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1962 Wheeling Ironmen (UFL)

1st place • Eastern Division • 8-4-0 .667
1962 UFL • Next Season
Roster Key • Stat Key
Head Coach: Tom Keane
Johnny PopovichAssistant Coach
SCORES
DayDateOpponentResultLocationVenueAttendance
Sat8/18/1962HCleveland Bulldogs32-20WBellaire, OH
Sat8/25/1962HColumbus Capitols13-7WMartins Ferry, OHMartins Ferry Stadium10000
Sun9/9/1962ACleveland Bulldogs24-21WCleveland, OHCloverleaf Speedway4124
Sun9/16/1962HChicago Bulls41-3WWheeling, WVWheeling Stadium6477
Sun9/23/1962ALouisville Raiders13-14LLouisville, KYFairgrounds Stadium4159
Sun9/30/1962HToledo Tornadoes30-21WWheeling, WVWheeling Stadium6446
Sun10/7/1962AGrand Rapids Blazers14-21LGrand Rapids, MISouth Field5860
Sun10/14/1962HGrand Rapids Blazers7-24LWheeling, WVWheeling Stadium7753
Sat10/20/1962AToledo Tornadoes16-20LToledo, OHWaite Stadium2246
Sat10/27/1962AIndianapolis Warriors28-21WIndianapolis, INVictory Field5224
Sun11/4/1962HIndianapolis Warriors35-19WWheeling, WVWheeling Stadium5593
Sun11/11/1962HColumbus Capitols35-0WWheeling, WVWheeling Stadium7442
Sat11/17/1962HColumbus Capitols33-7WWheeling, WVWheeling Stadium4822
Thu11/22/1962HCleveland Bulldogs29-6WWheeling, WVWheeling Stadium4872
League Championship
Sun12/2/1962HGrand Rapids Blazers31-21WWheeling, WVWheeling Stadium8374
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
ROSTER
PlayerNoPosHtWtAgeCollegeGPGS
Bill Barber82TE6-320926Florida A&M
John Barish72RDE-ROT6-225829Waynesburg
Ed Beard65LB6-222523Tennessee
Frank Bernadowski81LS6-118721California (Pennsylvania)
Tom Bland40FL-SE5-1117022West Liberty
John Bosley50LLB-C5-1022022West Virginia
Bob Burgh30FB5-1122622Wyoming
Bobby Burns82TE-FL6-120623Arizona State; California (Pennsylvania)
Carmen Cavalli78OT-RDT6-424525Richmond
Phil Clifford45FL6-021026California (Pennsylvania)
Andy Cook66OG6-021922Oregon Tech
Carl Crawley75LDT-K6-124022Dayton; California (Pennsylvania)
Delmas Curnutte62ROG5-1022029Kentucky
Dennis Davis64ROT5-1123531Xavier (Ohio)
George Demko77LDE6-324027Appalachian State
Chuck Fobbs85DB6-318923Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Freddie Ford29OHB5-718224Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
George Hale26RS6-018822Ohio State
Elmo Hodge31FB5-1121823Shepherd
Bob HogueDT6-531026Marietta; Shepherd
Bural Holmes76LOT6-423022West Liberty
Bobby Lee Hultz87SE6-421022Pepperdine
Perry Jeter27FL5-717831San Bernardino Valley JC; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
Tom Kennedy7QB6-120024Glendale CC; Los Angeles State
Fred Lauter55C6-022423Indiana
John Lawrence61LOG-K5-1123026North Carolina State
Larry Lindsey28P-DB6-119523Houston
Howard Linn67LOG6-123028Pittsburgh
Nick Maravich73LOT-K6-423523Notre Dame; North Carolina State
Jim Massarelli84SE-RLB6-121024Ohio University
Bob McCreary79LOT6-525623Wake Forest
Dan McGrew54C6-225025Purdue
Dick McKenna47LCB6-019023none
Paul Moore22DB5-1018026Youngstown State
Jack Nichols33FB6-223321Tennessee
Bill Olsavsky41TE-DE6-021023Indiana
Jim Patterson74DE6-426125Northwest Wyoming CC; Western Nebraska CC
Dennis Penza36DB5-1018525St. Norbert
Ray Sine46DB5-1017026Central Michigan
Don Soberdash34RCB6-019525Maryland; Georgia
Bob Stark60MLB5-1123525Pittsburgh
Jack Thayer15QB6-321024West Virginia
Bob Timmerman88/83TE6-319823West Virginia
Ivan Toncic7QB5-1119024Pittsburgh
SCORING BY QUARTERS1st2nd3rd4thPTS
Team Totals631114586305
Opponents Totals38483160177
SCORINGTDX1X1APCTX2X2AFGFGAPCTSAFPTS
Tom Bland9000054
Elmo Hodge8010048
Freddie Ford6000036
Carl Crawley12003035
Bill Barber4000024
Ivan Toncic4000024
Larry Lindsey3000018
Bobby Lee Hultz2000012
Nick Maravich0901012
Jim Massarelli101008
Bob Burns100006
Perry Jeter100006
Ray Sine100006
Bob Timmerman100006
John Lawrence020002
Team Totals4331240305
Opponents Totals2420140177
RUSHINGATTYDSAVGLGTD
Freddie Ford995345.4584
Elmo Hodge1364863.6318
Perry Jeter662183.31
Ivan Toncic33993.04
Jack Nichols13584.50
Bob Burgh8324.00
Larry Lindsey22110.50
Tom Kennedy571.40
Bill Olsavsky100.000
Jack Thayer5-14-2.80
Team Totals17
Opponents Totals7
PASSINGATTCOMPCTINCYDSY/ATTY/COMLGTDTD%INTINT%TSYLNYPRTG
Ivan Toncic26511342.614118487.016.4197.2114.273.3
Jack Thayer542138.9303566.617.011.935.645.0
Tom Kennedy482858.3182986.210.636.324.280.0
Freddie Ford5480.0110020.025.000.000.0118.8
Larry Lindsey100.0100.000.000.039.6
Team Totals23
Opponents Totals17
RECEIVINGRECYDSAVGLGTD
Tom Bland4398923.09
Freddie Ford2936512.63
Bill Barber2537815.14
Bob Timmerman201487.41
Bill Olsavsky1214211.80
Perry Jeter121058.80
Bobby Lee Hultz1114613.32
Larry Lindsey710014.33
Elmo Hodge47418.50
Jim Massarelli44411.00
Bobby Burns11313.013t1
Team Totals23
Opponents Totals17
INTERCEPTIONSINTYDSAVGLGTD
Don Soberdash37324.30
Ray Sine24924.50
Dick McKenna23015.00
Frank Bernadowski22211.00
George Hale2189.00
Bob Stark2115.50
Larry Lindsey284.00
Jim Massarelli144.041
John Bosley1
Chuck Fobbs1
Fred Lauter1
Paul Moore1
Bill Olsavsky1
Dennis Penza1
Team Totals1
Opponents Totals0
PUNTINGNOYDSAVGLGBLTBI20RYDSNYDSNET
Larry Lindsey51205740.367
Team Totals
Opponents Totals
PUNT RETURNSNOFCYDSAVGLGTD
Freddie Ford47117.80
Team Totals0
Opponents Totals0
KICKOFF RETURNSNOFCYDSAVGLGTD
Freddie Ford821727.10
Ray Sine1
Team Totals1
Opponents Totals0
FUMBLESNOLOSTOWNOPPRECYDSTD
Carl Crawley1
Team Totals1
Opponents Totals0
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