1923 Rock Island Independents (NFL) |
| 12th place • 2-3-3 .400 |
| Head Coach: Herb Sies |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/23/1923 | H | Moline Indians | 9-6 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | ||
| Sun | 9/30/1923 | H | Chicago Bears | 3-0 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 3500 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1923 | H | Cleveland Indians | 0-0 | T | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 3500 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1923 | H | Rochester Jeffersons | 56-0 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1923 | H | Hibbing All-Stars | 27-7 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 3000 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1923 | A | Omaha Olympics | 22-6 | W | Omaha, NE | Western League Park | 3500 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1923 | H | Milwaukee Badgers | 3-14 | L | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 2500 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1923 | A | Minneapolis Marines | 6-6 | T | Minneapolis, MN | Nicollet Park | ||
| Sun | 11/18/1923 | A | Chicago Bears | 3-7 | L | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | 6500 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1923 | H | Minneapolis Marines | 6-6 | T | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | ||
| Sun | 12/2/1923 | A | Lansing Durants | 7-6 | W | Lansing, MI | |||
| Sun | 12/9/1923 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-29 | L | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | 6000 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Johnny Armstrong | 1 | TB-S-ROE-RDE | 5-8 | 155 | 26 | Dubuque | 8 | 7 |
| Joe Burten | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-FB-LB-LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | Louisiana State | 5 | 3 | |
| Sol Butler | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 5-8 | 185 | 26 | Dubuque | 3 | 0 | |
| Fod Cotton | 14 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Notre Dame | 8 | 7 |
| Frank DeClerk | 5 | C-MG | 5-9 | 189 | 24 | St. Ambrose | 6 | 4 |
| Bill Giaver | 9 | LOH-LDH-FB-LB-ROH-RDH | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 5 |
| Alex Gorgal | 11 | FB-LB-LOH-LDH | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | none | 5 | 2 |
| Max Kadesky | 2 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 170 | 22 | Iowa | 8 | 8 |
| Louie Kolls | 18 | C-MG-ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 205 | 31 | St. Ambrose | 6 | 5 |
| Waddy Kuehl | 7 | ROH-RDH-FB-LB | 5-9 | 165 | 30 | St. Ambrose | 8 | 7 |
| Bull Lowe | 10 | ROH-RDH-FB-LB-LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Dubuque | 5 | 1 |
| Charlie Lungren | 6 | ROH-RDH-TB-S-FB-LB-ROE-RDE | 5-8 | 158 | 29 | Swarthmore | 4 | 2 |
| Bob Phelan | 8 | FB-LB-LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Notre Dame | 8 | 6 |
| Herb Sies | 19 | ROG-RDG-TB-S | 6-1 | 203 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 8 |
| Duke Slater | 21 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Iowa | 7 | 7 |
| Hank Smith | 4 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | none | 4 | 3 |
| George Thompson | 20 | LOG-LDG-LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 208 | 24 | Iowa | 7 | 5 |
| Harry Webber | ROE-RDE | 173 | 31 | Morningside | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wilson | 3 | ROE-LOG | 5-10 | 168 | 27 | Widener; Muhlenberg; Lehigh | 8 | 8 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 17 | 24 | 9 | 34 | 84 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 62 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Giaver | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Waddy Kuehl | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Herb Sies | 0 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Johnny Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 11 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0 | 84 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 3 | 0 | 62 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Sies | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 35 | 0/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 35 | 0/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Giaver | 4 | ||||
| Johnny Armstrong | 2 | ||||
| Waddy Kuehl | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Armstrong | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waddy Kuehl | 2 | ||||
| Mike Wilson | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 |
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