1963 Westchester Crusaders (ACFL) |
| 4th place • Southern Division • 8-4-0 .667 |
| Head Coach: Frank Bertino |
| Leo Dragani | Assistant Coach |
| Herb Santoro | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1963 | A | Mohawk Valley Falcons | 33-6 | W | Herkimer, NY | Harmon Field | 3000 | |
| Sun | 8/25/1963 | A | Baltimore Broncos | 39-6 | W | Baltimore, MD | Westport Stadium | 2956 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1963 | H | Mohawk Valley Falcons | 33-14 | W | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Field | 8216 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | H | Springfield Acorns | 13-7 | W | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Field | 4816 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1963 | A | Portland Sea Hawks | 20-17 | W | Portland, ME | Portland High School Stadium | 7133 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1963 | H | Ansonia Black Knights | 33-35 | L | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Field | 3316 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1963 | H | Newark Bears | 0-12 | L | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Field | 6626 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1963 | A | Ansonia Black Knights | 20-34 | L | Ansonia, CT | Nolan Field | 2166 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1963 | H | Harrisburg Capitols | 20-24 | L | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Field | 2768 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1963 | A | Mohawk Valley Falcons | 7-6 | W | Herkimer, NY | Harmon Field | 2500 | |
| Fri | 10/25/1963 | A | Jersey Giants | 19-0 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 1080 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1963 | A | Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen | 34-14 | W | Munhall, PA | West Field | 3581 | |
| Sat | 11/9/1963 | H | Portland Sea Hawks | 20-5 | W | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Field | 6587 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Adinaro | 21 | FL | 5-8 | 170 | 24 | Hofstra | ||
| Bruno Amato | 35 | RB | 5-10 | 225 | 29 | Dayton | ||
| Tom Anthony | 33 | FB-HB | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Wisconsin | ||
| Ron Benizio | LB | 5-9 | 195 | 23 | Cortland State | |||
| Howie Cabbagestalk | 67 | DT | 6-7 | 280 | 26 | Voorhees | ||
| Walt Chattman | 89 | DT | 6-4 | 255 | 30 | Ventura JC | ||
| Joe Clapp | 19 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 19 | none | ||
| Willie Clark | 81 | OE | 6-1 | 180 | 20 | none | ||
| Ed Connaughton | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Montana State | ||||
| Sam Coppola | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 202 | 33 | Fordham | ||
| Bob D'Avanzo | 41 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | none | ||
| George Deenihan | 57 | C | 6-0 | 232 | 24 | none | ||
| Tony DeLuca | 89 | DT-DE | 6-2 | 255 | 27 | none | ||
| Wayne DeParto | 77 | DT | 6-0 | 235 | 24 | none | ||
| Dennis DeVico | 49 | LB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | McCook CC | ||
| Leo Dragani | 62 | OG | 6-0 | 200 | 34 | none | ||
| Bob Ferri | 78 | P | 5-11 | 210 | 36 | Syracuse | ||
| Ron Files | 48 | WR | 6-2 | 222 | 24 | Morgan State | ||
| Tom Fitzgerald | 10 | DB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Iona | ||
| Russ Frazier | 85 | DE-OE | 6-2 | 215 | Brown | |||
| Joe Galardi | 63 | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 22 | Penn State | ||
| Joe Galluzzo | 85 | TE | 6-0 | 215 | 22 | none | ||
| Dave Garvin | B | 6-0 | 215 | 22 | Colorado | |||
| Ralph Gill | G | |||||||
| Vince Guinta | 68 | C | 5-11 | 230 | 28 | Wyoming | ||
| Tom Hall | 83 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Boston College | ||
| Wilburn Hollis | 49 | DB-HB | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Iowa | ||
| Fred Hovasapian | 72 | OT | 6-3 | 250 | 29 | Columbia | ||
| Jake Innominato | 22 | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | McCook CC | ||
| Billy Johns | 30 | RB | 6-0 | 220 | Bluefield State | |||
| George Kelly | 78 | DE | 6-1 | 224 | 24 | Dayton | ||
| Vince Kovalsky | 35 | DE-LB | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | none | ||
| John Leonard | 64 | G | 5-10 | 230 | 24 | Kittrell JC | ||
