1973 Bridgeport Jets (ACFL) |
| 1st place • Southern Division • 11-1-0 .917 |
| Head Coach: Ray Mathews |
| Dick Connors | Assistant Coach |
| Matt Snell | Assistant Coach |
| Jack Sturm | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/25/1973 | A | New England Colonials | 7-15 | L | Lynn, MA | Manning Bowl | ||
| Fri | 8/31/1973 | H | Hartford Knights | 19-17 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 7462 | |
| Fri | 9/7/1973 | H | Western Massachusetts Pioneers | 45-13 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sat | 9/15/1973 | A | New York Crusaders | 33-0 | W | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Stadium | 2500 | |
| Fri | 9/21/1973 | H | Long Island Chiefs | 34-30 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 7480 | |
| Fri | 9/28/1973 | H | New York Crusaders | 38-0 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 8474 | |
| Sat | 10/6/1973 | A | Hartford Knights | 10-7 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 6960 | |
| Fri | 10/12/1973 | H | Long Island Chiefs | 28-0 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 4800 | |
| Fri | 10/19/1973 | A | New England Colonials | 9-19 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 3074 | |
| Fri | 10/26/1973 | H | New York Crusaders | 24-3 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 4600 | |
| Sat | 11/3/1973 | A | Western Massachusetts Pioneers | 44-20 | W | Holyoke, MA | MacKenzie Stadium | 100 | |
| Fri | 11/9/1973 | H | New England Colonials | 37-31 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sat | 11/17/1973 | A | New York Crusaders | W | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Stadium | |||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Fri | 11/23/1973 | H | New England Colonials | 17-41 | L | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 10716 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/17/1973 | New York Crusaders | Forfeit |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Steve Banks | 24 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Toledo | ||
| Ray Baylor | DT | 6-5 | 263 | 26 | Texas Southern | |||
| Doug Blake | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Princeton | ||
| Tom Bonnell | 20 | RB | 5-9 | 190 | 23 | Mesa CC; Northridge State | ||
| Brad Bradley | 81 | LB | 6-3 | 205 | 25 | Columbia | ||
| Frank Brown | DE | 6-4 | 260 | 29 | Albany State | |||
| Jim Bulger | QB | 6-5 | 227 | 23 | Notre Dame | |||
| Leon Campbell | TE | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Toledo | |||
| Chuck Cornell | 85 | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Bridgeport | ||
| Frank DiMaggio | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Temple | ||
| Tom Duncan | 45 | DB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Toledo | ||
| Tom Eibensteiner | 75 | OT | 6-1 | 255 | 23 | Naugatuck Valley CC | ||
| Bob English | 56 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Texas Southern | ||
| Jim Evans | 82 | DE | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | South Carolina State | ||
| Dennis Fabian | 88 | WR | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Graceland | ||
| Ed Flynn | OT | 6-5 | 255 | Newberry | ||||
| Manny Francisco | 87 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | New Jersey City | ||
| Steve Frank | 50 | C | 6-1 | 255 | 23 | Bridgeport | ||
| Butch Gentry | 11 | K | 5-10 | 192 | 23 | Tennessee Tech | ||
| Charlie Hayes | 72 | OT | 6-4 | 270 | 26 | Weber State | ||
| Wayne Herrmann | 47 | DB | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Waynesburg | ||
| Luther Howard | 35 | DB | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | Delaware State | ||
| Levon Johnson | 31 | RB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Alabama A&M | ||
| Bob Karmelowicz | 79 | DT | 6-1 | 245 | 24 | Bridgeport | ||
| Jim Kendrick | WR | 5-11 | 175 | none | ||||
| Joe Kendrick | DB | 6-3 | 185 | none | ||||
| Joe Lomickey | 75 | OT | 6-3 | 245 | 24 | New Jersey City | ||
| Al Mastroianni | 86 | LB | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Bridgeport | ||
| Judge Mattocks | 57 | LB | 6-4 | 200 | 22 | North Carolina | ||
| Pete Mills | 41 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | Coffeyville CC; Wichita State | ||
| Tom Morgan | 80 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | none | ||
| Ron Murray | 42 | DB | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Findlay | ||
| Jim Newton | 83 | DE | 6-3 | 265 | 23 | Virginia State | ||
| Les Obie | 12 | QB | 5-11 | 184 | 33 | Santa Rosa JC; Trinity (Texas) | ||
| Lonnie Paige | 67 | OT | 6-1 | 255 | 27 | North Carolina Central | ||
| Ed Petras | DT | 6-1 | 250 | Bloomsburg | ||||
| Len Pettigrew | DE | 6-4 | 240 | 25 | Ashland | |||
| Lou Piccone | 17 | WR | 5-8 | 184 | 24 | West Liberty | ||
| Jim Quinn | 51 | LB | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Bridgeport | ||
| Walt Rae | 76 | OG | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | William Paterson | ||
| Gene Schaeffer | C | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Bridgeport | |||
| Joe Schwartz | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Toledo | |||
| Don Shanklin | 22 | WR | 5-9 | 175 | 27 | Kansas | ||
| Curt Sparks | 48 | DB | 6-2 | 185 | 23 | Tuskegee | ||
| Rich Szaro | K | 5-11 | 204 | 25 | Harvard | |||
| Lou Szucs | 29 | K | 5-8 | 165 | 25 | none | 0 | |
| Ed Thomas | 77 | DT | 6-3 | 245 | 24 | Lebanon Valley | ||
| John Vignone | 46 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Susquehanna | ||
| Wayne Whye | 64 | OG | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | ||
| Dave Wright | G | 6-4 | 243 | 24 | Xavier (Ohio) | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 70 | 96 | 69 | 86 | 321 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 43 | 61 | 23 | 140 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Shanklin | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Chuck Cornell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Rich Szaro | 0 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Lou Piccone | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Butch Gentry | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Doug Blake | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Joe Schwartz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Ed Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Steve Banks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tom Bonnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Bulger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Frank DiMaggio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Luther Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Art Mastroianni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Judge Mattocks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Len Pettigrew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| (Unidentified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 40 | 36 | 40 | 90.0 | 13 | 3 | 321 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 6 | 0 | 140 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Blake | 125 | 484 | 3.9 | 3 | |
| Joe Schwartz | 2 | ||||
| Tom Bonnell | 1 | ||||
| Jim Bulger | 1 | ||||
| Frank DiMaggio | 1 | ||||
| Lou Piccone | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank DiMaggio | 123 | 63 | 51.2 | 54 | 1064 | 8.7 | 16.9 | 10 | 8.1 | 6 | 4.9 | 87.6 | ||||
| Jim Bulger | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Les Obie | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Cornell | 37 | 517 | 14.0 | 8 | |
| Don Shanklin | 36 | 746 | 20.7 | 8 | |
| Lou Piccone | 3 | ||||
| Doug Blake | 1 | ||||
| Joe Schwartz | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 21 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Banks | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 1 | |
| Bob English | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Ed Thomas | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Gentry | 35 | 36.3 | 60 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Piccone | 22 | 296 | 13.5 | 2 | ||
| Don Shanklin | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Piccone | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Mastroianni | 1 | ||||||
| Judge Mattocks | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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