Football History 1930-39
1939 (6-1)
Coach - Avril "Judge" Grimsley
MCJC 7, Burlington 0
MCJC 7, Worthington, Minn. 0
Luther 14, MCJC 12
MCJC 12, Washington 0
MCJC 30, Waldorf 6
MCJC 18, Rochester, Minn. 6
MCJC 13, Fort Dodge 6
Note - The Trojans were crowned state champions for the fifth time in six seasons.
1939 MCJC football roster - LeRoy Anderson, Bill Taylor, Boutelle, Jack Burnett, Connor, Maurice Cooper, Currier, Dihlman, Dillon, Donnelly, Dean Esslinger, Bob Fitzpatrick, Tom Galios, Jack Haskins, Johnson, Kassel, Resta Kavaya, Kimmel, McGrane, Harold McKenzy, Mott, Presley O'Gren, Bert Roberts, Bob Smith, Stageberg, Clark Sweetser, Bernie Waters, Wells.
1938 (7-0)
Coach - Avril "Judge" Grimsley
MCJC 19, Waukon 13
MCJC 25, Waldorf 0
MCJC 13, Luther "B" 0
MCJC 18, Washington 0
MCJC 26, Estherville 0
MCJC 9, Rochester, Minn. 8
MCJC 7, Fort Dodge 0
Note - The Trojans won the Northwest Junior College Conference and were crowned state champions for the third time in four seasons.
1938 MCJC football roster - J. Woodhouse, Neal, Larson, Law, J. Cookman, Huff, O'Gren, Galios, LeRoy Alitz, Fitzpatrick, R. Smith, Shire, McKee, B. Johnson, Geer, L. Woodhouse, D. Peters, Hert, B. Cookman, Walters, Hunter, Carlton Rohr, Knutson, D. Cookman, Boomhower, Gerard.
1937 (7-1)
Coach - Avril "Judge" Grimsley
MCJC 18, Waukon 0
MCJC 26, Waldorf 0
MCJC 7, Burlington 0
MCJC 18, Rochester, Minn. 0
MCJC 19, Estherville 6
MCJC 13, Luther "B" 6
Graceland 33, MCJC 19
MCJC 20, Fort Dodge 13
1936 (6-0-1)
Coach - Avril "Judge" Grimsley
MCJC 19, Waukon 6
MCJC 6, Luther reserves 0
MCJC 39, Burlington 0
MCJC 0, Rochester, Minn. 0 (tie)
MCJC 21, Wartburg 13
MCJC 25, Fort Dodge 6
MCJC 14, Estherville 7
Note - The Trojans were Iowa junior college champions for the third straight season ... The Trojans outscored their opponents, 124-32.
1936 MCJC football roster - Snell, Gitz, Huxtable, Heneman, Jessup, MacDonald, Usher, Young, Hert, Butler, Noble, Widger, Anderson, Campbell, James, Dunn, Campbell, Kisner, Barron, Tipton, Hockenberry, Milligan, Cookman, Pritchard.
1935 (6-1)
Coach - Avril "Judge" Grimsley
MCJC 24, Waukon 7
MCJC 20, Waldorf 6
MCJC 13, Estherville 12
MCJC def. Luther JV
MCJC def. Carlton College freshman
MCJC def. Rochester, Minn.
Fort Dodge 13, MCJC 7
Note - The Trojans shared the Iowa Junior College state championship.
1934 (Coach: Avril "Judge" Grimsley)
The 1934 Mason City Junior College Trojans made history.
The Trojans became the first team in school history to go undefeated. The 1925 team was 7-1 and the 1930 team was 5-1. The Trojans also claimed the Iowa junior college state championship with its 7-0 record.
1934 MCJC football roster
Earl Anderson, Jim Bailey, Claire Bellows, Robert Burns, Henry Cahill, Johnny Carroll, Howard Clearman, Hobart Crabb, John Dougan, Harold Grier, Paul Hartigan, George Haynes, Joe Hearity, Robert Holman, Shuell Jones, Haldane Lilly, Harlan MacMillan, William Martin, Stanley Pappas, Dick Price, Fred Rose, Leo Ryan, Robert Sanderson, Gerald Suter, Dewey Tate, Elmer Vorhies, K. Jerome Wilkinson.
