1969 Ohio Valley Ironmen (COFL)

3rd place Central Division 6-6-0 .500

Ed Chlebek	Assistant Coach
George Demko	Assistant Coach
Sam Fernandez	Assistant Coach
Buddy Pfaadt	Assistant Coach
Bob Tubbs	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/16/1969	H	Tri-Cities Apollos	40-17	W	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	7713
Sat	8/23/1969	A	Norfolk Neptunes	17-21	L	Norfolk, VA	Foreman Stadium	7141
Sun	8/31/1969	H	Orlando Panthers	14-7	W	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	9600
Sun	9/7/1969	H	Jersey Jays	31-19	W	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	5817
Sat	9/13/1969	A	Norfolk Neptunes	3-28	L	Norfolk, VA	Foreman Stadium	11389
Sat	9/20/1969	A	Tri-Cities Apollos	28-17	W	Midland, MI	Midland Stadium	794
Sun	9/28/1969	H	Chicago Owls	21-30	L	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	6200
Fri	10/3/1969	A	Jersey Jays	37-21	W	Newark, NJ	Schools Stadium	2084
Sat	10/11/1969	A	Omaha Mustangs	14-24	L	Omaha, NE	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	6520
Sun	10/19/1969	H	Indianapolis Capitols	27-20	W	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	4805
Sun	10/26/1969	H	Norfolk Neptunes	35-28	W	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	5880
Sun	11/2/1969	H	Tri-Cities Apollos	7-26	L	Wheeling, WV	Wheeling Island Stadium	4432
Sat	11/8/1969	A	Orlando Panthers	14-45	L	Orlando, FL	Tangerine Bowl	9600
Sat	11/15/1969	A	Indianapolis Capitols	14-48	L	Indianapolis, IN	Bush Stadium	6122

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
61	Ernie Adams	ROG	5-11	263	24	Central State (Ohio)
13	Jim Alcorn	QB	6-0	190	24	Bethany (West Virginia); Pittsburgh; Clarion
40	Bob Benjamin	SE-FL	5-9	180	26	Northwood
29	Fred Bristo	LCB	6-0	184	25	Tennessee State
84	Hubie Bryant	FL	5-10	168	23	Minnesota
80	Al Butler	DB-SE	6-3	220	24	Compton JC
74	Bernie Carney	OT	6-2	235	27	West Virginia
10	Ed Chlebek	QB	5-11	175	29	Western Michigan
34	Jim Cunningham	LB	5-11	221	30	Pittsburgh
46	John DeReggi	WR	5-9	175		Clarion
64	Dave Dice	OG	6-0	240	24	Miami (Florida)
54	Don Donatelli	C	6-2	250	29	Florida State
55	Sam Fernandez	MLB	5-11	205	29	Potomac State JC; Miami (Florida)
	John Ferraro	DB	5-10	190	23	Edinboro
30	Chuck Forrest	SS	5-11	190	26	Tennessee; Murray State
60/52	Frank Galloway	RLB	5-10	208	27	East Carolina
21	Pete Gialames	WR	5-9	175		California (Pennsylvania)
71	Bill Glennon	LDE	6-3	240	24	Washington
46	Jim Hollingsworth	P-SE	6-0	195	29	Mississippi; Louisiana College
85	Kenny Holmes	TE	6-3	232		West Liberty
70	Darryl Lesser	ROT	6-2	245	25	Washburn
85	Ken Liberto	WR	6-2	195	22	Louisiana Tech
89	Fred Malins	SE	6-2	217	25	Eastern Kentucky
81	Jerry Marion	FL-SE	5-10	175	25	Wyoming
36	Byron McCane	HB	6-0	213	23	Nebraska
73	Larry Middlebrook	DT	6-7	280	25	Jackson State
20	Pete Mills	RCB	5-11	185	27	Coffeyville CC; Wichita State
21	Walt Mitchell	RLB	6-1	245	22	South Carolina State
65	Jerry Moore	LOG	6-0	255	28	Bethune-Cookman
78	Joe Pabian	RDT	6-3	280	26	West Virginia
26	Dennis Penza	DB	5-10	185	32	St. Norbert
47	Don Pettis	WS	6-1	180	25	Allen
22	Buddy Pfaadt	SS	6-1	190	25	Eastern Kentucky
27	Mel Raine	RB	5-8	200	22	none
75	Jim Russell	LOT	6-4	246	26	none
77	Jack Schinderle	LDT	6-1	263	26	Michigan State
72	Dave Seiter	DE-DT	6-2	235	24	Bowling Green State
67	Jim Settles	LLB	6-1	222	23	Central State (Ohio)
41	Clyde Thomas	HB	5-10	187	29	Ohio University
50	Bob Tubbs	RDE	6-1	250	28	none
38	Merlin Walet	FB	5-11	225	26	Louisiana State; McNeese State
28	Allen Watson	K	5-10	165	25	Newport (Wales)
86	Jim Zamberlan	TE	6-2	220	23	Louisville
44	Larry Zunich	RB	6-1	210	24	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
Merlin Walet	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Allan Watson	0	32	32	100.0	7	20	35.0	0	53
Hubie Bryant	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Byron McCane	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Fred Malins	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Clyde Thomas	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jim Zamberlan	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Chuck Forrest	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ken Liberto	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jerry Marion	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Pete Mills	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jack Schinderle	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Larry Zunich	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	32	32	32	100.0	7	20	35.0	0	245
Opponents Totals									313

