1963 Harrisburg Capitols (ACFL) |
| 2nd place • Southern Division • 8-3-1 .727 |
| Head Coach: Art DeCarlo |
| Tom Carr | Assistant Coach |
| John Huzvar | Assistant Coach |
| Carl Taseff | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/4/1963 | H | Ansonia Black Knights | 27-47 | L | Harrisburg, PA | Bishop McDevitt Field | 4477 | |
| Sun | 8/11/1963 | H | Jersey Giants | 9-30 | L | Harrisburg, PA | Bishop McDevitt Field | 4879 | |
| Sun | 8/18/1963 | A | Ansonia Black Knights | 17-10 | W | Ansonia, CT | Nolan Field | 6500 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1963 | A | Boston Nu-Way Sweepers | 26-26 | T | Everett, MA | Memorial Stadium | 10193 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1963 | A | Jersey Giants | 26-27 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 5100 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | H | Baltimore Broncos | 40-12 | W | Harrisburg, PA | Bishop McDevitt Field | 5721 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1963 | A | Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen | 41-34 | W | Munhall, PA | West Field | 3988 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1963 | H | Newark Bears | 0-38 | L | Harrisburg, PA | Bishop McDevitt Field | 4409 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1963 | A | Baltimore Broncos | 28-7 | W | Baltimore, MD | Westport Stadium | 1542 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1963 | H | Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen | 48-21 | W | Harrisburg, PA | Bishop McDevitt Field | 2214 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1963 | A | Westchester Crusaders | 24-20 | W | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Field | 2768 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1963 | H | Springfield Acorns | 29-27 | W | Harrisburg, PA | Bishop McDevitt Field | 3491 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1963 | A | Newark Bears | 7-20 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 4042 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | H | Mohawk Valley Falcons | 31-6 | W | Harrisburg, PA | Bishop McDevitt Field | 3792 | |
| Sat | 11/9/1963 | H | Providence Steam Roller | 35-28 | W | Harrisburg, PA | Bishop McDevitt Field | 3898 | |
| Runnerup Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | H | Providence Steam Roller | 21-41 | L | Harrisburg, PA | Bishop McDevitt Field | 6092 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ted Aceto | 10 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Villanova | ||
| Dwayne Beach | 46 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | 20 | Millersville | ||
| Joe Blasentine | 52 | LB | 5-11 | 210 | 22 | Penn State | ||
| Joe Boccabella | 54 | C | 6-0 | 225 | 24 | Millersville | ||
| Don Bordner | 66 | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | none | ||
| Ed Buettner | 84 | WR | 6-1 | 183 | 29 | none | ||
| Bill Burton | DE | 6-2 | 250 | Delaware State | ||||
| Angelo Craig | 78 | DT | 6-3 | 252 | 24 | Elizabeth City State | ||
| Barry Daniels | 12 | QB | 5-11 | 180 | Gettysburg | |||
| Walt Deininger | 50 | C | 6-2 | 210 | none | |||
| Bob DeWald | 42 | FB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Pittsburgh; Maryland | ||
| Jim DuBose | 63 | G-C | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | none | ||
| Jack Eachus | 80 | OE | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | Bucknell | ||
| Bill Eakley | 50 | LB | 5-11 | 185 | none | |||
| Frank Ervin | 23 | HB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | none | ||
| Larry Feirick | 64 | DG | 6-1 | 240 | 25 | The Citadel | ||
| Dom Fernandez | 65 | DG | 5-11 | 250 | none | |||
| George Fetrow | 22 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | none | ||
| Ed Furjanic | 73 | OT | 6-1 | 260 | 25 | North Carolina | ||
| Jim Haines | 26 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | none | |||
| Elmo Hodge | 38 | FB | 5-11 | 218 | 24 | Shepherd | ||
| Dick Horvath | 40 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Youngstown State | ||
| Frank Horvath | 29 | FL | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Youngstown State | ||
| Bill Johnson | 75 | LB-P | 6-2 | 204 | 25 | Florida A&M | ||
| Fred Johnson | DB | |||||||
| Ike Johnstone | 25 | HB | 5-11 | 185 | Arizona State | |||
| Don Jonas | 14 | QB-HB-K | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Penn State | 12 | |
| Don Konsavage | 50 | LB | 5-10 | 220 | 26 | none | ||
| Rick Lambert | 77 | DE | 6-2 | 232 | 25 | none | ||
| Ron Lebo | 62 | G | 5-11 | 210 | none | |||
| Charlie Leggs | 72 | OT | 6-1 | 240 | 26 | none | ||
| Earl Little | 10 | QB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Gettysburg | ||
| Pete Miller | 42 | DB | 5-10 | 200 | none | |||
