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1938 (4-5)
First Game
- Ten thousand fans see Youngstown
College lose it seasonal debut to
Geneva College, 12-6…The Geneva
College quarterback is Dom Rosselli,
former Penguin head basketball and
head baseball coach who Head Coach
Dwight “Dike” Beede discovered while
at Geneva.
First Victory
- After losing their first four
games of the season, the Penguins
blank neighboring Westminster
College, 20-0, then capture the
final three games of the season to
finish at a very respectable 4-5-0
in their first year of collegiate
football competition.
1939 (4-5)
Big Win
- The Penguins duplicate their
initial season’s record by going
4-5-0, but soundly trounced
neighboring Westminster College by
holding them scoreless, 46-0, byfar
their biggest victory during their
two-year existence. End Jack Green
of a severe strep throat only
several days after the Westminster
victory.
1940 (7-1-1)
First Winning Season -
The Penguins outscore their
opponents 164-44, an average of 18.2
points per game scored, while
yielding but 4.9 points per contest.
Fourth Best - In only its third
season of varsity competition, the
Penguins are listed the fourth best
team in the state according to the
Dunkel ratings. Capturing the first
three spots are Ohio State, Western
Reserve, and Dayton respectively.
1941 (7-0-1)
Best Record
- After playing a scoreless tie in
the season opener, Youngstown wins
the remaining seven games of the
season to record its best won/loss
mark in the school’s history. Their
unbeaten streak over the past two
seasons now stands at 14. The
defense allows only 28 points all
season long, an average of just 3.5
points per contest.
Penalty Flag
- Coach Beede introduces the penalty
flag during their 48-7 drubbing of
Oklahoma City College.
1942 (6-3)
Longest Unbeaten Streak
- Case Western Reserve snaps the
Penguins’ 15-game unbeaten streak,
the longest in the school’s history
to date. Case also snapped their
eight-game losing streak with that
win.
First Professional Player
- Sloko Gill (Campbell Memorial High
School), was a standout center the
past four years, plays with the
Detroit Lions of the NFL.
1943-1944- 1945
War Years
- The football program at Youngstown
College in discontinued until ’46
season as the result of World War
II. To date, the Penguins sport a
28-14-2-log, 20-4-2 over the past
three seasons.
1946 (7-1)
Scores Upset
- The Penguins pick up where they
left off before the war, posting a
7-1-0 record, upsetting St.
Bonaventure on their home turf
20-14, but getting upset by old
nemesis Case Western Reserve, 10-13.
St. Bonaventure is coached by former
Notre dame Head Mentor Hugh Devore.
1947 (8-2)
Top One-Hundred -
Everything seems to be falling into
place for the program as they defeat
Geneva the third week of the season,
27-7, and become rated in the top
100 of Williamson’s best teams in
the country. The Penguins go to
8-2-0 on the year and yield just 81
points to the opposition (an average
of just 8.1 points per contest), the
sixth year in a row the Penguins
have held the opposition to under
100 points on the campaign.
Most Wins
- Youngstown College closes the
season with a 13-0 shutout victory
over Kent State University before
14,000+ fans at Rayen High School
Stadium. Their eight victories are
the most ever posted by a Penguin
football team.
1948 (4-3-2)
Number Eighty-Five
- The Penguins move into 85th
slot nationally in the Williamson
rating at the conclusion of the
season.
Penalty Flag Adopted Nationally-
Coach Beede’s brainstorm locally,
has swept the country and the
American Football Coaches formally
adopt its use nationwide at its
annual rules session. The Penguins
literally take to the air as they
fly to Oklahoma for a date with
destiny and the Oklahoma City
College.
1949 (4-3-1)
Evenly Matched
- Only a lopsided defeat at the
hands of Dayton, 41-7, and a 27-7
win over Niagara are the contest
which do not leave the outcome in
considerable doubt until the winning
minutes if each game. |
