1937 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 3-7-1 .300 |
| Head Coach: Potsy Clark |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/1/1937 | A | Danbury Trojans | 28-0 | W | Danbury, CT | Lee Stadium | 3600 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1937 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 5221 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1937 | A | Bristol West Ends | 19-0 | W | Bristol, CT | Muzzy Field | 3700 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1937 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0-21 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 18000 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1937 | H | Cleveland Rams | 9-7 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 12000 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1937 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-11 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 16000 | |
| Mon | 10/4/1937 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 48-12 | W | Wilmington, DE | Pennsy Field | 4500 | |
| Wed | 10/6/1937 | A | Louisville Tanks | 33-6 | W | Louisville, KY | Maxwell Field | 5000 | |
| Mon | 10/11/1937 | A | Cincinnati Models | 26-0 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Norwood High School Stadium | 5000 | |
| Tue | 10/12/1937 | A | Dayton Rosies | 35-6 | W | Dayton, OH | University of Dayton Stadium | ||
| Sun | 10/17/1937 | A | Detroit Lions | 0-30 | L | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1937 | A | New York Giants | 0-21 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 25000 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1937 | H | Washington Redskins | 0-21 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 22500 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1937 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-14 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 8373 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1937 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-29 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 7065 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1937 | A | Pittsburgh Pirates | 23-0 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 3706 | |
| Thu | 11/25/1937 | H | New York Giants | 13-13 | T | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 27000 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/11/1937 | Cincinnati Models | Postponed from 10/10 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Vannie Albanese | 5 | FB-LB-BB-LDH-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 187 | 25 | Syracuse | 10 | 5 |
| Sig Andrusking | 21 | LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 200 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 7 | 1 |
| Jim Austin | 19 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 199 | 24 | St. Mary's (California) | 7 | 6 |
| Jeff Barrett | 11 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 182 | 24 | Louisiana State | 11 | 9 |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 6 | TB-S-WB-RDH | 5-10 | 170 | 31 | Ohio State; Florida | 4 | 1 |
| Norm Cooper | 23/25 | C-LB | 6-4 | 207 | 24 | Samford | 9 | 5 |
| Dick Crayne | 3 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 202 | 24 | Iowa | 10 | 4 |
| Frank Cumiskey | 13 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Ohio State | 9 | 2 |
| Ave Daniell | 14 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 2 |
| Red Franklin | 6 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 167 | 26 | Oregon State | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Goddard | 7 | TB-S | 5-10 | 183 | 23 | Washington State | 4 | 3 |
| John Golemgeske | 17 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT-ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Wisconsin | 10 | 9 |
| Pat Harrison | 19 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Samford | 3 | 0 |
| Roy Ilowit | 18 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 220 | 20 | CCNY | 4 | 1 |
| Bert Johnson | 4 | WB-RDH-FB-LB-BB-LDH | 6-0 | 212 | 25 | Kentucky | 10 | 5 |
| Wagner Jorgensen | 24 | C-LB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | St. Mary's (California) | 10 | 6 |
| Tony Kaska | 9 | BB-LDH-WB-RDH | 5-11 | 193 | 26 | Illinois Wesleyan | 10 | 6 |
| John Kelly | 14 | TB-S | 6-2 | 190 | 27 | Kentucky | 2 | 1 |
| Ralph Kercheval | 1 | WB-RDH-TB-S | 6-1 | 193 | 26 | Kentucky | 9 | 3 |
| Fred King | 8 | BB-LDH | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Hobart | 1 | 0 |
| Red Krause | 25 | LOG-LDG0-ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 211 | 24 | St. Louis | 5 | 3 |
| Bill Lee | 15 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 231 | 26 | Alabama | 5 | 4 |
| Rube Leisk | 22 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Louisiana State | 11 | 7 |
| Roy Lumpkin | 0 | BB-LDH | 6-2 | 211 | 30 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 3 |
| Joe Maniaci | 2 | WB-RDH-FB-LB | 6-1 | 212 | 23 | Fordham | 11 | 8 |
| Buster Mitchell | 12 | LOE-LDE-LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 205 | 31 | Randolph JC; Davis & Elkins | 11 | 6 |
| Don Nelson | 20 | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 205 | 22 | Iowa | 11 | 4 |
| Reino Nori | 8 | TB-S | 5-7 | 165 | 24 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 1 |
| Ace Parker | 7 | TB-S | 5-11 | 178 | 25 | Duke | 4 | 4 |
| Ray Reckmark | 14 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 198 | 23 | Syracuse | 1 | 0 |
| Sandy Sandberg | 15 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 228 | 27 | Iowa Wesleyan | 3 | 1 |
