1946 Newark Bombers (AFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 2-7-1 .222 |
| Head Coach: Leland Shaffer |
| Russ Monica | Line |
| Pat Tortorella | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/30/1946 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-42 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 9000 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1946 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 6-48 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 10800 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1946 | H | Providence Steam Roller | 34-0 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 3900 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1946 | H | Jersey City Giants | 0-21 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 7500 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1946 | A | Long Island Indians | 3-7 | L | Valley Stream, NY | Firemen's Memorial Field | 3500 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 7-7 | T | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 3000 | |
| Wed | 10/9/1946 | A | Providence Steam Roller | 16-14 | W | Cranston, RI | Cranston Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | A | Jersey City Giants | 3-14 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | H | Long Island Indians | 7-16 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 1200 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | A | Paterson Panthers | 7-10 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 2200 | |
| Wed | 10/30/1946 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 23-17 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | A | Akron Bears | 14-28 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 6867 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | N | Akron Bears | 0-34 | L | Orange, NJ | 5000 | ||
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | A | Scranton Miners | 14-32 | L | Scranton, PA | Scranton Stadium | 3650 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | H | Paterson Panthers | 21-14 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 4173 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | H | Washington Lions | 25-0 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 4000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dom Anicito | 8 | LH-RH | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | none | 9 | 4 |
| Jack Becker | 3 | QB | 5-8 | 175 | 27 | Upsala | 9 | 4 |
| John Bissett | 7 | QB-LH | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Muhlenberg | 8 | 5 |
| Harry Bradley | 12 | FB-LH | 5-7 | 155 | 26 | Fresno State | 1 | 1 |
| Johnny Brown | 23 | RH | 5-11 | 175 | Lincoln | 4 | 0 | |
| Pete Calcagno | 26 | C | 5-11 | 208 | 26 | Panzer; Bucknell | 10 | 10 |
| Vin Carlesimo | 27 | LG-RT-RG | 5-11 | 205 | 29 | Villanova | 5 | 5 |
| John Chimento | 28 | RG | 5-11 | 210 | 28 | Georgetown (DC); Texas Christian | 9 | 8 |
| Bob Cox | 9 | LE | 6-0 | 194 | 32 | Muskingum | 8 | 6 |
| Ben Danik | 5 | HB | 5-8 | 185 | 26 | Villanova | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Garvey | 14 | RT | 5-10 | 200 | 28 | Colgate | 10 | 8 |
| Joe Giancona | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Hans Guenther | 18 | LT | 6-1 | 219 | 27 | Colgate | 9 | 9 |
| Joe Kania | 15 | RE | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Lebanon Valley | 10 | 7 |
| Hal Katenkamp | E | 185 | 20 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike Kochel | 6 | T | 5-11 | 195 | 30 | Fordham | 1 | 0 |
| Julie Koshlap | 10 | LH-FB | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | Georgetown (DC) | 9 | 5 |
| Adam Kretowicz | 16 | E | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Holy Cross | 1 | 0 |
| Stan Krivik | 4 | FB-K | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | Fordham; Notre Dame | 6 | 3 |
| John Kulikowski | 21 | RH | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Georgetown (DC) | 10 | 9 |
| Art Lemke | 22 | LE | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Georgetown (DC) | 8 | 0 |
| Phil Martinovich | T | 5-10 | 220 | 31 | Pacific | 1 | 0 | |
| Matt Maryanski | 24 | T | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Fordham; Notre Dame | 2 | 0 |
| Russ Monica | 24 | G | 5-11 | 209 | 32 | Fordham | 4 | 0 |
| Al Owen | 13 | QB-LE | 6-0 | 194 | 33 | St. Lawrence; Mercer | 4 | 1 |
| Joe Paradise | 30 | LG | 5-10 | 220 | 26 | Panzer | 8 | 2 |
| Jack Rosenthal | 1 | RE-LE | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Pennsylvania | 9 | 7 |
| Ed Sargent | HB | 6-2 | 185 | 25 | Duke | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Scarpa | 17 | G | 5-8 | 207 | Upsala | 6 | 5 | |
| Mike Schibanoff | 29 | T | 6-3 | 220 | 29 | Moravian | 5 | 2 |
| Leland Shaffer | 11/2 | QB | 6-2 | 203 | 34 | Kansas State | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Stein | 12 | FB | 5-9 | 202 | 26 | Georgia Tech; Merchant Marine | 6 | 2 |
| Ed Stevens | 31 | T | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Dean Steward | 19 | FB-HB | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Ursinus | 9 | 5 |
| Iz Vallorani | 25 | G | 5-11 | 208 | 28 | Upsala | 3 | 1 |
| Walt Wiesmiller | 20 | C | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 4 | 0 |
| Sid Zenovic | 13 | T | 6-0 | 235 | 22 | Colgate | 2 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 27 | 28 | 7 | 99 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 38 | 27 | 82 | 166 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Rosenthal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Dean Steward | 0 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Jack Becker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Bob Cox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Stan Krivik | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Hans Guenther | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Kania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Art Lemke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Al Owen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bill Stein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 13 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 3 | 0 | 99 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 20 | 23 | 87.0 | 2 | 1 | 166 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dom Anicito | 58 | 175 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Koshlap | 122 | 55 | 45.1 | 58 | 734 | 6.0 | 13.3 | 7 | 5.7 | 9 | 7.4 | 53.1 | ||||
| Dom Anicito | 86 | 33 | 38.4 | 50 | 397 | 4.6 | 12.0 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 | 50.4 | ||||
| Dean Steward | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 14 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Rosenthal | 33 | 424 | 12.8 | 4 | |
| John Kulikowski | 24 | 298 | 12.4 | 0 | |
| Jack Becker | 2 | ||||
| Bob Cox | 1 | ||||
| Joe Kania | 1 | ||||
| Art Lemke | 1 | ||||
| Al Owen | 1 | ||||
| Bill Stein | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 11 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Guenther | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Steward | 43 | 44.5 | ||||||||
| Stan Krivik | 21 | 43.9 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Cox | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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