Schools Stadium, Newark
Newark Blues 1926 (1-6-0) Eastern Football League (1-6-0) 9th, last 9/26 L 0-3 at Clifton Heights Orange & Black 10/3 L 0-3 at Coaldale Big Green 10/10 L 0-17 at Bethlehem Bears 10/17 L 0-13 at Mount Carmel Wolverines 10/24 canc. at Chester Lloyd AC (non-league game) 10/31 canc. at Atlantic City Roses 11/7 L 0-13 at Gilberton Catamounts 11/14 L 0-6 at All-Lancaster Roses 11/21 W 7-3 at Shenandoah Red Jackets 1927 (1-4-1) Eastern Football League (1-3-1) 4th (tie) 10/16 W 7-0 Shenandoah Red Jackets (H) 1,000 10/23 T 0-0 at Bethlehem Bears 10/30 L 12-13 at Coaldale Big Green 11/6 L 0-32 at All-Lancaster Roses 11/13 L 0-2 at Clifton Heights Black & Orange (non-league game) 11/20 L 7-29 at Atlantic City Roses
Note: Official league name: Eastern League of Professional Football (E.L.P.F.)
• The Orange Tornadoes move operations from Orange to become the Newark Tornadoes for 1930.
1930 (4-10-1) National Football League (1-10-1) 11th Place, last [Home Fields: Schools Stadium & Newark Velodrome]
9/10 n.g. Elizabeth Collegiates (H) non-league game
9/14 L 6-13 at Portsmouth Spartans, at Universal Stadium, Portsmouth, Ohio 25,000
9/17 L 0-32 New York Giants (H) (night) School Stadium 8,000
9/21 L 6-12 at Staten Island Stapletons, Thompson's Stadium 7,500
9/23 L 6-13 Frankford Yellow Jackets (H) (night) (night) School Stadium 2,000 orig. scheduled for 9/24
10/1 T 7-7 Staten Island Stapletons (H) (night) (night) Schools Stadium 10,000
10/4 W 19-0 at Frankford Yellow Jackets, Frankford Stadium, Philadelphia 5,000
10/5 L 0-14 at Providence Steam Roller, Providence Cycledrome 4,500
10/8 L 0-13 Chicago Cardinals (H) (night) Schools Stadium 5,000
10/12 L 0-12 at Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field 3,000
10/15 ppd. Providence Steam Roller (H)
10/16 canc. Providence Steam Roller (H)
10/19 L 0-14 Brooklyn Dodgers () Newark Velodrome
10/26 L 0-6 Staten Island Stapletons (H) Newark Velodrome
10/29 ppd. at New York Giants, (night) Polo Grounds
10/30 L 7-34 at New York Giants (night) Polo Grounds 5,000
• The Newark Tornadoes drop out of the N.F.L.
11/2 W 20-0 Elizabeth Collegiates (H)
11/9 canc. Minneapolis Redjackets (H) Newark Velodrome
11/9 W 13-0 Bayonne Vikings (H) Newark Velodrome
11/16 canc. Frankford Yellow Jackets (H) Newark Velodrome
11/23 canc. Portsmouth Spartans (H)
11/23 W 28-0 Orange (H)
11/30 canc. Green Bay Packers (H) Newark Velodrome
Newark Pro Bears
1934 () Independent
. W 15-10 Sing Sing Prison
1935 () Independent
9/25 Peerless A.C. (night)
11/10 L 0-6 at Jersey City Panthers Jersey City High School Field
1936 () Independent
10/18 L 0-41 at Brown Bombers, at Dyckman Oval, New York City
11/1 L 0-14 at Jersey City Panthers, Montgomery Annex
11/15 L 0-2 at Selmod A.C., at Marion Oval, Jersey City
11/22 L 0-6 at Selmod A.C., at Marion Oval, Jersey City
Newark Tornadoes
1937 (9-2-3) American Association (6-1-3) 1st Place, Southern Division, Playoffs: (0-0-1) [Home Field: Schools Stadium]
9/16 20-0 New York Tigers (H) (night) 8,900
9/19 ppd. at New Rochelle Bulldogs
9/23 W 21-0 Brooklyn Eagles (H) (night) 4,000
9/26 W 36-0 Shenandoah Presidents (H) (night) [Paterson Panthers claim that opponent was the Norristown Pros rejected] [non-league game]
9/30 ppd. New Rochelle Bulldogs (H) (night) [due to Little World Series game betweeen Newark Bears and Columbus Red Birds, at Newark's Ruppert Stadium.]
