29	13	*Wheaton (Ill.)	7
Oct. 6	27	*at Illinois Wesleyan	7
Oct. 13	7	at Lakeland	13
Oct. 20	31	*Millikin	21
Oct. 27	41	*at North Central (Ill.)	14
Nov. 3	32	*Augustana (Ill.)	8
Nov. 10	36	*at Elmhurst	8
Nov. 24	7	+at Glenville St.	14

*CCIW game
+NAIA Division II semifinals

Carthage’s second NAIA post-season game was played on a mud-soaked field in Ripley, West. Va., on Nov. 25, 1973, versus Glenville State University in a national semifinal contest. The field conditions wreaked havoc with Carthage’s triple option offense, and despite controlling the tempo of the game, the Redmen lost by a 14-7 margin. Glenville State scored on a pair of touchdown passes, one for 86 yards and the other for 46 yards. Carthage scored their only touchdown on a four-yard run by Dirk Hudson in the final minutes of the contest.

1974
5-3-1, 4-3-1 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 21	38	*Elmhurst	0
Sept. 28	38	*at North Park	7
Oct. 5	28	*Carroll (Wis.)	24
Oct. 12	7	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	20
Oct. 19	7	*Illinois Wesleyan	10
Oct. 26	27	Lakeland	17
Nov. 2	0	*at Millikin	35
Nov. 9	21	*North Central (Ill.)	16
Nov. 16	7	*at Augustana (Ill.)	7

*CCIW game

1975
4-5, 3-5 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 20	24	*at Elmhurst	13
Sept. 27	7	*North Park	0
Oct. 4	12	*at Carroll (Wis.)	41
Oct. 11	13	*Wheaton (Ill.)	32
Oct. 18	7	*at Illinois Wesleyan	6
Oct. 25	16	at Lakeland	0
Nov. 1	25	*Millikin	28
Nov. 8	33	*at North Central (Ill.)	36
Nov. 15	15	*Augustana (Ill.)	42

*CCIW game

Carthage was re-admitted as an NCAA member in July 1976 after leaving the association in 1970. Carthage held dual membership in both the NCAA and the NAIA from 1952 to 1969. The College left the NCAA prior to the 1970 football season in order to qualify for the NAIA Football Championship, something the Redmen accomplished in both 1971 and 1973. Participation in the NAIA championship would have violated NCAA rules against playing in unsanctioned tournaments. When the Carthage re-joined the NCAA in 1976, the College became an NCAA Division III member.

1976
3-6, 3-5 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 18	35	*at Augustana (Ill.)	43
Sept. 25	38	*Elmhurst	13
Oct. 2	29	*at North Park	5
Oct. 9	28	*Carroll (Wis.)	49
Oct. 16	13	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	62
Oct. 23	7	*Illinois Wesleyan	16
Oct. 30	23	Benedictine	24
Nov. 6	7	*at Millikin	27
Nov. 13	20	*North Central (Ill.)	13

*CCIW game

1977
5-4, 4-4 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 17	21	*Augustana (Ill.)	24
Sept. 24	30	*at Elmhurst	20
Oct. 1	34	*North Park	8
Oct. 8	12	*at Carroll (Wis.)	10
Oct. 15	26	*Wheaton (Ill.)	24
Oct. 22	16	*at Illinois Wesleyan	21
Oct. 29	42	at Benedictine (Ill.)	3
Nov. 5	6	*Millikin	40
Nov. 12	10	*at North Central (Ill.)	14

*CCIW game

1978
1-8, 1-7 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 16	7	*North Central (Ill.)	26
Sept. 23	21	*at Augustana (Ill.)	30
Sept. 30	14	*Elmhurst	33
Oct. 7	20	*at North Park	12
Oct. 14	28	*Carroll (Wis.)	34
Oct. 21	10	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	21
Oct. 28	30	*Illinois Wesleyan	35
Nov. 4	26	Milton	28
Nov. 11	13	*at Millikin	45

*CCIW game

1979
0-8-1, 0-8 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 15	7	*at North Central (Ill.)	27
Sept. 22	18	*Augustana (Ill.)	19
Sept. 29	7	*at Elmhurst	48
Oct. 6	20	*North Park	23
Oct. 13	14	*at Carroll (Wis.)	21
Oct. 20	7	*Wheaton (Ill.)	14
Oct. 27	3	*at Illinois Wesleyan	19
Nov. 3	13	at Milton	13
Nov. 10	0	*Millikin	3

