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1965 Wilmington Comets (NAFL)

3rd place Northern Division 4-5-1 .444

1965 NAFL Previous Season • Roster Key • Stat Key

Head Coach: Jack Ferrante (3-3-1); Tony Arichella (1-2-0)

Tony Apichella	Assistant Coach
Sonny Cardoso	Defensive Backdfield
Tony Daliessio	Line
Bill Doherty	Offensive Backfield

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/7/1965	A	Pennsylvania Mustangs	26-28	L				3259
Sat	8/14/1965	A	Annapolis Sailors	37-21	W		Annapolis, MD	Panther Stadium	1483
Sat	8/21/1965	N	Annapolis Sailors	20-0	W		Chester, PA		3000
Sat	8/28/1965	A	Mobile Tarpons	14-14	T		Mobile, AL	Ladd Stadium	3410
Sat	9/4/1965	H	Pennsylvania Mustangs	20-17	W		Wilmington, DE	Baynard Stadium	3210
Sat	9/11/1965	A	Florida Brahmans	23-14	W		Lakeland, FL	Bryant Stadium	5428
Sat	9/18/1965	A	Huntsville Rockets	16-14	W		Huntsville, AL	Goldsmith-Schiffman Field	3800
Sat	9/25/1965	H	Mobile Tarpons	27-29	L		Wilmington, DE	Baynard Stadium	8458
Sat	10/2/1965	A	Pennsylvania Mustangs	21-49	L		Charleroi, PA	Charleroi High School Stadium	2500
Sat	10/9/1965	H	Florida Brahmans	3-7	L		Wilmington, DE	Baynard Stadium	2897
Sat	10/16/1965	H	Huntsville Rockets	33-13	W		Wilmington, DE	Baynard Stadium	1847
Sat	10/23/1965	H	Annapolis Sailors	14-28	L		Wilmington, DE	Baynard Stadium	3114
Sat	11/13/1965	A	Annapolis Sailors	13-31	L		Annapolis, MD	Panther Stadium	941

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
	Joe Austin	RS	5-11	186		none
	John Bennett	QB	6-2	214	23	Miami (Florida)
	Don Borcky	DT	6-0	250	23	none
	Mike Brown	HB	6-0	195	23	Delaware
	Paul Bruce	DB	6-0	170		none
	Sonny Cardoso	CB	5-10	185	25	Widener
	Bert Carl	MLB	6-2	249	22	Miami (Florida)
	Jim Chandler	S	6-4	210	23	Benedict
	Dick Christy	HB-K	5-10	191	30	North Carolina State
	Tom Cohen	RB	6-1	220		none
	Mel Collins	OB
	Bob Crawford	G	6-0	240	21	Delaware State
	Jack Cummings	QB	6-2	200	27	North Carolina
	Tony Daliessio	G			29
	George Donald	RB	6-0	200		none
	Jim Galmin	TE	6-4	235	24	Iowa; Tampa
	Ron Giordano	QB	5-9	175	22	Bucknell
	John Gregory	DE	6-2	265		none
	Wally Hill	FL	6-0	210	26	Southern Methodist
	Howard	RLB
	Bill Iacone	LLB	5-10	195	22	West Chester
	Mel Johnson	CB	6-2	212	24	none
	Bill Joyner	DB	6-2	215		North Carolina Central
	Jim Keenan	C	6-0	205	21	Maryland
	Jim Keil	OT	6-4	250	22	Lebanon Valley
	Jim Koczak	C-LDE	6-2	247	27	Clemson
	Larry Koczak	RLB-RDE	6-2	238	25	South Carolina
	Al Lawson	SE	5-11	190	24	Delaware State
	Todd McNair	DE	6-4	250		Shaw
	Jack Mercadante	OT-OG	6-3	243	26	Maryland
	Tom Moran	RDT-DE	6-2	253	26	none
	Arnold Murphy	DB	5-10	192	30	Morgan State
	Buddy Nask	DE	6-1	215	25	North Carolina; Villanova
	Bob Newman	DT	6-2	248		North Carolina
	Joe O'Brien	DB	6-1	185		none
	Walt Owens	HB	5-9	186	28	Florida A&M
	Franny Payton	HB	5-8	175		none
	Ron Rodgers	LB	5-9	190		West Chester
	Ralph Russo	FB-K	5-7	215		Villanova
	Arnie Saunders	OE	5-11	183	22	Delaware State
	Jack Scholato	C	6-1	230	23	Delaware
	Nort Seaman	K	6-1	200	25	Pittsburgh
	Smedley Sharp	G	5-10	225	23	West Chester
	Bob Smith	OT	6-3	255	28	Maryland-Eastern Shore
	Pat Stillman	OG	6-1	237	25	Taylor; Utah
	Wendell Tucker	HB	5-10	185	22	South Carolina State
	Gordon Wright	DE	6-3	245	22	Delaware State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	33	53	33	65
Opponents Totals	42	66	58	50

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Dick Christy	5	11			1			0	44
Wally Hill	5	0			0			0	30
Mike Brown	3	0			0			0	18
Arnie Saunders	3	0			0			0	18
Ralph Russo	2	2			1			0	17
John Bennett	2	0			0			0	12
Al Lawson	2	0			0			0	12
Nort Seaman	0	6			1			0	9
Jack Cummings	1	0			0			0	6
George Donald	1	0			0			0	6
Jim Galmin	1	0			0			0	6
Wendell Tucker	1	0			0			0	6
Team Totals	26	19	26	73.1	3			0	184
Opponents Totals	30	27	30	90.0	3			0	216

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Wally Hill					5
Dick Christy					4
John Bennett					2
Ralph Russo					2
Mike Brown					1
Jack Cummings					1
George Donald					1
Wendell Tucker					1
Team Totals					17
Opponents Totals					10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jack Cummings									5
Ron Giordano									2
John Bennett									1
Team Totals									8
Opponents Totals									17

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Arnie Saunders					3
Mike Brown					2
Al Lawson					2
Jim Galmin					1
Team Totals					8
Opponents Totals					17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Christy	4		39	9.8	24	0
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Christy	9		185	20.6	37	0
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dick Christy							1
Team Totals							1
Opponents Totals							1

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