1937 Cincinnati Bengals (AFL) |
| 4th place • 2-4-2 .333 |
| Head Coach: Hal Pennington |
| Lee Mulleneaux | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 10/5/1937 | H | Pittsburgh Americans | 21-0 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Field | 7500 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1937 | A | Rochester Tigers | 14-17 | L | Rochester, NY | Red Wing Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1937 | H | New York Yankees | 17-17 | T | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Field | 5500 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1937 | H | Los Angeles Bulldogs | 7-17 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Field | 8000 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1937 | H | Rochester Tigers | 17-17 | T | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Field | 10000 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1937 | H | New York Yankees | 13-21 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Field | 8647 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1937 | A | Boston Shamrocks | 13-0 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Field | 5000 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1937 | H | Atlanta Crackers | 36-7 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Field | 1000 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1937 | H | College All-Stars | 3-6 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | ||
| Sun | 12/12/1937 | A | Los Angeles Bulldogs | 3-14 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 16000 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/5/1937 | Pittsburgh Americans | Postponed from 10/3 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ettore Antonini | E | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Indiana | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Burch | 53 | RH | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Arkansas Tech JC; Centenary | 7 | 3 |
| Joe Cavosie | RH | 5-10 | 175 | 22 | Marquette | 1 | 0 | |
| Ben Ciccone | 75 | C | 5-9 | 207 | 28 | Duquesne | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Coleman | G | 185 | Xavier (Ohio) | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bill Cooper | 66 | QB-RH | 6-1 | 204 | 24 | Penn State | 5 | 4 |
| Bill Dye | 50 | LH | 5-8 | 145 | 22 | Ohio State | 8 | 3 |
| Don Geyer | 65 | FB | 5-10 | 192 | 23 | Northwestern | 8 | 6 |
| Bill Glassford | 68 | LG | 5-10 | 205 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 8 |
| Pat Harrison | 51 | RT | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Samford | 3 | 3 |
| Harry Lightner | 62 | C | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | none | 2 | 0 |
| Harry Mattos | 7 | LH | 6-0 | 198 | 26 | St. Mary's (California) | 5 | 4 |
| Johnny McAfee | 54 | RH | 5-10 | 162 | 25 | Ohio State | 8 | 2 |
| Hal McPhail | 74 | FB | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Army; Xavier (Ohio) | 8 | 2 |
| Roger Mohlman | B | 5-8 | 200 | 23 | none | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Muellner | 61 | RE-LE | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | DePaul | 5 | 3 |
| Lee Mulleneaux | 73 | C | 6-1 | 221 | 30 | Northern Arizona | 8 | 8 |
| Declan O'Keefe | T | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Findlay | 3 | 0 | |
| Max Padlow | 69 | RE | 6-0 | 199 | 25 | Ohio State | 7 | 5 |
| Lexie Potter | 71 | RG | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | Kentucky | 6 | 4 |
| Homer Reynolds | 70 | RG | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | Tulsa | 6 | 1 |
| Bill Schwarberg | QB | 5-8 | 170 | 25 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | |
| Mike Sebastian | RH | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 1 | |
| Al Shelton | 56 | E-T | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | none | 6 | 0 |
| Dom Sigillo | 64 | T | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Xavier (Ohio) | 5 | 0 |
| Vince Sites | 67 | LE-RE | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 4 |
| Inwood Smith | T | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Steinkemper | 72 | LT | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Notre Dame | 8 | 8 |
| Russ Sweeney | 52 | LE | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Xavier (Ohio) | 8 | 4 |
| Forest Underwood | 63 | RT-RG | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Davis & Elkins | 8 | 7 |
| Sheldon Wagner | RT | 200 | 27 | Kentucky | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Wilke | 55 | LH | 6-0 | 165 | 22 | Notre Dame | 5 | 1 |
| Fred Wunderlich | 60 | QB | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | Xavier (Ohio) | 7 | 6 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 20 | 24 | 24 | 37 | 105 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 36 | 28 | 26 | 103 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Geyer | 4 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | ||
| Hal McPhail | 2 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Bill Burch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Cavosie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ben Ciccone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bill Dye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bill Muellner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Inwood Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Fred Wunderlich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Harry Mattos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 13 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 5 | 0 | 105 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 8 | 0 | 103 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Geyer | 4 | ||||
| Hal McPhail | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dye | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Harry Mattos | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Johnny McAfee | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Wilke | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Burch | 1 | ||||
| Joe Cavosie | 1 | ||||
| Bill Dye | 1 | ||||
| Hal McPhail | 1 | ||||
| Bill Muellner | 1 | ||||
| Fred Wunderlich | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Ciccone | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inwood Smith | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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