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1943 Brooklyn Dodgers
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Record: 2-8-0, Finished 4th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 65 points (6.5/g), 8th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 234 points (23.4/g), 9th.
Differential of -169 points (-16.9/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 0.5-9.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.6/g), 8th.
Coached by Pete Cawthon (2-8-0)
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1943 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| HB | Merl Condit | 26 | 3 | 7 | 67 rushes for 190 yards, 1 td, & 7 catches for 101 yards and 1 td | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 15th pick / 1940 |
| TB | Ken Heineman | 25 | 3 | 6 | 49 rushes for 126 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 45th pick / 1940 |
| TB | Dean McAdams | 26 | 2 | 1 | 40 rushes for -38 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 6 yards and 0 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 8th pick / 1941 |
| FB | Pug Manders | 30 | 4 | 9 | 89 rushes for 266 yards, 3 td, & 5 catches for 68 yards and 1 td | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 11th pick / 1939 |
| BB | Joe Setcavage | 25 | Rook | 6 | 1 rush for 3 yards, 0 td, & 5 catches for 26 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Ray Wehba | 27 | Rook | 9 | 4 catches for 43 yards, 0 td | |
| LT | Bruiser Kinard+ | 29 | 5 | 10 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1938 |
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| LG | Jake Fawcett | 24 | 1 | 10 | ||
| C | Bud Svendsen | 28 | 6 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1937 |
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| RG | Lew Jones | 31 | Rook | 7 | ||
| RT | George Sergienko | 25 | Rook | 8 | ||
| RE | Andy Kowalski | 23 | Rook | 6 | 11 catches for 145 yards, 0 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bruiser Kinard+ | 29 | 5 | 10 | 1 of 1 field goal & 8 of 9 extra points | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1938 |
| P | Dean McAdams | 26 | 2 | 1 | 36 punts for a 37.6 average, 1 blocked | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 8th pick / 1941 |
| PR | Ken Heineman | 25 | 3 | 6 | 10 punt returns for a 7.8 average and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 45th pick / 1940 |
| KR | Ken Heineman | 25 | 3 | 6 | 16 kick returns for a 27.8 average and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 45th pick / 1940 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bill Armstrong | 73 | G | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | UCLA | 0/0/0 | Rook | |
| John Bandura | 24 | E | 1 | 0 | 206 | 6-0 | La-Lafayette | 8/7/1919 | Rook | |
| Bill Brown | 26 | BB-QB-DB | 5 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 6/1/1917 | Rook | |
| George Cafego | 28 | FB-QB-HB | 5 | 3 | 169 | 5-10 | Tennessee | 8/30/1915 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 1st pick / 1940 |
| Merl Condit | 26 | HB | 8 | 7 | 187 | 5-11 | Carnegie Mellon,West Virginia | 3/21/1917 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 15th pick / 1940 |
| Bill Conkright | 29 | C-LB-E-DE | 7 | 4 | 203 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 4/17/1914 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 48th pick / 1937 |
| Bill Davis | 27 | T | 8 | 1 | 234 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 11/10/1916 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 11th / 91st pick / 1940 |
| Marshall Edwards | 27 | FB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Wake Forest | 4/1/1916 | Rook | |
| Jake Fawcett | 24 | T-G | 10 | 10 | 223 | 5-11 | SMU | 5/29/1919 | 1 | |
| George Grandinette | 26 | G | 10 | 0 | 215 | 5-9 | Fordham | 4/13/1917 | Rook | |
| Al Gutknecht | 26 | G-LB | 2 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Niagara | 6/11/1917 | Rook | |
| Ken Heineman | 25 | TB | 8 | 6 | 168 | 5-9 | Texas-El Paso | 1/13/1918 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 45th pick / 1940 |
| Cecil Johnson | 22 | TB-DB-HB | 9 | 2 | 197 | 5-11 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 9/3/1921 | Rook | |
| Lew Jones | 31 | G-LB | 10 | 7 | 215 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 12/15/1912 | Rook | |
| Bruiser Kinard+ | 29 | T | 10 | 10 | 216 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 10/23/1914 | 5 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1938 |
| Andy Kowalski | 23 | E | 8 | 6 | 199 | 6-1 | Mississippi State | 6/2/1920 | Rook | |
| Pug Manders | 30 | FB-HB | 10 | 9 | 200 | 6-0 | Drake | 5/5/1913 | 4 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 11th pick / 1939 |
| Tilly Manton | 34 | B | 10 | 3 | 188 | 5-11 | LSU,TCU | 8/24/1909 | 7 | |
| Jodie Marek | 27 | FB | 8 | 1 | 182 | 5-11 | Texas Tech | 3/7/1916 | Rook | |
| Frank Martin | 24 | HB | 10 | 1 | 177 | 5-10 | Alabama | 6/13/1919 | Rook | |
| John Matisi | 23 | T | 4 | 1 | 221 | 6-2 | Duquesne | 11/2/1920 | Rook | Brooklyn Dodgers / 7th / 54th pick / 1943 |
| Dean McAdams | 26 | TB-HB | 8 | 1 | 193 | 6-1 | Washington | 10/3/1917 | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 8th pick / 1941 |
| Tex Mooney | 26 | T | 2 | 0 | 280 | 6-5 | West Texas A&M | 3/8/1917 | 1 | |
| Pete Owens | 26 | G-C | 5 | 2 | 205 | 5-11 | Texas Tech | 2/11/1917 | Rook | |
| Keith Ranspot | 30 | E | 9 | 2 | 205 | 6-3 | SMU | 12/11/1913 | 3 | |
| Frank Sachse | 26 | B | 6 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 7/24/1917 | Rook | |
| Herm Schmarr | 31 | DE | 5 | 2 | 210 | 6-2 | Catholic | 10/1/1912 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 8th / 80th pick / 1937 |
| George Sergienko | 25 | T | 10 | 8 | 248 | 6-1 | American International College | 5/22/1918 | Rook | |
| Joe Setcavage | 25 | BB | 10 | 6 | 190 | 5-11 | Duquesne | 11/12/1918 | Rook | |
| Vaughn Stewart | 24 | C | 1 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/16/1919 | Rook | |
| Bud Svendsen | 28 | C-LB-G | 10 | 6 | 190 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 2/7/1915 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 39th pick / 1937 |
| Phil Swiadon | 29 | G | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | NYU | 12/5/1914 | Rook | |
| George Webb | 27 | E | 9 | 2 | 180 | 6-1 | Texas Tech | 4/2/1916 | Rook | |
| Ray Wehba | 27 | E | 10 | 9 | 215 | 6-0 | USC | 8/16/1916 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 28.1 | 10 | 203.8 | 6-0.2 | 1.4 |