Elder Panther Football -
1961
REGULAR SEASON RECORD:
8-1-1
|
Game
#
|
Date
|
Opponent
|
Site
|
Score
|
W/L
|
Record
|
|
1
|
9/8/61
|
Louisville
St. Xavier
|
A
|
7-7
|
T
|
0-0-1
|
|
2
|
9/15/61
|
Chillicothe
|
H
|
37-6
|
W
|
1-0-1
|
|
3
|
9/22/61
|
McNicholas
|
H
|
20-6
|
W
|
2-0-1
|
|
4
|
9/29/61
|
Withrow
|
H
|
36-12
|
W
|
3-0-1
|
|
5
|
10/6/61
|
Dayton
Chaminade
|
UD
|
16-0
|
W
|
4-0-1
|
|
6
|
10/20/61
|
Dayton
Dunbar
|
H
|
36-6
|
W
|
5-0-1
|
|
7
|
10/29/61
|
Purcell
|
XU
|
34-20
|
W
|
6-0-1
|
|
8
|
11/5/61
|
St.
Xavier
|
Lockland
|
6-0
|
W
|
7-0-1
|
|
9
|
11/12/61
|
Roger
Bacon
|
H
|
18-6
|
L
|
7-1-1
|
|
10
|
11/23/61
|
Western
Hills
|
Trechter
|
28-0
|
W
|
8-1-1
|
Head Coach: Virgil J. Scardina (Career
Record: 55-31-4)
Captain: Jim
Dattilo
Final GCL
Standings:
|
|
Overall
|
League
|
|
1. Roger
Bacon
|
9-1
|
3-0
|
|
2.
ELDER
|
8-1-1
|
2-1
|
|
3.
Purcell
|
7-3
|
1-2
|
|
4. St.
Xavier
|
4-5
|
0-3
|
Season
Highlights: The 1961 season had a
shaky start when, early in the first quarter of Game 1, the
Louisville St. Xavier Tigers grabbed an Elder fumble and dashed 35
yards for a touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, however, Mike Junker
took the kickoff and ran 85 yards for the equalizer. Both defenses
held the rest of the game, and the Panthers escaped from Louisville
with a hard-fought tie.
Elder swept the next seven games, winning
all but one by at least two TDs. Ned Lautenbach took the reins from
Steve Tensi, and in Game 2 against Chillicothe he hit Junker with a
34-yard TD pass. Junker ran for two more scores, Dick Monnig scored
on a run from mid-field, and Terry Halloran returned an interception
28 yards for a score to give the Panthers a 37-6 victory. Captain Jim
Dattilo starred in Game 3 against McNicholas, scoring all 3
touchdowns in the Panthers' 20-6 win. Against Withrow, Dattilo scored
twice, Lautenbach scored twice, and Bill Meier added a fifth TD as
the Tigers fell, 36-12. Chaminade put up a fight, but Dattilo and
Junker provided the power in the Panthers' 16-0 shutout win, each
scoring one TD. Lautenbach hit 8 out of 11 passes, one to Mike Quinn
for 35 yards for a touchdown, while Junker added two, and Monnig and
Dattilo one each on the ground as the Panthers topped Dayton Dunbar,
36-6. And in the first GCL contest of the season, undefeated Purcell
battled undefeated Elder at Xavier Stadium close for three periods,
but Elder scored 22 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, on two
scores by Junker and one by Quinn, to beat the Cavaliers.
Against St. Xavier, the Panthers scored on
their first possession, thanks to a Jim Dattilo 49-yard run, and then
held the Bombers the rest of the way. The undefeated string over two
seasons ended at 10, however, at the hands of the Spartans of Roger
Bacon. Elder led 6-0 at the half, but the Spartans were not to be
denied, scoring 3 unanswered TDs in the second half to take the win.
Bacon topped Purcell the following week, giving the Spartans the GCL
title, and Elder second place. The Thanksgiving Day game was moved to
Trechter Stadium with the Mustangs as hosts, but the new site was not
enough to change the Mustangs' fate as they fell for the fourth
straight time to the Panthers. The Panthers recovered 5 Mustang
fumbles (3 by Jay Brogan), Jim Dattilo rushed for 121 yards and 1 TD,
and Butch Kolleck scored two TDs on runs of 1 and 52 yards, to win
the game 28-0.
