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1948 (0-8)
The First Season
Hart's Varsity Football history starts in 1948. The students moved onto the current campus that Fall. The facility was incomplete
but the District went forward with the outdoor dedication ceremony anyway -- it was 106 that day. [The school opened in 1946.
1947 was a JV schedule.]
The high school had 339 students that year with about 50-60 seniors. The new campus was evidence of a lot of foresight
by the school district given that the campus was built for about 1400 students, a number it did not reach for almost two decades.
The Indians played in the Ventura League the first few seasons. To suggest that the first season did not go well would
be an understatement; Hart was 0-8 and scored 24 points in 8 games. Worse, Hart was shutout five times including the first
three games.
Here is the schedule for 1948:
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Date
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Location
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Opponent
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Score
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09-25-1948
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Hart
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Carpenteria
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0-50
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10-02-1948
|
Hart
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Black-Foxe Military Academy*
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0-32
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10-16-1948
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VHS
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Ventura
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0-34
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10-23-1948
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FHS
|
Fillmore
|
12-34
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10-30-1948
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SPHS
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Santa Paula
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0-45
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11-05-1948
|
Hart
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Oxnard
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6-26
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11-11-1948
|
Hart
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Burroughs-Burbank
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6-26
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11-19-1948
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Lancaster
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Lancaster (now Antelope Valley)
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0-45
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*The Black-Foxe Military Academy, located in the Hancock Park area, was the private school of choice for many of the Hollywood
elite during the 1920-50s. It lost its cache in the Viet Nam era, closed, was sold and is now a private residence.
1949 (3-4-1)
The First Victories
1949 was an improvement. Hart scored some points, won some games and finished 3-4-1. The Indians were shutout only twice,
actually shutout an opponent scoreless and won a Ventura League game.
The school had 337 students that season which, as in 1948 and for several years thereafter, made Hart a much smaller school
than most opponents.
Here is the 1949 schedule:
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Date
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Location
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Opponent
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Score
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09-23-1949
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Hart
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Harvard Military Academy*
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12-0 First Victory!
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09-30-1949
|
CHS
|
Carpenteria
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0-32
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10-07-1949
|
Hart
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Black-Foxe Military Academy
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19-12
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10-14-1949
|
Hart
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Lancaster (now Antelope Valley)
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0-6
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10-21-1949
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VHS
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Ventura
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12-12
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10-28-1949
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Hart
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Fillmore
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14-12
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11-04-1949
|
Hart
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Santa Paula
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13-35
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11-11-1949
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OHS
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Oxnard
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13-24
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The Harvard Military Academy was a private, military boarding school started in 1900 in the Venice District of Los Angeles.
The school moved to the Coldwater Canyon area in the 1930s. It is now known as Harvard-Westlake.
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