1964 Newark Bears (ACFL) |
| 1st place • Southern Division • 12-1-1 .923 |
| Head Coach/Head Offensive: Steve Van Buren |
| Lowell Lander | Defensive Backs |
| Alex Wojciechowicz | Head Defensive/Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 7/19/1964 | H | Philadelphia Rockets | 24-6 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sat | 8/1/1964 | A | Richmond Rebels | 35-7 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 8000 | |
| Fri | 8/7/1964 | H | Jersey City Giants | 28-10 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 4817 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1964 | A | Springfield Acorns | 30-6 | W | Springfield, MA | Pynchon Park | 2953 | |
| Fri | 8/21/1964 | H | Harrisburg Capitols | 13-7 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 5219 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1964 | A | Jersey City Giants | 24-21 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 10290 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1964 | A | Hartford Charter Oaks | 37-10 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 9143 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1964 | H | Atlanta Spartans | 31-14 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 4996 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1964 | H | Richmond Rebels | 38-7 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 1503 | |
| Sat | 9/26/1964 | H | Jersey City Giants | 7-10 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 8531 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1964 | H | Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen | 31-6 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 4219 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1964 | A | Hazleton Mustangs | 31-9 | W | Hazleton, PA | Harman-Geist Field | 480 | |
| Sat | 10/17/1964 | H | Westchester Crusaders | 12-0 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 4016 | |
| Sat | 10/24/1964 | A | Richmond Rebels | 24-24 | T | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 7509 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1964 | A | Harrisburg Capitols | 31-20 | W | Harrisburg, PA | Susquehanna High School Stadium | 1440 | |
| Sat | 11/8/1964 | H | Springfield Acorns | 24-14 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 5125 | |
| Sat | 11/14/1964 | A | Atlanta Spartans | 30-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Ponce de Leon Park | 963 | |
| Sat | 11/21/1964 | A | Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen | 21-10 | W | Munhall, PA | Ponce de Leon Park | 2381 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/5/1964 | H | Boston Sweepers | 10-14 | L | Duquesne, PA | Duquesne High School Field | 1877 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/8/1964 | Springfield Acorns | Postponed from 11/7 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Warren Allen | OE | 6-1 | 200 | 29 | Delaware | |||
| Dick Anderson | FL | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | Penn State | |||
| Bill Baker | QB | 5-11 | 192 | 37 | none | |||
| Bob Balderston | DB | 6-1 | 177 | 27 | Panzer | |||
| Frank Barnes | S | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | none | |||
| Frank Bell | DB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Drexel | |||
| Rebel Caprino | OG | 5-10 | 220 | 34 | none | |||
| Dick Christy | FL | 5-10 | 191 | 29 | North Carolina State | |||
| Cros Copeland | DE | 5-11 | 197 | 31 | Grambling State | |||
| Mike Currie | LB | 6-0 | 225 | 23 | Michigan State | |||
| Nick DeCicco | MG | 6-0 | 215 | 28 | Northland JC; Maryland | |||
| Pat Del Vicario | DT | 6-1 | 223 | 30 | Adelphi; Southern Mississippi | |||
| Stan Derry | DE | 6-0 | 216 | 30 | West Virginia Tech | |||
| Frank Farella | DT | 6-0 | 227 | 28 | Arkansas State | |||
| Kirk Foulke | OT | 6-2 | 228 | 24 | Bucknell | |||
| Tom Gunderman | MLB | 5-11 | 230 | 26 | Maryland | |||
| Mike Hagler | HB | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | Iowa | |||
| Mark Hallam | DB | 5-11 | 187 | 23 | Amherst | |||
| Joe Jackson | OT | 6-0 | 243 | 29 | Florida A&M | |||
| Karl Kaimer | FL | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Dean JC; Boston University | |||
| Ken Kennedy | HB | 5-6 | 170 | 23 | Oregon | |||
| John Kent | FL | 5-11 | 204 | 24 | Texas A&M; Lamar | |||
| Glen Knight | FL | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Shaw | |||
| Bob Koreck | OG | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Notre Dame | |||
| Reggie Lee | OE-P | 6-2 | 170 | 26 | Florida A&M | |||
| Julian Malinski | QB | 5-11 | 178 | 23 | Iowa; Ellsworth CC | |||
| Bob Moody | DB | 6-1 | 187 | 25 | Elizabeth City State; Montclair State | |||
| Chuck Munford | FB | 5-10 | 210 | 27 | none | |||
| Mike Oshan | HB | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Bridgeport | |||
| Fred Polzer | OE | 6-1 | 198 | 27 | Virginia | |||
| Ed Post | LB | 5-11 | 205 | 29 | Duke | |||
| Bill Shockley | HB-K | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | West Chester | |||
| Bob Van Ness | DT | 6-2 | 317 | 22 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | |||
| Bob Walsh | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 30 | Nebraska | |||
| Richie Walsh | C | 6-4 | 220 | 25 | Notre Dame | |||
| Don Wernes | HB | 6-1 | 207 | 30 | none | |||
| John Zitter | C | 6-0 | 218 | 30 | none | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 68 | 164 | 88 | 84 | 354 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 23 | 73 | 35 | 176 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Shockley | 0 | 43 | 15 | 0 | 88 | ||||
| Mike Hagler | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||
| Reggie Lee | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||
| Warren Allen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Glen Knight | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Julian Malinski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Bob Balderston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| John Kent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bill Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Frank Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Stan Derry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Frank Farella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Chuck Munford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bob Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Cros Copeland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 44 | 43 | 44 | 97.7 | 15 | 1 | 354 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 19 | 23 | 82.6 | 5 | 2 | 176 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hagler | 142 | 756 | 5.3 | 8 | |
| Chuck Munford | 66 | 312 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| John Kent | 44 | 273 | 6.2 | 2 | |
| Dick Christy | 42 | 140 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Julian Malinski | 36 | 137 | 3.8 | 3 | |
| Bill Baker | 18 | 35 | 1.9 | 1 | |
| Ken Kennedy | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Lee | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Don Wernes | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 14 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Malinski | 252 | 118 | 46.8 | 118 | 1515 | 6.0 | 12.8 | 16 | 6.3 | 16 | 6.3 | 60.9 | ||||
| Bill Baker | 100 | 42 | 42.0 | 52 | 756 | 7.6 | 18.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 70.3 | ||||
| Team Totals | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Lee | 41 | 603 | 14.7 | 9 | |
| Warren Allen | 30 | 521 | 17.4 | 6 | |
| Mike Hagler | 30 | 356 | 11.9 | 3 | |
| Glen Knight | 26 | 393 | 15.1 | 5 | |
| Fred Polzer | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Chuck Munford | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 1 | |
| Dick Anderson | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Dick Christy | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Kennedy | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| John Kent | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Karl Kaimer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Balderston | 11 | 179 | 16.3 | 1 | |
| Frank Barnes | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 1 | |
| Frank Bell | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Ed Post | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Walsh | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 1 | |
| Mark Hallam | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Mike Currie | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Frank Farella | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Lee | 42 | 34.9 | 65 | |||||||
| Bill Baker | 3 | 38.0 | 43 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 20 | 118 | 5.9 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Lee | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | ||
| Bob Moody | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hagler | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | ||
| Ed Post | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| John Kent | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Frank Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Christy | 11 | 334 | 30.4 | 43 | 0 | |
| Chuck Munford | 8 | 264 | 33.0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hagler | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 0 | ||
| John Kent | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Moody | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Lee | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Balderston | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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