1965 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)

5th place Eastern Division 2-12-0 .143

Head Coach: Dom Cara (0-6-0); Bob Snyder (2-6-0)

Lou Blumling	Assistant Coach
Jack O'Brien	Line
Ivan Toncic	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1965	A	Fort Wayne Warriors	7-24	L	Fort Wayne, IN	Zollner Stadium	5100
Sun	8/8/1965	H	Richmond Rebels	28-35	L	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	8320
Sat	8/14/1965	A	Toronto Rifles	0-20	L	Toronto, ON	Maple Leaf Stadium	8097
Sun	8/22/1965	H	Newark Bears	12-13	L	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	7062
Sun	8/29/1965	A	Norfolk Neptunes	7-13	L	Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	7159
Sun	9/5/1965	H	Fort Wayne Warriors	0-14	L	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	8250
Sat	9/11/1965	A	Richmond Rebels	20-23	L	Richmond, VA	City Stadium	18000
Sat	9/18/1965	A	Charleston Rockets	7-31	L	Charleston, WV	Laidley Field	6695
Sun	9/26/1965	H	Hartford Charter Oaks	34-14	W	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	5317
Sun	10/3/1965	H	Toronto Rifles	3-13	L	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	6400
Sat	10/9/1965	A	Philadelphia Bulldogs	28-42	L	Philadelphia, PA	Temple Stadium	5570
Sun	10/17/1965	H	Philadelphia Bulldogs	16-21	L	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	6643
Sun	10/24/1965	A	Newark Bears	9-23	L	Newark, NJ	Schools Stadium	4000
Sun	10/31/1965	H	Norfolk Neptunes	9-26	L	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	4172
Sun	11/7/1965	H	Charleston Rockets	13-21	L	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	3550
Sun	11/14/1965	A	Rhode Island Indians	17-6	W	Providence, RI	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.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
27	John Amos	HB	6-1	215	26	Long Beach CC; Colorado State
	Bob Bagley	DB	6-5	200	23	Louisville
82	Bill Barber	FL	6-3	209	29	Florida A&M
27	Frank Batts	HB-DB	6-1	195	25	Palo Verde JC; Los Angeles State
	Glenn Bowman	LB	6-0	220		West Virginia
75	Chuck Bray	DE	6-2	250	23	Utah State
79	Bob Brown	DE-DT	6-5	268	26	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
70	R.C. Brown	DT	6-3	284	21	Coffeyville CC; Wichita State
30	Bob Butts	FB-K	6-1	230	23	Ohio State
65	Roy Clay	LB	6-1	225	22	Tennessee State
84	Milt Clegg	MLB	6-2	230	22	West Virginia
66	Andy Cook	LB-OG	6-0	219	25	Oregon Tech
34	Jim Cunningham	LB-FB	5-11	221	26	Pittsburgh
21	Jim Davis	FL-DB	5-11	185	22	Tulane
77	George Demko	DE-DT	6-3	240	30	Appalachian State
54	Don Donatelli	C	6-2	250	25	Florida State
41	Chuck Fobbs	DB	6-3	189	26	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
81	Al Greer	SE	6-3	197	25	Jackson State
86	John Greiner	TE	6-3	215	25	Purdue
28	George Hale	DB	6-0	188	25	Ohio State
63	Jim Herren	OG	6-0	237	26	Nebraska-Omaha
	Harlan Hess	DE	6-3	240	25	Pittsburg State
64	Ray Hinze	ROT-DE	6-1	230	24	Texas A&M
	Tom Hinze	G
87	Bobby Lee Hultz	OE	6-4	210	25	Pepperdine
79	Roger Jacobazzi	DT	6-3	250	23	Wisconsin
61	Bob Jones	ROG	6-1	236	24	Nebraska
78	Ron Kahale	DT	6-2	267	25	Hawaii
7	Berney Keszler	QB	6-1	208	22	Del Mar JC; Central Oklahoma
79	Rosey King	DE	6-4	265	25	South Carolina State
46	Ron Krajewski	DB	6-0	184	22	Tulane
36	Frank Lankewicz	FB	6-0	215	23	Georgia
44	Terry Leonard	DB	6-1	202	24	Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Arizona
29	John Henry Martin	HB	5-11	196	27	Kent State
15	Dave Mathieson	QB	6-0	199	24	Washington State
76	Dan McGrew	OT-C	6-2	250	28	Purdue
60	Jerry Moore	LOG	6-0	255	24	Bethune-Cookman
28	Lou Norida	WR	5-10	175		Glenville State
	Omer Ohl	LB	5-8	230	27	Purdue
89	Bill Olsavsky	OE-LB-P-K	6-0	210	26	Indiana
72	Joe Pabian	DT	6-3	280	22	West Virginia
26	Dennis Penza	DB	5-10	185	28	St. Norbert
22	Ed Pflipsen	HB	6-0	195	22	North Dakota State Science JC; North Dakota State
85	Mike Pittman	DB	5-11	185	28	Texas A&M
80	Ray Prantil	OE	6-3	220	23	West Liberty
55	Ray Raffo	LB	6-2	240	22	Pacific
20	Bob Reed	HB	5-11	187	26	Solano CC; Pacific
10	Bruce Reinhart	QB	6-0	180	22	St. Thomas (Minnesota)
78	Andy Rice	DE-DT	6-3	268	25	Texas Southern
73	Ron Richnafsky	LOT	6-2	260	22	Purdue
41	Lester Seays	DB	6-2	185	21	South Carolina State
86	Keith Smith	LB-P-K	6-1	212	25	Glenville State
74	Roger Smith	DE-DT	6-3	255	21	Stockton JC; Fresno State
45	Willie Stinson	DB	5-10	178	28	Oregon Tech
72	Larry Thompson	OT	6-1	235	26	Tulane
	Ivan Toncic	QB	5-11	190	27	Pittsburgh
61	Charles Varnam	OG	6-0	232	25	none
28	Claude Ward	DB	5-11	188	23	New Mexico
80	Dave Washington	TE	6-4	228	26	Santa Monica JC; Southern California
27	Gene White	WR-K	6-1	197	25	Florida A&M
15	Larry White	QB	6-1	190	24	The Citadel
50	Jerry Winstead	C	6-3	228	27	Itawamba CC; Corpus Christi
20	Bill Wood	DB	5-11	190	26	West Virginia Wesleyan
71	John Wyler	OT	6-3	240	30	none
55	Mickey Yasko	LB	6-1	228	24	Pratt CC; Hardin-Simmons