10/3 L 0-7 at Mt. Vernon Cardinals, Memorial Stadium
10/7 T 10-10 Brooklyn Bushwicks (night)
10/10 T 0-0 at Brooklyn Eagles, Ebbets Field
10/17 T 0-0 at Paterson Panthers, Hinchcliffe Stadium 12,500
10/24 W 14-0 Mt. Vernon Cardinals (H) 3,000
10/31 W 7-6 New Rochelle Bulldogs (H)
11/7 W 17-6 White Plains Bears (H)
11/14 W 28-14 Brown Bombers (H) 7,000 [non-league game]
11/21 W 7-2 at Paterson Panthers, Hinchcliffe Stadium 11,000 [originally scheduled at Newark. Panther's protest of loss, due to an incomplete pass called a touchback, denied, but game ordered replayed.]
11/28 ppd. at Brooklyn Eagles, Ebbets Field
Championship Game
12/5 T 3-3 White Plains Bears (H) 8,000 [Newark declines rematch]
Co-Champions!!!
12/12 L 7-27 at Paterson Panthers, Hinchcliffe Stadium 6,000 [non-league game]
12/19 W 13-0 Cagle's All-Stars (H) 2,500 Benefit Game [non-league game]
1938 (3-6-0) American Association (2-5-0) 6th Place [Home Field: Schools Stadium]
9/18 ppd. at Union City Rams, Roosevelt Stadium, Union City [Union City Reds baseball team was rescheduled for this date]
9/18 ppd. Mt. Vernon Cardinals (H) [non-league game eventually canc.]
9/25 L 0-7 Brooklyn Eagles (H) 6,000
10/2 L 0-23 at Jersey City Giants 9,000
10/9 W 7-0 at Clinton Wessies (night) 4,000
10/16 W 10-0 New Rochelle Bulldogs (H) 2,000 [non-league game]
10/23 L 7-19 at Paterson Panthers, Hinchcliffe Stadium 5,500
10/30 W 14-13 at Union City Rams, at Union City Roosevelt Stadium
11/6 L 0-35 Jersey City Giants (H) 7,000
11/20 L 0-22 at Danbury Trojans, Lee Stadium 2,500
11/27 canc. at Brooklyn Eagles, Ebbets Field
12/4 L 0-28 at Wilmington Clippers 1,200 [non-league game]
12/11 canc. at Clifton Wessingtons
Newark Bears
1939 (7-2-2) American Association (6-2-1) 1st Place, Southern Division, Playoffs: (2-0-0) [Home Field: Schools Stadium • Chicago Bears (NFL) farm team]
9/20 T 0-0 at Camptown Pros (night) at Tri-City Stadium, Union, N.J. 3,000 non-league game
9/24 W 27-7 at Union City Rams 4,500
9/29 canc. at Danbury Trojans
10/1 canc. at Brooklyn Eagles, Erasmus Field
10/8 T 3-3 at Wilmington Clippers 4,200
10/15 W 6-5 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 10,116
10/18 W 19-0 Brown Bombers (H) (night)
10/22 L 13-22 at Paterson Panthers, Hinchcliffe Stadium 10,000
10/29 W 24-7 Brooklyn Eagles (H) 4,500
11/5 ppd. Wilmington Clippers (H)
11/12 W 9-6 Paterson Panthers (H) 11,359
11/19 W 27-14 Union City Rams (H) 6,500
11/26 W 7-0 Wilmington Clippers (H) 9,000
12/3 L 6-7 Jersey City Giants (H) 7.100
Southern Division Championship
12/10 W 13-6 Wilmington Clippers (H) 13,500
American Football Association Championship
12/17 W 27-7 Paterson Panthers (H) 15,365
Champions!!!
