- Baltimore City College football
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The Baltimore City College football team, known as the "Knights", or formerly, the "Collegians" or "Alamedans", represents the Baltimore City College preparatory school of Baltimore, Maryland.[1] Since the introduction of football at the school in the mid-1870s, City's football team has competed in more than 1,000 contests, won more than 20 Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA) and Baltimore City championships, while emphasizing academics and fair play.[2]
In 1889, City's main rivalry started when the first game was played between Baltimore City College and the Baltimore Manual Training School, which was later renamed the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly).[3] Five former City players have gone on to professional careers in the National Football League (NFL). Two City coaches have advanced to higher levels as well. George Young served in the NFL as the general manager of the New York Giants from 1979 to 1997 and served as an assistant coach with the Baltimore Colts and the Miami Dolphins. Another coach, Harry Lawrence established a winning tradition at Bucknell University.
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History
In the mid-1870s, the popularity of football spread to high school competition. City College became one of the first high schools in the Baltimore-area to play football, which meant that there were no organized teams at the same level. In 1895, therefore, City scheduled games against college teams such as the Maryland, the Naval Academy, Mount St. Mary's, Western Maryland and even the Fort Monroe soldiers. The record in 1895: 3 wins, 13 losses, including a 42-0 rout by Navy.[4] In the first game of the 1896 season, Gettysburg College trounced City 50-0, but enthusiasm for the team continued to grow as evidence by the send off given them before they sailed to Hampton, Virginia to play Hampton high school.[5] By the early 1900s, area high schools had developed football teams and City was able to compete on a more level playing field, beating, for instance, the newly formed Polytechnic team 13-0 in 1903.
Little is known about the first City–Poly game, except that it was played at northeast Baltimore's Clifton Park in 1889 between the City "reserves" team and Poly with City emerging as the victor.[6] City won all 12 games from 1889 to 1900 when the annual clash was considered a scrub engagement.[7] The annual meeting of the two teams has led to one of the longest continuous public high school football rivalries in the nation.[6] By 1918, Poly and other area schools had surpassed City in their preparation for the games. According to William Tippett, Jr, class of 1919, City's team did not even have a practice field because of its location in Downtown Baltimore.[2]
The Harry Lawrence era
By 1929, the Knights had a new $3 million, 40-acre (160,000 m2) home in northeast Baltimore. That same year the Knights got new uniforms, with numbers on the front and back.(An historic first for high schools)[8] The "Castle on the Hill" had spacious practice fields with a separate "game day field". Under head coach Harry Lawrence, the Knights dominated local teams, including Poly whom they beat consecutively from 1934 to 1942; and started playing schools out of state, beating Petersburg High School in 1936.[9] The 1936 team won all nine of its games, but was stripped of the MSA title when one of running back Arthur Deckleman was ruled ineligible. The investigating committee gave the title to the McDonough High School, which City had beaten, 12-0, during the regular season.[10] By 1940, Lawrence's teams were undefeated in 38 consecutive games, won three consecutive state titles and retired the trophy presented by the Evening Sun for the winner of the City-Poly game.[11] In 1941, an undefeated City College went to Florida, to play Miami High School in the Orange Bowl stadium. The Knights, used to playing in cool autumnal or cold winter weather, lost to Miami High with the temperature exceeding 90 °F.[12] After the season, Lawrence and his long-time assistant, Otts Helms joined the war effort; Helms was a captain in the Army and Lawrence served as a lieutenant in the Navy for the remainder of World War II. In 1947, Lawrence became the head coach at Bucknell University where future City College head football coach, George Young, played for him in the early 1950s.[13]
Andy Defassio was hired as the head coach in 1950, his assistant coach that first year was Robert Lumsden. Lumasen soon left to take over the head coaching duties at Poly Poly, under its legendary coach Bob Lumsden, dominated City and Maryland football during the 1950s with City unable to win any of the rivalry games during that decade.The George Young era
