1937 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL) |
| 6th place • 0-6-1 .000 |
| Head Coach: Ace Parker (0-4-1); Gene Brown (0-2-1) |
| Gene Brown | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/26/1937 | H | Navy Yard Marines | 20-0 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 2000 | |
| Wed | 10/6/1937 | A | Norfolk Clancys | 0-0 | T | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 1000 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1937 | A | Richmond Arrows | 0-14 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1937 | H | Washington Presidents | 0-7 | L | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1937 | A | Baltimore Blue Birds | 0-21 | L | Baltimore, MD | Oriole Park | ||
| Sun | 10/31/1937 | H | Alexandria Celtics | 7-16 | L | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1937 | H | Norfolk Clancys | 7-10 | L | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1937 | H | Navy Yard Marines | 17-7 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 1000 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1937 | H | Norfolk Clancys | 29-7 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1937 | A | Richmond Arrows | 6-7 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 600 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1937 | H | College All-Stars | 14-0 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 4000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Hubert Allbrooks | 17 | LE-RE | 5-9 | 165 | 28 | Birmingham-Southern | 7 | 7 |
| Elmore Barnes | 3 | LH-RH | 5-8 | 155 | 29 | Old Dominion | 7 | 5 |
| Hank Barnett | E | 175 | King | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joe Barnett | 5 | RE-LT | 235 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 | ||
| Frank Borum | FB-RH | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | William & Mary | 7 | 5 | |
| Gene Brown | 8 | RT-LT | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 |
| Mason Bugg | 15 | LT-RT-RG | 6-2 | 229 | 22 | North Carolina State | 7 | 6 |
| Al Casey | 8 | LH-RH | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | Potomac State JC; Virginia Tech | 7 | 2 |
| Jack Darden | 19 | LG | 5-7 | 200 | 28 | William & Mary | 4 | 1 |
| Joe Goldberg | 11 | RH | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Grimes | 13 | LE-RE | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | none | 5 | 5 |
| Walter Lakin | LG-RG | 5-10 | 205 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 | |
| Murray Neider | 16 | FB | 190 | 25 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 4 | |
| Ace Parker | LH | 5-11 | 178 | 25 | Duke | 1 | 1 | |
| Flinky Piland | 2 | RH-LG-RH-LH | 215 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 7 | |
| John Pitzer | 14 | QB | 5-10 | 205 | 24 | Roanoke | 7 | 7 |
| Nick Potenza | 9 | LG-RG-LT | Roanoke | 6 | 5 | |||
| Odell Quidley | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | none | 1 | 0 | ||
| Smithers | 7 | C | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Strickland | RH | Georgia Tech | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Buck Tyler | 1 | C | 5-8 | 175 | 26 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 5 |
| Clyde Williams | 12 | RT | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 4 |
| Wilson | 20 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 75 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Grimes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| John Pitzer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nick Potenza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Gene Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Clyde Williams | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 3 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 2 | 0 | 75 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Pitzer | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Grimes | 1 | ||||||
| Nick Potenza | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals |
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