1941 Milwaukee Chiefs (AFL) |
| 3rd place • 4-3-1 .571 |
| Head Coach: Tiny Cahoon |
| Howie Weiss | Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/31/1941 | H | Wisconsin Valley All-Stars | 39-0 | W | West Allis, WI | Dairy Bowl | 3500 | |
| Fri | 9/5/1941 | N | Wisconsin Valley All-Stars | 47-0 | W | West Bend, WI | 2000 | ||
| Sun | 9/14/1941 | H | Columbus Bulls | 7-34 | L | West Allis, WI | Dairy Bowl | 12000 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1941 | H | New York Americans | 3-10 | L | West Allis, WI | Dairy Bowl | 4000 | |
| Tue | 10/7/1941 | A | Kenosha Cardinals | - | Kenosha, WI | Lake Front Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/12/1941 | A | Columbus Bulls | 7-14 | L | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 6300 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1941 | H | Camp Grant | 34-7 | W | West Allis, WI | Dairy Bowl | 7000 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1941 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 26-6 | W | West Allis, WI | Dairy Bowl | 350 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1941 | A | New York Americans | 7-6 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 11753 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1941 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 0-0 | T | West Allis, WI | Dairy Bowl | 2500 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1941 | H | Buffalo Tigers | 41-14 | W | West Allis, WI | Dairy Bowl | 6500 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1941 | A | Buffalo Tigers | 14-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 2500 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/7/1941 | Kenosha Cardinals | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Len Akin | 75 | RG | 5-11 | 207 | 25 | Baylor | 8 | 8 |
| Sherman Barnes | 6-3 | 202 | 26 | Baylor | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Berezney | RT | 6-2 | 221 | 26 | Fordham | 2 | 1 | |
| Connie Mack Berry | 2 | RE-LE | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | North Carolina State | 6 | 6 |
| John Biolo | G | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Lake Forest | 1 | 0 | |
| Art Blaha | LH | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Wisconsin-La Crosse; Dubuque | 2 | 1 | |
| Frank Bohlmann | G-T | 5-11 | 212 | 24 | none | 8 | 0 | |
| Frank Bykowski | G | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Purdue | 6 | 0 | |
| Howie Carson | 20 | QB-FB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Illinois | 6 | 4 |
| Bob Eckl | 83 | LT | 6-1 | 233 | 24 | Wisconsin | 8 | 8 |
| Ralph Elliott | T | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | |
| Don Haley | C-G | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Baylor | 8 | 1 | |
| Bill Hickey | B | 5-11 | 182 | 22 | St. Norbert | 4 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoel | 81 | RT | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | Minnesota | 8 | 2 |
| Paul Humphrey | 57 | C | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Purdue | 7 | 6 |
| Merle Larsen | 74 | LG | 5-10 | 202 | 25 | Minnesota | 8 | 8 |
| Dick Lass | HB | 6-1 | 175 | 22 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Lenich | 50 | C | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Illinois | 1 | 1 |
| Bronko Malesevich | 40/49 | QB-RH-LH | 5-10 | 210 | 25 | Wisconsin | 7 | 6 |
| Johnny Maltsch | 12 | LH | 5-8 | 136 | 25 | Marquette | 8 | 4 |
| Phil Manders | QB | 5-8 | 185 | 26 | Drake | 6 | 1 | |
| Joel Mason | E | 6-0 | 199 | 29 | Western Michigan | 1 | 0 | |
| Mal McLain | B | 5-11 | 205 | 23 | San Bernardino Valley JC | 1 | 0 | |
| Milt Merka | 31 | HB-RH | 5-10 | 195 | 25 | Baylor | 3 | 2 |
| Iggy Mesec | RH | 5-9 | 185 | 26 | Northwestern | 2 | 1 | |
| Al Novakofski | LH | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | Lawrence | 8 | 1 | |
| Earl Ohlgren | 6 | LE-RE | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Minnesota | 8 | 8 |
| Frank Patrick | FB | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 2 | |
| Don Perkins | 10 | LH-RH | 6-0 | 196 | 24 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 8 | 2 |
| Howie Pfeffer | B | 5-9 | 180 | 21 | Regis; Marquette | 1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Pincsak | B | 5-8 | 165 | 23 | Augustana (South Dakota) | 1 | 0 | |
| Francis Splinter | FB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 1 | 1 | |
| Bob Stephens | B | 5-9 | 160 | 24 | Michigan Tech | 2 | 0 | |
| Bob Temple | LE | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Arizona | 8 | 1 | |
| Gil Thomsen | RE | 6-4 | 210 | 26 | North Carolina State; Marquette | 7 | 1 | |
| Jim Trebbin | 32 | RH | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | St. Olaf | 7 | 4 |
| Milt Trost | 87 | RT | 6-1 | 206 | 28 | Marquette | 8 | 5 |
| Howie Weiss | 34 | FB | 6-0 | 207 | 24 | Wisconsin | 7 | 3 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30 | 21 | 41 | 13 | 105 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 28 | 13 | 34 | 84 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Eckl | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Connie Mack Berry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bronko Malesevich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Don Perkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Gil Thomsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jim Trebbin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Art Blaha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Johnny Maltsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Phil Manders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Al Novakofski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Howie Pfeffer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 15 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 105 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 3 | 0 | 84 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Perkins | 2 | ||||
| Art Blaha | 1 | ||||
| Al Novakofski | 1 | ||||
| Jim Trebbin | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Maltsch | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Al Novakofski | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Stephens | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Howie Weiss | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Mack Berry | 1 | ||||
| Phil Manders | 1 | ||||
| Gil Thomsen | 1 | ||||
| Jim Trebbin | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronko Malesevich | 1 | ||||
| Howie Pfeffer | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronk Malesevich | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Maltsch | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Mack Berry | 1 | ||||||
| Gil Thomsen | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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