The trend would reverse again as George Young took over the coaching duties in 1959. Young had actually been a history teacher at City, but an assistant coach at rival Calvert Hall College. Young brought discipline back to the practice field and an emphasis on grades. He also brought in young aggressive special teams coaches Joe Brune, Bob Patzwall, Mel Filler, and Ed Novak; all of whom would become head coaches later in their careers with Brune coaching the Loyola Dons for more than 25 years. Young's summer camps were brutal with an emphasis on running and conditioning as opposed to tackling and kicking. Young's teams won 6 of the 8 games he coached against Poly during the 1960s and six MSA championships.[2] One of the most memorable City–Poly games occurred on Thanksgiving Day 1965, at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, with some 25,000 fans and alumni in attendance. City beat Poly 52–6, and completed a 10–0 season with the team being ranked eighth in the nation by a national sports poll.[14] The 52 points scored by City are the most points scored by either team during the rivalry.[15] Two Knights from that game, Sykes and Person went on to the National Football League; former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke was the quarterback and Maryland Delegate Curt Anderson was the captain of that team. The tradition of the game being played on Thanksgiving ended in 1992 when Baltimore City public schools sports programs moved to the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA). Football playoffs for the MPSSAA generally start in the second week of November. The City-Poly game is now played the first week of November at the home of the Baltimore Ravens, M&T Bank Stadium, in downtown Baltimore.
The George Petrides era
Coach George Petrides, City College class of '67, has been the head football coach at City since 1975;[16] a tenure longer than the previous 10 coaches combined. During the 1960s, Petrides played on City College teams that never lost a game, but at the beginning of his coaching career, he was faced with almost impossible circumstances. The City College building was being renovated forcing enrollment to plummet and the student body to take courses at the old Poly building on North Avenue in midtown Baltimore. The athletic practice field was two miles (3 km) away and in 1979 Petrides was forced to use his junior varsity team to play Poly's varsity because of the dwindling enrollment.[17] The Castle on the Hill reopened in 1978 but the Knights did not manage a win against Poly again until 1987. With the coming of the 1990s came a rebirth of City College football dominance. During that time, Petrides and his chief assistant coach Angelo Geppi led the team through a 29 game winning streak—the longest consecutive winning streak in the history of Maryland football.[18] Petrides and Geppi also led the team to two consecutive MSA - A Conference championships in 1991 and 1992.[18] In 1993, Baltimore City Schools withdrew from the MSA in order to join the other public schools in the state which are under the umbrella of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA).[19] The move meant that City College could compete in a state-wide play-off system and perhaps earn a state championship; but because of when the state play-offs were scheduled, it also meant that City would have to hold its traditional game against Poly three weeks before Thanksgiving. Since then, City has won numerous Baltimore City championships, but never a state championship. On September 11, 2006, Petrides was honored as the Baltimore Ravens High School Coach of the Week for the third time.[16] Less than a month later, City and Poly clashed in the 118th City–Poly football game.[15] Petrides' Black Knights beat Poly 44-8, won the Baltimore City championship, finished the 2006 season 11-1, but lost the Maryland state class 3A North championship game, 7-6.[20]
Varsity head coaches
The following men served as head coaches during the years specified.[2]
- Hay Eichelberger 1904-1907
- Captain Steinbacker 1908-1909
- D. Claude Stonecipher 1910-1911
- Harry (Dutch) Ruhle 1912-1914
- Michael J. Thompson 1915-1916
- Ferdinand Bonnette 1917
- Herb Armstrong 1918
- John Coulbourn 1919-1921
- Chester H. Katenkamp 1922
- Henry "Pop" Goodard 1923-1928
- Vic Schmid 1929-1930
- David Kaufman 1931-1933
- Harry Lawrence 1934-1941
- Charles Hirschauer 1942-1944
- Charley Rudo 1945
- Harry Lawrence 1946
- Otts Helms 1947-1949
- Andy Defassio 1950-1951
- Otts Helm 1952-1953
- Frank Lee 1954-1958
- George Young 1959-1967
- Robert Patzwall 1968
- Robert Terpening 1969-1970
- Ron Chartrand 1971-1974
- George Petrides 1975–present
Players in the NFL
Over the years, five City College football players have gone on to play in the National Football League: Bob Baldwin, class of 1962 (Baltimore Colts),[21] Ara Person, class of 1966 (St. Louis Cardinals)[22] , John Sykes, class of 1967 (San Diego Chargers),[23] Tom Gatewood, class of 1968 (New York Giants),[24] Bryant Johnson, class of 1999 (Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions).
