1969 Hartford Knights (ACFL) |
| 1st place • Northern Division • 10-2-0 .833 |
| Head Coach: Fred Wallner |
| Bill Boehle | Assistant Coach |
| Roger LeClerc | Assistant Coach |
| Bob Soleau | Assistant Coach |
| Frank Toro | Assistant Coach |
| Mack Yoho | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sun | 8/16/1969 | H | Quincy Giants | 34 | 0 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 5200 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1969 | H | Long Island Bulls | 19 | 12 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | A | Richmond Roadrunners | 27 | 10 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | H | Pottstown Firebirds | 18 | 3 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 8012 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1969 | A | Long Island Bulls | 22 | 14 | W | Hempstead, NY | Hofstra University Stadium | 5672 | |
| Fri | 9/19/1969 | A | Quincy Giants | 31 | 3 | W | Quincy, MA | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 350 | |
| Sat | 9/27/1969 | H | Harrisburg Capitol Colts | 55 | 14 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 7500 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1969 | H | Quincy Giants | 19 | 17 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 7500 | |
| Fri | 10/10/1969 | A | Bridgeport Jets | 23 | 14 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 11579 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1969 | H | Roanoke Buckskins | 33 | 3 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 10104 | |
| Sat | 10/25/1969 | A | Harrisburg Capitol Colts | 34 | 17 | W | Harrisburg, PA | New Island Park | 321 | |
| Sat | 11/1/1969 | H | Long Island Bulls | 16 | 6 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 8200 | |
| Fri | 11/7/1969 | A | Roanoke Buckskins | 17 | 14 | W | Roanoke, VA | Victory Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sat | 11/15/1969 | H | Bridgeport Jets | 21 | 33 | L | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 6510 | |
| Sat | 11/22/1969 | A | Pottstown Firebirds | 14 | 48 | L | Pottstown, PA | Franklin Field | 5000 | |
| League Championship | ||||||||||
| Sat | 11/29/1969 | H | Pottstown Firebirds | 0 | 20 | L | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 8762 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ted Allen | RB | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Syracuse | |||
| Dan Andrews | TE | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | West Texas A&M | |||
| Wes Bean | 63 | K | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Grambling State | ||
| Dave Bennett | QB | 6-4 | 200 | 24 | Springfield | |||
| Dick Bowman | 71 | LDT | 6-3 | 225 | 27 | Syracuse | ||
| Jay Calabrese | FB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Duke | |||
| Jack Calcaterra | OG | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | Purdue | |||
| Pat Conley | 65 | MLB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Purdue | ||
| Nick DeFelice | OT | 6-3 | 250 | 32 | Southern Connecticut State | |||
| Chuck DeVliegher | DT | 6-4 | 265 | 22 | Memphis | |||
| Wes DuBois | 26 | FS | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | Dean JC; Bridgeport | ||
| Dennis Fitzgibbons | OT | 6-1 | 260 | 23 | Syracuse | |||
| Paul Gazillo | OG | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Syracuse | |||
| Gene Gollareny | OG | 6-1 | 250 | 33 | Buffalo; Trinity (Texas) | |||
| Len Griffin | 41 | CB | 6-2 | 193 | 26 | Grambling State | ||
| Lew Irvin | DT | 5-11 | 247 | 28 | Virginia State | |||
| Gene Jackson | 82 | LDE | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Phoenix JC; Texas-El Paso | ||
| Wayne Kruger | C | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Garden City CC | |||
| John Lee | 31 | SS | 6-1 | 192 | Linfield | |||
| Wayne Lineberry | 76 | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | East Carolina | ||
| Jim Lowe | FL | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | Tuskegee | |||
| Ken Luciani | 21 | FS-CB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Connecticut | ||
| Fran Mallick | 84 | RDE | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | none | ||
| Mel Meeks | HB | 6-1 | 215 | 32 | none | |||
| Tom Morris | FB | 6-0 | 208 | 26 | Idaho | |||
| Bill Murphy | OE | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Cornell | |||
| Jim Murphy | C | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Syracuse | |||
| Joe Murphy | OG | 6-1 | 250 | Central Connecticut State | ||||
| Mark Proskine | LB-DE | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Northwestern | |||
| Pete Quackenbush | 53 | LLB | 6-2 | 220 | Maine | |||
| Waide Robinson | 20 | CB | 5-11 | 188 | 22 | Elizabeth City State | ||
| Tom Rowland | 22 | CB | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Illinois College | ||
| Benny Russell | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Pensacola JC; Louisville | |||
| Tom Rychlec | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 35 | American International | |||
| John Sponheimer | 70 | LDT | 6-5 | 250 | 22 | Cornell | ||
| Bob Stohrer | SE | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Rutgers | |||
| Otis Thomas | 51 | RLB | 5-11 | 210 | 22 | Columbia Basin JC; Idaho State | ||
| Craig Walker | HB | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | Alcorn State | |||
| Johnnie Wardlaw | FL-SE | 6-4 | 204 | 32 | North Carolina A&T State | |||
| Hank Washington | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 24 | Los Angeles CC; West Texas A&M | |||
| Bruce Williams | 74 | RDT | 6-2 | 268 | 23 | Wisconsin | ||
| Karl Wilson | HB | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | Olivet | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 69 | 85 | 71 | 81 | 306 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 64 | 45 | 55 | 183 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Bean | 0 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 82 | ||||
| Jay Calabrese | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Tom Morris | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Bob Stohrer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Mel Meeks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Dan Andrews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Craig Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| John Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tom Rowland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Benny Russell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tom Rychlec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Wardlaw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Fran Mallick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 37 | 31 | 37 | 83.8 | 17 | 1 | 306 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 12 | 0 | 183 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Morris | 164 | 655 | 4.0 | 58 | 6 |
| Jay Calabrese | 6 | ||||
| Mel Meeks | 4 | ||||
| Craig Walker | 2 | ||||
| Benny Russell | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 19 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Russell | 199 | 86 | 43.2 | 99 | 1564 | 7.9 | 18.2 | 67 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 7.0 | 65.0 | |||
| Hank Washington | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Stohrer | 6 | ||||
| John Wardlaw | 4 | ||||
| Dan Andrews | 3 | ||||
| Jay Calabrese | 1 | ||||
| Jim Lowe | 1 | ||||
| Tom Rychlec | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 16 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Dubois | 9 | 135 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom Rowland | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 35 | 1 |
| John Lee | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lee | 13 | 80 | 6.2 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lee | 18 | 491 | 27.3 | 73 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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