1949 Wilkes-Barre Bullets (AFL) |
| 5th place • 3-7-0 .300 |
| Co-Head Coach: Lou Dymond & Marty Petroskas |
| Lou Dymond | Assistant Coach |
| Marty Petroskas | Assistant Coach |
| Chet Wasilewski | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 8/30/1949 | A | Vineland Senators | 34-7 | W | Vineland, NJ | Gittone Memorial Stadium | 3500 | |
| Thu | 9/8/1949 | H | Atlantic City Reds | 27-7 | W | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Field | 2200 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1949 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 6-49 | L | Pittston, PA | Bone Stadium | 3510 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1949 | H | Richmond Rebels | 30-28 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 4500 | |
| Wed | 9/28/1949 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 7-14 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1949 | A | Erie Vets | 20-21 | L | Erie, PA | Erie Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1949 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 17-0 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 2200 | |
| Mon | 10/17/1949 | H | Jersey City Giants | 13-7 | W | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Field | 2201 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | A | Richmond Rebels | 7-28 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 8000 | |
| Mon | 10/31/1949 | A | Paterson Panthers | 7-35 | L | Paterson, PA | Hinchliffe Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | H | Wilmington Clippers | L | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Field | |||
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | A | Jersey City Giants | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | |||
| Wed | 11/16/1949 | H | Paterson Panthers | L | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Field | |||
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | H | Bethlehem Bulldogs | L | Kingston, PA | Kingston High School Field | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/6/1949 | Wilmington Clippers | Forfeit |
| 11/13/1949 | Jersey City Giants | Forfeit |
| 11/16/1949 | Paterson Panthers | Forfeit; Postponed from 10/12 |
| 11/20/1949 | Bethlehem Bulldogs | Forfeit |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| John Bonner | C | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | North Carolina State | 6 | 2 | |
| Frank Castiglia | T | 5-10 | 258 | 27 | Waynesburg | 1 | 0 | |
| Billy Constable | QB-FB | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | Ohio University | 6 | 2 | |
| Leon Dombroski | 64 | G | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Wake Forest | 6 | 5 |
| Joe Harrington | E | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Mansfield | 5 | 1 | |
| Merle Leisher | 88 | E | 6-1 | 195 | 20 | George Washington | 6 | 6 |
| Bill Lipski | 41 | HB-QB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Temple | 6 | 6 |
| Jim Long | B | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | none | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Lukas | 50 | C | 6-0 | 230 | 29 | Loyola Marymount | 6 | 4 |
| Ralph Margavage | 74 | T | 5-11 | 220 | 27 | The Citadel | 6 | 5 |
| Frank Messoline | 16 | HB | 5-11 | 207 | 29 | Scranton | 4 | 1 |
| Jim Moran | 70 | T | 6-4 | 210 | 28 | West Virginia | 6 | 5 |
| George Norton | 80 | E | 6-3 | 190 | 26 | North Carolina State | 6 | 5 |
| Chet Orseck | FB-HB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Temple | 6 | 2 | |
| Mahlon Patton | 22 | T | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Western Michigan | 5 | 1 |
| Marty Petroskas | 60 | G | 6-0 | 210 | 31 | Fordham | 6 | 5 |
| Tony Ragunas | 31 | HB-FB | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Virginia Military Institute; Temple | 5 | 4 |
| Johnny Rogalla | 23 | G | 6-0 | 215 | 32 | Scranton | 6 | 1 |
| Del Russell | 8 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Indiana | 6 | 2 |
| Bill Sims | QB | 6-0 | 260 | 26 | Indiana | 5 | 0 | |
| Dean Sophia | 22 | E | 6-1 | 206 | 26 | Modesto JC; San Jose State | 2 | 1 |
| Charles Supulski | G-B | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | none | 4 | 0 | |
| George Swalchick | 10 | QB-HB | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Duke | 6 | 4 |
| Gene Vellela | T | 6-1 | 255 | 23 | Scranton | 6 | 1 | |
| Chet Wasilewski | 20 | FB-HB | 6-1 | 214 | 31 | Holy Cross; Mansfield | 3 | 3 |
| Bill Wehr | G-E | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Denison | 3 | 1 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 14 | 37 | 3 | 81 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 42 | 28 | 28 | 112 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Norton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Frank Messoline | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Del Russell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Johnny Rogalla | 0 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Bill Lipski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tony Ragunas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 11 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 2 | 0 | 81 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Ragunas | 62 | 249 | 4.0 | 3 | |
| Del Russell | 53 | 244 | 4.6 | 2 | |
| Bill Lipski | 34 | 177 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| Frank Messoline | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Russell | 54 | 24 | 44.4 | 28 | 369 | 6.8 | 15.4 | 1 | 1.9 | 2 | 3.7 | 58.3 | ||||
| Chet Wasilewski | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Norton | 18 | 379 | 21.1 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Russell | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Constable | 26 | 37.7 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Russell | 13 | 230 | 17.7 | 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 | 0 |
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