1940 (7-2-2) American Association (5-5-1) 4th (tie), Playoffs: (0-1-0) [Home Field: Schools Stadium • Chicago Bears (NFL) farm team]
9/8 L 14-34 Chicago Bears (NFL) (H) 11,000 pre-season exhibition game
9/15 L 6-24 Wilmington Clippers (H) 7,000
9/26 W 44-21 at Long Island Indians, (night) at Dexter Park 5,000
10/6 W 17-14 Long Island Indians (H) 5,200
10/13 L 7-13 at Wilmington Clippers 7,000
10/20 L 7-16 at Paterson Panthers, Hinchcliffe Stadium 8,000
10/27 W 23-0 Providence Steamroller (H) 5,000
11/3 L 10-13 at Jersey Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 10,017
11/10 W 22-3 Paterson Panthers (H) 11,200
11/17 W 1-0 at Providence Steamroller forfeit Drop out of league 11/10
11/17 W 14-7 Churchill Pros at Springfield, Mass. 5,500 non-league game
11/24 L 0-17 Jersey City Giants (H) 12,000
12/1 T 0-0 Long Island Indians 4,500
Playoffs First Round
12/8 K 6-7 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 12,342
1941 (3-8-0) American Association (3-6-0) 5th [Home Field: Schools Stadium • Chicago Bears (NFL) farm team]
9/14 L 12-47 Chicago Bears (NFL) (H) non-league exhibition game
9/21 W 15-7 Providence Steamroller (H) 5,000
9/28 L 0-10 at Long Island Indians, Memorial Stadium, Valley Stream 5,200
10/12 W 16-13 at Wilmington Clippers 5,100
10/19 L 12-28 at Paterson Panthers, Hinchcliffe Stadium 9,000
10/26 L 0-13 Long Island Indians (H) 5,000
11/2 W 12-2 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 5,500
11/9 L 0-6 Paterson Panthers (H) 10,500
11/16 L 7-23 Wilmington Clippers (H) 6,200
11/23 ppd. Jersey City Giants (h)
11/30 canc. New York Yankees (H)
11/30 L 13-29 at Churchill Pros, at Springfield, Mass. 3,800 non-league game
12/7 L 0-3 Jersey City Giants 3,000
1942-1945 no team • no league
Newark Bombers
1946 (5-10-1) American Association (2-7-1) 3rd, Eastern Division [Home Field: Schools Stadium • Chicago Bears (NFL) farm team]
8/30 L 0-42 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) (night) at Hershey, Pa. 9,200 pre-season exhibition game
9/8 L 6-48 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) (H) 10,800 pre-season exhibition game
9/15 W 34-0 Providence Steamrollers (H) 3,900 Polio Benefit, pre-season exhibition game
9/22 L 0-21 Jersey City Giants (H) 7,500
9/29 L 3-7 at Long Island Indians, Firemen's Memorial Field, Valley Stream 3,500
10/6 T 7-7 Wilmington Clippers (H) 3,000
10/9 W 16-14 at Providence Steam Rollers (night) 5,000 non-league game
10/13 L 3-14 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 10,700
10/20 L 7-16 Long Island Indians (H) 1,200
10/27 L 7-10 at Paterson Panthers, Hinchcliffe Stadium 5,000
10/30 W 23-17 at Bethlehem Bulldogs (night) Liberty Stadium 9,000
11/3 L 14-28 at Akron Bears, Rubber Bowl 6,867
11/10 L 0-34 Akron Bears (H) at Orange High School Stadium 5,000 American /legion Benefit, non-league game
11/17 L 14-32 at Scranton Miners 3,650
11/24 W 21-14 Paterson Panthers (H) at Ruppert Stadium 4,173
12/1 W 26-0 Washington Lions (H) 2,500
• The team moves a few miles north to Bloomfield, N.J. Were also known as the Newark-Bloomfield Cardinals early in the season.
