1963 Springfield Acorns (ACFL) Scores, Roster, Stats, Coaches

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			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	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	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

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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					12
Opponents Totals					11

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jack Murdock	42		35.1	56
Lowell Caylor	9		36.2
Team Totals
Opponents Totals	51	1796	35.2

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	333	15.1			2
Opponents Totals	321	18.9			1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bob Harrison	9	193	21.4
Rich Griffin	6	137	22.8
Andy Griffin	6	130	21.7
John Szumczyk	3	65	21.7
Jim Bruno	3	62	20.7
Steve O'Neil	3	45	15.0
Dick Glogowski	2	56	28.0
Dick Osinski	2	33	16.5
Mel Meeks	1	32	32.0	32
Randy Tyson	1	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	40	768	19.2
Opponents Totals