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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 3rd in AAFC East Division
AAFC Season Summary
Scored 265 points (18.9/g), 5th of 8 in the AAFC.
Allowed 301 points (21.5/g), 3rd.
Differential of -36 points (-2.6/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 6.0-8.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.3/g), 3rd.
Coached by
Ray Flaherty and Red Strader
Training Camp: Cheshire Academy (Cheshire, Connecticut)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 265 | 3943 | 780 | 5.1 | 178 | 139 | 316 | 1966 | 15 | 24 | 6.2 | 70 | 464 | 1977 | 20 | 4.3 | 93 | 39 | 15 | 15 |
| Team Defense | 301 | 4782 | 808 | 5.9 | 192 | 160 | 341 | 2767 | 19 | 27 | 8.1 | 85 | 467 | 2015 | 18 | 4.3 | 94 | 43 | 16 | 13 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Fri | August 27 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21 | 3 | 15 | 333 | 83 | 250 | 3 | 11 | 233 | 97 | 136 | 2 | |
| 1 | Sun | September 5 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 28 | 45 | 14 | 242 | 149 | 93 | 2 | 13 | 488 | 346 | 142 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 12 | boxscore | L | 1-2 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 41 | 13 | 199 | 111 | 88 | 6 | 7 | 267 | 139 | 128 | 2 | |
| 4 | Thu | September 16 | boxscore | L | 1-3 | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 27 | 19 | 296 | 197 | 99 | 5 | 19 | 402 | 241 | 161 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Wed | September 29 | boxscore | L | 1-4 | @ | Los Angeles Dons | 10 | 20 | 6 | 179 | 75 | 104 | 17 | 418 | 262 | 156 | 6 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 10 | boxscore | W | 2-4 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 13 | 13 | 306 | 207 | 99 | 1 | 12 | 317 | 186 | 131 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 17 | boxscore | L | 2-5 | San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 21 | 15 | 249 | 89 | 160 | 4 | 15 | 308 | 79 | 229 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Sun | October 24 | boxscore | L | 2-6 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 7 | 35 | 10 | 235 | 128 | 107 | 2 | 18 | 486 | 337 | 149 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 31 | boxscore | W | 3-6 | Chicago Rockets | 42 | 7 | 15 | 484 | 240 | 244 | 1 | 8 | 206 | 102 | 104 | 3 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 7 | boxscore | W | 4-6 | Los Angeles Dons | 38 | 6 | 15 | 353 | 173 | 180 | 3 | 17 | 308 | 220 | 88 | 5 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 14 | boxscore | W | 5-6 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21 | 7 | 11 | 258 | 72 | 186 | 4 | 15 | 294 | 136 | 158 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 21 | boxscore | L | 5-7 | Cleveland Browns | 21 | 34 | 12 | 247 | 109 | 138 | 3 | 10 | 344 | 211 | 133 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Sun | November 28 | boxscore | L | 5-8 | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 35 | 9 | 211 | 141 | 70 | 3 | 15 | 395 | 205 | 190 | 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat | December 4 | boxscore | W | 6-8 | @ | Chicago Rockets | 28 | 7 | 11 | 307 | 190 | 117 | 1 | 15 | 309 | 210 | 99 | 6 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 30 | P/PR/TB | 13 | 9 | 78 | 168 | 46.4 | 918 | 5 | 3.0 | 11 | 6.5 | 57 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 11.8 | 70.6 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Pete Layden | 29 | tb | 9 | 4 | 43 | 105 | 41.0 | 816 | 9 | 8.6 | 8 | 7.6 | 0 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 19.0 | 90.7 | 65.4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Al Dekdebrun | 27 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 14.9 | 37.3 | 35.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bud Schwenk | 30 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 17.6 | 0 | 3.1 | -4.9 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Casey | 24 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 31 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.2 | 10.2 | 15.5 | 2.8 | 100.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Kennedy | 27 | b | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 139 | 316 | 44.0 | 1966 | 15 | 4.7 | 24 | 7.6 | 57 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 14.1 | 140.4 | 48.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 160 | 341 | 46.9 | 2767 | 19 | 5.6 | 27 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 5.67 | 17.3 | 197.6 | 60.6 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Spec Sanders | 30 | P/PR/TB | 13 | 9 | 169 | 759 | 9 | 0 | 4.5 | 58.4 | 13.0 | 759 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| Pete Layden | 29 | tb | 9 | 4 | 95 | 576 | 3 | 0 | 6.1 | 64.0 | 10.6 | 576 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Buddy Young | 22 | FB/KR | 12 | 11 | 70 | 245 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 20.4 | 5.8 | 21 | 259 | 12.3 | 4 | 0 | 1.8 | 21.6 | 504 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bill Daley | 29 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 2.6 | 14.6 | 5.7 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 133 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | 27 | b | 14 | 3 | 33 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 2.4 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 113 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lowell Tew | 21 | fb | 14 | 2 | 24 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 192 | 5 | 0 | |
