1968 Hartford Knights (ACFL) |
1st place • Northern Division • 11-1-0 .917 |
Head Coach: Fred Wallner |
Bill Boehle | Assistant Coach |
Roger LeClerc | Assistant Coach |
John Maher | Assistant Coach |
Frank Toro | Assistant Coach |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/17/1968 | H | Richmond Roadrunners | 23-0 | W | Holyoke, MA | 5000 | ||
Sat | 8/24/1968 | H | Lowell Giants | 27-6 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 4500 | |
Sat | 8/31/1968 | H | Westchetser Bulls | 7-3 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 6000 | |
Sat | 9/7/1968 | A | Pottstown Firebirds | 13-7 | W | Pottstown, PA | Franklin Field | 6150 | |
Sat | 9/14/1968 | H | Lowell Giants | 34-13 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 9500 | |
Sat | 9/21/1968 | A | Harrisburg Capitol Colts | 31-0 | W | Harrisburg, PA | New Island Park | 6280 | |
Sat | 9/28/1968 | H | Richmond Roadrunners | 20-17 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 11000 | |
Sat | 10/5/1968 | H | Westchester Bulls | 41-7 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 9000 | |
Sat | 10/12/1968 | A | Richmond Roadrunners | 24-27 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 10000 | |
Sun | 10/20/1968 | A | Lowell Giants | 32-26 | W | Lowell, MA | Cawley Memorial Stadium | 1200 | |
Sat | 10/26/1968 | H | Bridgeport Jets | 19-17 | W | Hartford, CT | 8500 | ||
Fri | 11/1/1968 | A | Bridgeport Jets | 37-7 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 11221 | |
Sat | 11/9/1968 | H | Harrisburg Capitol Colts | 26-7 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 8000 | |
Sat | 11/16/1968 | H | Pottstown Firebirds | 35-21 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 5200 | |
Sat | 11/23/1968 | A | Westchester Bulls | 21-17 | W | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Stadium | 10626 | |
League Championship | |||||||||
Sat | 11/30/1968 | H | Virginia Sailors | 30-17 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 10179 |
Schedule Notes | ||
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10/20/1968 | Lowell Giants | Postponed from 10/19 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Wes Bean | 63 | LLB-K-P | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Grambling State | ||
Dave Bennett | 11 | QB | 6-4 | 200 | 23 | Springfield | ||
Terry Best | 20 | SE | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | none | ||
Dick Bowman | 71 | LDT | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Syracuse | ||
Dave Brockmeyer | 83 | TE | 6-1 | 235 | 28 | Jones County JC; Louisiana College | ||
Dick Brown | ||||||||
Jack Calcaterra | 60 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Purdue | ||
Dick Carlson | C | 6-2 | 250 | Arkansas State | ||||
Paul Catino | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 22 | Southern Connecticut State | |||
Ernie Colquette | 62 | ROG-LOG | 6-1 | 232 | 27 | Tulane | ||
Nick DeFelice | 75 | ROT | 6-3 | 250 | 28 | Southern Connecticut State | ||
Wes DuBois | 26 | RS | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | Dean JC; Bridgeport | ||
Dick Faucette | 42 | QB | 6-0 | 197 | 21 | Dayton | ||
Dennis Fitzgibbons | 72 | LOT | 6-1 | 260 | 22 | Syracuse | ||
Gene Gollareny | 64 | LOG | 6-1 | 250 | 32 | Buffalo; Trinity (Texas) | ||
Len Griffin | 85 | SE | 6-2 | 193 | 25 | Grambling State | ||
Marv Hubbard | 30 | FB | 6-1 | 224 | 22 | Colgate | ||
Lew Irvin | 73 | LDT | 5-11 | 247 | 27 | Virginia State | ||
Gene Jackson | 82 | LDE | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Phoenix JC; Texas-El Paso | ||
Wayne Kruger | 50 | C | 6-1 | 218 | 23 | Garden City CC | ||
John Lee | 31 | LS | 6-1 | 192 | Linfield | |||
Dick Leftridge | LB | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | West Virginia | |||
Bill Lesinski | 61 | MLB | 6-1 | 217 | 26 | Boston University | ||
Ken Luciani | 21 | RS-LS-RCB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Connecticut | ||
Fran Mallick | 84 | RDE | 6-2 | 245 | 27 | none | ||
Ron McCauley | 23 | HB | 5-10 | 188 | 27 | Indiana; Palo Verde JC; Los Angeles State | ||
Mel Meeks | 32 | HB-FB | 6-1 | 215 | 31 | none | ||
Bob Mirabelle | 24 | RCB | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Norwich | ||
LeRoy Moore | 88 | DE | 6-0 | 231 | 33 | Fort Valley State | ||
Tom Morris | 40 | HB | 6-0 | 208 | 25 | Idaho | ||
Chuck Munford | RB | 5-10 | 210 | 31 | none | |||
John Naponick | 77 | LOT-ROT | 6-10 | 300 | 22 | Virginia | ||
Bob Risley | LB | 5-11 | 195 | Central Connecticut State | ||||
Tom Rowland | 22 | LCB | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Illinois College | ||
Tom Rychlec | 80 | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 34 | American International | ||
Bob Shemeth | 86 | LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Defiance | ||
Bob Sherlag | 44 | FL | 6-0 | 197 | 25 | Memphis | ||
Howie Small | 54 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Rhode Island | ||
Bob Soleau | 65 | LLB | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | William & Mary | ||
Bob Stohrer | 87 | SE | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Rutgers | ||
Otis Thomas | 51 | RLB | 5-11 | 210 | 21 | Columbia Basin JC; Idaho State | ||
