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1947 Jersey City Giants (AFL) 3rd place Eastern Division 5-5-0 .500

Head Coach: Bill Owen

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Wed	9/17/1947	H	Paterson Panthers	14-21	L	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium
Tue	9/23/1947	H	New York Giants	0-21	L	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt, NJ	3000
Sun	9/28/1947	H	Bethlehem Bulldogs	20-16	W	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium	4500
Sun	10/5/1947	H	Wilmington Clippers	20-7	W	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium	6500
Sun	10/12/1947	H	Bloomfield Cardinals	7-14	L	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium	10000
Wed	10/15/1947	A	Wilmington Clippers	0-13	L	Wilmington, DE	Wilmington Park	4200
Sun	10/19/1947	H	Long Island Indians		-	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium		Canceled
Sun	10/19/1947	H	Richmond Rebels	10-0	W	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium
Sun	10/26/1947	A	Paterson Panthers	3-0	W	Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium	9500
Wed	10/29/1947	A	Bethlehem Bulldogs	0-13	L	Bethlehem, PA	Liberty Stadium	11000
Sun	11/2/1947	H	Wilkes-Barre Barons	37-0	W	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium
Sun	11/9/1947	H	Paterson Panthers	17-24	L	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium
Sun	11/16/1947	A	Wilkes-Barre Barons	31-21	W	Wilkes-Barre, PA	Artillery Park	1046
Sun	11/23/1947	A	Bloomfield Cardinals	14-36	L	Bloomfield, NJ	Foley Field	6200

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
32	Phil Ahwesh	HB	5-10	185	28	Duquesne	9	3
12	Ben Barber	B	6-0	187	26	John Carroll	4	0
4	Ed Benson	FB	6-1	210	24	Fordham	7	0
14	Dave Brown	HB	5-11	190	27	Alabama	1	1
10	Len Calligaro	QB	5-11	190	26	Wisconsin	10	9
30	Vince Commisa	G	5-9	190	26	Notre Dame	9	8
7	Max Culver	HB-FB	5-11	190	24	Oklahoma; Long Beach CC; San Jose State	10	6
52	Lou DePalo	E	6-0	220	29	Villanova	2	1
46	Roy Diduk	T-G	6-2	216	25	Temple	8	2
5	John Dzitko	QB	5-9	193	24	Villanova	3	1
4	Bill Erickson	G-C	5-10	212	27	Georgetown (DC)	9	1
18	Art Faircloth	HB	6-0	193	26	North Carolina State; Guilford	10	7
20	Charlie Fisher	B	5-11	193	27	Wisconsin; Tulane	4	0
42	Bernie Fitzgerald	G	6-2	220	25	Baylor; St. Mary's (Texas); Texas	1	0
21	Leon Gajecki	C	6-0	208	30	Penn State	8	4
66	Rex John	T	6-2	220	29	Wisconsin	10	10
48	Roger Kane	T-G	6-3	230	23	Iowa	9	0
8	Earl Lambert	FB	6-1	200	23	Manhattan	3	1
34	Frank Lane	E	6-2	205	21	none	7	0
77	Hank Majlinger	T	6-3	216	28	New York University	4	0
40	Don McCafferty	E	6-4	220	26	Ohio State	10	3
14	Bobby Morris	FB-HB	5-11	180	22	Southern California	8	7
35	Frank Murray	G	5-9	209	24	none	1	1
14	Marty O'Hagan	E	6-2	190	32	Portland	10	10
45	Sam Ososki	B	5-8	180	25	Fordham	4	0
11	Jim Reynolds	FB-HB	6-1	190	27	Auburn	10	5
28	Alex Schibanoff	T	6-1	218	28	Franklin & Marshall	10	8
5	George Titus	C	5-10	185	25	Holy Cross	8	6
22	Carl Tomasello	E	6-1	215	30	Scranton	2	0
41	John Treadway	T	6-4	258	30	Lon Morris JC; Hardin-Simmons	4	0
26	Frank Umont	G	5-11	220	30	none	9	0
18	Johnny Weiss	E	6-2	198	25	none	10	6
	Bobby Worst	HB	5-11	180	21	North Carolina State	5	0
55	John Zeger	G	6-0	205	28	Washington	10	10

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	31	29	45	34
Opponents Totals	21	37	13	57

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	PTS
Marty O'Hagan	4	0	0		0	24
Don McCafferty	3	0	0		0	18
Johnny Weiss	3	0	0		0	18
Rex John	0	7	8	87.5	3	16
Ed Benson	2	0	1	0.0	0	12
Dave Brown	1	0	0		0	6
Len Calligaro	1	0	0		0	6
Max Culver	1	0	0		0	6
Art Faircloth	1	0	0		0	6
Frank Lane	1	0	0		0	6
Jim Reynolds	1	0	0		0	6
Team Totals	18	16	81	19.8	5	139
Opponents Totals	18	14	18	77.8	2	128

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Max Culver	20	323	16.2	1
Jim Reynolds	18	170	9.4	0
Johnny Weiss	15	290	19.3	3
Don McCafferty	14	153	10.9	3
Len Calligaro	14	146	10.4	0
Dave Brown				1
Frank Lane				1
Marty O'Hagan				1
Team Totals				10
Opponents Totals				9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG
Phil Ahwesh	13	155	11.9
Bobby Morris	8	92	11.5
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

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