1962 Wheeling Ironmen (UFL) |
1st place • Eastern Division • 8-4-0 .667 |
Head Coach: Tom Keane |
Johnny Popovich | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/18/1962 | H | Cleveland Bulldogs | 32-20 | W | Bellaire, OH | |||
Sat | 8/25/1962 | H | Columbus Capitols | 13-7 | W | Martins Ferry, OH | Martins Ferry Stadium | 10000 | |
Sun | 9/9/1962 | A | Cleveland Bulldogs | 24-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cloverleaf Speedway | 4124 | |
Sun | 9/16/1962 | H | Chicago Bulls | 41-3 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Stadium | 6477 | |
Sun | 9/23/1962 | A | Louisville Raiders | 13-14 | L | Louisville, KY | Fairgrounds Stadium | 4159 | |
Sun | 9/30/1962 | H | Toledo Tornadoes | 30-21 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Stadium | 6446 | |
Sun | 10/7/1962 | A | Grand Rapids Blazers | 14-21 | L | Grand Rapids, MI | South Field | 5860 | |
Sun | 10/14/1962 | H | Grand Rapids Blazers | 7-24 | L | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Stadium | 7753 | |
Sat | 10/20/1962 | A | Toledo Tornadoes | 16-20 | L | Toledo, OH | Waite Stadium | 2246 | |
Sat | 10/27/1962 | A | Indianapolis Warriors | 28-21 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Victory Field | 5224 | |
Sun | 11/4/1962 | H | Indianapolis Warriors | 35-19 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Stadium | 5593 | |
Sun | 11/11/1962 | H | Columbus Capitols | 35-0 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Stadium | 7442 | |
Sat | 11/17/1962 | H | Columbus Capitols | 33-7 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Stadium | 4822 | |
Thu | 11/22/1962 | H | Cleveland Bulldogs | 29-6 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Stadium | 4872 | |
League Championship | |||||||||
Sun | 12/2/1962 | H | Grand Rapids Blazers | 31-21 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Stadium | 8374 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Bill Barber | 82 | TE | 6-3 | 209 | 26 | Florida A&M | ||
John Barish | 72 | RDE-ROT | 6-2 | 258 | 29 | Waynesburg | ||
Ed Beard | 65 | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Tennessee | ||
Frank Bernadowski | 81 | LS | 6-1 | 187 | 21 | California (Pennsylvania) | ||
Tom Bland | 40 | FL-SE | 5-11 | 170 | 22 | Oklahoma; West Liberty | ||
John Bosley | 50 | LLB-C | 5-10 | 220 | 22 | West Virginia | ||
Bob Burgh | 30 | FB | 5-11 | 226 | 22 | Wyoming | ||
Bobby Burns | 82 | TE-FL | 6-1 | 206 | 23 | Arizona State; California (Pennsylvania) | ||
Carmen Cavalli | 78 | OT-RDT | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Richmond | ||
Phil Clifford | 45 | FL | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | California (Pennsylvania) | ||
Andy Cook | 66 | OG | 6-0 | 219 | 22 | Oregon Tech | ||
Carl Crawley | 75 | LDT-K | 6-1 | 240 | 22 | Dayton; California (Pennsylvania) | ||
Delmas Curnutte | 62 | ROG | 5-10 | 220 | 29 | Kentucky | ||
Dennis Davis | 64 | ROT | 5-11 | 235 | 31 | Xavier (Ohio) | ||
George Demko | 77 | LDE | 6-3 | 240 | 27 | Appalachian State | ||
Chuck Fobbs | 85 | DB | 6-3 | 189 | 23 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | ||
Freddie Ford | 29 | OHB | 5-7 | 182 | 24 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | ||
George Hale | 26 | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 22 | Ohio State | ||
Elmo Hodge | 31 | FB | 5-11 | 218 | 23 | Shepherd | ||
Bob Hogue | DT | 6-5 | 310 | 26 | Marietta; Shepherd | |||
Bural Holmes | 76 | LOT | 6-4 | 230 | 22 | West Liberty | ||
Bobby Lee Hultz | 87 | SE | 6-4 | 210 | 22 | Pepperdine | ||
Perry Jeter | 27 | FL | 5-7 | 178 | 31 | San Bernardino Valley JC; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | ||
Tom Kennedy | 7 | QB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Glendale CC; Los Angeles State | ||
Fred Lauter | 55 | C | 6-0 | 224 | 23 | Indiana | ||
John Lawrence | 61 | LOG-K | 5-11 | 230 | 26 | North Carolina State | ||
Larry Lindsey | 28 | P-DB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Houston | ||
Howard Linn | 67 | LOG | 6-1 | 230 | 28 | Pittsburgh | ||
Nick Maravich | 73 | LOT-K | 6-4 | 235 | 23 | Notre Dame; North Carolina State | ||
Jim Massarelli | 84 | SE-RLB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Ohio University | ||
Bob McCreary | 79 | LOT | 6-5 | 256 | 23 | Wake Forest | ||
Dan McGrew | 54 | C | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Purdue | ||
Dick McKenna | 47 | LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | none | ||
Paul Moore | 22 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Youngstown State | ||
Jack Nichols | 33 | FB | 6-2 | 233 | 21 | Tennessee | ||
Bill Olsavsky | 41 | TE-DE | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Indiana | ||
Jim Patterson | 74 | DE | 6-4 | 261 | 25 | Northwest Wyoming CC; Western Nebraska CC | ||
Dennis Penza | 36 | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | St. Norbert | ||
Ray Sine | 46 | DB | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | Central Michigan | ||
