1939 Newark Bears (AA) |
| 1st place Southern 6-2-1 .750 |
| Head Coach: Gene Ronzani |
| Joe Zeller | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/20/1939 | A | Irvington Camptown Pros | 0-0 | T | Irvington, NJ | 3000 | ||
| Sun | 9/24/1939 | A | Union City Rams | 27-7 | W | Union City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 4500 | |
| Fri | 9/29/1939 | A | Danbury Trojans | - | Danbury, CT | Lee Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/1/1939 | A | Brooklyn Eagles | - | New York, NY | Erasmus Field | |||
| Sun | 10/8/1939 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 3-3 | T | Wilmington, DE | Pennsy Field | 4200 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | A | Jersey City Giants | 6-5 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 10116 | |
| Wed | 10/18/1939 | H | New York Brown Bombers | 19-0 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | ||
| Sun | 10/22/1939 | A | Paterson Panthers | 13-22 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchcliffe Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | H | Brooklyn Eagles | 24-7 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | H | Paterson Panthers | 9-6 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 11359 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | H | Union City Rams | 27-13 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | H | Danbury Trojans | - | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 7-0 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 9000 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1939 | H | Jersey City Giants | 6-7 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 7100 | |
| Southern Division Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/10/1939 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 13-6 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 13500 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/17/1939 | H | Paterson Panthers | 27-7 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 15365 | |
| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 5 | Chuck Apolskis | RE | 6-2 | 207 | 25 | DePaul | 9 | 7 |
| 9 | Ken Armstrong | LT | 6-1 | 240 | 23 | Tarkio | 9 | 9 |
| 21 | Jack Batten | HB | 195 | 25 | Cornell | 8 | 0 | |
| 13 | Bill Battles | LE-T | 6-4 | 220 | 25 | Brown | 8 | 1 |
| 18 | Joe Berardelli | RT | 5-11 | 230 | Ohio State | 9 | 9 | |
| 22 | Eddie Berlinski | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | North Carolina State | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | Jim Breen | T | 6-0 | 205 | 21 | North Central | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | George Choborda | RH | 5-10 | 181 | 23 | Albright | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Rudy Choborda | FB | 5-10 | 201 | 26 | none | 9 | 8 |
| George Corbett | QB | 5-9 | 179 | 31 | Millikin | 4 | 3 | |
| 16 | Bill Dorsey | E | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Pittsburgh; Manhattan | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Charley Eller | RE | 6-0 | 179 | 25 | West Virginia | 9 | 3 |
| 31 | Charlie Fauser | T | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | none | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Oley Hedrick | LG | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | West Virginia | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Charlie Heileman | LE | 6-2 | 197 | 24 | Iowa State | 8 | 8 |
| 3 | Bill Kane | G | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | Johnny Long | LH | 6-0 | 186 | 25 | Colgate | 9 | 9 |
| 27 | Ed Merlin | LG-T | 5-10 | 200 | 23 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | Ray Otlowski | C | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | Bucknell | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | Marty Poto | G | 5-10 | 213 | 26 | Temple | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Bill Raizik | LG-T | 6-1 | 224 | 26 | Cincinnati | 8 | 7 |
| 15 | Tom Randazzo | E | 6-2 | 203 | St. Francis | 9 | 0 | |
| 35 | Al Robillard | C | 5-10 | 199 | 27 | St. Bonaventure | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Gene Ronzani | QB | 5-9 | 200 | 30 | Marquette | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Karl Schuelke | FB | 5-10 | 200 | 25 | Wisconsin | 3 | 1 |
| Dick Schweidler | RH | 6-0 | 182 | 25 | none | 6 | 6 | |
| 5 | Floyd Sexton | HB | 5-9 | 180 | 27 | Emporia State; Fort Hays State | 1 | 0 |
| Anton Stolfa | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Luther | 3 | 2 | |
| Wally Switzer | HB | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | Cornell | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Woolley | C | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Minnesota; Drake | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | Joe Zeller | RG | 6-1 | 203 | 31 | Indiana | 9 | 9 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 9 | 48 | 41 | 24 | |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 25 | 10 | 16 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Heileman | 2 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Eddie Berlinski | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Tom Randazzo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Dick Schweidler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Jack Batten | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Charley Eller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Karl Schuelke | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Rudy Choborda | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Anton Stolfa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| George Corbett | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Dorsey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 17 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 3 | 0 | 122 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 3 | 1 | 71 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Berlinski | 1 | ||||
| Karl Schuelke | 1 | ||||
| Anton Stolfa | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Long | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Gene Ronzani | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Eddie Berlinski | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Schweidler | 3 | ||||
| Jack Batten | 2 | ||||
| Eddie Berlinski | 2 | ||||
| Charley Eller | 2 | ||||
| Tom Randazzo | 2 | ||||
| Charlie Heileman | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 13 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Heileman | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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