Evanston Red Devils football: Year by year

2025 conference: Class 3A West
Colors: Red and blue
Stadium: Kay Fackrell Stadium

Program highlights

Records and superlatives

All-time record (since 1921): 367-438-26 (.457)
All-time playoff record (since 1921): 14-28
Best season(s): 1964 (9-0)
Worst season(s): 1922 (0-2), 1924 (0-2-1), 1925 (0-4-1), 1939 (0-6-2), 1943 (0-6), 1970 (0-10), 1971 (0-7-1), 1973 (0-8-1), 2001 (0-9), 2002 (0-9), 2016 (0-9) and 2019 (0-8)
Best-ever state finish: State champions, 1951, 1985 and 1997

Scoring records

Most points scored, game: 71, vs. Paris, Idaho (0), O19/1935
Largest margin of victory: 71, vs. Paris, Idaho (71-0), O19/1935
Most points allowed, game: 63, at Star Valley (Evanston 0), O25/2019
Largest margin of defeat: 63, at Star Valley (63-0), O25/2019

Streaks

Longest winning/unbeaten streak: 14 games, 1997-98
Longest winless streak: 33 games (0-31-2), 1969-72
Longest losing streak: 26 games, 2000-03

All records through the end of last season. Columns are sortable. Click on the top of each column to sort by that column.

