THE BEST TEAM EVER?

By Dan Miller
November 13, 2007

Even if you're not interested in high school football, there's a team in Kansas you should know about.
In news sources ranging from The New York Times to ESPN's website, I've been reading about the Smith Center High School Redmen, and their amazing football season.

The town of Smith Center, Kansas has a population of fewer that 2,000 people.... and the high school has only about 150 students, split roughly 50/50 between girls and boys.
Yet, the football team is having an undefeated season.

OK, you say -- so there are lots of undefeated high school teams across the country.
But wait.... Smith Center is not only undefeated, but no opponent has even scored against them in eleven games this season.
That's right, eleven shutouts!!

And there's more...
Smith Center is averaging almost 70 points a game, having outscored their opponents 760 - 0 in those eleven games.
In fact, a couple of weeks ago, the Redmen scored 72 points IN THE FIRST QUARTER against Plainville!
That includes 9 touchdowns and 9 two-point conversions, in just the first quarter.

As far as I can tell, they've not punted a single time this season.

Smith Center has now racked up 52 straight victories.
Pretty impressive.... but it pales when compared to what a high school team did right here in Tennessee.

In the years between 1942 and 1949, Bedford County Training School in Shelbyville recorded 52 straight shutouts.
Not just 52 victories.... shutouts!
That means that spanning about 7 seasons, no opponent scored against them.

Bedford County Training apparently closed its doors years ago, but if there's anyone out there who played on that team during the 1940s, give me a call.
That's got to be a great story.

I wonder how they'd have matched up against the Smith Center Redmen?

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