| 1938 Cincinnati Blades (AFL) | 
| 5th place • 3-5-0 .375 | 
| Head Coach: Hal Pennington | 
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/25/1938 | A | Dayton Rosies | 12-0 | W | Dayton, OH | University of Dayton Stadium | 2500 | |
| Wed | 9/28/1938 | H | Nashville Rebels | 34-0 | W | Norwood, OH | Norwood High School Field | ||
| Sun | 10/9/1938 | A | Louisville Tanks | 7-6 | W | Louisville, OH | DuPont Stadium | ||
| Sun | 10/16/1938 | H | East Chicago Indians | L | Cincinnati, OH | Forney Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/23/1938 | H | Louisville Tanks | L | Cincinnati, OH | ||||
| Sun | 10/30/1938 | A | St. Louis Gunners | L | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/6/1938 | H | Dayton Rosies | L | Cincinnati, OH | ||||
| Sun | 11/13/1938 | H | St. Louis Gunners | L | Cincinnati, OH | ||||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/25/1938 | Dayton Rosies | Postponed from 9/18 | 
| 10/16/1938 | East Chicago Indians | Forfeit | 
| 10/23/1938 | Louisville Tanks | Forfeit | 
| 10/30/1938 | St. Louis Gunners | Forfeit | 
| 11/6/1938 | Dayton Rosies | Forfeit | 
| 11/13/1938 | St. Louis Gunners | Forfeit | 
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS | 
| Lou Chumich | LT | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | North Dakota | 3 | 0 | |
| Kim Darragh | QB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Xavier (Ohio) | 3 | 0 | |
| Bob Douglass | RH | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Kansas State | 3 | 3 | |
| Vince Farrar | LG | 5-10 | 200 | 27 | North Carolina State | 3 | 3 | |
| George Fowler | FB | 5-10 | 198 | 23 | Indiana | 3 | 3 | |
| Bill Golding | LH | 5-8 | 160 | 23 | Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | |
| Herb Hedlund | LH | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Drake | 3 | 0 | |
| Dick Hewling | LE-RE | 5-9 | 185 | 23 | Kentucky | 3 | 0 | |
| Ed Hoffman | RG | 205 | none | 2 | 0 | |||
| Paul Krumenacker | LE | 6-1 | 198 | 25 | Salem | 3 | 3 | |
| Bob Mergenthal | LT-RT | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 0 | |
| Roger Mohlman | FB | 5-8 | 200 | 24 | none | 2 | 0 | |
| John Murphy | Georgetown | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Fred Nebel | C | 6-2 | 212 | 22 | Xavier (Ohio) | 3 | 3 | |
| Wes Phillips | FB | 6-0 | 218 | 22 | North Dakota State | 2 | 0 | |
| John Popadak | RT-LT | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | St. Bonaventure | 3 | 3 | |
| Les Post | QB | 5-11 | 212 | 23 | Truman State | 3 | 3 | |
| Bill Raizik | LT-RT | 6-1 | 224 | 25 | Cincinnati | 3 | 3 | |
| Rock Reed | LH | 5-8 | 175 | 24 | Louisiana State | 3 | 3 | |
| Al Sandfoss | FB-RH | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | North Carolina State | 3 | 0 | |
| Tony Schmieg | LH | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Xavier (Ohio) | 1 | 0 | |
| Al Shelton | RE | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | none | 3 | 2 | |
| Marty Slovak | RH-LH | 5-10 | 178 | 22 | Toledo | 3 | 0 | |
| Ernie Stidham | RE-LE | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Samford | 3 | 1 | |
| Lou Tsoutsouvas | C | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | Stanford | 3 | 0 | |
| Wayne Underwood | RG | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Marshall | 3 | 3 | |
| Ed Yuelling | RE | 203 | none | 1 | 0 | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 13 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 53 | 
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Douglass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| George Fowler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Rock Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Al Sandfoss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Al Shelton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Marty Slovak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Les Post | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Paul Krumenacher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Douglass | 2 | ||||
| George Fowler | 1 | ||||
| Rock Reed | 1 | ||||
| Al Sandfoss | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Reed | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| George Fowler | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Douglass | 1 | ||||
| Al Shelton | 1 | ||||
| Marty Slovak | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 
| 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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