1946 Charlotte Clippers (DFL) |
| 1st place • 9-1-0 .900 |
| Head Coach: Gene McEver |
| Zip Hanna | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/15/1946 | H | Detroit Lions | 3-28 | L | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 13000 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1946 | A | Greensboro Patriots | 20-14 | W | Greensboro, NC | Memorial Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1946 | H | Richmond Rebels | 6-0 | W | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 8500 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | A | Portsmouth Pirates | 9-7 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Portsmouth Stadium | 5500 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | A | Newport News Builders | 23-0 | W | Newport News, VA | Apprentice School Stadium | 1000 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | H | Norfolk Shamrocks | 14-7 | W | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 7000 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | H | Greensboro Patriots | 35-7 | W | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | A | Richmond Rebels | 7-21 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | H | Portsmouth Pirates | 13-0 | W | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | A | Norfolk Shamrocks | 41-7 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 5000 | |
| Thu | 11/28/1946 | N | Greensboro Patriots | 34-7 | W | Winston-Salem, NC | 5000 | ||
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | H | Newport News Builders | 28-0 | W | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1946 | A | Portsmouth Pirates | - | Portsmouth, VA | Portsmouth Stadium | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12/1/1946 | Newport News Builders | Postponed from 11/17 |
| 12/8/1946 | Portsmouth Pirates | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Marion Butler | 5 | LH-RH-FB-QB | 5-11 | 175 | 26 | Clemson | 10 | 10 |
| Jasper Davis | 21 | QB | 6-1 | 219 | 28 | Duke | 5 | 3 |
| Tom Davis | 17 | FB-RH | 5-11 | 183 | 25 | Duke | 9 | 4 |
| Art Deremer | 24 | C | 6-3 | 208 | 29 | Niagara | 6 | 2 |
| Marshall Edwards | 18 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Wake Forest | 5 | 3 |
| John Elliott | 16 | E | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | North Carolina | 6 | 0 |
| Thad Ellis | 7 | RG | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | North Carolina; Duke; North Carolina | 10 | 9 |
| Jim Elvington | QB | 5-11 | 205 | 25 | Furman | 6 | 2 | |
| George Fritts | 12 | LT-RT | 5-11 | 205 | 27 | Clemson | 8 | 5 |
| Zip Hanna | 19 | LG | 5-10 | 218 | 30 | South Carolina | 10 | 10 |
| Dave Harris | 13 | LE-RE | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | Wake Forest | 10 | 10 |
| Dwight Holshouser | 1 | HB | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Catawba | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Jones | LH-RH | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | Union (Tennessee) | 7 | 6 | |
| Ray Jordan | 9 | C | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | North Carolina | 10 | 8 |
| Andy Kowalski | LE-RE | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | Mississippi State | 8 | 3 | |
| Hal Middlebrooks | 20 | RT-LT | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | South Carolina | 7 | 4 |
| Al Moneyhan | 3 | RH | 5-9 | 170 | 26 | North Carolina | 7 | 4 |
| Stan Nowak | 14 | RE | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | South Carolina | 7 | 1 |
| Alonzo Sapp | 23 | T | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Florida | 3 | 0 |
| Rocci Spadaccini | 4 | RE-LE | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | Niagara | 9 | 6 |
| George Speth | 22 | RT-LT | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Murray State | 10 | 10 |
| Bob Sutton | 8 | G | 5-8 | 195 | 32 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 8 | 1 |
| Frank Swiger | 6 | HB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Duke | 3 | 0 |
| Eddie Teague | 10 | FB-QB-RH | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | North Carolina State; North Carolina | 10 | 8 |
| George Watts | LT | 6-1 | 225 | 32 | Appalachian State | 2 | 1 | |
| Jim Weir | 11 | G | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | South Carolina | 7 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 51 | 47 | 47 | 196 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Jones | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
| Rocci Spadaccini | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||
| Tom Davis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Jim Elvington | 0 | 15 | 15 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | ||
| George Speth | 0 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Marion Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Dwight Holshouser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Andy Kowalski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Al Moneyhan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Eddie Teague | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Team Totals | 27 | 22 | 27 | 81.5 | 4 | 0 | 196 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Jones | 53 | 356 | 6.7 | 69 | 1 |
| Tom Davis | 75 | 237 | 3.2 | 80 | 4 |
| Dwight Holshouser | 2 | ||||
| Eddie Teague | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Butler | 93 | 45 | 48.4 | 848 | 9.1 | 18.8 | 11 | 11.8 | ||||||||
| Jim Jones | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 254 | 7.3 | 12.7 | 2 | 5.7 | ||||||||
| Dwight Holshouser | 52 | 21 | 40.4 | 252 | 4.8 | 12.0 | 2 | 3.8 | ||||||||
| Frank Swiger | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocci Spadaccini | 7 | ||||
| Jim Jones | 5 | ||||
| Marion Butler | 2 | ||||
| Andy Kowalski | 1 | ||||
| Al Moneyhan | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 16 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocci Spadaccini | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Jones | 2 | |||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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