1963 Springfield Acorns (ACFL) |
| 1st place • Northern Division • 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Harry Leonardi |
| Chuck Patullo | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1963 | H | Tri-City Chargers | 48-0 | W | Springfield, MA | Pynchon Park | 3723 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1963 | H | Randolph Rams | 48-0 | W | Springfield, MA | Trade High School Field | 2126 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1963 | A | Newark Bears | 13-35 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 8893 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1963 | H | Boston Nu-Way Sweepers | 14-7 | W | Springfield, MA | Pynchon Park | 6112 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | A | Westchester Crusaders | 7-13 | L | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Field | 4816 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1963 | A | Providence Steam Roller | 28-9 | W | Providence, RI | City Stadium | 6360 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1963 | H | Portland Sea Hawks | 15-28 | L | Springfield, MA | Pynchon Park | 7343 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1963 | H | Ansonia Black Knights | 20-6 | W | Springfield, MA | Pynchon Park | 4304 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1963 | H | Providence Steam Roller | 20-23 | L | Springfield, MA | Pynchon Park | 5973 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1963 | H | Baltimore Broncos | 14-10 | W | Springfield, MA | Pynchon Park | 3216 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1963 | A | Harrisburg Capitols | 27-29 | L | Harrisburg, PA | Bishop McDevitt Field | 3491 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | A | Portland Sea Hawks | 46-2 | W | Portland, ME | Portland High School Stadium | 3108 | |
| Fri | 11/1/1963 | H | Boston Nu-Way Sweepers | 15-14 | W | Springfield, MA | Pynchon Park | 1208 | |
| Sat | 11/9/1963 | H | Mohawk Valley Falcons | 23-0 | W | Springfield, MA | Pynchon Park | 4570 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/24/1963 | H | Newark Bears | 6-23 | L | Springfield, MA | Pynchon Park | 8137 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/24/1963 | Newark Bears | Postponed from 11/23 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tony Ayre | 72 | LOT | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Springfield | ||
| Gordon Banks | 25 | DB | 6-1 | 198 | 24 | Fisk | ||
| Andy Baylock | 83 | DE-C | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | Central Connecticut State | ||
| Joe Bernard | 42/32 | RB | 5-6 | 175 | 21 | none | ||
| Jim Bruno | 23 | FL | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| Tom Calabrese | 31 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | Trinity (Connecticut) | ||
| Lowell Caylor | 12 | FL | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | Miami (Ohio) | ||
| Larry Coleman | OT | 5-11 | 245 | 22 | Indiana | |||
| Dick Deinski | 85 | OE | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | none | ||
| Sonny Dennis | 72 | DE-OE | 6-4 | 215 | 28 | Middlebury | ||
| Forest Farmer | 80 | TE-DE | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Purdue | ||
| Ed Forbush | 84 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Massachusetts | ||
| Bob Gaughan | 10 | QB | 5-11 | 182 | Michigan State | |||
| Dave Gearing | 52 | LB | 6-0 | 185 | 20 | none | ||
| Dick Glogowski | 81/64 | OG-OE | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Boston College; American International | ||
| Bill Grandstaff | 51 | C | 6-1 | 241 | 24 | none | ||
| Andy Griffin | 30 | FB-K | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | American International | ||
| Billy Griffin | 20 | DB-RB | 5-10 | 205 | 23 | none | ||
| Rich Griffin | 22 | HB-DB | 6-1 | 180 | 20 | none | ||
| Ed Guyer | 41 | FB | 5-9 | 185 | 19 | none | ||
| Bob Harrison | 43 | DB | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Ohio University | ||
| Bruce Heerema | 73 | LOT-DT | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Central (Iowa) | ||
| George Hogan | 72 | OT | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Texas A&M | ||
| Len Hood | 75 | LB | 6-1 | 240 | none | |||
| Tony Kelly | 25 | HB | 5-9 | 175 | none | |||
| George LaChappelle | 11/14 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Northeastern | ||
| John LaFontana | 74/75 | G | 6-1 | 265 | 28 | Massachusetts | ||
| Chuck Marshall | 81 | OE | 6-2 | 197 | 24 | Oregon State | ||
| Mel Meeks | 24 | HB | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | none | ||
| Charles Mitchell | 21 | FL-OE-DB | 5-11 | 170 | none | |||
| Jack Murdock | 76 | ROT-DT | 6-1 | 225 | 30 | Colorado | ||
| Bob Nielson | 31/65 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 21 | none | ||
| Steve O'Neil | 82 | OE | 5-11 | 165 | 22 | American International | ||
| Dick Osinski | 80/85 | DE | 5-11 | 183 | 26 | none | 13 | |
| Bob Patterson | 63 | G | 5-11 | 211 | none | |||
| Fred Quinn | 12/21 | DB-QB-HB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Northwestern | ||
| Don Robert | 62 | LOG-LB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | American International | 12 | |
| Al Rogers | 71 | DT | 6-5 | 260 | 20 | Florida A&M | ||
| Tom Russo | 61 | ROG | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Boston University | ||
| Steve Santori | 64 | DE | 5-11 | 180 | Springfield | |||
| Frank Scibelli | 85 | OE | 6-2 | 186 | none | |||
| Rich Soffen | 65 | DG | 5-9 | 205 | 28 | none | ||
| Butch Songin | 25/11 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 39 | Boston College | ||
| John Szumczyk | 31/32/42 | HB | 6-1 | 217 | 22 | Trinity (Connecticut) | ||
| Ken Thomas | 74 | DG | 6-5 | 292 | 22 | Grambling State | ||
| Jim Traficant | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 22 | Pittsburgh | ||
| Tom Trangone | 43/40 | DB | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | none | ||
