1946 Miami Seahawks (AAFC) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 3-11-0 .214 |
| Head Coach: Jack Meagher (1-5-0); Hamp Pool (2-6-0) |
| Hank Crisp | Line |
| Hamp Pool | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/30/1946 | N | Buffalo Bisons | 21-23 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 16664 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1946 | A | Cleveland Browns | 0-44 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 60135 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1946 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-21 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 25000 | |
| Fri | 9/20/1946 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 14-30 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 19585 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1946 | N | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-17 | L | Atlanta, GA | Grant Stadium | 15000 | |
| Tue | 10/8/1946 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 7-34 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 7621 | |
| Fri | 10/11/1946 | A | Buffalo Bisons | 17-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 5040 | |
| Fri | 10/18/1946 | A | Chicago Rockets | 7-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 20172 | |
| Fri | 10/25/1946 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-30 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 15200 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | A | New York Yankees | 21-24 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 18800 | |
| Mon | 11/11/1946 | H | Chicago Rockets | 7-20 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 7438 | |
| Mon | 11/18/1946 | H | Buffalo Bisons | 21-14 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 5592 | |
| Mon | 11/25/1946 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 21-34 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 9987 | |
| Tue | 12/3/1946 | H | Cleveland Browns | 0-34 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 9083 | |
| Mon | 12/9/1946 | H | New York Yankees | 0-31 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 7090 | |
| Fri | 12/13/1946 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 31-20 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 2340 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ed Bell | 46 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 227 | 25 | Indiana | 7 | 0 |
| Paul Berezney | 44 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 221 | 31 | Fordham | 2 | 0 |
| Lamar Blount | 50 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | East Central CC; Mississippi State | 13 | 6 |
| Daryl Cato | 26 | C-LB | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Arkansas | 11 | 3 |
| Marty Comer | 52 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 203 | 29 | Tulane | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Daley | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | DePaul; Minnesota; Michigan; Columbia | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Davis | 47 | ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 234 | 30 | Texas Tech | 12 | 5 |
| Lamar Davis | 56 | DB-LOE-ROE-ROH | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| Kay Eakin | 96 | LOH-DB | 6-0 | 180 | 29 | Arkansas | 14 | 5 |
| Gene Ellenson | 42 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Georgia | 13 | 13 |
| Dick Erdlitz | 86 | ROH-DB-K | 5-10 | 181 | 27 | Northwestern | 14 | 7 |
| Terry Fox | 76/52 | LOE-LDE-FB-LB | 6-1 | 208 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 10 | 2 |
| Monk Gafford | 97 | LOH-DB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Auburn | 11 | 10 |
| Fred Gloden | 87 | ROH-RDH-FB-LB | 5-10 | 187 | 28 | Tulane | 6 | 0 |
| George Hekkers | 44 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 229 | 23 | Wisconsin | 8 | 5 |
| Ken Holley | 68 | QB-S | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Holy Cross | 5 | 0 |
| Harry Hopp | 76 | FB | 6-0 | 209 | 28 | Nebraska | 3 | 2 |
| Dick Horne | 54 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 214 | 28 | Compton JC; Oregon | 9 | 4 |
| Frank Hrabetin | OT-DT | 6-4 | 233 | 31 | Loyola Marymount | 3 | 0 | |
| Preston Johnston | 72 | FB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 3 | 1 |
| Dub Jones | 9 | FB | 6-3 | 202 | 22 | Louisiana State; Tulane | 10 | 4 |
| Hal Jungmichel | 33 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 200 | 27 | Kilgore JC; Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Andy Kowalski | 58 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | Mississippi State | 1 | 0 |
| Stan Kozlowski | 73 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Notre Dame; Holy Cross | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Krivonak | 38 | ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | South Carolina | 3 | 0 |
| Walt McDonald | 66 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Tulane | 5 | 1 |
| Fondren Mitchell | 84 | ROH-DB | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Florida | 8 | 1 |
| Jimmy Nelson | 95 | ROH-LOH-DB | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Alabama | 14 | 11 |
| Mitch Olenski | 48 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 222 | 26 | Alabama | 13 | 13 |
| Bob Paffrath | 68/85 | ROH-DB | 5-8 | 190 | 28 | Minnesota | 8 | 7 |
| Hamp Pool | 55 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 221 | 31 | California; Stanford | 4 | 0 |
| Cotton Price | 63 | QB-DB | 6-1 | 182 | 28 | Texas A&M | 10 | 3 |
| Marion Pugh | 67 | QB-DB | 6-1 | 187 | 27 | Texas A&M | 14 | 9 |
| Cal Purdin | LOH-DB | 6-2 | 188 | 25 | Tulsa; Pittsburg State | 2 | 1 | |
