front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: The Players -- Johnny Lattner: Heisman Trophy Winner -- Dick Butkus: The Ultimate Competitor -- Dave Butz: Illinois' First Goliath -- Mike Kenn: Here's "Mud" in Your Eyes -- Kellen Winslow: One-Year Wonder -- Don Beebe: 4.21? Are You Kidding? -- Russell Maryland: A Charmed Life -- Bryant Young: A Future NFL Hall of Famer -- Mike Alstott: Riding the A-Train -- Dusty Burk: The Spread Offense Cometh -- Chapter 2: The Coaches -- Tony Lawless: "Sculptor of People" -- Harvey Dickinson: Cradle of Coaches -- Deek Pollard: In the Mold of Lombardi, Bryant, and Hayes -- Murney Lazier: Mr. Do-Right -- Bob Reade: A Wise Decision -- Gordie Gillespie: Carrying a Big Stick -- Pat Cronin: A Damon Runyon Character -- Bob Shannon: The Tradition Continues -- John O'Boyle: The Seven-Degrees Solution -- Matt Senffner: Know Your Capabilities -- Dan Sharp: Six Titles in Nine Years -- Frank Lenti: The General -- Chapter 3: The Teams -- Mount Carmel 1950: Best Team of Its Era -- Fenwick 1962: The Jim DiLullo Show -- Metamora 1968: Stromberger's Gadget Play -- St. Rita 1971: The Difference between Great and Super -- Evanston 1971: Even without Howard Jones -- Decatur St. Teresa, 1972: 404-6 -- Joliet Catholic 1975: Gordie's Best Team -- East St. Louis 1985: Shannon's Best Team -- Mount Carmel 1988: "No Super Stars" -- Wheaton Warrenville South 1998: Best Offense Ever? -- Joliet Catholic 1999: "They Had It All" -- Providence 2001: Senffner's Best Handiwork -- Chapter 4: The Games -- Glenbrook North 19, East St. Louis 13 (OT): 1974 -- St. Laurence 22, Glenbard West 21 (OT): 1976 -- Wheaton Warrenville South 40, Joliet Catholic 34 (2 OT): 1992 -- Maine South 31, Mount Carmel 28: 1995 -- Driscoll 42, Mount Carmel 41 (2 OT): 2001 -- Aledo 41, Carthage 40: 2002 -- Chapter 5: Small Schools.

Aledo: Rekindling a Tradition -- Arcola: The Monahan Brothers Ride Again -- Bloomington Central Catholic: Building a Foundation -- Carthage: The Unruh Era -- Decatur St. Teresa: Decade of the 1970s -- Pittsfield: "The Streak" -- Sterling Newman: Building a Tradition -- Stockton: The John O'Boyle Era -- Woodstock Marian Central: Decade of the 1980s -- Chapter 6: Midsized Schools -- Addison Driscoll: Eight Titles, Seven in a Row -- Belleville Althoff: Time to Retire -- Du Quoin: Stanhouse and the Hambletonian -- Joliet Catholic: Four Coaches, 13 State Titles -- Kankakee Bishop McNamara: Rich Zinanni Era -- Metamora: Coming of Age -- Morris: Darlington to Dergo -- New Lenox Providence: The Matt Senffner Era -- Oak Lawn Richards: Moving On Up -- Chapter 7: Large Schools -- Chicago Mount Carmel: Frank Kiszka's Legacy -- Chicago St. Rita: 100 Years of Football Memories -- East St. Louis: "Common Thread Is Tradition" -- Harvey Thornton: Football Gets Its Props -- Mount Prospect: Team of the New Millenium -- Park Ridge Maine South: A Coaching Clinic -- Peoria Richwoods: The "Rich Kids" School -- Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin: Downstate Power -- Wheaton North: The Jim Rexilius Era -- Wheaton Warrenville South: Red Grange's Legacy -- Chapter 8: Fourth Quarter -- State Playoff -- Prep Bowl -- Chicago Catholic League -- Chicago Public League -- index.