Hal Vasvari | DB | 5-11 | 207 | 24 | Springfield | |||
Johnnie Wardlaw | 81 | SE-FL | 6-4 | 204 | 31 | North Carolina A&T State | ||
Manch Wheeler | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 29 | Maine | ||
Bruce Williams | 74 | RDT | 6-2 | 268 | 22 | Wisconsin |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 65 | 99 | 83 | 86 | 333 |
Opponents Totals | 16 | 40 | 38 | 72 | 166 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mel Meeks | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||||
Wes Bean | 0 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 77 | ||||
Terry Best | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
Marv Hubbard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
Bob Sherlag | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
Tom Morris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
John Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Ron McCauley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Tom Rowland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Tom Rychlec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Bob Stohrer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Johnnie Wardlaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Manch Wheeler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Fran Mallick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Team Totals | 42 | 32 | 42 | 76.2 | 15 | 2 | 333 | ||
Opponents Totals | 22 | 19 | 22 | 86.4 | 5 | 0 | 166 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marv Hubbard | 167 | 899 | 5.4 | 48 | 5 |
Mel Meeks | 192 | 827 | 4.3 | 37 | 15 |
Ron McCauley | 52 | 191 | 3.7 | 21 | 0 |
Tom Morris | 23 | 125 | 5.4 | 25 | 3 |
Dick Faucette | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
Dick Leftridge | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Chuck Munford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Manch Wheeler | 10 | -11 | -1.1 | 3 | 1 |
Team Totals | 24 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 5 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manch Wheeler | 176 | 69 | 39.2 | 95 | 1244 | 7.1 | 18.0 | 67t | 9 | 5.1 | 12 | 6.8 | 52.8 | |||
Dick Faucette | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 12 | 128 | 6.4 | 16.0 | 35t | 3 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 101.7 | |||
Ron McCauley | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 4 | 112 | 14.0 | 56.0 | 59t | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 79.2 | |||
Dave Bennett | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 9 | 57 | 3.8 | 19.0 | 34 | 1 | 6.7 | 3 | 20.0 | 25.6 | |||
Wes Bean | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56.3 | |||
Team Totals | 15 | |||||||||||||||
Opponents Totals | 17 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Best | 17 | 483 | 28.4 | 44 | 5 |
Bob Sherlag | 17 | 350 | 20.6 | 59 | 5 |
Marv Hubbard | 13 | 140 | 10.8 | 67t | 1 |
Mel Meeks | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
Tom Rychlec | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 25 | 1 |
Bob Stohrer | 6 | 140 | 23.3 | 35 | 1 |
Johnnie Wardlaw | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 20 | 1 |
Ron McCauley | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 23 | 1 |
Dave Brockmeyer | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 34 | 0 |
Len Griffin | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
Tom Morris | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Manch Wheeler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 15 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 17 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Rowland | 6 | 140 | 23.3 | 63 | 1 |
Wes Dubois | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 45 | 0 |
Ottis Thomas | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 36 | 0 |
John Lee | 1 | 68 | 68.0 | 68 | 0 |
Bob Risley | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Fran Mallick | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Wes Bean | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Bob Mirabelle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 1 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wes Bean | 27 | 823 | 30.5 | 61 | ||||||
Team Totals | ||||||||||
Opponents Totals |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Lee | 17 | 235 | 13.8 | 72 | 1 | |
Terry Best | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 76 | 1 | |
Ron McCauley | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 2 | |||||
Opponents Totals | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Lee | 17 | 419 | 24.6 | 62 | 0 | |
Ron McCauley | 6 | 137 | 22.8 | 36 | 0 | |
Terry Best | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 52 | 0 | |
Dick Brown | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 | |
Bob Shemeth | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
Gene Jackson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
Dick Leftridge | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
Tom Rychlec | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 0 | |||||
Opponents Totals | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
Opponents Totals | 0 |
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