1947 Bloomfield Cardinals (AFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Division • 6-4-0 .600 |
| Head Coach: Bill Clarken |
| Bill Geyer | Assistant Coach |
| Felix McCormick | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 9/2/1947 | A | Vineland Senators | 21-9 | W | Vineland, NJ | Gittone Memorial Stadium | 6000 | |
| Wed | 9/10/1947 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 6-35 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 7000 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1947 | H | Wilkes-Barre Barons | 28-7 | W | Bloomfield, NJ | Foley Field | 6000 | |
| Wed | 10/1/1947 | A | Wilkes-Barre Barons | 41-7 | W | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Stadium | 1600 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | H | Long Island Indians | 31-7 | W | Bloomfield, NJ | Foley Field | 4500 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | A | Jersey City Giants | 14-7 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 10000 | |
| Wed | 10/15/1947 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 13-43 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 9000 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | A | Richmond Rebels | 12-0 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | A | Paterson Panthers | 7-13 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 8000 | |
| Wed | 11/5/1947 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 10-3 | W | Bloomfield, NJ | Foley Field | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | H | New Haven Colony Club Clippers | 53-0 | W | Bloomfield, NJ | Foley Field | 3000 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 7-26 | L | Bloomfield, NJ | Foley Field | 8000 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | H | Jersey City Giants | 36-14 | W | Bloomfield, NJ | Foley Field | 6200 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1947 | H | Paterson Panthers | 13-14 | L | Bloomfield, NJ | Foley Field | 11500 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/5/1947 | Wilmington Clippers | Postponed from 10/19 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Roy Anderson | 1 | QB | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Nevada-Reno; New Mexico | 10 | 4 |
| Barney Barnett | 14 | E-T | 6-5 | 230 | 24 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Berthold | 16 | RE | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Syracuse | 10 | 10 |
| John Bissett | 19 | FB-QB-LH | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | Muhlenberg | 8 | 4 |
| Jack Bramlett | 30 | T | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Wake Forest | 6 | 0 |
| Pete Calcagno | 6 | C | 5-11 | 208 | 27 | Panzer; Bucknell | 10 | 0 |
| Lou Caridad | 20 | QB-FB-LH | 5-11 | 177 | 28 | Miami | 10 | 6 |
| John Chimento | 24 | RG | 5-11 | 210 | 29 | Georgetown (DC); Texas Christian | 10 | 10 |
| Macy Dabeck | 2 | HB | 6-0 | 173 | 24 | none | 4 | 0 |
| Don Deerwester | 53 | HB | 6-0 | 195 | 20 | Miami (Florida) | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Ferri | 17 | LH-RH-FB | 5-11 | 210 | 20 | Syracuse | 10 | 6 |
| Len Frketich | 8 | G | 6-1 | 290 | 30 | Penn State | 6 | 0 |
| Hans Guenther | 29 | LT | 6-1 | 219 | 28 | Colgate | 9 | 1 |
| Bill Hempel | 13 | LT | 6-0 | 238 | 27 | Carroll (Wisconsin) | 9 | 9 |
| Gus Hempley | 3 | LE-C | 6-4 | 225 | 28 | South Carolina | 9 | 6 |
| Marv Jacobs | 15 | RT | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | none | 10 | 10 |
| Farnham Johnson | 53 | E | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Wisconsin; Michigan; Wisconsin | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Kerasiotis | 23 | LG | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | St. Ambrose | 9 | 9 |
| Carl Kinscherf | 8 | HB | 6-1 | 186 | 28 | Colgate | 1 | 0 |
| Julie Koshlap | 11 | HB | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | Georgetown (DC) | 4 | 0 |
| John Kulikowski | 15 | B | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Georgetown (DC) | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Maryanski | 51 | LG | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Fordham; Notre Dame | 5 | 1 |
| Johnny Popovich | 52 | RH-LH | 5-8 | 160 | 29 | St. Vincent | 10 | 2 |
| Dick Ransom | 27 | T | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Syracuse | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Rosenthal | 4 | LE | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Pennsylvania | 10 | 2 |
| Dan Savage | 8 | HB | 5-11 | 182 | 26 | Brown | 7 | 0 |
| Ray Schumacher | 52 | RH | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Purdue | 9 | 6 |
| Joe Sondey | B | 5-10 | 205 | none | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Stein | 17 | FB-QB | 5-9 | 202 | 25 | Georgia Tech; Merchant Marine | 9 | 6 |
| John Sweatlock | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Muhlenberg | 1 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Wheeler | 7 | LH | 6-0 | 176 | 29 | Tulsa; Northern Oklahoma JC; Southwestern (Kansas) | 10 | 5 |
| John Witkowski | 5 | LE | 5-11 | 194 | 28 | Fordham | 8 | 4 |
| George Zoppa | 25 | C-G | 6-1 | 218 | 28 | Cumberland | 9 | 8 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 45 | 49 | 46 | 44 | 184 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 28 | 20 | 40 | 134 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Rosenthal | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||
| Nick Kerasiotis | 0 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Paul Berthold | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Bob Ferri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Johnny Popovich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Floyd Wheeler | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Bill Stein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bill Hempel | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Ray Schumacher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 26 | 19 | 26 | 73.1 | 3 | 0 | 184 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 14 | 19 | 73.7 | 2 | 0 | 134 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Ferri | 102 | 522 | 5.1 | 2 | |
| Johnny Popovich | 31 | 253 | 8.2 | 1 | |
| Bill Stein | 2 | ||||
| Jack Rosenthal | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Anderson | 154 | 56 | 36.4 | 84 | 1080 | 7.0 | 19.3 | 11 | 7.1 | 14 | 9.1 | 47.5 | ||||
| Dan Savage | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Julie Koshlap | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Rosenthal | 31 | 704 | 22.7 | 9 | |
| Paul Berthold | 16 | 318 | 19.9 | 3 | |
| Johnny Popovich | 2 | ||||
| Floyd Wheeler | 2 | ||||
| Bob Ferri | 1 | ||||
| Ray Schumacher | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 18 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Wheeler | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Anderson | 24 | 33.5 | ||||||||
| Ray Schumacher | 23 | 30.7 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Wheeler | 21 | 229 | 10.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hempel | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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