1949 New York Bulldogs (NFL) |
| 5th place Eastern Division 1-10-1 .091 |
| Head Coach: Charley Ewart |
| Joe Bach | Line |
| Ray Nolting | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 8/23/1949 | N | Detroit Lions | 10-21 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 12984 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1949 | N | Chicago Bears | 7-14 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Butler Bowl | 11135 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1949 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 21-24 | L | Allentown, PA | Taylor Stadium | 8316 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1949 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 14-21 | L | San Antonio, TX | Alamo Stadium | 17452 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1949 | N | Green Bay Packers | 3-7 | L | Rock Island, IL | Public Schools Stadium | 5500 | |
| Thu | 9/22/1949 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-7 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 8426 | |
| Fri | 9/30/1949 | H | New York Giants | 14-38 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 17704 | |
| Fri | 10/7/1949 | H | Green Bay Packers | 0-19 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 5099 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-38 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26278 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 22042 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-14 | T | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 3678 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | A | New York Giants | 31-24 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 23222 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 20-65 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 9072 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-42 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 22165 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 20-42 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 38052 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | A | Detroit Lions | 27-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 11956 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1949 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-27 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 4028 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
Click on Date to see boxscore.
| Schedule Notes |
|---|
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 39 | Joe Abbey | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Texas; North Texas | 6 | 0 |
| 36 | Fritz Barzilauskas | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 230 | 29 | Holy Cross; Yale | 12 | 11 |
| 84 | Stan Batinski | MG | 5-10 | 215 | 32 | Temple | 12 | 1 |
| 64 | Tom Blake | RDT | 6-2 | 221 | 22 | Tennessee; Cincinnati | 5 | 0 |
| 32 | Mike Boyda | P-RLB-S | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Washington & Lee | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | Billy Campbell | RLB-LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Oklahoma | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Jim Canady | LDH-LOH | 5-10 | 178 | 23 | Texas; Arkansas-Monticello; Texas | 7 | 1 |
| 38 | Bill Chipley | LOE | 6-3 | 199 | 29 | Clemson; Washington & Lee | 11 | 9 |
| 16 | Bob DeMoss | QB | 6-2 | 185 | 22 | Purdue | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Joe Domnanovich | C-MLB | 6-0 | 213 | 30 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| 55 | Herb Ellis | C-LB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Texas A&M | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | Frank Gaul | RDT-LDT | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 |
| 10 | Joe Golding | ROH | 6-0 | 184 | 28 | Oklahoma | 11 | 11 |
| 43 | Roger Harding | C-LB | 6-2 | 211 | 26 | California | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Ralph Heywood | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 205 | 28 | Southern California | 12 | 1 |
| 47 | Mike Jarmoluk | LDT-LOT | 6-5 | 252 | 27 | Temple | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Bobby Layne | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 23 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 23 | Frank Muehlheuser | FB-LB | 6-2 | 224 | 23 | Colgate | 8 | 2 |
| 56 | Frank Nelson | S-ROH | 5-9 | 166 | 26 | Utah | 4 | 1 |
| 44 | John Nolan | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 232 | 23 | Holy Cross; Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| 26 | Larry Olsonoski | R?L | 6-2 | 214 | 24 | Minnesota | 7 | 1 |
| 80 | Joe Osmanski | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 32 | Holy Cross | 9 | 9 |
| 61 | Merv Pregulman | LLB | 6-3 | 215 | 27 | Michigan | 12 | 0 |
| 46 | Hal Prescott | RDE | 6-1 | 199 | 29 | Hardin-Simmons | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | Steve Pritko | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | Villanova | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | John Rauch | S-QB | 6-0 | 197 | 22 | Georgia | 9 | 0 |
| 31 | George Roman | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 242 | 24 | Western Reserve | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | Joe Sabasteanski | ROG | 6-0 | 207 | 28 | Fordham | 12 | 5 |
