1939 Richmond Arrows (DFL) |
| 2nd place • 6-1-0 .857 |
| Head Coach: Tom Jones |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sun | 9/17/1939 | H | South Norfolk Acaes | 28 | 7 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 1500 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1939 | H | Newport News Builders | 5 | 2 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | H | Norfolk Shamrocks | 21 | 0 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1939 | H | Portsmouth Cubs | 14 | 0 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | A | Norfolk Shamrocks | 7 | 6 | W | Norfolk, VA | Bain Field | ||
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 23 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | H | Washington Presidents | 7 | 3 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | H | Portsmouth Cubs | 11 | 14 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1939 | H | Newport News Builders | 12 | 6 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1939 | H | Washington Presidents | - | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | ||||
| League Championship | ||||||||||
| Sun | 12/31/1939 | A | Portsmouth Cubs | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | |||||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/19/1939 | Washington Presidents | Postponed from 10/1 & 11/5 |
| 12/17/1939 | Washington Presidents | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Al Buchinsky | LE-RE | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Hampden-Sydney | 7 | 2 | |
| Otis Bunch | QB | 6-0 | 170 | 24 | William & Mary | 5 | 2 | |
| A.B. Conner | RH-LH | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Virginia | 7 | 3 | |
| Ray Craft | B | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Washington & Lee | 1 | 0 | |
| Mush DeLotto | LH-FB | 5-9 | 185 | 27 | Randolph-Macon | 7 | 6 | |
| Dave Gammon | RH-FB | 6-0 | 198 | 22 | Oregon | 7 | 3 | |
| Woody Gray | LG-RG | 200 | 23 | Virginia Military Institute | 7 | 4 | ||
| Paul Halleck | FB-RH | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Ohio University | 6 | 6 | |
| Tom Jones | RT-LG | 5-11 | 216 | 30 | Bucknell | 7 | 4 | |
| Johnny Leys | 37 | RE-LE | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Virginia | 7 | 6 |
| Ed Merrick | C | 5-10 | 176 | 27 | Richmond | 2 | 2 | |
| Tony Miller | B | none | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Morrison | C-G | Richmond | 7 | 4 | ||||
| Pete Nistad | RH-LH | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Virginia | 3 | 2 | |
| Forrest Norvell | RG | 5-7 | 175 | 22 | Richmond | 3 | 1 | |
| Irvin Payne | RG-LG | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Emory & Henry | 7 | 6 | |
| Ben Plotnicki | QB-RH | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | George Washington | 7 | 6 | |
| Jimmy Ring | FB | Virginia | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Meredith Scott | LT | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Yale | 7 | 7 | |
| Adam Sichol | C | 180 | 31 | Holy Cross; Temple; Richmond | 4 | 1 | ||
| Billy Weeks | RT-LG | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Virginia | 7 | 6 | |
| John Yerby | LE-RE | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Oregon | 7 | 6 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 3 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 77 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 31 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Gammon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| A.B. Conner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Mush DeLotto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Paul Halleck | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Otis Bunch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ben Plotnicki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Yerby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Johnny Leys | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Irvin Payne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Billy Weeks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 10 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 1 | 3 | 77 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.B. Conner | 2 | ||||
| Mush DeLotto | 2 | ||||
| Otis Bunch | 1 | ||||
| Paul Halleck | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.B. Conner | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Mush DeLotto | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Gammon | 1 | ||||
| John Yerby | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Gammon | 1 | ||||
| Ben Plotnicki | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| 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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