1966 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	7/31/1966	H	Orlando Panthers	7-31	L		Moundsville, WV	Moundsville Stadium	5215
Sat	8/6/1966	A	Richmond Rebels	13-23	L		Richmond, VA		6825
Sat	8/13/1966	N	Montreal Beavers	12-15	L		Burlington, VT	Centennial Field	5600
Sun	8/21/1966	H	Richmond Rebels	23-27	L		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	6909
Sat	8/27/1966	A	Charleston Rockets	17-30	L		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	8563
Sun	9/4/1966	H	Norfolk Neptunes	10-16	L	OT	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	6108
Fri	9/9/1966	A	Orlando Panthers	3-35	L		Orlando, FL	Tangerine Bowl	10.134
Sun	9/18/1966	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	27-45	L		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	4599
Sun	9/25/1966	H	Charleston Rockets	13-14	L		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	2927
Sat	10/1/1966	A	Philadelphia Bulldogs	24-30	L	OT	Philadelphia, PA	Temple Stadium	519
Sun	10/9/1966	H	Hartford Charter Oaks	13-24	L		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	3531
Sat	10/15/1966	A	Montreal Beavers	10-21	L		Montreal, QC	Autostade	12364
Sat	10/22/1966	A	Hartford Charter Oaks	13-24	L		Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	7286
Sun	10/30/1966	H	Orlando Panthers	24-56	L		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	4435
Sat	11/5/1966	A	Toronto Rifles	0-10	L		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium	4588
Sat	11/12/1966	A	Richmond Rebels	21-40	L		Richmond, VA	City Stadium	4000
Sun	11/20/1966	H	Montreal Beavers	7-28	L		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	8295

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
79	Marty Amsler	LDE	6-5	257	24	Indiana; Evansville
63	Rudy Barber	ROT	6-1	255	22	Bethune-Cookman	14
40	Bob Benjamin	FL	5-9	180	23	Northwood	14
	Dan Bland	DB	5-11	192	22	Mississippi State	1
10	Alex Bowden	QB	6-3	190	23	Auburn	14
20	Ernie Bremer	SE	6-1	185	22	Miami (Ohio)	7
21	Frank Budka	RCB	6-0	195	24	Notre Dame	14
26	Gerry Bussell	RCB	6-0	190	23	Georgia Tech	13
62	Harry Butsko	LLB	6-3	225	25	Maryland	12
35	Milt Clegg	LB	6-2	230	23	West Virginia	4
	Andy Cook	LB	6-0	219	26	Oregon Tech	1
34	Jim Cunningham	MLB-LLB	5-11	221	27	Pittsburgh	14
77	George Demko	LDE-DT	6-3	240	31	Appalachian State	14
20	Benjy Dial	QB	6-1	185	23	Eastern New Mexico	7
54	Don Donatelli	C	6-2	250	26	Florida State	14
78	Larry Dressell	OT	6-2	227	22	Detroit Mercy; Dayton	11
27	Rick Duncan	K-P	6-0	208	26	Montana State-Billings; Los Angeles Pierce JC	14	0
84	Bob Dunlevy	SE	6-5	220	22	West Virginia	9
80	John Embree	SE	6-4	201	22	none	14
64	Joe Golden	OG	6-2	258	27	Virginia State	2
81	Al Greer	FL	6-3	197	26	Jackson State	9
86	John Greiner	TE	6-3	215	26	Purdue
50	Doc Griffith	MLB-LLB	6-0	198	24	Auburn	13
82	Don Ivory	OE	6-2	196	25	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	3
61	Bob Jones	ROG	6-1	236	25	Nebraska	14
	Jim Jones	DE	6-5	220	19	Wichita State	1
71	Don Keiser	LOT	6-4	250	24	Purdue	14
53	Ron Kupisch	LB	6-3	235	24	Illinois	1
36	Frank Lankewicz	FB	6-0	215	24	Georgia	9
82	Fred Malins	OE	6-2	217	22	Eastern Kentucky	3
12	Allen McCune	QB	6-2	195	22	West Virginia	5
7	Ron Meyer	DB	6-4	205	22	South Dakota State	1
65	Jerry Moore	LOG-RLB	6-0	255	25	Bethune-Cookman	14
45	Mel Myricks	DB-FB	5-11	190	22	Arizona; Washburn	14
89	Bill Olsavsky	RLB-P	6-0	210	27	Indiana	14
75	Gregg Orth	RDE	6-5	225	26	Indiana	14
73	Joe Pabian	RDT	6-3	280	23	West Virginia	14
67	Leon Pagac	LOG	6-2	230	26	Tulsa	13
61	Charlie Parker	ROG	6-0	246	25	Southern Mississippi	12
26	Dennis Penza	LS	5-10	185	29	St. Norbert	1
30	Ed Pflipsen	FB	6-0	195	23	North Dakota State Science JC; North Dakota State	2
85	Mike Pittman	LS-RS	5-11	185	29	Texas A&M	14
44	Lester Seays	LCB	6-2	185	22	South Carolina State	14
74	Roger Smith	LDT	6-3	255	22	Stockton JC; Fresno State	14
41	Clyde Thomas	HB	5-10	187	26	Ohio University	14
7	Ivan Toncic	QB	5-11	190	28	Pittsburgh	12
30	Merlin Walet	FB-RLB	5-11	225	23	Louisiana State; McNeese State	8
29	Chet Ward	FB	6-1	180	22	Rutgers	12
28	Jim Willis	HB	6-0	190	22	Trinidad State JC; Colorado State	13
13	Sam Wyche	RS-QB	6-4	213	21	Furman	14

