1966 Scranton Miners (ACFL) |
| 3rd place • Northern Division • 2-10-0 .167 |
| Head Coach: Peter Carlesimo |
| Sam Donato | Assistant Coach |
| Edgar Jones | Assistant Coach |
| Allan Webb | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 7/22/1966 | A | Jersey Jets | 14-20 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 2134 | |
| Sat | 7/30/1966 | N | Harrisburg Capitols | 46-19 | L | Kingston, PA | Kingston Stadium | 5205 | |
| Sat | 8/6/1966 | H | Jersey Jets | 13-21 | L | Scranton, PA | Memorial Stadium | 7805 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | H | Harrisburg Capitols | 7-10 | L | Scranton, PA | Memorial Stadium | 7634 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 19-10 | W | Scranton, PA | Memorial Stadium | 5236 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1966 | A | Rhode Island Steelers | 14-6 | W | Pawtucket, RI | McCoy Stadium | 2956 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1966 | A | Lowell Giants | 20-51 | L | Lowell, MA | Cawley Memorial Stadium | 7000 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1966 | H | Waterbury Orbits | 13-20 | L | Scranton, PA | Memorial Stadium | 5682 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1966 | A | Jersey Jets | 13-16 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1966 | A | Waterbury Orbits | 7-51 | L | Waterbury, CT | Municipal Stadium | ||
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | H | Lowell Giants | 15-34 | L | Scranton, PA | Memorial Stadium | 2605 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1966 | H | New Bedford Sweepers | - | Scranton, PA | Memorial Stadium | |||
| Sat | 10/15/1966 | H | Jersey Jets | 17-34 | L | Scranton, PA | Memorial Stadium | 2136 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1966 | A | New Bedford Sweepers | - | New Bedford, MA | Sargent Field | |||
| Sat | 10/22/1966 | N | Harrisburg Capitols | 27-0 | W | Endicott, NY | Ty Cobb Field | 6000 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1966 | H | Virginia Sailors | 14-21 | L | Scranton, PA | Memorial Stadium | 1206 | |
| Sat | 11/5/1966 | A | Harrisburg Capitols | 0-13 | L | Harrisburg, PA | New Island Park | ||
| Sat | 11/12/1966 | A | Waterbury Orbits | 14-42 | L | Waterbury, CT | Municipal Stadium | ||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/5/1966 | Rhode Island Steelers | Postponed from 9/4 |
| 10/15/1966 | New Bedford Sweepers | Canceled |
| 10/22/1966 | New Bedford Sweepers | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dick Avalon | K | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | East Stroudsburg | 0 | ||
| Wally Baden | 32 | FB | 5-11 | 210 | 22 | none | ||
| Steve Bowman | FB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Alabama | |||
| Sylver Brown | DE | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | West Chester | |||
| Jim Butler | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Allegheny | |||
| Bobby Cheeks | LB-off | 6-2 | 238 | 26 | Virginia State | |||
| Bob Coolbaugh | TE | 6-3 | 200 | 27 | Richmond | |||
| Ed Coolbaugh | DB | 6-1 | 175 | 22 | none | |||
| Angelo Craig | DE | 6-3 | 252 | 27 | Elizabeth City State | |||
| Al DeMartino | TE | 6-3 | 222 | 24 | Scranton | |||
| John DeNoia | QB | 5-10 | 200 | 24 | Lehigh | 1 | ||
| Ed Dominick | OG | 5-10 | 220 | 23 | none | |||
| Dick Easterly | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Syracuse | |||
| Ed Enslin | T | 6-1 | 285 | 28 | none | |||
| Gary Fallon | 60 | LB | 6-1 | 212 | 27 | Syracuse | ||
| Ron Files | DE | 6-2 | 222 | 27 | Morgan State | |||
| Russ Fritz | P | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Millersville | |||
| Jim Fulgham | DT | 6-6 | 282 | 22 | Minnesota | |||
| Gus Graziano | ROT | 6-0 | 240 | 28 | Scranton | |||
| Tom Green | T | 5-10 | 250 | 23 | East Stroudsburg; Graceland | |||
| Charlie Grochowski | LB | 6-0 | 220 | 27 | Scranton | |||
| Ted Holman | DB | 6-2 | 175 | 23 | Syracuse | |||
| Joe Iacavozzi | C | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | none | |||
| Rick Jackson | OE | 6-3 | 219 | 23 | Rhode Island | |||
| Larry Jiminez | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Fayetteville State | |||
| Rudy Kasarda | LOT | 6-4 | 235 | 27 | McNeese State | |||
| Don King | DB | 6-0 | 186 | 27 | Syracuse | |||
