1948 Wilkes-Barre Bullets (AFL) |
| 6th place • 1-9-0 .100 |
| Head Coach: Joe McCracken |
| Marty Petroskas | Assistant Coach |
| Harold Pugh | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/15/1948 | H | Atlantic City Reds | 31-7 | W | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1948 | H | Yonkers Giants | 63-0 | W | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1948 | H | Jersey City Giants | 14-7 | W | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Stadium | 4259 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1948 | A | Paterson Panthers | 7-30 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1948 | A | Richmond Rebels | 0-28 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 4000 | |
| Wed | 10/13/1948 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 0-7 | L | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 2800 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1948 | H | Paterson Panthers | 0-17 | L | Kingston, PA | Artillery Park | 4000 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 7-16 | L | Kingston, PA | Artillery Park | 1500 | |
| Wed | 10/27/1948 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 13-48 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 7000 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 7-16 | L | Kingston, PA | Artillery Park | 2500 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | H | Richmond Rebels | 7-21 | L | Kingston, PA | Artillery Park | ||
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | A | Jersey City Giants | 2-10 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 3000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Roy Anderson | HB | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | Nevada-Reno; New Mexico | 2 | 0 | |
| Ed Bogusko | 14 | T | 5-11 | 215 | 24 | Duquesne; Wilkes | 1 | 0 |
| John Bonner | 17 | C | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | North Carolina State | 10 | 5 |
| Bernie Brosky | 5 | E | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Penn State | 6 | 1 |
| Joe Chesna | 24 | FB-QB-HB | 6-0 | 206 | 25 | Georgia | 9 | 3 |
| Leon Dombroski | 29 | G-T | 6-1 | 215 | 22 | Wake Forest | 9 | 8 |
| Ed Gonglefski | 2 | E | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Villanova | 10 | 7 |
| Ralph Grant | 8 | QB-HB | 5-11 | 208 | 25 | Bucknell | 9 | 6 |
| Len Heffers | 21 | G | 5-9 | 215 | 29 | Scranton | 8 | 1 |
| Mike Krepich | 19 | T | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Bloomsburg | 8 | 6 |
| Frank Lapausky | T-C | 5-11 | 200 | 29 | none | 6 | 4 | |
| Bill Lipski | 9/58 | HB-FB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Temple | 9 | 4 |
| Tom Lukas | 7 | C-G | 6-0 | 230 | 28 | Loyola Marymount | 10 | 5 |
| Tom Marcinko | HB-QB | 6-0 | 189 | 26 | The Citadel | 10 | 4 | |
| Frank Messoline | 4 | HB-FB | 5-11 | 207 | 28 | Scranton | 9 | 4 |
| Joe Michaels | 13/23 | HB-FB | 5-9 | 190 | 28 | Drexel; Pennsylvania; Drexel | 10 | 5 |
| John Michaels | 18 | T | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Delaware | 10 | 8 |
| Bernie Millham | E | 6-3 | 185 | 27 | Fordham | 1 | 0 | |
| George Norton | 10 | E | 6-3 | 190 | 25 | North Carolina State | 10 | 7 |
| Marty Petroskas | 20/22 | G | 6-0 | 210 | 30 | Fordham | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Ragunas | 12 | FB-HB | 5-10 | 190 | 21 | Virginia Military Institute; Temple | 10 | 7 |
| Johnny Rogalla | 27/30 | QB-HB | 6-0 | 215 | 31 | Scranton | 10 | 6 |
| Tom Sekerchak | T | 6-5 | 225 | 23 | Villanova | 1 | 1 | |
| Len Stefanco | 9/14 | G | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Delaware | 8 | 2 |
| Leo Sticinski | 11 | E | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Lock Haven | 2 | 0 |
| Charles Supulski | 15/26 | E-B | 6-0 | 195 | 21 | none | 10 | 5 |
| Gene Vellela | 11/23/26/28 | T-G-E | 6-1 | 255 | 22 | Scranton | 8 | 0 |
| Chet Wasilewski | 16 | HB-FB | 6-1 | 214 | 30 | Holy Cross; Mansfield | 9 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 57 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 54 | 20 | 82 | 200 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Wasilewski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Johnny Rogalla | 0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Joe Chesna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ralph Grant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Frank Messoline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Michaels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tony Ragunas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Charles Supulski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Leo Dombroski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 8 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 0 | 1 | 57 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 23 | 27 | 85.2 | 5 | 0 | 200 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Messoline | 117 | 291 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Chet Wasilewski | 2 | ||||
| Joe Michaels | 1 | ||||
| Tony Ragunas | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Messoline | 74 | 30 | 40.5 | 292 | 3.9 | 9.7 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Joe Michaels | 48 | 13 | 27.1 | 170 | 3.5 | 13.1 | 2 | 4.2 | ||||||||
| Chet Wasilewski | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Norton | 23 | 250 | 10.9 | 0 | |
| Joe Chesna | 1 | ||||
| Ralph Grant | 1 | ||||
| Charles Supulski | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Marcinko | 42 | 35.3 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Michaels | 12 | 123 | 10.3 | 0 | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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