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1926 Cleveland Panthers (AFL)

3rd place • 3-2-0 .600

Roster Key • Stat Key

Head Coach: Ray Watts

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	9/26/1926	H	New York Yankees	10-0	W		Cleveland, OH	Luna Bowl	22000
Sun	10/3/1926	H	Wilson's Wildcats	17-14	W		Cleveland, OH	Luna Bowl
Sun	10/10/1926	A	Newark Demons		-		Newark, NJ	Davids' Stadium
Sun	10/12/1926	A	Stapleton		-		New York, NY	Commercial Field
Sun	10/17/1926	H	Rock Island Independents	23-7	W		Cleveland, OH	Luna Bowl	6000
Sun	10/24/1926	A	Chicago Bulls	12-19	L		Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	3000
Sun	10/31/1926	H	Wilson's Wildcats	0-6	L		Cleveland, OH	Luna Bowl	1000
Sat	11/6/1926	A	Philadelphia Quakers		-		Philadelphia, PA	Sesquicentennial Stadium
Sun	11/7/1926	H	Boston Bulldogs		-		Cleveland, OH	Luna Bowl
Sun	11/21/1926	H	Rock Island Independents		-		Cleveland, OH	Luna Bowl

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

Schedule Notes
10/10/1926	Newark Demons	Canceled
10/12/1926	Stapleton	Canceled
11/6/1926	Philadelphia Quakers	Canceled
11/7/1926	Boston Bulldogs	Canceled
11/21/1926	Rock Island Independents	Canceled

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Norty Behm		ROE-RDE-FB-LB-WB-RDH	5-7	150	25	Iowa State	5	0
Cookie Cunningham		LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-3	210	21	Ohio State	5	5
Dean		ROT-RDT					1	0
Doc Elliott		FB-LB	5-10	209	26	Lafayette	3	3
Miles Evans		ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT-ROG-RDG		185	25	Ohio Wesleyan	5	4
Billy Gribben		ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH-FB-LB		160	25	Case Tech	3	0
Ed Kregenow		ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	5-8	170	26	Akron	5	5
Al Michaels		TB-LDH-FB-LB-WB-RDH	6-0	190	26	Heidelberg; Ohio State	5	5
Al Nesser		ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT-LOE-LDE	6-0	195	33	none	4	4
Dave Noble		TB-LDH-WB-RDH	6-2	195	26	Wisconsin; Nebraska	5	5
John Otterbacher		ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG		190	26	Ohio State	2	0
Guy Roberts		WB-RDH-BB-S-TB-LDH-FB-LB	5-8	175	26	Iowa State	4	2
Jim Roberts		LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG	6-2	235	26	Centre	5	5
Jack Sack		LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT	6-2	190	24	Pittsburgh	5	5
Bob Spiers		ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	5-11	193	31	Ohio State	5	2
Al Thornburg		C-MG	5-10	170	26	Iowa State	3	0
Ralph Vince		LOG-LDG	5-8	175	26	Washington & Jefferson	1	0
Leo Virant		WB-RDH	5-10	185	23	Dayton	1	0
Jim Weaver		C-MG	5-10	165	29	Centre	5	5
Jay Winters		QB-S	5-8	145	23	Ohio Wesleyan	3	0
Dick Wolf		QB-S-ROE-RDE	5-9	160	26	Miami (Ohio)	5	5

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	7	19	29	7	62
Opponents Totals	9	6	7	24	46

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Dave Noble	5	0			0			0	30
Cookie Cunningham	2	0			0			0	12
Doc Elliott	0	4			2			0	10
Dick Wolf	1	1			0			0	7
Guy Roberts	0	0			1			0	3
Team Totals	8	5	8	62.5	3			0	62
Opponents Totals	6	4	6	66.7	2			0	46

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Doc Elliott	2				25	1/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Guy Roberts	1				40	0/	0/	0/	1/	0/
Team Totals	3				40	1/	1/	0/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	2					0/	2/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Noble					4
Team Totals					4
Opponents Totals					4

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Al Michaels									3
Guy Roberts									1
Team Totals									4
Opponents Totals									2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cookie Cunningham					2
Dave Noble					1
Dick Wolf					1
Team Totals					4
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
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals							0

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