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1964 Springfield Acorns (ACFL) 2nd place Northern Division 9-5-0 .643

Head Coach: Harry Leonardi (2-3); Tommy O'Connell (7-2)

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/8/1964	A	Hartford Charter Oaks	14-11	W	Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	7622
Sat	8/15/1964	H	Newark Bears	6-30	L	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	2950
Sat	8/22/1964	A	Mohawk Valley Falcons	27-20	W	Herkimer, NY	Harmon Field	1691
Sat	8/29/1964	H	Portland Sea Hawks	49-23	W	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	8062
Sat	9/5/1964	A	Richmond Rebels	7-30	L	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	5582
Sat	9/12/1964	H	Hartford Charter Oaks	6-16	L	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	6700
Sat	9/19/1964	A	Boston Sweepers	14-18	L	Everett, MA	Memorial Stadium	7684
Sat	9/26/1964	H	Westchester Crusaders	40-3	W	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	2847
Sat	10/3/1964	H	Mohawk Valley Falcons	51-14	W	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	2945
Mon	10/12/1964	A	Providence Steam Roller	37-7	W	Providence, RI	City Stadium	3900	Postponed from 10/11
Sat	10/17/1964	A	Hartford Charter Oaks	19-7	W	Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	7352
Sat	10/24/1964	H	Boston Sweepers	13-24	L	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	7203
Sun	11/1/1964	A	Portland Sea Hawks	35-0	W	Portland, ME	Portland High School Stadium	5709
Sun	11/8/1964	A	Newark Bears	14-24	L	Newark, NJ	Schools Stadium	5125	Postponed from 11/7
Sat	11/14/1964	H	Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen	30-0	W	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	2404
Sat	11/21/1964	H	Providence Steam Roller	49-20	W	Springfield, MA	Pynchon Park	2497

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
21	Andy Anderson	DB	6-1	192	23	Minnesota; Texas Lutheran	11
21	Andy Anderson	DB	6-1	192	23	Minnesota; Texas Lutheran	11
13	Solomon Brannan	DB	6-1	188	23	Morris Brown	11
31	Mike Brown	RB	6-0	195	22	Delaware	4
63/71	Billy Clay	DE-LB	6-4	231	23	Arkansas	14
82	Ron Corbett	LB	6-3	235	23	Arizona State	7
	Dick Corcoran	DE	6-4	260	22	Hillsdale	1
32	Harry Crump	FB	6-0	205	24	Boston College	11
66	Bruce Day	DT-LB	6-3	235	23	Mount San Antonio JC; Utah	12
10/12	Amedio Golfieri	QB	6-0	170	23	none	8
51	Bill Grandstaff	C	6-1	241	25	none	6
30/34	Andy Griffin	FB-LB-K	6-0	210	27	American International
20	Billy Griffin	RB	5-10	205	24	none
24	Rich Griffin	DB	6-1	180	21	none
42	Bob Harrison	CB	5-11	187	26	Ohio University	2
73	Bruce Heerema	DT	6-2	245	23	Central (Iowa)	13
15	Dan Henning	QB	6-0	195	22	William & Mary	9
23	Joe Hightower	K-DB	6-1	217	22	Appalachian State	14
25	Jack Janiszewski	FL-P-K	6-2	200	22	Connecticut	14
74	Rick Johanningmeier	OT	6-3	245	21	Missouri State	14
51	Gene Johnson	T-G-C	6-1	280	25	North Carolina	4
81/83	Oscar Lofton	TE	6-6	218	26	Southeastern Louisiana	13
62	Frank Lollino	OG	6-0	241	23	Illinois	14
24	Mel Meeks	HB-FB	6-1	215	27	none	14
72	Ken Moore	OT	6-3	286	23	Southern Illinois	14
64	Jack Murdock	DE-DT	6-1	225	31	Colorado	12
75	Lou Nevett	DE-C	6-3	265	22	Clark Atlanta	10
63	George Newton	OG	6-1	242	22	Bakersfield CC; Palomar JC; West Texas A&M	14
84	Dick Osinski	DE	5-11	183	27	American International
52	Don Robert	C-LB	5-11	190	26	American International	14
65	Fred Scyocurka	OG	5-10	205	29	American International	1
44	Rich Slobodnik	LB	6-1	235	22	Southern Illinois	14
80	Bill Somerville	LB-TE	6-2	224	22	Western Michigan	13
85	Clint Taylor	OE	6-5	205	21	Mississippi	11
12	Jim Traficant	QB	6-1	194	23	Pittsburgh	4	3
33/43	Jim Tullis	SE	6-4	208	23	Florida A&M	13
76	Johnny Varnell	DE-DT	6-4	265	23	West Texas A&M	14
31/41	Jim Wakefield	DB	5-11	175	21	Western Illinois	14
45	Dick Warren	RB	5-10	195	21	Massachusetts	12
22	Kelton Winston	HB-DB	6-0	195	25	Wiley	11
11	Jerry Yost	QB	6-2	200	23	West Virginia	14

