1970 Hartford Knights (ACFL) |
| 1st place • Northern Division • 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Fred Wallner |
| Bill Boehle | Assistant Coach |
| Roger LeClerc | Assistant Coach |
| Frank Toro | Assistant Coach |
| Mack Yoho | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/15/1970 | H | Long Island Bulls | 7-27 | L | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | ||
| Sat | 8/22/1970 | H | Indianapolis Capitols | 27-7 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1970 | H | Indianapolis Capitols | 6-13 | L | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 5500 | |
| Fri | 9/11/1970 | A | Jersey Jays | 27-0 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 4200 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1970 | H | Orlando Panthers | 20-17 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1970 | H | Jersey Jays | 10-7 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 6000 | |
| Fri | 10/2/1970 | A | Bridgeport Jets | 28-37 | L | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 12042 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1970 | H | Jersey Tigers | 23-12 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1970 | A | Pennsylvania Firebirds | 27-36 | L | Pottstown, PA | Grigg Memorial Field | 6500 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1970 | A | Orlando Panthers | 16-25 | L | Orlando, FL | Tangerine Bowl | 4344 | |
| Fri | 10/30/1970 | A | Long Island Bulls | 20-24 | L | Hempstead, NY | Hofstra Stadium | 7163 | |
| Sat | 11/7/1970 | H | Bridgeport Jets | 17-7 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 8500 | |
| Fri | 11/13/1970 | H | Long Island Bulls | 10-7 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 3517 | |
| Fri | 11/20/1970 | A | Jersey Tigers | 24-17 | W | Elizabeth, NJ | Williams High School Field | 4500 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/12/1970 | H | Pennsylvania Firebirds | 0-31 | L | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 5100 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dan Andrews | TE | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | West Texas A&M | |||
| Wes Bean | K-LB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Grambling State | |||
| Gene Benner | SE-FL | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Maine | |||
| Jim Catone | SE-HB | 6-0 | 190 | Boston College | ||||
| Cornell Champion | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Trinidad State JC; UCLA | |||
| Pat Conley | C | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Purdue | |||
| Willie Costen | DT | 6-5 | 270 | 23 | Morris Brown | |||
| Nick DeFelice | ROT | 6-3 | 250 | 30 | Southern Connecticut State | |||
| Willie Dixon | DB | 6-0 | 194 | 22 | Albany State | |||
| Bob Ellis | SS | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Massachusetts | |||
| Dave Farris | LB-TE | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Central Michigan | |||
| Dennis Fitzgibbons | LOT | 6-1 | 260 | 24 | Syracuse | |||
| Ed Franklin | CB | 6-1 | 180 | Yale | 2 | |||
| Terry Harmon | DT | 6-4 | 285 | 24 | South Carolina | |||
| Tom Hermanowski | CB | 6-1 | 187 | 22 | Syracuse | |||
| Ray Ilg | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Colgate | |||
| Dave Jackson | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | North Carolina | |||
| Gene Jackson | LDE | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Phoenix JC; Texas-El Paso | |||
| Henry Jones | FB | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Grambling State | |||
| Tony Kyasky | FL-TE | 6-3 | 218 | 23 | Syracuse | |||
| Gabriel Linder | DT | 6-3 | 255 | Allen | ||||
| Wayne Lineberry | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | East Carolina | |||
| Ken Luciani | S | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Connecticut | |||
| Ken Luxton | SE-FL | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Northwestern | |||
| Bill Maddox | G | 6-5 | 250 | 23 | North Carolina; Syracuse | |||
| Fran Mallick | RDE | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | none | |||
| Pierre Marchando | ROG | 6-0 | 247 | 21 | Massachusetts | |||
| Mel Meeks | HB | 6-1 | 215 | 33 | none | |||
| Leon Moore | CB | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Tennessee State | |||
| Tom Morris | RB | 6-0 | 208 | 27 | Idaho | |||
| Jim Murphy | C-LOG | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Syracuse | |||
| Joe Murphy | OG | 6-1 | 250 | Central Connecticut State | ||||
| Marty Orcutt | OG | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Memphis | |||
| Mark Proskine | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Northwestern | |||
| Pete Quackenbush | LB | 6-2 | 220 | Maine | ||||
| Steve Rogers | FS-P | 6-1 | 195 | Massachusetts | ||||
| Tom Rowland | CB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Illinois College | |||
| Benny Russell | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Pensacola JC; Louisville | |||
| Denver Samples | DE | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Phoenix JC; Texas-El Paso | |||
| Ed Sarno | FB | 6-0 | 220 | Massachusetts | ||||
| Paul Scopetski | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Holy Cross | |||
| Bob Shaunessy | LOT | 6-2 | 240 | 33 | Harvard | |||
| Tom Sherman | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Penn State | |||
| John Sponheimer | DT | 6-5 | 250 | 23 | Cornell | |||
| Bob Stohrer | SE | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Rutgers | |||
| John Thomas | DE | 6-4 | 255 | none | ||||
| Charlie Tiblom | LOG | 6-2 | 245 | 21 | Central Connecticut State | |||
| Tom Truesdell | DT | 6-4 | 253 | 22 | Ohio Wesleyan | |||
| Mike Vogel | RB | 5-10 | 200 | Northridge State | ||||
| Larry Watkins | DE | 6-4 | 265 | 22 | Western Kentucky | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 46 | 80 | 49 | 53 | 228 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 61 | 45 | 51 | 202 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Bean | 0 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 72 | ||||
| Bob Stohrer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Mike Vogel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Dan Andrews | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Mel Meeks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Tony Kyasky | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Tom Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Pete Quackenbush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 26 | 21 | 26 | 80.8 | 17 | 0 | 228 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 20 | 25 | 80.0 | 10 | 1 | 202 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Meeks | 107 | 453 | 4.2 | 31 | 4 |
| Tom Morris | 114 | 432 | 3.8 | 38 | 2 |
| Mike Vogel | 106 | 358 | 3.4 | 15 | 3 |
| Tom Sherman | 16 | 98 | 6.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Benny Russell | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Russell | 235 | 118 | 50.2 | 111 | 1720 | 7.3 | 14.6 | 76 | 13 | 5.5 | 6 | 2.6 | 82.2 | |||
| Tom Sherman | 86 | 35 | 40.7 | 44 | 397 | 4.6 | 11.3 | 34 | 3 | 3.5 | 7 | 8.1 | 32.9 | |||
| Ken Luxton | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 108.3 | |||
| Team Totals | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 15 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Stohrer | 40 | 599 | 15.0 | 40 | 6 |
| Mike Vogel | 31 | 373 | 12.0 | 76 | 3 |
| Dan Andrews | 26 | 353 | 13.6 | 44 | 4 |
| Tony Kyasky | 24 | 422 | 17.6 | 57 | 3 |
| Tom Morris | 18 | 192 | 10.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Mel Meeks | 9 | 89 | 9.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Catone | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Ken Luxton | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Pierre Marchando | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Rogers | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Tom Hermanowski | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Rowland | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Ray Ilg | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Catone | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Wayne Lineberry | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Scopetski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mark Proskine | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Rogers | 36 | 1214 | 33.7 | 53 | ||||||
| Gene Benner | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 30 | ||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Catone | 21 | 130 | 6.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| John Thomas | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Leon Moore | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Catone | 20 | 466 | 23.3 | 44 | 0 | |
| Mike Vogel | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Leon Moore | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 38 | 0 | |
| Ed Sarno | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 18 | 0 | |
| Tom Rowland | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Tom Morris | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Quackenbush | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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