Notes and Stats
Blocks by Jerry Wood and Dick Stoughton helped Lenny Zyck on a 79-yard touchdown run against Bradford, which was playing its season opener...Stoughton's 52-yard punt brushed a Warren player, and the Oilers recovered on the 20, triggering a 15-yard TD run by Ray Karns...Later, Stoughton blocked a punt, leading to an Oiler safety...
Oil City beat Franklin in the first meeting despite 9 fumbles by both teams...The first touchdown, by Phil Amsdell, came after a 25-yard pass from Jerry Wood to Dick Dodd...The second TD, a 4-yard blast by Gayle Parker came after Wood recovered a fumble on the 17 following a 45-yard punt by Stoughton...Karns returned a punt 24 yards and then gained 25 yards on a run from scrimmage to set his 9-yard run for the third TD...Dave Pearson drop kicked 2 extra points...The Rev. C.S. Joshua, pastor of the Rouseville Methodist Church, dedicated the game to 1943 Oilers in the service...
Meadville's victory was controversial. The Bulldogs scored in the last minute on Dan Chisholm's 1-yard run, but neither the referee nor umpire could deicde if he scored...Finally, the head linesman ruled it was a touchdown...Stoughton's block keyed Jack Gray's 55-yard return of an intercetion for the only Oiler TD...
The Oil City line outweighed Greenville's line by an average of 171-150...Ben Gault's blocked punt and recovery on the 2 set up the Oilers' TD, a 7-yard pass from Dodd to Stoughton, although the pass was intended for Wood. Dean Grazier's run for the conversion was the difference...The game was played in a driving rainstorm, and the two teams combined for 64 yards total offense...Karns had punt returns of 49 and 13 yards...Karns led the Oilers with 3 TDs on the season... Lenny Zyck, Stoughton and Wood scored 2 apiece...
Zyck's 1-yard run after Pearson recovered a fumble on the Butler 13 in the fourth quarter gave the Oilers a tie with the Golden Tornado...
Wood scored two TDs in the second game against Franklin, one on a 39-yard pass from Jack Greenawalt and the other on a 56-yard interception return...Parker threw a 23-yard pass to Stoughton for the third TD...Greenawalt gained 36 yards on 5 quarterback sneaks against Jamestown...
Dr. Tommy Holleran, a Greenville dentist, was the featured speaker at the Oiler banquet...Holleran was an All-America honorable mention for Pitt in 1923 and later signed a baseball contract with the Yankees...Stoughton, honorary captain, presented coach J.J. Connors with a watch from the team at the fete...A knee injury sidelined John Ziegler for the season...
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