Mike Junker took the honors in team scoring
with 70 points (11 TDs and 2 conversions) on the season, followed by
Jim Dattilo's 60 points (9 TDs and 3 conversions). Junker and Dattilo
shared team MVP honors; Mike Quinn received first-team All-City
honors from both the Enquirer and the Post.
|
HONORS
|
AP
OHIO STATE ALL-STAR TEAM
|
Honorable
Mention
|
Mike
Quinn
|
UPI
OHIO STATE ALL-STAR TEAM
|
|
Third Team |
Mike
Quinn |
|
CINCINNATI
ENQUIRER ALL-CITY ALL-STAR TEAM
|
First
Team Offense
|
Mike
Quinn
|
Honorable
Mention
|
Jim
Willet, Ned Lautenbach, Terry Halloran
|
CINCINNATI
POST ALL-METRO ALL-STAR TEAM
|
First
Team
|
Mike
Quinn
|
Second
Team
|
Mike
Junker, Ned Lautenbach
|
Honorable Mention |
Jim Willett |
|
G.C.L.
ALL-STAR TEAM
|
Offense
|
Mike
Junker, Ned Lautenbach, Mike Quinn, Jim Dattilo, Kirk Lobring
|
Defense
|
Jim
Willett
|
Honorable
Mention
|
Tom
Wenz, Dick Monnig
|
|
TEAM
AWARDS
|
|
Most
Valuable Player
|
Jim
Dattilo, Mike Junker
|
Best
Lineman
|
Kirk
Lobring
|
Most
Improved Player
|
Jack
Kramer
|
Team Roster
|
Number
|
Name |
Position
|
Class
|
|
17
|
Brogan,
Jay |
LB
|
Jr.
|
|
62
|
Caliguri,
Alfred |
G
|
Jr.
|
|
84 |
Corcoran,
James |
E
|
Sr.
|
|
42
|
Dattilo,
Anthony |
DB
|
Jr.
|
|
22
|
Dattilo,
James |
HB
|
Sr.
|
|
85
|
Egloff,
Andrew |
E
|
Sr.
|
|
20
|
Fay,
Michael |
HB
|
Jr.
|
|
68
|
Forrester,
James |
G
|
Sr.
|
|
70
|
Hahn,
Nicholas |
T
|
Jr.
|
|
60
|
Halloran,
Terrence |
LB
|
Jr.
|
|
79
|
Hassett,
Patrick |
T
|
Jr.
|
|
21
|
Hendy,
Gerard |
DB
|
Jr.
|
|
18
|
Joseph,
Jerome |
QB
|
Jr.
|
|
40
|
Junker,
Michael |
FB
|
Sr.
|
|
65
|
Kappen,
Carl |
G
|
Jr.
|
|
75
|
King,
James |
T |
Sr.
|
|
41
|
Klayer,
Walter |
FB
|
Jr.
|
|
54 |
Kohler, Richard |
G |
Jr. |
|
34
|
Kolleck,
Butch |
HB
|
Sr.
|
|
78
|
Kramer,
John |
T
|
Jr.
|
|
76
|
Lambert,
Michael |
T
|
Jr.
|
|
16
|
Lautenbach,
Ned |
QB
|
Sr.
|
|
69
|
Lobring,
Kirk |
G
|
Sr.
|
|
83
|
Luebbe,
Thomas |
E
|
Sr.
|
|
76
|
Manion,
Michael |
T
|
Jr.
|
|
67
|
Meehan,
Thomas |
G
|
Jr.
|
|
33
|
Meier,
William |
HB
|
Jr.
|
|
74
|
Menkhaus,
Joseph |
T
|
Sr.
|
|
23
|
Monnig,
Richard |
HB
|
Sr.
|
|
61
|
Mueller,
John |
G
|
Sr.
|
|
87
|
Munninghoff,
Jay |
E
|
Jr.
|
|
81
|
Purcell,
James |
E
|
Sr.
|
|
80
|
Quinn,
Michael |
E
|
Sr.
|
|
51
|
Reinstatler,
William |
G
|
Sr.
|
|
|
Robbe,
William |
E
|
Jr.
|
|
86
|
Schaefer,
George |
E
|
Jr.
|
|
66
|
Schroeder,
David |
C
|
Jr.
|
|
64 |
Seher,
Joseph |
G
|
Sr.
|
|
24
|
Stuart,
Richard |
HB
|
Sr.
|
|
51
|
Wall,
Thomas |
C
|
Jr.
|
|
72
|
Weaver,
Boyd |
T
|
Sr.
|
|
52
|
Welch,
Robert |
C
|
Jr.
|
|
50
|
Wenz,
Thomas |
C
|
Sr.
|
|
82
|
Willett,
Jim |
E
|
Sr.
|
|
73
|
Zang,
Donald |
MG
|
Sr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No. of Players
|
45
|