1971 Bridgeport Jets (ACFL) |
| 3rd place • 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Ray Mathews |
| Dick Connors | Defensive Assistant |
| Joe Orsene | Offensive Line |
| Allan Webb | Defensive |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/31/1971 | H | New York Jets Rookies | 7-27 | L | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 8300 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1971 | A | Roanoke Buckskins | 42-17 | W | Roanoke, VA | Victory Stadium | 9000 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1971 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | 7-10 | L | OT | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 750 |
| Sat | 9/4/1971 | A | Hartford Knights | 21-15 | W | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 7400 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1971 | H | Roanoke Buckskins | 24-20 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 7400 | |
| Fri | 9/17/1971 | H | Hartford Knights | 27-24 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 8200 | |
| Sat | 9/25/1971 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 10-30 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 15000 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1971 | A | Roanoke Buckskins | 21-31 | L | Roanoke, VA | Victory Stadium | 2250 | |
| Fri | 10/8/1971 | H | Norfolk Neptunes | 13-34 | L | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 7000 | |
| Sat | 10/16/1971 | A | Hartford Knights | 21-37 | L | Hartford, CT | Dillon Stadium | 9300 | |
| Fri | 10/22/1971 | H | Roanoke Buckskins | 37-3 | W | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 3500 | |
| Fri | 10/29/1971 | H | Hartford Knights | 7-41 | L | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sat | 11/6/1971 | A | Norfolk Neptunes | 28-31 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 8134 | |
| Sat | 11/13/1971 | A | Roanoke Buckskins | 14-53 | L | Roanoke, VA | Victory Stadium | 2000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Wes Bean | K-P | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Grambling State | 3 | 0 | |
| Harold Bell | OT | 6-4 | 271 | 22 | Morgan State | |||
| Terry Best | WR | 6-1 | 180 | 27 | none | |||
| Greg Bogdanich | LDT | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Rhode Island | |||
| Tom Boozer | P | 6-1 | 195 | none | 0 | |||
| Frank Brown | RDE | 6-4 | 260 | 27 | Albany State | |||
| Frank Catalano | DT | 6-4 | 270 | 23 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | |||
| Paul Catino | LOT | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Southern Connecticut State | |||
| John Crisp | TE | 6-4 | 205 | 23 | Connecticut | |||
| Don Denton | LB | |||||||
| Wes DuBois | SS-FS | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Dean JC; Bridgeport | |||
| Danny Dyches | OL | 6-5 | 252 | 22 | South Carolina | |||
| Lloyd Edwards | LDE | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Los Angeles Harbor JC; San Diego State | |||
| John Farrelly | MLB | 6-1 | 215 | Massachusetts | ||||
| Don Fitzgerald | FB | 6-0 | 215 | 25 | Kent State | |||
| Andy Fusco | G | 6-1 | 255 | 23 | Syracuse | |||
| Tony Garay | OG | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Hofstra | |||
| Greg George | WR | 5-11 | 164 | Connecticut | ||||
| Bill Gibson | LB-DE | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Delaware State | |||
| Joe Ginnetti | C | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Southern Connecticut State | |||
| Charlie Hayes | OT | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Weber State | |||
| Wayne Herrmann | SS | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Waynesburg | |||
| Darryl Hill | OL | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | Boston University | |||
| LeVell Hill | RB-WR | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Langston | |||
| John Huntley | QB | 5-11 | 190 | Waynesburg | ||||
| Charlie Johnson | LB | 6-2 | 230 | Parsons | ||||
| Dave Kelso | TE | 6-1 | 187 | none | ||||
| Ed Lawson | WR | 6-2 | 182 | 24 | Morris Brown | |||
| George Little | LB | 6-1 | 212 | 24 | Auburn; Troy | |||
| Ken Little | RLB | 6-3 | 235 | Michigan State | ||||
| Rick Lolotai | LOG | 6-1 | 255 | 22 | Yale | |||
| Don Martin | CB | 5-11 | 187 | 22 | Yale | |||
| Milt Mason | RB | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | Norfolk State | |||
| Curt McBarnette | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | none | ||||
| Fred McCauley | WR-RB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | none | |||
| Carmine Melignano | OL | 6-1 | 232 | 35 | none | |||
| Don Milan | QB | 6-3 | 196 | 22 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | |||
| Pete Mills | LCB | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | Coffeyville CC; Wichita State | |||
| Kevin Mooney | DE | 6-5 | 240 | 23 | South Carolina | |||
| Dock Mosley | RB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Alcorn State | |||
| Warren Negri | LB | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Rhode Island | |||
| Willie Nelson | S | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Purdue | |||
| Les Obie | QB | 5-11 | 184 | 31 | Santa Rosa JC; Trinity (Texas) | |||
| Al Pearman | WR | 5-11 | 198 | 25 | Colgate | |||
| Jim Quinn | LLB | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Bridgeport | |||
| Tom Rowland | S-RCB | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Illinois College | |||
| Gene Schaeffer | OG | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Bridgeport | |||
| Don Shanklin | WR | 5-9 | 175 | 25 | Kansas | |||
| Jeff Steinberger | DT | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Rockland CC; Monmouth (Illinois) | |||
| Lou Szucs | K | 5-8 | 165 | 23 | none | 0 | ||
| Harry Theofiledes | QB | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | Waynesburg | |||
| Ed Thomas | ROT | 6-3 | 245 | 22 | Lebanon Valley | |||
| John Thomas | RDT | 6-4 | 255 | none | ||||
| John Vignone | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Susquehanna | |||
| Darrick Warner | RB | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Bridgeport | |||
| Dick Washington | S-P | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Bethune-Cookman | |||
| Jim Williams | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Virginia State | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 45 | 54 | 84 | 0 | 230 |
| Opponents Totals | 74 | 83 | 67 | 92 | 3 | 329 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Shanklin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Lou Szucs | 0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 34 | ||||
| John Crisp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Ed Lawson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Harry Theofiledes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Milt Mason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Dock Mosley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Darrick Warner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Wes Bean | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Terry Best | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Wes DuBois | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ed Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Vignone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 31 | 29 | 31 | 93.5 | 5 | 0 | 230 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 35 | 40 | 87.5 | 16 | 3 | 329 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Theofiledes | 4 | ||||
| Milt Mason | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Theofiledes | 360 | 167 | 46.4 | 167 | 2151 | 6.0 | 12.9 | 61 | 15 | 4.2 | 26 | 7.2 | 49.4 | |||
| Les Obie | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Shanklin | 45 | 698 | 15.5 | 61 | 5 |
| Milt Mason | 34 | 200 | 5.9 | 27 | 1 |
| John Crisp | 30 | 428 | 14.3 | 29 | 5 |
| Ed Lawson | 4 | ||||
| Terry Best | 1 | ||||
| Darrick Warner | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 17 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes DuBois | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 0 | |
| Jim Quinn | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 4 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Washington | 21 | 632 | 32.8 | 57 | ||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrick Warner | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 87 | 1 | |
| Don Shanklin | 11 | 131 | 11.9 | 82 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dock Mosley | 20 | 542 | 27.1 | 97 | 2 | |
| Don Shanklin | 18 | 428 | 23.8 | 99 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes DuBois | 1 | ||||||
| Ed Thomas | 1 | ||||||
| John Vignone | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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