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1962 Paterson Miners (ACFL) 1st place 8-1-0 .889

Head Coach: Sal Rosen

Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Fri	8/10/1962	H	Baltimore Broncos	20-0	W		Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium	6500
Sat	8/18/1962	N	Washington Collegians	60-6	W		Madison, NJ
Sat	8/25/1962	N	Morrissey Steelers	46-2	W		Hackettstown, NJ
Sun	9/2/1962	N	Fort Eustis	14-16	L		Franklin, NJ
Sat	9/8/1962	A	Portland Sea Hawks	26-20	W		Portland, ME	Portland Stadium	9612
Sat	9/15/1962	A	Frankfort Falcons	26-20	W		Herkimer, NY	Harmon Field	4300
Sat	9/22/1962	H	Providence Steam Roller	7-42	L		Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium	6356
Sat	9/29/1962	H	Frankfort Falcons	70-0	W		Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium	3000
Sat	10/6/1962	H	Ansonia Black Knights	20-7	W		Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium
Fri	10/12/1962	A	Providence Steam Roller	30-6	W		Providence, RI	City Stadium	8104
Sat	10/20/1962	H	Portland Sea Hawks	20-0	W		Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium
Sat	10/27/1962	A	Ansonia Black Knights	14-7	W		Ansonia, CT	Nolan Field	1142
Wed	11/7/1962	H	Stamford Golden Bears	38-0	W		Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium
Sat	11/10/1962	A	Baltimore Broncos	14-6	W		Baltimore, MD			14-10?
Wed	11/14/1962	A	Nu-Way Sweepers	9-14	L
Wed	11/28/1962	A	Hammonton Bakers	6-28	L		Hammonton, NJ
Sat	12/8/1962	N	Nu-Way Sweepers	20-10	W		Atlantic City, NJ	Convention Hall
Sun	12/16/1962	N	Providence Steam Roller	17-14	W	2OT	Atlantic City, NJ	Convention Hall	2267	League Chmapionship

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College
83	Warren Allen	TE	6-1	200	27	Delaware
26	Jim Apple	HB	6-0	200	24	Upsala
10	Ken Baird	HB	6-1	190	25	Bethel
41	Bill Baker	P-K-QB	5-11	192	35	none
24	Bob Balderston	DB	6-1	177	25	Panzer
25	Frank Barnes	DB-RB	6-0	175	23	Benedictine (Kansas)
33	Willie Bethea	HB	6-0	190	24	Rider
42	Bob Bragg	HB	5-11	185		Maine
13	Neal Buckman	QB-K	6-1	190	33	Alabama
61	Rebel Caprino	OG	5-10	220	32	none
22	Rufus Chatman	FB	6-0	177	26	none
88	Cros Copeland	DE	5-11	197	29	Grambling State
51	Nick DeCicco	OG-LB	6-0	215	26	Northland JC; Maryland
43	Dave DeLea	DB	6-1	197	23	Tampa
76	Pat Del Vicario	DT	6-1	223	28	Adelphi; Southern Mississippi
86	Stan Derry	DE	6-0	216	28	West Virginia Tech
62	Joe Esposito	G	5-10	190		North Carolina
73	Ted Gaswirth	T	6-0	290		South Carolina
80	Jim Greer	WR	6-3	215	31	Elizabeth City State
84	Bob Gunderman	TE	6-2	195	28	Virginia
	Tom Gunderman	LB	5-11	230	24	Maryland
64	Jeff Holbert	G	6-0	217	27	West Virginia Wesleyan
27	Bill Jackson	QB-K	5-9	187	32	North Carolina A&T State
72	Joe Jackson	OT	6-0	243	27	Florida A&M
75	Bob Klang	OT	6-3	242	27	none
63	Bob Koreck	OG	6-3	240	23	Notre Dame
34	Reggie Lee	WR	6-2	170	24	Florida A&M
14	Pat Luciano	HB	5-10	176		Montclair State
78	Carmine Melignano	G	6-1	232	26	Steven's Institute
89	Ronnie Meyers	SE	6-4	220	22	Villanova
27/28	Bob Moody	DB	6-1	187	23	Elizabeth City State; Montclair State
	Chuck Munford	RB	5-10	210	25	none
34	Rich O'Brien	C	5-10	180
	Perkins	E
21	Lou Phillips	G	5-10	180		none
78	Ted Poliskin	T	6-2	230	22	Oklahoma; Hofstra
82	Fred Polzer	OE-FB	6-1	198	25	Virginia
44	Ed Post	LB	5-11	205	27	Duke
	Ryan	E
51/87	Tony Santora	DE	6-1	227	26	none
36	Walt Schairer	DB	6-1	190	23	Wake Forest
56	Bob Stauffenberg	LB-G	5-10	200	26	Elon
74	Stan Stoltz	T	6-1	252	27	none
12	Bob Walsh	HB	6-1	227	28	Nebraska
57	Richie Walsh	C	6-4	220	23	Notre Dame
30	Don Wernes	RB	6-1	207	28	none
55	John Zitter	C	6-0	218	28	none

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	42	73	33	103
Opponents Totals	28	31	10	33

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	PTS
Willie Bethea	10	0			0	60
Ronnie Meyers	6	1			0	37
Warren Allen	5	0			0	30
Neil Buckman	1	12			2	24
Fred Polzer	4	0			0	24
Don Wernes	4	0			0	24
Bill Baker	2	7			0	19
Jim Apple	2	0			0	12
Bob Bragg	2	0			0	12
Del Del Vicario	1	0			0	6
Joe Jackson	0	3			0	3
Team Totals	37	23	37	62.2	2	251
Opponents Totals	15	9	15	60.0	1	102

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Willie Bethea	99	706	7.1	7
Don Wernes	95	357	3.8	3
Jim Apple	40	278	7.0	2
Bill Baker				2
Bob Bragg				2
Neil Buckman				1
Team Totals				17
Opponents Totals				4

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Neal Buckman	100	48	48.0	45	689	6.9	14.4	3	3.0	7	7.0	51.6
Bill Baker	87	49	56.3	31	652	7.5	13.3	13	14.9	7	8.0	86.3
Bill Jackson								2
Team Totals								18
Opponents Totals								8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Fred Polzer	28	420	15.0	4
Warren Allen	28	339	12.1	5
Ronnie Meyers	26	444	17.1	6
Willie Bethea				2
Don Wernes				1
Team Totals				18
Opponents Totals				8

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Bob Balderston	5	81	16.2	0
Team Totals				0
Opponents Totals				2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG
Ronnie Meyers	13	608	46.8
Bob Bragg	4	149	37.3
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	TD
Willie Bethea	3	110	36.7	1
Reggie Lee	2	58	29.0	0
Team Totals				1
Opponents Totals				0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG
Jim Apple	5	132	26.4
Willie Bethea	6	158	26.3
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Pat Del Vicario							1
Team Totals							1
Opponents Totals							1

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