1944 Brooklyn Tigers (NFL)

5th place Eastern Division 0-10-0 .000

Head Coach: Pete Cawthon (0-5); Co-Head Coaches: Frank Bridges and Ed Kubale (0-5)

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Wed	8/30/1944	N	Washington Redskins	7-14	L	Ogden, UT	Ogden Stadium	12000
Sun	9/10/1944	A	Fort Warren	20-21	L	Cheyenne, WY	Fort Warren Bowl
Sun	9/17/1944	A	Green Bay Packers	7-14	L	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	12994
Mon	10/2/1944	H	Service All-Stars	48-14	W	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	31880
Sun	10/8/1944	A	Detroit Lions	14-19	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	15702
Sun	10/15/1944	H	New York Giants	7-14	L	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	24854
Sun	10/22/1944	A	Washington Redskins	14-17	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	35540
Sun	10/29/1944	H	Boston Yanks	14-17	L	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	13237
Sun	11/5/1944	H	Philadelphia Eagles	7-21	L	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	15289
Sun	11/12/1944	H	Washington Redskins	0-10	L	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	20404
Sun	11/19/1944	A	Boston Yanks	6-13	L	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	16487
Sun	11/26/1944	A	New York Giants	0-7	L	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	29387
Sun	12/3/1944	A	Philadelphia Eagles	0-34	L	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	13467

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
10	Tony Aiello	HB-DH	5-6	165	23	Youngstown State	1	0
26	Bill Brown	BB-S	6-0	202	26	Texas Tech	9	6
19	Johnny Butler	TB-LDH	5-10	185	25	Tennessee	6	3
55	Joe Carter	ROE-RDE	6-1	201	35	Austin; Jefferson	10	9
38	George Doherty	ROT-RDT	6-0	218	24	Louisiana Tech	9	7
16	John Ellis	LOG-LDG	5-10	212	25	Vanderbilt	6	1
32	Tony Falkenstein	FB-LB	5-10	205	29	St. Mary's (California)	6	1
12	Ken Fryer	TB-LDH	5-11	200	26	Western Reserve; West Virginia	3	2
42	Ray Hare	HB-RDH	6-1	205	26	Gonzaga	10	9
27	Cecil Johnson	TB-LDH-BB-S	5-11	197	23	Paris JC	7	3
25	Bruiser Kinard	LOT-LDT	6-1	216	30	Mississippi	10	10
22	Andy Kowalski	ROE-RDE	6-1	199	24	Mississippi State	10	1
31	Bill Lafitte	OE-DE	6-1	171	24	Ouachita Baptist	3	0
17	Tony Leon	ROG-RDG	5-9	203	27	Alabama	10	10
9	Pug Manders	FB-LB	6-0	200	31	Minnesota; Drake	10	9
27	Steve Marko	TB-LDH	6-0	200	20	none	2	1
10	Frank Martin	HB-DH	5-9	177	25	Alabama	6	0
28	Bob Masterson	LOE-LDE	6-1	213	29	Miami (Florida)	10	9
34	Don McDonald	OE-DE	6-2	200	23	Oklahoma	2	0
11	Charlie McGibbony	TB-LDH	5-10	160	29	Alabama; Central Arkansas	7	2
19	John McMichael	HB-DH	5-11	190	27	Birmingham-Southern	1	0
15	Bill Reynolds	HB-RDH	5-8	183	27	Mississippi Delta CC; Mississippi	4	1
24	Floyd Rhea	LOG-LDG	5-11	218	24	Fullerton JC; Oregon	8	7
30	Frank Sachse	HB-DH	6-0	197	27	Texas Tech	6	0
44	George Sergienko	ROT-RDT	6-1	248	26	American International	10	3
28	Jim Sivell	OG-DG	5-9	205	30	Auburn	1	0
57	George Smith	C-LB	6-3	220	30	Glendale CC; California	10	8
33	Vaughn Stewart	C-LB	6-1	190	25	Alabama	9	2
36	Frank Strom	OT-DT	6-2	252	28	Claremore JC; Tulsa	9	0
21	Charlie Taylor	BB-S	5-10	210	24	Arkansas Tech; Ouachita Baptist	10	3
14	Bob Trocolor	HB-DH	6-2	207	27	Alabama; Long Island	2	0
35	Rocky Uguccioni	LOE-LDE	6-0	195	26	none	10	1
43	Charlie Ware	OT-DT	6-3	245	26	Birmingham-Southern	7	0
18	George Weeks	OE-DE	6-2	200	26	Alabama	4	0
23	Gordon Wilson	LOG-LDG-C-LB	6-0	228	29	Texas-El Paso	7	2

