Clearfield High School's Bison Football program formally began in 1913. There have been twenty-four * head coaches since that time. The Bison's all-time record, as of the end of the 2011 campaign, is 523 wins, 448 losses
and 31 ties. Mr. Tim Janocko has been at the helm since 1985, the longest ever reign among Bison Head Coaches and his teams had compiled a record of 205, 96 and 3 at the end of this season.
This year, Coach Janocko reached the following milestones ~
200 Wins with a 34-28 victory at Hamburg, PA on October 14th
#204 ~ 28-7 over St. Marys in d9 Championship ties Coudersport Coach Paul Simcoe for District IX wins, November 12th
#205 ~ 29-23 win over Johnstown in the d6/9 Championship puts Coach at #205 and in sole possession of the d9 mark, Nov. 19
For a comparison of all Bison Football Coaching Records and all of the Season Records of Bison Football go HERE
Courtesy of Coach Kristofer Albright of C.A.H.S. , we have recently been provided with a comprehensive
history of wins and losses since the very beginning, along with many pictures from old Bison yearbooks. This
new information is displayed below.
Other Pages of Historic Interest
To compare how Bison teams have fared vs. all competition over the years go HERE.
And we've expanded the following list to include the new information from Coach Albright's research ~
and 31 ties. Mr. Tim Janocko has been at the helm since 1985, the longest ever reign among Bison Head Coaches and his teams had compiled a record of 205, 96 and 3 at the end of this season.
This year, Coach Janocko reached the following milestones ~
200 Wins with a 34-28 victory at Hamburg, PA on October 14th
#204 ~ 28-7 over St. Marys in d9 Championship ties Coudersport Coach Paul Simcoe for District IX wins, November 12th
#205 ~ 29-23 win over Johnstown in the d6/9 Championship puts Coach at #205 and in sole possession of the d9 mark, Nov. 19
For a comparison of all Bison Football Coaching Records and all of the Season Records of Bison Football go HERE
Courtesy of Coach Kristofer Albright of C.A.H.S. , we have recently been provided with a comprehensive
history of wins and losses since the very beginning, along with many pictures from old Bison yearbooks. This
new information is displayed below.
Other Pages of Historic Interest
To compare how Bison teams have fared vs. all competition over the years go HERE.
And we've expanded the following list to include the new information from Coach Albright's research ~
History of Clearfield Football
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C.H.S. and the Academies
Clearfield Football
. . . home of the Bisons. Clearfield PA
CLEARFIELD AREA HIGH SCHOOL . . .
www.clearfieldfootball.org, is the official website of the Bison Football Quarterback Club
but is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the Clearfield Area School District
but is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the Clearfield Area School District
We are much in Coach Albright's debt for his dedicated and time-consuming research ~
Again, anyone else with old pictures or stories they'd like to share or anything involving Clearfield Bison
Football is encouraged to "contact us" and let us know what they have.
clearfieldfootball.org
Again, anyone else with old pictures or stories they'd like to share or anything involving Clearfield Bison
Football is encouraged to "contact us" and let us know what they have.
clearfieldfootball.org
The following Bison Football Teams are also featured
elsewhere on this site; they each have their yearbook
pages reproduced and some of the pages also feature
other C.H.S. Sports from that year ~
1923
1938-40
1943-45
1947-1956
1958-1970
1972
Go to and make your selection.
elsewhere on this site; they each have their yearbook
pages reproduced and some of the pages also feature
other C.H.S. Sports from that year ~
1923
1938-40
1943-45
1947-1956
1958-1970
1972
Go to and make your selection.
"Bison" Yearbook Pictures, 1985 - 2009 ~
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"Breeze" Yearbook Pictures, 1906-1929 ~
Clicking on any of the thumbnails below will allow you to view a larger image; so large in some cases that
you should hit " f11 " on your keyboard now to give you a full vertical screen view.
you should hit " f11 " on your keyboard now to give you a full vertical screen view.
Game Scores, Season Records ~ 1904-2011
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NEWLY UPDATED ~
This site has been around since the 2006 Season
and captioned group photos of the Teams and
Returning Lettermen from all the years since
are now all featured together on one page.
Go HERE
This site has been around since the 2006 Season
and captioned group photos of the Teams and
Returning Lettermen from all the years since
are now all featured together on one page.
Go HERE
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* Some accounts say "25 Head Coaches" but I can only document 24.
Contact Me if you have a clarification about this.
Contact Me if you have a clarification about this.
Interpreting this photo ~ This photo was snapped in what is now Upper Witmer Park when this parcel also
was used for outdoor P.E. classes. The current Shaw Library would be to the left (north) of this group of "Bison".
Behind the squad and across South Front Street are from left, the Clearfield High School (see below), a house where the current Episcopal Church now stands, East Cherry Street, a house that is now the Christopher
Kratzer B & B, and another house that is now the Amon,Mitchell & Walsh realty office.
was used for outdoor P.E. classes. The current Shaw Library would be to the left (north) of this group of "Bison".
