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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) |
Coach: W.L. "Bill" Carberry.
Record: 0-4-0.
Of interest:This was one of only two seasons so far where Northern State did not win a football game.
PLAYERS: Ehrke, Cronin, Johnson, Biegler, Smythe, Kirk, Conley, Moorhead, DeVries, Roed, Otto, Hanson, Shevlin, Dietz, Engelhardt, Rose, Greeno, Shelley, Cranston, Long, Sawinsky, Daly, Frederick, Keeler, Olson, Risager, Ziegler, Heintzman, Zerr, Conlin.
GAMES
L…Dakota Wesleyan…0-24
L…@Jamestown College…7-20
L…Ellendale…0-6
L…@Yankton College…7-19
1946
Coach: Clark Swisher.
Record: 6-2-0.
Of interest:Clark Swisher, now a legend at Northern State, took over his first year as coach of the Wolves.
Northern outscored its opponents 137-45 this season.
PLAYERS: Ehrke, Cronin, Johnson, Biegler, Smythe, Kirk, Conley, Moorhead, DeVries, Roed, Otto, Hanson, Shevlin, Dietz, Engelhardt, Rose, Greeno, Shelley, Cranston, Long, Sawinsky, Daly, Frederick, Keeler, Olson, Risager, Ziegler, Heintzman, Zerr, Conlin.
GAMES
W…Ellendale…13-0
W…Huron College…21-0
L…@Dakota Wesleyan…6-8
