Head Coach: Bob Padgett (38-9, 5th year)
Record: 7-2 (7-1 SIAC A, 5-1 City)
Final Regular Season Ranking: #5 in Litkenhous Ratings; #19 in AP Rankings
Championships: City & West Side Nut Club Champs
Results
* – denotes SIAC A contest
| Date | Opponent | Score | Comment |
| Sep. 8 | @ Central * | W 10-7 | |
| Sep. 14 | Vincennes * | W 38-0 | |
| Sep. 21 | Memorial * | L 21-28 | |
| Sep. 29 | @ Harrison * | W 42-13 | |
| Oct. 6 | @ New Albany * | W 49-0 | |
| Oct. 12 | @ North * | W 54-6 | |
| Oct. 19 | Mater Dei * | W 19-6 | West Side Nut Club Championship |
| Oct. 26 | Bosse * | W 31-12 | |
| Nov. 2 | @ North Central (Indpls.) | L 8-22 |
Individual Honors
- Steve Betulius
- UPI All-State offensive guard
- AP All-State second team offensive tackle
- IFCA All-Star player
- All-SIAC A-Division offensive tackle
- Courier All-City offensive tackle
- Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club All-City offensive tackle
- Press All-City tackle
- Sunday Courier & Press All-City offensive tackle
- Matt Conkling
- All-SIAC A-Division offensive guard
- Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club All-City offensive guard
- Sunday Courier & Press All-City offensive guard
- Ted Godbey
- AP All-State honorable mention running back
- Courier All-City halfback
- Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club All-City running back
- Press All-City back
- Sunday Courier & Press All-City offensive back
- Tim Hall
- All-SIAC A-Division placekicker
- Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club All-City placekicker
- Sunday Courier & Press All-City kicker
- Mike Kuykendall
- Courier All-City offensive guard
- David Mattingly
- Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club All-City defensive end
- Sunday Courier & Press All-City defensive end
- Courier All-City defensive end
- Jim McDonald
- Courier All-City center
- Sunday Courier & Press All-City center
- Rodney Riney
- Courier All-City defensive guard
- Roger Williams
- UPI All-State defensive end
- IFCA All-Star player
- AP All-State honorable mention defensive end
- All-SIAC A-Division defensive tackle
- Courier All-City defensive tackle
- Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club All-City defensive interior lineman & honorary defensive captain
- Press All-City tackle
- Sunday Courier & Press All-City defensive lineman
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