Year	Class	Conference	Coach	W	L	T	Pct	PO W-L	State	TPS	TPA	APS	APA

Year	Class	Conference	Coach	W	L	T	Pct	PO W-L	State	TPS	TPA	APS	APA
1921	One	Southwest	C.C. Voeller	1	2	0	0.333		DNQ	33	52	11.00	17.33
1922	One	Southwest	C.C. Voeller	0	2	0	0.000		DNQ	2	31	1.00	15.50
1923	One	Southwest	G.W. Schrantz	1	4	0	0.200		DNQ	24	116	4.80	23.20
1924	One	Southwest	Julian House	0	2	1	0.167		DNQ	12	68	4.00	22.67
1925	One	Southwest	Dan Root	0	4	1	0.100		DNQ	24	148	4.80	29.60
1926-30	-	-	No team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1931	One	Southwest	Conn Roach	1	4	0	0.200		DNQ4	24	181	4.80	36.20
1932	One	Southwest	Lou Neeley	1	6	0	0.143		DNQ4	14	176	2.33	29.33
1933	One	Southwest	Lou Neeley	3	2	1	0.583		DNQ4	52	51	8.67	8.50
1934	11-man	Southwest	Lou Neeley	5	2	1	0.688		DNQ4	99	45	12.38	5.63
1935	11-man	Southwest	Lou Neeley	6	1	1	0.813		DNQ4	187	40	23.38	5.00
1936	11-man	Southwest	Lou Neeley	1	5	1	0.214		DNQ4	19	109	2.71	15.57
1937	11-man	Southwest	Lou Neeley	1	4	1	0.250		DNQ4	44	78	7.33	13.00
1938	11-man	Southwest	Delmar Larson	3	3	2	0.500		DNQ4	42	51	5.25	6.38
1939	11-man	Southwest	Will Clegg	0	6	2	0.125		DNP	44	131	5.50	16.38
1940	11-man	Southwest	Vern Waldo	2	3	0	0.400		DNP	30	109	6.00	21.80
1941	11-man	Southwest	Vern Waldo	1	7	0	0.125		DNP	31	179	3.88	22.38
1942	11-man	Southwest	Karl Ferrin	3	4	0	0.429		DNP	43	114	6.14	16.29
1943	11-man	Southwest	Chester Christiansen	0	6	0	0.000		DNP	13	101	2.17	16.83
1944	11-man	Southwest	Chester Christiansen	2	4	0	0.333		DNP	62	81	10.33	13.50
1945	11-man	Southwest	Chester Christiansen	6	1	1	0.813		DNP	161	69	20.13	8.63
1946	11-man	Southwest	Chester Christiansen	2	1	3	0.583		DNP	85	45	14.17	7.50
1947	11-man	Southwest	Frank Gruden	3	3	1	0.500		DNP	96	62	13.71	8.86
1948	A	Southwest	Frank Gruden	3	4	0	0.429		DNQ4	92	99	13.14	14.14
1949	A	Southwest	Frank Gruden	4	4	0	0.500		DNQ4	204	163	25.50	20.38
1950	A	Southwest	Frank Gruden	3	7	0	0.300		DNQ4	141	241	14.10	24.10
1951	A	Southwest	Eddie Talboom	9	1	0	0.900	2-0	CH	253	94	25.30	9.40
1952	A	Southwest	Robert Harp	7	3	0	0.700	0-1	SF	177	137	17.70	13.70
1953	A	Southwest	Robert Harp	3	5	1	0.389		DNQ4	136	114	15.11	12.67
1954	A	Southwest	Robert Harp	7	2	0	0.778		DNQ4	193	92	21.44	10.22
1955	A	Southwest	Robert Harp	7	2	0	0.778		DNQ4	223	62	24.78	6.89
1956	A	Southwest	Morris Samuelson	7	2	0	0.778		DNQ4	154	116	17.11	12.89
1957	A	Southwest	Morris Samuelson	4	4	0	0.500		DNQ4	137	139	17.13	17.38
1958	A	Southwest	Jerry Parker	5	2	1	0.688		DNQ4	154	69	19.25	8.63
1959	A	Southwest	Jerry Parker	4	5	0	0.444		DNQ4	161	108	17.89	12.00
1960	A	Southwest	Jerry Parker	9	2	0	0.818	1-1	RU	232	93	21.09	8.45
1961	A	Southwest	Jerry Parker	1	6	2	0.222		DNQ4	89	149	9.89	16.56
1962	A	Southwest	Jerry Parker	6	3	0	0.667		DNP	131	86	14.56	9.56
1963	A	Southwest	Jerry Parker	3	5	1	0.389		DNP	66	82	7.33	9.11
1964	A	Southwest	Jerry Parker	9	0	0	1.000		5th	187	20	20.78	2.22
1965	A	Southwest	Jerry Parker	3	4	2	0.444		DNP	92	129	10.22	14.33
1966	A	Southwest	Jerry Parker	4	4	0	0.500		DNP	116	91	14.50	11.38
1967	A	Southwest	Ryley Dawson	4	6	0	0.400		DNP	177	177	17.70	17.70
1968	A	Southwest	Ryley Dawson	8	2	0	0.800		8th	151	65	15.10	6.50
1969	A	Southwest	Ryley Dawson	1	8	1	0.150		DNP	42	133	4.20	13.30
1970	A	Southwest	Ryley Dawson	0	10	0	0.000		DNP	26	247	2.60	24.70
1971	A	Southwest	Ryley Dawson	0	7	1	0.063		DNP	62	258	7.75	32.25
1972	A	Southwest	Phil Petersen	2	7	0	0.222		DNP	68	137	7.56	15.22
