Notes and Stats
The Oilers' second unbeaten -- although thrice-tied -- team. They earned a leg of the Alpha Cup with their win at Meadville, which had possession at the time...
The Oilers totaled 10 touchdown passes that season by three different players...Four of them came in the opener against Parker's Landing...Dick Cleaves threw all three of his that game, two to Ken Porter for 16 and 12 yards and the other to Ralph Krug for 7...Porter threw a 20-yarder to Cleaves for the first touchdown of the season...Ray Vaughn rushed for 97 yards on 15 carries...
Porter led the Oilers with 5 TD passes...He hit Stew Wilson for one and scored another TD in the home opener against DuBois...Vaughn, who would later play at Colgate -- alma mater of head coach George Woodman -- was injured early and didn't see much action the rest of the game...Cyril King made up for his absence with runs of 40 and 30 yards...
The team took the 11:55 train up the creek for its Alpha Cup game with Titusville...
Vaughn produced three 3-touchdown games on the season, but didn't get his first until Week 4 against Erie Academy...They came on runs of 1, 1 and 2 yards...The first climaxed a 50-yard drive that included a 12-yard run by Vaughn...The second came after Brayton Enos recovered a fumble on the Academy 22...The third Vaughn TD came after John Harmon intercepted a pass and the Oilers started on the Lions 29...Porter's 14-yard pass to Krug started the scoring...Stew Wilson was perfect on all four extra point kicks...Wilson played right tackle and in the backfield during the game...
Vaughn registered his second straight 3-touchdown game by scoring on runs of 11, 1 and 22 yards against Franklin, the Oilers' second Alpha Cup game...The Oilers scored three touchdowns in the opening quarter...Vaughn sandwiched his first two TDs around a 4-yard scoring run by Cleaves after a fumble recovery by Krug ...Porter had a 25-yard run during that drive...Harmon kicked all three extra points during the opening-quarter outburst...Porter also contributed runs of 14 and 30 yards...Vaughn had other runs from scrimmage covering 11 and 18 yards...Captain Dick Roess intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble...The last extra point came on an Enos pass from Harmon...
Vaughn scored two more TDs against Grove City, the second coming from the 5 after Krug recovered a fumble on the 11...Enos caught a 30-yard scoring pass from Porter...Buzz Reinsel's 2-yard TD was set up by his 13-yard run and a 17-yard run by Vaughn...
The Oilers' string of six-straight shutouts was broken by Erie East...The Oilers gained the tie on King's 5-yard touchdown in the third quarter after the center of the line blocked a punt and they started on the East 21...Wilson kicked the PAT...
Vaughn scored on a short run against Warren after Harmon caught a long pass to the Warren 12...Enos caught a scoring pass from Porter...
That set up a showdown at Meadville for a big Alpha Cup game...A motor caravan left South Side Junior High at 11:30 a.m. for the 3:30 p.m. game...Vaughn scored on a 20-yard run for the game's first TD...Harmon recovered a fumble in the end zone for the second...The third TD came on a 7-yard pass from Chuck Wood to Wilson...Wood also passed 30 yards to Wilson to set up the last TD after Wilson intercepted a pass and made an 18-yard return...That clinched the cup...
The Oilers followed with a scoreless tie with Sharpsville...The Blue Devils reached the Oil City 8 early in the game, but fumbled...The Oilers advanced to the 12 twice, but Wilson missed field goals both times...
Vaughn scored on runs of 17, 3 and 15 yards in the Thanksgiving Day season finale against Franklin...The Oilers marched 76 yards on 10 plays for their first TD, a 5-yard run by King...A short run by Porter capped a 60-yard drive for their second TD...Vaughn rushed for 20 of the 60 yards...Wilson made it 17-0 after a kicking a field goal from the 22...Roess, the Oilers' center, got a chance to score a touchdown after they reached the 7...He gained 4 yards and then Vaughn scored his second TD of the game...Wilson tried another field goal from the 35 after an interception by Bob Fry, but missed...
Vaughn's 15-yard run gave him 13 touchdowns on the season...Porter was next with 5 and Krug added 4...Wilson kicked 13 extra points and Harmon booted 7...
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