Don Soberdash | 34 | RCB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Maryland; Georgia | ||
Bob Stark | 60 | MLB | 5-11 | 235 | 25 | Pittsburgh | ||
Jack Thayer | 15 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | West Virginia | ||
Bob Timmerman | 88/83 | TE | 6-3 | 198 | 23 | West Virginia | ||
Ivan Toncic | 7 | QB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Pittsburgh |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 63 | 111 | 45 | 86 | 305 |
Opponents Totals | 38 | 48 | 31 | 60 | 177 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Bland | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||
Elmo Hodge | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||
Freddie Ford | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||
Carl Crawley | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | |||||
Bill Barber | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
Ivan Toncic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
Larry Lindsey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
Bobby Lee Hultz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
Nick Maravich | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |||||
Jim Massarelli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
Bob Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Perry Jeter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Ray Sine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Bob Timmerman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
John Lawrence | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Team Totals | 43 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 305 | |||||
Opponents Totals | 24 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 177 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Ford | 99 | 534 | 5.4 | 58 | 4 |
Elmo Hodge | 136 | 486 | 3.6 | 31 | 8 |
Perry Jeter | 66 | 218 | 3.3 | 1 | |
Ivan Toncic | 33 | 99 | 3.0 | 4 | |
Jack Nichols | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 0 | |
Bob Burgh | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 0 | |
Larry Lindsey | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
Tom Kennedy | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | |
Bill Olsavsky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Thayer | 5 | -14 | -2.8 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 17 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 7 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ivan Toncic | 265 | 113 | 42.6 | 141 | 1848 | 7.0 | 16.4 | 19 | 7.2 | 11 | 4.2 | 73.3 | ||||
Jack Thayer | 54 | 21 | 38.9 | 30 | 356 | 6.6 | 17.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 3 | 5.6 | 45.0 | ||||
Tom Kennedy | 48 | 28 | 58.3 | 18 | 298 | 6.2 | 10.6 | 3 | 6.3 | 2 | 4.2 | 80.0 | ||||
Freddie Ford | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 100 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | ||||
Larry Lindsey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
Team Totals | 23 | |||||||||||||||
Opponents Totals | 17 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Bland | 43 | 989 | 23.0 | 9 | |
Freddie Ford | 29 | 365 | 12.6 | 3 | |
Bill Barber | 25 | 378 | 15.1 | 4 | |
Bob Timmerman | 20 | 148 | 7.4 | 1 | |
Bill Olsavsky | 12 | 142 | 11.8 | 0 | |
Perry Jeter | 12 | 105 | 8.8 | 0 | |
Bobby Lee Hultz | 11 | 146 | 13.3 | 2 | |
Larry Lindsey | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 3 | |
Elmo Hodge | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | |
Jim Massarelli | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
Bobby Burns | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
Team Totals | 23 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 17 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Soberdash | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | |
Ray Sine | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | |
Dick McKenna | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
Frank Bernadowski | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
George Hale | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
Bob Stark | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
Larry Lindsey | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
Jim Massarelli | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
John Bosley | 1 | ||||
Chuck Fobbs | 1 | ||||
Fred Lauter | 1 | ||||
Paul Moore | 1 | ||||
Bill Olsavsky | 1 | ||||
Dennis Penza | 1 | ||||
Team Totals | 1 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Lindsey | 51 | 2057 | 40.3 | 67 | ||||||
Team Totals | ||||||||||
Opponents Totals |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Ford | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 0 | |||||
Opponents Totals | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Ford | 8 | 217 | 27.1 | 0 | ||
Ray Sine | 1 | |||||
Team Totals | 1 | |||||
Opponents Totals | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Crawley | 1 | ||||||
Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
Opponents Totals | 0 |
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