| Don Reece | 45/75 | FB-LB-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Missouri | 13 | 6 |
| Jim Reynolds | 73/58 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Auburn | 9 | 9 |
| Prince Scott | 57 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | Texas Tech | 14 | 13 |
| Jim Sivell | 31/41 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 205 | 32 | Auburn | 10 | 1 |
| Stan Stasica | 85 | DB-HB | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | Gordon Military JC; South Carolina; Illinois | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Tarrant | 65 | QB-DB | 5-9 | 160 | 25 | Samford; Tennessee | 4 | 1 |
| John Tavener | 27 | C-LB | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | Indiana | 2 | 1 |
| Chuck Taylor | 37 | ROG-RDG-LOG-RDG | 5-11 | 205 | 26 | Stanford | 14 | 13 |
| Frank Trigilio | 72 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | Vermont; Alfred | 7 | 1 |
| Hub Ulrich | 51 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Vardian | 88 | LOH-FB | 5-8 | 167 | 25 | none | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Whitlow | 22 | LB-C | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Rice | 13 | 13 |
| Jack Williams | 25 | LB-C | 5-10 | 193 | 28 | Auburn | 6 | 6 |
| Al Wukits | 25 | LB-C | 6-3 | 213 | 29 | Duquesne | 7 | 7 |
| George Zorich | 35 | OG-DG | 6-2 | 213 | 28 | Northwestern | 7 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 52 | 35 | 14 | 66 | 167 |
| Opponents Totals | 99 | 90 | 99 | 90 | 378 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 121 | 50 | 59 | 12 | / % | / % | 56 | 402 | |
| Opponents Totals | 155 | 93 | 53 | 9 | / % | / % | 68 | 625 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Erdlitz | 1 | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 34 |
| Monk Gafford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Lamar Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Harry Hopp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jimmy Nelson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Marion Pugh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Reece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Prince Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lamar Blount | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fred Gloden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Paffrath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Trigilio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hub Ulrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Preston Johnston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 167 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 45 | 49 | 91.8 | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 0 | 378 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Erdlitz | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 21 | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 3/ | 4/ | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Johnston | 30 | 165 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Nelson | 39 | 163 | 4.2 | 75t | 2 |
| Frank Trigilio | 38 | 124 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Don Reece | 30 | 109 | 3.6 | 2 | |
| Dub Jones | 24 | 102 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Reynolds | 32 | 96 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Harry Hopp | 16 | 89 | 5.6 | 2 | |
| Bob Paffrath | 23 | 81 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Lamar Davis | 14 | 64 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Stan Kozlowski | 18 | 61 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Monk Gafford | 22 | 57 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| Bill Daley | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Dick Erdlitz | 26 | 38 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Terry Fox | 12 | 26 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Fred Gloden | 18 | 24 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Fondren Mitchell | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Daryl Cato | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Cal Purdin | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Walt McDonald | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Johnny Vardian | 5 | -8 | -1.6 | 0 | |
| Ken Holley | 2 | -22 | -11.0 | 0 | |
| Kay Eakin | 15 | -41 | -2.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Tarrant | 5 | -46 | -9.2 | 0 | |
| Charley Price | 15 | -55 | -3.7 | 0 | |
| Marion Pugh | 29 | -125 | -4.3 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 408 | 848 | 2.1 | 75t | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 528 | 2248 | 4.3 | 62 | 24 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Pugh | 118 | 55 | 46.6 | 51 | 608 | 5.2 | 11.1 | 63t | 5 | 4.2 | 12 | 10.2 | 36.9 | |||
| Charley Price | 74 | 36 | 48.6 | 33 | 484 | 6.5 | 13.4 | 2 | 2.7 | 5 | 6.8 | 50.7 | ||||
| Kay Eakin | 45 | 19 | 42.2 | 21 | 331 | 7.4 | 17.4 | 2 | 4.4 | 5 | 11.1 | 43.1 | ||||
| Jimmy Nelson | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | 12 | 135 | 5.6 | 16.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 16.7 | 13.7 | ||||
| Jim Tarrant | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 7 | 95 | 7.9 | 19.0 | 56 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 97.6 | |||
| Ken Holley | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 4 | 36 | 3.3 | 12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 36.4 | 1.1 | ||||
| Dick Erdlitz | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 108.3 | |||
| Preston Johnston | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 104.2 | |||
| Johnny Vardian | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 79.2 | |||
| Walt McDonald | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 24 | 8.0 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 23.6 | |||
