1968 Pottstown Firebirds (ACFL)

2nd place Southern Division 6-5-1 .545

Carmen Cavalli	Defensive Line
Jack Klotz	Offensive Line
Joe Rogers	Defensive Backfield
Steve Van Buren	Offensive Backfield

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/17/1968	H	Harrisburg Capitol Colts	0-10	L	Pottstown, PA	Franklin Field	5000
Sat	8/24/1968	A	Virginia Sailors	20-13	W	Herndon, VA	Herndon Stadium
Sat	9/7/1968	H	Hartford Knights	7-13	L	Pottstown, PA	Franklin Field	6150
Sat	9/14/1968	H	Bridgeport Jets	0-24	L	Pottstown, PA	Franklin Field	5228
Sat	9/21/1968	A	Lowell Giants	35-14	W	Lowell, MA	Cawley Memorial Stadium	4500
Sat	9/28/1968	A	Virginia Sailors	7-10	L	Herndon, VA	Herndon Stadium	3723
Sat	10/5/1968	H	Harrisburg Capitol Colts	17-7	W	Pottstown, PA	Franklin Field	4000
Sat	10/12/1968	H	Virginia Sailors	17-0	W	Pottstown, PA	Franklin Field	4820
Fri	10/18/1968	A	Bridgeport Jets	7-27	L	Bridgeport, CT	John F. Kennedy Stadium	13246
Sat	10/26/1968	H	Lowell Giants	25-14	W	Pottstown, PA	Franklin Field	5000
Sat	11/2/1968	A	Richmond Roadrunners	17-17	T	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	6000
Sat	11/9/1968	H	Richmond Roadrunners	14-3	W	Pottstown, PA	Franklin Field	2600
Sat	11/16/1968	A	Hartford Knights	21-35	L	Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	5200
Sat	11/23/1968	A	Harrisburg Capitol Colts	27-13	W	Harrisburg, PA	New Island Park