Bloomfield Cardinals
1947 (9-5-0) American Association (6-4-0) 2nd, Eastern Division [Home Field: Foley Field • Chicago Cardinals (NFL) farm team]
9/2 W 21-9 at Vineland Senators, (night) Gittone Stadium 5,000 pre-season exhibition game
9/10 L 6-35 at Bethlehem Bulldogs (night) 7,000 pre-season game
9/21 W 28-7 Wilkes-Barre Barons (H) 6,000 pre-season game
10/1 W 41-7 at Wilkes-Barre Barons (night) 2,000
10/5 W 31-7 Long Island Indians (H) 4,500
10/12 W 14-7 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 10,000
10/15 L 13-43 at Bethlehem Bulldogs (night) 9,000
10/19 ppd. Wilmington Clippers (H)
10/26 W 12-0 at Richmond Rebels 6,000
11/2 L 7-13 at Paterson Panthers, Roosevelt Stadium 8,000
11/5 W 10-3 Wilmington Clippers (H) (night) 3,500
11/9 W 53-0 New Haven Yankees (NEPL) (H) 3,000 non-league game
11/16 L 7-26 Bethlehem Bulldogs (H) 8,000
11/23 W 36-14 Jersey City Giants (H) 6,200
11/30 L 13-14 Paterson Panthers (H) 11,500
Newark Bears
1948 () Independent [No home games reported]
9/15 L 13-33 at Paterson Panthers (APFA), (night) Hinchcliffe Stadium 6,829
9/22 W 28-14 at Passaic Red Devils (NJPL), (night) 2,500
9/26 L 12-28 at Port Chester Nineties
9/29 ? at Providence Steam Rollers (NEPFL)
10/5 ppd. at Allentown Buccaneers (PPFL) (night) (rain)
10/6 ppd. at Erie Vets
10/14 ppd. at Erie Vets
10/18 ppd. at Allentown Bucaneers (PPFL) (night) (rain)
10/22 L 21-41 at Allentown Buccaneers (PPFL) (night)
10/24 ? at Erie Vets
• The Paterson Miners move and become the Newark Bears.
1963 (15-1-0) Atlantic Coast Football League (11-1-0) 1st, Southern Division, Playoffs: (1-0-0) [Home Field: Schools Stadium]
8/4 W 34-3 at Baltimore Broncos, Westport Stadium 250,/i. pre-season exhinition game
8/18 W 28-0 at Mohawk Valley Falcons, Harmon Field, Herkimer, N.Y, 2,000pre-season exhibition gae
8/24 W 35-13 Springfield Acorns (H) (night) 8,893
8/28 W 32-12 Fort Eustis Wheels (H), (night) at Hackrtstown Rotary Bowl, N.J. 5,000 non-league game
9/1 W 43-26 at Portland Sea Hawks 8,319
9/7 W 20-0 Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen (H) 8,102
9/14 W 28-6 Boston Sweepers (H) 6,224
9/21 W 38-0 at Harrisburg Capitols 4,409
9/28 W 12-0 at Westchester Crusaders, Memorial Field, Mt. Vernon 6,626
10/5 W 35-14 Jersey Giants (H) 8,957
10/12 W 17-14 at Providence Steam Roller, City Stadium 12,053
10/19 W 56-20 Ansonia Black Knights (H) 4,082
10/26 W 20-7 Harrisburg Capitols (H) 4,042
11/1 W 3-0 at Jersey Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 2,566
11/9 L 10-17 at Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen, at West Field, Munhall, Pa.
11/16 W 24-0 at Hammonton Bakers, at Bader Field, Atlantic City 4,000 non-league game
A.C.F.L. Championship
11/23 ppd. at Springfield Acorns
11/24 W 23-6 at Springfield Acorns, Pynchon Park 8,137
Champions!!!
