A History of Nebraska 8-Man Football - 1962 All-State Teams/Final Rankings.

*164 Teams played 8-Man football in 1962 and here is as close to a full list of all the schools playing the 8-Man game that I could come up with;

Adams, Alexandria, Alvo-Eagle, Amherst, Arthur, Ashton, Axtell, Barneston, Bartlett, Bartley, Beatrice St. Joseph, Beaver Crossing, Benkleman, Bennington, Beemer, Bennet, Big Springs, Bladen, Boelus, Bradshaw, Brock, Brule, Bruning, Bushnell, Cairo, Cedar Bluffs, Cedar Rapids, Ceresco, Chambers, Chester, Clatonia, Clearwater, Comstock, Cook, Cortland, Craig, Creston, Culbertson, Dannabrog, Davenport, Decatur, DeWitt, Diller, Dix, Doniphan, Dorchester, Dunbar, Edgar, Elba, Elgin, Elk Creek, Elkhorn, Elm Creek, Elmwood, Elsie, Emerson, Eustis, Exeter, Fairfield, Fairmont, Filley, Firth, Fort Calhoun, Friend, Giltner, Gresham, Gretna, Gurley, Haigler, Hardy, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hayes Center, Hickman, Hildreth, Holbrook, Holmsville, Holstein, Homer, Humphrey High, Hyannis, Indianola, Juniata, Kearney Catholic, Kenesaw, Lawrence, Lebanon Beaver Valley, Lewellen, Lewiston, Lodgepole, Loomis, Lyman, Lynch, Madrid, Mason City, Meadow Grove, Malcolm, Melbeta, McGrew, Mead, Millard, Milligan, Mitchell Sunflower, Monroe, Nebraska Deaf, Nehawka, Nemaha, Newcastle, Niobrara, Oakdale, Oconto, Odell, Orchard, Osmond, Overton, Palisade, Palmyra, Page, Paxton, Peru Prep, Platte Center, Pleasanton, Plymouth, Potter, Prague, Red Willow, Rising City, Rosalie, Roseland, Shelby, Shickley, Shubert, Snyder, Sprague-Martel, Stapleton, Stella, Sterling, Stratton, Sumner, Sutherland, Table Rock, Talmage, Tobias, Trumbull, Tryon, Utica, Valparaiso, Venango, Verdigre, York St. Joseph, Yutan, Wahoo St. Wenceslas (Wahoo Catholic), Wallace, Waterloo, with., Western, Weston, Wilcox, Winnebago, Wolbach.

As in recent years, Gregg McBride of the Omaha World-Herald separated his 8-Man ratings into TWO classes, A and B. Class A included schools in the NSAA

Class C playing in 8-Man. (The 8-Man Class B ratings included any school below that NSAA Class C group.

Here are the Final 8-Man OVERALL ratings, a grouping that combined the top teams from both classes in the order Mr. McBride thought best illustrated the Top 10 teams in all of 8-Man football.

*1962 Eight-Man Football Final OVERALL Top 10*

1. Hayes Center, (8-0) {418 points scored-32 points allowed}

32 Palisade…..0 - 54 Culbertson…7

40 Indianola…6 - 61 Holbrook……6

55 Madrid…….6 - 47 Bartley……….0

68 Stratton.....0 - 61 Red Willow…0

Coach-Dale Bubak

2. Eustis (8-0) {436 PS - 67 PA}

49 Wilsonville……19 - 47 Maywood….6

54 Beaver Valley…0 - 59 Maxwell…….6

73 Farnam……...….0 - 59 Eddyville…..7

54 Oconto…………..7 - 41 Niobrara…..12

Coach-Fred Holmberg

3. Western (9-0) {245 PS - 77 PA}

25 Plymouth…………..6 - 13 Dorchester….7

33 Shickley…………....6 - 53 Alexandria…12

19 Beaver Crossing….6 - 1 xTobias…….....0

32 Firth………………....13 - 42 DeWitt……..0

27 Milligan……………...7

x(Forfeit)

