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1942 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) 4th place Eastern Division 3-8-0 .273

Head Coach: Mike Getto

Bill Hargiss	Assistant Coach
Mike Nixon	Assistant Coach

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sun	8/30/1942	H	Green Bay Packers	16-21	L	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	9874	Postponed from 8/29
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	Long Island Clippers	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.

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
66	Wendell Butcher	BB-DB	6-1	197	28	Gustavus Adolphus	11	8
35	Merl Condit	HB-DB	5-11	187	25	West Virginia; Carnegie Mellon	11	11
31	Gerry Courtney	TB-DB	6-0	195	24	Syracuse	5	0
18	Art Deremer	C-LB	6-3	208	25	Niagara	5	0
15	Don Eliason	OE-DE	6-2	215	24	Hamline	5	0
10	Walt Fedora	FB-LB	5-11	190	24	George Washington	8	0
22	Bob Gifford	BB-DB	6-0	200	24	Denver	4	0
13	Herman Hodges	ROE-DE	6-1	198	28	Samford	10	3
30	Billy Jefferson	B	6-2	208	24	Mississippi State	3	0
24	Bob Jeffries	OG-DG	6-2	206	23	Missouri	5	0
8	Art Jocher	LOG-DG	6-1	207	27	Manhattan	11	4
1	Thurmon Jones	FB-LB	5-10	198	24	Abilene Christian	5	0
17	Mike Jurich	OT-DT	6-1	234	23	Denver	11	0
3	Bernie Kapitansky	OG-DG	6-1	212	21	Long Island	7	0
15	Duce Keahey	OT-DT	6-2	215	25	George Washington	1	0
25	Bruiser Kinard	LOT-DT	6-1	216	28	Mississippi	11	11
27	George Kinard	LOG-DG	6-1	202	26	Mississippi	7	7
9	Pug Manders	FB-LB	6-0	200	29	Minnesota; Drake	11	11
60	Dean McAdams	TB-DB	6-1	193	25	Washington	11	10
7	Hal McCullough	TB-DB	5-11	170	24	Cornell	9	0
20	Curt Mecham	TB-DB	6-0	180	22	Bakersfield CC; Oregon	6	0
29	Walt Merrill	ROT-DT	6-2	219	25	Alabama	11	11
30	Mike Nixon	HB-DB	5-11	181	31	Pittsburgh	3	0
5	Don Pierce	C-LB	6-1	186	23	Kansas	3	0
4	Bobbie Robertson	HB-DB	5-11	185	25	Southern California	11	1
14	Tom Robertson	C-LB	6-0	218	25	Kansas; Louisiana State; Tulsa	9	8
28	Eddie Rucinski	ROE-DE	6-2	198	26	Indiana	11	9
99	Perry Schwartz	LOE-DE	6-2	199	27	Sacramento CC; California	11	10
30	Rhoten Shetley	BB-DB	5-11	208	24	Furman	3	3
28	Jim Sivell	ROG-DG	5-9	205	28	Auburn	8	8
18	Earl Svendsen	C-LB	6-1	190	27	Minnesota	4	3
2	Si Titus	OG-DG	6-0	195	24	Holy Cross	9	0
32	Joe Tofil	OE-DE	6-1	205	24	Indiana	11	0
16	Jack Vetter	FB-LB	6-2	198	22	McPherson	4	0
33	Bernie Weiner	LOG-DG	5-11	222	24	Kansas State	10	3

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College
Bobbie Robertson	1	7	B	Southern California
Curt Mecham	3	22	B	Oregon
Vike Francis	5	37	B	Nebraska
Hank Stanton	6	47	E	Arizona
Wayne Goldsmith	7	57	B	Emporia State
Preston Flanagan	8	67	E	Texas
Bob Gifford	9	77	B	Denver
Joe Petro	10	87	G	Muhlenberg
Fraser Donlan	11	97	T	Manhattan
Jim Thibaut	12	107	B	Tulane
Art Deremer	13	117	C	Niagara
Stan Gervelis	14	127	E	Pittsburgh
Gene Davis	15	137	B	Pennsylvania
Ed Masloski	16	147	B	Scranton
R.C. Pitts	17	157	E	Arkansas
Ralph Miller	18	167	B	Kansas
Wilson Elliott	19	177	T	Tennessee-Chattanooga
Bill Palantonio	20	187	G	Elon
Bert Hayes	21	192	B	Wichita State
Walt Fedora	22	197	B	George Washington

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	38	20	21	21
Opponents Totals	21	72	38	37

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		109	76	23	10	/ %	/ %	32	288
Opponents Totals		131	77	49	5	/ %	/ %	61	495

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Merl Condit	3	10	10	100.0	3	6	50.0	37
Pug Manders	6	0	0		0	0		36
Gerry Courtney	1	0	0		0	0		6
Eddie Rucinski	1	0	0		0	0		6
Perry Schwartz	1	0	0		0	0		6
Rhoten Shetley	1	0	0		0	0		6
Dean McAdams	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		2
Thurmon Jones	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		1
Team Totals	13	13	13	100.0	3	6	50.0	100
Opponents Totals	23	21	23	91.3	3	13	23.1	168

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Merl Condit	3	6	50.0	1/	0/	2/	0/	0/
Team Totals	3	6	50.0	1/	0/	2/	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
Hal McCullough	21	11	0.5	14	0
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
Team Totals	431	1495	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%	RTG
Dean McAdams	89	35	39.3	39	441	5.0	12.6	56	2	2.2	15	16.9	23.4
Hal McCullough	38	12	31.6	23	211	5.6	17.6	71	1	2.6	3	7.9	27.4
Merl Condit	17	5	29.4	10	27	1.6	5.4	14	0	0.0	2	11.8	0.0
Bobbie Robertson	3	1	33.3	1	1	0.3	1.0	1	0	0.0	1	33.3	2.8
Gerry Courtney	4	1	25.0	1	14	3.5	14.0	14	0	0.0	2	50.0	2.1
Billy Jefferson	3	1	33.3	2	11	3.7	11.0	11	0	0.0	0	0.0	45.1
Curt Mecham	4	1	25.0	2	9	2.3	9.0	9	0	0.0	1	25.0	0.0
Pug Manders	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	159	56	35.2	79	714	4.5	12.8	71	3	1.9	24	15.1	16.9
Opponents Totals	199	89	44.7	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	RYDS	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	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	YDS	AVG	LG
Pug Manders	9	210	23.3	36
Merl Condit	8	172	21.5	34
Dean McAdams	7	165	23.6	61
Walt Fedora	4	75	18.8	25
Perry Schwartz	2	25	12.5	15
Tom Robertson	1	9	9.0	9
Team Totals	31	656	21.2	55
Opponents Totals	22

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	23	10	13	12	25		0
Opponents Totals	26	12	14	10	24		2