1941 Buffalo Tigers (AFL) |
| 4th place • 2-6-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Tiny Engebretsen |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 10/5/1941 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 0-29 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Xavier University Stadium | 2000 | |
| Wed | 10/8/1941 | H | New York Americans | 7-26 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1941 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 16-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1941 | A | New York Americans | 14-31 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 11866 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1941 | A | Columbus Bulls | 7-24 | L | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 6793 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1941 | H | Columbus Bulls | 14-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1941 | A | Milwaukee Chiefs | 14-41 | L | West Allis, WI | Dairy Bowl | 6500 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1941 | H | Milwaukee Chiefs | 0-14 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 2500 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Steve Banas | 79 | FB | 6-0 | 190 | 34 | Notre Dame | 5 | 1 |
| Sherman Barnes | 41 | RE-LE | 6-3 | 202 | 26 | Baylor | 6 | 3 |
| Ed Blodzinski | 32 | RG-LG | 5-8 | 175 | 21 | Canisius; Southwestern (Texas) | 7 | 4 |
| Johnny Blood | B | 6-1 | 188 | 38 | St. John's (Minnesota) | 1 | 0 | |
| Hank Bogacki | 40 | C-G | 5-9 | 195 | 29 | Canisius | 7 | 2 |
| Frank Bykowski | RG | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Purdue | 1 | 1 | |
| LeVant Dahl | 6 | LE | 6-0 | 188 | 25 | none | 4 | 2 |
| John Dolan | 45/50 | RE | 5-10 | 183 | 26 | Montana | 2 | 1 |
| Frank Durkin | 50 | 5-9 | 190 | 23 | Seton Hall | 1 | 0 | |
| Ralph Elliott | 37 | T | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Wisconsin | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Holmstrom | 11 | B | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | Minnesota; Detroit Mercy; Detroit Tech | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Hrycyszyn | 78/28 | QB-LE-RE-LH | 5-11 | 197 | 24 | St. Bonaventure | 8 | 7 |
| Ed Hughes | 29 | RE-LE | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 8 | 6 |
| Andy Karpus | 34 | LH-RH-QB | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Detroit Mercy | 6 | 4 |
| Leon Losey | B | 5-11 | 240 | 31 | none | 1 | 0 | |
| Hank Luebcke | 37 | RT-LT | 6-2 | 328 | 25 | Iowa | 8 | 8 |
| Fred Mastrolia | 26 | RG-LG | 5-9 | 205 | 28 | North Carolina State | 6 | 6 |
| Mal McLain | 44 | QB-LH-E | 5-11 | 205 | 23 | San Bernardino Valley JC | 7 | 5 |
| Danny Morabito | 43 | RT | 5-11 | 240 | 22 | Michigan State | 5 | 2 |
| Clem Naughton | 20 | RE | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | DePaul | 2 | 1 |
| Merle Osborne | 17 | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Iowa State | 8 | 7 |
| Joe Ratica | 22 | C-RG | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | St. Vincent | 8 | 7 |
| Roy Russell | 20 | LE-T | 6-0 | 187 | Southern California | 5 | 2 | |
| Alec Shellogg | 30 | LT-RT | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Notre Dame | 8 | 6 |
| Lou Tolliver | 7 | RH-LH | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | Arkansas Tech JC; Hardin-Simmons | 8 | 4 |
| Nick Toth | 19 | LG | 5-8 | 180 | 25 | Canisius | 6 | 4 |
| Bill Valiquette | 23 | RH | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Georgetown (DC) | 1 | 1 |
| Ernie Wheeler | 39/79 | LH-RH | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | North Dakota State | 4 | 2 |
| Larry Yurkonis | 14 | RH | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Niagara | 5 | 3 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 16 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 72 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 36 | 45 | 50 | 172 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merle Osborne | 4 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Andy Karpus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| John Dolan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bob Holmstrom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Ratica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ernie Wheeler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 10 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 19 | 23 | 82.6 | 5 | 0 | 172 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merle Osborne | 3 | ||||
| Andy Karpus | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Karpus | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dolan | 1 | ||||
| Merle Osborne | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| 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 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Karpus | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Holmstrom | 1 | ||||||
| Joe Ratica | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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