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1948 Yearbook

1948 Yearbook

Title

1948 Yearbook

Description

FOOTBALL
SAINT AMBROSE COLLEGE BEES 1947 Season
Sept. 21 St. Ambrose 19-12 St. Mary's of Winona, Minnesota, here
Sept. 26 St. Ambrose 20-7 Nor. Ill. Tea. of DeKalb, Illinois, here
Oct. 5 St. Ambrose 6-20 Loras of Dubuque, Iowa, there
Oct. 11 St. Ambrose 26-6 Augustana of Rock Island, Illinois, here
Oct. 26 St. Ambrose 31-2 St. Joseph's of Renssalear, Indiana, here
Nov. 2 St. Ambrose 7-13 St. Norbert's of Green Bay, Wisconsin, there
Nov. 9 St. Ambrose 6-19 Bradley Tech. of Peoria, Illinois, there
Team Statistics
St. Ambrose
First Downs 94
Yards gained by scrimmage 1895
Yards lost by scrimmage 170
Net Yards by scrimmage 1725
Forward passes 104
Passes Completed 36
Net Yards from scrimmage and passing 2499
Yards gained by passes 774
Number of Punts 42
Punt Average 37
Run Back of Punts (yards) 203
Fumbles 22
Own fumbles recovered 8
Penalties 62
Yards lost on Penalties 630
Opposition First Downs 56, Yards gained by scrimage 968, Yards lost by scrimmage 250, Net yeards by scrimmage 718, Forward passes 84, Passes completed 32, Net yards from scrimmage and passing 1329, Yards gained by passes 611, Number of punts 57, Punt average 35, Run back of punts (yards) 140, Fumbles 27, Own fumbles recovered 7, Penalties 40, Yards lost on penalties 345.
Individual Statistics
Jack Mooney (fullback) Tries (38) Yards (370) Average (9.7) Vince Carlin (halfback) Tries (33) Yards (211) Average (6.3) Joe Molnar (halfback) Tries (14) Yards (92) Average (6.5) Dan Doody (halfback) Tries (63) Yards (392) Average (6.2) Jack Melligan (halfback) Tries (85) Yards (392) Average (4.6)

Date

1948

Rights

St. Ambrose University 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803

Identifier

http://cdm16810.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16810coll2/id/460