*CCIW game

1980
6-3, 5-3 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 13	31	Olivet	6
Sept. 20	3	*at Millikin	0
Sept. 27	13	*North Central (Ill.)	7
Oct. 4	14	*at Augustana (Ill.)	17
Oct. 11	33	*Elmhurst	30
Oct. 18	7	*at North Park	14
Oct. 25	44	*Carroll (Wis.)	12
Nov. 1	59	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	12
Nov. 8	13	*Illinois Wesleyan	17

*CCIW game

1981
7-2, 6-2 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 5	35	at Olivet Nazarene	6
Sept. 19	27	*Millikin	14
Sept. 26	16	*at North Central (Ill.)	6
Oct. 3	7	*Augustana (Ill.)	35
Oct. 10	25	*at Elmhurst	47
Oct. 17	32	*North Park	0
Oct. 24	33	*at Carroll (Wis.)	7
Oct. 31	31	*Wheaton (Ill.)	10
Nov. 7	29	*at Illinois Wesleyan	7

*CCIW game

1982
4-5, 4-4 CCIW
Head Coach: Art Keller

Sept. 18	6	at Benedictine (Ill.)	14
Sept. 25	6	*at Millikin	3
Oct. 2	10	*North Central (Ill.)	14
Oct. 9	0	*at Augustana (Ill.)	20
Oct. 16	0	*Elmhurst	14
Oct. 23	21	*at North Park	7
Oct. 30	26	*Carroll (Wis.)	7
Nov. 6	26	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	21
Nov. 13	10	*Illinois Wesleyan	32

*CCIW game

Ken Wagner (1983-84)
6-12-0, 2 years

1983
4-5, 3-5 CCIW
Head Coach: Ken Wagner

Sept. 17	31	Benedictine (Ill.)	0
Sept. 24	17	*Millikin	16
Oct. 1	10	*at North Central (Ill.)	14
Oct. 8	7	*Augustana (Ill.)	28
Oct. 15	7	*at Elmhurst	41
Oct. 22	31	*North Park	21
Oct. 29	28	*at Carroll (Wis.)	26
Nov. 5	7	*Wheaton (Ill.)	13
Nov. 12	7	*at Illinois Wesleyan	30

*CCIW game

1984
2-7, 2-6 CCIW
Head Coach: Ken Wagner

Sept. 15	17	*Illinois Wesleyan	28
Sept. 22	7	Hope	54
Sept. 29	16	*at Millikin	49
Oct. 6	24	*North Central (Ill.)	20
Oct. 13	7	*at Augustana (Ill.)	56
Oct. 20	14	*Elmhurst	26
Oct. 27	32	*at North Park	0
Nov. 3	23	*Carroll (Wis.)	28
Nov. 10	13	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	14

*CCIW game

Roger Scott (1985-87)
6-21-0, 3 years

1985
1-8, 1-7 CCIW
Head Coach: Roger Scott

Sept. 14	18	*at Illinois Wesleyan	19
Sept. 21	12	at Hope	34
Sept. 28	15	*Millikin	34
Oct. 5	33	*at North Central (Ill.)	28
Oct. 12	8	*Augustana (Ill.)	38
Oct. 19	21	*at Elmhurst	38
Oct. 26	9	*North Park	10
Nov. 2	20	*at Carroll (Wis.)	27
Nov. 9	7	*Wheaton (Ill.)	14

*CCIW game

Tailback Pete Baranek set both Carthage and CCIW records on Oct. 5, 1985, when he ran for 382 yards against North Central (Ill.). The mark was also an NCAA Division III record for eight years until Coe College's Carey Bender ran for 417 yards in 1993. Since then, three others have surpassed Baranek's mark, including Marietta College's Dante Brown, who set the current record with 441 yards in 1996. Baranek was originally credited with 370 yards, but was given an additional 12 yards following a review of game film and subsequent consultation with the NCAA Statistics Service. On the play in question, Baranek ran for nine yards and then fumbled the football. The ball rolled for an additional 12 yards before North Central (Ill.) recovered.