| Tom Casey | 24 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 75 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Al Dekdebrun | 27 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Sweiger | 29 | WB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 12 | 129 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 9.2 | 133 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bud Schwenk | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lloyd Cheatham | 29 | BB | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 0 | 50 | 0.6 | 6.3 | 77 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Alford | 26 | RE | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32 | 578 | 18.1 | 3 | 57 | 2.3 | 41.3 | 578 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jack Russell | 29 | LE | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 433 | 18.8 | 6 | 70 | 1.6 | 30.9 | 433 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lowell Wagner | 25 | wb | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 99 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 25 | db | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 72 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Cleary | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Van Davis | 27 | de | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 49 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Duke Iverson | 28 | b | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flip McDonald | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harvey Johnson | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Parker | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 464 | 1977 | 20 | 0 | 4.3 | 141.2 | 33.1 | 139 | 1966 | 14.1 | 15 | 70 | 9.9 | 140.4 | 3943 | 35 | 0 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 467 | 2015 | 18 | 4.3 | 143.9 | 33.4 | 160 | 2767 | 17.3 | 19 | 11.4 | 197.6 | 4782 | 37 | 35 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Spec Sanders | 30 | P/PR/TB | 13 | 9 | 13 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 9 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 1104 | |
| Tom Casey | 24 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 229 | 1 | 94 | 25.4 | 7 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 474 | ||
| Pete Layden | 29 | tb | 9 | 4 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 8 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 26.4 | 851 | |
| Buddy Young | 22 | FB/KR | 12 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 12 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 818 | |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 25 | db | 14 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 117 | ||||||
| Bill Daley | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 221 | |||||||
| Bob Kennedy | 27 | b | 14 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 147 | |
| Lowell Tew | 21 | fb | 14 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 267 | ||||||
| Al Dekdebrun | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 51 | ||
| Lloyd Cheatham | 29 | BB | 12 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 95 | ||||||
| Paul Cleary | 26 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 45 | |||||||
| Harmon Rowe | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | |||||||
| Bob Sweiger | 29 | WB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 136 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 39 | 515 | 1 | 94 | 13.2 | 49 | 1128 | 0 | 18 | 23.0 | 5586 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 48 | 1 | 47 | 944 | 0 | 20.1 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Harvey Johnson | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 28.6% | 37 | 37 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 30 | P/PR/TB | 13 | 9 | 42 | 1707 | 0 | 0 | 40.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pete Layden | 29 | tb | 9 | 4 | 21 | 884 | 0 | 0 | 42.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Kennedy | 27 | b | 14 | 3 | 7 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 33.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Casey | 24 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Daley | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 41.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 28.6% | 37 | 37 | 100.0% | 77 | 3111 | 41 | 0 | 40.4 | |||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 12 | 6 | 50.0% | 41 | 37 | 90.2% | 64 | 2643 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 25 | db | 14 | 1 | 11 | 239 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Kennedy | 27 | b | 14 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Layden | 29 | tb | 9 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Van Davis | 27 | de | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Dekdebrun | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Duke Iverson | 28 | b | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Magliolo | 26 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roland Nabors | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charley Riffle | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jack Russell | 29 | LE | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 30 | P/PR/TB | 13 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lowell Wagner | 25 | wb | 14 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 27 | 461 | 1 | 31 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 35 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 30 | P/PR/TB | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Harvey Johnson | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Jack Russell | 29 | LE | 14 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Lowell Tew | 21 | fb | 14 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Buddy Young | 22 | FB/KR | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Alford | 26 | RE | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Pete Layden | 29 | tb | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Tom Casey | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Bill Daley | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Van Davis | 27 | de | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bob Kennedy | 27 | b | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 25 | db | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Lowell Wagner | 25 | wb | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 37 | 2 | 265 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 301 |