1950 Richmond Rebels (AFL) |
| 1st place • 6-3-0 .667 |
| Head Coach: Keith Molesworth |
| Frank Walton | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 9/4/1950 | H | Atlantic City Reds | 41-0 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1950 | H | Philadelphia Yellow Jackets | 62-0 | W | Hampton, VA | Darling Memorial Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1950 | H | Wilkes-Barre Bullets | 62-0 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 7500 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1950 | A | Jersey City Giants | 28-31 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 9200 | |
| Wed | 9/27/1950 | A | Bethlehem Bulldogs | 35-7 | W | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1950 | H | Brooklyn Brooks | 28-21 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 9500 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1950 | A | Erie Vets | 27-42 | L | Erie, PA | Erie Stadium | 4923 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1950 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-47 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 17000 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1950 | A | Paterson Panthers | 16-24 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 3100 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1950 | H | Erie Vets | 28-6 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 4100 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1950 | H | Paterson Panthers | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/19/1950 | H | Jersey City Giants | 42-7 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1950 | H | Erie Vets | 35-7 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 4105 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1950 | H | Southern Conference All-Stars | 14-0 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 2000 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/12/1950 | Paterson Panthers | Forfeit |
| 12/3/1950 | Erie Vets | Postponed from 11/26 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bob Angle | 41 | RH-LH | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Iowa State | 8 | 0 |
| George Bayer | LT | 6-5 | 245 | 25 | Washington | 1 | 0 | |
| Lynn Chewning | 34 | RH-LH-FB | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Virginia Military Institute; Navy; Hampden-Sydney | 8 | 8 |
| Phil Colella | 33 | RH-LH | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Notre Dame; St. Bonaventure | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Collopy | 47 | FB-RH | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Nebraska | 7 | 2 |
| Fred Cooper | 35 | FB-LH | 5-10 | 190 | 31 | Virginia Union | 8 | 6 |
| Joe Corn | 30 | LH-RH | 5-6 | 168 | 27 | none | 8 | 2 |
| Leo Crampsey | 36 | LE-RE | 6-3 | 200 | 26 | St. Bonaventure | 8 | 5 |
| Frank Dempsey | 57 | RG | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Florida | 2 | 1 |
| Garry Feniello | 45 | LG-RG | 5-10 | 210 | 25 | Pittsburgh; Wake Forest | 3 | 3 |
| Chet Fritz | 53 | LT-RG-RT-LG | 6-3 | 220 | 29 | Missouri | 8 | 6 |
| Dick Hensley | 42 | RE-LE | 6-4 | 213 | 23 | Kentucky | 8 | 3 |
| Bill Hornick | 50 | LT-RT-LG | 6-1 | 207 | 31 | Tulane | 8 | 3 |
| Frank Laurinaitis | 54 | RG | 5-10 | 200 | 30 | Richmond | 3 | 1 |
| Jim McDowell | 48 | RG-LG | 5-11 | 224 | 25 | William & Mary | 3 | 2 |
| Denver Mills | 51 | RE-LE | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | William & Mary | 8 | 6 |
| Bob Mirth | 48 | LG-RG | 5-11 | 212 | 27 | Muhlenberg | 5 | 5 |
| Dick Moje | 45 | LE-RE | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Glendale CC; Loyola Marymount | 8 | 2 |
| Sam Nevills | 59 | RT-LT | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | Purdue; Oregon | 5 | 4 |
| Frank O'Pella | 49 | C-RG-LG | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | William & Mary | 6 | 4 |
| Mike Phillips | 39 | C | 6-0 | 208 | 29 | McDaniel | 5 | 5 |
| Joe Polce | 44 | C-E | 6-1 | 214 | 27 | Indiana | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Rickards | 43 | QB | 6-1 | 193 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 4 |
| Jack Schulze | 58 | LT-RT-G | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | Texas A&M-Kingsville; Trinity (Texas) | 8 | 5 |
| Ralph Shoaf | LH-RH | 5-10 | 195 | 26 | Virginia | 4 | 1 | |
| Bobby Thomason | 32 | QB | 6-1 | 196 | 22 | Virginia Military Institute | 5 | 3 |
| Ernie Williamson | 59 | RT | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Apprentice; North Carolina | 1 | 1 |
| Howie Willis | 38 | LH-QB-RH-FB | 5-9 | 168 | 22 | Canisius | 8 | 6 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 42 | 34 | 79 | 84 | 239 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 48 | 21 | 41 | 145 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Willis | 6 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 0 | 0 | 67 | ||
| Fred Cooper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Joe Corn | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Lynn Chewning | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Denver Mills | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Leo Crampsey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Dick Hensley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Dick Moje | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Phil Colella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Polce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bob Mirth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 33 | 34 | 97.1 | 0 | 1 | 239 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 0 | 0 | 145 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cooper | 5 | ||||
| Lynn Chewning | 1 | ||||
| Phil Colella | 1 | ||||
| Joe Corn | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Thomason | 92 | 52 | 56.5 | 34 | 739 | 8.0 | 14.2 | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 77.2 | ||||
| Paul Rickards | 133 | 46 | 34.6 | 79 | 636 | 4.8 | 13.8 | 14 | 10.5 | 8 | 6.0 | 60.9 | ||||
| Team Totals | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Mills | 4 | ||||
| Joe Corn | 3 | ||||
| Dick Hensley | 3 | ||||
| Dick Moje | 3 | ||||
| Howie Willis | 3 | ||||
| Lynn Chewning | 2 | ||||
| Leo Crampsey | 2 | ||||
| Joe Polce | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 20 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Willis | 2 | ||||
| Lynn Chewning | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Crampsey | 1 | ||||||
| Howie Willis | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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