1966 Waterbury Orbits (ACFL) |
| 2nd place • Northern Division • 8-3-1 .727 |
| Head Coach: Fred Wallner |
| Bill Boehle | Receivers |
| Tony DeFrancesco | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/30/1966 | H | Jersey Jets | 26-7 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 2370 | |
| Sat | 8/6/1966 | H | Virginia Sailors | 33-25 | W | New Haven, CT | |||
| Sat | 8/13/1966 | N | Rhode Island Steelers | 34-3 | W | Ansonia, CT | Nolan Field | ||
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | A | Atlantic City Senators | 6-14 | L | Atlantic City, NJ | Bader Field | 2240 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | H | New Bedford Sweepers | 21-7 | W | Waterbury, CT | Municipal Stadium | 5509 | |
| Tue | 9/6/1966 | H | Jersey Jets | 20-45 | L | Waterbury, CT | Municipal Stadium | 6230 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1966 | A | Rhode Island Steelers | 17-17 | T | Pawtucket, RI | McCoy Stadium | 2816 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1966 | A | Scranton Miners | 20-13 | W | Scranton, PA | Memorial Stadium | 5682 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1966 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 28-27 | W | Waterbury, CT | Municipal Stadium | 5161 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1966 | H | Scranton Miners | 51-7 | W | Waterbury, CT | Municipal Stadium | ||
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | A | Harrisburg Capitols | 35-0 | W | Harrisburg, PA | New Island Park | ||
| Sat | 10/15/1966 | A | Lowell Giants | 24-29 | L | Lowell, MA | Cawley Memorial Stadium | 5600 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1966 | H | Lowell Giants | 20-17 | W | Waterbury, CT | Municipal Stadium | 7500 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1966 | A | New Bedford Sweepers | - | New Bedford, MA | Sargent Field | |||
| Sat | 11/5/1966 | A | Jersey Jets | 24-7 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sat | 11/12/1966 | H | Scranton Miners | 42-14 | W | Waterbury, CT | Municipal Stadium | ||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/29/1966 | New Bedford Sweepers | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| John Amos | RB | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | Long Beach CC; Colorado State | |||
| Lorenzo Ashley | T | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Indiana | |||
| Wayne Bienhoff | LB | 6-2 | 215 | 21 | Cerritos JC; San Diego State | |||
| Bill Boehle | 81 | FL-P | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | Duke; Connecticut | ||
| Dick Bowman | 82 | DE | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Syracuse | ||
| Tom Brown | 60 | OG-LB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Pittsburgh | ||
| Joe Bucci | 27 | DB | 5-11 | 200 | 29 | none | ||
| Frank Clark | 71 | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Bishop | ||
| Les Clark | 77 | OT | 6-2 | 282 | 24 | Prairie View A&M | ||
| Wayne Coleman | 70 | DT | 6-3 | 275 | 23 | none | ||
| Jim Cripps | 80 | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Syracuse | ||
| George Deenihan | 55 | C | 6-0 | 232 | 27 | none | ||
| Al Dennis | 84 | SE | 6-4 | 220 | Middlebury | |||
| Dennis Devine | 51 | LB | 5-10 | 215 | 24 | Ottawa (Kansas) | ||
| Clarence Diggs | DB | 5-11 | 187 | 22 | Tennessee State | |||
| Don Dunlap | 11 | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | none | ||
| Joe Frattaroli | 73 | OT | 6-2 | 260 | 23 | Maryland | ||
| Johnny Geraghty | 36 | LB | 6-2 | 207 | 23 | Notre Dame | ||
| Gene Gollareny | 63 | OG | 6-1 | 250 | 30 | Buffalo; Trinity (Texas) | ||
| Bernie Grant | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Linfield | ||
| Andy Griffin | 35 | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 29 | American International | ||
| Don Gunaldo | DB | 6-2 | 202 | 24 | Southeastern Louisiana | |||
| Tom Hunt | 75 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Southern Connecticut State | ||
| Dick Janes | 10 | DB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | none | ||
| Ron Kahale | OG | 6-2 | 267 | 26 | Hawaii | |||
| Joe Kovacs | K | 5-10 | 165 | 24 | Springfield | |||
| Wayne Kruger | 50 | C | 6-1 | 218 | 21 | Garden City CC | ||
| Jim LeClair | QB | 6-1 | 208 | 22 | Long Island-Post | |||
| Bill Lesinski | 66 | LB | 6-1 | 217 | 24 | Boston University | ||