1986
3-6, 3-5 CCIW
Head Coach: Roger Scott

Sept. 13	30	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	38
Sept. 20	0	*Illinois Wesleyan	16
Sept. 27	8	at Benedictine (Ill.)	49
Oct. 4	8	*at Millikin	41
Oct. 11	21	*North Central (Ill.)	24
Oct. 18	0	*at Augustana (Ill.)	49
Oct. 25	13	*Elmhurst	8
Nov. 1	26	*at North Park	0
Nov. 8	21	*Carroll (Wis.)	7

*CCIW game

1987
2-7, 2-6 CCIW
Head Coach: Roger Scott

Sept. 12	21	*Wheaton (Ill.)	14
Sept. 19	19	*at Illinois Wesleyan	26
Sept. 26	18	Benedictine (Ill.)	27
Oct. 3	8	*Millikin	28
Oct. 10	14	*at North Central (Ill.)	47
Oct. 17	6	*Augustana (Ill.)	40
Oct. 24	0	*at Elmhurst	28
Oct. 31	33	*North Park	0
Nov. 7	7	*at Carroll (Wis.)	36

*CCIW game

Jack Synold (1988-91)
12-24-0, 4 years

1988
3-6, 3-5 CCIW
Head Coach: Jack Synold

Sept. 17	0	*Carroll (Wis.)	27
Sept. 24	6	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	36
Oct. 1	7	*Illinois Wesleyan	0
Oct. 8	12	at Illinois Benedictine (Ill.)	35
Oct. 15	7	*at Millikin	21
Oct. 22	10	*North Central (Ill.)	16
Oct. 29	0	*at Augustana (Ill.)	35
Nov. 5	19	*Elmhurst	10
Nov. 12	15	*at North Park	6

*CCIW game

1989
1-8, 1-7 CCIW
Head Coach: Jack Synold

Sept. 16	3	*at Carroll (Wis.)	6
Sept. 23	0	*Wheaton (Ill.)	21
Sept. 30	20	*at Illinois Wesleyan	51
Oct. 7	14	Illinois Benedictine	31
Oct. 14	0	*Millikin	41
Oct. 21	21	*at North Central (Ill.)	31
Oct. 28	6	*Augustana (Ill.)	48
Nov. 4	10	*at Elmhurst	13
Nov. 11	14	*North Park	7

*CCIW game

1990
5-4, 4-4 CCIW
Head Coach: Jack Synold

Sept. 15	44	*at North Park	14
Sept. 22	28	*Carroll (Wis.)	24
Sept. 29	13	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	38
Oct. 6	23	*Illinois Wesleyan	49
Oct. 13	24	at Illinois Benedictine	20
Oct. 20	7	*at Millikin	24
Oct. 27	46	*North Central (Ill.)	17
Nov. 3	0	*at Augustana (Ill.)	48
Nov. 10	43	*Elmhurst	14

*CCIW game

1991
3-6, 2-6 CCIW
Head Coach: Jack Synold

Sept. 14	55	*North Park	6
Sept. 21	27	*at Carroll (Wis.)	20
Sept. 28	22	*Wheaton (Ill.)	45
Oct. 5	0	*at Illinois Wesleyan	28
Oct. 12	41	Illinois Benedictine	35
Oct. 19	10	*Millikin	34
Oct. 26	0	*at North Central (Ill.)	12
Nov. 2	12	*Augustana (Ill.)	31
Nov. 9	16	*at Elmhurst	32

*CCIW game

Mike Larry (1992-94)
2-25-0, 3 years

1992
0-9, 0-7 CCIW
Head Coach: Mike Larry

Sept. 19	18	Anderson	35
Sept. 26	17	at Illinois Benedictine	41
Oct. 3	10	*at Elmhurst	35
Oct. 10	0	*Millikin	61
Oct. 17	0	*Wheaton (Ill.)	28
Oct. 24	8	*at Illinois Wesleyan	63
Oct. 31	0	*North Park	17
Nov. 7	6	*Augustana (Ill.)	67
Nov. 14	14	*at North Central (Ill.)	51

