1967 Wheeling Ironmen (COFL)

3rd place Atlantic South Division 5-9-0 .357

Dan Bland	Assistant Coach
Lou Blumling	Assistant Coach
Dan McGrew	Assistant Coach
Bob Snyder	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/6/1967	H	Akron Vulcans	28-34	L		Moundsville, WV	Moundsville High School Stadium	5125
Sat	8/12/1967	A	Norfolk Neptunes	28-24	W	OT	Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	6313
Sat	8/19/1967	A	Orlando Panthers	14-35	L		Orlando, FL	Tangerine Bowl	6112
Sat	8/26/1967	A	Hartford Charter Oaks	17-30	L		Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	5791
Sun	9/3/1967	H	Charleston Rockets	30-28	W		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	7551
Thu	9/7/1967	A	Toronto Rifles		W		Toronto, ON	Varsity Stadium
Sun	9/17/1967	H	Akron Vulcans	28-21	W		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	6369
Sun	9/24/1967	A	Montreal Beavers	16-17	L		Verdun, QC	Beaver Stadium	5881
Sun	10/1/1967	H	Hartford Charter Oaks	21-10	W		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	4825
Sat	10/7/1967	A	Norfolk Neptunes	14-34	L		Norfolk, VA	Foreman Field	11077
Sun	10/8/1967	A	Akron Vulcans		-		Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl
Sun	10/15/1967	A	Charleston Rockets	0-20	L		Charleston, WV
Sun	10/22/1967	H	Norfolk Neptunes	27-37	L		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	4795
Sun	10/29/1967	H	Charleston Rockets	0-75	L		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	3955
Sat	11/4/1967	A	Orlando Panthers	31-24	W		Orlando, FL	Tangerine Bowl	7688
Sun	11/12/1967	H	Montreal Beavers	14-17	L		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	2900
Sun	11/19/1967	A	Charleston Rockets	12-40	L		Charleston, WV	Laidley Field
Thu	11/23/1967	H	Orlando Panthers	41-42	L		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	2353
Sun	11/26/1967	H	Toronto Rifles		-		Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Game Score Notes
9/7/1967	Toronto Rifles	Forfeit
10/1/1967	Hartford Charter Oaks	Moved from 10/15
10/7/1967	Norfolk Neptunes	Moved frpm 11/4
10/8/1967	Akron Vulcans	Canceled
10/22/1967	Norfolk Neptunes	Postponed from 10/1
11/4/1967	Orlando Panthers	Postponed from 10/21
11/23/1967	Orlando Panthers	Postponed from 10/29
11/26/1967	Toronto Rifles	Canceled

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
70	Ernie Adams	ROG	5-11	263	22	Central State (Ohio)
	Mike Barnes	T	6-3	240	22	Purdue
27	Fred Bristo	FL	6-0	184	23	Tennessee State
88	Ray Cahill	OE	6-5	200		Southern California
10	Ed Chlebek	QB	5-11	175	27	Western Michigan
34	Jim Cunningham	MLB	5-11	221	28	Pittsburgh
54	Don Donatelli	C	6-2	250	27	Florida State
26	Herm Driver	OE	5-11	174	24	Texas Southern
22	Rick Duncan	K	6-0	208	27	Montana State-Billings; Los Angeles Pierce JC
84	Bob Dunlevy	SE	6-5	220	23	West Virginia
80	John Embree	SE	6-4	201	23	none
30/21	Chuck Forrest	LCB-K-QB	5-11	190	24	Tennessee; Murray State
	John Foruria	QB	6-2	205	23	Idaho
30	Tommy Francisco	HB	6-1	205	22	Virginia Tech
73	Dennis Furjanic	RDE	6-3	255	23	Houston
22	George Hale	DB	6-0	188	27	Ohio State
60	Burkley Harkless	LB	6-1	233	22	Wharton County JC; North Texas
84	Tony Jeter	TE	6-3	222	23	Nebraska
64	Bob Jones	ROT	6-1	236	26	Nebraska
15	Berney Keszler	QB	6-1	208	24	Del Mar JC; Central Oklahoma
61	Darryl Lesser	LOG	6-2	245	23	Washburn
36	Roger Lopes	FB	5-11	220	24	Michigan State
85	Curt Lucas	TE	6-5	247	30	none
45	Jerry Marion	FL	5-10	175	23	Wyoming
71	Owen McKay	DE-DT	6-2	225	25	Florida A&M
	Larry Middlebrook	DT	6-7	280	23	Jackson State
20	Pete Mills	RCB	5-11	185	25	Coffeyville CC; Wichita State
65	Jerry Moore	RLB	6-0	255	26	Bethune-Cookman
89	Bill Olsavsky	RLB-P	6-0	210	28	Indiana
78	Joe Pabian	RDT	6-3	280	24	West Virginia
67	Leon Pagac	LOG	6-2	230	27	Tulsa
47	Don Pettis	SS	6-1	180	23	Allen
7	Buddy Pfaadt	WS	6-1	190	23	Eastern Kentucky
77	Jim Russell	LOT	6-4	246	24	none
21	Ron Skosnik	QB-P	6-2	198	24	North Carolina State
74	Roger Smith	LDT	6-3	255	23	Stockton JC; Fresno State
	Bob Sondergaard	DT	6-3	260	24	Worthington JC; Yankton
46	Clyde Thomas	HB	5-10	187	27	Ohio University
50	Bob Tubbs	C	6-1	250	26	none
60	Bob Tubbs	LLB	6-2	235	22	Northwestern
	Ernie Wade	OG	5-11	270		Central State (Ohio)
31	Merlin Walet	FB	5-11	225	24	Louisiana State; McNeese State
44	Larry Zunich	HB	6-1	210	22	Richmond

