1947 Jersey City Giants (AFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 5-5-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Bill Owen |
| Ed Franco | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/17/1947 | H | Paterson Panthers | 14-21 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | ||
| Tue | 9/23/1947 | H | New York Giants | 0-21 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt, NJ | 3000 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1947 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 20-16 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 20-7 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | H | Bloomfield Cardinals | 7-14 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 10000 | |
| Wed | 10/15/1947 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 0-13 | L | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 4200 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1947 | H | Long Island Indians | - | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/19/1947 | H | Richmond Rebels | 10-0 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | ||
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | A | Paterson Panthers | 3-0 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 9500 | |
| Wed | 10/29/1947 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 0-13 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | H | Wilkes-Barre Barons | 37-0 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | ||
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | H | Paterson Panthers | 17-24 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | ||
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | A | Wilkes-Barre Barons | 31-21 | W | Wilkes-Barre, PA | Artillery Park | 1046 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | A | Bloomfield Cardinals | 14-36 | L | Bloomfield, NJ | Foley Field | 6200 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/19/1947 | Long Island Indians | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Phil Ahwesh | 32 | LH | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Duquesne | 9 | 3 |
| Ben Barber | 12 | B | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | John Carroll | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Benson | 4 | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Fordham | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 14 | RH | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Alabama | 1 | 1 |
| Len Calligaro | 10 | QB | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Wisconsin | 10 | 9 |
| Vince Commisa | 30 | RG | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | Notre Dame | 9 | 8 |
| Max Culver | 7 | RH-FB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Oklahoma; Long Beach CC; San Jose State | 10 | 6 |
| Lou DePalo | 52 | LE | 6-0 | 220 | 29 | Villanova | 2 | 1 |
| Roy Diduk | 46 | RT | 6-2 | 216 | 25 | Temple | 8 | 2 |
| John Dzitko | 6 | QB | 5-9 | 193 | 25 | Villanova | 3 | 1 |
| Bill Erickson | 24 | RG-C | 5-10 | 212 | 28 | Georgetown (DC) | 9 | 1 |
| Art Faircloth | 18 | LH-RH | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | North Carolina State; Guilford | 10 | 7 |
| Charlie Fisher | 20 | B | 5-11 | 193 | 27 | Wisconsin | 4 | 0 |
| Bernie Fitzgerald | 42 | G | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | Baylor; St. Mary's (Texas); Texas | 1 | 0 |
| Leon Gajecki | 21 | C | 6-0 | 208 | 30 | Penn State | 8 | 4 |
| Rex John | 66 | LT | 6-2 | 220 | 29 | Wisconsin | 10 | 10 |
| Roger Kane | 48 | LT | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Iowa | 9 | 0 |
| Earl Lambert | 8 | FB | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Manhattan | 3 | 1 |
| Frank Lane | 34 | E | 6-2 | 205 | 21 | none | 7 | 0 |
| Hank Majlinger | 77 | T | 6-3 | 216 | 28 | New York University | 4 | 0 |
| Don McCafferty | 40 | LR | 6-4 | 220 | 26 | Ohio State | 10 | 3 |
| Bobby Morris | 14 | FB-RH | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Southern California | 8 | 7 |
| Frank Murray | 35 | RG | 5-9 | 209 | 24 | none | 1 | 1 |
| Marty O'Hagan | 14 | RE | 6-2 | 190 | 32 | Portland | 10 | 10 |
| Sam Ososki | 45 | B | 5-8 | 180 | 28 | Fordham | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Reynolds | 11 | FB-LH | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Auburn | 10 | 5 |
| Alex Schibanoff | 28 | RT | 6-1 | 218 | 28 | Franklin & Marshall | 10 | 8 |
| George Titus | 5 | C | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Holy Cross | 8 | 6 |
| Carl Tomasello | 22 | E | 6-1 | 215 | 30 | Scranton | 2 | 0 |
| John Treadway | 41 | T | 6-4 | 258 | 30 | Lon Morris JC; Hardin-Simmons | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Umont | 26 | G | 5-11 | 220 | 30 | none | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Weiss | 18 | LE | 6-2 | 198 | 26 | none | 10 | 6 |
| Bobby Worst | HB | 5-11 | 180 | 21 | North Carolina State | 5 | 0 | |
| John Zeger | 55 | LG | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | Washington | 10 | 10 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31 | 29 | 45 | 34 | 139 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 37 | 13 | 57 | 128 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty O'Hagan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Don McCafferty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Johnny Weiss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Rex John | 0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Alex Schibanoff | 0 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Ed Benson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dave Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Len Calligaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Max Culver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Art Faircloth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Frank Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jim Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 18 | 16 | 18 | 88.9 | 5 | 0 | 139 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 2 | 0 | 128 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Benson | 1 | ||||
| Art Faircloth | 1 | ||||
| Jim Reynolds | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Faircloth | 174 | 92 | 52.9 | 75 | 1122 | 6.4 | 12.2 | 8 | 4.6 | 7 | 4.0 | 71.6 | ||||
| Phil Ahwesh | 63 | 27 | 42.9 | 32 | 401 | 6.4 | 14.9 | 2 | 3.2 | 4 | 6.3 | 48.4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Culver | 20 | 323 | 16.2 | 1 | |
| Jim Reynolds | 18 | 170 | 9.4 | 0 | |
| Johnny Weiss | 15 | 290 | 19.3 | 3 | |
| Don McCafferty | 14 | 153 | 10.9 | 3 | |
| Len Calligaro | 14 | 146 | 10.4 | 0 | |
| Dave Brown | 1 | ||||
| Frank Lane | 1 | ||||
| Marty O'Hagan | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 10 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Benson | 1 | ||||
| Len Calligaro | 1 | ||||
| Marty O'Hagan | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Faircloth | 48 | 40.0 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Ahwesh | 13 | 155 | 11.9 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Morris | 8 | 92 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty O'Hagan | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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