1963 Springfield Acorns (ACFL)

1st place Northern Division 7-5-0 .583

Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/10/1963	H	Tri-City Chargers	48-0	W	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	3723
Sat	8/17/1963	H	Randolph Rams	48-0	W	Springfield, MA	Trade High School Field	2126
Sat	8/24/1963	A	Newark Bears	13-35	L	Newark, NJ	Schools Stadium	8893
Sat	8/31/1963	H	Boston Nu-Way Sweepers	14-7	W	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	6112
Sat	9/7/1963	A	Westchester Crusaders	7-13	L	Mount Vernon, NY	Memorial Field	4816
Sun	9/15/1963	A	Providence Steam Roller	28-9	W	Providence, RI	City Stadium	6360
Sat	9/21/1963	H	Portland Sea Hawks	15-28	L	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	7343
Sat	9/28/1963	H	Ansonia Black Knights	20-6	W	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	4304
Sat	10/5/1963	H	Providence Steam Roller	20-23	L	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	5973
Sat	10/12/1963	H	Baltimore Broncos	14-10	W	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	3216
Sat	10/19/1963	A	Harrisburg Capitols	27-29	L	Harrisburg, PA	Bihsop McDevitt Field	3491
Sun	10/27/1963	A	Portland Sea Hawks	46-2	W	Portland, ME	Portland High School Stadium	3108
Fri	11/1/1963	H	Boston Nu-Way Sweepers	15-14	W	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	1208
Sat	11/9/1963	H	Mohawk Valley Falcons	23-0	W	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	4570
Sat	11/23/1963	H	Newark Bears	6-23	L	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	8137

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
72	Tony Ayre	LOT	6-1	230	27	Springfield
25	Gordon Banks	DB	6-1	198	24	Fisk
83	Andy Baylock	DE-C	6-3	215	25	Central Connecticut State
42	Joe Bernard	RB	5-6	175		none
23	Jim Bruno	FL	5-11	195	24	Miami (Florida)
31	Tom Calabrese	DB	5-10	175	24	Trinity (Connecticut)
12	Lowell Caylor	FL	6-3	205	22	Miami (Ohio)
	Larry Coleman	OT	5-11	245	22	Indiana
85	Dick Deinski	OE	5-11	195	25	none
27/72	Sonny Dennis	DE-OE	6-4	215	28	Middlebury
80	Forest Farmer	TE-DE	6-2	225	22	Purdue
84	Ed Forbush	OE-DE	6-0	205	25	Massachusetts
10	Bob Gaughan	QB	5-11	182		Michigan State
52	Dave Gearing	LB	6-0	185	20	none
81/54	Dick Glogowski	OG-OE	6-2	220	23	Boston College; American International
51	Bill Grandstaff	C	6-1	241	24	none
30	Andy Griffin	FB-K	6-0	210	26	American International
20	Billy Griffin	DB-RB	5-10	205	23	none
22	Rich Griffin	HB-DB	6-1	180	20	none
41	Ed Guyer	FB	5-9	185	19	none
43	Bob Harrison	DB	5-11	187	25	Ohio University
73	Bruce Heerema	LOT-DT	6-2	245	23	Central (Iowa)
72	George Hogan	OT	6-3	245	23	Texas A&M
75	Len Hood	LB	6-1	240		none
25	Tony Kelly	HB	5-9	175		none
11	George LaChappelle	QB	6-2	195	27	Northeastern
74	John LaFontana	G	6-1	265	28	Massachusetts
81	Chuck Marshall	OE	6-2	197	24	Oregon State
24	Mel Meeks	HB	6-1	215	26	none
21	Charles Mitchell	FL-OE-DB	5-11	170		none
76	Jack Murdock	ROT-DT	6-1	225	30	Colorado
31	Bob Nielson	LB	6-0	215	21	none
82	Steve O'Neil	OE	5-11	165	22	American International
80	Dick Osinski	DE	5-11	183	26	none
63	Bob Patterson	G	5-11	211		none
12	Fred Quinn	DB-QB-HB	6-0	190	22	Northwestern
62	Don Robert	LOG-LB	5-11	190	25	American International
71	Al Rogers	DT	6-5	260	20	Florida A&M
61	Tom Russo	ROG	6-0	225	24	Boston University
64	Steve Santori	DE	5-11	180		Springfield
85	Frank Scibelli	OE	6-2	186		none
65	Rich Soffen	DG	5-9	205	28	none
25/11	Butch Songin	QB	6-2	205	39	Boston College
31/32/42	John Szumczyk	HB	6-1	217	22	Trinity (Connecticut)
74	Ken Thomas	DG	6-5	292	22	Grambling State
10	Jim Traficant	QB	6-1	194	22	Pittsburgh
43	Tom Trangone	DB	5-10	170	23	none
63	Randall Tyson	LB	6-2	232	22	Utah State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	70	80	38	54
Opponents Totals	24	39	51	62