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	10	29	60	76
Opponents Totals	79	75	58	68

TEAM STATS	1ST DOWNS	Rush	Pass	Pen	PEN	YDS
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Al Greer	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
John Henry Martin	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
John Greiner	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
K.C. Smith	0	8	11	72.7	3	5	60.0	0	17
Bob Butts	2	8			1	4	25.0	0	15
Ed Pflipsen	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bruce Reinhart	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Reed	1	1	2	0.0	0	0		0	7
Jim Davis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Donatelli	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Frank Lankiewicz	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Roger Smith	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Gene White	0	0	1	0.0	0	3	0.0	0	0
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	24	17	24	77.3	4	12	33.3	1	175
Opponents Totals	37	32	37	86.5	8			1	280

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Henry Martin	109	561	5.1	76	4
Ed Pflipsen	59	378	6.4	27	1
Bob Butts	58	195	3.4	15	2
Frank Lankewicz	54	167	3.1	15	1
Bruce Reinhart	55	137	2.5	22	1
Dave Mathieson	21	47	2.2	20	0
Bob Reed	24	35	1.5	6	0
Jim Davis	4	28	7.0	13	0
Jim Cunningham	6	16	2.7	4	0
Ron Richnafsky	1	13	13.0	13	0
John Amos	3	7	2.3	4	0
Tom Hinze	1	5	5.0	5	0
Bob Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	396	1589	4.0	76	9
Opponents Totals					14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Bruce Reinhart	277	112	40.4	150	1493	5.4	13.3	80	10	3.6	15	5.4	47.7
Dave Mathieson	173	59	34.1	104	860	5.0	14.6	56	1	.6.0	10	5.8	29.1
Larry White	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Bill Olsavsky	1	1	100.0	0	59	59.0	59.0	59t	1	100.0	0	0.0	158.3
Jim Davis	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	454	172	37.9	257	2412	5.3	14.0	80	12	2.6	25	5.5	41.7
Opponents Totals									19

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Al Greer	40	650	16.3	59	6
John Greiner	35	461	13.2	36	3
Bob Reed	19	312	16.4	80	1
Bill Barber	17	235	13.8		0
Jim Davis	13	166	12.8	28	1
Ed Pflipsen	11	77	7.0	35	1
John Henry Martin	10	82	8.2	24	0
Bob Butts	8	79	9.9	25	0
Frank Lankewicz	6	165	27.5	54	0
Bill Olsavsky	5	87	17.4	29	0
Dave Washington	4	52	13.0	21	0
Bobby Lee Hultz	4	46	11.5	16	0
Team Totals	172	2412	14.0	80	12
Opponents Totals					19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Batts	5	50	10.0	26	0
Mike Pittman	3	66	22.0	40	0
Bill Olsavsky	3	13	4.3	8	0
Jim Cunningham	2	37	18.5	23	0
Dennis Penza	2	18	9.0	13	0
Ron Krajewski	2	0	0.0	0	0
Bill Wood	1	29	29.0	29	0
Keith Smith	1	27	27.0	27t	1
Ron Hinze	1	6	6.0	6	0
Lester Seays	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	21	246	11.7	40	1
Opponents Totals					1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Bill Olsavsky	93	3666	39.4	70	1
Team Totals	93	3666	39.4	70	1
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Stinson	1	25	25.0	25	0
Ed Pflipsen	5	52	10.4	25	0
Jim Davis	7	61	8.7	20	0
John Henry Martin	2	16	8.0	13	0
Dennis Penza	6	45	7.5	17	0
Lester Seays	3	14	4.7	10	0
Bob Reed	5	19	3.8	13	0
Team Totals	29	232	8.0	25	0
Opponents Totals					1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Dennis Penza	16	313	19.6	42
Ed Pflipsen	11	248	22.5	30
John Henry Martin	8	139	17.4	38
Frank Lankiewicz	6	87	14.5	17
Bob Reed	5	97	19.4	28
Jim Davis	3	114	38.0	49
Bill Olsavsky	3	58	19.3	27
John Amos	2	61	30.5	31
Bobby Lee Hultz	1	5	5.0	5
Keith Smith	1	5	5.0	5
Jerry Moore	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	57	1127	19.8	49
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Don Donatelli							1
Team Totals							1
Opponents Totals							1