1944 Brooklyn Tigers (NFL) |
| 5th place • Eastern Division • 0-10-0 .000 |
| Head Coach: Pete Cawthon (0-5-0); Co-Head Coaches: Frank Bridges and Ed Kubale (0-5-0) |
| Frank Bridges | Ends |
| Ed Kubale | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| 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 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tony Aiello | 10 | HB-DH | 5-6 | 165 | 23 | Youngstown State | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 26 | BB-S | 6-0 | 202 | 26 | Texas Tech | 9 | 6 |
| Johnny Butler | 19 | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Tennessee | 6 | 3 |
| Joe Carter | 55 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 201 | 35 | Austin; Jefferson | 10 | 9 |
| George Doherty | 38 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 218 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 7 |
| John Ellis | 16 | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 212 | 25 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 1 |
| Tony Falkenstein | 32 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 205 | 29 | St. Mary's (California) | 6 | 1 |
| Ken Fryer | 12 | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Western Reserve; West Virginia | 3 | 2 |
| Ray Hare | 42 | HB-RDH | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Gonzaga | 10 | 9 |
| Cecil Johnson | 27 | TB-LDH-BB-S | 5-11 | 197 | 23 | Paris JC | 7 | 3 |
| Bruiser Kinard | 25 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 216 | 30 | Mississippi | 10 | 10 |
| Andy Kowalski | 22 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 199 | 24 | Mississippi State | 10 | 1 |
| Bill LaFitte | 31 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 171 | 24 | Ouachita Baptist | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Leon | 17 | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 203 | 27 | Alabama | 10 | 10 |
| Pug Manders | 9 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | Minnesota; Drake | 10 | 9 |
| Steve Marko | 27 | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 200 | 20 | none | 4 | 1 |
| Frank Martin | 10 | HB-DH | 5-9 | 177 | 25 | Alabama | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Masterson | 28 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 213 | 29 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 9 |
| Don McDonald | 34 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie McGibbony | 11 | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 160 | 29 | Alabama; Central Arkansas | 7 | 2 |
| John McMichael | 19 | HB-DH | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Birmingham-Southern | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Reynolds | 15 | HB-RDH | 5-8 | 183 | 27 | Mississippi Delta CC; Mississippi | 4 | 1 |
| Floyd Rhea | 24 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 218 | 24 | Fullerton JC; Oregon | 8 | 7 |
| Frank Sachse | 30 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 197 | 27 | Texas Tech | 7 | 0 |
| George Sergienko | 44 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 248 | 26 | American International | 10 | 3 |
| Jim Sivell | 28 | OG-DG | 5-9 | 205 | 30 | Auburn | 1 | 0 |
| George Smith | 57 | C-LB | 6-3 | 220 | 30 | Glendale CC; California | 10 | 8 |
| Vaughn Stewart | 33 | C-LB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Alabama | 9 | 2 |
| Frank Strom | 36 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 252 | 28 | Claremore JC; Tulsa | 9 | 0 |
| Charlie Taylor | 21 | BB-S | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | Arkansas Tech; Ouachita Baptist | 10 | 3 |
| Bob Trocolor | 14 | HB-DH | 6-2 | 207 | 27 | Alabama; Long Island | 2 | 0 |
| Rocky Uguccioni | 35 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | none | 10 | 1 |
| Charlie Ware | 43 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Birmingham-Southern | 7 | 0 |
| George Weeks | 18 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Alabama | 4 | 0 |
| Gordon Wilson | 23 | LOG-LDG-C-LB | 6-0 | 228 | 29 | Murray State JC; Texas-El Paso | 7 | 2 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 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 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 69 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 48 | 40 | 37 | 166 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 110 | 53 | 47 | 10 | / % | / % | 81 | 639 | |
| Opponents Totals | 95 | 41 | 41 | 13 | / % | / % | 63 | 539 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pug Manders | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Frank Kinard | 0 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Ray Hare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Andy Kowalski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Masterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bill Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rocky Uguccioni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 10 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 69 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 19 | 23 | 82.6 | 3 | 13 | 23.1 | 0 | 166 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Masterson | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | |
| Pug Manders | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 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 | 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% | TS | YL | NYP | 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 | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | 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 | FC | 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 | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pug Manders | 11 | 227 | 20.6 | 35 | 0 | |
| Ray Hare | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Steve Marko | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 35 | 0 | |
| Charlie McGibbony | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Frank Sachse | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Frank Kinard | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Johnny Butler | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bill Reynolds | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Charlie Taylor | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 576 | 22.2 | 36 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 293 | 19.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 1 |
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