1926 Rock Island Independents (AFL) |
| 7th place • 2-6-1 .250 |
| Head Coach: Wes Bradshaw (1-0-0); Johnny Armstrong (1-6-1) |
| Chet Widerquist | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/26/1926 | H | Wilson's Wildcats | 7-3 | W | Moline, IL | Browning Field | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1926 | H | New York Yankees | 0-26 | L | Moline, IL | Browning Field | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1926 | H | Chicago Bulls | 7-3 | W | Moline, IL | Browning Field | 1700 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1926 | A | Cleveland Panthers | 7-23 | L | Cleveland, OH | Luna Bowl | 6000 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1926 | A | Philadelphia Quakers | 0-9 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Sesquicentennial Stadium | 15000 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1926 | A | Newark Demons | 0-0 | T | Newark, NJ | Davids' Stadium | 400 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1926 | A | Brooklyn Horsemen | - | New York, NY | Commercial Field | |||
| Tue | 11/2/1926 | A | New York Yankees | 0-35 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 35000 | |
| Sat | 11/6/1926 | A | Philadelphia Quakers | 0-24 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Sesquicentennial Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1926 | A | Cleveland Panthers | - | Cleveland, OH | Luna Bowl | |||
| Sun | 11/21/1926 | A | Chicago Bulls | 0-3 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 1800 | |
| Tue | 11/23/1926 | A | Newark Demons | - | Newark, NJ | Davids' Stadium | |||
| Thu | 11/25/1926 | H | Clinton | - | Moline, IL | Browning Field | |||
| Sun | 11/28/1926 | A | Brooklyn Horsemen | - | New York, NY | Commercial Field | |||
| Sat | 12/4/1926 | A | Boston Bulldogs | - | Boston, MA | Braves Field | |||
| Sun | 12/5/1926 | A | Clinton | 3-6 | L | Clinton, IA | Riverfront Park | 250 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1926 | N | Valley Junction A.C. | 0-0 | T | Des Moines, IA | |||
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/31/1926 | Brooklyn Horsemen | Canceled |
| 11/21/1926 | Cleveland Panthers | Canceled |
| 11/23/1926 | Newark Demons | Canceled |
| 11/25/1926 | Clinton | Canceled |
| 11/28/1926 | Brooklyn Horsemen | Canceled |
| 12/4/1926 | Boston Bulldogs | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Johnny Armstrong | 1 | QB-S-LOH-LDH | 5-8 | 155 | 29 | Dubuque | 7 | 7 |
| Riley Biggs | 19 | C-MG-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Baylor | 6 | 4 |
| Wes Bradshaw | 3 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH-QB-S | 5-11 | 175 | 29 | Burleson JC; Trinity (Texas); Baylor | 7 | 5 |
| Frank Coyle | 5 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | St. Ambrose; Detroit Mercy | 6 | 3 |
| Howard Hartzog | 11 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Baylor | 8 | 8 |
| Chuck Hill | 18 | FB-LB-LOE-LDE | 5-8 | 190 | 22 | Iowa State | 8 | 1 |
| Ave Kaplan | 16 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH-QB-S | 5-9 | 165 | 27 | Hamline | 9 | 4 |
| Louie Kolls | 8 | C-MG | 6-1 | 205 | 34 | St. Ambrose | 4 | 3 |
| Elmer Layden | FB-LB | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | |
| Vince McCarthy | 12 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH-QB-S-FB-LB | 5-10 | 155 | 26 | St. Viator | 6 | 4 |
| Marty Norton | 10 | ROH-RDH | 5-6 | 171 | 25 | none | 4 | 4 |
| Eddie Novak | FB-LB-QB-S | 5-10 | 174 | 29 | none | 8 | 6 | |
| Red Rohrabaugh | 2 | LOH-LDH-FB-LB-S | 190 | 25 | Franklin | 8 | 4 | |
| Bill Scarpino | 20 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 175 | 29 | Des Moines | 3 | 1 |
| Duke Slater | 14 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Iowa | 9 | 9 |
| Dick Stahlman | 17 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 219 | 24 | DePaul | 9 | 9 |
| Ken Truckenmiller | 9 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Cornell (Iowa) | 3 | 3 |
| Frank Urban | 13 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | none | 2 | 1 |
| Homer Walker | 10 | LOE-LDE | 5-10 | 195 | 23 | Baylor | 7 | 7 |
| Chet Widerquist | 6 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 219 | 31 | Northwestern; Washington & Jefferson | 8 | 6 |
| Ralph Widick | 15 | C-MG-LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | College of Emporia | 4 | 3 |
| Mike Wilson | ROE-RDE | 5-10 | 168 | 30 | Widener; Muhlenberg; Lehigh | 7 | 6 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 25 | 30 | 34 | 126 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Bradshaw | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Johnny Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Marty Norton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ave Kaplan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 3 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 6 | 0 | 126 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | / | / | / | / | / |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Armstrong | 1 | ||||
| Marty Norton | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ave Kaplan | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Bradshaw | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| 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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