1946 San Francisco Clippers (PCFL) |
| 2nd place • Northern Division • 6-4-0 .600 |
| Head Coach: Bill Howard |
| Tony Calvelli | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/22/1946 | A | Tacoma Indians | 21-7 | W | Tacoma, WA | Tacoma Stadium | 6500 | |
| Fri | 10/4/1946 | A | Hawaiian Warriors | 3-0 | W | Honolulu, HI | Honolulu Stadium | 19000 | |
| Fri | 10/11/1946 | A | Hawaiian Warriors | 21-24 | L | Honolulu, HI | Honolulu Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | H | Los Angeles Bulldogs | 35-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 6500 | |
| Fri | 10/25/1946 | H | Hollywood Bears | 17-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Seals Stadium | 7000 | |
| Fri | 11/1/1946 | H | Sacramento Nuggets | 37-0 | W | San Francisco, CA | Seals Stadium | 5000 | |
| Fri | 11/8/1946 | H | Oakland Giants | 21-0 | W | San Francisco, CA | Seals Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | A | Salt Lake Seagulls | - | Salt Lake City, UT | Salt Lake Fairgrounds | |||
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | A | Los Angeles Bulldogs | 13-35 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | A | Los Angeles Bulldogs | - | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | |||
| Sun | 12/15/1946 | H | San Diego Bombers | - | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | |||
| Sun | 12/15/1946 | H | Hollywood Bears | 14-17 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 1/5/1947 | A | Los Angeles Bulldogs | 24-19 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 8567 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/17/1946 | Salt Lake Seagulls | Canceled |
| 12/1/1946 | Los Angeles Bulldogs | Canceled |
| 12/15/1946 | San Diego Bombers | Canceled |
| 1/5/1947 | Los Angeles Bulldogs | Forfeit |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Al Alston | 11 | FB-E | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | North Carolina A&T State | ||
| Ed Balatti | E | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | none | |||
| Lavine Bettencourt | 22 | G | 5-11 | 200 | 28 | St. Mary's (California) | ||
| Ed Brennan | 26 | QB-E | 5-9 | 190 | 25 | Sierra JC; Nevada-Reno | ||
| Les Bruckner | 2 | QB-T | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Michigan State | ||
| Jens Bugge | 27 | E | 6-1 | 190 | 33 | San Francisco | ||
| Tom Bussjaeger | 29 | C | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Loyola Marymount | ||
| Tony Calvelli | 6 | G | 5-10 | 189 | 31 | San Mateo JC; Stanford | 5 | |
| George Cantwell | 9 | T | 6-4 | 205 | 30 | St. Mary's (California) | ||
| Jerry Dowd | 28 | C | 6-0 | 210 | 30 | St. Mary's (California) | ||
| Cliff Fisk | 18 | QB | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | San Francisco | ||
| Les Friday | 7 | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Los Angeles CC; Loyola Marymount | ||
| Jerry Ginney | 21 | T | 5-10 | 217 | 30 | Santa Clara | ||
| Nate Howard | 25 | E | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Santa Clara; Menlo JC | ||
| Mike Klotovich | 15 | HB | 5-10 | 186 | 29 | St. Mary's (California) | ||
| Charles Kremesec | 13 | G | 5-11 | 205 | 28 | San Francisco CC; San Francisco | ||
| Bob Kurtz | 30 | G | 6-2 | 212 | San Francisco CC | |||
| Rudy Matulka | 5 | T | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Nebraska | ||
| Bill McGannon | 10 | FB-HB | 5-9 | 180 | 27 | Notre Dame | ||
| Joe McGrath | 8 | G | 5-10 | 186 | 28 | St. Mary's (California) | ||
| Don Menicucci | 23 | FB | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | San Francisco | ||
| Frankie Nilan | 14 | HB | 5-9 | 165 | 27 | none | ||
| John Parker | 20 | T | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Loyola Marymount; San Francisco | ||
| Ernie Provost | 3 | HB | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Sacramento CC | ||
| Vic Ramus | 12 | HB | 5-9 | 165 | 25 | San Francisco | ||
| Mel Reid | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Sacramento CC; San Francisco | |||
| Johnny Sanchez | T | 6-3 | 239 | 26 | Los Angeles CC; San Francisco; Whittier; San Francisco | |||
| Frankie Scanlan | 4 | HB-FB | 5-9 | 170 | 23 | Loyola Marymount; San Francisco | ||
| Sam Smith | 19 | E-C | 6-0 | 185 | none | |||
| Courtney Thorell | 24 | T | 6-1 | 232 | 23 | Taft JC; San Jose State | ||
| Bob Troppmann | 4 | C | 5-11 | 205 | 23 | San Francisco; Redlands; San Jose State | 2 | 1 |
| Don Welcher | 16 | E | 6-3 | 213 | 26 | Sacramento CC; Drake | ||
| John Woudenberg | 24 | T | 6-3 | 226 | 28 | Denver | ||
| Ray Ybarra | 17 | QB | 5-11 | 200 | 29 | Arizona State | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 33 | 56 | 45 | 72 | 206 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 31 | 23 | 48 | 130 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Ramus | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
| Les Friday | 0 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 3 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Nate Howard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Don Menicucci | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Les Bruckner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Jens Bugge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Al Alston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ed Balatti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Mike Klotovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe McGrath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ernie Provost | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ray Ybarra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 28 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 3 | 1 | 206 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 16 | 18 | 88.9 | 3 | 0 | 130 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Menicucci | 4 | ||||
| Vic Ramus | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Klotovich | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Les Friday | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Frankie Nilan | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Vic Ramus | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Howard | 4 | ||||
| Vic Ramus | 4 | ||||
| Jens Bugge | 2 | ||||
| Al Alston | 1 | ||||
| Ed Balatti | 1 | ||||
| Mike Klotovich | 1 | ||||
| Don Menicucci | 1 | ||||
| Ernie Provost | 1 | ||||
| Ray Ybarra | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 16 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Bruckner | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Ramus | 40.9 | |||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Bruckner | 1 | ||||||
| Joe McGrath | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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