1943 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 2-8-0 .200 |
| Head Coach: Pete Cawthon |
| Frank Bridges | Defense |
| Aldo Donelli | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/12/1943 | A | Camp Lee | 28-6 | W | Camp Lee, VA | Lee Field | 12000 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1943 | A | New Brunswick All-Stars | 28-0 | W | New Brunswick, NJ | Municipal Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1943 | A | Detroit Lions | 0-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 23768 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1943 | A | Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-17 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 11131 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1943 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-27 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 35540 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1943 | H | New York Giants | 0-20 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 18361 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1943 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-33 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 9600 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1943 | H | Washington Redskins | 10-48 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 11471 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1943 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7-0 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 13340 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1943 | H | Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-7 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 7614 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1943 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-31 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 18992 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1943 | A | New York Giants | 7-24 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28706 | |
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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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Armstrong | 28 | OG-DG-OT-DT | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | UCLA | 4 | 0 |
| John Bandura | 28 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 206 | 24 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 26 | BB-S | 6-0 | 202 | 25 | Texas Tech | 4 | 1 |
| George Cafego | 23 | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 183 | 28 | Tennessee | 5 | 3 |
| Merl Condit | 35 | HB-RDH | 5-11 | 187 | 26 | Carnegie Mellon | 8 | 7 |
| Bill Conkright | 37/3 | C-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 29 | Oklahoma | 7 | 4 |
| Bill Davis | 57/6 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 234 | 27 | Texas Tech | 10 | 1 |
| Marshall Edwards | 8 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Wake Forest | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Fawcett | 44/21 | LOG-LD-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 223 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 10 | 10 |
| George Grandinette | 34 | OG-DG | 5-9 | 215 | 26 | Fordham | 9 | 0 |
| Al Gutknecht | 2 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Niagara | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Heineman | 10 | TB-LDH | 5-9 | 168 | 25 | Texas-El Paso | 8 | 6 |
| Cecil Johnson | 27 | HB-RDH | 5-11 | 197 | 22 | Paris JC | 9 | 2 |
| Lew Jones | 41/20 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 215 | 31 | Texas Tech; Weatherford JC; Texas Tech | 10 | 7 |
| Bruiser Kinard | 25 | LOT-LDT-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 216 | 29 | Mississippi | 10 | 10 |
| Andy Kowalski | 22 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 199 | 23 | Mississippi State | 8 | 6 |
| Pug Manders | 9 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | Minnesota; Drake | 10 | 9 |
| Tillie Manton | 19 | BB-S | 5-11 | 188 | 33 | Texas Christian | 10 | 3 |
| Jodie Marek | 43/26 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 182 | 27 | Texas Tech | 7 | 1 |
| Frank Martin | 12/7 | HB-RDH | 5-9 | 177 | 24 | Alabama | 10 | 1 |
| John Matisi | 15 | ROG-RDG-OT-DT-C-LB | 6-2 | 221 | 23 | Duquesne | 4 | 1 |
| Dean McAdams | 60/66 | TB-LDH | 6-1 | 193 | 26 | Washington | 8 | 1 |
| Tex Mooney | 1 | OT-DT | 6-5 | 280 | 26 | Southern California; Sul Ross State; West Texas A&M | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Owens | 33 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 205 | 26 | Texas Tech | 5 | 2 |
| Keith Ranspot | 14 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 205 | 30 | Southern Methodist | 9 | 2 |
| Frank Sachse | 30 | HB-RDH | 6-0 | 197 | 26 | Texas Tech | 6 | 0 |
| Herm Schmarr | 42/30 | ROT-RDT-OE-DE | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | Catholic | 7 | 2 |
| George Sergienko | 39/5 | ROT-RDT-OG-DG | 6-1 | 248 | 25 | American International | 10 | 8 |
| Joe Setcavage | 16/32 | BB-S | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Duquesne | 10 | 6 |
| Vaughn Stewart | 33 | C-LB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Alabama | 1 | 0 |
| Earl Svendsen | 18 | C-LB | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Minnesota | 10 | 6 |
| Phil Swiadon | 24 | OT-DT-OG-DG | 6-0 | 220 | 29 | New York University | 3 | 0 |
| George Webb | 29 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 180 | 27 | Texas Tech | 8 | 2 |
| Ray Wehba | 37/13 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Southern California | 10 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Paul Governali | B | Columbia |
| 2 | 13 | Blondy Black | B | Mississippi State |
| 3 | 19 | George Ceithaml | B | Michigan |
| 4 | 28 | Joe Domnanovich | C | Alabama |
| 5 | 34 | Marty Comer | E | Tulane |
| 6 | 43 | Harvey Johnson | B | William & Mary |
| 7 | 54 | John Matisi | T | Duquesne |
| 8 | 63 | John Ferguson | E | California |
| 9 | 74 | Ray Rasor | G | Southern Methodist |
| 10 | 83 | Vic Schleich | T | Nebraska |
| 11 | 94 | Joe Sabasteanski | C | Fordham |
| 12 | 103 | Lou Thomas | B | Tulane |
| 13 | 114 | Bert Stiff | B | Pennsylvania |
| 14 | 123 | Johnny Fekete | B | Ohio University |
| 15 | 134 | Floyd Rhea | G | Oregon |
| 16 | 143 | Bill Burkett | E | Iowa |
| 17 | 154 | Al Onofrio | B | Arizona State |
| 18 | 163 | Ken Schoonover | T | Penn State |
| 19 | 174 | Quentin Barnette | B | West Virginia |
| 20 | 183 | Bill Bledsoe | E | Southern California |
| 21 | 194 | Bob Coutchie | E | Arizona |
| 22 | 203 | Don Reece | B | Missouri |
| 23 | 214 | W.J. Gibson | E | North Carolina State |
| 24 | 223 | Lou Dent | B | Colorado State |
| 25 | 234 | Gene Lee | C | Florida |
| 26 | 243 | Harvey Hardy | G | Georgia Tech |
| 27 | 254 | Bob Green | T | Arkansas |
| 28 | 263 | Steve Poleshuk | G | Colgate |
| 29 | 274 | Al Sabo | B | Alabama |
| 30 | 283 | George Allshouse | C | Pittsburgh |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 10 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 65 |
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 57 | 40 | 49 | 234 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 80 | 39 | 35 | 6 | / % | / % | 36 | 292 | |