1964 (16-1-1) Atlantic Coast Football League (12-1-1) 1st, Southern Division, Playoffs: (1-0-0) [Home Field: Schools Stadium]
7/19 W 24-6 Philadelphia Rockets (EFL) (H) 2,000 pre-season exhibition game
8/1 W 35-7 at Richmond Rebels 8,000 pre-season exhibition game
8/7 W 28-10 Jersey City Giants (H) (night)4,817 pre-seasom exhibition game
8/15 W 30-6 at Springfield Acorns, (night) Pynchon Park 2,953 Benefit for national basketball Naismith Hall of Fame erection, pre-season exhibition game
8/21 W 13-7 Harrisburg Capitols (H) (night) 5,219
8/29 W 24-21 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 10,290
9/5 W 37-10 at Hartford Charter Oaks, (night) Dillon Stadium 9,143
9/12 W 31-14 Atlanta Spartans (H) (night) 4,996
9/19 W 38-7 Richmond Rebels (H) 1,503
9/26 L 7-10 Jersey City Giants (H) (night) 8,631
10/3 W 31-6 Pittsburgh Valley Ironman (H) (night) 4,219
10/10 W 31-9 at Hazleton Mustangs 480
10/17 W 12-0 Westchester Crusaders (night) (H) 4,016
10/24 T 24-24 at Richmond Rebels 7,509
11/1 W 31-20 at Harrisburg Capitols 1,440
11/7 ppd. Springfield Acorns (H)
11/8 W 24-14 at Springfield Acorns (H) 5,129
11/14 W 30-14 at Atlanta Spartans (night) Ponce de Leon Park 963
11/21 W 21-10 at Pittsburgh Valley Ironmen (night) Duquesne High Stadium 2,381
A.C.F.L. Championship
12/5 L 10-14 Boston Sweepers, at Duquesne High School Field, Duquesne, Pa. 1,877
1965 (16-1-1) Continental Football League (5-9-0) 4th, Eastern Division [Home Field: Schools Stadium]
7/24 W 16-12 Fort Wayne Warriors (H) (night) at Paramus High School Field 4,357 pre-season exhibition game
7/31 L 14-34 Charleston Rockets, (night) at Kingsport, Tennessee 5,000 pre-season exhibition game
8/7 W 10-3 at Hartford Charter Oks, (night) at Dillon Stadium 6,374 pre-season exhibition game
8/15 L 30-35 Philadelphia Bulldogs (night) (H) 6,891
8/22 W 13-12 at Wheeling Ironmen (night) 7,062
8/29 L 35-53 Toronto Rifles (H) (night) 8,161
9/4 L 0-38 at Charleston Rockets (night) 7,759
9/12 W 43-0 Hartford Charter Oaks (H) (night) 5,115
9/17 L 28-38 at Philadelphia Bulldogs, (night) Temple Stadium 10,065
9/26 L 22-34 Richmond Rebels (H) (night) 4,500
10/3 L 7-10 Norfolk Neptunes (H) (night) 3,594
10/9 W 14-0 at Rhode Island Indians, (night) 5,756
10/17 L 13-35 at Fort Wayne Warriors (night) 3,802
10/24 W 23-9 Wheeling Ironmen (H) (night) 3,000
10/29 L 20-24 at Toronto Rifles, (night) Maple Leaf Stadium 4,405
11/7 W 39-3 Rhode Island Indians (H) (night) 15,500
11/13 L 10-19 at Norfolk Neptunes, (night) 15,113
• The Newark Bears move and become the Orlando Panthers.
Jersey Jays
• The Jersey Jays replaced the Charleston Rockets for 1969.
1969 (8-6-0) Continental Football League (7-5-0) 3rd, Atlantic Division [Home Field: Schools Stadium • Cleveland Browns (NFL) farm team]
8/16 W 9-3 Chicago Owls (H) (night) 8,800 pre-season exhibition game
8/24 L 3-35 at Indianapolis Capitols, at Terre Haute 3,000 pre-season exhibition game
8/29 L 12-44 Norfolk Neptunes (H) (night) 5,451
9/7 L 19-31 at Ohio Valley Ironmen, at Wheeling, West Virginia 5,817
9/14 W 38-35 at Arkansas Diamonds, at Little Rock, Ark. 906
9/19 W 24-7 Indianapolis Capitols (H) (night) 1,200
9/27 W 21-17 at Norfollk Neptunes (night) 14,494
10/3 L 21-37 Ohio Valley Ironmen (H) (night) 2,084
10/11 W 21-14 at Chicago Owls, (night) Soldiers Field 2,200
10/17 W 24-9 Tri-Cities Apollos (H) (night) 5,340
10/26 L 13-23 at Orlando Panthers (H), (night) Tangerine Bowl 8,094
11/1 L 20-24 Orlando Panthers (H) (night) 4,040
11/8 W 17-7 at Tri-Cities Apollos,Tri-Cities Apollos at Midland, Michigan 2,500
11/14 W 35-6 Alabama Hawks (H) (night) 6,785 “Pony Night”
• The Jersey Jays move operations from Newark to Jersey City for 1970.
1970 (8-6-0) Atlantic Coast Football League (7-5-0) 2nd, Northern Division [Home Field: Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City]
8/15 L 3-19 at Norfolk Neptunes (night)