*CCIW game

1993
1-8, 1-6 CCIW
Head Coach: Mike Larry

Sept. 18	28	at Anderson	52
Sept. 25	12	Illinois Benedictine	30
Oct. 2	32	*Elmhurst	40
Oct. 9	14	*at Millikin	45
Oct. 16	13	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	48
Oct. 23	21	*Illinois Wesleyan	20
Oct. 30	19	*at North Park	26
Nov. 6	0	*at Augustana (Ill.)	48
Nov. 13	35	*North Central (Ill.)	45

*CCIW game

1994
1-8, 1-6 CCIW
Head Coach: Mike Larry

Sept. 10	13	Carroll (Wis.)	30
Sept. 17	23	at Illinois Benedictine	26
Oct. 1	0	*Wheaton (Ill.)	40
Oct. 8	13	*Millikin	48
Oct. 15	14	*at Elmhurst	17
Oct. 22	12	*at Illinois Wesleyan	55
Oct. 29	16	*North Park	13
Nov. 5	6	*at North Central (Ill.)	23
Nov. 12	6	*Augustana (Ill.)	41

*CCIW game

Tim Rucks (1995-2012)
95-79-1, 18 years

1995
3-5-1, 2-4-1 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 9	20	at Carroll (Wis.)	37
Sept. 16	20	Illinois Benedictine	12
Sept. 30	7	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	47
Oct. 7	6	*at Millikin	49
Oct. 14	31	*Elmhurst	19
Oct. 21	7	*Illinois Wesleyan	35
Oct. 28	20	*at North Park	7
Nov. 4	7	*North Central (Ill.)	7
Nov. 11	0	*at Augustana (Ill.)	24

*CCIW game

1996
3-6, 2-4 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 14	6	Carroll (Wis.)	10
Sept. 21	19	at Lakeland	44
Oct. 5	13	*at North Central (Ill.)	14
Oct. 12	28	*Augustana (Ill.)	18
Oct. 19	42	*at Elmhurst	21
Oct. 26	14	*Millikin	41
Nov. 2	6	*Wheaton (Ill.)	40
Nov. 9	0	*at Illinois Wesleyan	42
Nov. 16	32	*North Park	13

*CCIW game

1997
5-4, 4-3 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 13	28	at Carroll (Wis.)	12
Sept. 20	26	Lakeland	32
Oct. 4	23	*North Central (Ill.)	13
Oct. 11	21	*at Augustana (Ill.)	28
Oct. 18	41	*Elmhurst	0
Oct. 25	22	*at Millikin	17
Nov. 1	14	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	25
Nov. 8	7	*Illinois Wesleyan	30
Nov. 15	14	*at North Park	0

*CCIW game

1998
5-4, 4-3 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 23	23	St. Olaf	0
Sept. 30	22	at Lakeland	26
Oct. 3	21	*North Park	6
Oct. 10	16	*Wheaton (Ill.)	38
Oct. 17	9	*at Illinois Wesleyan	37
Oct. 24	12	*Millikin	7
Oct. 31	22	*at Elmhurst	15
Nov. 7	6	*Augustana (Ill.)	45
Nov. 14	14	*at North Central (Ill.)	6

*CCIW game

1999
5-4, 4-3 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 11	21	at St. Olaf	14
Sept. 18	7	Lakeland	26
Oct. 2	28	*at North Park	0
Oct. 9	14	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	30
Oct. 16	27	*Illinois Wesleyan	44
Oct. 23	7	*at Millikin	6
Oct. 30	33	*Elmhurst	9
Nov. 6	9	*at Augustana (Ill.)	31
Nov. 13	27	*North Central (Ill.)	18

*CCIW game

2000
4-6, 1-6 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 9	34	at Lakeland	15
Sept. 16	34	at Martin Luther	14
Sept. 23	21	Adrian	3
Sept. 30	14	*Millikin	42
Oct. 7	24	*at North Central (Ill.)	33
Oct. 14	24	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	29
Oct. 21	16	*Elmhurst	19
Oct. 28	13	*at Illinois Wesleyan	44
Nov. 4	14	*Augustana (Ill.)	23
Nov. 11	56	*at North Park	52