Coach-Sam Bell

4. Fairmont (9-0) {368 PS - 85 PA}

32 Friend………...7 - 74 Chester…………...13

14 Lawrence…..12 - 51 Utica……………......6

38 Bruning….…..6 - 55 York St. Joseph…7

40 Davenport….14 - 41 Davenport………..7

23 Exeter………..13

Coach-Charles Findley

5. Dorchester (8-1) {441 PS - 110 PA}

40 Bruning…………...0 - 50 Utica………………..7

55 Chester…………....0 - 7 Western………...…..13

85 Beatrice St Joe…25 - 28 Diller……………….26

66 Bennet…………....14 - 53 Beaver Crossing…26

57 Friend……………....0

Coach-Keith Eugene Drake

6. Ceresco (9-1) {333 PS - 157 PA}

54 Weston…….7 - 38 Yutan…………...26

0 xMead…….....1 - 6 xxElkhorn………..0

47 Prague……..19 - 27 Cedar Bluffs…25

48 Waterloo……6 - 54 Alvo-Eagle..…21

43 Valparaiso…26 - 66 Mead………….26

x(forfeit), xx(11-man game)

Coach-Charles Anderson

7. Loomis (8-0) {278 PS - 83 PA}

32 Overton…7 - 26 Elm Creek…….7

25 Amherst…7 - 37 Hildreth……….18

55 Wilcox…...0 - 31 Axtell…………...6

46 Sumner…19 - 26 Pleasanton….19

Coach- Bud Extrom

8. Walthill (7-0-1) {259 PS - 79 PA}

22 Decatur.…….18 - 25 Rosalie…….0

32 Bancroft…….21 - 33 Emerson…13

13 Winnebago…13 - 48 Beemer.. …0

21 Lynch………...14 - 65 Homer…….0

Coach-Rex Engebretson

9. Beaver Crossing (7-2) {253 PS - 117 PA}

20 Shelby… …………..6 - 33 Friend……………......0

26 Exeter..……………..0 - 25 Greaham…………...12

6 Western………….....19 - 26 McCool Junction…0

46 York St. Joseph…14 - 25 Dorchester….........53

26 Bradshaw………....13

Coach-Tom Leehy

10 Lawrence (6-1-1) {248 PS - 65 PA}

42 Edgar……...0- 19 Fairfield…….6

12 Fairmont…14 - 1 xChester……..0

54 Shickley…..6 - 66 Bruning……..7

41 Bladen…….19 - 13 Davenport…13

Coach-Don Janda

Final 8-Man Class A Top 10 -

1. Hays Center

2. Fairmont

3. Ceresco

4. Walthill

5. Valparaiso (5-2-1)

6. Coleridge (6-2)

7. Mead (8-2)

8. Cedar Bluffs (6-3)

9. Wausa (5-2-1)

10. Odell (10-0)

Final 8-Man Class B Top 10 -

1. Eustis

2. Western

3. Dorchester

4. Loomis

5. Beaver Crossing

6. Lawrence

7. Elba (9-0)

8. Alvo-Eagle (7-2)

9. Meadow Grove (9-0)

10 (tie) Creston (8-0)

10 (tie) Elmwood (7-1)

10 (tie) Stella (8-0)

*1962 8-Man OVERALL All-State Football Team*

End---Arlyn Montgomery-Eustis, 6-0, 165, Senior, (16 years old)

End---Lee Cox-Hayes Center, 6-0, 180, Senior (18 yo)

Guard-Wayne Brockmeier-Eustis, 5-10, 175, Senior, (17 yo)

Guard-Jerry Overton-Walthill, 6-2, 175, Senior, (17 yo)

Center-Don Jurgensmeier-Lawrence, 6-0, 175, Senior, (17 yo)

Back---Roger Nitsch-Hayes Center, 5-10, 170, Junior, (16 yo)

Back---Larry Schepers-Fairmont, 6-0, 165, Senior, (17 yo)

Back---James Stewart-Western, 5-9, 165, Senior, (17 yo)

*1962 8-Man CLASS A All-State Football Team*

End---Lee Cox-Hayes Center

End---Kim May-Hayes Center

Guard-Jerry Overton-Walthill

Guard-James Halleen-Wausa

Center-Dean Janovec-Cedar Bluffs

Back---Roger Nitsch-Hayes Center

Back---Larry Schepers-Fairmont

Back---Don Tejral-Ceresco

*1962 8-Man CLASS B All-State Football Team*

End---Arlyn Montgomery-Eustis

End---Kenneth Carmann-Amherst

Guard-Wayne Brockmeier-Eustis

Guard-Lauren Mulhair-Lynch

Center-Don Jurgensmeier-Lawrence

Back---James Stewart-Western

Back---Dennis Thorell-Loomis

Back---Duaine Bullock-Dorchester