1969 Pottstown Firebirds (ACFL) |
| 1st place • Southern Division • 10-2-0 .833 |
| Head Coach: Dave diFilippo |
| Carmen Cavalli | Defense |
| Joe Rogers | Defense |
| John Schweder | Assistant Coach |
| Steve Van Buren | Assistant Coach |
| Ron Waller | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/15/1969 | N | Harrisburg Capitol Colts | 20-6 | W | Scranton, PA | Memorial Field | 2100 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | H | Bridgeport Jets | 45-16 | W | Pottstown, PA | Franklin Field | 8261 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | A | Hartford Knights | 3-18 | L | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 8012 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1969 | A | Harrisburg Capitol Colts | 31-3 | W | Harrisburg, PA | New Island Park | 2791 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1969 | H | Long Island Bulls | 21-16 | W | Pottstown, PA | Franklin Field | 6527 | |
| Sat | 9/27/1969 | H | Quincy Giants | 49-3 | W | Pottstown, PA | Franklin Field | 5013 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1969 | A | Roanoke Buckskins | 20-10 | W | Roanoke, VA | Victory Stadium | 9000 | |
| Fri | 10/10/1969 | A | Quincy Giants | 28-14 | W | Quincy, MA | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 2015 | |
| Sat | 10/18/1969 | H | Harrisburg Capitol Colts | 33-6 | W | Pottstown, PA | Franklin Field | 5010 | |
| Fri | 10/24/1969 | A | Bridgeport Jets | 34-17 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 5321 | |
| Sat | 11/1/1969 | H | Roanoke Buckskins | 21-24 | L | Pottstown, PA | Franklin Field | 5015 | |
| Sat | 11/8/1969 | A | Richmond Roadrunners | 47-19 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 5010 | |
| Sat | 11/15/1969 | H | Richmond Roadrunners | 23-7 | W | Pottstown, PA | Franklin Field | 5000 | |
| Sat | 11/22/1969 | H | Hartford Knights | 48-14 | W | Pottstown, PA | Franklin Field | 5000 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 11/29/1969 | A | Hartford Knights | 20-0 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 8762 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Gary Adams | 34 | DB | 5-10 | 181 | 22 | Arkansas | ||
| Jim Alderman | 67 | 6-2 | 242 | 27 | North Carolina | |||
| Buddy Allen | 41 | FS | 5-11 | 193 | 32 | Oakland JC; Utah State | ||
| Art Alois | 50 | C | 6-2 | 233 | 22 | Pittsburgh | ||
| Leon Angevine | 83 | SE | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Penn State | ||
| Frank Antonini | RB | 6-0 | 212 | 25 | Kentucky; Parsons | |||
| Joe Austin | 22 | DB | 5-11 | 186 | none | |||
| John Aveni | K | 6-3 | 212 | 34 | Indiana | |||
| John Barber | 64 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | Delaware State | ||
| Dick Barnhorst | 80 | FL | 6-4 | 217 | 22 | Xavier (Ohio) | ||
| Jim Baughn | LDT | 6-4 | 270 | Virginia State | ||||
| Joe Blake | 77 | LDE | 6-2 | 280 | 25 | Northwestern; Bakersfield CC; Tulsa | ||
| Tom Brown | 45 | SS | 5-10 | 198 | 25 | Villanova | ||
| Tom Carr | 88 | DE | 6-3 | 267 | 27 | Morgan State | ||
| Paul Cercel | 68 | C | 6-2 | 222 | 27 | Pittsburgh | ||
| Dewey Chester | 23 | RB | 6-1 | 206 | 24 | Pittsburgh | ||
| Roy Clay | 58 | MLB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Tennessee State | ||
| King Corcoran | 9 | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Maryland | ||
| Tommy Davis | 78 | RDE | 6-0 | 255 | 24 | Tennessee State | ||
| Press Day | 85 | RDE-LDE | 6-1 | 232 | none | |||
| Russ Denof | 23 | Memphis | ||||||
| Benjy Dial | 13 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Eastern New Mexico | ||
| Jerry DiPhillippo | 53 | RLB | 6-1 | 218 | Cheyney | |||
| Ollie Dobbins | 21 | RCB | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Morgan State | ||
| Jim Foster | 54 | LB | 5-11 | 225 | Trinidad State JC; Colorado State | |||
| Ron Gassert | 71 | DE-OT | 6-3 | 250 | 29 | Virginia | ||
| Doug Goodwin | 35 | RB | 6-2 | 228 | 27 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | ||
| Roger Grimes | 25 | RB | 5-11 | 206 | 22 | Penn State | ||
| Bob Haack | LOT | 6-5 | 250 | 22 | Linfield | |||
| Matt Haney | MLB | 6-1 | 215 | Kutztown | ||||
| George Harold | 18 | CB | 6-3 | 198 | 27 | Allen | ||
| Jim Haynie | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | West Chester | ||