Behind the squad and across South Front Street are from left, the Clearfield High School (see below), a house where the current Episcopal Church now stands, East Cherry Street, a house that is now the Christopher
Kratzer B & B, and another house that is now the Amon,Mitchell & Walsh realty office.
Original Pen & Ink drawing of the "Old" Clearfield High School
by David Yocum. Courtesy the artist.
It was located where the Shaw Library now stands and
served as the the High School from about 1918 to 1956
and as Junior High West until 1975.
" Here's to the praise " refers to the opening line of the
C.H.S. Alma Mater ( Newly Updated with VIDEO )
by David Yocum. Courtesy the artist.
It was located where the Shaw Library now stands and
served as the the High School from about 1918 to 1956
and as Junior High West until 1975.
" Here's to the praise " refers to the opening line of the
C.H.S. Alma Mater ( Newly Updated with VIDEO )
This building, identified on the post card as "High School, Clearfield,Pa" was located where the current Clearfield Borough Police Station now stands. Before that on this site had, I believe, once stood the "Clearfield Academy", which may have been an entirely different building or an earlier incarnation of this same one. It was used as the Junior High when the building below was the High School ( c. 1918-1956 ) and later, when the Mill Road building debuted this became "Junior High East" while the other was "Junior High West".
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The "new" High School on Mill Road ( now the Middle School ) , served as the High School until the graduation of the Class of 1975, after which the present location in Hyde opened. When this and the above building served as high schools, Bison Football was played on the field in the Driving Park ( Clearfield County Fair Grounds ) with seating in the Grandstand.
This photo is from the 1969 "Bison".
The narrative that accompanies the 1904 photo
refers to that game as also being played in the
Driving Park, though the grandstand was
constructed later; in the 1920's, I believe.
This photo is from the 1969 "Bison".
The narrative that accompanies the 1904 photo
refers to that game as also being played in the
Driving Park, though the grandstand was
constructed later; in the 1920's, I believe.
"The Mill Road High School" ( 1956-1975 )
Current High School in Hyde ( 1975 - Present )
To read more about these buldings, to browse through old "Bison" Yearbooks and to catch up
on lots of other interesting C.H.S. History,
check out clearfieldreunions.org
on lots of other interesting C.H.S. History,
check out clearfieldreunions.org
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And here is an old photo sent to us recently by Mrs. Janocko . . . .
Here is some meaningless trivia gleaned from the above and some miscellaneous ramblings ~
Some of the Most Lopsided wins:
108-0 over Sykesville (1915), 95-0 vs. Patton (1926), 83-0 vs. Houtzdale (1916), 80-0 vs. Clarion Normal (1922),
76-0 vs. Cooper Twp. (1924), 67-0 vs. Curwensville (1917), 54-0 vs. Huntingdon (1914), 54-0 vs. Curwensville (1952), 54-6 vs. P.O. (1994)
Some of the Worst Losses:
Vs. Indiana Normal, 0-104 & 0-75 ( 1917 & 1914 ), Vs. Huntingdon, 0-68 (1920), Vs. Greensburg, 0-67 (1922), Vs. Perry Academy, 0-61 (2002),
Vs. Altoona, 0-51 (1931), Vs. Lock Haven High, 7-54 & 26-73 (1923 & 1924), Vs. B.E.A., 6-52 (1991) Vs. Strong Vincent, 7-52 (1948)
( 1st Game-Regular Season )
Most Shutout Wins: 8 - 1939 ( 10-1-1 ), 7 - 1955 ( 10-0) Most Shutout Losses: 7 - 1932 ( 2 - 8 ), 6 - 1937 ( 2-8-1)
About the competition:
In the very early days CHS played quite a few contests against the "Normal" Schools which were to become the "State Teachers Colleges" and today are
C.U.P. , I.U.P. , L.H.U. , etcetera. Indiana Normal consistently clobbered CHS in the 'teens while we swapped back and forth with Clarion.
Lock Haven High typically bested CHS in those days while we apparently never lost to Lock Haven Normal, a squad whose doldrums seem to carry on
to this day. In 1917 CHS defeated Central State Normal 13-7; Central State Normal was apparently an alternate name for Lock Haven Normal. See HERE.
By the mid 1950's most of the jointures that we know today had come to be but prior to that we were playing individual schools that would later merge. Cooper & Morris Townships became West Branch, Philipsburg and Osceola of course became P-O, Madera, Houtzdale and Woodward Township would form Moshannon Valley and Reynoldsville & Sykesville would be absorbed into Du Bois.
At the beginning of the 2011 season Indian Valley and Lewistown were consolidated as the Mifflin County High School . Read more about that HERE.
If THIS legislation succeeds, more consolidations may loom in the future.
Also of interest is that way back when there were no Interstates and not even many good secondary roads, CHS played against many a school that even today are located a couple of hours away - Erie, Greensburg, Renovo, Sharpsville, Williamsport, Windber. It's not hard to imagine that many of these "road trips" took place by rail rather than by road and that they may have required an overnight stay.
