1917-1929

1917 Coach Ed Lloyd

11/2? Jackson 0 57 L Week 5 Game


1918 Spanish Flu


1919 Coach Isaac Jones

10/10 Centerville  6 20 L H

10/18 Wellston

10/24 Centerville 0 7 L A


1920 Coach Ray Farrar

10/8 Centerville 0 26 L H

10/15 Aid 23 7 W A

10/23 Hamden 13 0 W H Thomas Field  

10/29 Aid 45 6 W H  

11/5 Cheshire   A  

11/11 Glenwood 18 6 W A

1921 Coach Ed Lloyd

9/23 Rio Grande College 9 7 W H  

9/30 Waverly 6 0 W A  

10/8 Glenwood 0 2 L H  

10/15 Aid 12 6 W A  

10/24 Rio Grande 0 6 L  

10/28 Waverly 82 7 W H  

11/4 Aid 14 0 W H  

11/11 Wellston 0 0 T H  

11/18 Bidwell 14 0 W A  

11/24 Gallia Academy 0 21 L

Portsmouth Times and the Gallia Daily Tribune both list Oak Hill as undefeated going into the Gallia Academy game

Team Members: Row 1 - Judge Morgan, Herman Pastor, Carl Miller, Steve Edwards

Row 2 - Ray Seel, Paul Foster, Cecil Ruth, Burmaw Jaynes, Jimmy Jenkins, Bue York, Walter Evans, Coach Ed Lloyd

1922 Coach Wendell Thomas

9/22 Aid 8 6 W H  

9/29 Bidwell 3 0 W

10/6 Wellston 7 6 W H  

10/13 Glenwood 38 0 W H  

10/19 Bidwell 13 0 W A  

10/28 Jackson 6 0 W H  

11/11 Russell, KY 13 0 W H  

11/30 Gallia Academy 0 39 L H


Picture is from the Jackson Game on 10/28/1922

According to a letter to the Portsmouth Times, the starting halfback of the Ironton Tanks played with the Russell, KY team.

1923 Coach D.O. Davis

9/28 Glenwood 14 12 W

10/5 Jackson 0 0 T H  

10/12 Middleport 26 0 W A  

10/20 Wellston 1 0 W H forfeit - original score 0-12  

11/2 Middleport 53 7 W H  

11/23 Jackson 0 0 T H  

11/29 Aid 12 0 W H  

12/7 Aid 0 0 T A

Team Members: Top Row - Head Coach D. O. Davis, Manager David Brown, Treasurer Wendell Lewis, Captain Lamar Jenkins, Warren Hobble, Trevor Davis, Pearl Lambert, Lemar Stemshorn

Bottom Row - Arthur Brisker, Paul Rose, Clarence Hobble, Ray Cheatwood, Howard Morgan, Eldon LeGrand, Homer Crabtree

Not Pictured - Walter Evans, Estel Cheatwood, Harry Davis, Gilbert Queen, Howard Elcess, Wendal McCoy

1924 Coach Virgil Sturgill

10/4 Jackson 6 0 W H  

10/11 Aid 0 6 L A

10/18 Glenwood 0 19 L A Oak Hill claims forfeit  

10/23 South Point 33 0 W H  

11/1 McArthur 14 13 W A  

11/7 Aid 8 6 W H

11/14 Gallia Academy 0 46 L

11/27 Jackson 0 19 L

Team Members Top Row - Head Coach Virgil Sturgill, Manager Gilbert Mustar, Captain Pearl Lambert, Lemar Stemshorn, Glenn Severt

Middle Row - Estel Cheatwood, Howard Morgan, Teddy Jaynes, Pearl Howell, Harry Davis, Wendell McCoy

Bottom Row - Clarence Hobble, Howard Elcess, Eldon Legrand, Arthur Brisker

1925 Coach Charles Davis

9/25 McArthur 64 0 W H  

10/3 Glenwood 6 7 L A  

10/9 Jackson 9 0 W

10/17 Aid 13 0 W H

11/6 Jackson 20 0 W

11/13 Portsmouth East 51 0 W

Team Members: Top Row - Head Coach Charles Davis, Manager Lawrence Comer, Captain Pearl Lambert, Clarence Hobble, Lemar Stemshorn, Howard Morgan, Gordon Seel, Arthur Brisker

Middle Row - Harry Davis, Pearl Howell, Paul Rose, Gilbert Queen, Oakley Addis, Ivan Henson, Hayden Edwards, Cecil Corvin

Bottom Row - Lester Hughes, Howard Elcess

1926 Coach Ray Allison

10/1 McArthur 0 12 L A  

10/16 Jackson 0 15 L

10/23 McArthur 0 14 L H  

10/30 Glenwood 0 0 T H  

11/6 Jackson 6 37 L A  

11/23 Portsmouth East 24 0 W H  



Team Members: Top Row - Head Coach Ray Allison, Manager Harry Davis, Lester Hughes, Dwight Black, Gordon Seel, Clarence Hobble, Gordan Donley, John Jenkins, Everett Jones

Bottom Row - Howard Elcess, Oakley Addis, Hayden Edwards, Marion Cassell, Ivan Henson

1927 Coach Lloyd Saunders

9/23 Jackson 0 33 L H  

10/1 Rio Grande 0 25 L H  

10/6 Wellston 0 26 L H  

10/15 Blackfork 6 0 W A  

10/29 Portsmouth East 0 0 T H  

11/3 Aid 0 0 T A  

11/11 Jackson 0 57 L A  

11/18 Portsmouth East 13 6 W A  

11/24 Aid 0 13 L

1928 Coach Lloyd Saunders

9/27 Blackfork 12 0 W H  

10/5 Wellston 0 37 L A  

10/12 Portsmouth East 25 0 W H  

10/19 Rio Grande 0 32 L A  

10/25 Blackfork 1 0 W A

11/2 Portsmouth East 18 14 W A  

11/9 Hamden 18 0 W H  

11/16 Ports Notre Dame 0 13 L H  

Team Members: Row 1 - Wilbur Simms, Odis Corvin, Irvin Smittle, Navylle Shackelford, James Comer, George Wolfe, Edward Jones

Row 2 - Mr. Kyle, David Williams, Ralph Mustar, John Wm. Reese, Abel Parks, Wm Evans, Head Coach Lloyd Saunders

Row 3 - Thomas Davis, Robert Hughes, Welden Kiser, Kenneth Evans, Merrill Davis, Lewis House, Joe Thomas

Second Blackfork game was a forfeit, Blackfork left the field with the score tied at 7-7.

1929 Coach Lloyd Saunders

9/27 Wellston 34 0 W A  

10/11 Hamden 72 0 W A  

10/18 Portsmouth East 6 0 W A  

10/24 Jackson 0 13 L A  

11/1 Portsmouth East 0 7 L H  

11/14 Ports Notre Dame 6 0 W H  

11/23 Glenwood 0 22 L A  

11/29 Washington C.H. 0 65 L A  

Team Members: Row 1 - Joe Thomas, Hubert Pratt, Irvin Smittle, George Wolf, John W. Resse, David Williams, Donald Morgan, Louis Campbell

Row 2 - Thomas Davis, Odis Corvin, Robert T. Hughes, Jack  Davis, Head Coach Lloyd Saunders, Donald S. Morgan, Edward Jones, Allyn Miller, James Comer, Donald Dunn, Wilbur Sims, Weldon Kiser, Louis House, Eben Silvey, Melvin Conn, Paul Morgan