1948 Wilmington Clippers (AFL) |
| 3rd place • 5-4-1 .556 |
| Head Coach: George Veneroso |
| Mike Kerns | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 9/13/1948 | A | Philadelphia Tacony A.A. | 21-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Disston Ball Park | ||
| Sun | 9/19/1948 | A | Richmond Rebels | 10-17 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 4200 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1948 | A | Paterson Panthers | 7-20 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 6800 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1948 | H | Richmond Rebels | 0-21 | L | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 2000 | |
| Wed | 10/6/1948 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 21-14 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 5500 | |
| Wed | 10/13/1948 | H | Wilkes-Barre Bullets | 7-0 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 2800 | |
| Tue | 10/19/1948 | H | Philadelphia Tacony A.A. | 55-0 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 800 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | A | Wilkes-Barre Bullets | 16-7 | W | Kingston, PA | Artillery Park | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1948 | A | Jersey City Giants | 20-16 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 3600 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | H | Paterson Panthers | 21-21 | T | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | H | Jersey City Giants | 46-14 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 0-7 | L | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 2400 | |
| Playoff | |||||||||
| Mon | 11/29/1948 | A | Richmond Rebels | 22-14 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 250 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/5/1948 | A | Paterson Panthers | 14-24 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 10000 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/29/1948 | Richmond Rebels | Postponed from 11/2 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Al Anderson | 18 | FB-QB | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | none | 10 | 5 |
| Barney Barnett | 33 | E | 6-5 | 230 | 25 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC | 10 | 8 |
| Frank Basile | 5 | HB | 5-11 | 177 | 22 | West Chester | 9 | 4 |
| Erle Baugher | HB | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Temple | 1 | 0 | |
| George Brown | 28 | G | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | Navy; San Diego State | 4 | 1 |
| Hank Charlton | 32 | T | 6-3 | 245 | Nevada-Reno | 10 | 9 | |
| Ben Coren | 20 | T | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | Nevada-Reno; West Chester | 6 | 1 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 17 | QB | 5-10 | 187 | 24 | Notre Dame | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Dickerson | G | 5-8 | 198 | 29 | Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | |
| Roger Dughi | 8 | QB | 5-11 | 196 | 27 | Colgate; Randolph-Macon | 2 | 0 |
| Weldon Edwards | 10 | T | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Texas Christian; North Texas; Texas Christian | 4 | 2 |
| Tony Fusaloro | 23 | G-T | 6-0 | 215 | 28 | none | 10 | 6 |
| Bill Glenn | 30 | E | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | Temple | 8 | 0 |
| Al Gornish | 19 | C | 6-0 | 208 | 25 | West Chester | 10 | 7 |
| Walt Gregonis | 14 | E | 5-11 | 187 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 10 | 6 |
| Hank Harris | 35 | G-T | 6-0 | 260 | 25 | Texas | 7 | 5 |
| Jack Holz | 12 | G-T | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Virginia | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Hunnicutt | 1 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | South Carolina | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Jurich | 23 | T | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | West Chester | 2 | 1 |
| Lenny Krouse | 4 | HB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Penn State | 10 | 9 |
| Bert Kuczynski | 9 | E | 6-0 | 196 | 28 | Pennsylvania | 10 | 6 |
| Ed LoVuolo | 35 | T | 6-4 | 265 | 24 | none | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Lythgoe | 20 | QB-FB | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Widener | 9 | 7 |
| Pat Martinelli | 26 | C-G | 6-0 | 227 | 29 | Scranton | 9 | 3 |
| Pete Mensick | 25 | C | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Manhattan; West Virginia | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Moock | 15 | QB | 5-10 | 210 | 30 | La Salle | 3 | 2 |
| Stan Nestorak | 6 | HB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Georgia | 7 | 5 |
| Al Nojunas | 6 | HB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Temple | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Papiano | 24 | FB | 6-0 | 208 | 27 | Temple | 8 | 5 |
| Joe Petro | 3 | G | 6-0 | 195 | 31 | Muhlenberg | 9 | 5 |
| Danny Roskos | 16 | HB | 5-8 | 190 | 25 | East Stroudsburg | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 11 | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Ohio State | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Smith | 22 | T | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | none | 8 | 3 |
| Hal Thompson | E | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Delaware | 2 | 0 | |
| Ed Virshup | 13 | G-T | 5-11 | 215 | 23 | Temple | 9 | 5 |
| Floyd Wheeler | 1 | HB | 6-0 | 176 | 30 | Tulsa; Northern Oklahoma JC; Southwestern (Kansas) | 2 | 1 |
| Francis Williams | 2 | HB | 5-7 | 160 | none | 5 | 3 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 39 | 14 | 60 | 35 | 148 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 38 | 27 | 58 | 137 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 112 | 71 | 34 | 7 | 56 | 475 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 110 | 74 | 27 | 9 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Papiano | 5 | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 1 | 0 | 44 | ||
| Stan Nestorak | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Walt Gregonis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Paul Sarringhaus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Al Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Frank Basile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jack Lythgoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Frank Moock | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Boley Dancewicz | 0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Hal Thompson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 21 | 16 | 21 | 76.2 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 0 | 148 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 17 | 19 | 89.5 | 2 | 0 | 137 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Papiano | 82 | 402 | 4.9 | 5 | |
| Al Anderson | 49 | 272 | 5.6 | 2 | |
| Stan Nestorak | 82 | 265 | 3.2 | 5 | |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 3 | ||||
| Team Totals | 405 | 1319 | 3.3 | 15 | |
| Opponents Totals | 361 | 1181 | 3.3 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boley Dancewicz | 57 | 27 | 47.4 | 407 | 7.1 | 15.1 | 2 | 3.5 | ||||||||
| Frank Moock | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Stan Nestorak | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 167 | 63 | 37.7 | 96 | 909 | 5.4 | 14.4 | 7 | 4.2 | 8 | 4.8 | 50.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 171 | 65 | 38.0 | 77 | 856 | 5.0 | 13.2 | 9 | 5.3 | 29 | 17.0 | 32.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenny Krouse | 18 | 242 | 13.4 | 0 | |
| Walt Gregonis | 3 | ||||
| Stan Nestorak | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 63 | 909 | 14.4 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 856 | 13.2 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Basile | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 0 | |
| Lenny Krouse | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | |
| Jack Lythgoe | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 29 | 412 | 14.2 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 192 | 17.5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Anderson | 21 | 40.1 | ||||||||
| Roger Dughi | 9 | 41.6 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 53 | 36.6 | ||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 388 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Basile | 8 | 125 | 15.6 | 1 | ||
| Lenny Krouse | 11 | 140 | 12.7 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 388 | 12.5 | 1 | ||
| 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 | 25 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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