Recent schedules/results
2010 schedule/results
2010 season
Date Time Opponent Class W/L Score Site City 09/03/10 7:00pm Overlea 2-A W 27-6 Poly Complex Baltimore 09/10/10 3:45pm Northwestern 1-A W 24-8 Home Baltimore 09/17/10 3:45pm Digital Harbor 2-A W 41-0 Home Baltimore 09/24/10 7:00pm Lake Clifton High School 2-A W 48-0 Poly Complex Baltimore 10/01/10 7:00pm Dunbar 1-A L 6-14 Poly Complex Baltimore 10/08/10 3:45pm Patterson 4-A L 22-29 Home Baltimore 10/14/10 6:00pm Mervo 3-A W 32-0 Mervo Baltimore 10/22/10 3:45pm Lewis 1-A W 42-0 Home Baltimore 10/29/10 7:00pm Edmondson 2-A W 26-16 Poly Complex Baltimore 11/06/10 12 noon Polytechnic 3-A L 6-14 M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore 11/13/10 1:00pm Douglass Poly Complex Baltimore 2009 schedule/results
2009 season
Date Time Opponent Class W/L Score Site City 09/04/09 7:00pm Overlea 2-A W 20-6 Overlea White Marsh 09/11/09 7:00pm Northwestern 1-A W 64-0 Poly Complex Baltimore 09/19/09 1:00pm Digital Harbor 2-A W 51-6 Poly Complex Baltimore 09/25/09 3:45pm IBE (Walbrook) 1-A W 47-0 Home Baltimore 10/02/09 3:45pm Dunbar 1-A L 0-22 Home Baltimore 10/10/09 1:00pm Patterson 4-A L 22-28(OT) Poly Complex Baltimore 10/15/09 3:45pm Mervo 3-A W 34-0 Home Baltimore 10/24/09 6:00pm Lewis 1-A W 48-12 Poly Complex Baltimore 10/30/09 2:30pm Edmondson 2-A W 26-6 Home Baltimore 11/07/09 12 noon Polytechnic 3-A L 20-26(OT) M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore 2008 schedule/results
2008 season
The Knights opened the 2008 season with a disappointing 6 point loss to Cumberland's Fort Hill High School and ended it with an even more disappointing 3 point loss to their inter-city rivals: [[Baltimore Polytechnic devon roseborough Institute|Poly]].[25] The Knights finished the season with 6 wins and 4 losses; failing qualify for the state play-offs by one game.
