Updates: Burlington, Byron, Manderson, Star Valley, Evanston

Using some slick web sleuthing, I knocked four games off the missing games list this week:

I found the result for Byron’s 18-6 victory over Manderson on Oct. 2, 1959, and also found the result for Byron’s 41-0 victory over Burlington on Oct. 6, 1949 (not Oct. 7 as previously thought).

The victory helps bump a couple of Byron streaks up a notch. The 1949 victory increases the winning streak the Eagles had from 1945-50 to what is now recognized at 27 games, tied with Buffalo’s recent streak for fifth-longest in state history (of course, the Eagle streak was reported to be in the 40-plus range; only 27 of those have been verified). Also, it bumps Byron’s unbeaten streak over that stretch to 27, again tied with Buffalo’s streak, this time tied for 10th all-time. The 1949 victory also increased Byron’s road winning streak in the stretch from 1945-52 to 18 games, now alone at third place in the state records, and bumped the unbeaten streak to 18 games, as well, tied for fourth-best all-time with another Byron streak from the late 1960s.

The 1959 victory increases Byron’s home winning streak in the span from 1953-61 to 31 games, increasing the state record Byron had, and of course increases the unbeaten home winning streak to 31, as well.

Also:

I found the date and corrected the location for Star Valley’s 54-0 loss to Salt Lake City East on Oct. 10, 1936 (the game was in Afton, not SLC)

I found the score and the date for Evanston’s 19-0 loss to Montpelier, Idaho, on Oct. 16, 1936 (I had the winner and the location, but not a specific score and not the date)

All of the updates have been made on all the relevant pages.

–patrick