*CCIW game

2001
6-4, 3-4 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 8	21	Lakeland	15
Sept. 15	21	Martin Luther	7
Sept. 22	30	at Adrian	19
Sept. 29	16	*at Millikin	20
Oct. 6	23	*North Central (Ill.)	20
Oct. 13	14	*Wheaton (Ill.)	41
Oct. 20	41	*at Elmhurst	19
Oct. 27	0	*Illinois Wesleyan	32
Nov. 3	18	*at Augustana (Ill.)	41
Nov. 10	17	*North Park	0

*CCIW game

2002
4-6, 3-4 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 14	34	at Lakeland	37
Sept. 21	49	at Benedictine (Ill.)	20
Sept. 28	24	Adrian	28
Oct. 5	12	*Millikin	21
Oct. 12	43	*Elmhurst	7
Oct. 19	6	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	36
Oct. 26	19	*at North Central (Ill.)	22
Nov. 2	21	*Illinois Wesleyan	20
Nov. 9	28	*Augustana (Ill., OT)	34
Nov. 16	52	*at North Park	22

*CCIW game

2003
3-7, 1-6 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 13	16	Lakeland	17
Sept. 20	44	Benedictine (Ill.)	14
Sept. 27	56	at Minnesota-Morris	12
Oct. 4	17	*at Millikin	21
Oct. 11	0	*at Elmhurst	21
Oct. 18	14	*Wheaton (Ill.)	63
Oct. 25	24	*North Central (Ill.)	29
Nov. 1	20	*at Illinois Wesleyan	21
Nov. 8	20	*at Augustana (Ill.)	56
Nov. 15	21	*North Park	3

*CCIW game

2004
11-2, 6-1 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 4	52	Carroll (Wis.)	14
Sept. 11	18	at Lakeland	14
Sept. 11	42	Benedictine (Ill.)	0
Oct. 2	31	*Millikin	13
Oct. 9	0	*at Augustana (Ill.)	35
Oct. 16	27	*North Central (Ill.)	24
Oct. 23	13	*at North Park	10
Oct. 30	39	*Wheaton (Ill.)	21
Nov. 6	33	*at Illinois Wesleyan	15
Nov. 13	49	*Elmhurst	14
Nov. 20	31	+at Alma	28
Nov. 27	14	+at Wooster	7
Dec. 4	20	+at Mount Union	38

*CCIW game
+NCAA Division III Football Championship

2005
7-3, 4-3 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 3	14	at Carroll (Wis.)	10
Sept. 10	20	Lakeland	16
Sept. 17	52	at Benedictine (Ill.)	0
Oct. 1	19	*at Millikin	7
Oct. 8	0	*Augustana (Ill.)	7
Oct. 15	24	*at North Central (Ill.)	43
Oct. 22	23	*North Park	3
Oct. 29	14	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	30
Nov. 5	42	*Illinois Wesleyan	7
Nov. 12	41	*at Elmhurst	20

*CCIW game

2006
6-4, 3-4 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 2	10	at Carroll (Wis.)	6
Sept. 9	21	at Lakeland	14
Sept. 16	31	Whittier	2
Sept. 30	13	*Elmhurst	20
Oct. 7	31	*at Illinois Wesleyan	28
Oct. 14	52	*North Park	7
Oct. 21	14	*at Augustana (Ill.)	28
Oct. 28	16	*Millikin	7
Nov. 4	3	*Wheaton (Ill.)	52
Nov. 11	24	*at North Central (Ill.)	34

*CCIW game

2007
7-3, 4-3 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 1	35	Carroll (Wis.)	7
Sept. 8	35	Lakeland	16
Sept. 15	35	at Whittier	28
Sept. 29	15	*at Elmhurst	30
Oct. 6	31	*Illinois Wesleyan	35
Oct. 13	40	*at North Park	18
Oct. 20	33	*Augustana (Ill.)	28
Oct. 27	38	*at Millikin	28
Nov. 3	35	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	27
Nov. 10	10	*North Central (Ill.)	56

*CCIW game

2008
5-5, 3-4 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 13	70	Hope	46
Sept.29	27	at Lakeland	21
Sept. 27	27	Campbell	36
Oct. 4	26	*at Illinois Wesleyan	21
Oct. 11	26	*Elmhurst	29
Oct. 18	24	*at North Central (Ill.)	31
Oct. 25	16	*Augustana (Ill.)	40
Nov. 1	17	*at Millikin	13
Nov. 8	48	*at North Park	19
Nov. 15	24	*Wheaton (Ill.)	51