Date Time Opponent Class W/L Score Site City 09/05/07 7:00pm Fort Hill 2-A L 6-14 Fort Hill Cumberland 09/12/08 3:45pm Digital Harbor 1-A W 16-0 Home Baltimore 09/19/08 7:00pm Walbrook 2-A W 38-0 Poly Complex Baltimore 09/26/08 6:00pm Patterson 3-A W 27-6 Home Baltimore 10/04/08 6:00pm Dunbar 1-A L 18-30 Poly Complex Baltimore 10/10/08 7:00pm Lake Clifton 2-A W 28-18 Home Baltimore 10/16/08 6:00pm Edmondson 2-A L 30-40 Poly Complex Baltimore 10/24/08 3:00pm Mervo 3-A W 28-3 Mervo Baltimore 10/31/08 2:30pm Carver 1-A W 47-6 Home Baltimore 11/08/08 12 noon Polytechnic 2-A L 13-16 M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore 2007 schedule/results
2007 season
The Knights finished their 2007 regular season with eight wins and three losses. The team began the season with two consecutive wins but that was followed by two consecutive losses including a 56-6 drubbing at the hands of Baltimore's Dunbar High. The Knights won their next six consecutive games including a third consecutive victory over long-time rival Baltimore Polytechnic. The win over Poly qualified the Knights for the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association state 2A playoffs against Edmondson, a team the knights had lost to earlier in the season by two points. Though the Knight's ranks had been depleted by injuries to and the academic ineligibility of several key players, City and Edmondson battled to a tie at the end of regulation with Edmondson winning after two overtimes After the season, 6 foot 7, 330 lb (150 kg) defensive tackle, James "Big June" Carmon was named to the 1A-2A All-State team.[26]
Date Time Opponent Class W/L Score Site City 09/07/07 3:45pm Forest Park 1-A W 26-20 City College Baltimore 09/15/07 6:00pm Lake Clifton 3-A W 29-0 Poly Complex Baltimore 09/21/07 3450pm Edmondson 2-A L 27-28 City College Baltimore 09/28/07 7:00pm Dunbar 1-A L 6-56 Johns Hopkins Baltimore 10/05/07 3:45pm Carver 1-A W 35-13 Carver Baltimore]] 10/12/07 7:00pm Patterson 3-A W 39-20 Poly Complex Baltimore 10/18/07 3:45pm Walbrook 4-A W 43-14 Walbrook Baltimore 10/26/07 7:00pm Douglass 2-A W 49-14 Poly Complex Baltimore 11/02/07 2:30pm Mervo 2-A W 21-12 City College Baltimore 11/10/07 12 noon Polytechnic 2-A W 26–20 M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore 11/17/07 6:00pm Edmondson 2-A L 14-20(2OT) Poly Complex Baltimore 2006 schedule/results
Date Time Opponent Class W/L Score Site City 09/08/06 3:45pm Forest Park 1-A W 52-0 City College Baltimore 09/15/06 3:45pm Lake Clifton 3-A W 20-0 City College Baltimore 09/23/06 3:450pm Edmondson 2-A W 16-6 Edmondson Baltimore 09/30/06 7:00pm Dunbar 1-A W 28-12 Johns Hopkins Baltimore 10/06/06 3:45pm Carver 1-A W 14-0 City College Baltimore 10/13/06 7:00pm Patterson 3-A W 36-0 City College Baltimore 10/19/06 3:45pm Walbrook 4-A W 36-0 City College Baltimore 10/27/06 3:45pm Douglass 2-A W 32-0 City College Baltimore 11/03/06 2:30pm Mervo 2-A W 38-0 Mervo Baltimore 11/11/06 12 noon Polytechnic 2-A W 44–8 M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore 11/18/06 6:00pm Mervo 2-A W 34-0 Poly Complex Baltimore 11/18/06 6:00pm Franklin 2-A L 6-7 Poly Complex Baltimore Past seasons results, standings
The first 40 years 1895-1934
