Neshaminy Redskins History

 

Lifetime Totals

1920s 2-7-1
1930s 33-41-11
1940s 39-37-6
1950s 76-20-5
1960s 78-22-7
1970s 65-41-2
1980s 61-40-2
1990s 45-59-0
2000s 72-24-0
   
Total 471-292-33
Win Pct. .6173
Pts. For 14,803
Pts Agst. 9,998

  includes 2007 updates

 

Time will never dim the glory of the Neshaminy Redskins

Harry E. Franks - 1954

(Go to Harry's Redskins' Recollection to read how he came up with this tagline)

Step back in time.

Pete Cordelli, Dale Forchetti and Chuck Lodge, helped make their 1971 Redskins the Team of the Century, as rated by PFN in 2004.

All three were on UPI's 1971 All-State first team, and their team went 11-0, outscoring opponents 371-90.

Step Way-Back in time

This was the 1929 football team. Today, our coaching staff is this big.

Visit the photo gallery for more pictures of past teams and players.

 

Skins Football 80 years of gridiron history

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Highest Scoring Game: In 1997 the Skins came out on top in a 69 to 36 slugfest with the Abington Ghosts. The two teams combined for a monumental total of 105 points. That averages out to 2.19 points every minute of the game (or just about a touchdown and an extra point every three minutes for the entire 48 minutes they played).
Well, that's one way to time an egg!

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Longest Season: The 2004 Skins played 15 games, the most of any season. That included 10 regular season games and 5 playoff games (including the State Championship game in Hershey).

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Biggest Margin of Victory: In 1961 the Skins stopped the Bristol Warriors 59-0. Later that season they took Woodrow Wilson to the same wood shed coming out on top of a 57-0 “no-contest”.

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Lowest Scoring Year: In 1939 Langhorne H.S. played 8 games and scored 0 points on the season.

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Shortest Season: Not including 1928 (see Humble Beginnings for more on that) in 1943 the Skins lined up only four times while bringing home a dismal 0-3-1 report card. And to add insult to injury, they only scored 13 points. Talk about a war shortage!

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The Humble Beginning: Neshaminy first fielded its own eleven in 1928 when the school was called Langhorne-Middletown High School. Preferring to stay close to home, that first - and only - game that year was against Newtown High School. Heart and history yet-to-come were not enough as our kids came up short, 13 to 0.

This is just a preview, for the complete Redskins gridiron history, go to the fun facts page.

Overhead photo of Harry E. Franks Stadium

This photo was taken from a helicopter during the 1971 Neshaminy vs. Pennsbury game. Neshaminy went into the game 10-0. There were an estimated 15,000 people at this game. Look closely and you can see the end bleachers and the portable bleachers at the bottom, bottom left, and top left of this picture. Neshaminy came from behind to win 21-17 and finish the season 11-0.

I would like to acknowledge those people who are making this history section possible.

The following people have contributed greatly to the Redskins website.

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Bruce Traney - 1969-1971 Fullback (#33). Bruce has been a constant source of direction, information, creativity, and number crunching. Bruce has done quite a bit of the data compiling that is presented here. Bruce is instrumental in design, layout, proofreading and bringing new features to this website. Although he lives in California, Bruce knows PA high school football better than anyone in PA. This website would not exist if Bruce had not stepped up as a partner.

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Charles W. Lauble Jr. - of the Historic Langhorne Association. Charles provided much of what's on file relating to the early years of Neshaminy and Langhorne Middletown High School from their archives. Nearly everything we have from the 30s and 40s is from Charles. Charles Lauble is our "official historian" whose contribution is beyond measure.

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Harry E. Franks - (Coach 1952-1959). Mr. Franks gave us access to his collection of 1950's memorabilia.

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Bob Barr - 1960-1962 Running Back (#57). Bob has sent me many pictures and articles from the sixties and has created the short video clips we have here.

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Sheila Murphy - N.H.S. Athletic Director. Sheila gave me annual team records going back to 1928.

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Joe Chamberlain - 1970-1971 Guard (#63). The RedRyder gave me quite a bit of information from the early seventies, as well as much of the Hall of Fame information. He's been a great source of "hard to find" information.

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Coach John Chaump - (Head coach 1987-1991. Currently an asst coach) Coach Chaump gave us access to his collection of 1980's memorabilia.

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Leon Traney - 1970-1971 N-Club President. Leon helped me get started when this site was in it's infancy, and provided me with much of the 1970's material. Leon is also contributing his creative writing skills to the website.

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All of the fans and former players who have given their memorabilia to be added to the website. Including: Steve Cloak, Mike Bagnarelli, Chuck Gearhart, and Dale Edwards.

Undefeated

Teams

 

2001

Mark Schmidt

15-0

 
 

1971

Jack Swartz

11-0

 
 

1965

J. Petercuskie

10-0-1

 
 

1964

J. Petercuskie

9-0-1

 
 

1963

J. Petercuskie

9-0-1

 
 

1962

J. Petercuskie

10-0-1

 
 

1960

J. Petercuskie

10-0-1

 
 

1956

Harry E Franks

9-0-1

 
 

1954

Harry E Franks

10-0

 

 

 

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Maintained by Bob Willits, Bruce Traney, and Charles Lauble
Assisted by Bob Barr and Joe Chamberlain

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