1946 Long Island Indians (AFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Division • 5-5-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Tillie Manton |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 9/14/1946 | N | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 24-18 | W | Phillipsburg, PA | Phillipsburg High School Field | ||
| Tue | 9/17/1946 | A | Boston Yanks | 0-27 | L | Lynn, MA | Manning Bowl | 9000 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1946 | H | Long Island Anthonians | 21-0 | W | Valley Stream, NY | Firemen's Memorial Field | 5100 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1946 | H | Newark Bombers | 7-3 | W | Valley Stream, NY | Firemen's Memorial Field | 3500 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | A | Jersey City Giants | 7-24 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 13000 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | H | Paterson Panthers | 19-13 | W | Valley Stream, NY | Firemen's Memorial Field | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | A | Newark Bombers | 16-7 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 1200 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | H | Jersey City Giants | 10-14 | L | Valley Stream, NY | Firemen's Memorial Field | 7800 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | A | Scranton Miners | 3-6 | L | Scranton, PA | Scranton Stadium | 3750 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | A | Paterson Panthers | 14-3 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 14-21 | L | Valley Stream, NY | Firemen's Memorial Field | 1000 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | H | Akron Bears | 0-20 | L | Valley Stream, NY | Firemen's Memorial Field | 4200 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 14-13 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Stadium | 2500 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Chuck Avedisian | 6 | RE | 5-9 | 200 | 29 | Providence | 10 | 10 |
| Sam Bailey | 25 | RE-LE | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Georgia | 9 | 4 |
| Les Berkowitch | 2 | B | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | New York University | 1 | 0 |
| Hubert Beudert | 21 | T | 6-0 | 215 | 25 | Canisius | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Coakley | 6 | E | 6-3 | 205 | 26 | Ohio Wesleyan | 1 | 0 |
| John Conroy | 23 | E | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Alabama | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Falls | 18 | QB-RH | 6-5 | 220 | 23 | none | 6 | 2 |
| Pat Fehley | 16 | RH-LH | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | North Carolina State | 5 | 2 |
| Ken Holley | 17 | QB | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Holy Cross | 3 | 3 |
| Cecil Johnson | 8 | RH | 5-11 | 197 | 25 | Paris JC | 6 | 2 |
| Bernie Kapitansky | 39 | LG | 6-1 | 212 | 25 | Long Island | 6 | 6 |
| Ed Kasky | 19 | RT | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Villanova | 10 | 10 |
| Frank Kiesecker | 7 | LH-QB | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Manhattan | 8 | 4 |
| Harry Kurz | 20 | LE | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | New York University | 10 | 9 |
| Morton Lowy | QB | 6-0 | 206 | 25 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | |
| Lou Mark | 12 | C | 6-0 | 196 | 32 | North Carolina State | 2 | 0 |
| Harold Marks | 40 | E | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | none | 2 | 0 |
| George Meyer | 37 | LH-FB-RH | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | none | 10 | 8 |
| George Pastuszak | 4 | QB | 5-10 | 195 | 22 | Manhattan | 5 | 1 |
| Steve Poleshuk | 5-10 | 190 | 26 | Colgate | 1 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Poto | 1 | RH-LH | 5-10 | 194 | 20 | none | 10 | 7 |
| Dick Rainey | 41 | RE | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | none | 8 | 7 |
| Mike Rauseo | 15 | FB | 5-10 | 200 | 24 | none | 2 | 1 |
| Joe Sabasteanski | 38 | C | 6-0 | 207 | 25 | Fordham | 10 | 8 |
| Ed Sexton | FB-QB-LH | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | none | 5 | 4 | |
| Al Skidmore | 10 | E | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Mount St. Mary's | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Steinmetz | 11 | FB | 6-0 | 188 | 22 | none | 7 | 4 |
| Earl Studwell | 24 | T | 6-4 | 230 | 28 | Washington & Lee | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Suprina | 14 | G | 6-2 | 220 | 21 | none | 2 | 0 |
| George Tepo | 40 | E | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Fordham | 4 | 0 |
| John Treadway | 9 | LG | 6-4 | 258 | 29 | Lon Morris JC; Hardin-Simmons | 9 | 5 |
| Tom Vohs | 22 | T | 6-4 | 225 | 26 | Colgate | 4 | 0 |
| Alex Winterson | 26 | LT | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Duke | 10 | 10 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 19 | 27 | 10 | 48 | 104 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 44 | 30 | 34 | 124 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bailey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Ed Kasky | 0 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Johnny Poto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Harry Kurz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| George Pastuszak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Mike Rauseo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ken Holley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ed Sexton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ken Steinmetz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| George Tepo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 14 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 2 | 1 | 104 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 5 | 0 | 124 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Poto | 2 | ||||
| George Pastuszak | 1 | ||||
| Mike Rauseo | 1 | ||||
| Ken Holley | 1 | ||||
| Ed Sexton | 1 | ||||
| Ken Steinmetz | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Pastuszak | 53 | 22 | 41.5 | 25 | 252 | 4.8 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 11.3 | 16.9 | ||||
| Ken Holley | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Pat Fehley | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Ed Kasky | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Harry Kurz | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Ed Sexton | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Poto | 14 | 235 | 16.8 | 1 | |
| Sam Bailey | 3 | ||||
| Harry Kurz | 1 | ||||
| George Tepo | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Poto | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | |
| Sam Bailey | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Meyer | 27 | 40.5 | ||||||||
| Frank Kiesecker | 25 | 39.0 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Poto | 16 | 231 | 14.4 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| 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 | 2 |
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