1946 Jersey City Giants (AFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 9-1-0 .900 |
| Head Coach: Bill Owen |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 9/12/1946 | H | New York Giants | 7-28 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 15211 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1946 | A | Newark Bombers | 21-0 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 7500 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1946 | A | Akron Bears | 13-7 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 4200 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | H | Long Island Indians | 24-7 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 13000 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | H | Newark Bombers | 14-3 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 21-17 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | A | Long Island Indians | 14-10 | W | Valley Stream, NY | Firemen's Memorial Field | 7800 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | H | Paterson Panthers | 14-25 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 32-0 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Stadium | 3000 | |
| Tue | 11/19/1946 | H | Paterson Panthers | 23-0 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | H | Scranton Miners | 28-17 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 8416 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | H | York Roses | 42-7 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | ||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/8/1946 | H | Akron Bears | 14-13 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 15080 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 41 | LH-FB | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | Fordham | 10 | 8 |
| Frank Buel | 17 | LH | 5-10 | 188 | 26 | Florida | 8 | 1 |
| Len Calligaro | 28 | QB-LH | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Wisconsin | 9 | 1 |
| George Cheverko | 14 | FB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Fordham | 9 | 1 |
| Vince Commisa | 30 | RG | 5-9 | 190 | 25 | Notre Dame | 9 | 6 |
| Roy Diduk | 27 | RT | 6-2 | 216 | 24 | Temple | 10 | 2 |
| Sal Dimichino | 12 | C | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | none | 2 | 0 |
| John Dzitko | 6 | QB | 5-9 | 193 | 24 | Villanova | 9 | 4 |
| Bill Erickson | 24 | G | 5-10 | 212 | 27 | Georgetown (DC) | 8 | 1 |
| Marty Fay | 8 | LG | 5-10 | 190 | 26 | Manhattan; Dartmouth | 10 | 10 |
| Sam Fox | E | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 | |
| Leon Gajecki | 21 | C | 6-0 | 208 | 29 | Penn State | 8 | 3 |
| Archie Harris | 32 | LE | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | Indiana | 10 | 6 |
| Rex John | 39 | LT | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Wisconsin | 9 | 1 |
| Bernie Jovans | 25 | E | 5-11 | 218 | 27 | New York University | 3 | 0 |
| Lenny Krouse | 16 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Penn State | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Lascari | 1 | RE-RT | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Georgetown (DC) | 10 | 7 |
| Jack Lee | 5 | LG | 5-10 | 200 | 28 | Norwich | 10 | 0 |
| Sherwin Lipman | 28 | T | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | New York University | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Loika | 11 | RG | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Benedictine (Kansas) | 10 | 0 |
| Clint McClain | 43 | QB-FB | 5-9 | 190 | 28 | Weatherford JC; Southern Methodist | 10 | 7 |
| Walt Messemer | 23 | LT | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | none | 10 | 8 |
| Bobby Morris | 31 | RH | 5-11 | 180 | 21 | Southern California | 10 | 6 |
| Paul Morrison | 40 | RH | 5-10 | 200 | 28 | Notre Dame | 9 | 4 |
| Jerry Niles | 22 | LH | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Iowa; St. Louis; Iowa | 5 | 3 |
| Marty O'Hagan | 44 | RE | 6-2 | 190 | 31 | Portland | 10 | 3 |
| Gordon Paschka | 4 | FB | 6-0 | 213 | 26 | Minnesota | 9 | 5 |
| Tom Reilly | 37 | RG-T | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Fordham | 9 | 4 |
| Larry Sartori | 3 | LG | 6-0 | 208 | 29 | Fordham | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Schibanoff | 26 | RT | 6-1 | 218 | 27 | Franklin & Marshall | 9 | 8 |
| Julie Sroka | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Portland | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 25 | E-B | 6-2 | 212 | 25 | none | 4 | 0 |
| Si Titus | 10 | C | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Holy Cross | 9 | 7 |
| Frank Umont | 34 | LT | 5-11 | 220 | 29 | none | 5 | 2 |
| Johnny Weiss | LE | 6-2 | 198 | 25 | none | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Wiley | 12 | LE | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | Georgetown (DC) | 9 | 4 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 55 | 51 | 36 | 52 | 204 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 31 | 9 | 30 | 86 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Paschka | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||||
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Jerry Niles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| George Cheverko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Marty O'Hagan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Alex Schibanoff | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Archie Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Paul Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Johnny Lascari | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Roy Diduk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Len Calligaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bobby Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dave Wiley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Dzitko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rex John | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 29 | 25 | 29 | 86.2 | 1 | 1 | 204 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 5 | 1 | 86 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Paschka | 76 | 515 | 6.8 | 4 | |
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 61 | 321 | 5.3 | 3 | |
| Bobby Morris | 35 | 174 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| George Cheverko | 39 | 144 | 3.7 | 2 | |
| Frank Buel | 48 | 104 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Roy Diduk | 1 | ||||
| Len Calligaro | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 15 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 63 | 25 | 39.7 | 33 | 444 | 7.0 | 17.8 | 6 | 9.5 | 5 | 7.9 | 63.2 | ||||
| Frank Buel | 66 | 31 | 47.0 | 30 | 371 | 5.6 | 12.0 | 4 | 6.1 | 5 | 7.6 | 53.3 | ||||
| Jerry Niles | 41 | 16 | 39.0 | 21 | 239 | 5.8 | 14.9 | 2 | 4.9 | 4 | 9.8 | 35.6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint McClain | 10 | 149 | 14.9 | 0 | |
| Marty O'Hagan | 9 | 148 | 16.4 | 3 | |
| Johnny Lascari | 8 | 187 | 23.4 | 2 | |
| Lenny Krouse | 8 | 84 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Wiley | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 1 | |
| Paul Morrison | 2 | ||||
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 1 | ||||
| George Cheverko | 1 | ||||
| Archie Harris | 1 | ||||
| Joe Sulaitis | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Cheverko | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | |
| Clint McClain | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex John | 18 | 703 | 39.1 | |||||||
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 23 | 725 | 31.5 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Blumenstock | 15 | 96 | 6.4 | 0 | ||
| George Cheverko | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 0 | ||
| Clint McClain | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Morrison | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dzitko | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
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