| Jim Heelen | DB | 6-2 | 195 | Northeastern | ||||
| Walt Hughes | 63 | OG | 6-1 | 245 | 23 | Grambling State | ||
| Wade Key | 76 | LOT | 6-5 | 245 | 23 | Texas; Texas State | ||
| Mark Kosmos | 51 | LLB | 6-0 | 234 | 24 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma | ||
| John Land | 26 | HB | 5-9 | 195 | 25 | Delaware State | ||
| Al Lavan | DB | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Colorado State | |||
| Bill Layton | K | Lehigh | ||||||
| Leo Levandowski | 61 | OG | 6-1 | 245 | 26 | none | ||
| Dana Lilly | DE | 6-3 | 240 | West Texas A&M | ||||
| Mike McDonald | Villanova | |||||||
| Herb Nauss | 16 | SS | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Albright | ||
| Bruce Puterbaugh | 74 | C-LDT | 6-3 | 245 | 28 | Kentucky | ||
| Ed Pyne | 81 | K-S-FL | 6-3 | 218 | 26 | Maryland; Temple | ||
| Billy Rakow | DB | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | Adams State | |||
| Sherm Ross | 24 | LCB | 5-11 | 196 | 28 | Bluefield State | ||
| Tom Ross | 79 | LDT | 6-2 | 262 | Grambling State | |||
| Tom Sarkisian | 70 | ROT | 6-2 | 252 | 24 | Boston College | ||
| Tom Scott | T | 6-3 | 260 | Bethune-Cookman | ||||
| Steve Speers | 52 | MLB | 6-1 | 204 | 28 | Temple | ||
| Bill Stetz | 73 | RDT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Boston College | ||
| Bob Tucker | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Bloomsburg | ||
| Claude Watts | 37 | FB | 6-0 | 215 | 29 | Bluefield State | ||
| Don Wilkinson | 3 | SE | 5-10 | 170 | West Chester | |||
| Dean Wink | 87 | TE-DE | 6-4 | 246 | 25 | Yankton | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 109 | 77 | 65 | 107 | 358 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 51 | 37 | 38 | 151 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Tucker | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||
| Ed Pyne | 0 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 55 | ||||
| Claude Watts | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| John Land | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Benjy Dial | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||||
| Leon Angevine | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Dick Barnhorst | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Buddy Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Doug Goodwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Roger Grimes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Haynie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Mark Kosmos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Herb Nauss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Shem Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Aveni | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Layton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jerry DiPhillippo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 49 | 44 | 49 | 89.8 | 6 | 1 | 358 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 14 | 15 | 93.3 | 15 | 1 | 151 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Land | 146 | 685 | 4.7 | 33 | 4 |
| Claude Watts | 137 | 655 | 4.8 | 63 | 5 |
| Benjy Dial | 5 | ||||
| Jim Haynie | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 15 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjy Dial | 169 | 94 | 55.6 | 72 | 1364 | 8.1 | 14.5 | 63 | 17 | 10.1 | 3 | 1.8 | 108.2 | |||
| King Corcoran | 148 | 81 | 54.7 | 61 | 932 | 6.3 | 11.5 | 45 | 9 | 6.1 | 6 | 4.1 | 77.1 | |||
| Jim Haynie | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Tucker | 66 | 1016 | 15.4 | 63 | 13 |
| Leon Angevine | 5 | ||||
| Claude Watts | 4 | ||||
| John Land | 3 | ||||
| Dick Barnhorst | 2 | ||||
| Roger Grimes | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 28 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherm Ross | 11 | 232 | 21.1 | 45 | 1 |
| Herb Nauss | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherm Ross | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 34 | 0 | |
| Buddy Allen | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Goodwin | 16 | 427 | 26.7 | 96 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Barnhorst | 1 | ||||||
| Mark Kosmos | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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