1949 Bethlehem Bulldogs (AFL) |
| 3rd place • 6-4-0 .600 |
| Head Coach: Leo Prendergast |
| Birney Crum | Assistant Coach |
| Charlie Gauer | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/19/1949 | A | Buffalo Bills | 0-48 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 12697 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1949 | A | Erie Vets | 14-10 | W | Erie, PA | Erie Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1949 | H | Hawaiian Warriors | 31-21 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 11017 | |
| Wed | 9/14/1949 | H | Jersey City Giants | 41-10 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 6000 | |
| Wed | 9/21/1949 | H | Erie Vets | 17-7 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1949 | A | Paterson Panthers | 13-7 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 5222 | |
| Wed | 9/28/1949 | H | Wilkes-Barre Bullets | 14-7 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1949 | A | Richmond Rebels | 0-34 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 6000 | |
| Wed | 10/12/1949 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 22-7 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 3272 | |
| Wed | 10/19/1949 | H | Paterson Panthers | 7-21 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 5500 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | A | Jersey City Giants | - | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | |||
| Wed | 11/2/1949 | H | Richmond Rebels | 14-28 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 5500 | |
| Sat | 11/12/1949 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 7-27 | L | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 979 | |
| Wed | 11/16/1949 | H | Jersey City Giants | 36-7 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 1200 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | A | Wilkes-Barre Bullets | W | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Field | |||
| Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | A | Paterson Panthers | 7-16 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 350 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/30/1949 | Jersey City Giants | Canceled |
| 11/20/1949 | Wilkes-Barre Bullets | Forfeit |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jim Bailey | 70 | RT | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | West Virginia State | 4 | 3 |
| Art Berry | 12 | RH | 5-10 | 205 | 22 | Morgan State | 7 | 6 |
| Len Bonforte | 80 | HB | 5-10 | 174 | 29 | Georgetown (DC) | 6 | 3 |
| Matt Casciano | 31 | FB | 5-7 | 186 | 20 | none | 2 | 0 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 11 | QB | 5-10 | 187 | 25 | Notre Dame | 9 | 9 |
| Ray Dini | 10 | QB-FB-HB | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | none | 9 | 3 |
| Nick DiVietro | 71 | RT-G | 5-10 | 227 | 22 | none | 9 | 1 |
| Raul Gawrys | 53 | C | 6-3 | 214 | 24 | none | 8 | 0 |
| Harry Ghaul | 33 | FB | 6-0 | 212 | 28 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 3 |
| Tom Guthrie | 60 | E | 6-4 | 230 | 22 | Notre Dame; Harvard | 8 | 4 |
| Mort Hochheiser | 22 | C | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Ithaca; Temple | 9 | 9 |
| Bill Kellagher | 33 | HB-FB | 5-11 | 205 | 29 | Fordham | 2 | 2 |
| Billy Kline | 44 | LH | 5-11 | 170 | 23 | none | 6 | 3 |
| Bill Lilienthal | 51 | LT | 6-3 | 220 | 26 | Villanova | 9 | 7 |
| Bob Logel | 84 | RE | 6-3 | 210 | 21 | none | 8 | 4 |
| John Michaels | 41 | LT | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Delaware | 9 | 3 |
| Eddie Mittlesteadt | 42 | FB | 5-9 | 195 | 26 | Buffalo | 2 | 0 |
| Stan Nestorak | 21 | HB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Georgia | 2 | 1 |
| Al Nojunas | 40 | HB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Temple | 4 | 1 |
| Bill O'Connor | 63 | LG | 5-11 | 218 | 26 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 |
| Ernie Parks | 32 | FB-HB | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 |
| Pete Perez | 62 | RG | 5-9 | 220 | 25 | Illinois | 9 | 9 |
| John Petrella | 42 | FB-LH | 5-7 | 160 | 29 | Penn State | 3 | 1 |
| Joe Petro | 80 | G-T-C | 6-0 | 195 | 32 | Muhlenberg | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Plaskonos | 23/24 | FB | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Albright | 5 | 1 |
| Eddie Resetar | 61 | G | 6-0 | 222 | 29 | St. Joseph's (Indiana); Kansas State | 4 | 2 |
| Jack Rosenthal | 20 | LE | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Pennsylvania | 9 | 6 |
| Paul Sarringhaus | 23 | HB | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Ohio State | 2 | 1 |
| Ray Schleiden | 72 | G | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | Tennessee | 7 | 5 |
| Perry Scott | 83 | RE | 6-2 | 210 | 32 | Muhlenberg | 9 | 4 |
| Frank Stanczak | 23 | FB | 5-10 | 187 | 26 | Lafayette | 1 | 1 |
| Pete Sukeena | 72 | T-G | 6-0 | 222 | 24 | none | 5 | 2 |
| Doug Turley | 82 | RT-E | 6-2 | 215 | 31 | Scranton | 5 | 3 |
| Bill Wehr | 81 | G | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Denison | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Zehler | 31 | FB-HB | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Notre Dame; Villanova | 5 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 41 | 37 | 49 | 154 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 49 | 21 | 41 | 138 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Dini | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Harry Ghaul | 2 | 12 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 27 | |||
| Art Berry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Billy Kline | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Jack Rosenthal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Boley Dancewicz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| John Petrella | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Len Bonforte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bill Kellagher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Perry Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 21 | 16 | 21 | 76.2 | 4 | 0 | 154 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 0 | 0 | 138 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Berry | 77 | 279 | 3.6 | 3 | |
| Ray Dini | 39 | 268 | 6.9 | 2 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 22 | 158 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| John Petrella | 10 | 81 | 8.1 | 1 | |
| Boley Dancewicz | 2 | ||||
| Frank Stanczak | 1 | ||||
| Harry Ghaul | 2 | ||||
| Billy Kline | 1 | ||||
| John Petrella | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boley Dancewicz | 106 | 47 | 44.3 | 49 | 866 | 8.2 | 18.4 | 6 | 5.7 | 10 | 9.4 | 52.6 | ||||
| Ray Dini | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 39 | 3.5 | 13.0 | 1 | 9.1 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Rosenthal | 20 | 373 | 18.7 | 3 | |
| Billy Kline | 10 | 297 | 29.7 | 2 | |
| John Petrella | 1 | ||||
| Perry Scott | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Dini | 8 | 130 | 16.3 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Ghaul | 35 | 44.5 | ||||||||
| Boley Dancewicz | 12 | 42.8 | ||||||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Bonforte | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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