| Barrett Moll | 60 | OG | 5-9 | 210 | 24 | Tennessee; Pittsburgh | ||
| Joe Monti | 62 | OG | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Southern California; Furman | ||
| Ben Newsome | 68 | OG | 5-9 | 225 | 20 | none | ||
| Lloyd Oudinot | 84 | DE | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | none | ||
| Tom Plunkett | 70 | DT | 6-1 | 255 | none | |||
| Charlie Roland | 81 | OE | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | none | ||
| Ralph Sheffield | 25 | DB | 5-10 | 182 | 30 | none | ||
| Tom Shreiner | 74 | OT | 6-0 | 225 | 22 | Gettysburg | ||
| Eugene Smith | 75 | DT | 6-4 | 240 | none | |||
| Jim Sola | 63 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | none | ||
| George Spencer | 40 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | none | |||
| Walt Stets | 20 | S-CB | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Eastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Arizona | ||
| Nat Tacchino | 70 | DE | 6-1 | 227 | 22 | Millersville | ||
| George Thomas | 61 | G | 6-2 | 250 | 23 | Northwestern | ||
| Chris Thompson | 34 | FB | 5-9 | 195 | 28 | none | ||
| Bob Weidler | 45 | RB | 5-9 | 165 | none | |||
| Glenn Weidler | 44 | DB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | none | ||
| Frank Whitlock | 83 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | none | ||
| Jim Wilder | 27 | DB | 5-10 | 175 | Denver | |||
| Ollie Wooten | 71 | DT | 6-1 | 227 | none | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 74 | 106 | 57 | 98 | 335 |
| Opponents Totals | 84 | 62 | 57 | 63 | 266 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jonas | 11 | 37 | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | 0 | 136 | ||
| Frank Horvath | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | ||||
| Frank Whitlock | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Elmo Hodge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Walt Stets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| George Fetrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bill Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Lloyd Oudinot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Charlie Roland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 44 | 38 | 44 | 86.4 | 11 | 0 | 335 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 29 | 38 | 76.3 | 3 | 0 | 266 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jonas | 76 | 455 | 6.0 | 6 | |
| Bob Dewald | 67 | 285 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Elmo Hodge | 84 | 217 | 2.6 | 3 | |
| Frank Horvath | 26 | 81 | 3.1 | 4 | |
| Bob Weidler | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 13 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jonas | 233 | 112 | 48.1 | 107 | 1649 | 7.1 | 14.7 | 15 | 6.4 | 14 | 6.0 | 68.1 | ||||
| Barry Daniels | 96 | 35 | 36.5 | 52 | 641 | 6.7 | 18.3 | 8 | 8.3 | 9 | 9.4 | 49.0 | ||||
| Earl Little | 63 | 23 | 36.5 | 38 | 371 | 5.9 | 16.1 | 4 | 6.3 | 2 | 3.2 | 65.0 | ||||
| Jack Eachus | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 89 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | ||||
| Frank Horvath | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 32 | 8.0 | 10.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 58.3 | ||||
| Ted Aceto | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 6 | 31 | 3.4 | 15.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 1.9 | ||||
| Walt Stets | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 27 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 23 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Horvath | 60 | 1145 | 19.1 | 74 | 13 |
| Frank Whitlock | 31 | 425 | 13.7 | 39 | 7 |
| Charlie Roland | 29 | 331 | 11.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Don Jonas | 22 | 433 | 19.7 | 44 | 5 |
| Elmo Hodge | 21 | 218 | 10.4 | 42 | 1 |
| John Eachus | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Ed Buettner | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob DeWald | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Lloyd Oudinot | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Frank Ervin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 23 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Horvath | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Frank Ervin | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Johnson | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | |
| Walter Stets | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 54 | 1 |
| Bob Weidler | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Johnson | 33 | 38.5 | 61 | |||||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Stets | 23 | 545 | 23.7 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Fetrow | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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