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1948 Hamilton Wildcats (IRFU)

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Head Coach: Frank Gnup

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/28/1948	H	Windsor Rockets	36-3	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	1500
Sat	9/4/1948	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	5-30	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	11000
Mon	9/6/1948	H	Toronto Argonauts	7-14	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	12000
Sat	9/11/1948	A	Toronto Argonauts	13-25	L		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	12000
Wed	9/15/1948	H	Montreal Alouettes	13-12	W		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	12000
Tue	9/28/1948	A	Montreal Alouettes	6-36	L		Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	9000
Sat	10/2/1948	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	6-26	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	7000
Sat	10/9/1948	A	Toronto Argonauts	7-9	L		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	12000
Mon	10/11/1948	H	Toronto Argonauts	8-8	T		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	4500
Sun	10/17/1948	A	Montreal Alouettes	1-19	L		Montreal, QC	Delorimier Downs	4500
Sat	10/23/1948	H	Ottawa Rough Riders	8-17	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	4000
Sat	10/30/1948	A	Ottawa Rough Riders	5-18	L		Ottawa, ON	Lansdowne Park	8704
Sat	11/6/1948	H	Montreal Alouettes	9-26	L		Hamilton, ON	Civic Stadium	4000

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Jack Beatty		G	6-1	210	21		3	0
Reg Bovaird	11	T	6-1	230	29		8	1
Jim Brady	30	E			22	Santa Rosa JC; Buffalo	12	9
Art Cousins	19	G-T	5-9	200	30		12	12
Bill Damiano	29	E	6-0	204	23	Niagara	12	10
Bud Donald	18	T	6-0	200	31		11	5
Benny Dyack	22	HB	5-11	185	28		10	6
Fred Gabriel	23	C	5-11	215	28	Niagara	9	6
Walt Gibb	35	HB					2	0
Al Gierusczak	26		5-8	170	24		2	0
Frank Gnup	24	QB-HB	5-10	180	31	Manhattan	6	5
Elton Hemingway	8	E	5-8	160	23	Queen's	10	0
Ross Hemingway	14	E	5-9	185	23		3	1
George Kopulos	32	HB				none	6	0
Ralph Larue	29/7	FW	5-11	195	26		8	0
Gord Lawson	20	E	6-0	195	24	McMaster; Toronto	12	4
Mel Lawson	6	QB-HB	6-0	195	25	Toronto	12	6
Doug MacLennan	16				24		9	0
Norm Marrato	2	FW-HB	6-0	185	19	none	7	2
Rip Martin	10	C	6-0	190	29		12	6
Bob McKay	27	QB	5-11	190	25		7	3
Norm Millen	25	HB			25		2	1
Gord Miller	5	HB				none	10	8
Frank Moroz	12	QB	5-11	168	25		12	1
Bill Murmylyk	28	FW	6-0	200	31	none	10	10
Frank O'Hara	21	T-G	5-11	200	24		11	0
Jim Oldenburg	34	HB	6-2	225		Canisius	12	3
Ed Olszewski	2	G	5-10	195	27	Michigan State; Niagara	12	12
Ed Otto	1	T					5	1
Vic Otto	26	T					6	5
Jim Paar	31	HB					7	2
Paul Peterson	37	FW-HB	5-8	180	27		12	5
Don Sinclair	17	T	5-10	230	25		10	9
Jackie Stewart	7	HB	5-9	169	23		4	0
Don Toms	3	HB	5-11	197	24		11	8
Earl Valiquette	9	T-G	5-11	205	27	none	12	12
Reg Wheeler	4	T		165	30		6	0

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	14	45	15	14	88
Opponents Totals	21	70	49	99	240

TEAM STATS	TOP	First Downs	Rush	Pass	Pen	2nd Down Efficiency	3rd Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	S	SAF	PTS
Bill Murmylyk	0	8			-	-	-	2			4	0	18
Benny Dyack	3	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	15
Gordon Miller	2	0			-	-	-	0			1	0	11
Jim Oldenburg	1	0			-	-	-	2			0	0	11
Don Toms	2	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	10
Bill Damiano	1	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Frank Gnup	1	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Paul Peterson	1	0			-	-	-	0			0	0	5
Ralph Larue	0	0			-	-	-	0			4	0	4
Art Cousins	0	0			-	-	-	0			0	1	2
Jim Paar	0	0			-	-	-	0			1	0	1
Jackie Stewart	0	0			-	-	-	0			1	0	1
Team Totals	11	8	11	72.7	4			11	1	88
Opponents Totals	36	29	36	80.6	3			14	4	240

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Benny Dyack					2
Gordon Miller					2
Bill Damiano					1
Frank Gnup					1
Jim Oldenburg					1
Paul Peterson					1
Don Toms					1
Team Totals					9
Opponents Totals

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Frank Gnup									1
Mel Lawson									1
Team Totals									2
Opponents Totals

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Benny Dyack					1
Don Toms					1
Team Totals					2
Opponents Totals

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals

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