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Hecla native and former Northern football player Clarence Schutte later became an All-American football player at the University of Minnesota, where he gained fame as the man who stopped Red Grange. Schutte rushed 32 times for a school record - it stood more than 70 years - 282 yards and scored all three Minnesota touchdowns in a Gophers' 20-7 win over Illinois in 1924. The win is considered by some as the greatest upset in Minnesota history. The 5-foot-10, 168-pound Schutte also was a major factor on a defense that stopped Grange cold. Schutte also played at South Dakota State between his stints at Northern and Minnesota. (NSU Beulah Williams Library Archive Photo / October 5, 2012) |
W…@Huron College…50-6
1942
Coach: W.L. "Bill" Carberry.
Record: 4-1-1.
Of interest: The first football game of the year was played in a wicked snowstorm at Johnson Field in Aberdeen, resulting in a 0-0 tie with Jamestown.
Northern State organized a band for football games under the direction of Harvey S. Moen.
PLAYERS: Schmidt, Rose, Hough, Ruckdaschel, Ehrke, Reed, Baumann, Silverstein, Freeseman, Langenfeld, Leddy, Rock, Doty, Wagner, Meyer, Ziegler, Kiedrowski.
GAMES
T…Jamestown College…0-0
L…@Yankton…6-18
W…Spearfish…26-6
W…@Dakota Wesleyan…12-7
W…@Southern…21-6
W…Valley City State…25-3
1943-44
No teams: There were no teams these two seasons because of World War II.
1945
