1946 Akron Bears (AFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 8-2-0 .800 |
| Head Coach: Gene Ronzani |
| Tipp Mooney | Backfield |
| Tom Roberts | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 9/17/1946 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-38 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 14583 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1946 | H | Jersey City Giants | 7-13 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 4200 | |
| Wed | 10/9/1946 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 7-30 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 7500 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | H | Scranton Miners | 36-0 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 3500 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | A | Paterson Panthers | 40-21 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | ||
| Wed | 10/23/1946 | A | Scranton Miners | 20-14 | W | Scranton, PA | Scranton Stadium | 2742 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 31-0 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | H | Newark Bombers | 28-14 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 6867 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | N | Newark Bombers | 34-0 | W | Orange, NJ | 5000 | ||
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 20-0 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 3446 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | A | Long Island Indians | 20-0 | W | Valley Stream, NY | Firemen's Memorial Field | 4200 | |
| Thu | 11/28/1946 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 54-30 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 5928 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/8/1946 | A | Jersey City Giants | 13-14 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 15080 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/23/1946 | Scranton Miners | Postponed from 9/22 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Paul Berthold | 26/38 | RE | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Syracuse | 10 | 5 |
| Joe Duggan | 18 | C | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Colorado State | 5 | 2 |
| Herman Duhe | 47 | RH | 5-10 | 175 | 21 | Louisiana State | 10 | 5 |
| Ed Ecker | 48 | RT-RG | 6-7 | 276 | 23 | John Carroll | 5 | 1 |
| Len Frketich | 46 | LT | 6-1 | 290 | 29 | Penn State | 8 | 1 |
| Owen Goodnight | 19 | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Hardin-Simmons | 8 | 6 |
| Sam Grider | 54 | LH-RH | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Indiana; Murray State; Illinois | 9 | 0 |
| George Gulyanics | 15 | QB | 5-11 | 198 | 25 | Jones County JC | 9 | 3 |
| Bill Harris | 43 | C | 6-1 | 240 | 23 | Alabama; Samford; Auburn | 10 | 8 |
| Bill Hempel | 56 | LT | 6-0 | 238 | 26 | Carroll (Wisconsin) | 10 | 9 |
| Gus Hempley | 37 | RE | 6-4 | 225 | 27 | South Carolina | 9 | 6 |
| Al Hoptowit | 28 | RT | 6-1 | 217 | 31 | Washington State | 10 | 7 |
| Jackie Hunt | 4 | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Marshall | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Johnson | 32 | RG | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Southern Methodist; North Carolina | 10 | 8 |
| Jack Karwales | 39 | LE | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | Michigan | 10 | 8 |
| Nick Kerasiotis | 17 | LG | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | St. Ambrose | 10 | 10 |
| Vic Marino | 50 | RG | 5-8 | 205 | 28 | Ohio State | 8 | 2 |
| Forrest Masterson | 44 | RT | 6-3 | 233 | 24 | Iowa | 7 | 1 |
| Tipp Mooney | 2 | LH | 5-10 | 187 | 28 | Altus JC: Oklahoma Baptist; Abilene Christian | 4 | 2 |
| Pat O'Brien | 82 | RT | 6-0 | 240 | 26 | Purdue | 8 | 1 |
| Pete Perez | 40 | LG | 5-9 | 220 | 22 | Illinois | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Popovich | 8 | LH | 5-8 | 160 | 28 | St. Vincent | 9 | 7 |
| Lloyd Reese | 22 | FB | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Tennessee | 6 | 2 |
| Tom Roberts | 49 | RG-LG-LT | 6-1 | 215 | 30 | DePaul | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Romano | 6 | LH-RH | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | none | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Schumacher | 52 | RH | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Purdue | 9 | 5 |
| George Seith | 11 | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Arizona State; Washington-St. Louis | 10 | 8 |
| Joe Tofil | RE | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Indiana | 1 | 0 | |
| Ted Tycocki | 21 | LE | 6-1 | 208 | 28 | Purdue | 6 | 1 |
| Dan Vargo | 9 | QB | 5-7 | 170 | 28 | none | 3 | 0 |
| Floyd Wheeler | 7 | RH-LH | 6-0 | 176 | 28 | Tulsa; Northern Oklahoma JC; Southwestern (Kansas) | 10 | 2 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 54 | 50 | 105 | 263 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 17 | 29 | 35 | 122 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Wheeler | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | ||||
| Herman Duhe | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Nick Kerasiotis | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| George Seith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Lloyd Reese | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Ray Schumacher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Paul Berthold | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Sam Grider | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Johnny Popovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jack Karwales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Paul Romano | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jackie Hunt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bill Hempel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 37 | 30 | 37 | 81.1 | 3 | 1 | 263 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 3 | 1 | 122 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Popovich | 44 | 303 | 6.9 | 2 | |
| Herman Duhe | 55 | 297 | 5.4 | 5 | |
| Floyd Wheeler | 54 | 276 | 5.1 | 4 | |
| Lloyd Reese | 48 | 275 | 5.7 | 3 | |
| George Seith | 74 | 261 | 3.5 | 4 | |
| Ray Schumacher | 42 | 260 | 6.2 | 2 | |
| Sam Grider | 34 | 143 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| George Gulyanics | 16 | 113 | 7.1 | 0 | |
| Paul Romano | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 22 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Goodnight | 88 | 34 | 38.6 | 45 | 526 | 6.0 | 15.5 | 8 | 9.1 | 9 | 10.2 | 49.9 | ||||
| George Gulyanics | 24 | 6 | 25.0 | 15 | 116 | 4.8 | 19.3 | 4 | 16.7 | 3 | 12.5 | 47.2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Wheeler | 9 | 229 | 25.4 | 6 | |
| Paul Berthold | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | |
| Jack Karwales | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 2 | |
| George Seith | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Herman Duhe | 1 | ||||
| Sam Grider | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Gulyanics | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 0 | |
| Bill Johnson | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Sam Grider | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Schumacher | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Gulyanics | 19 | 871 | 45.8 | |||||||
| Owen Goodnight | 5 | 222 | 44.4 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Wheeler | 11 | 108 | 9.8 | 0 | ||
| Herman Duhe | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
| George Gulyanics | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Popovich | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Hunt | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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