| 27 | Nick Scollard | K-RDE-ROE-LOE | 6-4 | 217 | 29 | St. Joseph's (Indiana) | 12 | 9 |
| 46 | Dean Sensanbaugher | FB-LOH-QB | 5-9 | 190 | 24 | Ohio State; Army; Ohio State | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | Paul Shoults | LOH | 5-11 | 178 | 24 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 7 |
| 86 | Phil Slosburg | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Temple | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Ed Smith | RDH-ROH | 6-3 | 185 | 26 | Texas-El Paso | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | Bob Sponaugle | ROE-DRE | 6-1 | 203 | 21 | Pennsylvania | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Sam Tamburo | LDE | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | Penn State | 12 | 1 |
| 51 | Carroll Vogelaar | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 253 | 29 | Loyola Marymount; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Jim Wade | LDH-LOH | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Oklahoma City | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Joe Watt | RDH | 5-11 | 184 | 30 | Syracuse | 5 | 0 |
| 70 | John Weaver | ROG | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 12 | 6 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Doak Walker | B | Southern Methodist |
| 2 | 13 | Bob DeMoss | B | Purdue |
| 3 | 23 | Phil Colella | B | St. Bonaventure |
| 3 | 30 | Lynn Chewning | B | Hampden-Sydney |
| 4 | 33 | Huey Keeney | B | Rice |
| 5 | 44 | Mike Boyda | B | Washington & Lee |
| 6 | 53 | Rip Collins | B | Louisiana State |
| 6 | 61 | Sam Tamburo | E | Penn State |
| 7 | 64 | Pete Wismann | C | St. Louis |
| 8 | 73 | Mike Rubish | E | North Carolina |
| 9 | 84 | Bernie Craig | T | Denver |
| 10 | 93 | Jack Geary | T | Wesleyan |
| 11 | 104 | Edo Mencotti | B | Detroit Mercy |
| 12 | 113 | Murnane Maenhout | E | St. John's (Minnesota) |
| 13 | 124 | Jim Dieckelman | E | Holy Cross |
| 14 | 133 | Ed Toscani | B | Dayton |
| 15 | 144 | George Ramacorti | G | Boston University |
| 16 | 153 | Jack Bruce | B | William & Mary |
| 17 | 164 | Warren Beson | C | Minnesota |
| 18 | 173 | Albie Gould | E | Boston College |
| 19 | 184 | Bob Reich | T | Colgate |
| 20 | 193 | Frank Gaul | T | Notre Dame |
| 21 | 204 | Sammy Pierce | B | Baylor |
| 22 | 213 | Jim Lail | B | Wake Forest |
| 23 | 224 | Nick Lanza | B | Rice |
| 24 | 233 | Joe Ponsalle | T | Trinity (Connecticut) |
| 25 | 244 | Paul Girolamo | B | Cornell |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 21 | 48 | 40 | 44 | |
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 112 | 101 | 72 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 183 | 76 | 88 | 19 | / % | / % | 51 | 420 | |
| Opponents Totals | 232 | 131 | 92 | 15 | / % | / % | 90 | 766 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Scollard | 2 | 18 | 21 | 85.7 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0 | 39 |
| Ralph Heywood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Golding | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bill Chipley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Osmanski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Muehlheuser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hal Prescott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Rauch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Phil Slosburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 21 | 18 | 21 | 85.7 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0 | 153 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 47 | 50 | 94.0 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 0 | 368 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Scollard | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0 | 27 | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Team Totals | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0 | 27 | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Osmanski | 66 | 267 | 4.0 | 48 | 2 |
| Joe Golding | 63 | 240 | 3.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 54 | 196 | 3.6 | 27 | 3 |
| Paul Shoults | 46 | 124 | 2.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Phil Slosburg | 37 | 121 | 3.3 | 23 | 1 |
| Jim Canady | 23 | 91 | 4.0 | 46 | 0 |
| John Rauch | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 17t | 1 |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 20 | 36 | 1.8 | 7 | 1 |
| Frank Nelson | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Wade | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Muehlheuser | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 |
| Ed Smith | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Bob DeMoss | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Ralph Heywood | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 353 | 1184 | 3.4 | 48 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 535 | 2360 | 4.4 | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Layne | 299 | 155 | 155 | 126 | 1796 | 6.0 | 11.6 | 69 | 9 | 3.0 | 18 | 6.0 | 324 | 1472 | 55.3 | |
| John Rauch | 25 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 169 | 6.8 | 15.4 | 61 | 1 | 4.0 | 3 | 12.0 | 54 | 115 | 40.7 | |
| Bob DeMoss | 18 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 60 | 3.3 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 4.2 |