*CCIW game

2009
7-3, 4-3 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 12	26	at Hope	19
Sept. 19	50	Lakeland	34
Sept. 26	34	at Valparaiso	24
Oct. 3	16	*Illinois Wesleyan	42
Oct. 10	45	*at Elmhurst	38
Oct. 17	38	*North Central (Ill.)	63
Oct. 24	20	*at Augustana (Ill.)	42
Oct. 31	41	*Millikin	28
Nov. 7	55	*North Park	24
Nov. 14	35	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	30

*CCIW game

2010
6-4, 3-4 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 4	30	Franklin	27
Sept. 11	35	at Lakeland (OT)	34
Sept. 28	51	at Concordia (Wis.)	3
Oct. 2	8	*at North Central (Ill.)	43
Oct. 9	48	*Millikin	24
Oct. 16	16	*Augustana (Ill.)	16
Oct. 23	24	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	31
Oct. 30	23	*North Park	10
Nov. 6	42	*at Illinois Wesleyan	49
Nov. 13	28	*Elmhurst	6

*CCIW game

2011
5-5, 2-5 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks

Sept. 3	16	at Carleton	13
Sept. 10	38	Lakeland	0
Sept. 17	20	Concordia (Wis.)	3
Oct. 1	0	*North Central (Ill.)	24
Oct. 8	40	*at Millikin	23
Oct. 15	13	*at Augustana (Ill.)	19
Oct. 22	7	*Wheaton (Ill.)	31
Oct. 29	31	*at North Park	28
Nov. 5	9	*Illinois Wesleyan	13
Nov. 12	7	*at Elmhurst	28

*CCIW game

Mike Yeager (interim for the final three games in 2012-present)
4-19

2012
3-7, 1-6 CCIW
Head Coach: Tim Rucks for the first seven game and interim coach Mike Yeager for the final three

Sept. 1	20	at Adrian	17
Sept. 15	3	Wartburg	27
Sept. 22	49	Lakeland	9
Sept. 29	31	*North Park	6
Oct. 6	10	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	44
Oct. 13	7	*at Illinois Wesleyan	45
Oct. 20	10	*North Central (Ill.)	42
Oct. 27	13	*at Augustana (Ill.)	28
Nov. 3	24	*Elmhurst	41
Nov. 10	13	*at Millikin	55

*CCIW game

2013
1-9, 0-7 CCIW
Head Coach:  Mike Yeager

Sept. 14	52	at Lakeland	6
Sept. 21	10	at Wartburg	27
Sept. 28	14	Adrian	28
Oct. 5	20	*at North Park	22
Oct. 12	0	*Wheaton (Ill.)	28
Oct. 19	10	*Illinois Wesleyan	31
Oct. 26	20	*at North Central (Ill.)	72
Nov. 5	0	*Augustana (Ill.)	28
Nov. 9	9	*at Elmhurst	10
Nov. 16	21	*Millikin	28

*CCIW game

2014
3-7, 2-5 CCIW
Head Coach:  Mike Yeager

Sept. 6	13	St. Norbert	25
Sept. 13	14	at Adrian	40
Sept. 27	21	Lakeland	14
Oct. 4	21	*at Illinois Wesleyan	10
Oct. 11	42	*Elmhurst (2 OT)	49
Oct. 18	23	*at North Central (Ill.)	53
Oct. 25	26	*at Augustana (Ill.)	31
Nov. 1	28	*at Millikin	22
Nov. 8	14	*at North Park	36
Nov. 15	2	*Wheaton (Ill.)	21

*CCIW game 

2015
5-5, 4-3 CCIW
Head Coach:  Mike Yeager

Sept. 5	6	at St. Norbert	35
Sept. 12	32	Olivet	42
Sept. 26	29	at Lakeland	28
Oct. 3	17	*Illinois Wesleyan	21
Oct. 10	31	*at Elmhurst	17
Oct. 17	17	*North Central (Ill.)	41
Oct. 24	39	*at Augustana (Ill.)	27
Oct. 31	36	*Millikin	17
Nov. 7	14	*North Park	6
Nov. 14	3	*at Wheaton (Ill.)	17

*CCIW game