2008 Year in Review

The History of the Wooden Shoe Bowl

The Wooden Shoe Traveling Trophy was the idea of 1977 MHS sophomore football coaches, Gus Linke and Ron Roels. The purpose was to provide motivation to the intense football rivalry and lend a sportsmanship flavor to the strong Dutch heritage of both communities. At the request of coach Gus Linke, shop teacher, Vic Zander built the base. Linke then obtained a wooden shoe from MHS custodian Ralph Keiser. He sanded, stained and varnished the pieces.

The trophy took its final form after Linke had Rod Fitch's sporting goods attach a football trophy and gold plates for yearly scores.

In October of 1977, at MHS, the first presentation was made to Fulton head coach, Dale Geisler and his staff for their teams' 38-6 victory over the Mustangs. Since the first presentation, the teams have played 31 times, Morrison leads "The Wooden Shoe Bowl" series 21 victories to 10.

YEAR	MHS		FULTON
1901	16		0
1905	0	TIE	0
1906	11		5
1906	11		0
1907	0	TIE	0
1908	5		0
1908	5	TIE	5
1911	20		0
1914	47		0
1916	76		0
1916	63		0

MORRISON AND FULTON DID NOT PLAY FROM 1917 THROUGH 1941

YEAR	MHS		FULTON
1942	37		12
1943	26		6
1946	20		0
1947	27		0
1948	7		14
1949	13	TIE	13
1950	41		7
1951	33		6
1952	45		0
1953	21		0
1954	31		0
1955	20	TIE	20
1956	32		0
1957	0		19
1958	7		26
1959	20		14
1960	33		0
1961	19		0
1962	13		25
1963	33		15
1964	31		7
1965	27		14
1966	49		20
1967	44		0
1968	0		6
1969	35		26
1970	12		22
1971	0		22
1972	17		20
1973	7		12
1974	20		31
1975	8		43
1976	13		48

FIRST WOODEN SHOE BOWL WAS PLAYED IN 1977 IN MORRISON

YEAR	MHS		FULTON
1ST 1977	6		38
2ND 1978	14		32
3RD 1979	13		14
4TH 1980	8		22
5TH 1981	12		8
6TH 1982	6		16
7TH 1983	14		8
8TH 1984	28		14
9TH 1985	21		7
10TH 1986	48		12
11TH 1987	40		0
12TH 1988	13	OT	12
13TH 1989	32		14
14TH 1990	36		6
15TH 1991	0		8
1991 PLAYOFF	6		22
16TH 1992	14		12
17TH 1993	20		0
18TH 1994	7		6
19TH 1995	16		0
20TH 1996	14		6
1996 PLAYOFF	7		14
21ST 1997	34		3
22ND 1998	33		16
1998 PLAYOFF	38		15
23RD 1999	18		12
24TH 2000	0		20
25TH 2001	6		28
26TH 2002	14		49
27TH 2003	8		33
28TH 2004	39		6
29TH 2005	35		7
30TH 2006	48		18
31ST 2007	49		28
32ND 2008	27		7

TOTAL POINTS	MHS	FULTON
	1692	958

by  Editor, theCity1.com
October 31, 2008