Nearly all the athletes in this week's #TBT are getting close to 40. Here's a look back 20 years ago at some of the SJO athletes to play the game.
Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks
Spartan receiver Ryan Barnes doesn't break stride to haul in a pass from quarterback Billy Gallo twenty years, three months and 29 days ago when St. Joseph-Ogden played Rushville-Industry in October of the 2005 season. St. Joseph-Ogden won the regular season home football game 17-13 on Oct. 15, 2005.
Playing an independent schedule, the Spartans suffered two losses in a challenging 12-game campaign in the fall of 2005. SJO posted five wins over teams with winning records that year, including Lafayette Central Catholic (6-3), Quincy Notre Dame (8-3), Breese Mater Dei (6-4), Rushville-Industry (8-3) and Marshall (8-3).
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Both of the Spartans’ losses, including the season-ending contest, came at the hands of rival Unity, with both games decided by two points or fewer. The Rockets ended SJO’s season in a double-overtime thriller, 21-20.
Here are moments and memories from Oct. 15, 2005 in this week's #Throwback Thursday gallery.
Photo Gallery
All photos ©2005 PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks
2005-06 Schedule
| Result |
Team Score |
Opponent
Score |
Opponent
Record |
Opponent |
| W |
55 |
15 |
5-5 |
Paxton Buckley-Loda |
| W |
56 |
6 |
1-8 |
Clifton Central |
| W |
51 |
33 |
6-3 |
Lafayette Central Catholic, IN |
| W |
41 |
12 |
8-3 |
Quincy Notre Dame |
| L |
26 |
28 |
13-1 |
Unity |
| W |
24 |
7 |
4-5 |
Fond du Lac, St. Mary's Springs, WI |
| W |
28 |
7 |
6-4 |
Breese Mater Dei |
| W |
17 |
13 |
8-3 |
Rushville-Industry |
| W |
66 |
0 |
0-9 |
Paris |
| W |
41 |
8 |
5-5 |
Shelbyville |
| W |
40 |
0 |
8-3 |
Marshall |
| L |
20 |
21 |
13-1 |
Unity (2OT) |
TAGS SJO linebacker Nick Royal, Running back Jake Parke, quarterback Billy Gallo, SJO head coach Dick Duval, Ryan Barns makes a catch for St. Joseph-Ogden, St. Joseph-Ogden football history
