Don't rub it in, I was 12 years old in 1963!

 

 

:bunny: :bunny: Sowwie :bunny: :bunny:

I know that we had some terrible stuff at the beginning, but I would venture to guess that 4-5 is max on our losing streak as well.

 

The worst - or the greatest; whichever way you look at it - season I remember T having was in 1995.

 

:thumb:

Do you have a link?

 

Here is the link if you do not have it yet, I have it bookmarked in my favorites.

 

http://www.louisvillehsfootball.com/schools.htm

Here is the link if you do not have it yet, I have it bookmarked in my favorites.

 

http://www.louisvillehsfootball.com/schools.htm

 

 

Many thanks!

Here is the link if you do not have it yet, I have it bookmarked in my favorites.

 

http://www.louisvillehsfootball.com/schools.htm

 

 

Got it.

Oxnard might be able to shed some light on St X football history prior to 1959. What say you, Ox?

 

After delving DEEP in the Oxnard family archives, I was able to discover that the last losing season for the St. X. Tigers was 1951, when the Xmen finished a disappointing 4-5-1 in Coach Ray Bear's last season as head coach before turning over the reigns to legendary Coach John Meihaus.

 

Although the Tigers were very disappointed in the 1951 results, a VERY SIGNIFICANT game schedule occurred this year. It was here that the Tigers made history because of a single game that ended in a 7-7 tie. Saint Xavier, the oldest Catholic school in town, insisted upon the addition of all-black Central High School to its athletic schedule in 1951. The Tigers became the first school in the region to take such a step. Brother John Joseph, Principal of St. X. wrote to Ted Sanford, Comissioner of the KHSAA and asked him whether there was anything in the rules preventing a KHSAA school from playing a colored school. The Commisioner replied that since Negro high schools were not eligible for membership in the association, the rules contained nothing to prevent it. He added that "Please use your own judgement concerning the matter. I am sure it will be good, whatever it is."

 

The game took place on September 15, 1951 at the Male High School Stadium. At the conclusion of the game, John Carrico, St. X. Class of '38, who covered high school sports for the Courier-Journal, opened his coverage of the game saying, "An experiment in race relations ended in the best way possible, deadlocked in a 7-7 tie."

 

This may have been our last losing season, but it also may have been our most significant season.

 

I am greatful that my grandfather, "CLET"us Oxnard, perserved this tidbit of St. X. historical information, despite the fact that he, along with all of my father's nine siblings, were diehard players and fans of Manual High School.

I know that we had some terrible stuff at the beginning, but I would venture to guess that 4-5 is max on our losing streak as well.

I recall a great rebound after a four game losing streak recently. The streak was snapped with with a great win over (#1 ranked and undefeated I think) St. X and finished with a second victory over the Tigers for the title. :thumb:I guess some losing streaks have a silver lining. Alls well that ends well.

Thanks Ox for this important information on Louisville and St.X high school football history. Sometimes things are more important than wins and losses. Ironically St.X and Central played many,many years and the Tigers may be the only school in Jefferson county the Yellowjackets have never beaten.

They haven't defeated Moore or Southern. They haven't played in over 20 years, but still don't have a W. X is 19-0-1 against Central with the tie being a 0-0 draw in 1970.

After delving DEEP in the Oxnard family archives, I was able to discover that the last losing season for the St. X. Tigers was 1951, when the Xmen finished a disappointing 4-5-1 in Coach Ray Bear's last season as head coach before turning over the reigns to legendary Coach John Meihaus.

 

Although the Tigers were very disappointed in the 1951 results, a VERY SIGNIFICANT game schedule occurred this year. It was here that the Tigers made history because of a single game that ended in a 7-7 tie. Saint Xavier, the oldest Catholic school in town, insisted upon the addition of all-black Central High School to its athletic schedule in 1951. The Tigers became the first school in the region to take such a step. Brother John Joseph, Principal of St. X. wrote to Ted Sanford, Comissioner of the KHSAA and asked him whether there was anything in the rules preventing a KHSAA school from playing a colored school. The Commisioner replied that since Negro high schools were not eligible for membership in the association, the rules contained nothing to prevent it. He added that "Please use your own judgement concerning the matter. I am sure it will be good, whatever it is."

 

The game took place on September 15, 1951 at the Male High School Stadium. At the conclusion of the game, John Carrico, St. X. Class of '38, who covered high school sports for the Courier-Journal, opened his coverage of the game saying, "An experiment in race relations ended in the best way possible, deadlocked in a 7-7 tie."

 

This may have been our last losing season, but it also may have been our most significant season.

 

I am greatful that my grandfather, "CLET"us Oxnard, perserved this tidbit of St. X. historical information, despite the fact that he, along with all of my father's nine siblings, were diehard players and fans of Manual High School.

 

Ox,

 

That's a great story. I knew St X was the first non-black Louisville school to play Central, but you have added a lot more of the detail around that historical event. Male didn't get around to playing its first game with the Yellowjackets until 1957, around the time the first black students were admitted. Was your father the first member of your family to attend X or was he in line with the others in the Manual camp?

They haven't defeated Moore or Southern. They haven't played in over 20 years, but still don't have a W. X is 19-0-1 against Central with the tie being a 0-0 draw in 1970.

 

The information you have displayed seems to have come from Steve Vessels' Louisville High School site. This is a great source of information, but it doesn't cover anything about games prior to 1959 when the KHSAA instituted the playoff system. Believe it or not, but football was being played by many high schools for decades prior to 1959. As I noted earlier, St. X. tied with Central in their initial game in 1951, so there have been two ties in this series.

Ox,

 

That's a great story. I knew St X was the first non-black Louisville school to play Central, but you have added a lot more of the detail around that historical event. Male didn't get around to playing its first game with the Yellowjackets until 1957, around the time the first black students were admitted. Was your father the first member of your family to attend X or was he in line with the others in the Manual camp?

 

My father was also a Manual student, as were all my uncles, aunts, and cousins on my father's side. I was the first of many who now have attended St. X.. Needless to say, our family reunions are now segregated along high school lines.

I recall a great rebound after a four game losing streak recently. The streak was snapped with with a great win over (#1 ranked and undefeated I think) St. X and finished with a second victory over the Tigers for the title. :thumb:I guess some losing streaks have a silver lining. Alls well that ends well.

Didn't Trinity lose four in a row in 94 on its way to its 12th state title?

Didn't Trinity lose four in a row in 94 on its way to its 12th state title?

I think he speaks of a more recent string.

Both titles are great, but I was speaking of 2003.