1971 Hartford Knights (ACFL) |
| 2nd place • 9-3-0 .750 |
| Head Coach: Fred Wallner |
| Bill Boehle | Receivers |
| Roger LeClerc | Offensive Line |
| Frank Toro | Defensive Backfield |
| Mack Yoho | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sat | 8/14/1971 | H | Twin City Chiefs | 66 | 7 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 6200 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1971 | A | Roanoke Buckskins | 24 | 7 | W | Roanoke, VA | Victory Stadium | 8500 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1971 | H | Bridgeport Jets | 15 | 21 | L | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 7400 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1971 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | 44 | 13 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 6100 | |
| Fri | 9/17/1971 | A | Bridgeport Jets | 24 | 27 | L | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 8200 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1971 | H | Roanoke Buckskins | 27 | 5 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 6800 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1971 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 17 | 6 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 3500 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1971 | A | Roanoke Buckskins | 16 | 0 | W | Roanoke, VA | Victory Stadium | 200 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1971 | H | Bridgeport Jets | 37 | 21 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 9300 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1971 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | 16 | 12 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 9800 | |
| Fri | 10/29/1971 | A | Bridgeport Jets | 41 | 7 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sat | 11/6/1971 | H | Roanoke Buckskins | 19 | 7 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 9200 | |
| Sat | 11/13/1971 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 0 | 37 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 10656 | |
| League Championship | ||||||||||
| Sat | 11/20/1971 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | 13 | 24 | L | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 8494 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Don Abbey | 30 | FB | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Penn State | ||
| Pete Anderson | 88 | RDE | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Central Connecticut State | ||
| Dan Andrews | 83 | TE | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | West Texas A&M | ||
| Dave Bennett | 11 | QB | 6-4 | 200 | 26 | Springfield | ||
| Ken Blasser | 51 | RLB | 6-2 | 225 | 32 | Central Connecticut State | ||
| John Brennan | 70 | ROT | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Boston College | ||
| Cornell Champion | 44 | WR-RB | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Trinidad State JC; UCLA | ||
| Pat Conley | 65 | MLB | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Purdue | ||
| Willie Costen | LDE | 6-5 | 270 | 24 | Morris Brown | |||
| Mike Crimmins | 74 | DE | 6-2 | 240 | Navy; Ohio University | 0 | 0 | |
| John Curtis | 86 | TE | 6-3 | 220 | 22 | Springfield | ||
| Norm Davidson | K | 5-11 | 185 | Central Connecticut State | ||||
| Jay Dixon | 89 | RDE | 6-5 | 254 | 22 | Boston University | ||
| Rich Donlin | DT | 6-0 | 290 | Central Connecticut State | ||||
| Gerald Elliott | 76 | RDT | 6-2 | 250 | Vermont | |||
| Bob Ellis | 21 | FS-SS | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Massachusetts | ||
| Jim Ettinger | 42 | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | Kansas | ||
| Bill Fisher | 41 | FS | 6-4 | 210 | 25 | Northridge State | ||
| Dennis Fitzgibbons | 72 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 260 | 25 | Syracuse | ||
| Terry Harmon | RDT | 6-4 | 285 | 25 | South Carolina | |||
| Win Headley | 62 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 250 | 22 | Wake Forest | ||
| Tom Hermanowski | S | 6-1 | 187 | 23 | Syracuse | |||
| Darryl Hill | G | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Boston University | |||
| LeVell Hill | WR | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Langston | |||
| Jim Hoots | 71 | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 251 | 22 | Missouri Southern State | ||
| Pete Jilleba | 32 | RB | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Purdue; Alabama | ||
| Preston Johnson | RB | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Florida A&M | |||
| Jim Kates | 61 | RLB | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Penn State | ||
| John Koehler | OT | 6-6 | 260 | South Dakota State | ||||
| Tony Kyasky | 85 | WR-TE | 6-3 | 218 | 24 | Syracuse | ||
| Ken Little | RLB | 6-3 | 235 | Michigan State | ||||
| Tom Lloyd | 82 | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Bowling Green State | ||
| Angelo Loukas | 64 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Northwestern | ||
| Pierre Marchando | 63 | ROG-OT | 6-0 | 247 | 22 | Massachusetts | ||
| Mike Mikolayunas | 81 | WR | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Davidson | ||
| Tom Morris | 40 | RB | 6-0 | 208 | 28 | Idaho | ||
| Jim Murphy | 54 | C | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Syracuse | ||
| Bob Olson | 55 | MLB | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Notre Dame | ||
| Mike Pellowski | 50 | RLB | 5-11 | 225 | 22 | Rutgers | ||
| Marv Pettaway | 0 | LCB | 5-7 | 160 | 27 | Los Angeles CC | ||
| Mark Proskine | 53 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Northwestern | ||
| Tom Sherman | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Penn State | ||
| Tony Stawarz | 22 | SS-FS | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | ||
| George Stephanos | 43 | RB | 6-2 | 225 | Arizona Western JC; Southern Utah | |||
| Terry Swanson | 42 | P | 6-0 | 207 | 27 | Massachusetts | ||
| Charlie Tiblom | 52 | LOG-C | 6-2 | 245 | 22 | Central Connecticut State | ||
| Dwight Tucker | 80 | WR | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | San Francisco CC; San Jose State | ||
| Joe Washington | CB | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | San Jose State | |||
| Kevin Watts | K | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Cal Poly (Humboldt); Redwoods JC; Portland State | |||
| Bryan White | 31 | RCB | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | ||
| Bruce Williams | 74 | LDT-RDT | 6-2 | 268 | 25 | Wisconsin | ||
| Glen Williams | 23 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 190 | Boston University | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 64 | 81 | 88 | 47 | 280 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 62 | 25 | 38 | 163 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Davidson | 0 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 85 | ||||
| Don Abbey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Tom Morris | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Cornell Champion | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Tony Kyasky | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Dwight Tucker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Pete Jilleba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Kevin Watts | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Dan Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bill Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Marv Pettaway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tom Sherman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tony Stawarz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 31 | 28 | 31 | 90.3 | 22 | 0 | 280 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 7 | 2 | 163 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Abbey | 159 | 754 | 4.7 | 3 | |
| Tom Morris | 144 | 707 | 4.9 | 5 | |
| Cornell Champion | 3 | ||||
| Pete Jilleba | 2 | ||||
| Tom Sherman | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 14 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Sherman | 248 | 101 | 40.7 | 138 | 1539 | 6.2 | 15.2 | 82 | 14 | 5.6 | 9 | 3.6 | 65.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Kyasky | 26 | 312 | 12.0 | 30 | 4 |
| Don Abbey | 3 | ||||
| Dwight Tucker | 3 | ||||
| Cornell Champion | 2 | ||||
| Dan Andrews | 1 | ||||
| Tom Morris | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 14 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Pettaway | 5 | 138 | 25.6 | 0 | |
| Bryan White | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Olson | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Fisher | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Swanson | 31 | 1291 | 41.6 | 64 | ||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Pettaway | 19 | 107 | 5.6 | 57 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Pettaway | 12 | 341 | 28.4 | 66 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Stawarz | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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