Rose-Hulman Football Timeline Rose-Hulman Football TimelineBelow is a timeline of important events in Rose-Hulman football history.
1892 - Wabash defeats Rose-Hulman 12-0 in the Engineers’ first-ever football game.1895 - Rose-Hulman earns its first football victory, a 16-0 decision over the YMCA.
1905 - Rose-Hulman plays a full 10-game schedule for the first time, compiling a 7-2-1 record. The Engineers pick up victories over Eastern Illinois, DePauw and Franklin.
1908 - Heze Clark takes over the football program for the first time. Clark would coach football from 1908-1911 and 1923-27 at Rose-Hulman.
1909 - The Engineers battle Notre Dame for the first time, falling 60-11. Rose-Hulman played the Fighting Irish in 1909, 1910 and 1914.
1911 - Art Nehf, a future standout Major League Baseball pitcher, scampers 99 yards for a touchdown in an 11-5 loss to Centre.
1913 - Rose-Hulman scores a school record 121 points in a shutout against Moores Hill. The Engineers tallied 55 points in the first half and scored 17 touchdowns.
1923 - Rose-Hulman defeats Indiana State for the final time, earning a 19-0 victory. The Engineers finished 4-7 against the Sycamores in a series that ended in 1934.
1928 - Phil Brown takes over as football coach. Brown would coach the Engineers to a school record 99 victories over his 30 seasons at a winning percentage of .477. Today, the Rose-Hulman football field is named for the legendary Brown.
1941 - The Engineers enjoy their first undefeated season in school history, compiling a 7-0 record. Rose-Hulman defeated Wabash, Austin Peay, Evansville, Franklin, Principia, Earlham and Milton, allowing just 30 points in seven victories.
1942 - Eddie McGovern ensures another successful season by scoring 43 points against Earlham and 35 points against Franklin. The Engineers finish 5-1 and fall one-point shy of an undefeated season in a 14-13 loss to archrival Wabash.
1957 - Carl "Rocky" Herakovich rushes for a school record 225 yards in a 50-0 victory over Principia. The Engineers finish with a 7-1 record, their best effort since the 1941 undefeated season.
1958 - Brown leads the Engineers to an undefeated season in his final year as head coach. Herakovich leads the nation in scoring with 168 points, scoring 25 touchdowns, seven two-point conversions and four extra-point kicks. Herakovich rushes for 895 yards and catches five passes for 129 yards and four touchdowns to set Rose-Hulman single-season records that would last for a generation. The Engineers also led the nation in scoring defense, holding opponents to 3.9 points per game. The defense allowed only 24 completed passes and snatched 21 interceptions. Rose-Hulman increased its overall winning streak to a school record 15 games.
1959 - Max Kidd takes over as head coach for Phil Brown. Kidd finished 3-17-2 in three seasons at Rose-Hulman.
1961 - Herakovich takes over the football program for Kidd. He leads the Engineers to a 3-13-1 record in two seasons.
1964 - Richard Martin becomes the 17th head coach in Rose-Hulman football history and the fourth since 1928. Martin’s squads finish 11-19-3 in four seasons.
1968 - Bob Bergman takes the helm as football coach. Bergman’s first team finishes 0-8, but the Engineers rebound to compile a 4-4 mark in 1969.
1971 - Kevin Murphy establishes new school records with nine receptions for 170 yards in a 17-14 loss to Principia.
1976 - Gary Schultz becomes the first Rose-Hulman running back to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Schultz gains 1,019 yards on 208 carries. Kevin Kingery finishes his career with 3,113 yards rushing, a school record that would stand for 23 years. Gary Ellis sets a single-season record with nine interceptions, including four in a 16-6 win over Southwestern that ensured a 5-5 season.
1977 - Joe Touchton becomes the sixth head football coach since Phil Brown’s retirement in 1958.
1978 - Allen Johnson rushes for 205 yards in a 21-14 loss to Sewanee.
1981 - Touchton caps his Rose-Hulman career by leading the Engineers to a 6-2-1 record and becomes the only football coach in school history to never endure a losing season.
1982 - Bob Thompson takes over as Rose-Hulman head football coach. Rod Schrader rushes for 223 yards in a 35-9 win over Washington University.
1983 - Schrader establishes single-season school records for rushing yards (1,228) and attempts (291).
1986 - Scott Duncan takes over as head coach. Jason Duff completes 160 of 289 passes for 1,731 yards and 14 touchdowns to establish new school records.
1988 - Duff passes for 370 yards against Evansville to set a school record. Duff completes 524 of 954 passes for 6,318 yards and 45 touchdowns in his career, records that stand today. Tony Broadnax rushes for 206 yards in his final college game against Earlham. Rose-Hulman finishes with an 8-2 record, capping a three-year run of 25-5 under Duncan.
1989 - Rose-Hulman places 1988 Academic All-Americans Shawn Ferron, Greg Kremer, Jason Duff and Keith Woodason on the cover of its media guide. Rose-Hulman became the first school to place four players on the GTE Academic All-American Team in one season.
1990 - Ed Huonder has the most prolific season for a receiver in school history. Huonder catches 69 passes for 918 yards, including 11 catches for 166 yards in a 27-23 victory over Hanover.
1991 - Mark Guerrettaz rushes for 1,204 yards on 240 carries, including a 205-yard rushing effort in a 24-0 win over Wabash.
1993 - Eric Gappa sets a school record with 192 receiving yards in a 37-21 loss to Hanover. Gappa holds Rose-Hulman’s career record for touchdown catches (22).
1994 - Anthony Hammack rushes for 1,182 yards on 253 carries and 15 touchdowns to lead the Engineers to a 7-3 record. Hammack rushed for 220 yards, the third-best single-game effort in school history, at Franklin.
1996 - Eric Hyten becomes the first freshman and first quarterback in school history to rush for 1,000 yards with 1,172 yards on 220 carries. He rushed for 204 yards in a 21-18 loss at Sewanee.
1997 - Hyten attempts a school record 50 passes at Wabash and completes 25 passes in a game twice.
1998 - Justin Blomenberg earns two All-American awards after tying a single-season school record with nine interceptions. Blomenberg also grabbed four interceptions at Earlham.
1999 - Russ Mollet takes over as head coach. Hyten becomes the all-time leading rusher at Rose-Hulman and the all-time leader among NCAA III quarterbacks with 3,315 career rushing yards.
2000 - The
Engineers host Earlham College in the first-ever night home football game at Rose-Hulman.
Earlham spoils the evening festivities with a 24-3 victory. Jared
Tharpe ties the school's single-game pass completions record with 28 in a 27-14
victory at Case Western Reserve.
2001 - Jared Tharpe sets school passing records by finishing 42-71 for
453 yards at Rhodes.
2002 - Rose-Hulman places three players on the Academic All-America Team,
including first-team selections Tim Swan and Jesse McQuiston.
2003 - Ted Karras takes over as head coach and is named the “National
Rookie Coach of the Year” after leading the squad to its best record since 1995.
The Engineers beat DePauw 22-12. Charlie Key rushes for 1,001 yards as a
sophomore.
2004 - Jake Vieck becomes the first defensive lineman in school history to earn All-American honors by claiming third-team recognition from d3football.com. Brett Bueltel finishes third nationally with eight interceptions. Neil Harrison earns Academic All-American honors.