1939 Louisville Tanks (AFL) |
| 8th place • 2-9-0 .182 |
| Head Coach: Roy Lumpkin |
| Bob Wilke | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/24/1939 | H | East Chicago Indians | 0-18 | L | Louisville, KY | du Pont Stadium | 4500 | |
| Wed | 9/27/1939 | A | Columbus Bullies | 3-17 | L | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | ||
| Sun | 10/8/1939 | H | Dayton Bombers | 14-6 | W | Louisville, KY | du Pont Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | H | Columbus Bullies | 0-28 | L | Louisville, KY | du Pont Stadium | 4049 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | A | Kenosha Cardinals | 0-21 | L | Kenosha, WI | Lake Front Stadium | ||
| Wed | 11/1/1939 | N | Columbus Bullies | 0-20 | L | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1939 | A | St. Louis Gunners | 7-34 | L | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | A | East Chicago Indians | 3-0 | W | East Chicago, IN | Roosevelt Stadium | ||
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | H | Kenosha Cardinals | 10-34 | L | Louisville, KY | du Pont Stadium | 308 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1939 | N | Cincinnati Bengals | 14-28 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Butler Bowl | 500 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | H | St. Louis Gunners | 0-20 | L | Louisville, KY | du Pont Stadium | 600 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Gene Alford | RH | 5-9 | 180 | 33 | Daniel Baker; Texas Tech; Sul Ross State | 6 | 1 | |
| Ed Aspatore | LT | 6-1 | 220 | 30 | Marquette | 5 | 1 | |
| Earl Bartlett | LH-RH | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | Centre | 3 | 2 | |
| Mike Branchik | RT | 6-1 | 219 | 27 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 9 | 5 | |
| Tom Caillouette | LT-RT | 6-2 | 232 | 27 | Loyola (Louisiana) | 10 | 10 | |
| Clarence Caple | RH-LH-QB-C | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | Western Kentucky | 10 | 7 | |
| Dick Colston | LG-RG-LH-QB-FB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | none | 11 | 11 | |
| Eddie Crum | RH | 5-9 | 169 | 24 | Northern Iowa | 4 | 1 | |
| Mike Czernecki | RG-LG | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | Marquette | 11 | 11 | |
| Ken Darby | RE-LE | 5-11 | 182 | 25 | Kentucky | 10 | 8 | |
| Ben Dobbs | LE | 6-0 | 205 | 33 | Ohio State | 2 | 1 | |
| George Fowler | FB-QB-LH | 5-10 | 198 | 24 | Indiana | 11 | 10 | |
| Mack Gladden | LE | 6-2 | 195 | 30 | Missouri | 6 | 3 | |
| Earl Hall | LH | 189 | none | 2 | 1 | |||
| Charley Hampton | LE | 6-2 | 200 | 21 | Louisville | 1 | 1 | |
| Billy Harrington | B | 6-0 | 190 | Centre | 1 | 0 | ||
| Woody Jennings | RG-B | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | Centre | 6 | 1 | |
| Roy Lumpkin | QB-LH-RE | 6-2 | 211 | 32 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 5 | |
| Woodrow Lydey | C-LG-RG | 5-11 | 211 | 26 | Heidelberg; Eastern Kentucky | 10 | 6 | |
| Metcalf | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Jug Mitchell | B | 5-8 | 189 | 22 | Murray State | 1 | 0 | |
| Bud O'Neal | RH | 5-11 | 192 | 28 | Benedictine (Kansas) | 4 | 2 | |
| Max Padlow | RE | 6-0 | 199 | 27 | Ohio State | 4 | 4 | |
| Max Reed | E | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Roberts | FB-QB | 6-0 | 210 | 29 | Georgia | 5 | 2 | |
| Sandy Sandberg | LT-RT | 6-1 | 228 | 29 | Iowa Wesleyan | 4 | 4 | |
| Woody Scott | LT-G | 207 | 26 | Southwestern (Tennessee); Pearl River JC | 11 | 2 | ||
| George Sinclair | C | 5-11 | 178 | 25 | none | 10 | 5 | |
| Ralph Stroble | LE | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | Southeastern Louisiana; Mississippi; Southeastern Louisiana | 6 | 4 | |
| John Styles | B | Hardin-Simmons | 1 | 0 | ||||
| John Thomason | FB | 5-7 | 189 | 33 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | |
| Jim Turner | C | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 0 | |
| Merle Welch | RH-FB-LH | 5-6 | 191 | 23 | Cincinnati | 11 | 6 | |
| Tom Whelan | LH-QB-RH | 187 | Monmouth (Illinois) | 8 | 5 | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 17 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 51 |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 34 | 43 | 79 | 226 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Fowler | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Mike Czernecki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Roy Lumpkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Ralph Stroble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Merle Welch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| John Thomason | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Roberts | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 51 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 26 | 32 | 81.3 | 2 | 1 | 226 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Czernecki | 2 | ||||
| Roy Lumpkin | 2 | ||||
| Ralph Stroble | 1 | ||||
| Merle Welch | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 32 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Fowler | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Bud O'Neal | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Stroble | 1 | ||||
| Merle Welch | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Lumpkin | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| 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 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Czernecki | 2 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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