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State Championships: 1990-1991 and Scoring History
The 1990 Panthers captured the school's first ever state championship under head coach Tim Klein and assistants Mike Pratley and Jim Taylor. It was the first-ever championship in the new eight-class format. Earlier in the season the Panthers defeated the Marion Eagles, who went on to win the Class DD state championship. The Panthers were a perfect 13-0 and scored 571 points, an average of almost 44 points per game! On defense they recorded eight shutouts, giving up only 59 points, an average of a little more than four points per game, and never allowing more than 10 points in any game. This team set a state record for scoring that lasted all of about 27 hours, before the record was eclipsed by Dowagiac in their state title game the following day.
The 1991 Panthers, under Klein, Pratley and Taylor, repeated as state champions, but took statistics to an even higher level. They scored fewer points than their predecessors had in 1990, at 458 points, but gave up only 21 points for the entire season, 14 in the regular season and seven in their playoff run!! In the process they recorded 11 shutouts in thirteen games!! That means only two teams scored on the 91 Panthers, one of those being the Shamrocks of Portland St. Patrick who scored a lone touchdown in the state final game. They shut out the entire Northwest Conference with the exception of the Manton Rangers who scored twice, and shut out the entire playoff field until the final game.
Since that time, all three of theses coaches have been inducted into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame and have combined in their careers for well over 600 victories.
Below are the scores and points for the seasons 1965-2001. There have been only 6 losing seasons in the last 39 years!
In all, the Panthers have played for the state championship in the Pontiac Silverdome five times!
In 2000 the Panthers made it to the semi-finals before falling victim to Crystal-Falls-Forest Park. In 2001 in the District Finals the Cats were defeated 7-6 by Beal City.
The Years of a Winning Tradition
YEAR W L T AVE. PF PA
1965 8 0 0 1.000 192 39
1966 3 4 0 .429 68 108
1967 1 7 0 .125 51 174
1968 6 1 1 .812 176 47
1969 4 4 0 .500 98 138
1970 4 4 0 .500 79 153
1971 4 3 1 .562 62 59
1972 3 5 0 .375 73 101
1973 2 6 0 .250 62 77
1974 6 1 1 .812 198 61
1975 7 1 1 .833 273 90
1976 7 2 0 .778 256 122
1977 9 0 0 1.000 281 65
1978 8 1 0 .889 218 92
1979 4 5 0 .444 170 85
1980 5 4 0 .556 156 83
1981 8 2 0 .800 256 49
1982 6 3 0 .667 218 112
1983 8 1 0 .889 241 84
1984 8 1 0 .889 199 71
1985 11 1 0 .917 337 92
1986 10 1 0 .909 311 47
1987 8 1 0 .889 254 69
1988 12 1 0 .923 336 116
1989 9 2 0 .818 314 77
1990 13 0 0 1.000 571 59
1991 13 0 0 1.000 458 21
1992 11 2 0 .846 543 98
1993 11 2 0 .846 407 63
1994 3 5 0 .375 191 171
1995 8 3 0 .727 360 167
1996 8 3 0 .727 311 137
1997 9 2 0 .818 425 89
1998 8 3 0 .727 373 133
1999 7 3 0 .700 353 163
2000 8 5 0 .620 421 245
2001 9 2 0 .818 413 106
2002 7 3 0 .700 269 150
2003 10 2 0 .830 442 149
REGULAR SEASON RECORD SINCE 1965
GAMES W L T AVE.
374 279 93 4 .746
PLAYOFF RECORD SINCE 1975
GAMES W L T AVE.
48 31 16 0 .646
OVERALL RECORD SINCE 1965
GAMES W L T AVE.
429 315 110 4 .734
OVERALL RECORD SINCE 1955 PTS.FOR/PTS.AGAINST
TOTALS 325 125 7 .758 11,685 4,904
ALL-TIME RECORD SINCE 1901:
Wins Losses Ties Winning Percentage .638
380 195 21
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