1939 Washington Presidents (DFL) |
| 3rd place • 2-4-1 .333 |
| Head Coach: Gene Augusterfer |
| Ralph Boyer | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/24/1939 | A | Norfolk Shamrocks | 20-7 | W | Norfolk, VA | Bain Field | 2000 | |
| Thu | 10/5/1939 | A | Portsmouth Cubs | 0-10 | L | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 1500 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1939 | A | Newport News Builders | 0-14 | L | Hampton, VA | Darling Memorial Field | 4000 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1939 | N | Scranton Miners | 7-13 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | ||
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | A | Scranton Miners | 17-16 | W | Scranton, PA | Athletic Park | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1939 | A | Newport News Builders | 3-3 | T | Hampton, VA | Darling Memorial Field | 2000 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | H | Portsmouth Cubs | - | Washington, DC | ||||
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | N | Norfolk Shamrocks | 17-14 | W | Lynchburg, VA | 2333 | ||
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | A | Richmond Arrows | 3-7 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1939 | A | Portsmouth Cubs | 0-7 | L | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 3886 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1939 | A | Richmond Arrows | - | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/29/1939 | Portsmouth Cubs | Canceled |
| 11/19/1939 | Richmond Arrows | Postponed from 10/1 & 11/5 |
| 12/17/1939 | Richmond Arrows | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Anthonavage | 10 | RG-LG | 6-0 | 201 | 24 | Catholic | 7 | 7 |
| Gene Augusterfer | 3 | QB | 5-9 | 180 | 26 | Catholic | 6 | 5 |
| Willis Benner | 14 | RH-LH-FB | 5-11 | 189 | 29 | Maryland | 7 | 7 |
| Dick Bunch | B | 190 | Elon | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bernie Buscher | 5 | LE-RE | 6-0 | 191 | 26 | Maryland | 7 | 7 |
| Frank Cairo | LT | 205 | 22 | Catholic | 6 | 1 | ||
| Johnny Carvelas | 160 | 24 | Catholic | 4 | 0 | |||
| Al Cavalier | RH | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Hal Chilcotte | LH | 5-8 | 185 | 23 | Virginia Military Institute | 3 | 1 | |
| Al Cohen | LG-RT | 5-8 | 180 | Georgetown (DC) | 4 | 3 | ||
| Tony Donat | B | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | Illinois College | 1 | 0 | |
| Chuck Earhart | 12 | RE | Baylor | 2 | 1 | |||
| Joe Frank | 6-1 | 217 | 24 | Georgetown (DC) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Harry Hippler | FB-LH | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 3 | |
| Joe Katalinas | 18 | LT | 6-0 | 207 | 26 | Georgetown (DC) | 7 | 5 |
| Frank Kavalier | RH | 5-11 | 189 | 27 | George Washington | 2 | 1 | |
| Jack Lytton | C | 200 | 24 | Iowa; McDaniel | 5 | 1 | ||
| Merkle | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Tony Ortenzi | 11 | LG-RG | 205 | 24 | McDaniel | 5 | 5 | |
| Bill Parrish | RE-LE | 6-2 | 195 | George Washington | 7 | 6 | ||
| Vic Sampson | 7 | LH-RH | 160 | 22 | George Washington | 7 | 4 | |
| Duane Sands | 15 | RT-LT | 6-5 | 227 | 29 | Emory & Henry | 7 | 7 |
| Johnny Sniscak | 16 | FB-LH-QB | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Catholic; North Carolina | 7 | 5 |
| Dixie Walker | RH-QB | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Brown; Catholic | 5 | 2 | |
| Joe Yanchulis | 9 | C | 5-8 | 190 | 26 | Catholic | 6 | 6 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 9 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 62 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Sampson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Willis Benner | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Hal Chilcotte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bill Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Frank Cairo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Gene Augusterfer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 62 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Sampson | 2 | ||||
| Hal Chilcotte | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Sampson | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Parrish | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Sampson | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| 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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