1950 Erie Vets (AFL) |
| 2nd place • 5-3-0 .556 |
| Head Coach: Joe Zuravleff |
| Frank Liebel | Assistant Coach |
| Ed Thomas | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 9/1/1950 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-44 | L | Erie, PA | Erie Stadium | 7878 | |
| Thu | 9/14/1950 | H | Atlantic City Reds | 44-7 | W | Erie, PA | Erie Stadium | 715 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1950 | H | Brooklyn Brooks | 35-0 | W | Erie, PA | Erie Stadium | 2018 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1950 | A | Paterson Panthers | 22-14 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 3300 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1950 | H | Richmond Rebels | 42-27 | W | Erie, PA | Erie Stadium | 4923 | |
| Wed | 10/18/1950 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | - | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/22/1950 | H | Paterson Panthers | 0-31 | L | Erie, PA | Erie Stadium | 3081 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1950 | A | Jersey City Giants | 16-7 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 5500 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1950 | A | Richmond Rebels | 6-28 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 4100 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1950 | H | Jersey City Giants | 26-0 | W | Erie, PA | Erie Stadium | 659 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1950 | A | Richmond Rebels | 7-35 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 4105 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/18/1950 | Bethlehem Bulldogs | Canceled |
| 12/3/1950 | Richmond Rebels | Postponed from 11/26 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jimmy Clark | 28 | RH-C | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Ohio State | 8 | 3 |
| Spiro Dellerba | LH-RH-QB | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | Ohio State | 7 | 6 | |
| Len Ekimoff | 45 | C | 5-11 | 210 | 22 | South Carolina | 8 | 8 |
| Carl Elliott | 44 | RE-LE | 6-4 | 220 | 23 | Temple; Virginia | 8 | 5 |
| Franklin Ellis | 47 | RE | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Denver | 8 | 5 |
| Lou Ferry | LT | 6-2 | 244 | 23 | Villanova | 4 | 0 | |
| Stan Flowers | 51 | RE-LE | 6-2 | 197 | 29 | Redlands | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Fortunato | 32 | RG | 5-10 | 205 | 23 | Alabama | 7 | 2 |
| Mike Graham | 24 | FB-RH | 6-0 | 198 | 27 | Cincinnati | 8 | 8 |
| Forrest Hall | 21 | HB | 5-8 | 155 | 29 | Duquesne; San Francisco | 1 | 0 |
| Jesse Hammerman | 29 | RT | 27 | none | 8 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Hazely | 20 | RH-LH | 5-7 | 170 | 23 | Wayne State (Michigan) | 5 | 4 |
| Jim Long | 27 | FB-LH-RH-QB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | none | 8 | 4 |
| Eddie Mittlesteadt | LH-RH | 5-9 | 195 | 27 | Buffalo | 3 | 0 | |
| Jerry Morrical | 22 | LT | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Indiana | 8 | 6 |
| Paul Mortellaro | 31 | LT-RT | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Florida | 3 | 2 |
| Tom O'Malley | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Cincinnati | 7 | 4 | |
| Bob Orlando | 23 | LG | 5-7 | 185 | 28 | Colgate | 8 | 4 |
| Dom Papaleo | 50 | RG-LG | 5-11 | 240 | 25 | Boston College | 8 | 5 |
| Vic Pepper | 35 | QB | 23 | Pittsburgh; Geneva | 1 | 0 | ||
| Butch Songin | 33 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Boston College | 6 | 2 |
| Jim Thomas | 25 | RG-LG | 5-7 | 235 | 26 | Central State (Ohio); Ohio State | 7 | 1 |
| LeRoy Vogts | 37 | LG-LT-RT-RG | 6-0 | 212 | 24 | Washington-St. Louis | 7 | 5 |
| Jack Woodland | 42 | FB-LH-RG | 5-10 | 205 | 24 | Bowling Green State | 8 | 2 |
| Joe Zuravleff | 41 | LE | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Northwestern | 7 | 6 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 35 | 60 | 43 | 16 | 154 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 20 | 42 | 59 | 142 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Graham | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Joe Zuravleff | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Bob Orlando | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Jimmy Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Johnny Hazely | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jack Woodland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Len Ekimoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 22 | 16 | 22 | 72.7 | 2 | 0 | 154 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 1 | 0 | 142 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Graham | 7 | ||||
| Johnny Hazely | 2 | ||||
| Jack Woodland | 2 | ||||
| Jimmy Clark | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Songin | 88 | 39 | 44.3 | 39 | 610 | 6.9 | 15.6 | 8 | 9.1 | 10 | 11.4 | 58.6 | ||||
| Tom O'Malley | 63 | 22 | 34.9 | 35 | 405 | 6.4 | 18.4 | 1 | 1.6 | 6 | 9.5 | 23.7 | ||||
| Team Totals | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Zuravleff | 7 | ||||
| Jimmy Clark | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Ekimoff | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
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