1949 Jersey City Giants - The Pro Football Archives

Home	Teams	Players	Coaches
Drafts	Awards	Leaders	Email

1949 Jersey City Giants (AFL) 6th place 1-9-0 .100

Head Coach: Vince Commisa

Marty O'Hagan	Assistant Coach
Jules Sroka	Backfield

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Fri	8/5/1949	A	Buffalo Bills	0-79	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	31890
Sun	8/28/1949	H	Hawaiian Warriors	28-14	W	Jersey City, NJ	Jersey City High School Field	3500
Tue	9/6/1949	A	Vineland Senators	14-6	W	Vineland, NJ	Gittone Memorial Stadium	1500
Wed	9/14/1949	A	Bethlehem Bulldogs	0-41	L	Bethlehem, PA	Liberty Stadium	600
Sun	9/18/1949	A	Erie Vets	7-17	L	Erie, PA	Erie Stadium	2800
Fri	9/23/1949	A	Wilmington Clippers	0-6	L	Wilmington, DE	Wilmington Park	2300
Sun	10/2/1949	H	Richmond Rebels	10-14	L	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium	3550
Sun	10/9/1949	H	Paterson Panthers	7-16	L	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium	5000
Mon	10/17/1949	A	Wilkes-Barre Bullets	7-13	L	Kingston, PA	Kingston High School Field	2201
Sat	10/22/1949	H	Wilmington Clippers	3-7	L	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium	1000
Sun	10/30/1949	H	Bethlehem Bulldogs		-	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium		Canceled
Sun	11/6/1949	A	Paterson Panthers	27-41	L	Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium	3500
Sun	11/13/1949	H	Wilkes-Barre Bullets		W	Jersey City, NJ	Roosevelt Stadium		Forfeit
Wed	11/16/1949	A	Bethlehem Bulldogs	7-36	L	Bethlehem, PA	Liberty Stadium	1200
Sun	11/20/1949	A	Richmond Rebels	7-54	L	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	7500

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
	Frank Bausmith	B	5-11	185	24	none	1	0
6/61	Lou Bellina	T	6-2	220	19	none	5	1
38	Wendell Berry	HB-QB	5-9	185	22	Morgan State	7	4
10	Frank Burns	QB-HB	5-11	170	21	Rutgers	8	7
41	George Cheverko	FB-HB	6-1	195	29	Fordham	5	3
30	Vince Commisa	G	5-9	190	28	Notre Dame	4	1
9/31	John Connolly	FB-HB	6-0	195	26	Holy Cross	8	5
27/30/77	Bob Ferri	FB	5-11	210	22	Syracuse	8	4
42/50	Ernie Gardner	C	6-0	217	28	Rutgers	9	9
31	Charlie Girgan	E	5-11	185	25	Upsala	1	1
11	Elmore Harris	HB	5-11	175	27	Morgan State	5	2
	Ed Hart	T	5-11	210		none	1	0
70	Mitch Holmgren	T	6-2	230	24	Trinity (Connecticut)	7	7
14	Pete Karras	G	5-11	205	22	Boston University	2	1
20	Don Kasprzak	QB-HB	5-10	165	29	Columbia; Dartmouth; Columbia	4	2
81	George Kisiday	E-T	5-11	210	26	Duquesne; Columbia	3	0
48	Chuck Klemovich	G	6-0	215	27	Columbia	5	3
60/71	John Kuzman	T	6-1	232	34	Fordham	5	2
12	Earl Lambert	B	6-1	200	25	Manhattan	2	0
30/34/80	Frank Lane	E	6-2	205	23	none	9	9
81	Joe Lee	E	6-0	190	25	Temple	2	2
82	Bill Lockwood	E	6-1	185	25	Columbia	6	1
24/40	Johnny Nork	HB	5-9	179	21	Columbia	6	3
84	Marty O'Hagan	E	6-2	190	34	Portland	4	0
22/62	Joe Paradise	G	5-10	220	28	Panzer	9	5
32	Berge Parigian	HB	5-9	175	25	Rutgers	3	0
72	Phil Prince	T	6-0	205	23	Clemson	7	5
11	Ralph Pulley	FB	6-0	206	23	Tennessee State	4	1
46/63/65	George Reiss	G	5-11	212	26	Fordham	8	6
32/36	Paul Sarringhaus	HB-FB	6-0	185	29	Ohio State	7	5
4/73	Larry Sartori	T	6-0	208	32	Fordham	8	2
51/66	Gene Shekitka	C-G	5-11	198	22	Columbia	6	0
12	Al Tabor	B	5-11	195	24	Tuskegee; Nevada-Reno	3	0
60	Jim Taigia	G	5-10	215	24	Rutgers	6	2
5	George Titus	E-C	5-10	185	27	Holy Cross	2	0
45/74/84	Johnny Weiss	E	6-2	198	27	none	9	7
18	Irwin Winkelried	QB	5-9	178	23	Rutgers	3	1
30	Joe Yackanich	T	5-10	205	27	Fordham	2	1
40	George Zoppa	C	6-1	218	30	Cumberland	3	0

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	21	7	26	14
Opponents Totals	46	67	55	60

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	PTS
Frank Burns	2	0	0		0	12
Paul Sarringhaus	2	0	0		0	12
Chuck Klemovich	0	2	2	100.0	2	8
Bob Ferri	1	1	1	100.0	0	7
Lou Bellina	1	0	0		0	6
John Connolly	1	0	0		0	6
Johnny Weiss	1	0	0		0	6
George Cheverko	0	3	4	75.0	0	3
Larry Sartori	0	2	2	100.0	0	2
Team Totals	9	8	9	88.9	2	68
Opponents Totals	33	24	33	72.7	2	228

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					0

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