| Monk Gafford | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | -3 | -0.6 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 295 | 131 | 44.4 | 131 | 1725 | 5.8 | 13.2 | 63t | 10 | 3.4 | 33 | 11.2 | 35.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 252 | 123 | 48.8 | 105 | 1876 | 7.4 | 15.3 | 75 | 19 | 7.5 | 24 | 9.5 | 59.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Davis | 22 | 275 | 12.5 | 2 | |
| Monk Gafford | 14 | 270 | 19.3 | 63t | 4 |
| Lamar Blount | 13 | 218 | 16.8 | 1 | |
| Prince Scott | 13 | 180 | 13.8 | 2 | |
| Fondren Mitchell | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 0 | |
| Johnny Vardian | 7 | 108 | 15.4 | 0 | |
| Dick Erdlitz | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Kay Eakin | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 0 | |
| Dick Horne | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Hub Ulrich | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 32t | 1 |
| Walt McDonald | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| Marion Pugh | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Preston Johnston | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Nelson | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Hamp Pool | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Fox | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Stan Kozlowski | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Charley Price | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Cal Purdin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Paffrath | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Reynolds | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Don Reece | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 131 | 1725 | 13.2 | 63t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 123 | 1876 | 15.3 | 75 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Davis | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Monk Gafford | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Reynolds | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Kay Eakin | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Al Wukits | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Whitlow | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jimmy Nelson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Daryl Cato | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Hal Jungmichel | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Reece | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick Erdlitz | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Williams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fondren Mitchell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Prince Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 279 | 11.6 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 559 | 16.9 | 76 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kay Eakin | 37 | 1530 | 41.4 | 67 | 1 | |||||
| Jimmy Nelson | 16 | 635 | 39.7 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Paffrath | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 | |||||
| Preston Johnston | 7 | 328 | 46.9 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Fox | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 48 | 0 | |||||
| Monk Gafford | 12 | 474 | 39.5 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Reynolds | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| Charley Price | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 80 | 3248 | 40.6 | 67 | 2 | 33.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 2140 | 42.0 | 68 | 1 | 301 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Gafford | 9 | 117 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Nelson | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 0 | ||
| Lamar Davis | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| Kay Eakin | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| George Zorich | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Prince Scott | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Stan Kozlowski | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bob Paffrath | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 301 | 11.1 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 595 | 13.5 | 78 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Gafford | 10 | 305 | 30.5 | 51 | 0 | |
| Lamar Davis | 5 | 235 | 47.0 | 88 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Nelson | 10 | 192 | 19.2 | 0 | ||
| Dick Erdlitz | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Paffrath | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Hopp | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | ||
| Stan Kozlowski | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Fondren Mitchell | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Kay Eakin | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | ||
| Charley Price | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Prince Scott | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Fox | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Marion Pugh | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Johnny Vardian | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Fred Gloden | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jim Reynolds | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Cal Purdin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Mitch Olenski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 61 | 1344 | 22.0 | 88 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 20 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 3 |
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