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

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

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Roger Lopes	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
John Embree	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Chuck Forrest	0	15	16	93.8	5	9	55.6	0	30
Jerry Marion	5	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	0	30
Rick Duncan	0	9	10	90.0	1	7	14.3	0	12
Pete Mills	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Merlin Walet	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Larry Zunich	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ed Chlebek	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Herm Driver	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tommy Francisco	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tony Jeter	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Curt Lucas	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Clyde Thomas	0	5	5	100.0	0	0		0	5
Team Totals	34	29	34	85.3	6	18	33.3	0	251
Opponents Totals	52	44	52	84.6	11			3	395

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Roger Lopes	173	525	3.0	44	9
Clyde Thomas	74	230	3.1	19	0
Tommy Francisco	32	153	4.8	60	1
Larry Zunich	33	136	4.1	37	1
Ron Skosnik	10	123	12.3	43	0
Merlin Walet	34	99	2.9	19	2
John Embree	6	88	14.7	25	0
Chuck Forrest	1	8	8.0	8	0
Herm Driver	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Ed Chlebek	9	-11	-1.2	1	1
Team Totals	373	1348	3.6	60	14
Opponents Totals					16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Ed Chlebek	240	126	52.5	105	1241	5.2	9.8	67	11	4.6	9	3.8	67.0
Ron Skosnik	68	25	36.8	35	466	6.9	18.6	81	6	8.8	8	11.8	51.1
Chuck Forrest	17	3	17.6	12	40	2.4	13.3	19	0	0.0	2	11.8	0.0
Berney Keszler	5	1	20.0	4	4	0.8	4.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Roger Lopes	4	2	50.0	2	88	22.0	44.0	79	1	25.0	0	0.0	135.4
Bill Olsavsky	1	1	100.0	0	20	20.0	20.0	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	118.8
John Embree	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	336	158	47.0	159	1859	5.5	11.8		18	5.4	19	5.7	58.6
Opponents Totals									32

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Embree	37	702	19.0	81	8
Jerry Marion	28	358	12.8	79	5
Tony Jeter	28	288	10.3	39	1
Clyde Thomas	13	59	4.5	26	0
Roger Lopes	10	77	7.7	22	1
Tommy Francisco	10	15	1.5	22	0
Curt Lucas	9	156	17.3	55	1
Larry Zunich	7	42	6.0	18	1
Merlin Walet	5	43	8.6	15	0
Herm Driver	3	67	22.3		1
Pete Mills	1	20	20.0	20	0
Buddy Pfaadt	1	20	20.0	20	0
Bob Dunlevy	1	7	7.0	7	0
Rick Duncan	1	4	4.0	4	0
Bill Olsavsky	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ray Cahill	1	1	1.0	1	0
Fred Bristo	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ed Chlebek	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	158	1859	11.8	81	18
Opponents Totals					32

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fred Bristo	8	2	0.3	2	0
Don Pettis	5	48	9.6	24	0
Buddy Pfaadt	4	49	12.3	30	0
Jim Cunningham	2	28	14.0	28	0
Pete Mills	2	4	2.0	4	0
Chuck Forrest	1	2	2.0	2	0
Jerry Moore	0	17		17L	0
Team Totals	22	150	6.8	30	0
Opponents Totals

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Bill Olsavsky	53	2045	38.6	72	1
Ron Skosnik	16	630	39.4	58	0
Rick Duncan	14	501	35.8	58	0
Team Totals	83	3176	38.3	72	1
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jerry Marion	8	4	85	10.6	37	0
Chuck Forrest	3	0	26	8.7	16	0
Fred Bristo	1	0	7	7.0	7	0
Bob Tubbs	1	0	6	6.0	6	0
Pete Mills	6	2	26	4.3	13	0
Don Pettis	10	0	34	3.4	14	0
Buddy Pfaadt	2	1	2	1.0	1	0
Tommy Francisco	1	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	32	8	187	5.8	37	0
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Clyde Thomas	22	500	22.7	39	0
Pete Mills	16	329	20.6	42	0
Roger Lopes	14	276	19.7	62	0
Chuck Forrest	4	67	16.8	28	0
Larry Zunich	4	65	16.3	30	0
Bob Dunlevy	2	20	10.0	12	0
Tommy Francisco	2	18	9.0	11	0
Ernie Adams	2	0	0.0	0	0
Fred Bristo	1	10	10.0	10	0
Bill Olsavsky	1	9	9.0	9	0
Darryl Lesser	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jim Russell	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	70	1294	18.5	62	0
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals