1963 Wheeling Ironmen (UFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Division 12-1-0 .923 |
| Head Coach: Tom Keane |
| Lou Blumling | Assistant Coach |
| Dom Cara | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/17/1963 | H | Cleveland Bulldogs | 38-31 | W | Moundsville, WV | |||
| Sat | 8/24/1963 | H | Syracuse Stormers | 55-7 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 7500 | |
| Sun | 9/1/1963 | H | Toledo Tornadoes | 31-24 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 9582 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1963 | H | Syracuse Stormers | 54-0 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 4852 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1963 | A | Grand Rapids Blazers | 20-7 | W | Wyoming, MI | Kimble Field | 6200 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | H | Grand Rapids Blazers | 35-6 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 10583 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1963 | A | Indianapolis Warriors | 42-17 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Victory Field | 6208 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1963 | H | Cleveland Bulldogs | 41-10 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 11206 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1963 | A | Syracuse Stormers | 34-10 | W | Syracuse, NY | MacArthur Stadium | 1107 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | H | Syracuse Stormers | 38-0 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 4872 | |
| Sat | 10/27/1963 | H | Cleveland Bulldogs | 28-21 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 6242 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1963 | A | Cleveland Bulldogs | 28-6 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cloverleaf Speedway | 2915 | |
| Sat | 11/9/1963 | A | Toledo Tornadoes | 14-16 | L | Maumee, OH | Lucas County Recreation Center Field | 7134 | |
| Sat | 11/16/1963 | A | Syracuse Stormers | 38-6 | W | Syracuse, NY | MacArthur Stadium | 350 | |
| Sat | 11/23/1963 | A | Cleveland Bulldogs | - | Cleveland, OH | Cloverleaf Speedway | |||
| Thu | 11/28/1963 | H | Indianapolis Warriors | 38-26 | W | Wheeling, WV | Wheeling Island Stadium | 5889 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | A | Toledo Tornadoes | 30-21 | W | Toledo, OH | Glass Bowl | 5586 | |
| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 85 | Dennis Andrews | TE-LB | 6-5 | 215 | 21 | Virginia | ||
| 82 | Bill Barber | SE | 6-3 | 209 | 27 | Florida A&M | ||
| 78 | John Barish | ROT | 6-2 | 258 | 30 | Waynesburg | ||
| 40 | Tom Bland | FL | 5-11 | 170 | 23 | Oklahoma; West Liberty | ||
| 33 | Bob Butts | FB | 6-1 | 230 | 21 | Ohio State | ||
| 64 | Andy Cook | LOG-LB | 6-0 | 219 | 23 | Oregon Tech | ||
| 72 | Carl Crawley | K-DT | 6-1 | 240 | 23 | Dayton; California (Pennsylvania) | 13 | |
| 88 | John Crist | LB | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Lafayette | ||
| 74 | Dennis Davis | DT | 5-11 | 235 | 32 | Xavier (Ohio) | ||
| 77 | George Demko | DT | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | Appalachian State | ||
| 28 | Skippy Dyer | RB | 5-8 | 175 | 35 | Hawaii | ||
| 81 | Chuck Fobbs | DB | 6-3 | 189 | 24 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | ||
| 29 | Freddie Ford | HB-FB | 5-7 | 182 | 25 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | ||
| 86 | John Greiner | TE | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | Purdue | ||
| 63 | Jim Herren | LOG | 6-0 | 237 | 24 | Nebraska-Omaha | ||
| 76 | Chuck Hinton | DT | 6-5 | 257 | 24 | North Carolina Central | 7 | |
| 20 | Bobby Lee Hultz | TE-SE | 6-4 | 210 | 23 | Pepperdine | ||
| 45 | Alvia Jackson | DB | 5-9 | 180 | 27 | Kent State | ||
| 27 | Perry Jeter | HB-FB | 5-7 | 178 | 32 | San Bernardino Valley JC; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | ||
| 9 | Tom Kennedy | QB | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Glendale CC; Los Angeles State | ||
| 55 | Fred Lauter | C | 6-0 | 224 | 24 | Indiana | 8 | |
| 61 | John Lawrence | ROG | 5-11 | 230 | 27 | North Carolina State | ||
| 76 | Pete Livingston | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Florida A&M | ||
| 84 | Bobby Marshall | LB | 6-0 | 219 | 22 | Virginia Union | ||
