Aug 19

A history of Reitz Football shutouts: #MakingTheCut

Welcome back to ReitzFootball.com’s newest series called Making the Cut. In each edition, we take a look back at record-breaking achievements and outstanding performances made by the Mighty Panthers from throughout the school’s rich football history.

Last night’s 41-0 season-opening triumph over Henderson County was another memorable victory in the history of Reitz High School Football. In honor or the shutout, ReitzFootball.com has put together a special edition of #MakingTheCut that looks back at shutouts throughout our proud tradition.

 

Overall Shutouts

Last night was the Mighty Panthers’ 236th shutout and 153rd at Reitz Bowl.

As a percentage, we have shutout our opponents in 23.8% of all our games (991 total).

Of those 236 shutouts:

  • 225 wins
  • 10 ties
  • 1 loss (we beat Mater Dei 46-0 in 1959 but later had to forfeit for using an ineligible player)

Consecutive shutouts streaks:

  • 11 (Sept. 8, 1961 to Sept. 14, 1962)
  • 6 (Oct. 1, 1927 to Nov. 5, 1927)
  • 5 (Nov. 5, 1932 to Sept. 29, 1933)
  • 5 (Nov. 2, 1945 to Sept. 20, 1946)
  • 4 (Sept. 17, 1938 to Oct. 7, 1938)
  • 4 (Sept. 27, 1940 to Oct. 25, 1940)
  • 4 (Oct. 10, 1947 to Sept. 17, 1948)
  • 4 (Nov. 5, 1948 to Sept. 15, 1949)
  • 4 (Nov. 2, 1956 to Sept. 7, 1957)

Most shutouts in a season:

  • 9 (1961)
  • 6 (1927, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1986)
  • 5 (1930, 1945, 1946)
  • 4 (1926, 1928, 1936, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1957, 1962, 1969)

 

Season-opening shutouts

In the school’s 99 seasons, 35 of the season openers were shutouts (35.4%)

  • 34 were wins
  • 1 was a tie

Consecutive season-opening shutout streaks:

  • 14 years (1925-38)
  • 6 years (1960-65)

Championships realized in these 35 seasons:

  • 6 would go on to win state (11 overall),
  • 11 would win conference (30 total)
  • 14 would earn see city titles (39 total)

Teams we’ve shut out

28 Bosse
22 Central
18 Mater Dei
17 New Albany
13 Boonville
12 Memorial
12 North
12 Princeton
11 Vincennes Lincoln
7 Henderson Barret (Ky.)
5 Castle
4 Bloomington (South)
4 Harrison
4 Jeffersonville
4 Lawrenceville (Ill.)
4 Mount Carmel (Ill.)
4 Mount Vernon
4 Muncie Central
4 Rex Mundi
4 Terre Haute Wiley
3 Henderson County (Ky.)
3 Johnston City (Ill.)
2 Clinton
2 Grayville (Ill.)
2 Indianapolis Cathedral
2 Morganfield (Ky.)
2 Washington
1 Bicknell
1 Bloomfield
1 Boonville 2nds
1 Boys’ Catholic
1 Brazil
1 Central 2nds
1 Crawfordsville
1 Fulton (Ky.)
1 Hammond
1 Indianapolis Washington
1 Jasper Academy
1 Madisonville (Ky.)
1 Marion (Ky.)
1 McLeansboro (Ill.)
1 Muncie South
1 Owen Valley
1 Owensboro Catholic (Ky.)
1 Petersburg
1 Providence (Ky.)
1 Seymour
1 South Bend Central
1 St. Louis Central (Mo.)
1 Sullivan
1 Tell City
1 Terre Haute Garfield
1 Terre Haute Gerstmeyer
1 Westville (Ill.)

Overall shutouts by Month

9 were in August
68 were in September
98 were in October
61 were in November

Overall shutouts by Decade

1910s – 2
1920s – 25
1930s – 45
1940s – 37
1950s – 29
1960s – 36
1970s – 23
1980s – 13
1990s – 9
2000s – 11
2010s – 6

 

 

ReitzFootball.com

Dan Engler's love for Reitz Football goes back a long time. Engler played for the Panthers all four years of high school and graduated in 1996.
That summer, as the popularity of the Internet began to explode, Engler's search for Reitz Football information came up empty, so his father suggested he create a website. Engler taught himself HTML and launched the Unofficial Reitz High School Football Home Page that August.
Since then, Engler, through ReitzFootball.com, has spent the past 25 years chronicling the rich history and tradition of Reitz High School Football.
Engler and his wife, Melissa, have two sons, Logan and Micah, and a daughter, Juliette. Engler has traveled all over the world but is proud to call Evansville his home.

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