Year W L T PF PA Comments 1895 3 12 0 50 260 losses included 42-0 (Naval Academy), & 6-0 (University of Md.)[27] 1896 2 5 0 24 116 opponents included a mix of high school and college teams[28] 1897 1 3 1 8 62 uniform colors were gold, black and white[29] 1898 1 2 1 8 62 [30] 1899 1900 1901 beat Poly 5-0[30] 1902 1903 4 1 2 54 11 beat Poly 10-0[31] 1904 2 1 0 35 6 won championship[32][33] 1905 7 1 0 94 33 only loss: 18-0 to Central High of Philadelphia[33] 1906 only highschool football team to be pictured in the Spalding Official Football Guide[34] 1907 2 2 3 87 51 beat Loyola College, 53-0[35] 1908 2 2 3 identical record to 1907 but first loss to Poly, 11-0[35] 1909 2 4 1 42 61 loss to Poly, 11-0(again)[35] 1910 4 3 0 38 52 [36] 1911 3 3 1 28 36 [37] 1912 5 3 0 191 101 [38] 1913 1 4 0 [39] 1914 2 2 2 46 46 [39] 1915 2 4 0 96 102 [39] 1916 5 1 1 133 18 only loss was to Poly[40] 1917 1918 0 6 0 15 128 [41] 1919 1920 1921 3 3 0 34 103 [42] 1922 6 1 0 195 41 beat Poly, 27-0, after 8 year drought[42] 1923 5 2 1 118 42 all 5 wins were by shut out, including 14-0 over Poly[42] 1924 beat Poly [43] 1925 5 5 0 71 209 all 5 losses were by shut out, including a 94-0 thumping by Lindbloom[43] 1926 Harry Lawrence kicked winning field goal for Poly[43] 1927 2 5 1 35 70 [44] 1928 3 6 1 70 144 [45] 1929 4 3 0 30 33 [46] 1930 2 4 1 30 71 [47] 1931 1 8 1 52 128 played Poly twice, 7-7 tie and 0-2 loss in charity game[48] 1932 4 4 3 111 63 played Poly twice, 2 ties, 2nd tie counted as a loss [1] 1933 0 8 0 12 129 no returning seniors[49] 1934 5 2 1 103 37 Public School champions[50] The middle 40 years 1935-1974
Year W L T PF PA Comments 1935 4 1 1 109 18 only loss was to Mt. St. Joe who won MSA championship[51] 1936 9 0 0 221 6 MSA champions, 8 wins by shut-out (title later forfeited, ineligible player)[52][53] 1937 7 0 1 155 24 MSA champions [53] 1938 9 0 1 271 12 MSA champions, largest margin of victory to that point over Poly (33-0)[54] 1939 10 0 0 198 30 MSA champions[55] 1940 8 0 1 206 6 MSA champions, all wins by shut-out[56] 1941 8 2 0 230 40 MSA champions, lost last game to Miami Sr. High in Miami, Fl.[57] 1942 6 1 1 139 28 MSA champions[58] 1943 3 3 2 77 98 lost to Navy plebes, 46-0 [59] 1944 4 2 1 61 39 [60] 1945 1 5 1 58 108 only win was over an undefeated Forest Park team[61] 1946 3 5 1 104 149 [62] 1947 6 3 0 161 75 23,000 in attendance at the City-Poly game[63] 1948 1949 5 4 0 125 96 [64] 1950 2 4 1 84 128 [65] 1951 2 7 1 69 193 Al Kaline was team captain[66] 1952 3 4 1 110 126 shut-out by Poly[67] 1953 2 4 1 26 64 20,000 in attendance at City-Poly game[68] 1954 2 5 0 71 122 [69] 1955 3 4 1 94 92 17,242 at City-poly game[70] 1956 6 2 0 126 53 beat a George Young coached Calvert Hall team[71] 1957 1958 4 3 1 113 65 [72] 1959 1960 3 3 2 70 98 beat Poly after 11 year drought[73] 1961 8 0 0 258 38 MSA-A conference champions[74] 1962 3 3 2 141 99 4th, MSA-A conference, Tom Duley at QB[75] 1963 6 1 0 166 60 2nd, MSA-A conf., ended Bates of Annapolis 27 game win streak [76] 1964 MSA-A conference champions 1965 9 0 0 331 49 MSA-A conference champions, ranked 7th in U.S., Kurt Schmoke at QB[77] 1966 7 0 2 239 45 MSA-A conference co-champions, Schmoke at QB[78] 1967 7 2 0 266 105 MSA-A conference co-champions[79] 1968 7 2 0 162 82 MSA-A conference champions[80] 1969 5 3 1 162 134 [81] 1970 1971 1972 1973 2 7 0 [82] 1974 2 6 1 [83] The last 40 years 1975-2014