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
41	Buddy Allen	DB	5-11	193	31	Oakland JC; Utah State
	Ted Allen	FB	6-3	235	24	Syracuse
31	Frank Antonini	FB	6-0	212	24	Kentucky; Parsons
	Joe Austin	DB	5-11	186		none
	Bill Bailey	RB	6-0	211	24	Cincinnati
	Jim Baughn	DE	6-4	270		Virginia State
30	Jean Bibaud	FB	6-1	225	27	Syracuse
72	Jon Brooks	OG	6-1	262	24	Kent State
36	Tom Brown	DB	5-10	198	24	Villanova
70	Brian Bubnis	OG	6-0	240	24	Pittsburgh
32	Bob Burton	LB	6-1	214	27	Maryland
52	Paul Cercel	LOT-C	6-2	222	26	Pittsburgh
	Dewey Chester	HB	6-1	206	23	Pittsburgh
	Barry Connors	T	6-4	260	23	Parsons
82	Press Day	DT	6-1	232		none
83	Stan Derry	DE	6-0	216	34	West Virginia Tech
	Benjy Dial	QB	6-1	185	25	Eastern New Mexico
49	Jerry DiPhillippo	LB	6-1	218		Cheyney
	Ollie Dobbins	DB	5-11	185	27	Morgan State
40	John Drew	FL	6-2	212	31	Miami (Ohio)
20	Charles Elion	HB	6-0	198	27	Tennessee State
	Mike Evans	C	6-5	250	22	Boston College
1	John Fonash	SE	5-9	185	23	Temple
22	Neal Ford	HB	6-0	185		none
	Jim Foster	LB	5-11	225		Trinidad State JC; Colorado State
77	John Fry	OT	6-3	247	22	Villanova
71	Ron Gassert	ROT-DL	6-3	250	28	Virginia
	Roger Grimes	HB	5-11	206	21	Penn State
55	Dan Hale	LB	6-2	225		West Chester
64	Ed Hall	DE	6-2	235		Oklahoma
	George Harold	DB	6-3	198	26	Allen
79	Randy Harris	DE	6-2	245	21	none
11	Jim Haynie	QB	6-2	195	22	West Chester
65	Walt Hughes	ROT	6-1	245	22	Grambling State
68	Don Karl	DT	6-0	240		Bethany
42	Jim Klein	DB	6-0	190	25	Colgate
51	Mark Kosmos	LB	6-0	234	23	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma
	Al Lavan	DB	6-1	194	22	Colorado State
60	Leo Levandowski	ROG	6-1	245	25	none
	Woody Marcks	RDT	6-2	265	23	none
	Milt Mason	RB	5-11	190	25	Norfolk State
89	Ostell McKnight	SE	6-0	190		Winston-Salem State
	Jim McPartland	DB	6-2	190		Villanova
66	Lou Morda	LB	6-0	235	23	Villanova
	Seiki Murono	QB	6-0	187	24	Franklin & Marshall
87	H.D. Murphy	SE	6-0	185	26	San Diego CC; Oregon
	Jim Oliver	RB	6-3	242	22	Colorado State
61	Phil Parrish	OG	5-11	242	27	none
88	Bob Pelkington	TE	6-6	260	27	Xavier (Ohio)
	Daynor Prince	QB	6-0	190	21	Parsons
45	Ed Pyne	QB-SE-K-DB	6-3	218	25	Maryland; Temple
44	Sherm Ross	CB	5-11	196	27	Bluefield State
50	Tom Ross	DT	6-2	262		Grambling State
	Arnold Smith	DB	5-10	182	23	Temple
84	Dick Souels	FL	6-0	185	26	Winston-Salem State
63	Steve Speers	LB	6-1	204	27	Temple
43	Hal Stancell	DB	5-11	185	23	Tennessee
	Bill Stetz	DT	6-3	250	23	Boston College
67	Pat Stillman	OG	6-1	237	28	Taylor; Utah
	Don Wilkinson	WR	5-10	170		West Chester
15	George Wilson	QB-P	6-1	185	25	Notre Dame; Xavier (Ohio)
	Dean Wink	LDE	6-4	246	24	Yankton

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	46	54	28	66
Opponents Totals	48	26	54	49

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	SAF	PTS
Frank Antonini	7	0			0		0	42
Roger Grimes	7	0			0		0	42
Ed Pyne	0	24			4		0	36
Buddy Allen	2	0			0		0	12
Benjy Dial	2	0			0		0	12
John Fonash	2	0			0		0	12
John Drew	1	0			0		0	6
Charles Elion	1	0			0		0	6
Mike Evans	1	0			0		0	6
Jim Haynie	1	0			0		0	6
H.D.Murphy	1	0			0		0	6
Dean Wink	1	0			0		0	6
Ron Gassert	0	0			0	0	1	2
Team Totals	26	24	26	92.3	4		1	194
Opponents Totals	21	18	21	85.7	11		0	177

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Antonini					4
Benjy Dial					2
Roger Grimes					2
Buddy Allen					1
Charles Elion					1
Jim Haynie					1
Team Totals					11
Opponents Totals					7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Benjy Dial	215	109	50.7	98	1457	6.8	13.4	76	10	4.7	8	3.7	72.6
Jim Haynie									1
George Wilson									1
Team Totals									12
Opponents Totals									10

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Pelkington	52	490	9.4	44	0
Roger Grimes					5
Frank Antonini					3
John Fonash					2
John Drew					1
H.D.Murphy					1
Team Totals					12
Opponents Totals					10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Lavan	5	39	7.8	17	0
Buddy Allen					1
Team Totals					1
Opponents Totals					1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Ed Pyne	52	1797	34.6	49
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sherm Ross	18	262	14.6	55	0
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					3

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Sherm Ross	19	420	22.1	37
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Mike Evans							1
Dean Wink							1
Team Totals							2
Opponents Totals							0