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	3	Creighton Miller	B	Notre Dame
2	13	Jim Callahan	B	Texas
3	18	Ralph Park	B	Texas
4	29	Rudy Sikich	T	Minnesota
5	34	Vern Ullom	E	Cincinnati
6	45	Bruce McDonald	E	Illinois State
7	56	Bob Graiziger	G	Minnesota
8	67	Jack Sachse	C	Texas
9	78	Mitch Olenski	T	Alabama
10	89	Aldo Cenci	B	Penn State
11	100	John Bicanich	G	Northwestern
12	111	Jim Tyree	E	Oklahoma
13	122	Jim Wright	C	Southern Methodist
14	133	John Genis	T	Illinois
15	144	Billy Murphy	B	Mississippi State
16	155	Doug Essick	E	Southern California
17	166	Howie Maley	B	Southern Methodist
18	177	Don Willer	T	Southern California
19	188	Howard Callanan	B	Southern California
20	199	George Doherty	T	Louisiana Tech
21	210	Mike Mihalic	G	Mississippi State
22	221	Ted Cook	E	Alabama
23	232	Bucky Gillenwater	T	Texas Tech
24	243	Jack Baldwin	C	Centenary
25	254	Dick Manning	B	Southern California
26	265	Ray Grierson	E	Illinois
27	276	Joe Golding	B	Oklahoma
28	287	Bob Zimny	T	Indiana
29	298	Marty Frohm	T	Mississippi State
30	309	Howard Blose	B	Cornell

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	7	28	20	14
Opponents Totals	41	48	40	37

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		110	53	47	10	/ %	/ %	81	639
Opponents Totals		95	41	41	13	/ %	/ %	63	539

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Pug Manders	5	0	0		0	1	0.0	30
Bruiser Kinard	0	9	9	100.0	0	0		9
Ray Hare	1	0	0		0	0		6
Andy Kowalski	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bob Masterson	1	0	0		0	5	0.0	6
Bill Reynolds	1	0	0		0	0		6
Rocky Uguccioni	1	0	0		0	0		6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	10	9	10	90.0	0	6	0.0	69
Opponents Totals	23	19	23	82.6	3	13	23.1	166

