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#     1940
82        W
83        W
84        L
85        L
86        W
87        W
88        T
 
1941  Tri-County Champs
89        W
90        W
91        W
92        W
93        W
94        W
95        W
 
1942  Tri-County Champs
96        W
97        W
98        W
99        W
100      W
101      W
102      W
 
1943  Tri-County Champs
103      W
104      W
105      W
106      W
107      W
 
1944  Tri-County Champs
108      W
109      W
110      W
111      W
112      W
 
1945
113      L
114      W
115      W
116      W
117      W
118      W
119      W
120      W
 
1946  Alle-Catt Champs
121      W
122      W
123      W
124      W
125      W
126      T
127      L 
 
1947
128      L
129      L
130      L
131      W
132      W
133      L
134      L
 
1948
135      W
136      W  PANTHER
137      T
138      W
139      W
140      L
141      L  TITLE
 
1949
142      L
143      L
144      W
145      W
146      W
147      W
148      L

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Bud Fenton

Legendary Coach Bud Fenton took over the helm in 1948, leading his teams to 38 victories in 9 seasons at PCS.  In his initial year, Fenton took the Panthers to Bradner Stadium for the championship, but they lost 12-7 before 3,000 fans. He retired at 38-26-3 for a winning percentage of .594

Latimer  5-2-1
9     Springville   7
?     Cuba   ?
?     Allegany   ?
13   Canisteo   14
12   Bolivar   6
13   Allegany   6
0     Bolivar   0 
 
Latimer  7-0
28   Cuba   0
48   Springville   0
7     Thomas Indians   6
14   Allegany   6 
14   Bolivar   0
33   Canisteo   0
?     Sloan   ?
 
Latimer   7-0
31   Wellsville   0
35   Thomas Indians   0
41   Allegany   0
28   Bolivar   0
55   Cuba   0
39   Wellsville   6
13   Emporium   7 
 
Latimer   5-0
25   Springville   0
31   Bolivar   0
27   Bolivar   0
26   Springville 2
?     Allegany   ?
 
Don Smith   5-0
?     Bolivar   ?
?     Allegany   0
20   Cuba   6
40   Canisteo   6
25   Wellsville   0 
 
Jimmie Johnson   7-1
?     Wellsville   ? 
6     Bolivar   0 
52   St. Bernards   6
39   Cuba   0
13   Springville   7
9     Olean JV   0
7     Springville   0
21   Allegany   0
 
Don Smith  5-1-1
16   Bolivar   6
41   St. Bernards   7
26   Cuba   0
39   Allegany   19
19   Perry   7
19   Fredonia   19
19   Springville   21
 
Marty Morris  2-5
9     St. Bernards   19
0     Allegany   6
0     Bolivar   32
38   Olean JV   0
12   Cuba   7
0     Gowanda   13
7     Springville   20
 
Bud Fenton  4-2-1
15   Canisteo   7
25   Franklinville   0 
0     Bolivar   0 
19   Allegany   0
13   Cuba   6
6     St. Bernards   40
7     Bolivar   12 
 
Fenton  4-3
6     Otto-Eldred   7
7     Bolivar   21
7     Allegany   0 
32   Canisteo   0
13   Cuba   0
18   Franklinville   0
0     Springville   13

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1949

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1949 Lowe Field, Main St.

GRAD YEAR:
 
1941
 
1942
Louie Anderson
Chuck Boutelle
Charles Chandler
Rupert Hawley
Jim Roulo
Jim Wiles
 
1943
Bill Afton
Dick Champlin
Dick Gross
Duffy Hayes
Dick Johnson
Bob North
Jack Schreiber
Hugh Swaney
Robert Warren
Duncan Wormer
 
1944
Bob Afton
Edward Ellis
Eugene Enos
Cleo Foster
Lewis Gleason
Bob Hatch
 
1945
Bill O'Brien
Tony Wilson
Donald Wormer
 
1946
Ernest Lafever
 
1947
Ike Harrison
 
1948
Bill Crainer
Norm Foster
Ray Mosher
 
1949
Bob Childs
Joe Hartwig
Dave Reynolds
Don Taggerty
 
1950
Don Coleman
Harry Edwards
Kay Henning
Nelson Holcomb
Steve Pockalny

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Milt Latimer 38-8-2

Milt Latimer coached the Portville varsity to unmatched heights during the early 1940s.  From 1940 to 1944, they went undefeated in 27 consecutive games (26-0-1).  It was World War II, and the boys rolled over their local opponents, taking the Tri-County championship 4 years in a row, winning every game.
 
The 1942 team was especially monstrous, out-scoring the other squads 242-13.  Some of the players from that era included Tony Wilson, Bob North, Dick Johnson, Bob and Billy Afton, Don and Duncan Wormer, and Ernest LaFever.
 
Latimer went off to fight in the war, while another military man, Don Smith, coached the final undefeated season of the streak in 1945.

The undefeated streak could have been extended to 41 games in a row, if it hadn't been for a loss to Wellsville to start to 1945 campaign.  Portville went undefeated for another 13 games, finally losing a playoff contest in 1946 to Springville.
 
In that year, Don Smith was assisted by Jim Wiles, while Ike Harrison manned the quarterbacking duties as a senior star.
 
In 1947, Coach Morty Morris introduced the T-formation to his 25 players, assisted by Wiles, Joe Gibbons, and Lee Frair.

FOOTBALL TEAM

Games

W-L

PCT.

PTS

OPP

DIFF

2004-2012

9 Years

1

Hornell

105

96-9

.914

35.9

10.2

25.7

2

Maple Grove

91

76-15

.835

32.1

10.2

21.9

3

Southwestern

99

82-17

.828

28.1

10.9

17.2

4

Randolph

100

78-22

.780

30.8

10.0

20.8

5

Coudersport

105

77-28

.733

25.1

14.6

10.5

6

Silver Creek

88

61-27

.693

23.9

13.7

10.2

7

Portville

82

54-28

.658

22.8

15.2

7.6

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