1939 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL) |
| 1st place • 6-1-1 .857 |
| Head Coach: Jack Darden |
| Larry Weldon | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/23/1939 | H | South Norfolk Aces | 41-0 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 400 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1939 | H | Washington Presidents | 10-0 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 1500 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1939 | H | Norfolk Shamrocks | 14-0 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-41 | L | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1939 | A | Richmond Arrows | 0-14 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | A | Washington Presidents | - | Washington, DC | ||||
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | A | Newport News Builders | 10-3 | W | Hampton, VA | Darling Memorial Field | 2800 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | H | Newport News Builders | 17-7 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 1500 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | A | Norfolk Shamrocks | 7-7 | T | Norfolk, VA | Bain Field | 2500 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | A | Richmond Arrows | 14-11 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1939 | H | Washington Presidents | 7-0 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 3886 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1939 | H | Norfolk Shamrocks | 17-14 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 3800 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1939 | A | Norfolk Shamrocks | 14-14 | T | Norfolk, VA | Bain Field | 4200 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/31/1939 | H | Richmond Arrows | 7-0 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 3500 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/8/1939 | Norfolk Shamrocks | Postponed from 10/1 |
| 10/29/1939 | Washington Presidents | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Elmore Barnes | LH | 5-8 | 155 | 31 | Old Dominion | 7 | 1 | |
| Joe Barnett | LT-RT | 235 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 4 | |||
| Doug Berry | LT | 217 | Duke | 2 | 1 | |||
| Frank Borum | RH-FB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | William & Mary | 6 | 2 | |
| Gene Brown | RT-LT | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 8 | |
| Mason Bugg | LT-RT | 6-2 | 229 | 24 | North Carolina State | 3 | 3 | |
| Al Casey | LH-RH | 5-10 | 175 | 31 | Potomac State JC; Virginia Tech | 8 | 8 | |
| Culley | RE-LE | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Jack Darden | 5-7 | 200 | 30 | William & Mary | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Davis | RG-LG | William & Mary | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Herm Dickerson | RH-LH | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 5 | |
| Lyle Graham | C | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | Richmond | 8 | 7 | |
| Jack Grimes | LE-RE | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | none | 8 | 7 | |
| Tom Hogan | HB | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Jimmy Johnson | T | 200 | East Carolina | 1 | 0 | |||
| Walter Lakin | LG-RG | 5-10 | 205 | 26 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 7 | |
| Al Mastro | RG-LG | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Elon | 6 | 4 | |
| Ace Parker | RH | 5-11 | 178 | 27 | Duke | 1 | 1 | |
| Gayle Pendleton | E | 26 | North Carolina | 4 | 0 | |||
| Frank Pierce | RE-LE | 5-11 | 190 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 7 | ||
| Flinky Piland | RG-LG-C | 215 | 25 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 4 | ||
| John Pitzer | FB | 5-10 | 205 | 26 | Roanoke | 7 | 7 | |
| Bob Watson | QB | 5-10 | 175 | none | 3 | 1 | ||
| Larry Weldon | QB | 6-0 | 198 | 24 | Louisburg JC; Presbyterian | 8 | 7 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 14 | 13 | 10 | 42 | 79 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 7 | 23 | 12 | 42 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Weldon | 0 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | ||
| John Pitzer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Elmore Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Al Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Herm Dickerson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ace Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Gene Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 10 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 79 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 42 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Pitzer | 2 | ||||
| Elmore Barnes | 1 | ||||
| Ace Parker | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Pitzer | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Larry Weldon | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Casey | 1 | ||||
| Herm Dickerson | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| 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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