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Below is the first post, recapping the 1963 season.
*158 Teams played 8-Man football in 1963 and here is how the Final Omaha World-Herald 8-Man Football rating looked according to Gregg McBride.
There were two 8-Man sections used for ratings purposes once again, a Class A set of rankings which included teams from Class C-2 playing the 8-Man game and a Class B section which included the remaining schools in Nebraska fielding an 8-Man team.
Mr. McBride then combined the two for an Overall 8-Man Top Ten which included the Cream of the Crop from both “A” and “B”.
Below is the OVERALL TOP TEN, the Class A and Class B TOP Tens.
*Final 8-Man OVERALL Top 10 (1963)*
1. Beaver Crossing (9-0)
2. Maywood (9-0)
3. Winnebago (9-0)
4. Madrid (9-0)
5. Odell (9-0)
6. Oakdale (9-0)
7. Palisade (9-0)
8. Walthill (8-1)
9. Paxton (9-1)
10. Sumner (8-1)
*Final 8-Man Class A Top 10 (1963)*
1. Winnebago (9-0)
2. Odell (9-0)
3. Walthill (8-1)
4. Adams (6-4)
5. Dawson-Verdon (6-2-1)
6. Valparaiso (4-3-1)
7. West Kearney (5-4)
8. Hayes Center (4-2-1)
9. Ceresco (4-4-1)
10. Wahoo Catholic (4-5)
*Final 8-Man Class B Top 10 (1963)*
1. Beaver Crossing (9-0)
2. Maywood (9-0)
3. Madrid (9-0)
4. Odell (9-0)
5. Palisade (9-0)
6. Paxton (9-1)
7. Sumner (8-1)
8. Cedar Bluffs (8-2)
9. York St. Joseph (7-2)
10. Bradshaw (7-2)
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Class 8-Man teams dominated the Final OVERALL Top Ten due to the fact there were barely enough Class “A” teams (Class C schools) competing in the 8-Man ranks in 1963.
*1963 Eight-Man Football Final OVERALL Top 10*
1
. Beaver Crossing, (9-0)
33 Shelby………….....7 - 40 Friend……………....13
52 West Kearney…..12 - 52 Gresham…………...9
26 Western…………...0 - 53 McCool Junction…0
26 York St. Joseph…6 - 54 Dorchester………....0
26 Bradshaw…. ……..7
Coach-Tom Leehy
2. Maywood (8-0)
45 Venango………..7 - 79 Wallace…...0
47 Beaver Valley...6 - 47 Farnam…..7
62 Brady……...…....0 - 34 Elsie……....0
64 Norcatur, Kan…6 - 66 Maxwell….14
Coach-Cliff Jacobs
3. Winnebago (8-0)
15 Cedar Bluffs…7 - 26 Beemer…....7
33 Walthill……….13 - 40 Homer…..13
20 Walthill……….18 - 47 Decatur…..0
26 Newcastle..…..12 - 46 Bancroft…12
Coach-Keith Richy
4. Madrid (9-0)
27 Wallace………....7 - 26 Paxton…….13
52 Arthur…………...12 - 54 Lewellen…35
46 Hayes Center…13 - 45 Brule………..6
39 Venango………..20 - 25 Elsie……....19
51 Haigler…………..20
Coach-Robert Briggs
5. Odell (10-0)
50 Cortland…………..0 - 40 DeWitt…………….6
26 Barneston………...6 - 33 Beatrice St. Joe…7
53 Plymouth………....6 - 47 Holmesville………0
35 Dawson-Verdon…0 - 32 Adams……………..0
22 Diller……………......6 - 20 Adams…………....18
Coach-Ron Corwell
6. Oakdale (9-0)
34 Creston…….0 - 55 Meadow Grove…7
44 Orchard…….0 - 51 Chambers………..7
33 Wausa.…….13 - 65 Page……………....0
40 Bartlett…….12 - 65 Elgin..…………....0
28 Clearwater19
Coach-Ron Heerman
7. Palisade (9-0)
19 Hayes Center….7 - 26 Red Willow…0.
33 Bartley………....12 - 37 Stratton…...0
6 Haigler………….....0 - 31 Culbertson..6
61 Indianola………..0 - 26 Holbrook…...0
34 Farnam…………..7
Coach- Larry Snell
8. Walthill (8-1)
50 Decatur.……..18 - 59 Nebraska Deaf…7
47 Bancroft……..13 - 26 Snyder…………...12
18 Winnebago….20 - 40 Beemer.. ………..6
14 Cedar Bluffs..13 - 64 Homer…………....0
38 Rosalie………..20
Coach-Rex Engebretson
9. Paxton (8-1)
42 Lewellen… ….0 - 13 Madrid…….26
32 Venango..…...0 - 72 Brule………..26
26 Big Springs…13 - 32 Hershey…….0
26 Sutherland….12 - 37 Dorchester…7
26 Elsie…………...12
Coach-George E. Moore
10 Sumner (8-1)
55 West Keaney...20- 34 Axtell…………..0
55 Elm Creek……..14 - 59 Pleasanton…13
43 Hildreth………...0 - 53 Overton……..10
20 Loomis…………..6 - 39 Amherst……..46
21 Wilcox…………....6
Coach-Harold (Charlie)Thorell
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*1963 8-Man OVERALL All-State Football Team*
End---Delson Cox-Maywood, 6-5, 170, Senior, (17 years old)
End---Robert Henderson-Cedar Bluffs, 5-10, 175, Junior (16 yo)
Guard-Keith Chase-Paxton, 5-10, 180, Senior, (17 yo)
Guard-William Carter-Palisade, 6-0, 195, Senior, (17 yo)
Center-Brad Wood-Bartley, 6-2, 185, Senior, (17 yo)
Back---Larry Stutzman-Beaver Crossing, 6-1, 180, Senior, (17 yo)
Back---Lloyd Hamlton-Winnebago, 6-1, 150, Senior, (17 yo)
Back---Ken Cornwell-Walthill, 5-10, 160, Senior, (17 yo)
*1963 8-Man CLASS A All-State Football Team*
End---Gene Loofe-Walthill
End---Felix White-Winnebago
Guard-Ted Shuler-Sutherland
Guard-Dexter Potter-Hayes Center
Center-Ted Stanosheck-Odell
Back---Lloyd Hamlton-Winnebago
Back---Ken Carroll-Walthill
Back---Ron Novotny-Odelll
*1963 8-Man CLASS B All-State Football Team*
End---Delson Cox-Maywood
End---Robert Henderson-Cedar Bluffs
Guard-Keith Chase-Paxton
Guard-William Carter-Palisade
Center-Brad Wood-Bartley
Back---Larry Stutzman-Beaver Crossing
Back---Larry Vlasin-Madrid
Back---Ron Simmons-Sumner
