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1947 Bethlehem Bulldogs (AFL)

1st place Western Division 8-1-0 .889

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Head Coach: Leo Prendergast

Birney Crum	Assistant Coach
Charlie Gauer	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/22/1947	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	0-28	L		Erie, PA	Memorial Stadium	7559
Wed	9/3/1947	N	Wilkes-Barre Barons	34-0	W		Allentown, PA		7500
Wed	9/10/1947	H	Bloomfield Cardinals	35-6	W		Bethlehem, PA	Liberty Stadium	7000
Wed	9/17/1947	H	Philadelphia Eagles	7-42	L		Bethlehem, PA	Liberty Stadium	8500
Wed	9/24/1947	N	Paterson Panthers	27-14	W		Allentown, PA
Sun	9/28/1947	A	Jersey City Giants	16-20	L		Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium
Wed	10/1/1947	H	Long Island Indians	34-12	W		Bethlehem, PA	Liberty Stadium	6500
Wed	10/8/1947	H	Wilkes-Barre Barons	26-20	W		Bethlehem, PA	Liberty Stadium	9000
Wed	10/15/1947	H	Bloomfield Cardinals	43-13	W		Bethlehem, PA	Liberty Stadium	9000
Mon	10/20/1947	A	Paterson Panthers	20-0	W		Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium	8500
Wed	10/22/1947	H	Wilmington Clippers	42-0	W		Bethlehem, PA	Liberty Stadium	11000
Wed	10/29/1947	H	Jersey City Giants	13-0	W		Bethlehem, PA	Liberty Stadium	11000
Sun	11/2/1947	A	Richmond Rebels	14-21	L		Richmond, VA	City Stadium	4000
Sun	11/9/1947	A	Wilkes-Barre Barons	46-0	W		Wilkes-Barre, PA	Artillery Park	3000
Sun	11/16/1947	A	Bloomfield Cardinals	26-7	W		Bloomfield, NJ	Foley Field	8000
Sun	11/23/1947	A	Wilmington Clippers		-		Wilmington, DE	Wilmington Park
Wed	12/3/1947	A	Vineland Senators	28-7	W		Vineland, NJ	Gittone Memorial Stadium	1200
League Championship
Sun	12/7/1947	A	Paterson Panthers	23-7	W		Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium	10587
Thu	1/1/1948	N	Sacramento Nuggets	56-0	W		Albuquerque, NM	Zimmerman Field

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Schedule Notes

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
36	Johnny Baranchok	HB	5-9	180	22	none	7	0
33	Ulysses Cornogg	T	6-0	240	24	North Carolina; Wake Forest	9	0
10	Ray Dini	QB	5-11	190	20	none	8	4
	John Durko	T-E	6-4	235	32	Albright	2	0
	Gorham Getchell	LE	6-4	225	27	Temple	3	3
44	Pete Gorgone	FB	6-0	220	27	Muhlenberg	8	3
52	Henry Gude	LG	6-1	225	29	Vanderbilt	9	8
15	Warren Harris	QB	5-10	165	26	Missouri Valley	9	5
22	Mort Hochheiser	C	6-2	210	23	Ithaca; Temple	9	3
11	Wally Hopp	FB	5-11	210	24	Nebraska	9	6
40	Billy Kline	LH	5-11	170	21	none	9	0
	Bobby Kurtz	HB	5-7	160	19	none	1	0
84	Win McConnell	LE	6-3	208	23	none	9	2
80	Don McDonald	LE-RE	6-2	200	26	Oklahoma	8	4
31	Tom McGeoy	RG-E	6-0	207	25	Temple	7	1
64	Bernie Millham	RE-LE	6-3	185	26	Fordham	9	4
	Bill Montgomery	HB	6-0	205	24	Louisiana State	1	0
37	Elliott Ormsbee	LH	5-10	185	26	Bradley	9	9
62	Pete Perez	RG-LG	5-9	220	23	Illinois	8	3
49	Cammille Piccone	RH	6-0	185	26	Notre Dame	9	8
83	Perry Scott	RE	6-2	210	30	Muhlenberg	5	3
	Steve Sierocinski	RT	6-3	245	24	none	2	1
	Ray Stengel	RG-HB	5-8	180	23	Pennsylvania	7	1
81	Vern Stiner	LT	6-0	230	23	Nebraska	9	7
70	Pete Sukeena	RT	6-0	222	22	none	9	8
7	Don Talcott	LT-RE	6-2	235	26	Nevada-Reno	5	2
61	Felix Trapani	RG	5-10	206	26	Louisiana State	9	5
55	George Turner	C	6-1	237	29	Furman	9	6
88	Joe Wardenski	LT	6-3	220	20	none	8	1
60	Walt Zirinsky	RH	5-11	187	27	Lafayette	9	1

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	78	64	54	58
Opponents Totals	6	32	21	14

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Elliott Ormsbee	16	0			0			0	96
Don McDonald	8	0			0			0	48
Wally Hopp	7	0			0			0	42
Walt Zirinsky	2	18			0			0	30
Billy Kline	4	0			0			0	24
Ray Dini	0	9			1			0	12
Gorham Getchell	1	0			0			0	6
Perry Scott	1	0			0			0	6
Team Totals	39	27	39	69.3	1			0	264
Opponents Totals	11	7	11	63.6	0			0	73

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Elliott Ormsbee	85	595	7.0		8
Wally Hopp	118	431	3.7		7
Billy Kline	52	326	6.3		3
Walt Zirinsky					1
Team Totals					19
Opponents Totals					3

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Warren Harris	91	46	50.5	41	918	10.1	20.0		16	17.6	4	4.4				107.5
Elliott Ormsbee	12	7	58.3		176	14.7	25.1		0	0.0
Billy Kline									2
Team Totals									18
Opponents Totals									8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don McDonald	29	359	12.4		8
Elliott Ormsbee	15	522	34.8		7
Gorham Getchell					1
Billy Kline					1
Perry Scott					1
Team Totals					18
Opponents Totals					8

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cammille Piccone	6	49	8.2		0
Elliott Ormsbee	4	91	22.8		1
Ray Dini	4	57	14.3		0
Team Totals					1
Opponents Totals					0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Elliott Ormsbee	34	1330	39.1
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

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
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals							0

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