1965 Wilmington Comets (NAFL) |
| 3rd place • Northern Division • 4-5-1 .444 |
| Head Coach: Jack Ferrante (3-3-1); Tony Arichella (1-2-0) |
| Tony Apichella | Assistant Coach |
| Sonny Cardoso | Defensive Backdfield |
| Tony Daliessio | Line |
| Bill Doherty | Offensive Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | A | Pennsylvania Mustangs | 26-28 | L | 3259 | |||
| Sat | 8/14/1965 | A | Annapolis Sailors | 37-21 | W | Annapolis, MD | Panther Stadium | 1483 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | N | Annapolis Sailors | 20-0 | W | Chester, PA | 3000 | ||
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | A | Mobile Tarpons | 14-14 | T | Mobile, AL | Ladd Stadium | 3410 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | H | Pennsylvania Mustangs | 20-17 | W | Wilmington, DE | Baynard Stadium | 3210 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | A | Florida Brahmans | 23-14 | W | Lakeland, FL | Bryant Stadium | 5428 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1965 | A | Huntsville Rockets | 16-14 | W | Huntsville, AL | Goldsmith-Schiffman Field | 3800 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1965 | H | Mobile Tarpons | 27-29 | L | Wilmington, DE | Baynard Stadium | 8458 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1965 | A | Pennsylvania Mustangs | 21-49 | L | Charleroi, PA | Charleroi High School Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sat | 10/9/1965 | H | Florida Brahmans | 3-7 | L | Wilmington, DE | Baynard Stadium | 2897 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1965 | H | Huntsville Rockets | 33-13 | W | Wilmington, DE | Baynard Stadium | 1847 | |
| Sat | 10/23/1965 | H | Annapolis Sailors | 14-28 | L | Wilmington, DE | Baynard Stadium | 3114 | |
| Sat | 11/13/1965 | A | Annapolis Sailors | 13-31 | L | Annapolis, MD | Panther Stadium | 941 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Austin | RS | 5-11 | 186 | none | ||||
| John Bennett | QB | 6-2 | 214 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | |||
| Don Borcky | DT | 6-0 | 250 | 23 | none | |||
| Mike Brown | HB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Delaware | |||
| Paul Bruce | DB | 6-0 | 170 | none | ||||
| Sonny Cardoso | CB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Widener | |||
| Bert Carl | MLB | 6-2 | 249 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | |||
| Jim Chandler | S | 6-4 | 210 | 23 | Benedict | |||
| Dick Christy | HB-K | 5-10 | 191 | 30 | North Carolina State | |||
| Tom Cohen | RB | 6-1 | 220 | none | ||||
| Mel Collins | OB | |||||||
| Bob Crawford | G | 6-0 | 240 | 21 | Delaware State | |||
| Jack Cummings | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | North Carolina | |||
| Tony Daliessio | G | 29 | ||||||
| George Donald | RB | 6-0 | 200 | none | ||||
| Jim Galmin | TE | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | Iowa; Tampa | |||
| Ron Giordano | QB | 5-9 | 175 | 22 | Bucknell | |||
| John Gregory | DE | 6-2 | 265 | none | ||||
| Wally Hill | FL | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | Southern Methodist | |||
| Howard | RLB | |||||||
| Bill Iacone | LLB | 5-10 | 195 | 22 | West Chester | |||
| Mel Johnson | CB | 6-2 | 212 | 24 | none | |||
| Bill Joyner | DB | 6-2 | 215 | North Carolina Central | ||||
| Jim Keenan | C | 6-0 | 205 | 21 | Maryland | |||
| Jim Keil | OT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Lebanon Valley | |||
| Jim Koczak | C-LDE | 6-2 | 247 | 27 | Clemson | |||
| Larry Koczak | RLB-RDE | 6-2 | 238 | 25 | South Carolina | |||
| Al Lawson | SE | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Delaware State | |||
| Todd McNair | DE | 6-4 | 250 | Shaw | ||||
| Jack Mercadante | OT-OG | 6-3 | 243 | 26 | Maryland | |||
| Tom Moran | RDT-DE | 6-2 | 253 | 26 | none | |||
| Arnold Murphy | DB | 5-10 | 192 | 30 | Morgan State | |||
| Buddy Nask | DE | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | North Carolina; Villanova | |||
| Bob Newman | DT | 6-2 | 248 | North Carolina | ||||
| Joe O'Brien | DB | 6-1 | 185 | none | ||||
| Walt Owens | HB | 5-9 | 186 | 28 | Florida A&M | |||
| Franny Payton | HB | 5-8 | 175 | none | ||||
| Buddy Rodgers | 5-11 | 235 | -11 | Maryland | ||||
| Ron Rodgers | LB | 5-9 | 190 | West Chester | ||||
| Ralph Russo | FB-K | 5-7 | 215 | Villanova | ||||
| Arnie Saunders | OE | 5-11 | 183 | 22 | Delaware State | |||
| Jack Scholato | C | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Delaware | |||
| Nort Seaman | K | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Pittsburgh | |||
| Smedley Sharp | G | 5-10 | 225 | 23 | West Chester | |||
| Bob Smith | OT | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | |||
| Pat Stillman | OG | 6-1 | 237 | 25 | Taylor; Utah | |||
| Wendell Tucker | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | South Carolina State | |||
| Gordon Wright | DE | 6-3 | 245 | 22 | Delaware State | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 33 | 53 | 33 | 65 | 184 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 66 | 58 | 50 | 216 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 44 | ||||
| Wally Hill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Mike Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Arnie Saunders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Ralph Russo | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| John Bennett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Al Lawson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Nort Seaman | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jack Cummings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| George Donald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Galmin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Wendell Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 26 | 19 | 26 | 73.1 | 3 | 0 | 184 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 27 | 30 | 90.0 | 3 | 0 | 216 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Hill | 5 | ||||
| Dick Christy | 4 | ||||
| John Bennett | 2 | ||||
| Ralph Russo | 2 | ||||
| Mike Brown | 1 | ||||
| Jack Cummings | 1 | ||||
| George Donald | 1 | ||||
| Wendell Tucker | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 17 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Cummings | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Ron Giordano | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| John Bennett | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Saunders | 3 | ||||
| Mike Brown | 2 | ||||
| Al Lawson | 2 | ||||
| Jim Galmin | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 24 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 9 | 185 | 20.6 | 37 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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