| Bill Matan | DE | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Kansas State | |||
| Pete Mathews | FL | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Grambling State | |||
| Dave Mathieson | QB | 6-0 | 199 | 25 | Washington State | |||
| Fred Mautino | LB | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | Syracuse | |||
| Howie McCard | G | 6-2 | 235 | 21 | Syracuse | |||
| Tom McIlwee | DB | 6-0 | 182 | 23 | none | |||
| Hartwell Menefee | DB-RB | 6-1 | 198 | 24 | New Mexico State | |||
| Carlos Mont'Alverne | K | 5-9 | 181 | 27 | none | |||
| Jim Moran | DT | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Idaho | |||
| John Ostrowski | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Baltimore City CC | |||
| Bobby Post | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Merchant Marine | |||
| Chic Rader | LB | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Scranton | |||
| Leo Ratamess | DT | 6-3 | 275 | 23 | Buffalo | |||
| Ben Rizzo | TE | 5-11 | 205 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | |||
| Barry Roach | DB-RB | 5-10 | 178 | 22 | East Stroudsburg | |||
| Billy Joe Rudelitsch | RB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Wake Forest | |||
| Jim Scott | 84 | SE-FL | 5-9 | 165 | 27 | Bluefield State | ||
| Ty Simpson | DB | 6-1 | 187 | 24 | Texas Southern | |||
| Dick Souels | FL | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Winston-Salem State | |||
| Al Spillett | G | 6-0 | 232 | 27 | Syracuse | |||
| Randy Staten | LOG | 6-1 | 240 | 22 | Minnesota | |||
| Bill Stetzar | C | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | none | |||
| Chris Stetzar | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Arizona State | |||
| Reinhart Summerfield | K | 5-11 | 230 | 31 | East Stroudsburg | |||
| John Sweat | DE | 6-2 | 223 | 23 | none | |||
| Bruce Tarbox | T | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Syracuse | |||
| Owen Thomas | OG | 6-1 | 255 | 24 | Northern Oklahoma JC; New Mexico State | |||
| Bob Timberlake | QB | 6-4 | 220 | 23 | Michigan | |||
| Mel Traylor | DB | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Morris Brown | |||
| Joe Wellborn | C | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | Texas A&M | |||
| Clarence Wiggins | FL-DB | 6-0 | 207 | 24 | Morris Brown | |||
| Lou Williams | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 24 | Shaw | |||
| Jim Wilson | OT-OG | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Ithaca | |||
| Ted Zahorbenski | ROG | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | Southern Illinois | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 17 | 61 | 45 | 37 | 160 |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 76 | 67 | 109 | 308 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Mont'Alverne | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 38 | ||||
| Wally Baden | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Steve Bowman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Bob Coolbaugh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Rick Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bobby Cheeks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dave Mathieson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Hartwell Menefee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 20 | 17 | 20 | 85.0 | 7 | 1 | 160 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 36 | 40 | 90.0 | 10 | 1 | 308 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Bowman | 118 | 581 | 4.9 | 3 | |
| Wally Baden | 5 | ||||
| Bobby Cheeks | 1 | ||||
| Dave Mathieson | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 10 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Post | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| John DeNoia | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Dave Mathieson | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 18 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Coolbaugh | 4 | ||||
| Rick Jackson | 2 | ||||
| Wally Baden | 1 | ||||
| Steve Bowman | 1 | ||||
| Hartwell Menefee | 1 | ||||
| Jim Scott | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 10 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Fritz | 45 | 34.8 | 47 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
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