Elder Panther Football -
1951
REGULAR SEASON RECORD:
5-5
|
Game
#
|
Date
|
Opponent
|
Site
|
Score
|
W/L
|
Record
|
|
1
|
9/14/51
|
Boys Town, Nebraska
|
H
|
7-0
|
W
|
1-0
|
|
2
|
9/21/51
|
Massillon Washington
|
A
|
42-6
|
L
|
1-1
|
|
3
|
9/28/51
|
Hamilton Public
|
A
|
34-6
|
L
|
1-2
|
|
4
|
10/6/51
|
Louisville Flaget
|
H
|
37-19
|
L
|
1-3
|
|
5
|
10/14/51
|
Newport Catholic
|
A
|
31-7
|
W
|
2-3
|
|
6
|
10/19/51
|
Roger Bacon
|
H
|
39-0
|
W
|
3-3
|
|
7
|
10/28/51
|
Columbus Aquinas
|
H
|
7-6
|
L
|
3-4
|
|
8
|
11/4/51
|
Purcell
|
H
|
18-12
|
L
|
3-5
|
|
9
|
11/11/51
|
St. Xavier
|
XU
|
45-6
|
W
|
4-5
|
|
10
|
11/22/51
|
Western Hills
|
H
|
38-0
|
W
|
5-5
|
Head Coach: Walter Bartlett (Career Record: 107-90-15)
Captains: Ken
Bockenstette, Jim
Caruso
Final GCL
Standings:
|
|
Overall
|
League
|
|
1.
Purcell
|
7-1
|
4-0
|
|
2.
ELDER
|
5-5
|
3-1
|
|
3. Roger
Bacon
|
4-6
|
1-3
|
|
3. St.
Xavier
|
1-8-1
|
1-3
|
|
3. Newport
Catholic
|
|
1-3
|
Season Highlights: Elder
expanded its horizons in 1951, hosting a team from Boys Town,
Nebraska to open the season, followed by a road trip to perennial
Ohio power Massillon Washington. After defeating Boys Town 7-0, the
Panthers were crushed 42-6 by Massillon, initiating a 3-game skid.
Big losses to Hamilton's Big Blue and Louisville Flaget brought the
Panther's record to 1-3. In the Hamilton game, Co-Captain Ken
Bockenstette picked off another pass, this time thrown by Hamilton's
QB Joe Nuxhall, and ran 38 yards for the score.
A 64-yard Bockenstette-to-Jim Caruso pass and a 25-yard
Bockenstette interception return sparked the Panthers' return to the
victory column over Newport Catholic, 31-7. Bockenstette picked up 2
more interceptions, returning one 47 yards for a TD, and Don Taphorn
recovered a fumble in the end zone in the Panthers' first GCL contest
against Roger Bacon. After a 7-6 loss to Columbus Aquinas in which
the Panthers surrendered the ball 9 times on interceptions, they were
dropped by the Cavaliers of Purcell 18-12 on two fourth-quarter
TDs.
The 45-6 win over the Bombers featured a 55-yard TD run by
Co-Captain Jim Caruso and a 67-yard punt return for a TD by Dick
Bachman. In the final game of the season, the Panthers raised their
lead in the West High series to 12-10-1 with a 38-0 shutout of the
Maroons. Ken Bockenstette scored 3 touchdowns to bring his
team-leading scoring for the season to 61 points, and his career
scoring to 103 points. Caruso, a four-year varsity player, ended the
season with 6 TDs and 36 points, as did Dick Bachman.
|
HONORS
|
CINCINNATI
POST ALL-METRO ALL-STAR TEAM
|
Second
Team
|
Tom
Schiller
|
Honorable
Mention
|
Ken
Bockenstette, Dan Griffin
|
CINCINNATI
TIMES-STAR ALL-CITY ALL-STAR TEAM
|
Second
Team
|
Ken
Bockenstette, Don Griffin
|
Third
Team
|
Tom
Schiller
|
Team Roster
|
Number
|
Name |
Position
|
Class
|
|
43
|
Albers,
Thomas |
|
Sr.
|
|
46
|
Aug,
George, Jr. |
|
Soph.
|
|
24
|
Bachman,
Frank |
|
Jr.
|
|
23
|
Bachman,
Richard |
|
Sr.
|
|
20
|
Beck,
Donald |
|
Jr.
|
|
52
|
Bender,
George |
|
Soph.
|
|
83
|
Bender,
Robert |
|
Sr.
|
|
44
|
Bockenstette,
Kenneth |
|
Sr.
|
|
53
|
Boyle,
Daniel |
|
Soph.
|
|
57
|
Burkhart,
Clair |
|
Sr.
|
|
26
|
Caruso,
James |
|
Sr.
|
|
|
Duesing,
Eugene |
|
Jr.
|
|
32
|
Durbin,
Donald |
|
Jr.
|
|
37
|
Frey,
Ronald |
|
Jr.
|
|
|
Fuller,
Jerome |
|
Jr.
|
|
|
Geiser,
Robert |
|
Soph.
|
|
21
|
Grainger,
Thomas |
|
Sr.
|
|
35
|
Griffin,
Donald |
|
Sr.
|
|
47
|
Hendley,
Leo |
|
Sr.
|
|
|
Hess,
George |
|
Sr.
|
|
38
|
James,
Charles |
|
Sr.
|
|
28
|
Junker,
Steve |
|
Jr.
|
|
45
|
Kabbes,
Matt |
|
Jr.
|
|
42
|
Karwisch,
Bernard |
|
Jr.
|
|
41
|
Kelly,
Thomas |
|
Jr.
|
|
|
Kenkel,
George |
|
Jr.
|
|
55
|
Knoerzer,
Carl |
|
Jr.
|
|
|
Kroth,
Thomas |
C
|
Jr.
|
|
22
|
Marchetti,
Michael |
|
Sr.
|
|
40
|
Massa,
Gordon |
|
Jr.
|
|
|
Merrill,
Louis |
|
Jr.
|
|
25
|
Panaro,
Frank |
|
Sr.
|
|
31
|
Sabino,
Peter |
|
Soph.
|
|
29
|
Schiller,
Thomas |
|
Sr.
|
|
58
|
Taphorn,
Donald |
|
Jr.
|
|
50
|
Vale,
William |
|
Jr.
|
|
59
|
Wolf,
Roger |
|
Soph.
|
|
|
|
No. of Players
|
37
|