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Pug Manders	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Bob Masterson	0	5	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	0	6	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	3	13	23.1	1/	0/	2/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pug Manders	127	430	3.4	13	5
Ray Hare	72	196	2.7	36	0
Charlie McGibbony	26	81	3.1	27	0
Bill Reynolds	11	71	6.5	29	1
Johnny Butler	40	46	1.2		0
Cecil Johnson	30	41	1.4	19	0
Charlie Taylor	7	19	2.7	8	0
Frank Martin	11	18	1.6	10	0
Ken Fryer	15	15	1.0	9	0
Frank Sachse	9	13	1.4	5	0
Bill Brown	4	10	2.5	3	0
Steve Marko	6	10	1.7	9	0
Bob Trocolor	3	8	2.7	5	0
Tony Falkenstein	3	1	0.3		0
John McMichael	3	1	0.3	2	0
Team Totals	367	960	2.6	36	6
Opponents Totals	362	1181	3.3		13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Frank Sachse	45	18	40.0	22	226	5.0	12.6	50	0	0.0	5	11.1	16.8
Charlie McGibbony	48	18	37.5	20	262	5.5	14.6	65t	1	2.1	10	20.8	23.4
Pug Manders	34	9	26.5	21	96	2.8	10.7		0	0.0	4	11.8	0.0
Cecil Johnson	25	10	40.0	11	193	7.7	19.3	58t	2	8.0	4	16.0	54.7
Ken Fryer	24	9	37.5	13	91	3.8	10.1	25	0	0.0	2	8.3	14.4
Johnny Butler	23	8	34.8	14	107	4.7	13.4	30	0	0.0	1	4.3	32.3
Frank Martin	1	1	100.0	0	7	7.0	7.0	7	0	0.0	0	0.0	95.8
Bob Masterson	1	1	100.0	0	1	1.0	1.0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	79.2
Bill Brown	3	1	33.3	2	11	3.7	11.0	11	0	0.0	0	0.0	45.1
Steve Marko	7	1	14.3	4	2	0.3	2.0	2	0	0.0	2	28.6	0.0
Ray Hare	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
John McMichael	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0.0
Team Totals	213	76	35.7	108	996	4.7	13.1	65t	3	1.4	29	13.6	16.4
Opponents Totals	181	78	43.1	93	1237	6.8	15.9		9	5.0	10	5.5	60.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Masterson	24	258	10.8	30	1
Joe Carter	13	143	11.0	45	0
Ray Hare	9	206	22.9	65t	1
Andy Kowalski	9	155	17.2	58t	1
Rocky Uguccioni	7	94	13.4	26	0
Pug Manders	6	78	13.0	30	0
Frank Martin	3	15	5.0	12	0
Bill Brown	2	10	5.0	8	0
Charlie Taylor	2	22	11.0	18	0
Bill Lafitte	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	76	996	13.1	65t	3
Opponents Totals	78	1237	15.9		9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bruiser Kinard	1	26	26.0	26	0
Tony Leon	1	14	14.0	14	0
Ray Hare	1	12	12.0	12	0
George Smith	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bill Brown	1	6	6.0	6	0
Charlie McGibbony	1	6	6.0	6	0
Pug Manders	1	4	4.0	4	0
Johnny Butler	1	0	0.0	0	0
Frank Martin	1	0	0.0	0	0
Floyd Rhea	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	10	76	7.6	26	0
Opponents Totals	29	268	9.2		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Cecil Johnson	23	981	42.7	76	0
Johnny Butler	13	485	37.3	58	1
Joe Carter	9	325	36.1	45	0
Charlie McGibbony	8	294	36.8	55	0
Ken Fryer	7	273	39.0	66	0
George Smith	6	223	37.2	52	0
Bob Masterson	4	136	34.0	46	0
John McMichael	2	85	42.5	51	0
Vaughn Stewart	1	58	58.0	58	0
Bob Trocolor	1	10	10.0	10	0
Frank Martin	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	74	2814	38.0	76	1		31.8
Opponents Totals	71					359	33.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Cecil Johnson	7	102	14.6	27	0
Johnny Butler	6	77	12.8		0
Charlie McGibbony	5	66	13.2	19	0
Frank Martin	3	16	5.3	15	0
Charlie Taylor	2	25	12.5	18	0
Bill Brown	2	16	8.0	9	0
Ray Hare	2	5	2.5	5	0
Frank Sachse	1	23	23.0	23	0
Rocky Uguccioni	1	12	12.0	12t	1
Bill Reynolds	1	12	12.0	12	0
John McMichael	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	31	359	11.6	27	1
Opponents Totals	35		13.3	60	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Pug Manders	11	227	20.6	35
Ray Hare	4	120	30.0	36
Steve Marko	3	80	26.7	35
Charlie McGibbony	2	40	20.0	25
Frank Sachse	1	25	25.0	25
Bruiser Kinard	1	22	22.0	22
Johnny Butler	1	20	20.0	20
Bill Reynolds	1	18	18.0	18
Bill Brown	1	12	12.0	12
Charlie Taylor	1	12	12.0	12
Team Totals	26	576	22.2	36
Opponents Totals	15	293	19.5

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	27	8	19	9	28		0
Opponents Totals	21	9	12	8	20		1