1949 Richmond Rebels (AFL) |
| 1st place • 8-1-1 .889 |
| Head Coach: Keith Molesworth |
| Frank Walton | Line |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sat | 9/3/1949 | H | Atlantic City Reds | 32 | 0 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 8000 | |
| Wed | 9/7/1949 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 28 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 9000 | |
| Tue | 9/13/1949 | H | Hawaiian Warriors | 21 | 20 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 9500 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1949 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 38 | 0 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 7500 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1949 | A | Wilkes-Barre Bullets | 28 | 30 | L | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Field | 4500 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1949 | A | Jersey City Giants | 14 | 10 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 3550 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1949 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 34 | 0 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | A | Paterson Panthers | 17 | 17 | T | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | H | Wilkes-Barre Bullets | 28 | 7 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1949 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 20 | 7 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 1500 | |
| Wed | 11/2/1949 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 28 | 14 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 5500 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | H | Paterson Panthers | 24 | 7 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 14777 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | H | Jersey City Giants | 54 | 7 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 7500 | |
| Playoff | ||||||||||
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 66 | 0 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 5000 | |
| League Championship | ||||||||||
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | H | Paterson Panthers | 35 | 14 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 8632 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Paul Adams | 45 | G-T | 6-0 | 208 | 30 | Morehead State | 10 | 3 |
| Steve Bagarus | HB | 5-11 | 173 | 30 | Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | |
| Lynn Chewning | 38 | HB-FB | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Virginia Military Institute; Navy; Hampden-Sydney | 8 | 3 |
| Fred Cooper | 35 | FB-HB | 5-10 | 190 | 30 | Virginia Union | 10 | 6 |
| Joe Corn | 30 | HB-QB-FB | 5-6 | 168 | 26 | none | 10 | 8 |
| Al Drulis | 44 | FB | 5-10 | 193 | 28 | Temple | 9 | 0 |
| Chet Fritz | 53 | T | 6-3 | 220 | 28 | Missouri | 10 | 7 |
| Byron Gillory | 40 | HB-FB | 5-8 | 155 | 22 | Texas | 9 | 3 |
| Al Helslander | 52 | T | 6-3 | 220 | 32 | Illinois; William & Mary | 10 | 2 |
| Bill Hornick | 50 | T | 6-1 | 207 | 30 | Tulane | 10 | 9 |
| Clarence Howell | 37 | E | 6-1 | 188 | 23 | Texas A&M | 7 | 7 |
| Grover Jones | 33 | HB | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | St. Vincent; Pennsylvania; Virginia | 7 | 4 |
| Frank Laurinaitis | 54 | G | 5-10 | 200 | 29 | Richmond | 10 | 6 |
| John Leon | 42 | G | 6-3 | 220 | 21 | Kentucky | 10 | 1 |
| Lavern Lewis | 38 | G | 6-2 | 218 | 22 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 1 |
| Denver Mills | 51 | E | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | William & Mary | 10 | 9 |
| Bob Mirth | 48 | G | 5-11 | 212 | 26 | Muhlenberg | 10 | 10 |
| Bob Nelson | 32 | E | 6-1 | 196 | 23 | Washington | 9 | 3 |
| Mike Phillips | 39 | C | 6-0 | 208 | 28 | McDaniel | 9 | 2 |
| Ben Raimondi | 31 | QB-FB-HB | 5-9 | 175 | 24 | William & Mary; Indiana | 10 | 7 |
| Paul Rickards | 43 | QB-HB | 6-1 | 193 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 5 |
| Mike Rubish | 46 | E | 6-2 | 212 | 25 | North Carolina | 10 | 1 |
| Ed Sexton | 41 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | none | 1 | 0 |
| Al Sparkman | 59 | T | 6-6 | 260 | 23 | Texas A&M; Louisville | 7 | 1 |
| George Teufel | 41 | HB-FB | 5-11 | 185 | 21 | Lock Haven | 9 | 2 |
| Jack Wilbourne | FB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Richmond | 2 | 1 | |
| Joel Williams | 49 | C | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Louisiana-Lafayette; Texas | 10 | 2 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 57 | 100 | 59 | 69 | 285 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 35 | 27 | 9 | 99 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cooper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||
| Mike Rubish | 0 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 0 | 45 | ||
| Denver Mills | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Lynn Chewning | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Joe Corn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Byron Gillory | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Bob Nelson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Grover Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Al Drulis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ben Raimondi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| George Teufel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 40 | 36 | 40 | 90.0 | 3 | 0 | 285 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 3 | 0 | 99 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cooper | 95 | 665 | 7.0 | 8 | |
| Byron Gillory | 51 | 305 | 6.0 | 3 | |
| Joe Corn | 49 | 266 | 5.4 | 2 | |
| Grover Jones | 37 | 184 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chewning | 2 | ||||
| Al Drulis | 1 | ||||
| Ben Raimondi | 1 | ||||
| George Teufel | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 18 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Rickards | 156 | 67 | 42.9 | 80 | 1292 | 8.3 | 19.3 | 14 | 9.0 | 9 | 5.8 | 78.3 | ||||
| Ben Raimondi | 70 | 37 | 52.9 | 27 | 448 | 6.4 | 12.1 | 5 | 7.1 | 6 | 8.6 | 60.9 | ||||
| Clarence Howell | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Mills | 20 | 470 | 23.5 | 7 | |
| Byron Gillory | 16 | 347 | 21.7 | 2 | |
| Joe Corn | 16 | 147 | 9.2 | 3 | |
| Clarence Howell | 15 | 209 | 13.9 | 0 | |
| Bob Nelson | 3 | ||||
| Lynn Chewning | 2 | ||||
| Grover Jones | 2 | ||||
| Fred Cooper | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 20 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Chewning | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Chewning | 23 | 37.5 | ||||||||
| Fred Cooper | 23 | 36.7 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Corn | 17 | 282 | 16.6 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cooper | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Chewning | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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