1948 Jersey City Giants (AFL) |
| 4th place • 5-5-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Ed Franco |
| Jimmy Blumenstock | Assistant Coach |
| Vince Commisa | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/15/1948 | A | Union City Rams | 17-7 | W | Union City, NJ | 5000 | ||
| Sun | 9/26/1948 | A | Wilkes-Barre Bullets | 7-14 | L | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Stadium | 4259 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1948 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 3-0 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 5536 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1948 | H | Paterson Panthers | 31-14 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1948 | H | Richmond Rebels | 14-15 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 7000 | |
| Wed | 10/20/1948 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 28-13 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 3000 | |
| Mon | 10/25/1948 | A | Paterson Panthers | 3-24 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1948 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 16-20 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 3600 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | A | Richmond Rebels | 28-20 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 14-46 | L | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | H | Wilkes-Barre Bullets | 10-2 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 3000 | |
| Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/28/1948 | A | Paterson Panthers | 7-30 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 6898 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ed Armstrong | QB | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 4 | HB | 5-10 | 190 | 30 | Fordham | 10 | 4 |
| Jim Carrington | G | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Fordham; Cornell; Navy | 3 | 2 | |
| George Clark | 7 | HB | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Duke | 8 | 4 |
| Vince Commisa | 30 | G | 5-9 | 190 | 27 | Notre Dame | 6 | 4 |
| Bob Ferri | 77 | FB | 5-11 | 210 | 21 | Syracuse | 9 | 7 |
| George Franck | 9 | HB | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | Minnesota | 8 | 6 |
| Leon Gajecki | 21 | C | 6-0 | 208 | 31 | Penn State | 5 | 0 |
| Elmore Harris | 18 | HB | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | Morgan State | 10 | 6 |
| Jim Harrison | 40 | G | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Cornell | 7 | 4 |
| Jim Hefti | 10 | HB | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | St. Lawrence | 10 | 2 |
| Ed Jordan | 2 | HB | 5-8 | 160 | 23 | Boston University | 7 | 0 |
| John Kuzman | 50 | T | 6-1 | 232 | 33 | Fordham | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Lane | 34 | E | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | none | 9 | 5 |
| Frank McIntyre | 6 | C | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Fordham | 2 | 2 |
| Dave Millman | 14 | FB | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | New York University | 10 | 1 |
| Elmer Oberto | 30 | G-T | 5-11 | 212 | 25 | Georgetown (DC) | 4 | 1 |
| Marty O'Hagan | 44 | E | 6-2 | 190 | 33 | Portland | 9 | 9 |
| Ben Raimondi | 33 | QB | 5-9 | 175 | 23 | William & Mary; Indiana | 6 | 0 |
| George Reiss | 46 | G | 5-11 | 212 | 25 | Fordham | 10 | 7 |
| Alex Schibanoff | 48 | T | 6-1 | 218 | 29 | Franklin & Marshall | 10 | 7 |
| John Schuman | 50 | T | 6-1 | 225 | 32 | Fordham | 8 | 1 |
| Ed Smith | 38 | T | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Cornell | 9 | 4 |
| George Titus | 5 | C | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Holy Cross | 10 | 8 |
| Billy Walker | QB | 6-0 | 220 | 28 | Virginia Military Institute | 1 | 1 | |
| Johnny Weiss | 45 | E | 6-2 | 198 | 27 | none | 10 | 6 |
| John Witkowski | 42 | E | 5-11 | 194 | 29 | Fordham | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Worst | 12 | QB | 5-10 | 198 | 29 | Manhattan; Bucknell | 8 | 8 |
| Joe Yackanich | 36 | T-G | 5-10 | 205 | 26 | Fordham | 10 | 9 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28 | 58 | 14 | 54 | 154 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 27 | 46 | 57 | 168 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 101 | 42 | 48 | 11 | 48 | 375 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 112 | 62 | 40 | 10 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmore Harris | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Alex Schibanoff | 0 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 0 | 34 |
| Johnny Weiss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| George Franck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Ferri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Lane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 20 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 0 | 154 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | 168 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmore Harris | 51 | 257 | 5.0 | 4 | |
| Bob Ferri | 60 | 200 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| George Clark | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 305 | 774 | 2.5 | 6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 371 | 1272 | 3.4 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Clark | 68 | 33 | 48.5 | 495 | 7.3 | 15.0 | 3 | 4.4 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 86 | 38 | 44.2 | 453 | 5.3 | 11.9 | 4 | 4.7 | ||||||||
| Ben Raimondi | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Dave Millman | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 220 | 98 | 44.5 | 103 | 1408 | 6.4 | 14.4 | 12 | 5.5 | 19 | 8.6 | 48.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 161 | 74 | 46.0 | 67 | 1171 | 7.3 | 15.8 | 8 | 5.0 | 20 | 12.4 | 47.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Weiss | 17 | 264 | 15.5 | 3 | |
| Elmore Harris | 15 | 260 | 17.3 | 3 | |
| Bob Ferri | 11 | 105 | 9.5 | 1 | |
| George Franck | 3 | ||||
| Ed Jordan | 1 | ||||
| Frank Lane | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 98 | 1408 | 14.4 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 74 | 1171 | 15.8 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Weiss | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 21 | 328 | 15.6 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 208 | 9.9 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Franck | 32 | 37.9 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 36 | 36.2 | ||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 25 | 224 | 9.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Lane | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 19 | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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