1963 Newark Bears (ACFL) |
| 1st place • Southern Division • 11-1-0 .917 |
| Head Coach: Steve Van Buren |
| Lowell Lander | Assistant Coach |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sun | 8/4/1963 | A | Baltimore Broncos | 34 | 3 | W | Baltimore, MD | Westport Stadium | 250 | |
| Sun | 8/18/1963 | A | Mohawk Valley Falcons | 28 | 0 | W | Herkimer, NY | Harmon Field | 2000 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1963 | H | Springfield Acorns | 35 | 13 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 8893 | |
| Wed | 8/28/1963 | H | Fort Eustis | 32 | 12 | W | Hackettstown, NJ | 5000 | ||
| Sun | 9/1/1963 | A | Portland Sea Hawks | 43 | 26 | W | Portland, ME | Portland High School Stadium | 8319 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | H | Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen | 20 | 0 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 8102 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1963 | H | Boston Nu-Way Sweepers | 28 | 6 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 6224 | |
| Sat | 9/21/1963 | A | Harrisburg Capitols | 38 | 0 | W | Harrisburg, PA | Bishop McDevitt Field | 4409 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1963 | A | Westchester Crusaders | 12 | 0 | W | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Field | 6626 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1963 | H | Jersey Giants | 35 | 14 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 8957 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1963 | A | Providence Steam Roller | 17 | 14 | W | Providence, RI | City Stadium | 12053 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1963 | H | Ansonia Black Knights | 56 | 20 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 4082 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1963 | H | Harrisburg Capitols | 20 | 7 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 4042 | |
| Fri | 11/1/1963 | A | Jersey Giants | 3 | 0 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 2566 | |
| Sat | 11/9/1963 | A | Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen | 10 | 17 | L | Munhall, PA | West Field | ||
| Sat | 11/16/1963 | A | Hammonton Bakers | 24 | 0 | W | Atlantic City, NJ | Bader Field | 4000 | |
| League Championship | ||||||||||
| Sun | 11/24/1963 | A | Springfield Acorns | 23 | 6 | W | Springfield, MA | Pynchon Park | 8137 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/24/1963 | Springfield Acorns | Postponed from 11/23 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Warren Allen | 83 | TE | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Delaware | ||
| Bill Baker | 41 | QB-K | 5-11 | 192 | 36 | none | ||
| Bob Balderston | 23 | LB | 6-1 | 177 | 26 | Panzer | ||
| Frank Barnes | 21 | RB-DB | 6-0 | 175 | 24 | none | 3 | |
| Neal Buckman | 13 | QB-K | 6-1 | 190 | 34 | Alabama | ||
| Rebel Caprino | 61 | ROG | 5-10 | 220 | 33 | none | ||
| Rufus Chatman | 22 | FB | 6-0 | 177 | 31 | none | ||
| Don Christman | 73 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Richmond | ||
| Fred Cole | 73 | OT | 5-11 | 226 | 26 | Maryland | ||
| Cros Copeland | 88 | WR | 5-11 | 197 | 30 | Grambling State | ||
| Nick DeCicco | 56 | G | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Northland JC; Maryland | ||
| Dave DeLea | 43 | DB | 6-1 | 197 | 24 | Tampa | ||
| Pat Del Vicario | 76 | DT | 6-1 | 223 | 29 | Adelphi; Southern Mississippi | ||
| Stan Derry | 86 | DE | 6-0 | 216 | 29 | West Virginia Tech | ||
| Bob Edwards | 65 | G | 5-10 | 210 | 23 | Tampa | ||
| Frank Farella | 62 | ROG | 6-0 | 227 | 28 | Arkansas State | ||
| Bill George | 35 | LB | 6-0 | 215 | Murray State | |||
| Tom Gunderman | 68 | LB-K | 5-11 | 230 | 25 | Maryland | ||
| Mike Hagler | 24 | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | Iowa | ||
| Mark Hallam | 10 | QB | 5-11 | 187 | 22 | Amherst | ||
| Jeff Holbert | 68 | G | 6-0 | 217 | 28 | West Virginia Wesleyan | ||
| Joe Jackson | 72 | LOT | 6-0 | 243 | 28 | Florida A&M | ||
| Karl Kaimer | 84 | TE-FL | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Dean JC; Boston University | ||
| Bob Klang | 75 | ROT | 6-3 | 242 | 29 | none | ||
| Glen Knight | 81 | FL | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Shaw | ||
| Bob Koreck | 63 | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Notre Dame | ||
| Lowell Lander | 33 | HB | 6-0 | 195 | 31 | Westminster (Pennsylvania) | ||
| Reggie Lee | 25 | SE | 6-2 | 170 | 25 | Florida A&M | ||
| Julian Malinski | 14 | QB | 5-11 | 178 | 22 | Iowa; Ellsworth CC | ||
| Carmine Melignano | 51 | LB | 6-1 | 232 | 27 | none | ||
| Bob Moody | 28 | DB | 6-1 | 187 | 24 | Elizabeth City State; Montclair State | ||
| Chuck Munford | 34 | HB | 5-10 | 210 | 26 | none | ||
| Mike Oshan | 37 | RB | 5-11 | 180 | 21 | Bridgeport | ||
| Fred Polzer | 82 | SE | 6-1 | 198 | 26 | Virginia | ||
| Ed Post | 44 | LB | 5-11 | 205 | 28 | Duke | ||
| Tony Santora | 87 | DE | 6-1 | 227 | 27 | none | ||
| Walt Schairer | 36 | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Wake Forest | ||
| Bill Shockley | 30 | DB-K | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | West Chester | ||
| Stan Stoltz | 74 | DT | 6-1 | 252 | 28 | none | ||
| Bob Walsh | 12 | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 29 | Nebraska | ||
| Richie Walsh | 57 | C | 6-4 | 220 | 24 | Notre Dame | ||
| Don Wernes | 31 | FL | 6-1 | 207 | 30 | none | ||
| John Zitter | 55 | C | 6-0 | 218 | 29 | none | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 87 | 79 | 55 | 96 | 317 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 63 | 21 | 0 | 117 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Lee | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||
| Warren Allen | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||
| Bill Shockley | 0 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 41.1 | 0 | 45 | ||
| Mike Hagler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Chuck Munford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Tom Gunderman | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Neil Buckman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Karl Kaimer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Glen Knight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Don Wernes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Frank Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Julian Malinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Fred Polzer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bill Baker | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Nick DeCicco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 42 | 39 | 42 | 92.9 | 8 | 1 | 317 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 12 | 17 | 70.6 | 1 | 0 | 117 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hagler | 125 | 768 | 6.1 | 2 | |
| Chuck Munford | 3 | ||||
| Neil Buckman | 2 | ||||
| Julian Malinski | 1 | ||||
| Don Wernes | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Malinski | 213 | 76 | 35.7 | 126 | 1155 | 5.4 | 15.2 | 24 | 11.3 | 11 | 5.2 | 70.5 | ||||
| Bill Baker | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 32 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Lee | 43 | 632 | 14.7 | 14 | |
| Warren Allen | 10 | ||||
| Mike Hagler | 2 | ||||
| Karl Kaimer | 2 | ||||
| Glen Knight | 2 | ||||
| Fred Polzer | 1 | ||||
| Don Wernes | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 32 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Post | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Lee | 39 | 1398 | 35.8 | 68 | ||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Lee | 11 | 189 | 17.2 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
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