| 54 | Dan McGrew | C-LOT | 6-2 | 250 | 26 | Purdue | ||
| 47 | Dick McKenna | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | none | ||
| Bob Mitchell | LB | |||||||
| 22/8 | Jim Multimore | RB | 5-9 | 172 | 22 | Florida A&M | ||
| 89 | Bill Olsavsky | TE | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Indiana | ||
| 67 | Leon Pagac | ROG | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Tulsa | ||
| 15/33 | Dennis Penza | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | St. Norbert | ||
| 8/48 | Ed Raper | DB | 5-11 | 183 | 20 | none | ||
| 65 | Andy Rice | DT | 6-3 | 268 | 23 | Texas Southern | ||
| 34 | Lacy Richardson | FB | 5-11 | 220 | 25 | Butler CC | ||
| 73 | Ron Richnafsky | LOT | 6-2 | 260 | 20 | Purdue | ||
| 50 | Bud Rogers | C-DT | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Frederick | ||
| 56 | Bob Rowley | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Virginia | 1 | |
| 46 | Bob Stark | LB | 5-11 | 235 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 7 | |
| 7 | Ivan Toncic | S-QB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Pittsburgh | ||
| 44 | John Yaccino | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Pittsburgh | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 96 | 126 | 76 | 143 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 53 | 19 | 28 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Butts | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||
| Carl Crawley | 0 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 69 | ||||
| Tom Bland | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||
| Perry Jeter | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Bill Barber | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Freddie Ford | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| John Greiner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Bobby Lee Hultz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Jim Multimore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Dennis Andrews | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bobby Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Andy Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tom Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Andy Rice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ivan Tonic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Yaccino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 57 | 62 | 91.9 | 4 | 0 | 441 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 14 | 19 | 73.7 | 3 | 0 | 149 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Butts | 93 | 376 | 4.0 | 38 | 11 |
| Freddie Ford | 116 | 312 | 2.7 | 58 | 5 |
| Perry Jeter | 6 | ||||
| Tom Kennedy | 1 | ||||
| Ivan Toncic | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1182 | 24 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Kennedy | 280 | 151 | 53.9 | 117 | 2481 | 8.9 | 16.4 | 21 | 7.5 | 12 | 4.3 | 91.1 | ||||
| Ivan Toncic | 147 | 74 | 50.3 | 66 | 1336 | 9.1 | 18.1 | 10 | 6.8 | 7 | 4.8 | 84.7 | ||||
| Team Totals | 31 | 3817 | ||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Bland | 55 | 1149 | 20.9 | 62 | 11 |
| Bobby Lee Hultz | 46 | 692 | 15.0 | 57 | 3 |
| Freddie Ford | 21 | 312 | 14.9 | 1 | |
| John Greiner | 561 | 4 | |||
| Bill Barber | 6 | ||||
| Jim Multimore | 3 | ||||
| Bob Butts | 2 | ||||
| Perry Jeter | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 31 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick McKenna | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Dennis Andrews | 2 | ||||
| Andy Cook | 1 | ||||
| John Yaccino | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Olsavsky | 39 | 32.8 | 49 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Multimore | 16 | 160 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Freddie Ford | 12 | 97 | 8.1 | 21 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Multimore | 15 | 319 | 21.3 | 36 | 0 | |
| Freddie Ford | 10 | 190 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Marshall | 2 | ||||||
| Andy Rice | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 4 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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