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals			69	64	0
Opponents Totals

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	3RD DOWN	Att	Pct	4TH DOWN	Att	Pct	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	208	65	110	33	79	684

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Rick Duncan	0	22	23	95.7	15	28	53.6	67
Frank Lankewicz	5	0	0		0	0		30
Bob Dunlevy	4	0	0		0	0		24
John Greiner	4	0	0		0	0		24
Bob Benjamin	2	0	0		0	0		12
Al Greer	2	0	0		0	0		12
Chester Ward	2	0	0		0	0		12
Alex Bowden	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ernie Bremer	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ed Pflipsen	1	0	0		0	0		6
Lester Seays	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	23	22	23	95.7	15	28	53.6	205
Opponents Totals	53	49	51	96.1	11			400

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Lankewicz	81	254	3.1	12	4
Chester Ward	64	239	3.7	26	2
Clyde Thomas	74	219	3.0	28	0
Jim Willis	51	175	3.4	23	0
Alex Bowden	17	100	5.9	24	1
Merlin Walet	21	90	4.3	16	0
Benjy Dial	21	67	3.2	16	0
Mel Myricks	5	24	4.8	15	0
Ed Pflipsen	6	17	2.8	6	0
Ivan Toncic	8	11	1.4	15	0
Bob Benjamin	6	4	0.7	6	0
Sam Wyche	5	-11	-2.2	2	0
Team Totals	359	1189	3.3	28	7
Opponents Totals	388	1563	4.0

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Alex Bowden	149	54	36.2	85	949	6.4	17.6	80	7	4.7	10	6.7	113	836	46.5
Benjy Dial	154	74	48.1	67	867	5.6	11.7	50	5	3.2	13	8.4	142	725	41.2
Ivan Toncic	103	45	43.7	54	462	4.5	10.3	39	3	2.9	4	3.9	62	400	50.7
Sam Wyche	18	9	50.0	8	101	5.6	11.2	36	0	0.0	1	5.6	4	97	44.0
Allen McCune	6	2	33.3	4	9	1.5	4.5	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	-26	42.4
Clyde Thomas	2	1	50.0	1	16	8.0	16.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	16	77.1
Bill Olsavsky	0	0			0				0		0		14	-14
Team Totals	432	185	42.8	219	2404	5.6	13.0	80	15	3.5	28	6.5	370	2034	45.5
Opponents Totals	447	229	51.2	201	3560	8.0	15.4				17	3.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Dunlevy	39	553	14.2	80	4
John Greiner	32	445	13.9	64	4
Bob Benjamin	26	423	16.3	78	2
Frank Lankewicz	23	183	8.0	21	1
Chester Ward	16	160	10.0	39	0
Al Greer	10	223	22.3	50	2
John Embree	10	137	13.7	39	0
Jim Willis	8	68	8.5	36	0
Ernie Bremer	6	96	16.0	39	1
Ed Pflipsen	4	42	10.5	15	1
Merlin Walet	4	20	5.0	7	0
Clyde Thomas	3	2	.7.0	11	0
Don Ivory	2	42	21.0	27	0
Doc Griffith	1	3	3.0	3	0
Rick Duncan	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	185	2404	13.0	80	15
Opponents Totals	229	3560	15.5

Lou Blumling	Assistant Coach
Ivan Toncic	Assistant Coach

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lester Seays	6	131	21.8	31	1
Frank Budka	3	47	15.7	22	0
Sam Wyche	3	9	3.0	9	0
Mike Pittman	2	18	9.0	16	0
Jake Olsavsky	1	21	21.0	21	0
Doc Griffith	1	15	15.0	15	0
Gerry Bussell	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	17	248	14.6	51	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Rick Duncan	34	1312	38.6	61	0
Bill Olsavsky	55	2002	36.4	58	2
Jim Cunningham	1	34	34.0	34	0
Team Totals	90	3348	37.2	61	2
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Clyde Thomas	25	549	22.0	59
Gerry Bussell	13	269	20.7
Mel Myricks	6	126	21.0	28
Jim Willis	5	86	17.2	29
Chet Ward	4	68	17.0	23
Bob Benjamin	4	65	16.3	22
Jim Cunningham	4	47	11.8	21
Marty Amsler	2	10	5.0	10
Larry Dressell	2	8	4.0	8
Merlin Walet	1	19	19.0	19
John Greiner	1	0	0.0	0
Leon Pagac	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	66	1247	18.9	59
Opponents Totals