1934 results (7-0)
Coach - Avril "Judge" Grimsley
MCJC 26, Waukon 0
MCJC 13, Waldorf 0
MCJC 54, Ellsworth 6
MCJC 6, Luther "B" 0
MCJC 26, Grinnell 12
MCJC 20, Rochester, Minn. 6
MCJC 7, Fort Dodge 0
Note - The Trojans claimed the state championship by being the lone undefeated Iowa junior college team.
1933 (2-4)
Coach - Avril "Judge" Grimsley
Waldorf 7, MCJC 0
Ellsworth 7, MCJC 0
MCJC 7, Emmetsburg 6
Emmetsburg 13, MCJC 6
MCJC 21, Ellsworth 13
Fort Dodge 33, MCJC 7
1933 MCJC football lettermen
Grover Stoecker, Alfred Stoecker, Jim Bailey, John Carroll, Channing Dakin, James MacDonald, Jack Neighbor, Starr Yelland, Dick Hughes, Harold Grier.
1932 (3-2-2)
Coach - Avril "Judge" Grimsley
MCJC 69, Waldorf 0
MCJC 28, Britt 6
MCJC 7, Ellsworth 7 (tie)
Emmetsburg 19, MCJC 6
Estherville 15, MCJC 0
MCJC 13, Wartburg 7
MCJC 0, Fort Dodge 0 (tie)
Note - Fullback Chuck Walker was chosen as the team's most valuable player.
1931 (5-3)
Coach - Avril "Judge" Grimsley
MCJC 19, Waukon 12
MCJC 6, Britt 0
MCJC 21, Ellsworth 0
MCJC 35, Sheldon 0
Estherville 20, MCJC 12
Waldorf 20, MCJC 13
MCJC 13, Wartburg 6
Fort Dodge 32, MCJC 0
Iowa State "B" 35, MCJC 6
1931 MCJC team members - Elwin Snell, Clarence Rivedahl, Don Decker, Joe Manning, Doug McPeak, Earl Lane, Ralph Dieckmann, Chuck Walker, Art Armsbury, Paul Hartigan, Allen Johnson, Charles Hilton, Charles Bormann.
1930 (5-1)
Coach - Avril "Judge" Grimsley
Note – The Trojans played in the Little Hawkeye Conference with Webster City, Sheldon, Fort Dodge, Estherville and Eagle Grove.
1930 MCJC roster - Art Armsbury, Howard Durner, Charles Borman, Earl Lane, Garrold Gaffney, Elwin Snell, Paul Polansky, Gilmore Hartigan, Mike Yankovitch, Doug McPeak, Ralph Dieckman, Bion McPeak, Chuck Hill, Paul Darby, Al Johnson, Bob Mace, Red Trumble, Keith McGowan, Lyman Gallagher.
MCJC record vs. opponents through 1922-1939 seasons
(Individual season records not available for 1923, 1924, 1929, 1930)
vs. Britt 3-0
vs. Burlington 3-0
vs. Campion College 1-0
vs. Carleton College freshmen 1-0
vs. Des Moines Catholic JC 1-1
vs. Des Moines freshmen 1-1
vs. Eagle Grove 1-0-1
vs. Ellsworth 3-1-1
vs. Emmetsburg 2-2
vs. Estherville 5-4
vs. Fort Dodge 6-5-2
vs. Graceland 0-1
vs. Grinnell 1-0
Iowa State "B" team 0-1
vs. Iowa State Teachers College freshmen 1-0
vs. Lennox College 1-0
vs. Luther/Luther B 5-1
vs. Rochester, Minn. 7-1-1
vs. Sheldon 2-0-1
vs. Waldorf 8-3
vs. Wartburg 6-0
vs. Washington 2-0
vs. Watertown, S.D. 1-0
vs. Waukon 6-0
vs. Webster City 1-0
vs. Worthington, Minn. 1-0
MCJC HIGHEST SCORING GAMES (1922-39)
MCJC 69, Waldorf 0 (1932)
MCJC 54, Ellsworth 6 (1934)
MCJC 46, Waldorf 0 (1925)
MCJC 45, Britt 0 (1927)
MCJC 39, Burlington 0 (1936)
MCJC 35, Sheldon 0 (1931)
MCJC 33, Wartburg 0 (1928)
MCJC 32, Campion College 6 (1925)
MCJC 31, Lennox College 0 (1927)
MCJC 30, Waldorf 6 (1939)