| Sam Livieri | 33 | HB | 5-11 | 210 | 34 | Connecticut | ||
| Charley Lockhart | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | Los Angeles CC | |||
| Dick Lomberg | 61 | OT-LB | 6-0 | 230 | Bridgeport | |||
| Ken Luciani | 9 | DB | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Connecticut | ||
| Jim Martin | 34 | FB | 6-1 | 217 | 25 | Fisk | ||
| Steve Mass | 62 | DT | 6-4 | 270 | 23 | Dayton; Detroit Mercy; Arizona | ||
| Bruce McKelvie | 74 | OT | 6-1 | 245 | 25 | North Carolina; Central Connecticut State | ||
| Roger Milici | 88 | SE | 6-4 | 200 | 24 | Southern Connecticut State | ||
| Tom Morris | 40 | HB | 6-0 | 208 | 23 | Idaho | ||
| Jim Oliver | 42 | HB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Arizona; Cameron JC; Arizona | ||
| Don Pardew | 24 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 21 | Southern Connecticut State | ||
| Mark Perry | 41 | HB | 5-8 | 178 | 27 | Ohio State | ||
| Saul Rosenberg | 78 | DT | 6-6 | 288 | East Stroudsburg | |||
| Hank Schichtle | QB-K | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Hawaii; Coffeyville JC; Wichita State | |||
| Jack Schraub | TE | 6-6 | 210 | 23 | California | |||
| Allen Smith | HB | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Findlay | |||
| Gerry Stevenson | RB | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | Missouri | |||
| John Uszakiewicz | 89 | DT-DE | 6-4 | 264 | 27 | none | ||
| Frank Vaccarelli | 22 | SE | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | none | ||
| Charles Varnam | OG-OT | 6-0 | 232 | 26 | none | |||
| Wardell Ward | 45 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Virginia Union | ||
| Johnnie Wardlaw | 47 | FL | 6-4 | 204 | 29 | North Carolina A&T State | ||
| George Washington | 72 | DT-OG | 6-4 | 270 | 26 | Miles | ||
| Manch Wheeler | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Maine | ||
| Bob White | 65 | LB | 6-0 | 229 | 25 | West Virginia Wesleyan | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30 | 110 | 58 | 110 | 308 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 92 | 31 | 48 | 204 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Milici | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||
| Hank Schichtle | 1 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 51 | ||||
| Gerry Stevenson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Jim Oliver | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Johnnie Wardlaw | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Tom Morris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Allen Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Andy Griffin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Joe Cripps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Wardell Ward | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Joe Kovacs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bob White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| (Unidentified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 43 | 39 | 43 | 90.7 | 3 | 1 | 308 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 25 | 27 | 92.6 | 5 | 1 | 204 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Stevenson | 942 | 11 | 8 | ||
| Jim Oliver | 5 | ||||
| Andy Griffin | 2 | ||||
| Allen Smith | 2 | ||||
| Tom Morris | 1 | ||||
| Hank Schichtle | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 19 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Schichtle | 134 | 61 | 45.5 | 63 | 1289 | 9.6 | 21.1 | 10 | 7.5 | 10 | 7.5 | 73.9 | ||||
| Manch Wheeler | 127 | 49 | 38.6 | 933 | 7.3 | 19.0 | 9 | 7.1 | ||||||||
| Jim LeClair | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Milici | 44 | 1083 | 24.6 | 13 | |
| Johnnie Wardlaw | 36 | 692 | 19.2 | 5 | |
| Bill Stevens | 11 | 154 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Cripps | 1 | ||||
| Tom Morris | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 20 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob White | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Boehle | 29 | 35.9 | 57 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wardell Ward | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Smith | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Morris | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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