1965 New Bedford Sweepers (ACFL) |
| 1st place • Northern Division • 10-2-0 .833 |
| Head Coach: Butch Songin |
| Rommie Loudd | Assistant Coach |
| Gene Renzi | Assistant Coach |
| Ray Sine | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/31/1965 | A | Boston Steamrollers | 21-13 | W | Everett, MA | Memorial Stadium | 4600 | |
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | N | Boston Steamrollers | 32-0 | W | Wareham, MA | |||
| Sun | 8/15/1965 | H | Mohawk Valley Falcons | 48-0 | W | New Bedford, MA | Sargent Field | 7081 | |
| Sun | 8/22/1965 | A | Harrisburg Capitols | 12-7 | W | Harrisburg, PA | New Island Park | 1545 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | A | Jersey Jets | 14-20 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | ||
| Mon | 9/6/1965 | H | Boston Steamrollers | 13-7 | W | New Bedford, MA | Sargent Field | 4891 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | A | Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen | - | Duquesne, PA | Duquesne High School Stadium | |||
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | H | Harrisburg Capitols | 26-17 | W | New Bedford, MA | Sargent Field | 6952 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1965 | A | Holyoke Bombers | 41-0 | W | Holyoke, MA | Mackenzie Stadium | 5256 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1965 | H | Jersey Jets | 6-7 | L | New Bedford, MA | Sargent Field | 10428 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1965 | A | Mohawk Valley Falcons | 16-7 | W | Herkimer, NY | Harmon Field | 4500 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1965 | H | Scranton Miners | 31-0 | W | New Bedford, MA | Sargent Field | 3872 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1965 | A | Scranton Miners | 21-0 | W | Scranton, PA | Memorial Stadium | 3606 | |
| Sat | 10/30/1965 | A | Boston Sweepers | 31-21 | W | Everett, MA | Memorial Stadium | 1061 | |
| Sat | 11/6/1965 | H | Holyoke Bombers | 17-7 | W | New Bedford, MA | Sargent Field | 2061 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | H | Jersey Jets | 13-6 | W | New Bedford, MA | Sargent Field | 6821 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/11/1965 | Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tony Abraham | C | 5-11 | 215 | 27 | Boston College | |||
| Steve Albrecht | OE | 6-3 | 205 | 22 | Boston University | |||
| Don Allard | QB | 6-0 | 189 | 29 | Boston College | |||
| John Barrett | OE | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Boston College | |||
| Dave Berman | G | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Colby | |||
| Bob Buonopane | G | 5-9 | 247 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | |||
| Wilson Cardoza | TE | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | none | |||
| Frank Carline | LB | 6-1 | 212 | 32 | Stonehill | |||
| Buddy Cataldo | LB | 5-11 | 238 | 27 | Kansas State | |||
| Lowell Caylor | WR | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Miami (Ohio) | |||
| Joe Corsetti | RB | 6-2 | 217 | 22 | Villanova | |||
| Fran Coughlin | QB | 6-1 | 200 | Holy Cross | ||||
| Byron Davis | TE | 5-11 | 240 | 26 | Pittsburgh | |||
| Ron DiGravio | QB | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | Purdue | |||
| Roger Ellis | G | 6-3 | 233 | 27 | Maine | |||
| Gary Farina | OE | 5-7 | 158 | 30 | none | |||
| Dennis Gerardi | T | 6-3 | 232 | 22 | Boston University | |||
| Gordon Gomes | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 19 | none | |||
| Lenny Gonsalves | LB | 6-1 | 220 | none | ||||
| Jim Gravel | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Holy Cross | 6 | ||
| Charlie Green | P-QB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Wittenberg | |||
| Howard Harding | G | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Northeastern | 7 | ||
| Milt Johnson | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 20 | St. Mary's (Nova Scotia) | |||
| Ron Lawrence | DT | 6-5 | 250 | 20 | none | |||
| Ed Leary | LB | 5-11 | 206 | 25 | Boston University | |||
| Rommie Loudd | TE-LB | 6-2 | 227 | 32 | Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA | |||
| Booth Lusteg | K | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | Connecticut | |||
| John Mahoney | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Northeastern; American International | |||
| Bob Marshall | T | 6-0 | 237 | 27 | Southern University | |||
| Charlie Martin | TE | 6-4 | 210 | 26 | Tufts | |||
| Bob Mason | DB | 6-0 | 210 | |||||
| Brian McNeeley | LB | 6-3 | 222 | 27 | Michigan State | |||
| Dick McPherson | C | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Northeastern | |||
| Ed Meixler | LB | 6-3 | 245 | 22 | Boston University | |||
| Riley Morris | DE | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Florida A&M | |||
| Tom Munro | DB | 5-10 | 176 | 24 | none | |||
| Herm Murphy | DB | 5-9 | 182 | 23 | Bethune-Cookman | |||
| Pete Pedro | RB | 5-7 | 175 | 24 | West Texas A&M | |||
| Gene Renzi | T | 6-3 | 250 | 32 | Brandeis; Northeastern | |||
| Carmelo San Marco | DT | 6-4 | 270 | 22 | Edinboro | |||
| Armand Santos | G | 5-10 | 230 | |||||
| Rick Sapienza | FL-P | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | Villanova | |||
| Frank Schettino | LB | 6-1 | 188 | 26 | Northeastern | |||