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Andy Griffin	8	25			5	12	41.7	0	88
Rich Griffin	6	0			0	0		0	36
Lowell Caylor	5	0			0	0		0	30
Chuck Marshall	5	0			0	0		0	30
Mel Meeks	2	0			0	0		0	12
Fred Quinn	2	0			0	0		0	12
Jim Traficant	2	0			0	0		0	12
Andy Baylock	1	0			0	0		0	6
George LaChappelle	1	0			0	0		0	6
John Szumczyk	1	0			0	0		0	6
Bruce Heerema	0	0			0	0		1	2
Al Rogers	0	0			0	0		1	2
Team Totals	33	25	33	75.8	5	12	41.7	2	242
Opponents Totals	22	18	22	81.8	8	13	61.5	1	176

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mel Meeks	86	523	6.1		2
Rich Griffin	68	480	7.1		6
Andy Griffin	97	479	4.9		8
Jim Traficant	41	238	5.8		1
Jim Bruno	31	155	5.0		0
John Szumczyk	17	41	2.4		0
Fred Quinn	7	29	4.1		1
Tom Calabrese	2	15	7.5		0
Dick Glogowski	3	15	5.0		0
Gordon Banks	1	5	5.0	5	0
Lowell Caylor	1	2	2.0	2	0
Butch Songin	2	2	1.0		0
George LaChappelle	1	-15	-15.0	-15	1
Mel Meeks					2
Jim Traficant					2
Team Totals	358	1950	5.4		20
Opponents Totals		1459			9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Jim Traficant	189	93	49.2	91	1248	6.6	13.4	11	5.8	5	2.6	79.0
Butch Songin	43	17	39.5	26	174	4.0	10.2	1	2.3	0	0.0	59.6
George LaChappelle	19	7	36.8	10	104	5.5	14.9	0	0.0	2	10.5	16.0
Fred Quinn	27	7	25.9	14	82	3.0	11.7	0	0.0	6	22.2	0.2
Team Totals								12
Opponents Totals								11

124147

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Marshall	40	503	12.6		5
Lowell Caylor	25	369	14.8		5
Andy Griffin	13	205	15.8		0
Jim Bruno	13	161	12.4		0
Forrest Farmer	6	79	13.2		1
Ed Forbush	5	65	13.0		0
Rich Griffin	5	35	7.0		0
Mel Meeks	5	35	7.0		0
Sonny Dennis	2	29	14.5		0
Steve O'Neil	2	29	14.5		0
Dick Osinski	2	28	14.0		0
John Szumczyk	2	21	10.5		1
Dick Glogowski	1	14	14.0	14	0
Gordon Banks	1	8	8.0	8	0
Fred Quinn					1
Team Totals					12
Opponents Totals					11

2217

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fred Quinn	4	62	15.5		1
Bob Harrison	3	84	28.0		0
Bob Nielson	3	46	15.3		0
Andy Baylock	2	23	11.5		1
Randy Tyson	2	3	1.5		0
Rich Griffin	1	50	50.0	50	0
Tom Trangone	1	27	27.0	27	0
Jay Calabrese	1	17	17.0	17	0
Andy Griffin	1	7	7.0	7	0
Don Roberts	1	4	4.0	4	0
Gordon Banks	1	1	1.0	1	0
Steve Santori	1	1	1.0	1	0
Ed Forbush	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	333	15.1			2
Opponents Totals	321	18.9			1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jack Murdock	42		35.1	56
Lowell Caylor	9		36.2
Team Totals
Opponents Totals	51	1796	35.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Andy Griffin	7	112	16.0
Bob Harrison	20	311	15.6
Rich Griffin	4	18	4.5
Tom Trangone	1	7	7.0	7
Chuck Marshall	1	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	33	453	13.7
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bob Harrison	9	193	21.4
Rich Griffin	6	137	22.8
Andy Griffin	6	130	21.7
John Szumczyk	3	65	21.7
Jim Bruno	3	62	20.7
Steve O'Neil	3	45	15.0
Dick Glogowski	2	56	28.0
Dick Osinski	2	33	16.5
Mel Meeks	1	32	32.0	32
Randy Tyson	1	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	40	768	19.2
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals							1