Oilers			Opponents
Date	Opponent	R	Score	Rush	Pass	Total	Rush	Pass	Total
Sept. 11	Titusville	W	13-  7	125	24	149	153	53	206
Sept. 18	Grove City	W	27-12	171	24	195	128	122	250
Sept. 25	Greenville	L	7-20	40	92	132	163	27	190
Oct. 3	Warren	L	6-14	na	na	na	na	na	na
Oct. 16	Meadville	W	6-19	268	21	289	52	18	70
Oct. 23	Millcreek	W	27-14	186	30	216	212	4	216
Oct. 30	Hickory	L	6-  7	na	na	na	na	na	na
Nov. 6	Corry	L	6-32	130	28	158	322	17	339
Nov.  13	Franklin	W	27-13	205	19	224	57	107	164

Notes and Stats The Oilers beat Titusville on Don Dolecki's 25-yard pass to Charlie Winger on a fourth-and8 play in the fourth quarter...Matt Hajduk's interception on the Titusville 18 late in the game preserved the victory... Hajduk scored on runs of 66 and 45 yards against Grove City...The Oilers scored two more TDs on turnovers: a 15-yard fumble return by Pete Burch and an 80-yard interception by Dolecki...The estimated crowd of 2,000 was the smallest to see an Oil City home opener in years...In fact, the average attendance of 1,848 in five  home games was Oil City's smallest in the last five years (the largest was 2,434 in 1948)...Oil City had laid a 50-mile string of TV cable in November 1952...Hmmmm... Burch averaged 40 yards on seven punts against Warren, including a 70-yarder...In fact, he averaged 40 yards for three straight games, beginning with the Dragons...Jack Shattuck's 93-yard run in the fourth quarter sealed the Dragons' victory over the Oilers... The Oilers had a week off between the Warren and Meadville games and took in the Pitt-Nebraska game...Hajduk enjoyed his second of four two-touchdown games in the win over Meadville, scoring one of them from 40 yards out... Tackle John Knabb's 76-yard fumble return, keyed by Jerry Callahan's block, highlighted the victory over Millcreek...Interceptions led to two more touchdowns...One by Chuck Carabell set up one of two TDs by Hajduk, and another by Dick Delahunty led to a touchdown by Carabell...Triggered by a 32-yard burst by Winger, the Oilers were on the Millcreek 17 when the game ended... The Hickory game was played at Sharon Stadium....Section 2 champion Corry posted its 17th straight with its win over the Oilers in a game in which it started to snow in the second quarter...The only Oiler touchdown came on a 26-yard run by Winger following a fumble recovery by Jim Puleo... The Oilers erased a 13-7 halftime deficit to beat Franklin, which earlier in the season lost to St. Joe...Two of the Oiler touchdowns came after they started on the 13 (on a fumble recovery by Paul Wood) and the 14 (after a 36-yard interception return by Dave Settlemire, who finished the game with two picks)...Hajduk scored two touchdowns, giving a team-leading 8 to go with 6 PATs...Winger finished with 3 TDs, and Carabell, Dave Schoch, Wood and Dolecki each scored 2...The Oilers didn't throw a TD pass all season... Three Oilers -- Knabb and Phil Foster at tackle and Carabell in the backfield -- were picked to start in the Titusville VFW Senior All-Star game...The Blue team consisted of players from Oil City, St. Joseph and Titusville. Players from Corry, Franklin and Youngsville made up the Red squad...The Red won, 12-0... Coach John Kaufman named Dolecki and Dick Bucholz team co-captains after the season when letters were awarded...Burch and guard Tom Nicolas received honorable mentions on the AP all-state team...Dolecki received the Rogers Jewelry Store MVP award... Oil City was ranked No. 10 among the 34 District 10 teams by the Roger B. Saylor system. (Saylor was a business professor at Penn State)...The Top 10: 1. Erie East 470, 2. Erie Prep 452, 3. Corry 434, 4. Greenville 416, 5. Millcreek 396, 6. Erie Academy and Hickory 390, 8. Sharpsville 382, 9. Erie Tech 376, 10. Oil City 368...