1973 Bridgeport Jets (ACFL)

1st place Southern Division 11-1-0 .917

Dick Connors	Assistant Coach
Matt Snell	Assistant Coach
Jack Sturm	Backfield

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/25/1973	A	New England Colonials	7-15	L	Lynn, MA	Manning Bowl
Fri	8/31/1973	H	Hartford Knights	19-17	W	Bridgeport, CT	John F. Kennedy Stadium	7462
Fri	9/7/1973	H	Western Massachusetts Pioneers	45-13	W	Bridgeport, CT	John F. Kennedy Stadium	6000
Sat	9/15/1973	A	New York Crusaders	33-0	W	Mount Vernon, NY	Memorial Stadium	2500
Fri	9/21/1973	H	Long Island Chiefs	34-30	W	Bridgeport, CT	John F. Kennedy Stadium	7480
Fri	9/28/1973	H	New York Crusaders	38-0	W	Bridgeport, CT	John F. Kennedy Stadium	8474
Sat	10/6/1973	A	Hartford Knights	10-7	W	Hartford, CT	Dillon Stadium	6960
Fri	10/12/1973	H	Long Island Chiefs	28-0	W	Bridgeport, CT	John F. Kennedy Stadium	4800
Fri	10/19/1973	A	New England Colonials	9-19	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	3074
Fri	10/26/1973	H	New York Crusaders	24-3	W	Bridgeport, CT	John F. Kennedy Stadium	4600
Sat	11/3/1973	A	Western Massachusetts Pioneers	44-20	W	Holyoke, MA	MacKenzie Stadium	100
Fri	11/9/1973	H	New England Colonials	37-31	W	Bridgeport, CT	John F. Kennedy Stadium	6000
Sat	11/17/1973	A	New York Crusaders		W	Mount Vernon, NY	Memorial Stadium
League Championship
Fri	11/23/1973	H	New England Colonials	17-41	L	Bridgeport, CT	John F. Kennedy Stadium	10716

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
11/17/1973	New York Crusaders	Forfeit

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
24	Steve Banks	DB	5-11	185	23	Toledo
	Ray Baylor	DT	6-5	263	26	Texas Southern
30	Doug Blake	RB	6-1	220	23	Princeton
20	Tom Bonnell	RB	5-9	190	23	Mesa CC; Northridge State
81	Brad Bradley	LB	6-3	205	25	Columbia
	Frank Brown	DE	6-4	260	29	Albany State
	Jim Bulger	QB	6-5	227	23	Notre Dame
	Leon Campbell	TE	6-3	220	24	Toledo
85	Chuck Cornell	WR	6-2	190	23	Bridgeport
10	Frank DiMaggio	QB	6-1	210	23	Temple
45	Tom Duncan	DB	6-0	195	23	Toledo
75	Tom Eibensteiner	OT	6-1	255	23	Naugatuck Valley CC
56	Bob English	LB	6-1	225	28	Texas Southern
82	Jim Evans	DE	6-3	225	23	South Carolina State
88	Dennis Fabian	WR	6-1	185	23	Graceland
	Ed Flynn	OT	6-5	255		Newberry
87	Manny Francisco	LB	6-1	225	23	New Jersey City
50	Steve Frank	C	6-1	255	23	Bridgeport
11	Butch Gentry	K	5-10	192	23	Tennessee Tech
72	Charlie Hayes	OT	6-4	270	26	Weber State
47	Wayne Herrmann	DB	6-1	200	25	Waynesburg
35	Luther Howard	DB	6-1	180	22	Delaware State
31	Levon Johnson	RB	6-0	210	24	Alabama A&M
79	Bob Karmelowicz	DT	6-1	245	24	Bridgeport
	Jim Kendrick	WR	5-11	175		none
	Joe Kendrick	DB	6-3	185		none
75	Joe Lomickey	OT	6-3	245	24	New Jersey City
86	Al Mastroianni	LB	6-2	210	22	Bridgeport
57	Judge Mattocks	LB	6-4	200	22	North Carolina
41	Pete Mills	DB	5-11	185	31	Coffeyville CC; Wichita State
80	Tom Morgan	WR	5-11	180	27	none
42	Ron Murray	DB	6-2	195	23	Findlay
83	Jim Newton	DE	6-3	265	23	Virginia State
12	Les Obie	QB	5-11	184	33	Santa Rosa JC; Trinity (Texas)
67	Lonnie Paige	OT	6-1	255	27	North Carolina Central
	Ed Petras	DT	6-1	250		Bloomsburg
	Len Pettigrew	DE	6-4	240	25	Ashland
17	Lou Piccone	WR	5-8	184	24	West Liberty
51	Jim Quinn	LB	6-0	210	27	Bridgeport
76	Walt Rae	OG	6-1	240	24	William Paterson
	Gene Schaeffer	C	6-3	250	25	Bridgeport
	Joe Schwartz	RB	6-1	205	23	Toledo
22	Don Shanklin	WR	5-9	175	27	Kansas
48	Curt Sparks	DB	6-2	185	23	Tuskegee
	Rich Szaro	K	5-11	204	25	Harvard
29	Lou Szucs	K	5-8	165	25	none
77	Ed Thomas	DT	6-3	245	24	Lebanon Valley
46	John Vignone	DB	6-0	190	29	Susquehanna
64	Wayne Whye	OG	6-3	250	23	Maryland-Eastern Shore
	Dave Wright	G	6-4	243	24	Xavier (Ohio)

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	70	96	69	86
Opponents Totals	13	43	61	23

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	SAF	PTS
Don Shanklin	9	0			0	0	54
Chuck Cornell	8	0			0	0	48
Rich Szaro	0	21			9	0	48
Lou Piccone	7	0			0	0	42
Butch Gentry	0	15			4	0	27
Doug Blake	4	0			0	0	24
Joe Schwartz	3	0			0	0	18
Ed Thomas	2	0			0	0	12
Steve Banks	1	0			0	0	6
Tom Bonnell	1	0			0	0	6
Jim Bulger	1	0			0	0	6
Frank DiMaggio	1	0			0	0	6
Luther Howard	1	0			0	0	6
Art Mastroianni	1	0			0	0	6
Judge Mattocks	1	0			0	0	6
Len Pettigrew	0	0			0	1	2
Jim Quinn	0	0			0	1	2
(Unidentified)	0	0			0	1	2
Team Totals	40	36	40	90.0	13	3	321
Opponents Totals	18	14	18	77.8	6	0	140

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Doug Blake	125	484	3.9	3
Joe Schwartz				2
Tom Bonnell				1
Jim Bulger				1
Frank DiMaggio				1
Lou Piccone				1
Team Totals				9
Opponents Totals				7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Frank DiMaggio	123	63	51.2	54	1064	8.7	16.9	10	8.1	6	4.9	87.6
Jim Bulger								6
Les Obie								5
Team Totals								21
Opponents Totals								10

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Chuck Cornell	37	517	14.0	8
Don Shanklin	36	746	20.7	8
Lou Piccone				3
Doug Blake				1
Joe Schwartz				1
Team Totals				21
Opponents Totals				10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Steve Banks	5	114	22.8	1
Bob English	5	29	5.8	0
Ed Thomas				1
Team Totals				2
Opponents Totals				0

PUNTING	NO	AVG	LG
Butch Gentry	35	36.3	60
Team Totals
Opponents Totals

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	TD
Lou Piccone	22	296	13.5	2
Don Shanklin				1
Team Totals				3
Opponents Totals				0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lou Piccone						1
Team Totals						1
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Al Mastroianni							1
Judge Mattocks							1
Team Totals							2
Opponents Totals							1