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Record: 0-10-0, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 69 points (6.9/g), 10th of 11 in the NFL.
Allowed 166 points (16.6/g), 6th.
Differential of -97 points (-9.7/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 1.1-8.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -18 (-1.8/g), 10th.
Coached by Frank Bridges (0-5-0), Pete Cawthon (0-5-0) and Ed Kubale (0-5-0) (co-coach with Frank Bridges)
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1944 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 17 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 7 | 14 | 16 | 258 | 120 | 138 | 3 | 15 | 218 | 102 | 116 | 3 |
| 2 | Sun | October 8 | box | L | 0-2 | @ | Detroit Lions | 14 | 19 | 13 | 261 | 148 | 113 | 4 | 9 | 318 | 158 | 160 | 3 |
| 3 | Sun | October 15 | box | L | 0-3 | New York Giants | 7 | 14 | 8 | 175 | 89 | 86 | 6 | 4 | 196 | 123 | 73 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 0-4 | @ | Washington Redskins | 14 | 17 | 12 | 274 | 142 | 132 | 2 | 16 | 321 | 234 | 87 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 29 | box | L | 0-5 | Boston Yanks | 14 | 17 | 9 | 164 | 12 | 152 | 4 | 6 | 126 | 104 | 22 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | November 5 | box | L | 0-6 | Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 21 | 6 | 132 | 106 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 263 | 60 | 203 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sun | November 12 | box | L | 0-7 | Washington Redskins | 0 | 10 | 16 | 278 | 174 | 104 | 5 | 11 | 175 | 155 | 20 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 19 | box | L | 0-8 | @ | Boston Yanks | 6 | 13 | 13 | 226 | 72 | 154 | 4 | 6 | 221 | 87 | 134 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 0-9 | @ | New York Giants | 0 | 7 | 8 | 189 | 124 | 65 | 11 | 263 | 161 | 102 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | December 3 | box | L | 0-10 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 0 | 34 | 6 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 300 | 47 | 253 | 3 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 69 | 1956 | 580 | 3.4 | 110 | 76 | 213 | 996 | 3 | 29 | 4.7 | 47 | 367 | 960 | 6 | 2.6 | 53 | 37 | 8 | 10 |
| Team Defense | 166 | 2408 | 543 | 4.4 | 95 | 78 | 181 | 1227 | 9 | 10 | 6.8 | 41 | 362 | 1181 | 13 | 3.3 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 13 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | ||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie McGibbony | 29 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 48 | 37.5 | 262 | 1 | 2.1 | 10 | 20.8 | 65 | 5.5 | -3.7 | 14.6 | 37.4 | 23.4 | ||||||||
| Frank Sachse | 27 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 45 | 40.0 | 226 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 11.1 | 50 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 37.7 | 16.8 | ||||||||
| Pug Manders | 31 | FB | 10 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 26.5 | 96 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 11.8 | 0 | 2.8 | -2.5 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Cecil Johnson | 23 | P | 7 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 40.0 | 193 | 2 | 8.0 | 4 | 16.0 | 58 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 19.3 | 27.6 | 54.7 | |||||||
| Kenny Fryer | 26 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 37.5 | 91 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 25 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 30.3 | 14.4 | ||||||||
| Johnny Butler | 26 | TB | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 34.8 | 107 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.3 | 30 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 13.4 | 17.8 | 32.3 | |||||||
| Steve Marko | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | 0.3 | -12.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Bill Brown | 27 | BB | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 1.1 | 45.1 | |||||||
| Ray Hare | 27 | HB | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||||
| Frank Martin | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 95.8 | ||||||||
| Bob Masterson | 29 | LE | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 79.2 | |||||||
| John McMichaels | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 10 | 76 | 213 | 35.7 | 996 | 3 | 1.4 | 29 | 13.6 | 65 | 4.7 | -1.3 | 13.1 | 99.6 | 16.4 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 10 | 78 | 181 | 43.1 | 1227 | 9 | 5.0 | 10 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 15.7 | 122.7 | 59.8 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 4.8 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Pug Manders | 31 | FB | 10 | 9 | 127 | 430 | 5 | 13 | 3.4 | 43.0 | 12.7 | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 0 | 30 | 0.6 | 7.8 | 508 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ray Hare | 27 | HB | 10 | 9 | 72 | 196 | 0 | 36 | 2.7 | 19.6 | 7.2 | 9 | 206 | 22.9 | 1 | 65 | 0.9 | 20.6 | 402 | 1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Butler | 26 | TB | 6 | 3 | 40 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 46 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Cecil Johnson | 23 | P | 7 | 3 | 30 | 41 | 0 | 19 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charlie McGibbony | 29 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 81 | 0 | 27 | 3.1 | 11.6 | 3.7 | 81 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kenny Fryer | 26 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Frank Martin | 25 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 12 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Reynolds | 26 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 71 | 1 | 29 | 6.5 | 14.2 | 2.2 | 71 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Frank Sachse | 27 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chuck Taylor | 24 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 18 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Marko | 20 