1946 Portsmouth Pirates (DFL) |
| 4th place 4-6-0 .400 |
| Head Coach: Keith Ranspot |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 9/6/1946 | A | Scranton Miners | 6-52 | L | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Stadium | 7500 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1946 | A | Richmond Rebels | 0-7 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 2194 | |
| Mon | 9/30/1946 | H | Norfolk Shamrocks | 15-7 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Portsmouth Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | H | Charlotte Clippers | 7-9 | L | Portsmouth, VA | Portsmouth Stadium | 5500 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | A | Greensboro Patriots | 14-23 | L | Greensboro, NC | Memorial Stadium | 1200 | |
| Mon | 10/21/1946 | H | Newport News Builders | 41-6 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Portsmouth Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | H | Richmond Rebels | 0-10 | L | Portsmouth, VA | Portsmouth Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | A | Charlotte Clippers | 0-13 | L | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | H | Greensboro Patriots | 13-7 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Portsmouth Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sat | 11/23/1946 | A | Newport News Builders | 12-6 | W | Newport News, VA | Apprentice School Stadium | 900 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | A | Norfolk Shamrocks | 7-14 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 1500 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1946 | H | Charlotte Clippers | - | Portsmouth, VA | Portsmouth Stadium | |||
| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 29 | Tony Arena | C | 5-11 | 200 | 28 | Michigan State | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | Jack Boone | LH | 5-11 | 175 | 28 | Elon | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Chris Broderson | LG-RG | 5-10 | 225 | Boston College | 9 | 3 | |
| 17 | Preston Brown | RE-LE | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Washington & Lee | 10 | 7 |
| 15 | Tom Brown | LH | 6-2 | 216 | 25 | William & Mary | 8 | 3 |
| 2 | Delbert Browning | QB | 5-11 | 156 | 28 | North Texas | 10 | 3 |
| Bryan | E | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | Fred Carter | T | 6-2 | 260 | none | 4 | 0 | |
| 26 | Charles Christman | RG | 6-0 | 205 | Columbia | 7 | 1 | |
| 4 | Buck Cowling | HB | 5-6 | 150 | 29 | none | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Willard Craft | RE | 6-4 | 205 | 30 | Hampden-Sydney | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | Marion Craig | RH | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Clemson | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | Al Drulis | FB | 5-10 | 193 | 25 | Temple | 6 | 6 |
| 22 | Kenny Fentress | T | 6-0 | 250 | 29 | none | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Turnbull Gillette | QB | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | Virginia | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Frank Grigonis | RH | 5-10 | 190 | 30 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 9 | 8 |
| 19 | Jack Grimes | C | 6-0 | 190 | 33 | none | 7 | 1 |
| 28 | Joe Lamas | LG | 5-10 | 216 | 30 | Mount St. Mary's | 10 | 6 |
| 7 | Gus Letchas | HBLH | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | Georgia | 6 | 4 |
| 11 | Roy Markert | FB-RE | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | Virginia | 10 | 5 |
| Howard Mast | RH | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 1 | |
| 6 | Bob O'Mara | FB | 6-3 | 180 | 31 | Duke | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Joe Pawlowski | RG-LG | 5-11 | 210 | 27 | Illinois | 8 | 4 |
| Keith Ranspot | 6-3 | 205 | 33 | Southern Methodist | 4 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Stillman Rouse | LE-RT | 6-1 | 205 | 29 | Missouri | 10 | 10 |
| 16 | Wellington Saecker | RE | 6-3 | 195 | 28 | Elon | 8 | 1 |
| 27 | Larry Sartori | RG | 6-0 | 208 | 29 | Fordham | 8 | 6 |
| 21 | Tony Serpe | LT | 5-11 | 225 | 29 | Fordham | 10 | 10 |
| 25 | Jack Southall | RT-RE | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 10 |
| 23 | Thurman Tigart | T | 5-11 | 205 | 22 | Oklahoma | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | Bob Watson | B | 5-10 | 175 | none | 1 | 0 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 14 | 39 | 34 | 32 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 12 | 53 | 20 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Craft | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Frank Grigonis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Tom Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Al Drulis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Gus Letchas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Stillman Rouse | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Tony Arena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Joe Lamas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Roy Markert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Joe Pawlowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Chris Broderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 16 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | 109 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 9 | 13 | 69.2 | 5 | 0 | 102 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Grigonis | 81 | 355 | 4.4 | 36 | 2 |
| Al Drulis | 23 | 115 | 5.0 | 36 | 2 |
| Tom Brown | 2 | ||||
| Al Drulis | 2 | ||||
| Gus Letchas | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnbull Gillette | 121 | 46 | 38.0 | 718 | 5.9 | 15.6 | 4 | 3.3 | ||||||||
| Willard Craft | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willard Craft | 4 | ||||
| Frank Grigonis | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Arena | 1 | ||||
| Joe Lamas | 1 | ||||
| Roy Markert | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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