1947 Paterson Panthers (AFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Division 8-2-0 .800 |
| Head Coach: Joe Maniaci |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/14/1947 | H | Providence Steam Roller | 46-0 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 6000 | |
| Wed | 9/17/1947 | A | Jersey City Giants | 21-14 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | ||
| Sun | 9/21/1947 | H | Long Island Indians | 7-0 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 8500 | |
| Wed | 9/24/1947 | N | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 14-27 | L | Allentown, PA | 4000 | ||
| Sun | 9/28/1947 | H | Wilkes-Barre Barons | 7-6 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 10000 | |
| Wed | 10/1/1947 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 20-10 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 4500 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | H | Philadelphia Yellow Jackets | 28-0 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | A | Long Island Indians | - | |||||
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | A | Richmond Rebels | 32-28 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 5000 | |
| Mon | 10/20/1947 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 0-20 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 8500 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | H | Jersey City Giants | 0-3 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 9500 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | H | Bloomfield Cardinals | 13-7 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | A | Jersey City Giants | 24-17 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | ||
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 35-7 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | ||
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | A | Charlotte Clippers | 14-23 | L | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1947 | A | Bloomfield Cardinals | 14-13 | W | Bloomfield, NJ | Foley Field | 11500 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 7-23 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 10587 | |
| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Baumgartner | E | 6-3 | 202 | 26 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | Connie Mack Berry | RE | 6-3 | 215 | 32 | North Carolina State | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | Vic Bland | LT | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | Southwestern (Kansas) | 7 | 2 |
| 20 | Johnny Bray | RE | 6-3 | 210 | 32 | Texas Tech; Texas Wesleyan | 10 | 5 |
| George Brodston | E | 6-4 | 220 | 26 | Creighton; Bowling Green State | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | Bob Buel | RE | 6-4 | 195 | 24 | Wisconsin; Franklin & Marshall; Wisconsin | 6 | 1 |
| 67 | Bob Callahan | C | 6-0 | 212 | 24 | Missouri; Michigan | 9 | 4 |
| 21 | George Cheroke | RG | 5-9 | 195 | 26 | Ohio State | 8 | 6 |
| 64 | Emile Fritz | RG-LG | 6-0 | 280 | 27 | Vanderbilt; Maryland | 9 | 8 |
| 15 | Dom Fusci | RT | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | South Carolina | 8 | 7 |
| 11 | Dale Hansen | LE | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Michigan State | 10 | 10 |
| 40 | George Hekkers | T | 6-4 | 229 | 24 | Wisconsin | 5 | 0 |
| 95 | Jackie Hunt | LH | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | Marshall | 10 | 6 |
| 30 | Mike Karmazin | RG-LG | 5-11 | 210 | 28 | Duke | 10 | 5 |
| 53 | Jack Karwales | E | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | Michigan | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Don Kingery | RH-LH-RE | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Texas A&M | 8 | 4 |
| 10 | Bill Kostiuk | T | 5-10 | 225 | 27 | Detroit Tech | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Mike Kostiuk | LT | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | Detroit Tech | 9 | 8 |
| 38 | Stan Kozlowski | FB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Notre Dame; Holy Cross | 9 | 5 |
| 7 | Jack Lowther | QB | 5-8 | 165 | 25 | Michigan State; Detroit Mercy | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | Stan McRae | LE | 6-4 | 230 | 28 | Michigan State | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Joe Michaels | QB | 5-9 | 190 | 27 | Drexel; Pennsylvania; Drexel | 6 | 4 |
| 75 | Bob Mulligan | E | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Xavier (Ohio) | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Red Negri | G | 6-0 | 205 | 36 | Vermont; Virginia Tech | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | Steve Nemeth | QB | 5-10 | 174 | 25 | Notre Dame | 6 | 3 |
| 78 | Reed Nilsen | C | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | Brigham Young | 6 | 1 |
| 78 | Pat O'Brien | T | 6-0 | 240 | 27 | Purdue | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Ed Opalewski | T | 6-3 | 225 | 28 | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Keith Parker | LH | 6-0 | 207 | 25 | Missouri; Purdue | 4 | 1 |
| 74 | Gerry Pellegrini | C | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Syracuse | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Bob Piefke | RH-LH | 5-10 | 182 | 23 | Colgate; William & Mary | 10 | 3 |
| 72 | Lloyd Reese | FB | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | Tennessee | 10 | 6 |
| 22 | Paul Romano | RH | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | none | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | Ed Roush | QB | 5-10 | 178 | 25 | Otterbein | 10 | 2 |
| 28 | Tony Rubino | LG-RT | 5-10 | 208 | 26 | Wake Forest | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | Frank Sniadack | C | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Manhattan; Columbia | 9 | 6 |
| Carl Tomasello | E | 6-1 | 215 | 30 | Scranton | 1 | 0 | |
| 53 | Herb Welchert | RT | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | Creighton | 7 | 2 |
| Alex Winterson | T | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Duke | 3 | 0 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 50 | 14 | 47 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 37 | 43 | 14 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Romano | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Johnny Bray | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Don Kingery | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Lloyd Reese | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Steve Nemeth | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Ed Roush | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Connie Mack Berry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bob Buel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dale Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jackie Hunt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bob Piefke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Red Negri | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Mike Karmazin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 22 | 17 | 22 | 77.3 | 1 | 0 | 152 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 3 | 0 | 111 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Reese | 104 | 464 | 4.5 | 3 | |
| Don Kingery | 38 | 253 | 6.7 | 3 | |
| Paul Romano | 2 | ||||
| Jackie Hunt | 1 | ||||
| Bob Piefke | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 10 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Nemeth | 66 | 35 | 53.0 | 22 | 485 | 7.3 | 13.9 | 4 | 6.1 | 9 | 13.6 | 57.5 | ||||
| Jack Lowther | 48 | 21 | 43.8 | 19 | 255 | 5.3 | 12.1 | 4 | 8.3 | 8 | 16.7 | 48.9 | ||||
| Joe Michaels | 44 | 18 | 40.9 | 21 | 238 | 5.4 | 13.2 | 4 | 9.1 | 5 | 11.4 | 49.4 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bray | 11 | 231 | 21.0 | 3 | |
| Paul Romano | 4 | ||||
| Ed Roush | 2 | ||||
| Connie Mack Berry | 1 | ||||
| Bob Buel | 1 | ||||
| Dale Hansen | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Romano | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Kozlowski | 25 | 41.8 | ||||||||
| 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 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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