1926 Pottsville Maroons (NFL) |
| 3rd place • 10-2-2 .833 |
| Head Coach: Dick Rauch |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/19/1926 | H | League Island Marines | 65-0 | W | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | 2500 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1926 | H | Media A.A. | 52-0 | W | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | ||
| Sun | 10/3/1926 | H | Columbus Tigers | 3-0 | W | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | ||
| Sun | 10/10/1926 | H | Dayton Triangles | 24-6 | W | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | ||
| Sat | 10/16/1926 | A | Brooklyn Lions | 21-0 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 8000 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1926 | H | Brooklyn Lions | 14-0 | W | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | ||
| Sun | 10/24/1926 | A | Providence Steam Roller | 0-14 | L | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 4000 | |
| Fri | 10/29/1926 | H | New York Giants | 3-0 | W | Wilkes-Barre, PA | Artillery Park | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1926 | H | Buffalo Rangers | 14-0 | W | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | ||
| Tue | 11/2/1926 | A | Shamokin Blue Comets | 48-0 | W | Shamokin, PA | Edgewood Field | ||
| Sun | 11/7/1926 | H | Akron Indians | 34-0 | W | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | ||
| Thu | 11/11/1926 | H | Los Angeles Buccaneers | 10-0 | W | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | 3000 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1926 | H | Duluth Eskimos | 13-0 | W | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | ||
| Sun | 11/21/1926 | H | Hammond Pros | 7-0 | W | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | ||
| Thu | 11/25/1926 | H | Providence Steam Roller | 8-0 | W | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | ||
| Sun | 11/28/1926 | A | Buffalo Rangers | 0-0 | T | Buffalo, NY | Bison Stadium | ||
| Sat | 12/4/1926 | A | Hartford Blues | - | Hartford, CT | ||||
| Sat | 12/4/1926 | A | Bethlehem Bears | 27-0 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Fabricators' Field | 6000 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1926 | H | Gilberton Catamounts | 6-0 | W | Minersville, PA | Minersville Park | 1500 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1926 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-9 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 5500 | |
| Sat | 12/18/1926 | A | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 0-0 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Frankford Stadium | 7000 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12/4/1926 | Hartford Blues | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Heinie Benkert | 2 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH-QB-S | 5-9 | 169 | 25 | Rutgers | 7 | 4 |
| Charlie Berry | 20 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Lafayette | 9 | 7 |
| Jesse Brown | 10 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 11 |
| Frank Bucher | 8 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Detroit Mercy | 13 | 12 |
| Jack Ernst | 4 | QB-S | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Lafayette | 14 | 14 |
| Hoot Flanagan | 40 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 169 | 25 | West Virginia Wesleyan; Pittsburgh | 8 | 6 |
| Russ Hathaway | 34 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT-LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 231 | 30 | Indiana | 10 | 7 |
| Heinie Jawish | 18 | ROT-RDT-ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT-LOG-LDG | 5-8 | 210 | 26 | George Washington; Georgetown (DC) | 9 | 4 |
| George Kenneally | 16 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | St. Bonaventure | 11 | 8 |
| Tony Latone | 22 | ROH-RDH-FB-LB-LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | none | 12 | 5 |
| Bob Millman | 38 | LOH-LDH-QB-S-ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 178 | 23 | Lafayette | 7 | 1 |
| Frank Niehaus | 14 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 169 | 24 | Washington & Jefferson | 4 | 2 |
| Aaron Oliker | 6 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 170 | 23 | West Virginia | 1 | 1 |
| Duke Osborn | 30 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 188 | 28 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Racis | 36 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 200 | 28 | none | 14 | 14 |
| Herb Stein | 28 | C-MG | 6-1 | 186 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 |
| Jim Welsh | 24 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT | 5-11 | 250 | 24 | Colgate | 13 | 13 |
| Barney Wentz | 32 | FB-LB-LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 204 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 13 |
| Zeke Wissinger | 12 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 4 |
| Frank Youngfleish | 26 | C-MG-ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 190 | 29 | Villanova | 9 | 4 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 24 | 37 | 52 | 42 | 155 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barney Wentz | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Jim Welsh | 0 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 5 | 27 | 18.5 | 30 | |
| Tony Latone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Charlie Berry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Jack Ernst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bob Millman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Frank Racis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Russ Hathaway | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Team Totals | 20 | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 5 | 1 | 155 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Welsh | 5 | 27 | 18.5 | 35 | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 35 | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barney Wentz | 10 | ||||
| Tony Latone | 4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 14 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Brown | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Jack Ernst | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Berry | 2 | ||||
| Jack Ernst | 1 | ||||
| Bob Millman | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Berry | 1 | ||||||
| Frank Racis | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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