1947 Wilmington Clippers (AFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Division • 2-5-1 .286 |
| Head Coach: George Veneroso |
| Eddie Michaels | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 9/16/1947 | A | Vineland Senators | 14-7 | W | Vineland, NJ | Gittone Memorial Stadium | 5200 | |
| Fri | 9/26/1947 | H | Wilkes-Barre Barons | 17-3 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 4000 | |
| Wed | 10/1/1947 | H | Paterson Panthers | 10-20 | L | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 4500 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | A | Jersey City Giants | 7-20 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 6500 | |
| Wed | 10/15/1947 | H | Jersey City Giants | 13-0 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 4200 | |
| Wed | 10/22/1947 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 0-42 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 11000 | |
| Wed | 11/5/1947 | A | Bloomfield Cardinals | 3-10 | L | Bloomfield, NJ | Foley Field | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | H | Richmond Rebels | 17-17 | T | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | A | Paterson Panthers | 7-35 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | ||
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | - | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | |||
| Sun | 11/30/1947 | A | Wilkes-Barre Barons | - | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Stadium | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/5/1947 | Bloomfield Cardinals | Postponed from 10/19 |
| 11/23/1947 | Bethlehem Bulldogs | Canceled |
| 11/30/1947 | Wilkes-Barre Barons | Canceled; Postponed from 10/29 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Anderson | 20 | RE | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | West Liberty; West Virginia | 7 | 4 |
| Don Avery | RT | 6-4 | 254 | 26 | Pomona JC | 2 | 1 | |
| Chuck Bearoff | 10 | RE | 6-0 | 202 | 26 | William & Mary | 3 | 1 |
| George Brodston | 21 | LE | 6-4 | 220 | 26 | Creighton; Bowling Green State | 7 | 5 |
| Bernie Brosky | 33 | LT | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Penn State | 8 | 7 |
| Blair Brown | 29 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 0 |
| Don Brownlee | 28 | RE | 6-3 | 212 | Lehigh | 6 | 2 | |
| Don Bunge | 30 | RT | 6-7 | 235 | 23 | Minnesota | 6 | 1 |
| Paul Chisholm | 17 | HB | 5-10 | 183 | 28 | John Carroll | 5 | 0 |
| Billy Constable | 5 | QB-LH | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | Ohio University | 8 | 1 |
| Les Dodson | 11 | LH | 6-1 | 180 | 31 | Mississippi | 4 | 2 |
| Jim Gaffney | 28 | HB | 6-1 | 204 | 26 | Tennessee | 2 | 0 |
| Wimpy Giddens | 22 | LT | 6-2 | 221 | 33 | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 1 |
| Joe Giunta | 18 | G | 5-9 | 197 | 26 | Kansas | 3 | 0 |
| Al Gornish | 19 | LG | 6-0 | 208 | 24 | West Chester | 7 | 2 |
| Paul Hart | 3 | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Delaware | 3 | 1 |
| Bill Harwick | 12 | C | 5-10 | 178 | 29 | Drexel | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Hefti | 23 | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | St. Lawrence | 5 | 2 |
| John Hober | 16 | E | 6-1 | 205 | 30 | La Salle | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Kerns | 36 | RT | 5-10 | 249 | 27 | Penn State | 8 | 6 |
| Lenny Krouse | 4 | RH | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Penn State | 8 | 6 |
| Bert Kuczynski | 8 | LE | 6-0 | 196 | 27 | Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 |
| Johnny Lucente | 24 | FB | 5-9 | 200 | 25 | West Virginia | 6 | 3 |
| Mike Mandarino | 34 | LG | 5-11 | 240 | 26 | La Salle | 8 | 6 |
| Pat Martinelli | 26 | C | 6-0 | 227 | 28 | Scranton | 7 | 2 |
| Joe McCarthy | 2 | E | 6-0 | 188 | Maryland | 3 | 0 | |
| Len McCormick | 25 | C | 6-3 | 232 | 25 | Schreiner Institute JC; Southwestern (Texas); Baylor | 8 | 6 |
| Eddie Michaels | 13 | RG | 5-11 | 205 | 33 | Villanova | 8 | 5 |
| Tommy Mont | 11 | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | Maryland | 5 | 2 |
| Frank Moock | 15 | QB | 5-10 | 210 | 29 | La Salle | 8 | 3 |
| Bobby Musick | 7 | QB-FB | 6-0 | 194 | 25 | Southern California | 8 | 3 |
| Vince Pacewic | 23 | FB | 5-11 | 205 | 27 | Loyola Marymount; San Francisco | 3 | 2 |
| Norm Rushton | 9 | RH | 6-1 | 191 | 29 | Temple | 8 | 2 |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 14 | LH | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Ohio State | 8 | 5 |
| George Sirochman | 27 | RG | 5-11 | 215 | 29 | Duquesne | 8 | 3 |
| Carl Tomasello | 18 | RE | 6-1 | 215 | 30 | Scranton | 3 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 3 | 23 | 34 | 14 | 74 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 47 | 38 | 21 | 147 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Mont | 2 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Paul Sarringhaus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Frank Moock | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Bill Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Lenny Krouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Johnny Lucente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Norm Rushton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Carl Tomasello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 9 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 4 | 0 | 74 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 3 | 0 | 147 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Sarringhaus | 68 | 335 | 4.9 | 2 | |
| Tommy Mont | 53 | 265 | 5.0 | 2 | |
| Johnny Lucente | 1 | ||||
| Norm Rushton | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Mont | 102 | 36 | 35.3 | 56 | 430 | 4.2 | 11.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 10 | 9.8 | 12.7 | ||||
| Paul Hart | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Moock | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Anderson | 11 | 166 | 15.1 | 1 | |
| Lenny Krouse | 1 | ||||
| Carl Tomasello | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Constable | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Mont | 15 | 39.1 | ||||||||
| Lenny Krouse | 15 | 30.1 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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