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1923 Rock Island Independents (NFL)

12th place • 2-3-3 .400

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Head Coach: Herb Sies

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result				Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	9/23/1923	H	Moline Indians	9	6	W		Rock Island, IL	Douglas Park
Sun	9/30/1923	H	Chicago Bears	3	0	W		Rock Island, IL	Douglas Park	3500
Sun	10/7/1923	H	Cleveland Indians	0	0	T		Rock Island, IL	Douglas Park	3500
Sun	10/14/1923	H	Rochester Jeffersons	56	0	W		Rock Island, IL	Douglas Park	2500
Sun	10/21/1923	H	Hibbing All-Stars	27	7	W		Rock Island, IL	Douglas Park	3000
Sun	10/28/1923	A	Omaha Olympics	22	6	W		Omaha, NE	Western League Park	3500
Sun	11/4/1923	H	Milwaukee Badgers	3	14	L		Rock Island, IL	Douglas Park	2500
Sun	11/11/1923	A	Minneapolis Marines	6	6	T		Minneapolis, MN	Nicollet Park
Sun	11/18/1923	A	Chicago Bears	3	7	L		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park	6500
Sun	11/25/1923	H	Minneapolis Marines	6	6	T		Rock Island, IL	Douglas Park
Sun	12/2/1923	A	Lansing Durants	7	6	W		Lansing, MI
Sun	12/9/1923	A	Chicago Bears	7	29	L		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park	6000

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

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Johnny Armstrong	1	TB-S-ROE-RDE	5-8	155	26	Dubuque	8	7
Joe Burten		ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-FB-LB-LOT-LDT	6-0	205	30	Louisiana State	5	3
Sol Butler		LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH	5-8	185	26	Dubuque	3	0
Fod Cotton	14	LOT-LDT	6-1	190	22	Notre Dame	8	7
Frank DeClerk	5	C-MG	5-9	189	24	St. Ambrose	6	4
Bill Giaver	9	LOH-LDH-FB-LB-ROH-RDH	5-9	190	26	Georgia Tech	7	5
Alex Gorgal	11	FB-LB-LOH-LDH	5-9	180	23	none	5	2
Max Kadesky	2	LOE-LDE	5-11	170	22	Iowa	8	8
Louie Kolls	18	C-MG-ROG-RDG	6-1	205	31	St. Ambrose	6	5
Waddy Kuehl	7	ROH-RDH-FB-LB	5-9	165	30	St. Ambrose	8	7
Bull Lowe	10	ROH-RDH-FB-LB-LOH-LDH	5-11	180	26	Dubuque	5	1
Charlie Lungren	6	ROH-RDH-TB-S-FB-LB-ROE-RDE	5-8	158	29	Swarthmore	4	2
Bob Phelan	8	FB-LB-LOH-LDH	5-11	185	25	Notre Dame	8	6
Herb Sies	19	ROG-RDG-TB-S	6-1	203	30	Pittsburgh	8	8
Duke Slater	21	ROT-RDT	6-1	215	25	Iowa	7	7
Hank Smith	4	LOG-LDG	6-1	190	30	none	4	3
George Thompson	20	LOG-LDG-LOT-LDT	6-1	208	24	Iowa	7	5
Harry Webber		ROE-RDE		173	31	Morningside	1	0
Mike Wilson	3	ROE-LOG	5-10	168	27	Widener; Muhlenberg; Lehigh	8	8

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	17	24	9	34	84
Opponents Totals	7	21	14	20	62

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bill Giaver	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Waddy Kuehl	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Herb Sies	0	8	10	80.0	3	10	30.0	0	17
Johnny Armstrong	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mike Wilson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	1	1	100.0	0			0	1
Team Totals	11	9	11	81.8	3	10	30.0	0	84
Opponents Totals	8	5	8	62.5	3			0	62

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Herb Sies	3	10	30.0		35	0/	2/	1/	0/	0/
Team Totals	3				35	0/	2/	1/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	3					0/	1/	0/	1/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Giaver					4
Johnny Armstrong					2
Waddy Kuehl					2
Team Totals					8
Opponents Totals					7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Johnny Armstrong									3
Team Totals									3
Opponents Totals									0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Waddy Kuehl					2
Mike Wilson					1
Team Totals					3
Opponents Totals					0

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					1

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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