Year W L T PF PA Comments 1975 3 7 0 110 226 [84] 1976 1977 4 6 0 n/a n/a [85] 1978 1 8 0 na na 5,000 attendance at Poly game[86] 1979 na na (no varsity teams at City in 1979)[86] 1980 na na (no varsity teams at City in 1980) 1981 5 5 0 183 138 [87] 1982 1983 7 2 1 172 92 [88] 1984 4 6 0 100 171 lost 48-0 to Poly, largest deficit in series[89] 1985 3 6 0 80 175 [90] 1986 8 3 0 263 121 MSA B-conference champions[91] 1987 11 0 0 MSA B-conference champions, ended 17 game losing streak to Poly[92] 1988 8 2 0 252 72 MSA-B conference champions[93] 1989 6 2 0 159 88 [94] 1990 6 4 0 171 101 [95] 1991 10 0 0 282 57 MSA-A conference champions[18][96] 1992 10 0 0 268 52 MSA-A conference champions[18][97] 1993 9 1 0 340 97 made state quarterfinals[98][99] 1994 8 2 1995 4 6 1996 9 3 made state semifinals[98] 1997 7 3 0 224 111 [100] 1998 7 3 0 159 138 [101] 1999 1 8 0 72 244 [102] 2000 6 4 0 217 132 [103] 2001 11 1 0 298* 114 made state semifinals but lost to Hereford 9-0 [104] *point totals include a 2-0 win over Poly caused by Poly forfeit 2002 7 4 0 238 95 made state quarterfinals[98][105] 2003 7 3 0 n/a n/a [106] 2004 6 4 0 216 186 finished 5th, Baltimore City, did not make state playoffs [107] 2005 11 2 0 212 136 Baltimore City Champions, lost in state semifinals (class 2-A north) [108] 2006 11 1 0 356 33 Baltimore City Champions, lost 7-6, in 2nd round of state playoffs (3-A) [109] 2007 8 3 0 315 217 moved back to class 2-A[110] lost, first round, state playoffs 2008 6 4 0 249 133 City-Poly rivalry, results and notes
Baltimore City College v Baltimore Polytechnic Institute results and notes
City / Poly Year City Poly Notes 1960 30 26 first win in 11 years 1961 30 8 1962 6 14 1963 0 28 1964 14 6 1965 52 6 Schmoke at quarterback, 22,676 in attendance[111] 1966 42 6 Anderson was team captain 1967 20 16 George Young coaches his last high school game. 1968 26 6 1969 12 6 1970 0 6 1971 14 22 1972 6 32 1973 0 29 1974 0 6 1975 6 20 1976 0 34 1977 0 7 1978 6 30 only 5,000 in attendance[86] 1979 7 31 no City varsity game played by JVs[86] 1980 0 47 no City varsity game played by JVs[86] 1981 0 32 1982 12 30 1983 0 18 1984 0 48 1985 0 33 1986 21 41 1987 34 22 Chris Smith throws 100 yd TD pass,[112] first win in last 17 years 1988 20 7 1989 36 6 100th anniversary of rivalry, Mayor Schmoke thows out first ball[113] 1990 0 27 1991 14 8 1992 20 0 last game played on Thanksgiving 1993 20 21 1994 7 6 1995 14 31 1996 26 20 1997 7 0 1998 13 12 1999 20 38 2000 18 6 2001 2 0 Poly was forced to forfeit game (ineligible player) 2002 6 7 2003 21 41 2004 6 24 2005 15 12 game played at Ravens Stadium 2006 44 8 game played at Ravens Stadium 2007 26 20 game played at Ravens Stadium 2008 13 16 City led 13-0 at halftime 2009 20 26 City dominates statistically, Poly wins in overtime. 2010 6 14 game was tied 6-6 at halftime City / Poly Year City Poly 1901 5 0 1902 no game 1903 10 0 1904 6 0 1905 6 4 1906 5 0 1907 2 2 1908 0 11 first loss to Poly 1909 0 11 1910 3 0 1911 0 6 1912 13 6 1913 10 20 1914 0 3 1915 0 13 1916 0 13 only loss of the season 1917 0 26 1918 3 13 1919 7 19 1920 2 14 1921 0 27 1922 27 0 1923 14 6 1924 13 6 retired Evening Sun City-Poly trophy[114] 1925 12 0 1926 0 3 future City coach kicks winning field goal for Poly 1927 11 18 1928 6 33 1929 0 7 first year with numerals on both sides of