1939 Union City Rams (AA) |
| 4th place • Southern 2-5-2 .286 |
| Head Coach: Tony Sarausky |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/10/1939 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | - | Union City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | |||
| Sun | 9/17/1939 | H | Brooklyn Eagles | 7-7 | T | Union City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1939 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 16-7 | W | Wilmington, DE | Pennsy Field | 3000 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1939 | H | Newark Bears | 7-27 | L | Union City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1939 | H | Jersey City Giants | 7-0 | W | Union City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1939 | H | Paterson Panthers | 7-7 | T | Union City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 7000 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | A | Paterson Panthers | 10-16 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchcliffe Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1939 | A | Danbury Trojans | - | Danbury, CT | Lee Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 7-10 | L | Union City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | A | Jersey City Giants | 7-12 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | A | Newark Bears | 14-27 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | A | Brooklyn Eagles | - | New York, NY | Erasmus Field | |||
| Sun | 12/3/1939 | A | Paterson Panthers | 3-0 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchcliffe Stadium | 1500 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1939 | H | Danbury Trojans | - | Union City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/10/1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers | Canceled |
| 10/22/1939 | Danbury Trojans | Canceled |
| 11/26/1939 | Brooklyn Eagles | Canceled |
| 12/3/1939 | Paterson Panthers | Postponed from 11/5 |
| 12/3/1939 | Danbury Trojans | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Vannie Albanese | 8 | HB | 6-0 | 187 | 27 | Syracuse | 1 | 0 |
| Woody Ash | 22 | E | 6-1 | 196 | 25 | none | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Bagley | C | 6-5 | 220 | 24 | Connecticut | 1 | 1 | |
| Andy Barbieri | 15 | G | 5-8 | 205 | 25 | New York University | 9 | 9 |
| Joe Bernard | 14 | G | 5-11 | 193 | 23 | Fordham | 9 | 7 |
| Pete Bobrowsky | 23 | E | 6-2 | 194 | 27 | New York University | 8 | 5 |
| Hank Bogacki | 2 | C | 5-9 | 195 | 27 | Canisius | 7 | 5 |
| Pat Byrne | 7 | HB-QB-FB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Manhattan | 8 | 3 |
| Joe Byrnes | 25 | E | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 4 |
| Vic Dragon | 26 | G | 5-11 | 215 | 30 | Pennsylvania | 2 | 0 |
| Dick Folk | 8 | QB-HB-FB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Arkansas State; Illinois Wesleyan | 6 | 5 |
| Ralph Freeman | 16 | C-T | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | Northeastern; Massachusetts-Lowell | 5 | 1 |
| John Halbin | 27 | G | 5-10 | 198 | 23 | New York University | 5 | 0 |
| Roy Ilowit | 20 | T-G | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | CCNY | 9 | 3 |
| Andy Karpus | 5 | HB-QB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | 9 | 6 |
| Bill Karr | 6 | FB | 6-1 | 198 | 24 | Valparaiso | 8 | 7 |
| Les Lane | 17 | T | 6-3 | 193 | 23 | South Dakota | 10 | 7 |
| George Lenc | E | 6-3 | 204 | 22 | Augustana (Illinois) | 6 | 4 | |
| Joe Lillard | 3 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 185 | 34 | Oregon | 6 | 1 |
| Ed Marinowski | 18 | T | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | none | 9 | 2 |
| Bill McCarthy | 24 | E | 6-1 | 192 | 27 | Notre Dame | 6 | 5 |
| Ole Nesmith | 9 | HB-FB-QB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Kansas | 9 | 6 |
| Harry Novotny | 1 | C-G | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Syracuse | 9 | 4 |
| Harold Port | 28 | QB-FB | 6-0 | 196 | 22 | South Dakota | 8 | 3 |
| Tony Sarausky | 11 | FB | 5-11 | 201 | 26 | Fordham | 7 | 3 |
| Harry Shorten | 12 | B | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | New York University | 3 | 0 |
| Pete Shulha | G | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Manhattan | 1 | 0 | |
| Dom Stancavage | 19 | T | 6-2 | 227 | 24 | Fordham | 8 | 6 |
| Mike Stelmach | 10 | QB-FB | 5-11 | 186 | 28 | New York University | 9 | 1 |
| Phil Swiadon | T | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | New York University | 1 | 0 | |
| Eddie Turecki | 4 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | none | 9 | 1 |
| Morris Vogel | 17 | G | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | New York University | 4 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 28 | 14 | 17 | 82 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 47 | 33 | 33 | 113 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Sarausky | 2 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Pat Byrne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Eddie Turecki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Joe Lillard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Andy Karpus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ole Nesmith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dom Stancavage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Mike Stelmach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dick Folk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bill Karr | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Les Lane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 11 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 2 | 0 | 82 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 6 | 0 | 113 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Sarausky | 2 | ||||
| Andy Karpus | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Lillard | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Andy Karpus | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Tony Sarausky | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Turecki | 2 | ||||
| Joe Lillard | 1 | ||||
| Ole Nesmith | 1 | ||||
| Mike Stelmach | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Byrne | 2 | ||||||
| Dom Stancavage | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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