| Randall Tyson | 63 | LB | 6-2 | 232 | 22 | Utah State | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 70 | 80 | 38 | 54 | 242 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 39 | 51 | 62 | 176 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Griffin | 8 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 0 | 88 | ||
| Rich Griffin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Lowell Caylor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Chuck Marshall | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Mel Meeks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Fred Quinn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Jim Traficant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Andy Baylock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| George LaChappelle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| John Szumczyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bruce Heerema | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Al Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 33 | 25 | 33 | 75.8 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 2 | 242 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 18 | 22 | 81.8 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 1 | 176 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Meeks | 86 | 523 | 6.1 | 2 | |
| Rich Griffin | 68 | 480 | 7.1 | 6 | |
| Andy Griffin | 97 | 479 | 4.9 | 8 | |
| Jim Traficant | 41 | 238 | 5.8 | 1 | |
| Jim Bruno | 31 | 155 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| John Szumczyk | 17 | 41 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Fred Quinn | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| Tom Calabrese | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Dick Glogowski | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Gordon Banks | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lowell Caylor | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Butch Songin | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| George LaChappelle | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 1 |
| Mel Meeks | 2 | ||||
| Jim Traficant | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 358 | 1950 | 5.4 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1459 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Traficant | 189 | 93 | 49.2 | 91 | 1248 | 6.6 | 13.4 | 11 | 5.8 | 5 | 2.6 | 79.0 | ||||
| Butch Songin | 43 | 17 | 39.5 | 26 | 174 | 4.0 | 10.2 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 59.6 | ||||
| George LaChappelle | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 10 | 104 | 5.5 | 14.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.5 | 16.0 | ||||
| Fred Quinn | 27 | 7 | 25.9 | 14 | 82 | 3.0 | 11.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 22.2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Marshall | 40 | 503 | 12.6 | 5 | |
| Lowell Caylor | 25 | 369 | 14.8 | 5 | |
| Andy Griffin | 13 | 205 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Bruno | 13 | 161 | 12.4 | 0 | |
| Forrest Farmer | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 1 | |
| Ed Forbush | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Rich Griffin | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Mel Meeks | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Dennis | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Steve O'Neil | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Dick Osinski | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| John Szumczyk | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 1 | |
| Dick Glogowski | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Gordon Banks | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Fred Quinn | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12412 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 14711 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Quinn | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 1 | |
| Bob Harrison | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Nielson | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Andy Baylock | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| Randy Tyson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Rich Griffin | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Tom Trangone | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Jay Calabrese | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Andy Griffin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Roberts | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gordon Banks | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Santori | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Forbush | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22333 | 15.1 | 2 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 17321 | 18.9 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Murdock | 42 | 35.1 | 56 | |||||||
| Lowell Caylor | 9 | 36.2 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 1796 | 35.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Griffin | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Harrison | 20 | 311 | 15.6 | 0 | ||
| Rich Griffin | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| Tom Trangone | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Chuck Marshall | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 453 | 13.7 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Harrison | 9 | 193 | 21.4 | 0 | ||
| Rich Griffin | 6 | 137 | 22.8 | 0 | ||
| Andy Griffin | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 0 | ||
| John Szumczyk | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bruno | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | ||
| Steve O'Neil | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Glogowski | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Osinski | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | ||
| Mel Meeks | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Randy Tyson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 768 | 19.2 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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