1938 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL) |
| 2nd place • 4-3-0 .571 |
| Head Coach: Jack Darden |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 9/22/1938 | H | South Norfolk Aces | 6-0 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | ||
| Sun | 9/25/1938 | A | Norfolk Shamrocks | 3-6 | L | Norfolk, VA | Bain Field | 3500 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1938 | H | Alexandria Celtics | 7-0 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 1200 | |
| Fri | 10/7/1938 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | - | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/9/1938 | H | Roanoke Red Raiders | 21-0 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | ||
| Sun | 10/16/1938 | A | Hampton Esslinger All-Stars | 47-0 | W | Hampton, VA | Darling Field | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1938 | A | Richmond Arrows | 0-20 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 7500 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1938 | H | Washington Presidents | 16-7 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1938 | H | Alexandria Celtics | 34-18 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1938 | H | Norfolk Shamrocks | 6-14 | L | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1938 | H | Washington Presidents | 21-7 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | ||
| Sun | 12/11/1938 | H | Richmond Arrows | 9-14 | L | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 4783 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1938 | N | Norfolk Shamrocks | 7-7 | T | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 5601 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/22/1938 | South Norfolk Aces | Postponed from 9/18 |
| 10/7/1938 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Canceled |
| 12/11/1938 | Richmond Arrows | league game? |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Hubert Allbrooks | LE | 5-9 | 165 | 29 | Birmingham-Southern | 8 | 8 | |
| Elmore Barnes | LH | 5-8 | 155 | 30 | Old Dominion | 4 | 4 | |
| Joe Barnett | LT-RT | 235 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 4 | |||
| Frank Borum | FB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | William & Mary | 1 | 1 | |
| Gene Brown | RT | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 7 | |
| Mason Bugg | LT | 6-2 | 229 | 23 | North Carolina State | 5 | 5 | |
| Al Casey | LH-RH | 5-10 | 175 | 30 | Potomac State JC; Virginia Tech | 4 | 4 | |
| Mike Cavish | HB-RH | 5-9 | 188 | 30 | Duke; Old Dominion | 3 | 2 | |
| Jack Darden | LG-RG | 5-7 | 200 | 29 | William & Mary | 6 | 6 | |
| Herm Dickerson | FB-QB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 | |
| Lloyd Doxey | RH | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | |
| Jack Grimes | RE | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | none | 6 | 5 | |
| Tom Hogan | HB | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Walter Lakin | RG-LG | 5-10 | 205 | 25 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 6 | |
| Monahan | QB | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Gayle Pendleton | RE-LE | 25 | North Carolina | 5 | 3 | |||
| Flinky Piland | C | 215 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 7 | ||
| John Pitzer | QB-RH-LH-FB | 5-10 | 205 | 25 | Roanoke | 8 | 8 | |
| Nick Potenza | RG-C | Roanoke | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Smallson | LT | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Thornhill | C | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Clint Walker | LG | 182 | William & Mary | 1 | 0 | |||
| Larry Weldon | QB-RH-FB | 6-0 | 198 | 23 | Louisburg JC; Presbyterian | 7 | 6 | |
| Clyde Williams | LT-RG | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 0 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 87 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 72 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Weldon | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| John Pitzer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Herm Dickerson | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Hubert Allbrooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Elmore Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Frank Borum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Gayle Pendleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Clyde Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 10 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 6 | 0 | 87 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Pitzer | 3 | ||||
| Larry Weldon | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Weldon | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Herm Dickerson | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubert Allbrooks | 1 | ||||
| Elmore Barnes | 1 | ||||
| Frank Borum | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| 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 | 2 |
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