1942 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 3-8-0 .273 |
| Head Coach: Mike Getto |
| Bill Hargiss | Assistant Coach |
| Mike Nixon | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/30/1942 | H | Green Bay Packers | 16-21 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 9874 | |
| Sun | 9/6/1942 | A | New London Diesels | 35-0 | W | Hartford, CT | Municipal Stadium | 2450 | |
| Wed | 9/16/1942 | N | Eastern Army All-Stars | 7-13 | L | Baltimore, MD | Municipal Stadium | 45000 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1942 | N | Ken Strong All-Stars | 35-3 | W | New Brunswick, NJ | Rutgers Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1942 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 5682 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1942 | A | Detroit Lions | 28-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 12598 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1942 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-7 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 17689 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1942 | H | Washington Redskins | 10-21 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 25635 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1942 | H | New York Giants | 17-7 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 23244 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1942 | H | Cleveland Rams | 0-17 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 6329 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1942 | H | Chicago Bears | 0-35 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 31643 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1942 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-14 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 3858 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1942 | A | Washington Redskins | 3-23 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 34450 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1942 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-13 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 5340 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1942 | A | New York Giants | 0-10 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 27449 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/30/1942 | Green Bay Packers | Postponed from 8/29 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Wendell Butcher | 66 | BB-S | 6-1 | 197 | 28 | Gustavus Adolphus | 11 | 8 |
| Merl Condit | 35 | HB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Carnegie Mellon | 11 | 11 |
| Gerry Courtney | 31 | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Syracuse | 5 | 0 |
| Art Deremer | 18 | C-LB | 6-3 | 208 | 25 | Niagara | 6 | 0 |
| Don Eliason | 15 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Minnesota; Hamline | 5 | 0 |
| Walt Fedora | 10 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | George Washington | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Gifford | 22 | BB-S | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Denver | 4 | 0 |
| Herman Hodges | 13 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 198 | 28 | Samford | 10 | 3 |
| Billy Jefferson | 30 | HB-DH | 6-2 | 208 | 24 | Mississippi State | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Jeffries | 24 | OG-DG | 6-2 | 206 | 23 | Missouri | 5 | 0 |
| Art Jocher | 8 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 207 | 27 | Manhattan | 11 | 4 |
| Thurmon Jones | 1 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 198 | 24 | Abilene Christian | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Jurich | 17 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 234 | 23 | Denver | 11 | 0 |
| Bernie Kapitansky | 3 | OG-DG | 6-1 | 212 | 21 | Long Island | 7 | 0 |
| Duce Keahey | 15 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | George Washington | 1 | 0 |
| Bruiser Kinard | 25 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 216 | 28 | Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| George Kinard | 27 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 202 | 26 | Mississippi | 7 | 7 |
| Pug Manders | 9 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Minnesota; Drake | 11 | 11 |
| Dean McAdams | 60 | TB-LDH-HB-RDH | 6-1 | 193 | 25 | Washington | 11 | 10 |
| Hal McCullough | 7 | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | Cornell | 9 | 0 |
| Curt Mecham | 20 | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Bakersfield CC; Oregon | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Merrill | 29 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 219 | 25 | Alabama | 11 | 11 |
| Mike Nixon | 30 | HB-DH | 5-11 | 181 | 31 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 0 |
| Don Pierce | 5 | C-LB | 6-1 | 186 | 23 | Kansas | 3 | 0 |
| Bobbie Robertson | 4 | HB-RDH | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Southern California | 11 | 1 |
| Tom Robertson | 14 | C-LB | 6-0 | 218 | 25 | Kansas; Louisiana State; Tulsa | 9 | 8 |
| Eddie Rucinski | 28 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 198 | 26 | Indiana | 11 | 9 |
| Perry Schwartz | 99 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 199 | 27 | Sacramento CC; California | 11 | 10 |
| Rhoten Shetley | 30 | BB-S | 5-11 | 208 | 24 | Furman | 3 | 3 |
| Jim Sivell | 28 | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 205 | 28 | Auburn | 8 | 8 |
| Earl Svendsen | 18 | C-LB | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Minnesota | 4 | 3 |
| Si Titus | 2 | OG-DG-C-LB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Holy Cross | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Tofil | 32 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Indiana | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Vetter | 16 | FB-LB | 6-2 | 198 | 22 | McPherson | 5 | 0 |
| Bernie Weiner | 33 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-OT-DT | 5-11 | 222 | 24 | Kansas State | 10 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Bobbie Robertson | B | Southern California |
| 3 | 22 | Curt Mecham | B | Oregon |
| 5 | 37 | Vike Francis | B | Nebraska |
| 6 | 47 | Hank Stanton | E | Arizona |
| 7 | 57 | Wayne Goldsmith | B | Emporia State |
| 8 | 67 | Preston Flanagan | E | Texas |
| 9 | 77 | Bob Gifford | B | Denver |
| 10 | 87 | Joe Petro | G | Muhlenberg |
| 11 | 97 | Fraser Donlan | T | Manhattan |
| 12 | 107 | Jim Thibaut | B | Tulane |
| 13 | 117 | Art Deremer | C | Niagara |
| 14 | 127 | Stan Gervelis | E | Pittsburgh |
