1944 Brooklyn Tigers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 0-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Frank Bridges (0-5)
Coach: Pete Cawthon (0-5)
Coach: Ed Kubale (0-5)
Location: Brooklyn, New York

1944 Brooklyn Tigers Roster
1944 Brooklyn Tigers Results

The Brooklyn Tigers of the National Football League ended the 1944 season with a record of 0 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.

Brooklyn struggled to score 69 points, worst in the circuit, while the defense yielded 166. Pug Manders ran for a team-leading 430 yards for the Tigers.

Charlie McGibbony passed for 262 yards, and Frank Sachse spent time under center, too. Bob Masterson hauled in 24 passes for 258 yards.

Frank Bridges, Pete Cawthon and Ed Kubale coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Charlie McGibbony	48	18	37.5	262	5.5	1	2.1	10	20.8	65	23.4
Frank Sachse	45	18	40.0	226	5.0	0	0.0	5	11.1	50	16.8
Cecil Johnson	25	10	40.0	193	7.7	2	8.0	4	16.0	58	54.7
Johnny Butler	23	8	34.8	107	4.7	0	0.0	1	4.3	30	32.3
Pug Manders	34	9	26.5	96	2.8	0	0.0	4	11.8	0	0.0
Kenny Fryer	24	9	37.5	91	3.8	0	0.0	2	8.3	25	14.4
Bill Brown	3	1	33.3	11	3.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	45.1
Frank Martin	1	1	100.0	7	7.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	95.8
Steve Marko	7	1	14.3	2	0.3	0	0.0	2	28.6	2	0.0
Bob Masterson	1	1	100.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	79.2
Ray Hare	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
John McMichaels	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	213	76	35.7	996	4.7	3	1.4	29	13.6	65

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Pug Manders	127	430	3.4	13	5
Ray Hare	72	196	2.7	36	0
Charlie McGibbony	26	81	3.1	27	0
Bill Reynolds	11	71	6.5	29	1
Johnny Butler	40	46	1.2	0	0
Cecil Johnson	30	41	1.4	19	0
Chuck Taylor	7	19	2.7	8	0
Frank Martin	11	18	1.6	10	0
Kenny Fryer	15	15	1.0	9	0
Frank Sachse	9	13	1.4	5	0
Bill Brown	4	10	2.5	3	0
Steve Marko	6	10	1.7	9	0
Bob Trocolor	3	8	2.7	5	0
John McMichaels	3	1	0.3	2	0
Tony Falkenstein	3	1	0.3	2	0
Totals	367	960	2.6	36	6

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bob Masterson	24	258	10.8	30	1
Joe Carter	13	143	11.0	45	0
Ray Hare	9	206	22.9	65	1
Andy Kowalski	9	155	17.2	58	1
Rocky Uguccioni	7	94	13.4	26	0
Pug Manders	6	78	13.0	30	0
Frank Martin	3	15	5.0	12	0
Chuck Taylor	2	22	11.0	18	0
Bill Brown	2	10	5.0	8	0
Bill LaFitte	1	15	15.0	15	0
Totals	76	996	13.1	65	3

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bruiser Kinard	9	9	100.0				9
Bob Masterson				5		0.0	0
Pug Manders				1		0.0	0
Totals	9	9	100.0	6	0	0.0	9

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Cecil Johnson	23	981	42.7	76
Johnny Butler	13	485	37.3	56
Joe Carter	9	325	36.1	45
Charlie McGibbony	8	294	36.8	55
Kenny Fryer	7	273	39.0	66
George Smith	6	223	37.2	52
Bob Masterson	4	136	34.0	46
John McMichaels	2	85	42.5	51
Vaughn Stewart	1	58	58.0	58
Bob Trocolor	1	10	10.0	10
Frank Martin	1	2	2.0	2
Totals	75	2872	38.3	76

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Cecil Johnson	7	102	14.6	27	0
Johnny Butler	6	77	12.8	20	0
Charlie McGibbony	5	66	13.2	19	0
Chuck Taylor	2	25	12.5	18	0
Frank Sachse	1	23	23.0	23	0
Bill Brown	2	16	8.0	9	0
Frank Martin	3	16	5.3	15	0
Rocky Uguccioni	1	12	12.0	12	1
Bill Reynolds	1	12	12.0	12	0
John McMichaels	1	5	5.0	5	0
Ray Hare	2	5	2.5	5	0
Totals	31	359	11.6	27	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Pug Manders	11	227	20.6	35
Ray Hare	4	120	30.0	36
Steve Marko	3	80	26.7	35
Charlie McGibbony	2	40	20.0	25
Frank Sachse	1	25	25.0	25
Bruiser Kinard	1	22	22.0	22
Bill Reynolds	1	18	18.0	18
Chuck Taylor	1	12	12.0	12
Bill Brown	1	12	12.0	12
Totals	25	556	22.2	36

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bruiser Kinard	1	26	26.0	26
Tony Leon	1	14	14.0	14
Ray Hare	1	12	12.0	12
George Smith	1	8	8.0	8
Charlie McGibbony	1	6	6.0	6
Bill Brown	1	6	6.0	6
Pug Manders	1	4	4.0	4
Frank Martin	1	0	0.0	0
Floyd Rhea	1	0	0.0	0
Johnny Butler	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	10	76	7.6	26

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Pug Manders	5	0		0		0			0	0	0			30
Bruiser Kinard				0		0			0	9	0			9
Ray Hare	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Rocky Uguccioni		0	1						0	0	0			6
Bob Masterson		1							0	0	0			6
Bill Reynolds	1		0	0					0	0	0			6
Andy Kowalski		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	69