game jersey(City) 1930 0 18 1931 7 7 1932 0 0 1933 6 12 1934 13 0 1935 26 0 1936 20 6 1937 6 6 1938 33 0 1939 12 0 1940 19 0 1941 18 0 1942 19 7 1943 12 19 1944 7 7 1945 6 7 1946 6 0 1947 7 6 23,000 in attendance[115] 1948 13 12 1949 26 6 1950 0 12 Lumsden was assistant coach 1951 7 18 Al Kaline was team captain[66] 1952 0 21 1953 0 6 20,000 in attendance 1954 0 19 1955 12 12 17,242 in attendance 1956 6 12 1957 0 30 1958 6 12 1959 0 12 The City–Poly football rivalry is the oldest American football rivalry in Maryland, U.S. and one of the oldest public school rivalries in the U.S.—predated by the rivalry between the Boston Latin School and the English High School of Boston.[116] The rivalry began in 1889, when a dominant team from Baltimore City College (City) met a team from the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly), and has continued annually.[116] Despite City's initial dominance in the series, Poly leads in overall wins with the record standing at 61–54–6.
Early years
Little is known of the first American football game between Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly) and Baltimore City College (City) in 1889, except that a JV team from Poly met City, in Clifton Park and City emerged the victor. City continued to win against Poly through 1901, however in 1902, for the only time in history of the series no game was played; though, in 1931, an extra game was played to compensate.[3] Between 1903 and 1906, City won the series, but the tide turned in 1907, when the first tie in the series occurred.[117] The next year Poly scored its first victory in the rivalry.[117]
1910s and 1920s
Poly dominated the series in the 1910s. The only year of the decade that City won was 1912,[7] and between 1914 and 1917, Poly shut out City. Poly's streak continued through 1921, completing a nine year winning streak, which City broke in 1922 with a 27–0 victory.[118]
In 1926, one of the most famous City-Poly games was played. Prior to the game, the eligibility of City's halfback, Mickey Noonen, was challenged. A committee was formed to investigate Noonen's eligibility, but Noonen's father—frustrated with the investigation—struck one of the members of the committee. The result was that Noonen was not only barred from the team, but also expelled from the Baltimore City school system.[119] In spite of Noonen's removal, the two teams met at the Baltimore Stadium with 20,000 fans in attendance. The game remained scoreless well into the fourth quarter. Finally, Poly's Harry Lawerence—who later became a coach at City—kicked a successful field goal from the 30 yard leading to a 3–0 victory over City.[116]
1930s and 1940s
The 1930s ushered in a period of resurgence for the City team. Poly, which had dominated in the previous two decades, only picked up two wins in the 1930s.[7] In 1934, Harry Lawrence, who had kicked the winning field goal against City in 1926, became the head coach at his former rival.[120] Lawrence led City to a series of victories over Poly through the 1930s and early 1940s. In 1944, the game, which had been played on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, was moved to Thanksgiving Day. The change was the result of a scheduling conflict with the Army–Navy Game.[121] The game remained on Thanksgiving Day for nearly 50 years.
