The Bears run onto the field before a late-season win over Franklin. Coach M.W. "Mike" Hawkins (tan pants, jeff cap)
is a shade to the right of the center of the photo.

  Germantown played 97 years of Public League football. The Bears joined
the Public League in 1916 and remained there through 2012. They won
championships in 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1982 and 1999.

RECAPS OF PL CHAMPIONSHIPS

1925
At Franklin Field
Germantown 10, Frankford 6
    The first postseason game in PL history, necessitated when
Germantown and Frankford played to a 10-10 tie, was witnessed by 20,000
fans. With less than three minutes remaining, G-town overcame a 6-0
deficit as Fred Benner completed a 40-yard pass to John Gillespie, and
then Gillespie ran 4 yards for a touchdown. Benner added the PAT on a
drop-kick and followed in the waning moments with a field goal. Tom
Shriver, writing in the Philadelphia Record, said Benner was "just as
essential to the success of the champions as tin is to a Ford." Bennett
scored for Frankford on a trick play in the second quarter. On a
fourth-and-goal from the 2, Bennett lined up at end as the Pioneers set
up for a field goal. Bennett then took a quick step into the backfield,
accepted a snap from center and ran through a hole at tackle into the
end zone.

1926
At Franklin Field
Germantown 7, West 0
    With 3 minutes remaining, defensive end John Minehart picked up
an errant snap and ran 20 yards for a touchdown and Fred Benner added
the PAT on a drop-kick. Benner also punted for a 40-yard average. In the
game's last minute, West drove to Germantown's 9 before losing yardage
back to the 20. The game was played on frozen turf and snow flurries
fell throughout.

1942
At Temple Stadium
Northeast 29, Germantown 6
    Joseph "Bud" Sutton powered Northeast by scoring 16 points,
raising his season's total to 114. He also passed to Mike Dennis for a
26-yard TD and averaged 35 yards on 13 punts. Bill Bernardo was G-town's
star, but the TD was scored by Bob McKinney on a pass from Bob Fania.

1982
At Northeast
Germantown 13, Bartram 8
    Steve Duncan rushed 17 times for 111 yards and a 62-yard TD on
the game's first play from scrimmage as the Bears won their first PL
title since 1926. First-year coach Charlie Hicks became the first
African-American to win a PL title. Anthony Norwood made nine tackles,
highlighted by four for 29 yards in losses. Virgil Curtis made 16
tackles and, by grabbing the ankle of Bartram QB Deron Mason, forced a
fourth-down incompletion at the Germantown 16 with 2:04 left. Bartram's
Hector Scott produced 130 yards on 29 carries, but no TDs. David Boone,
who'd rushed for a league-record 1,616 yards, missed the game with
strained ligaments in his right knee.

1999
At Northeast
Germantown 29, Bok 6
    Angel Moultair rushed 20 times for 130 yards and three TDs,
tying a game record, and made a team-high eight tackles at linebacker as
G-town made Mike Hawkins the first city-leagues rookie coach to finish
with a perfect record (11-0) since Episcopal Academy's Lambert Whetstone
in 1927 (8-0). Wesley Robinson added 78 yards on 13 carries and Ed
Butler (seven tackles) returned an interception 52 yards for the final
score. For Bok, Kareem Jeffreys scored on a QB sneak 0:14 before
halftime and Charles Kennedy made 10 tackles.

RECAPS OF CITY TITLE APPEARANCES

  None.

ASSORTED LASTS . . .
Conversion catch: Delane Hart, vs. King, 11/22/12
TD run: Ishmael Dargan, 32 yards, vs. King, 11/22/12
Conversion run: Dargan, vs. King, 11/22/12
TD catch: Chris Rone (from Cedric Wright), 16 yards, vs. King, 11/22/12
Interception: Mark McCray, vs. King, 11/22/12
Fumble recovery TD: Shaquil Jones, vs. Prep Charter, 11/2/12
Interception TD: Tyron Blackwell, 65 yards, vs. Southern, 10/26/12
Kickoff return TD: Delane Hart, 65 yards, vs. Southern, 10/26/12
PAT: Raheem Henry, vs. Mastbaum, 9/14/12
Punt return TD: Kevin Norris, 61 yards, vs. Edison, 9/7/12
Fumble return TD: Dominique Simmons, 79 yards, vs. King, 11/26/09
Field goal: Danilo Aguiar, 24 yards, vs. Bok, 12/4/99

Here is the recap of the last playoff victory:
2011 AAAA FIRST ROUND
At Ben Johnston Memorial Stadium
  Germantown 32, Lincoln 27: The host Bears rallied to victory on
Cedric Wright's 15-yard TD pass to Myles Brooker with 2:56 remaining.
Wright finished 7-for-11 for 151 yards and one score apiece to Will Parks
(5-121) and Brooker (2-30) while Ackeno Robertson scored twice (rush,
80-yard kickoff return). Aaron "Snook" Boyd added 156 yards and one
score on 18 rushes. Devon Smith posted a pick. Marquise "Marty"
McFarland (15-106) ran for two Lincoln scores while Miguel Sanchez
passed for one TD and ran for another.

Here is the recap of the last playoff appearance:
2011 AAAA SEMIFINAL
At Ply.-Whitemarsh
  Washington 36, Germantown 20: Hakeem Sillman’s 22-carry, 161-yard,
three-TD performance enabled the Eagles to storm back from a 20-7 deficit.
As the second half opened, Ken Everage recovered Jake Wright's onside
kick to create instantaneous momentum and he scored the clinching TD while
totaling 101 yards on 13 carries. Germantown received rushing TDs from
Ackeno Robertson (16-110) and Aaron “Snook” Boyd (11-97) and an air
score from Myles Brooker.