| Mike Boyda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 343 | 172 | 50.1 | 148 | 2025 | 5.9 | 11.8 | 69 | 10 | 2.9 | 23 | 6.7 | 378 | 1647 | 50.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 303 | 147 | 48.5 | 142 | 2132 | 7.0 | 14.5 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 4.6 | 77 | 2055 | 80.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Chipley | 57 | 631 | 11.1 | 69 | 2 |
| Ralph Heywood | 37 | 499 | 13.5 | 61 | 3 |
| Joe Osmanski | 17 | 135 | 7.9 | 42 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 12 | 78 | 6.5 | 16 | 2 |
| Hal Prescott | 10 | 162 | 16.2 | 41 | 1 |
| Paul Shoults | 10 | 124 | 12.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Joe Abbey | 8 | 110 | 13.8 | 48 | 0 |
| Jim Canady | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Phil Slosburg | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Wade | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Nick Scollard | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 40t | 2 |
| Frank Muehlheuser | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Sponaugle | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Pritko | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 172 | 2025 | 11.8 | 69 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 147 | 2132 | 14.5 | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Canady | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Ed Smith | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 18 | 0 |
| John Rauch | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Joe Domnanovich | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Boyda | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Wade | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Nelson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Nick Scollard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Phil Slosburg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 211 | 15.1 | 65t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 356 | 15.5 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Boyda | 56 | 2475 | 44.2 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| Ralph Heywood | 20 | 697 | 34.9 | 53 | 0 | |||||
| Frank Muehlheuser | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Totals | 77 | 3172 | 41.2 | 61 | 1 | 660 | 32.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 2501 | 39.7 | 211 | 34.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Shoults | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jim Wade | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 10 | 0 | |
| Joe Golding | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 12 | 0 | |
| Jim Canady | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Phil Slosburg | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Ed Smith | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | ||
| Frank Nelson | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Tom Blake | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Nick Scollard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 211 | 5.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 660 | 12.7 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Golding | 13 | 289 | 22.2 | 55 | 0 | |
| Paul Shoults | 14 | 271 | 19.4 | 26 | 0 | |
| Jim Canady | 10 | 233 | 23.3 | 40 | 0 | |
| Phil Slosburg | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Joe Osmanski | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Jim Wade | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Frank Nelson | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Nick Scollard | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Frank Muehlheuser | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Bill Chipley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1191 | 20.5 | 55 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 618 | 19.9 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Barzilauskas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Canady | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bob DeMoss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Domnanovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Heywood | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bobby Layne | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | |
| Frank Muehlheuser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Nelson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Nolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Rauch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sabasteanski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Scollard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Dean Sensanbaugher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Shoults | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 0 | |
| Phil Slosburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carroll Vogelaar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Wade | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| John Weaver | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 48 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 0 |
| In Memoriam |
| NFL Boxscores |
| NFL Game Officials |
| NFL Training Camps |
| NFL Roster Limits |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Super Bowl Scores |
| Privacy Policy |
| ©2006-2024 Pro Football Archives. All Rights Reserved. |
| Last Updated: April 26, 2024 |