1973	A	Southwest	Phil Petersen	0	8	1	0.056		DNP	70	305	7.78	33.89
1974	A	Southwest	Phil Petersen	2	7	0	0.222		DNP	97	144	10.78	16.00
1975	A	Western	Phil Petersen	7	2	0	0.778		DNQ2	132	68	14.67	7.56
1976	A	Western	Phil Petersen	2	7	0	0.222		DNQ2	76	134	8.44	14.89
1977	A	Western	Phil Petersen	7	3	0	0.700	0-1	RU	195	142	19.50	14.20
1978	A	West	Larry Sanich	6	3	0	0.667		DNQ2	136	94	15.11	10.44
1979	A	West	Larry Sanich	8	1	0	0.889	0-1	RU	227	43	25.22	4.78
1980	A	West	Kay Fackrell	5	2	0	0.714		DNQ2	175	52	25.00	7.43
1981	A	West	Kay Fackrell	6	2	0	0.750		DNQ2	183	74	22.88	9.25
1982	A	West	Kay Fackrell	6	2	0	0.750		DNQ2	174	65	21.75	8.13
1983	3A	West	Kay Fackrell	8	1	0	0.889	0-1	RU	246	92	27.33	10.22
1984	3A	West	Kay Fackrell	8	2	0	0.800	0-1	RU	182	134	18.20	13.40
1985	3A	West	Kay Fackrell	8	2	0	0.800	1-0	CH	282	105	28.20	10.50
1986	3A	West	Kay Fackrell	1	7	0	0.125		DNQ2	63	154	7.88	19.25
1987	4A	West	Kay Fackrell	2	6	0	0.250		DNQ4	73	204	9.13	25.50
1988	4A	West	Kay Fackrell	7	5	0	0.583	1-1	RU	158	154	13.17	12.83
1989	4A	West	Kay Fackrell	3	5	0	0.375		DNQ4	164	162	20.50	20.25
1990	3A	Southwest	Kay Fackrell	4	4	0	0.500	0-1	OR	105	174	13.13	21.75
1991	4A	South	Kay Fackrell	3	5	0	0.375	0-1	QF	144	164	18.00	20.50
1992	4A	South	Kay Fackrell	3	5	0	0.375		DNQ8	126	186	15.75	23.25
1993	4A	South	Kay Fackrell	5	5	0	0.500	2-1	RU	118	175	11.80	17.50
1994	4A	South	Kay Fackrell	6	3	0	0.667	1-1	SF	197	167	21.89	18.56
1995	4A	South	Kay Fackrell	4	4	0	0.500	0-1	QF	139	145	17.38	18.13
1996	4A	South	Kay Fackrell	5	3	0	0.625	0-1	QF	167	157	20.88	19.63
1997	4A	South	Kay Fackrell	9	1	0	0.900	3-0	CH	309	114	30.90	11.40
1998	4A	South	Doug Rigby	6	2	0	0.750	0-1	QF	237	185	29.63	23.13
1999	4A	South	Doug Rigby	6	2	0	0.750	0-1	QF	216	129	27.00	16.13
2000	4A	South	Doug Rigby	2	6	0	0.250	0-1	QF	105	259	13.13	32.38
2001	5A	none	Doug Rigby	0	9	0	0.000		DNQ8	92	389	10.22	43.22
2002	5A	none	Roger Schrad	0	9	0	0.000		DNQ8	89	246	9.89	27.33
2003	5A	South	Roger Schrad	2	7	0	0.222		DNQ8	138	280	15.33	31.11
2004	5A	South	Roger Schrad	2	7	0	0.222		DNQ8	157	272	17.44	30.22
2005	5A	South	Don Dinnel	2	6	0	0.250		DNQ8	147	201	18.38	25.13
2006	5A	South	Don Dinnel	7	2	0	0.778	0-1	QF	197	126	21.89	14.00
2007	5A	South	Don Dinnel	8	3	0	0.727	2-1	RU	299	221	27.18	20.09
2008	5A	South	Scott Robinson	3	6	0	0.333	0-1	QF	172	237	19.11	26.33
2009	4A	none	Scott Robinson	1	8	0	0.111		DNQ8	187	284	20.78	31.56
2010	4A	none	Pat Fackrell	7	3	0	0.700	0-1	QF	321	218	32.10	21.80
2011	4A	none	Pat Fackrell	5	5	0	0.500	0-1	QF	324	219	32.40	21.90
2012	4A	none	Pat Fackrell	3	7	0	0.300	0-1	QF	137	291	13.70	29.10
2013	4A	none	Pat Fackrell	2	8	0	0.200	0-1	QF	89	320	8.90	32.00
2014	4A	none	Pat Fackrell	2	8	0	0.200	0-1	QF	174	356	17.40	35.60
2015	4A	none	Pat Fackrell	3	7	0	0.300	0-1	QF	134	248	13.40	24.80
2016	4A	none	Pat Fackrell	0	9	0	0.000		DNQ8	82	337	9.11	37.44
2017	3A	West	Pat Fackrell	4	4	0	0.500		DNQ8	171	191	21.38	23.88
2018	3A	West	Pat Fackrell	6	4	0	0.600	0-1	QF	293	235	29.30	23.50
2019	3A	West	Jim Burton	0	8	0	0.000		DNQ8	68	237	8.50	29.63
2020	3A	West	Jim Burton	1	8	0	0.111		DNQ8	132	346	14.67	38.44
2021	3A	West	Jim Burton	5	4	0	0.556		DNQ8	132	238	15.00	26.44
2022	3A	West	Jim Burton	2	7	0	0.222		DNQ8	195	214	21.67	23.78
2023	3A	West	Steve Moore	5	6	0	0.455	1-1	SF	281	311	25.55	28.27
2024	3A	West	Steve Moore	3	7	0	0.300	0-1	QF	157	218	15.70	21.80