| Opponents Totals | 128 | 75 | 44 | 9 | / % | / % | 56 | 435 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pug Manders | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Frank Kinard | 1 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Merl Condit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Cecil Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tillie Manton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jodie Marek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 9 | 8 | 9 | 88.9 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 65 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 27 | 31 | 87.1 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 0 | 234 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruiser Kinard | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 22 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Merl Condit | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Tillie Manton | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Jodie Marek | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | 0 | 22 | 0/4 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 1/ | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pug Manders | 89 | 266 | 3.0 | 43t | 3 |
| Merl Condit | 67 | 190 | 2.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Ken Heineman | 49 | 126 | 2.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 25 | 50 | 2.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Cecil Johnson | 26 | 38 | 1.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Sachse | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Jodie Marek | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Marshall Edwards | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Setcavage | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tillie Manton | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Dean McAdams | 40 | -38 | -1.0 | 14 | 0 |
| George Cafego | 19 | -46 | -2.4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 333 | 610 | 1.8 | 43t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 404 | 1562 | 3.9 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean McAdams | 75 | 37 | 37 | 31 | 315 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 9.3 | 21.8 | |||
| George Cafego | 36 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 209 | 5.8 | 12.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 8.3 | 30.9 | ||||
| Ken Heineman | 57 | 19 | 19 | 30 | 285 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 65t | 3 | 5.3 | 8 | 14.0 | 28.7 | |||
| Frank Sachse | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 72 | 8.0 | 14.4 | 57t | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 11.1 | 79.2 | |||
| Cecil Johnson | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 16.7 | |||
| Pug Manders | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 11 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 132.1 | |||
| Tillie Manton | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 70.8 | |||
| Frank Martin | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 3.8 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 59.4 | |||
| Joe Setcavage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Merl Condit | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 205 | 90 | 90 | 94 | 969 | 4.7 | 10.8 | 65t | 5 | 2.4 | 21 | 10.2 | 26.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 219 | 86 | 86 | 118 | 1552 | 7.1 | 18.0 | 15 | 6.8 | 15 | 6.8 | 58.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Martin | 13 | 152 | 11.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Andy Kowalski | 11 | 145 | 13.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Cecil Johnson | 9 | 136 | 15.1 | 57t | 2 |
| Merl Condit | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 65t | 1 |
| Keith Ranspot | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 28 | 0 |
| George Webb | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Tillie Manton | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Kinard | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 30 | 1 |
| Pug Manders | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 48t | 1 |
| Joe Setcavage | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ray Wehba | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Sachse | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Dean McAdams | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Marshall Edwards | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Jodie Marek | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 90 | 969 | 10.8 | 65t | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 1552 | 18.0 | 15 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean McAdams | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Heineman | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Earl Svendsen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Cecil Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Matisi | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Conkright | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Setcavage | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Andy Kowalski | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lew Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Merl Condit | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 163 | 10.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 193 | 9.2 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean McAdams | 36 | 1354 | 37.6 | 60 | 1 | |||||
| Merl Condit | 19 | 725 | 38.2 | 58 | 0 | |||||
| Ken Heineman | 14 | 485 | 34.6 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Cecil Johnson | 10 | 349 | 34.9 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| George Cafego | 10 | 307 | 30.7 | 61 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 89 | 3220 | 36.2 | 61 | 2 | 31.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 268 | 32.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Heineman | 10 | 78 | 7.8 | 19 | 0 | |
| Merl Condit | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 12 | 0 | |
| Frank Martin | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 10 | 0 | |
| Dean McAdams | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Frank Sachse | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| George Cafego | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Setcavage | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 268 | 8.9 | 26 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 12.6 | 40 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Heineman | 16 | 442 | 27.6 | 69 | 0 | |
| Merl Condit | 6 | 178 | 29.7 | 45 | 0 | |
| George Cafego | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 0 | ||
| Dean McAdams | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 30 | 0 | |
| Cecil Johnson | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 30 | 0 | |
| Pug Manders | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ray Wehba | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Lew Jones | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Joe Setcavage | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 961 | 24.0 | 69 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 225 | 22.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 22 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 0 |
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