| Ed Skoronski | 18 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 213 | 27 | Georgetown (DC); Purdue | 5 | 4 |
| Jim Whatley | 16 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 223 | 24 | Alabama | 11 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Ed Goddard | B | Washington State |
| 2 | 13 | Ace Parker | B | Duke |
| 3 | 22 | Max Starcevich | G | Washington |
| 4 | 33 | Bill Kurlish | B | Pennsylvania |
| 5 | 42 | Bert Johnson | B | Kentucky |
| 6 | 53 | John Golemgeske | T | Wisconsin |
| 7 | 62 | Fred Funk | B | UCLA |
| 8 | 73 | Steve Reid | G | Northwestern |
| 9 | 82 | Ed Nowogroski | B | Washington |
| 10 | 93 | Gil Kuhn | T | Southern California |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 13 | 12 | 27 | 30 | 82 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 66 | 48 | 25 | 174 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 88 | / % | / % | 190 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Maniaci | 2 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Jeff Barrett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Ace Parker | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Ralph Kercheval | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Ed Goddard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Buster Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dick Crayne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Team Totals | 10 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 5 | 0 | 82 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 19 | 23 | 82.6 | 5 | 1 | 174 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Kercheval | 2 | 34 | 0/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Joe Maniaci | 2 | 29 | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Dick Crayne | 1 | 21 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Team Totals | 5 | 34 | 0/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 1/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Maniaci | 92 | 433 | 4.7 | 2 | |
| Dick Crayne | 47 | 135 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kercheval | 48 | 84 | 1.8 | 1 | |
| Reino Nori | 26 | 81 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Ed Goddard | 19 | 65 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Bert Johnson | 41 | 59 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Vannie Albanese | 21 | 53 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| John Kelly | 16 | 29 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Ace Parker | 34 | 26 | 0.8 | 1 | |
| Red Franklin | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Barrett | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Buster Mitchell | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tony Kaska | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 5 | -11 | -2.2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 357 | 982 | 2.8 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 474 | 1764 | 3.7 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 61 | 28 | 45.9 | 26 | 514 | 8.4 | 18.4 | 1 | 1.6 | 7 | 11.5 | 41.3 | ||||
| Reino Nori | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 9 | 168 | 7.3 | 15.3 | 60t | 1 | 4.3 | 3 | 13.0 | 47.3 | |||
| Ralph Kercheval | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 7 | 154 | 8.1 | 14.0 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 | 5.3 | 79.7 | ||||
| Carl Brumbaugh | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 9 | 67 | 4.2 | 16.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18.8 | 4.9 | ||||
| Ed Goddard | 23 | 4 | 17.4 | 14 | 46 | 2.0 | 11.5 | 1 | 4.3 | 5 | 21.7 | 14.5 | ||||
| John Kelly | 12 | 2 | 16.7 | 7 | 21 | 1.8 | 10.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 25.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Dick Crayne | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 20 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 64.6 | |||
| Vannie Albanese | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56.3 | |||
| Red Franklin | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Joe Maniaci | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Bert Johnson | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 1.7 | |||||
| Team Totals | 179 | 64 | 35.8 | 90 | 995 | 5.6 | 15.5 | 4 | 2.2 | 25 | 14.0 | 22.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 165 | 74 | 44.8 | 70 | 990 | 6.0 | 13.4 | 10 | 6.1 | 21 | 12.7 | 45.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Barrett | 20 | 461 | 23.1 | 3 | |
| Jim Austin | 13 | 185 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| Buster Mitchell | 8 | 115 | 14.4 | 1 | |
| Ralph Kercheval | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | |
| Frank Cumiskey | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Tony Kaska | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Ed Goddard | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Maniaci | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| John Kelly | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Crayne | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bert Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 995 | 15.5 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 74 | 990 | 13.4 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 21 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 442 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 442 | 1 | ||||
| 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 | 28 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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