| 15 | 137 | Gene Davis | B | Pennsylvania |
| 16 | 147 | Ed Masloski | B | Scranton |
| 17 | 157 | R.C. Pitts | E | Arkansas |
| 18 | 167 | Ralph Miller | B | Kansas |
| 19 | 177 | Wilson Elliott | T | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 20 | 187 | Bill Paolantonio | G | Elon |
| 21 | 192 | Bert Hayes | B | Wichita State |
| 22 | 197 | Walt Fedora | B | George Washington |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 38 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 100 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 72 | 38 | 37 | 168 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 109 | 76 | 23 | 10 | / % | / % | 32 | 288 | |
| Opponents Totals | 131 | 77 | 49 | 5 | / % | / % | 61 | 495 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merl Condit | 3 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 37 |
| Pug Manders | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Gerry Courtney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Rucinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Perry Schwartz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rhoten Shetley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dean McAdams | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Thurmon Jones | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 13 | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 100 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 3 | 13 | 23.1 | 0 | 168 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merl Condit | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 37 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 37 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 13 | 23.1 | 1/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merl Condit | 129 | 647 | 5.0 | 63 | 2 |
| Pug Manders | 93 | 316 | 3.4 | 23t | 6 |
| Dean McAdams | 110 | 314 | 2.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Bobbie Robertson | 46 | 132 | 2.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Walt Fedora | 16 | 34 | 2.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Perry Schwartz | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gerry Courtney | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 11t | 1 |
| Jack Vetter | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Thurmon Jones | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Jefferson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Curt Mecham | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Hal McCullough | 21 | -17 | -0.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 431 | 1465 | 3.5 | 63 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 426 | 1600 | 3.8 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean McAdams | 89 | 35 | 35 | 39 | 441 | 5.0 | 12.6 | 56 | 2 | 2.2 | 15 | 16.9 | 23.4 | |||
| Hal McCullough | 38 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 211 | 5.6 | 17.6 | 71 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 7.9 | 27.4 | |||
| Merl Condit | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.8 | 0.0 | |||
| Bobbie Robertson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 2.8 | |||
| Gerry Courtney | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 2.1 | |||
| Billy Jefferson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 45.1 | |||
| Curt Mecham | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2.3 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Pug Manders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 159 | 56 | 56 | 79 | 714 | 4.5 | 12.8 | 71 | 3 | 1.9 | 24 | 15.1 | 16.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 199 | 89 | 89 | 96 | 1175 | 5.9 | 13.2 | 9 | 4.5 | 14 | 7.0 | 49.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Schwartz | 13 | 200 | 15.4 | 71 | 1 |
| Merl Condit | 9 | 111 | 12.3 | 56 | 0 |
| Eddie Rucinski | 9 | 99 | 11.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Bobbie Robertson | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Herman Hodges | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Dean McAdams | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Rhoten Shetley | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9t | 1 |
| Joe Tofil | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Wendell Butcher | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Gerry Courtney | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Don Eliason | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 56 | 714 | 12.8 | 71 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 89 | 1175 | 13.2 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merl Condit | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 40t | 1 |
| Bobbie Robertson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Gerry Courtney | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Earl Svendsen | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Rhoten Shetley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Robertson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 229 | 16.4 | 40t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 173 | 7.2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean McAdams | 52 | 2158 | 41.5 | 74 | 1 | |||||
| Hal McCullough | 12 | 462 | 38.5 | 71 | 0 | |||||
| Merl Condit | 7 | 315 | 45.0 | 55 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Jefferson | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Bobbie Robertson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 73 | 3016 | 41.3 | 74 | 1 | 33.8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 309 | 37.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merl Condit | 21 | 210 | 10.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dean McAdams | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bobbie Robertson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Hal McCullough | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 309 | 10.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 14.9 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pug Manders | 9 | 210 | 23.3 | 36 | 0 | |
| Merl Condit | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| Dean McAdams | 7 | 165 | 23.6 | 61 | 0 | |
| Walt Fedora | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 25 | 0 | |
| Perry Schwartz | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Tom Robertson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 656 | 21.2 | 55 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 2 |
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