September 25, 1942 1940s First two years Football Timeline
First Football Game
Team travels to Waxahachie with loss of 19-6.
Principal's Diary
Timeline: Football
October 2, 1942 1940s Football Sports
First Football Win
Plays Pleasant Grove on the Jesuit field. 40-0. First win in the short football history.
Principal's Diary
October 7, 1942 1940s First two years Football
Pay St. Mary’s of Port Arthur to Play Us
Defeated by St. Mary's 13-0 in the Cotton Bowl. Paid St. Mary's $300 to come to Dallas. Financial loss about $150. Later, on November 1, Jesuit paid St. Edwards of Texarkana $175 guarantee and lost about $150. However, Jesuit defeated St. Edwards 32-6.
Principal's Diary
November 24, 1942 1940s First two years Football Sports
Jesuit Archives
Although this picture is not from the first games, it is from the era. Coach Eddie Maher is pictured.
First Football Season
Football 1st season record: 5-2 Jesuit won the game on the Jesuit field against Birdville 12-0.
Principal's Diary and The Roundup
January 4, 1943 1940s Football Sports Timeline
Archives
First Letter Jackets Awarded
Classes resume with a general assembly to award letter jackets to football team. Display items: Ticket stub from 11/1/42 game against St. Edward’s High in the Cotton Bowl;1942-43 picture of the Lettermen wearing the first awarded letter jackets; picture of a 40s era game;1943-44 team picture; one of first letter jackets - donated by Pat Schnitzius ‘45; 1/22/43 copy of The Roundup with article of awarding the first letter jackets; Bowl Program from the 10/11/42 game against St. Mary’s in the Cotton Bowl
The Roundup
September 29, 1944 1940s Football
Football Season Opener
Jesuit opens against Lancaster. They “Drub” Jesuit 32-6.
May 1, 1946 1940s Anecdotes Football Sports
Archives
Eddie Mahr's Letter Jacket
Rangers Nickname
Ed Maher (first lay faculty member ‘42) gave the football team its nickname “Rangers”; he once lived in the city of Ranger, Texas and liked the town.
September 3, 1948 1940s Football Sports Timeline
Archives
1948 Football Team
Football Goes Undefeated
First undefeated football season – 7 victories, 1 tie
Archives
May 1950 Football Sports
Football in Rochester
Jesuit’s Rangers boarded a chartered airliner at Love Field for Rochester, N.Y. where they will meet Aquinas High in an intersectional schoolboy football game; 25 men made the trip. They lost the game 46-7.
December 1953 1950s Football
Best Linemen
J. D. Roberts is elected best lineman by both Associated and United Press.
The Roundup 12/53
Fall 1954 Basketball Football Sports
First Time TCIL Champions in Football
Wins Texas Catholic Interscholastic League State Championships in both Football and Basketball 7 named to the All Star Team
Archives
February 1956 Football Sports
Bill Flynn Becomes New Football Coach
Coach Lancaster Smith leaves and Bill Flynn Becomes New Football Coach
The Roundup 2/56, 3/56
September 4, 1965 Football Sports
Dedication of Haggar Stadium
A brief dedication ceremony preceded the game. Fr. John Edwards, S. J. presented a plaque to the Haggars from the Province. Only one side of the stadium has been built.
Fall 2015 Football Sports
Football
First time football team wins district since Jesuit joined the UIL.