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Merlin Walet	180	673	3.7	27	9
Clyde Thomas	50	241	4.8	51	1
Byron McCane	67	200	3.0	20	3
Larry Zunich	33	105	3.2	11	0
Hubie Bryant	7	54	7.7	18	0
Ed Chlebek	13	20	1.5	9	0
Mel Raine	2	7	3.5	5	0
Jim Alcorn	4	7	1.8	3	0
Jerry Marion	2	2	1.0	3	0
Team Totals	358	1309	3.7	51	13
Opponents Totals

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Ed Chlebek	232	128	55.2	92	1598	6.9	12.5	74	11	4.7	12	5.2				71.0
Jim Alcorn	97	45	46.4	43	551	5.7	12.2	77	3	3.1	9	9.3				36.1
Clyde Thomas	5	1	20.0	4	11	2.2	11.0	11t	1	20.0	0	0.0				79.2
Jerry Marion	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0				0.0
Team Totals	335	174	51.9	139	2160	6.4	12.4	77	15	4.5	22	6.6	29	245	1915	59.6
Opponents Totals

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Hubie Bryant	43	657	15.3	51	7
Jim Zamberlan	30	291	9.7	25	2
Jerry Marion	24	372	15.5	41	1
Merlin Walet	17	140	8.2	74	0
Clyde Thomas	14	137	9.8	28	1
Larry Zunich	13	97	7.5	19	1
Fred Malins	11	156	14.2	54	2
Kenny Holmes	7	66	9.4	23	0
Bob Benjamin	5	56	11.2	22	0
Ken Liberto	4	130	32.5	77	1
Byron McCane	4	22	5.5	11	0
Pete Mills	1	21	21.0	21	0
Al Butler	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	174	2160	12.4	77	15
Opponents Totals

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pete Mills	6	106	17.7	69	1
Sam Fernandez	4	34	8.5	18	0
Don Pettis	3	40	13.3	19	0
Buddy Pfaadt	1	31	31.0	31	0
Hubie Bryant	1	20	20.0	20	0
Dennis Penza	1	20	20.0	20	0
Jack Schinderle	1	9	9.0	9	1
Chuck Forrest	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	18	358	19.9	69	2
Opponents Totals

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL
Jim Hollingsworth	62	2431	39.2	57	5
Team Totals	62	2431	39.2	57	5
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Hubie Bryant	3		54	18.0	51	0
Jerry Marion	3		27	9.0	20	0
Al Butler	6		44	7.3	18	0
Chuck Forrest	3		10	3.3	10	0
Bob Benjamin	5		14	2.8	6	0
Team Totals	20	11	149	7.5	51	0
Opponents Totals

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Hubie Bryant	23	527	22.9	82	1
Pete Mills	6	127	21.2	44	0
Clyde Thomas	6	78	13.0	26	0
Jerry Marion	5	104	20.8	26	0
Bryan McCane	5	72	14.4	24	0
Mel Raine	4	82	20.5	26	0
Bob Benjamin	2	33	16.5	20	0
Jim Cunningham	2	24	12.0	23	0
Al Butler	1	8	8.0	8	0
Kenny Holmes	1	5	5.0	5	0
Merlin Walet	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	56	1060	18.9	82	1
Opponents Totals

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Chuck Forrest							1
Team Totals							1
Opponents Totals