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1946 Scranton Miners (AFL)

2nd place Western Division 5-3-2 .625

1946 AFL • Roster Key • Stat Key

Head Coach: Ben Wolfson

Bob Masters	Backfield
Gus Shorts	Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/23/1946	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	0-47	L		Scranton, PA	Scranton Stadium	7497
Fri	9/6/1946	H	Portsmouth Pirates	52-6	W		Kingston, PA	Kingston High School Stadium	7500
Wed	9/11/1946	N	Shenandoah Presidents	28-0	W		Mount Carmel, PA	Silver Bowl	7000
Fri	9/13/1946	N	Minersville AmVets	35-0	W		Johnson City, NY	Johnson Field	2000
Sun	9/29/1946	A	Wilmington Clippers	26-0	W		Wilmington, DE	Wilmington Stadium	6500
Wed	10/2/1946	A	Bethlehem Bulldogs	14-14	T		Bethlehem, PA	Liberty High School Stadium	10000
Sun	10/6/1946	A	Paterson Panthers	27-7	W		Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium	1559
Sun	10/13/1946	A	Akron Bears	0-36	L		Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	3500
Sun	10/20/1946	H	Wilmington Clippers	14-14	T		Scranton, PA	Scranton Stadium	2914
Wed	10/23/1946	H	Akron Bears	14-20	L		Scranton, PA	Scranton Stadium	2742
Sun	11/3/1946	H	Long Island Indians	6-3	W		Scranton, PA	Scranton Stadium	3750
Wed	11/6/1946	A	Bethlehem Bulldogs	10-7	W		Bethlehem, PA	Liberty High School Stadium	14000
Sun	11/17/1946	H	Newark Bombers	32-14	W		Scranton, PA	Scranton Stadium	3650
Sun	11/24/1946	A	Jersey City Giants	17-28	L		Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium	8416

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
	Joe Carlo	T	6-3	278		none	3	0
21	Ed Derringe	C	6-2	205	26	Georgetown (DC)	10	0
25	Jim Duffy	LT	6-0	215	20	Notre Dame	10	6
24	Eddie Eiden	FB	6-0	205	25	Scranton	10	1
15	Joe Franceski	T	5-11	220	29	Scranton	7	0
1	Gene Fuhrman	LH	5-9	158	24	Mount St. Mary's	9	0
15	Bernie Gillespie	LE	5-11	205	25	Scranton	3	1
16	Ed Gonglefski	E	6-3	195	22	Villanova	3	0
22	Mort Hochheiser	C	6-2	210	22	Ithaca; Temple	10	10
17	Jack Itzel	FB	6-0	190	22	Georgetown (DC); Pittsburgh	2	0
19	Al Kaporch	RG	5-10	215	33	St. Bonaventure	10	10
25	Bill Kresge	G	5-10	215	27	Lafayette	7	0
6	Joe Kroll	RH-LH	5-10	186	26	none	10	4
3	Johnny Ksionzyk	QB	5-10	180	27	St. Bonaventure	9	9
10	Frank Lapausky	G-T	5-11	200	27	none	8	0
	Pat Martinelli	C	6-0	227	27	Scranton	1	0
7	Bob Masters	QB	5-11	200	33	Baylor	3	0
11	Charley Nagle	QB	5-10	180	26	Lafayette	10	1
20	Marty Petroskas	LG	6-0	210	28	Fordham	10	10
30	Chet Pudloski	LT	6-1	210	31	Villanova	4	0
18	Dan Raykovitz	LE	6-0	185	27	St. Bonaventure	10	9
17	Ray Ross	E		190	30	Moravian	5	0
27	Tony Shamis	E	6-3	215	29	Manhattan	4	0
29	Joe Stankevich	T	6-3	275	27	St. Bonaventure	10	0
4	Walt Stascavage	RH-LH	5-10	184	29	Scranton	8	6
2	Ray Stengel	RH	5-8	180	22	Pennsylvania	9	1
28	Carl Stravinski	RT	6-3	236	28	Penn State	10	10
4	Carl Tomasello	RE	6-1	215	29	Scranton	10	10
23	Ray Topper	T-G	6-3	275	25	North Carolina State	7	0
5	Frank Wasilewski	HB	5-10	175		Dickinson	1	0
13	Frank Zabowski	FB	5-9	195	26	St. Bonaventure	10	9
8	Walt Zirinsky	LH-RH-FB	5-11	187	26	Lafayette	10	10

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	30	49	46	35
Opponents Totals	35	54	51	23

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Carl Tomasello	5	0			0			0	30
Frank Zabowski	5	0			0			0	30
Carl Stravinski	0	14			4			0	26
Joe Kroll	4	0			0			0	24
Walt Zirinsky	3	2			0			0	20
Dan Raykovitz	2	0			0			0	12
Johnny Ksionzyk	1	0			0			0	6
Marty Petroskas	1	0			0			0	6
Walt Stascavage	1	0			0			0	6
Team Totals	22	16	22	72.7	4			0	160
Opponents Totals	20	18	20	90.0	1			1	143

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Kroll	71	372	5.2		2
Walt Zirinsky	75	300	4.0		1
Frank Zabowski	74	290	3.9		2
Johnny Ksionzyk					1
Team Totals					6
Opponents Totals					11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Johnny Ksionzyk	215	99	46.0	103	1439	6.7	14.5		12	5.6	13	6.0				61.8
Bob Masters									1
Charley Nagle									1
Team Totals									14
Opponents Totals									8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Carl Tomasello	21	327	15.6		5
Dan Raykovitz	20	304	15.2		2
Walt Zirinsky	17	205	12.1		1
Frank Zabowski					3
Joe Kroll					2
Walt Stascavage					1
Team Totals					14
Opponents Totals					8

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Walt Zirinsky	8	71	8.9		0
Joe Kroll	6	57	9.5		0
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Walt Zirinsky	37		35.2
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Ksionzyk	8		106	13.3		0
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Walt Zirinsky						1
Team Totals						1
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Marty Petroskas							1
Team Totals							1
Opponents Totals							0

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