1946 Bethlehem Bulldogs (AFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 5-4-1 .556 |
| Head Coach: Eddie Conti |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/11/1946 | N | Washington Lions | 7-7 | T | Allentown, PA | Jack Coffield Stadium | 8500 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1946 | N | Long Island Indians | 18-24 | L | Phillipsburg, PA | Phillipsburg High School Field | ||
| Wed | 9/25/1946 | H | Paterson Panthers | 27-9 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 8500 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1946 | A | Paterson Panthers | 30-14 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 3000 | |
| Wed | 10/2/1946 | H | Scranton Miners | 14-14 | T | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 10000 | |
| Wed | 10/9/1946 | H | Akron Bears | 30-7 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 7500 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 13-0 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | A | Jersey City Giants | 17-21 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 12000 | |
| Wed | 10/23/1946 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 27-20 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 13000 | |
| Wed | 10/30/1946 | H | Newark Bombers | 17-23 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 10000 | |
| Wed | 11/6/1946 | H | Scranton Miners | 7-10 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | A | Long Island Indians | 21-14 | W | Valley Stream, NY | Firemen's Memorial Field | 1000 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | A | Wilmington Clippers | - | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | N | Washington Lions | 42-6 | W | Easton, PA | 9500 | ||
| Thu | 11/28/1946 | A | Akron Bears | 30-54 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 5928 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1946 | H | York Roses | - | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/24/1946 | Wilmington Clippers | Canceled |
| 12/8/1946 | York Roses | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ruther Achey | 30 | FB | 6-2 | 222 | 26 | Georgia | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Baranchok | 36 | RH | 5-9 | 180 | 21 | none | 8 | 1 |
| Steve Benchwick | G | 5-11 | 215 | 22 | Alabama | 1 | 0 | |
| Don Bitler | C | 6-1 | 192 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 2 | 0 | |
| Johnny Butler | 27 | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 |
| George Bystura | 73 | LT-RT | 6-0 | 222 | 26 | Duquesne | 10 | 9 |
| Paul Chisholm | 49 | LH | 5-10 | 183 | 27 | John Carroll | 8 | 2 |
| Joe Cippiciani | 60 | RG-T | 6-0 | 220 | 28 | Scranton | 7 | 2 |
| Ray Dini | 13 | QB | 5-11 | 190 | 19 | none | 7 | 0 |
| John Durko | 70 | RT | 6-4 | 235 | 31 | Albright | 10 | 5 |
| Joe Ehrlich | 44 | B | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | none | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Emery | 63 | LG | 5-10 | 225 | Franklin & Marshall | 7 | 2 | |
| Bob Friedlund | 88 | RE | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Michigan State | 8 | 8 |
| Bob Friedman | 72 | LT | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Washington | 6 | 3 |
| Charlie Gauer | B | 6-3 | 213 | 25 | Colgate | 1 | 0 | |
| Bernie Gillespie | 81 | E | 5-11 | 205 | 25 | Scranton | 4 | 0 |
| Ted Grabinski | 67 | C | 6-3 | 195 | 30 | Duquesne | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Green | 84 | LE | 6-1 | 192 | 25 | Kilgore JC; Tulsa | 9 | 6 |
| Henry Gude | 50 | RG | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 8 |
| Warren Harris | 15 | QB-RH | 5-10 | 165 | 25 | Missouri Valley | 9 | 8 |
| Mike Kerns | RT | 5-10 | 249 | 26 | Penn State | 10 | 3 | |
| Carl Kinscherf | 71 | RH | 6-1 | 186 | 27 | Colgate | 7 | 4 |
| Bert Kuczynski | 83 | LEE | 6-0 | 196 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 5 | 1 |
| Dick Landis | G | 6-2 | 216 | 36 | Temple | 7 | 0 | |
| Don McDonald | 81 | LH | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Oklahoma | 4 | 1 |
| Bill Montgomery | 40 | RH | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Louisiana State | 2 | 1 |
| Elliott Ormsbee | 37 | QB-LH | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Bradley | 2 | 2 |
| Cammille Piccone | 47 | LH | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Notre Dame | 6 | 5 |
| Cecil Pirkey | 89 | QB-RE | 6-1 | 210 | 30 | Texarkana JC; Texas A&M-Commerce | 10 | 5 |
| Leon Price | 10 | RH-FB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 10 | 2 |
| Johnny Rogalla | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | Scranton | 10 | 9 |
| Oscar Rotatori | 51 | LG-C | 5-9 | 195 | 27 | none | 10 | 8 |
| Jack Rothenhauser | 30 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | Villanova | 2 | 0 | |
| Bobby Rute | 27 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Duke | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Schillo | 43 | LH | 5-11 | 205 | 28 | Georgetown (DC); Lebanon Valley | 2 | 1 |
| Willie Seng | 43 | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | none | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Sostar | RE | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | none | |||
| Bob Stevens | 82 | LE | 5-9 | 169 | 23 | none | 10 | 3 |
| Pete Sukeena | 62 | G-T | 6-0 | 222 | 21 | none | 9 | 0 |
| George Turner | 55 | C | 6-1 | 237 | 28 | Furman | 10 | 10 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34 | 50 | 57 | 62 | 203 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 46 | 35 | 51 | 172 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Rogalla | 1 | 23 | 24 | 95.8 | 9 | 0 | 56 | ||
| Cammille Piccone | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Johnny Baranchok | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Bob Friedlund | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Johnny Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Leon Price | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Bill Montgomery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Elliott Ormsbee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Bob Sostar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Carl Kinscherf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bert Kuczynski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ed Schillo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 24 | 25 | 96.0 | 9 | 1 | 203 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 19 | 24 | 79.2 | 3 | 0 | 172 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cammille Piccone | 67 | 389 | 5.8 | 3 | |
| Johnny Baranchok | 55 | 371 | 6.7 | 4 | |
| Leon Price | 48 | 172 | 3.6 | 2 | |
| Bill Montgomery | 2 | ||||
| Carl Kinscherf | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Harris | 92 | 42 | 45.7 | 34 | 604 | 6.6 | 14.4 | 8 | 8.7 | 16 | 17.4 | 56.9 | ||||
| Cecil Pirkey | 61 | 18 | 29.5 | 38 | 308 | 5.0 | 17.1 | 2 | 3.3 | 5 | 8.2 | 24.9 | ||||
| Elliott Ormsbee | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Friedlund | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 4 | |
| Johnny Green | 11 | 204 | 18.5 | 2 | |
| Cammille Piccone | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 2 | |
| Bob Stevens | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Bert Kuczynski | 1 | ||||
| Elliott Ormsbee | 1 | ||||
| Johnny Rogalla | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 11 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sostar | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Chisholm | 18 | 37.9 | ||||||||
| Cammille Piccone | 23 | 34.0 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Harris | 13 | 194 | 14.9 | 0 | ||
| Elliott Ormsbee | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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