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	44	108	115	124
Opponents Totals	42	47	45	72

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Mel Meeks	16	0			0			0	96
John Janiszewski	9	7			0			0	61
Oscar Lofton	8	0			0			0	48
Kelton Winston	7	0			0			0	42
Joe Hightower	3	17			1			0	38
Andy Griffin	1	19			1			0	28
Sol Brannan	4	0			0			0	24
Jim Tullis	4	0			0			0	24
Harry Crump	2	0			0			0	12
Clint Taylor	1	0			0			0	6
Jim Wakefield	1	0			0			0	6
Jerry Yost	1	0			0			0	6
Team Totals	57	43	57	75.4	2	4	50.0	0	391
Opponents Totals	26	22	26	84.6	8	18	44.4	2	206

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mel Meeks	247	1460	5.9		15
Andy Griffin	47	216	4.6		1
Harry Crump	54	191	3.5		2
Kelton Winston	32	174	5.4		3
Jerry Yost	11	55	5.0		1
Dan Henning	8	45	5.6		0
Dick Warren	10	36	3.6		0
Billy Griffin	12	31	2.6		0
Rich Griffin	2	12	6.0		0
Jim Traficant	9	0	0.0		0
Jack Janiszewski	2	-6	-3.0	9	0
Team Totals		2259			22
Opponents Totals		1489			9

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Dan Henning	167	76	45.5	85	1078	6.5	14.2	13		6	3.6			75.9
Jerry Yost	111	57	51.4	47	671	6.0	11.8	8	7.2	7	6.3			67.8
Jim Traficant	48	21	43.8	25	392	8.2	18.7	6	12.5	2	4.2			94.8
Kelton Winston	4	2	50.0	2	98	24.5	49.0	1	2.5	0	0.0			135.4
Team Totals	330	156	47.3	158	2239	6.8	14.4	28		16	3.8	183	2056	76.8
Opponents Totals	435	172	39.5	224	2198	5.1	12.8	15	3.4	39	9.0	190	2008	30.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Tullis	39	403	10.3	44	3
John Janiszewski	29	602	20.8	72	9
Oscar Lofton	28	457	16.3	49	8
Mel Meeks	17	284	16.7	44	1
Kelton Winston	13	199	15.3	27	2
Sol Brannan	10	93	9.3	18	2
Dick Warren	6	36	6.0	18	0
Joe Hightower	5	89	17.8	26	2
Clint Taylor	3	39	13.0	20	1
Harry Crump	3	9	3.0	11	0
Team Totals	156	2239	14.4		27
Opponents Totals	172	2198	12.8		15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Wakefield	11	157	14.3	61	1
Kelton Winston	8	158	19.8	88	1
Joe Hightower	7	97	13.9	38	1
Solomon Brannan	6	257	42.8	100t	2
Andy Anderson	2	39	19.5	26	0
Billy Clay	2	35	17.5	20	0
Rich Slobodnik	1	2	2.0	2	0
Jack Janiszewski	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bill Somerville	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	39	742	19.0		5
Opponents Totals	16	290	18.1		1

PUNTING	NO	AVG	LG
John Janiszewski	71	41.9	80
Team Totals	73	40.8
Opponents Totals	72	38.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Kelton Winston	12	159	13.3		1
Jim Tullis	14	176	12.6		1
Billy Griffin	1	10	10.0	10	0
Mike Brown	2	17	8.5		0
Bob Harrison	3	15	5.0		0
Solomon Brannan	4	16	4.0		0
Jim Wakefield	1	-14	-14.0	-14	0
Team Totals	34	267	7.9		2
Opponents Totals	36	363	10.1		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Kelton Winston	17	473	27.8	95	1
Jim Tullis	11	222	20.2		0
Solomon Brannan	9	193	21.4		0
Bob Harrison	2	45	22.5		0
Dick Osinski	1	20	20.0	20	0
Dick Warren	1	19	19.0	19	0
Rich Griffin	1	18	18.0	18	0
Jim Wakefield	1	15	15.0	15	0
Johnny Varnell	1	5	5.0	5	0
Joe Hightower	1	3	3.0	3	0
Mike Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bruce Day	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	48	1058	22.0		1
Opponents Totals	65	1151	17.7		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	19	5	14	9	23		0
Opponents Totals	15	9	6	5	11		0