During the 2011 Season we set what must certainly be C.H.S.' regular season record for away-game travel distance. The consolidation of Indian Valley & Lewistown High Schools into "Mifflin County" left the Bison with a gap in their schedule and a similar hookup between Catholic schools down east - Reading's Central Catholic and Holy Name - left Hamburg Area short a game. The game that the Bison played at Hamburg ( in Berks County ) resulted
in a 175 mile, 3-1/2 hour trip; a back and forth game ( 34-28 Bison ) that seemed to be attended by as many Clearfield fans as those from the host team.
And in the case of your clearfieldfootball.org reporter and many others, it was in fact an overnight.
Now comes 2012 and in our season opener/home opener we're scheduled to welcome a team that's from even farther away than Hamburg. By about
Seventy-Five miles and across an International Border. ( And thank goodness they're coming here. ) August 31st will see the Bison entertain the Saint
Joan Of Arc Catholic Secondary School ( website ) from Mississaugua, Ontario, Canada. The Angels will face a 250 mile trek before arriving here in Clearfield. No strangers to long trips, last season they traveled nearly 320 miles to face the Mckeesport (PA) Tigers.
Some of the Most Lopsided wins:
108-0 over Sykesville (1915), 95-0 vs. Patton (1926), 83-0 vs. Houtzdale (1916), 80-0 vs. Clarion Normal (1922),
76-0 vs. Cooper Twp. (1924), 67-0 vs. Curwensville (1917), 54-0 vs. Huntingdon (1914), 54-0 vs. Curwensville (1952), 54-6 vs. P.O. (1994)
Some of the Worst Losses:
Vs. Indiana Normal, 0-104 & 0-75 ( 1917 & 1914 ), Vs. Huntingdon, 0-68 (1920), Vs. Greensburg, 0-67 (1922), Vs. Perry Academy, 0-61 (2002),
Vs. Altoona, 0-51 (1931), Vs. Lock Haven High, 7-54 & 26-73 (1923 & 1924), Vs. B.E.A., 6-52 (1991) Vs. Strong Vincent, 7-52 (1948)
( 1st Game-Regular Season )
Most Shutout Wins: 8 - 1939 ( 10-1-1 ), 7 - 1955 ( 10-0) Most Shutout Losses: 7 - 1932 ( 2 - 8 ), 6 - 1937 ( 2-8-1)
About the competition:
In the very early days CHS played quite a few contests against the "Normal" Schools which were to become the "State Teachers Colleges" and today are
C.U.P. , I.U.P. , L.H.U. , etcetera. Indiana Normal consistently clobbered CHS in the 'teens while we swapped back and forth with Clarion.
Lock Haven High typically bested CHS in those days while we apparently never lost to Lock Haven Normal, a squad whose doldrums seem to carry on
to this day. In 1917 CHS defeated Central State Normal 13-7; Central State Normal was apparently an alternate name for Lock Haven Normal. See HERE.
By the mid 1950's most of the jointures that we know today had come to be but prior to that we were playing individual schools that would later merge. Cooper & Morris Townships became West Branch, Philipsburg and Osceola of course became P-O, Madera, Houtzdale and Woodward Township would form Moshannon Valley and Reynoldsville & Sykesville would be absorbed into Du Bois.
At the beginning of the 2011 season Indian Valley and Lewistown were consolidated as the Mifflin County High School . Read more about that HERE.
If THIS legislation succeeds, more consolidations may loom in the future.
Also of interest is that way back when there were no Interstates and not even many good secondary roads, CHS played against many a school that even today are located a couple of hours away - Erie, Greensburg, Renovo, Sharpsville, Williamsport, Windber. It's not hard to imagine that many of these "road trips" took place by rail rather than by road and that they may have required an overnight stay.
During the 2011 Season we set what must certainly be C.H.S.' regular season record for away-game travel distance. The consolidation of Indian Valley & Lewistown High Schools into "Mifflin County" left the Bison with a gap in their schedule and a similar hookup between Catholic schools down east - Reading's Central Catholic and Holy Name - left Hamburg Area short a game. The game that the Bison played at Hamburg ( in Berks County ) resulted
in a 175 mile, 3-1/2 hour trip; a back and forth game ( 34-28 Bison ) that seemed to be attended by as many Clearfield fans as those from the host team.
And in the case of your clearfieldfootball.org reporter and many others, it was in fact an overnight.
Now comes 2012 and in our season opener/home opener we're scheduled to welcome a team that's from even farther away than Hamburg. By about
Seventy-Five miles and across an International Border. ( And thank goodness they're coming here. ) August 31st will see the Bison entertain the Saint
Joan Of Arc Catholic Secondary School ( website ) from Mississaugua, Ontario, Canada. The Angels will face a 250 mile trek before arriving here in Clearfield. No strangers to long trips, last season they traveled nearly 320 miles to face the Mckeesport (PA) Tigers.