1944 Portland Rockets (AFL) |
| 6th place • 3-7-0 .300 |
| Head Coach: Robert Mathews |
| Fritz Kramer | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/3/1944 | H | Seattle Bombers | 13-21 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 10213 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1944 | H | Los Angeles Mustangs | 30-7 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 5374 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1944 | H | Hollywood Rangers | 22-56 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 5479 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1944 | H | Oakland Hornets | 39-0 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 5287 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1944 | H | Los Angeles Wildcats | 7-26 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 5381 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1944 | H | San Francisco Clippers | 0-27 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 6374 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1944 | N | Seattle Bombers | 0-17 | L | Hanford, WA | 3000 | ||
| Sun | 10/29/1944 | H | San Diego Gunners | 39-6 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 3463 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1944 | A | Seattle Bombers | 7-28 | L | Seattle, WA | Sick's Stadium | ||
| Sun | 11/12/1944 | A | Seattle Bombers | 0-19 | L | Tacoma, WA | Tacoma Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1944 | A | Los Angeles Mustangs | 6-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | ||
| Sat | 11/25/1944 | N | San Francisco Clippers | 7-20 | L | Fresno, CA | 4000 | ||
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jimmy Caine | 9/48 | HB-FB | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Washington State; San Francisco | 8 | 7 |
| Don Cook | 22 | E | 6-2 | 192 | 28 | none | 0 | |
| Bob Davis | E | 5-10 | 200 | 26 | Oregon | 1 | ||
| Don Deeks | 30/41 | T | 6-4 | 238 | 21 | Washington | 10 | 10 |
| Jim Dent | 29 | E | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Lewis & Clark; Portland | 7 | |
| Herman DeVault | 23/36 | G | 5-11 | 198 | 28 | Oregon State; Portland | 2 | |
| Gordon Fielder | 15/4 | C | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Puget Sound | 9 | 5 |
| Dave Gammon | 11/21 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 198 | 27 | Oregon | 9 | 7 |
| Pat Hatfield | 35 | FB | 5-9 | 220 | 24 | none | 0 | |
| Fred Jenkin | 10/39 | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | Montana | 4 | |
| Don Lashway | 25 | E | 5-11 | 205 | 31 | none | 0 | |
| Jerry Laurens | 31 | E | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Willamette | 0 | |
| Bob Layton | 12/37 | E | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Portland | 10 | 9 |
| Art Maloney | 27 | T | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Portland | 10 | 10 |
| Howard Manson | 17/30 | HB | 5-10 | 160 | 22 | Idaho | 9 | 3 |
| Bill Mayther | 18/47 | C-FB-HB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Oregon | 6 | |
| Ed McGinley | 14/44 | QB-HB | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Wisconsin | 8 | |
| Bill McGinnis | 19 | HB-FB | 5-8 | 175 | 27 | San Francisco | 0 | |
| Bob McKeown | 25 | T | 6-3 | 300 | 27 | Washington | 0 | |
| Jim McPartland | 20/29 | FB-QB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | St. Mary's (California) | 4 | |
| Carl Nydegger | 21/38 | QB-FB | 5-10 | 195 | 28 | Portland | 8 | 4 |
| Dave Pattersen | 26 | G | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Stanford | 10 | 10 |
| Mike Penecale | 31 | G-C | 5-8 | 205 | 23 | Temple | 0 | |
| Frank Perry | 8 | HB | 5-9 | 175 | 25 | Eastern Oregon; Portland | 0 | |
| Ellsworth Sawyer | 28 | G | 5-11 | 195 | 32 | Whitman | 0 | |
| Gordon Sawyer | 33/45/19 | E | 6-2 | 177 | 27 | Whitman | 9 | 1 |
| Frank Shone | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | Louisiana State | 1 | ||
| Hans Stelzenmueller | 16/22 | C | 5-7 | 200 | 28 | Portland | 0 | |
| Craig Stewart | 32/0 | G | 5-11 | 205 | 27 | Portland | 9 | 8 |
| Joe Uvanni | 22/35 | E | 6-1 | 182 | 27 | McDaniel | 5 | 1 |
| Vic Van Dyke | 24/46 | T | 5-10 | 230 | 27 | Gonzaga | 0 | |
| Stan Wisniewski | 20 | E-HB | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | St. Joseph's (Indiana) | 0 | |
| Bob Withers | 7 | HB | 5-11 | 165 | 24 | Oregon | 0 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 35 | 44 | 27 | 64 | 170 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 69 | 47 | 68 | 225 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Caine | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Fred Jenkin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Jim Dent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Bill Mayther | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Bob McKeown | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Ed McGinley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Gordon Fielder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Dave Gammon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Art Maloney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim McPartland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Joe Uvanni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Stan Wisniewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 25 | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 2 | 0 | 170 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 27 | 33 | 81.8 | 0 | 0 | 225 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Gammon | 1 | ||||
| Jim McPartland | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Manson | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Dave Gammon | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Caine | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Fred Jenkin | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 14 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Caine | 4 | ||||
| Fred Jenkin | 4 | ||||
| Jim Dent | 3 | ||||
| Bill Mayther | 2 | ||||
| Ed McGinley | 1 | ||||
| Joe Uvanni | 1 | ||||
| Stan Wisniewski | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 17 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Fielder | 1 | ||||
| Ed McGinley | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Jenkin | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Caine | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Caine | 1 | ||||||
| Art Maloney | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
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