Lumsden and Young: 1950s and 1960s
In the 1950s, Poly under its legendary coach, Bob Lumsden for whom Poly's football stadium is named, won five straight games against City and won 9 out of the 10 games of the decade. Lumsden finished with 11–7 record against City, when he retired as head coach at Poly in 1966. In 1962, Lumsden coached 9-0 Poly to the unofficial National High School Championship Game at the Orange Bowl in Miami against the Miami High Stingarees. Poly lost 14-6. However, Poly's fortunes changed in the 1960s, while City was coached by George Young. Young coached his teams to six wins over Poly and as many state championships.[122] One of Young's most memorable victories occurred on Thanksgiving Day 1965 at Memorial Stadium, when undefeated City beat undefeated Poly 52–6, which is the largest margin of victory in the series.[15]
1970s–present
Throughout the 1970s and well into the 1980s, Poly controlled the series. City lost a total of 17 consecutive games to Poly, before winning in 1987.[116] Poly's dominance during this period is the longest winning streak in the series. In 1993, the Baltimore City public schools withdrew from the Maryland State Athletic association and joined the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA).[123] This change meant that the football season would end earlier forcing Poly and City to move their game from Thanksgiving Day to the first Saturday in November.
Notes
- ^ a b Escolona, Eduardo, editor (1933). The 1933 Green Bag. pp. 105.
- ^ a b c d Marudas, Kyriakos (1988). The City-Poly Game. Baltimore: Gateway Press. pp. 66.
- ^ a b Leonhart (1939), p. 219.
- ^ Hobbs, G. Warfield, Jr., editor (1896). The 1896 Green Bag. pp. 68.
- ^ Singley, Frederick J., editor (1897). The 1897 Green Bag. pp. 77.
- ^ a b Patterson, Ted (2000). Football in Baltimore: History and Memorabilia. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 7. ISBN 0-8018-6424-0. http://books.google.com/?id=cZeye8iTWyMC&printsec=frontcover&q=.
- ^ a b c Leonhart (1939), p. 229.
- ^ "City Out to Avenge Last Year's Defeat". The Collegian (Baltimore, Md) 1 (3). 1929-10-17.
- ^ Marudas (1988), p. 13.
- ^ Hamill, Walter Ward, editor (1937). The 1937 Green Bag. Baltimore: The 1937 Senior Class.
- ^ Harris, Murray, editor (1940). The 1940 Green Bag. Baltimore: The 1940 Senior Class.
- ^ Marudas (1988), p. 21.
- ^ "Coaches: Harry L. Lawrence,’51". Bucknell University. http://www.bucknell.edu/x2817.xml. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
- ^ Strasburger, Victor, editor (1967). The 1967 Green Bag. pp. 19.
- ^ a b c DiBlasi, Joe (2006-11-09). "City-Poly". Word Smith Media Ventures. http://www.pressboxonline.com/story.cfm?id=1117. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ a b "George Petrides of Baltimore City College Honored as Ravens HS Coach of the Week - September 11, 2006". National Football League. http://www.nflhs.com/nflprograms/coachofweek/ravenscow_09112006_jjc.asp. Retrieved 2006-09-19.
- ^ Danneker (1988) pg. 87
- ^ a b c d Kane, Gregory (2001-02-10). Speaking of streaks, this one's even longer. The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930023634/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.kane10feb10,0,6628231.column?coll=bal-local-columnists. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
- ^ "About the MIAA". Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. http://www.miaasports.com/info/about/. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
- ^ "City College Knights". mdvarsity.com. http://mdvarsity.rivals.com/hsHighSchool.asp?Year=2006&School=2059. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
- ^ "Bob Baldwin". databaseFootball.com. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BALDWBOB01. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ "Ara Person". databaseFootball.com. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PERSOARA01. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ "John Sykes". databaseFootball.com. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SYKESJOH01. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- ^ [anonomous http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GATEWTOM01 "Tom Gatewood"]. databaseFootball.com. anonomous http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GATEWTOM01. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/highschool/bal-citypoly1108,0,2080133.story
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- ^ Leonhart (1939), p.200.
- ^ Leonhart (1939), p.186.
- ^ Byrne, Harry Stevenson, chief editor (1898). The 1898 Green Bag. pp. ..
- ^ a b Leonhart (1939), p.202.
- ^ Leonhart (1939), p.203.
- ^ Leonhart (1939), p.198.
- ^ a b Leonhart (1939), p.204.
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- ^ Kargon, Dina, editor (1985). The 1985 Green Bag. pp. 85.
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