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Brown | 27 | BB | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Falkenstein | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John McMichaels | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Trocolor | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Masterson | 29 | LE | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24 | 258 | 10.8 | 1 | 30 | 2.4 | 25.8 | 258 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Carter | 34 | RE | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 143 | 11.0 | 0 | 45 | 1.3 | 14.3 | 143 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Kowalski | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 155 | 17.2 | 1 | 58 | 0.9 | 15.5 | 155 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rocky Uguccioni | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 94 | 13.4 | 0 | 26 | 0.7 | 9.4 | 94 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill LaFitte | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 10 | 367 | 960 | 6 | 36 | 2.6 | 96.0 | 36.7 | 76 | 996 | 13.1 | 3 | 65 | 7.6 | 99.6 | 1956 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Opp Total | 10 | 362 | 1181 | 13 | 3.3 | 118.1 | 36.2 | 78 | 1227 | 15.7 | 9 | 7.8 | 122.7 | 2408 | 22 | 21 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Pug Manders | 31 | FB | 10 | 9 | 11 | 227 | 0 | 35 | 20.6 | 735 | ||||||
| Cecil Johnson | 23 | P | 7 | 3 | 7 | 102 | 0 | 27 | 14.6 | 143 | ||||||
| Charlie McGibbony | 29 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 19 | 13.2 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 25 | 20.0 | 187 | ||
| Johnny Butler | 26 | TB | 6 | 3 | 6 | 77 | 0 | 20 | 12.8 | 123 | ||||||
| Ray Hare | 27 | HB | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 120 | 0 | 36 | 30.0 | 527 | |
| Bill Brown | 27 | BB | 10 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 8.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 48 | |
| Steve Marko | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 35 | 26.7 | 90 | |||||||
| Frank Martin | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 5.3 | 49 | |||||||
| Chuck Taylor | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 12.5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 78 | ||
| Bill Reynolds | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 101 | ||
| Frank Sachse | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 61 | ||
| Bruiser Kinard+ | 30 | LT | 10 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | ||||||
| John McMichaels | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | |||||||
| Rocky Uguccioni | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 106 | |||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 10 | 31 | 359 | 1 | 27 | 11.6 | 25 | 556 | 0 | 36 | 22.2 | 2871 | |||
| Opp Total | 10 | 35 | 0 | 15 | 293 | 0 | 19.5 | |||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Cecil Johnson | 23 | P | 7 | 3 | 23 | 981 | 76 | 0 | 42.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Butler | 26 | TB | 6 | 3 | 13 | 485 | 56 | 1 | 37.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Carter | 34 | RE | 10 | 9 | 9 | 325 | 45 | 0 | 36.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bruiser Kinard+ | 30 | LT | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Masterson | 29 | LE | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0.0% | 4 | 136 | 46 | 0 | 34.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charlie McGibbony | 29 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 294 | 55 | 0 | 36.8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kenny Fryer | 26 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 273 | 66 | 0 | 39.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| George W. Smith | 30 | C | 10 | 8 | 6 | 223 | 52 | 0 | 37.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| John McMichaels | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 51 | 0 | 42.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pug Manders | 31 | FB | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Martin | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vaughn Stewart | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 58.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Trocolor | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 10 | 6 | 0.0% | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 75 | 2872 | 76 | 1 | 38.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 10 | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 23 | 19 | 82.6% | 71 | 2741 | 38.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Bill Brown | 27 | BB | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Butler | 26 | TB | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ray Hare | 27 | HB | 10 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bruiser Kinard+ | 30 | LT | 10 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Tony Leon | 27 | RG | 10 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Pug Manders | 31 | FB | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Frank Martin | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Charlie McGibbony | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Floyd Rhea | 24 | LG | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| George W. Smith | 30 | C | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 10 | 10 | 76 | 0 | 26 | |||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 10 | 21 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pug Manders | 31 | FB | 10 | 9 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Bruiser Kinard+ | 30 | LT | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Ray Hare | 27 | HB | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Andy Kowalski | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Bob Masterson | 29 | LE | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bill Reynolds | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Rocky Uguccioni | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Opp Total | 10 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 166 |