1938 St. Louis Gunners (AFL) |
| 2nd place • 4-3-1 .571 |
| Head Coach: Fayne Grone (4-3-1); George Lyon (playoffs) |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/25/1938 | A | Louisville Tanks | 0-20 | L | Louisville, KY | DuPont Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1938 | A | East Chicago Indians | 0-19 | L | East Chicago, IN | Roosevelt High School Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1938 | H | Dayton Rosies | 6-0 | W | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | 500 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1938 | H | Nashville Rebels | 7-7 | T | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | 3100 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1938 | H | Chicago Gunners | 10-6 | W | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | 4360 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1938 | H | Cincinnati Blades | W | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | |||
| Sun | 10/30/1938 | H | Boston Shamrocks | 24-0 | W | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | 5391 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1938 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 0-13 | L | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | 8894 | |
| Fri | 11/11/1938 | H | Louisville Tanks | 16-7 | W | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | 4653 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1938 | A | Cincinnati Blades | W | Cincinnati, OH | ||||
| Sun | 11/20/1938 | H | East Chicago Indians | 0-20 | L | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | 6800 | |
| Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/27/1938 | H | Nashville Rebels | 19-13 | W | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | ||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/4/1938 | H | Louisville Tanks | 0-3 | L | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | ||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/30/1938 | Cincinnati Blades | Forfeit |
| 11/13/1938 | Cincinnati Blades | Forfeit |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Walt Bartanen | RT-LT | 6-1 | 250 | 24 | Ironwood JC; Ferris State | 5 | 2 | |
| Jack Beger | C | 5-10 | 200 | 24 | Missouri | 6 | 1 | |
| Libero Bertagnolli | 89 | LG | 5-9 | 189 | 24 | Washington-St. Louis | 5 | 3 |
| Les Cagle | 88 | RT | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | St. Louis | 5 | 2 |
| Ralph Cavanagh | FB | 205 | Truman State | 2 | 0 | |||
| Elmer Cochran | G | 5-11 | 174 | 23 | Murray State | 2 | 0 | |
| Benny Cook | LT | 5-11 | 200 | Murray State | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ken Darby | LE | 5-11 | 182 | 24 | Kentucky | 4 | 2 | |
| Ben Dobbs | RE-LE | 6-0 | 205 | 32 | Ohio State | 4 | 3 | |
| Bill Donovan | B | 5-10 | 165 | Boston University | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Dreher | LE | 6-3 | 205 | 25 | Denver | 2 | 1 | |
| Vern East | LH | 5-10 | 193 | 26 | Washburn | 6 | 1 | |
| Swede Ellstrom | FB | 6-1 | 203 | 32 | Waynesburg; Northern Oklahoma JC; Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | |
| Red Everhart | E | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | West Virginia Tech | 2 | 0 | |
| Dick Fitzgerald | RE-LE | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | St. Louis | 5 | 3 | |
| Jesse Flowers | RG | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Mississippi | 6 | 3 | |
| Dick Frahm | B | 5-10 | 195 | 32 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 | |
| Wayne Goddard | 6-2 | 185 | 24 | Southeast Missouri State | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Goss | LE | 6-1 | 220 | Kansas | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ray Johnson | RH | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Denver | 2 | 1 | |
| Carl Kane | LH-RH-FB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | St. Louis | 6 | 5 | |
| Knaus | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Kresky | LG | 5-11 | 215 | 32 | Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | |
| Herman Land | 22 | RG | 5-11 | 222 | 27 | Murray State | 4 | 3 |
| Norm Lehnert | FB-RH | 5-10 | 200 | 25 | South Dakota Wesleyan | 6 | 5 | |
| Al Londe | LH-RH-QB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Missouri | 6 | 4 | |
| George Musulin | RT | 5-10 | 237 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | |
| Claude Perry | RT | 6-1 | 210 | 37 | Alabama | 4 | 1 | |
| Don Philpot | T | 6-6 | 210 | 30 | St. Louis | 2 | 0 | |
| Les Post | QB | 5-11 | 212 | 23 | Truman State | 2 | 1 | |
| Luke Riley | C | 190 | Western New Mexico | 5 | 5 | |||
| Sandy Sandberg | LT-RT | 6-1 | 228 | 28 | Iowa Wesleyan | 6 | 5 | |
| Ted Saussele | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | Washington-St. Louis | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Sebastian | QB-RH | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 5 | |
| John Sirakas | LG | 5-8 | 212 | 23 | Truman State | 4 | 2 | |
| Ernie Stidham | E | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Samford | 1 | 0 | |
| Buck Vogel | 5-10 | 220 | 26 | Drake | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Whelan | HB | 187 | Monmouth (Illinois) | 1 | 0 | |||
| Billy Wilson | RE | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Gonzaga | 2 | 1 | |
| Joe Zapustas | RH | 6-0 | 198 | 31 | Fordham | 1 | 1 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 29 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 73 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Sebastian | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Vern East | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ray Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Les Post | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Fred Dreher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Carl Kane | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Kane | 180 | 0 | |||
| Vern East | 115 | 0 | |||
| Mike Sebastian | 2 | ||||
| Ray Johnson | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Sebastian | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vern East | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| 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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