| Bob Long | 20 | K-DB | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | none | 12 | |
| John Magliaro | 66 | OG-T | 6-0 | 235 | 23 | none | ||
| Bill Minnerly | 43 | OE | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Connecticut | ||
| Joe O'Brien | 71 | DE | 6-1 | 212 | 27 | Wyoming | ||
| Charlie Ohman | 88 | DE | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Connecticut | ||
| Mike Papio | 19 | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 20 | none | ||
| Dick Perri | 64 | OT-G | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Arizona; Wisconsin-Superior | ||
| Mike Petrello | WR | 5-11 | 196 | 26 | Maryland | |||
| John Puff | 15 | RB | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Eastern Illinois | ||
| Jack Purdy | 71 | OT | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | none | ||
| Frank Ranieri | 55 | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Miami | ||
| Jim Reese | 18 | QB | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | Fordham; Minnesota | ||
| Dan Riccio | 66 | T | 6-0 | 245 | 20 | none | ||
| Dave Rice | 22 | HB-FB | 6-2 | 180 | 23 | Ithaca | ||
| Bill Robinson | 46 | DB-off | 6-0 | 195 | 34 | Lincoln (Missouri) | ||
| Rich Ryan | 10 | RB | 5-10 | 195 | 28 | Syracuse | ||
| Bill Scribner | 86 | OE | 6-1 | 222 | 25 | Colorado | ||
| Lee Seager | OG | 1 | ||||||
| Bill Shawcin | T | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Norwich | |||
| Art Smith | 25 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Cortland State | ||
| Harvey Stewart | LB | 5-10 | 193 | 25 | North Carolina A&T State | |||
| Bill Strumke | 44 | HB | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Georgia | ||
| Joe Tighe | 79 | DE | 6-5 | 250 | 26 | Iona | ||
| Vince Ventre | 61 | G | 5-7 | 235 | 29 | none | ||
| Lou Williams | 46 | RB | 6-1 | 227 | 21 | Shaw | ||
| Paul Zimmerman | 63 | G | 6-2 | 230 | 31 | Stanford; Columbia | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 84 | 84 | 40 | 50 | 258 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 44 | 27 | 64 | 175 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Anthony | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Bill Strumke | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Bob Long | 1 | 25 | 3 | 9` | 33.3 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Bill Minnerly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Billy Johns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Wilburn Hollis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jim Reese | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bill Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Joe Adinaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Willie Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tony DeLuca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tom Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Russ Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dave Rice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| George Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 37 | 25 | 37 | 67.6 | 3 | 1 | 258 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 3 | 2 | 175 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Strumke | 156 | 815 | 5.2 | 7 | |
| Tom Anthony | 628 | 9 | |||
| Billy Johns | 2 | ||||
| Jim Reese | 2 | ||||
| Willie Clark | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 21 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Coppola | 128 | 62 | 48.4 | 56 | 835 | 6.5 | 13.5 | 12 | 9.4 | 10 | 7.8 | 65.7 | ||||
| Jim Reese | 108 | 41 | 38.0 | 58 | 626 | 5.8 | 15.3 | 1 | .9.0 | 9 | 8.3 | 26.2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Minnerly | 5 | ||||
| Wilburn Hollis | 2 | ||||
| Bill Robinson | 2 | ||||
| Joe Adinaro | 1 | ||||
| Russ Frazier | 1 | ||||
| Billy Johns | 1 | ||||
| Dave Rice | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 13 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Long | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Tony DeLuca | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Frazier | 21 | 35.2 | 50 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Long | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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