| Kieran Sheehan | DT | 6-3 | 253 | 32 | Temple | |||
| Ray Sine | DB | 5-10 | 170 | 29 | Central Michigan | |||
| Jim Smith | RB | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | Compton JC | |||
| Butch Songin | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 41 | Boston College | |||
| Don Strauss | T | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | George Washington | |||
| John Sylvia | DE | 6-2 | 230 | |||||
| Charlie Theokas | C | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | Massachusetts | |||
| Ron Timperio | DT | 6-4 | 267 | 22 | Boston University | |||
| Sam Wilson | DB | 5-7 | 152 | 25 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | |||
| Lee Woltman | RB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Colgate | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 60 | 64 | 71 | 81 | 276 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 17 | 7 | 55 | 93 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth Lusteg | 0 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 70 | ||||
| Jim Smith | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Gary Farina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Steve Albrecht | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Don Allard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Pete Pedro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| John Mahoney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Rick Sapienza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| John Barrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ron DiGravio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Gordon Gomes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Gravel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Kieran Sheehan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ray Sine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tom Munro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 34 | 31 | 34 | 91.2 | 13 | 1 | 276 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 1 | 0 | 93 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Smith | 126 | 419 | 3.3 | 9 | |
| Pete Pedro | 45 | 389 | 8.6 | 2 | |
| John Mahoney | 46 | 163 | 3.5 | 2 | |
| Gordon Gomes | 43 | 138 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Don Allard | 39 | 127 | 3.3 | 3 | |
| Lee Woltman | 40 | 108 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Charlie Green | 16 | -23 | -1.4 | 0 | |
| Ron Digravio | 6 | -32 | -5.3 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Green | 109 | 57 | 52.3 | 47 | 788 | 7.2 | 13.8 | 3 | 2.8 | 5 | 4.6 | 65.8 | ||||
| Don Allard | 110 | 46 | 41.8 | 58 | 744 | 6.8 | 16.2 | 9 | 8.2 | 6 | 5.5 | 69.7 | ||||
| Ron DiGravio | 35 | 12 | 34.3 | 22 | 111 | 3.2 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.9 | 32.0 | ||||
| Butch Songin | 20 | 7 | 35.0 | 13 | 88 | 4.4 | 12.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 49.6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Farina | 24 | 427 | 17.8 | 5 | |
| Rick Sapienza | 23 | 327 | 14.2 | 2 | |
| Steve Albrecht | 16 | 292 | 18.3 | 4 | |
| Jim Smith | 12 | 106 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| John Barrett | 9 | 134 | 14.9 | 1 | |
| Lee Woltman | 9 | 98 | 10.9 | 0 | |
| Wilson Cardoza | 8 | 137 | 17.1 | 0 | |
| Gordon Gomes | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Martin | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 0 | |
| John Mahoney | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Don Allard | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pete Pedro | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Sine | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Milt Johnson | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gravel | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 1 | |
| Sam Wilson | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Ed Meixler | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Riley Morris | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Munro | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rommie Loudd | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mahoney | 25 | 40.0 | 54 | |||||||
| Rick Sapienza | 25 | 36.6 | 55 | |||||||
| Charlie Green | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | ||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Pedro | 13 | 417 | 32.1 | 94 | 1 | |
| Milt Johnson | 10 | 167 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
| Ray Sine | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 0 | ||
| John Mahoney | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Gomes | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| Lee Woltman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Pedro | 8 | 175 | 21.9 | 40 | 0 | |
| Milt Johnson | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Gomes | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | ||
| Ray Sine | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| John Mahoney | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Woltman | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Abraham | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieran Sheehan | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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