1947 Bethlehem Bulldogs (AFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 8-1-0 .889 |
| Head Coach: Leo Prendergast |
| Birney Crum | Assistant Coach |
| Charlie Gauer | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/22/1947 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-28 | L | Erie, PA | Memorial Stadium | 7559 | |
| Wed | 9/3/1947 | N | Wilkes-Barre Barons | 34-0 | W | Allentown, PA | 7500 | ||
| Wed | 9/10/1947 | H | Bloomfield Cardinals | 35-6 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 7000 | |
| Wed | 9/17/1947 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-42 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 8500 | |
| Wed | 9/24/1947 | N | Paterson Panthers | 27-14 | W | Allentown, PA | |||
| Sun | 9/28/1947 | A | Jersey City Giants | 16-20 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | ||
| Wed | 10/1/1947 | H | Long Island Indians | 34-12 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 6500 | |
| Wed | 10/8/1947 | H | Wilkes-Barre Barons | 26-20 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 9000 | |
| Wed | 10/15/1947 | H | Bloomfield Cardinals | 43-13 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 9000 | |
| Mon | 10/20/1947 | A | Paterson Panthers | 20-0 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 8500 | |
| Wed | 10/22/1947 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 42-0 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 11000 | |
| Wed | 10/29/1947 | H | Jersey City Giants | 13-0 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | A | Richmond Rebels | 14-21 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | A | Wilkes-Barre Barons | 46-0 | W | Wilkes-Barre, PA | Artillery Park | 3000 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | A | Bloomfield Cardinals | 26-7 | W | Bloomfield, NJ | Foley Field | 8000 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | A | Wilmington Clippers | - | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | |||
| Wed | 12/3/1947 | A | Vineland Senators | 28-7 | W | Vineland, NJ | Gittone Memorial Stadium | 1200 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | A | Paterson Panthers | 23-7 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 10587 | |
| Thu | 1/1/1948 | N | Sacramento Nuggets | 56-0 | W | Albuquerque, NM | Zimmerman Field | ||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/23/1947 | Wilmington Clippers | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Johnny Baranchok | 36 | HB | 5-9 | 180 | 22 | none | 7 | 0 |
| Ulysses Cornogg | 33 | T | 6-0 | 240 | 24 | North Carolina; Wake Forest | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Dini | 10 | QB | 5-11 | 190 | 20 | none | 8 | 4 |
| John Durko | T-E | 6-4 | 235 | 32 | Albright | 2 | 0 | |
| Gorham Getchell | LE | 6-4 | 225 | 27 | Temple | 3 | 1 | |
| Pete Gorgone | 44 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 27 | Muhlenberg | 8 | 4 |
| Henry Gude | 52 | LG | 6-1 | 225 | 29 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 8 |
| Warren Harris | 15 | QB | 5-10 | 165 | 26 | Missouri Valley | 9 | 5 |
| Mort Hochheiser | 22 | C | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Ithaca; Temple | 9 | 4 |
| Wally Hopp | 11 | FB | 5-11 | 210 | 24 | Nebraska | 9 | 5 |
| Billy Kline | 40 | LH | 5-11 | 170 | 21 | none | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Kurtz | HB | 5-7 | 160 | 19 | none | 1 | 0 | |
| Win McConnell | 84 | LE | 6-3 | 208 | 23 | none | 9 | 2 |
| Don McDonald | 80 | LE-RE | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Oklahoma | 8 | 6 |
| Tom McGeoy | 31 | RG-E | 6-0 | 207 | 25 | Temple | 7 | 1 |
| Bernie Millham | 64 | RE-LE | 6-3 | 185 | 26 | Fordham | 9 | 4 |
| Bill Montgomery | HB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Louisiana State | 1 | 0 | |
| Elliott Ormsbee | 37 | LH | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Bradley | 9 | 9 |
| Pete Perez | 62 | RG-LG | 5-9 | 220 | 23 | Illinois | 8 | 2 |
| Cammille Piccone | 49 | RH | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Notre Dame | 9 | 8 |
| Perry Scott | 83 | RE | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | Muhlenberg | 5 | 3 |
| Steve Sierocinski | RT | 6-3 | 245 | 24 | none | 2 | 1 | |
| Ray Stengel | RG-HB | 5-8 | 180 | 23 | Pennsylvania | 7 | 1 | |
| Vern Stiner | 81 | LT | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Nebraska | 9 | 7 |
| Pete Sukeena | 70 | RT | 6-0 | 222 | 22 | none | 9 | 8 |
| Don Talcott | 7 | LT-RE | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Nevada-Reno | 5 | 2 |
| Felix Trapani | 61 | RG | 5-10 | 206 | 26 | Louisiana State | 9 | 6 |
| George Turner | 55 | C | 6-1 | 237 | 29 | Furman | 9 | 5 |
| Joe Wardenski | 88 | LT | 6-3 | 220 | 20 | none | 8 | 1 |
| Walt Zirinsky | 60 | RH | 5-11 | 187 | 27 | Lafayette | 9 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 78 | 64 | 54 | 58 | 264 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 73 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Ormsbee | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||||
| Don McDonald | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Wally Hopp | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Walt Zirinsky | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Billy Kline | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Ray Dini | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Gorham Getchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Perry Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 39 | 27 | 39 | 69.3 | 1 | 0 | 264 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Ormsbee | 85 | 595 | 7.0 | 8 | |
| Wally Hopp | 118 | 431 | 3.7 | 7 | |
| Billy Kline | 52 | 326 | 6.3 | 3 | |
| Walt Zirinsky | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 19 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Harris | 91 | 46 | 50.5 | 41 | 918 | 10.1 | 20.0 | 16 | 17.6 | 4 | 4.4 | 107.5 | ||||
| Elliott Ormsbee | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 176 | 14.7 | 25.1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Billy Kline | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don McDonald | 29 | 359 | 12.4 | 8 | |
| Elliott Ormsbee | 15 | 522 | 34.8 | 7 | |
| Gorham Getchell | 1 | ||||
| Billy Kline | 1 | ||||
| Perry Scott | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 18 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cammille Piccone | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 0 | |
| Elliott Ormsbee | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 1 | |
| Ray Dini | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Ormsbee | 34 | 1330 | 39.1 | |||||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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