Football Timeline

Lexington Football Timeline

1897 Thanksgiving Day - First Lexington Football game- score Lex 0 Gothenburg 4. Christmas Day Lex scheduled to play at Gothenburg.

1898 First Coach - Prof. Delzell.
February 11 - First Lex/Cozad game-score Cozad 20 Lex 19

1899 First year of Association Football
First team Knick-name- "Tigers"

1901 November - First game between Lex Tigers (2) & Overton Alfalfas (0)

1907 Central & Western NE Champs - Co-State Champs with Omaha Central High. Finished undefeated, only score known is a 23-5 win over Grand Island High.

1910 Forward pass becomes legal

1911 Orange and Black adopted as school colors (basketball pennant won with the colors)

1917-18 Guy Chamberlin (Head Coach) later became player for the original Chicago Bears

1919 Lexington become the "Colts"
Lexington defeats Gibbon 123-0 (largest Lex score in history)

1923 Lexington become the "Minutemen"

1928 Undefeated season 6-0-2 Coach Brian Harrell

1931 October 2, Lex plays its first night game at Kearney - win 7-6. Coach Monte Kiffin

1933 Lex scores only 39 points in 10 games (3.9 avg)(record)

1934 First season on new field (Jr. High field). First home night game.

1946 Class B Central NE State Champs 8-1-0. Coach Willis Trupp

1948 Worst defeat in Lexington history (Lex 0 Cozad 51)
Opponents score 243 points in 9 games (27.0 avg)(record)

1955 Record 0-9-0. Only season Lex never won a game. Coach Merle Applebee

1957            Class A State Champs 8-0-0. Coach Merle Applebee
                   Outscored opponent 238 (29.8 avg) to 6 (0.8 avg)(record)
                   North Platte only team to scored 33-6
                   Also defeated Broken Bow, Cozad, Gothenburg, Holdrege, Kearney, McCook, & Omaha Westside
                  Curtis cancelled due to a flu epidemic

1967 October 20 - First game at Memorial Stadium- Lex 27 Holdrege 34

1970 Undefeated season 8-0-1. Coach Noel Martin

1972            Undefeated Class B State Champs 9-0-0. Coach Noel Martin
                   Outscored opponents 258 (28.7 avg) to 71 (7.9 avg)
                   Defeated Broken Bow, Cozad, Gothenburg, Holdrege, Kearney, McCook, Minden, Ogal, Ord

1973            Undefeated Class B State Champs 10-0-0. Coach Noel Martin
                   Outscored opponent 403 (40.3 avg)(record) to 47 (4.7 avg)
                   Defeated same teams as above plus Omaha Cathedral

1975 First year of state playoffs and tiebreakers

1976 Lex qualifies for first State Playoffs. Loses to Schuyler 6-31 first round.
8-2-0 record. Coach Dennis Thorell

1980 Lex qualifies for State Playoffs. Loses 0-28 to GICC first round.
8-2-0 record. Coach Dennis Thorell

1983 First overtime game. Lex defeats Cozad 14-13

1988            State Runner-Up. 10-3-0 (record for games played in a season)
                   1^st year for Coach Ron Laux
                   1^st State Playoff victory
                   Lost in finals to Blair 14-26

1989 Lex qualifies for State Playoffs. Loses 13-15 to Centura 2^nd round.
9-2-0 record. Coach Ron Laux

1990 Lex qualifies for State Playoffs. Loses 7-16 to Pierce 2^nd round.
9-2-0 record. Coach Ron Laux

1991 Lex qualifies for State Playoffs. Loses 6-24 to Imperial 1^st round.
8-1-0 record. Coach Ron Laux

1992 State Runner-Up. 10-2-0. Coach Ron Laux. Lost in finals to Elkhorn 12-36

1993 Lex qualifies for State Playoffs. Loses 0-6 to McCook 1^st round.
6-3-0 record. Coach Ron Laux

1995 Lex qualifies for State Playoffs. Loses 6-14 to McCook 2^nd round
6-4-0 record. Coach Ron Laux

1996 100^th Season of Football for Lexington

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