Home Field: Hinchliffe Stadium
Paterson Pros
1930
11/23 L 0-12 at Saracens, Green Brook Park, Bridgewater
1931
10/18 L 0-6 at Saracens, Cedarbrooks Park, Plainfield
Paterson Night Hawks
1932 (4-2-0) [Eastern Football League (4-2-0)]
10/2 L 0-12 at Passaic Red Devils
10/12 W 20-7 Passaic Red Devils (H) 2,500
10/16 L 0-13 at New Rochelle Bulldogs, City Park 5,000
10/23 W 7-6 at Mount Vernon Indians, Memorial Field 2,500
10/27 W 20-0 Newark Fighting Irish (H)
10/30 W 13-0 at Newark Fighting Irish, Schools Stadium 3,000
11/11 canc. Jersey City Skeeters (H)
11/24 W 25-0 Silk City Bears (H) [doubleheader. 1st game: Central HS v. Eastside HS]
1933 (1-4-1) [Independent]
9/17 L 0-20 New York Giants (N.F.L.) (H) 7,000
9/24 L 0-20 Brooklyn Dodgers (N.F.L.) (H)
10/1 L 0-12 Philadelphia Eagles (N.F.L.) (H)
11/5 L 6-13 at Orange Tornadoes 5,000
11/12 T 0-0 Paterson Giants (I.F.L.) 2,500
11/26 W 9-2 at Clifton Wessingtons (I.F.L.)
Paterson Giants [Independent]
1932
10/23 L 0-6 Portsmouth Spartans (Va.) (NFL), (H) Hinchcliffe Stadium 3,500
1933 (3-6-2) [Interstate Football League (2-3-1)]
9/20 L 0-20 at Staten Island Stapletons 2,500 [non-league]
9/24 W 7-0 at Newark Blue Eagles [non-league]
10/1 W 6-0 at Bayonne Vikings 3,000
10/8 L 0-12 at Shenandoah Presidents, Cooper Memorial Stadium [non-league]
10/15 L 6-7 at Clifton Wessingtons 6,000
10/22 L 0-19 at Passaic Red Devils 5,000
10/29 T 0-0 Frankford Legion (H) 1,200
11/5 L 6-7 Clifton Wessingtons (H)
11/12 T 0-0 Paterson Night-Hawks (H) 2,500 [non-league]
11/19 canc. Bayonne Vikings (H)
11/26 W 7-0 at Passaic Red Devils 2,000
12/10 L 0-7 at Clifton Wessingtons [exhibition game]
Paterson Panthers
1934 (8-2-3) [Independent]
9/23 W 6-0 Frankford Yellow Jackets (H) 2,500
9/30 L 0-7 Shenandoah Presidents (H) 3,000
10/7 W 19-0 Washington Federals (H) 3,000
10/10 W 18-0 at Freeport Bulldogs, Freeport Municipal Stadium
10/11 ? at East Orange Tornadoes, Ashland Stadium
10/13 W 21-0 Paterson Rose Bowl Lions (H) 1,500
10/14 W 13-7 at Baltimore Irvingtons, Ollemar Stadium 2,500
10/21 W 27-7 Clifton Wessingtons (H) 7,000
10/28 W 26-0 Philadelphia Quakers (H) 3,000
11/11 T 0-0 Passaic Red Devils (H) 10,000
11/18 W 13-0 at Clifton Wessingtons 7,500
11/25 T 0-0 Passaic Red Devils (H) 10,000
12/2 T 13-13 Shenandoah Presidents (H) 5,000
12/16 L 0-10 New York Giants (N.F.L.) (H) 5,000
1935 (9-3-1) [Eastern Independent Champions]
9/15 W 25-0 New Rochelle Bulldogs (H) 5,000
9/17 W 14-7 at Irvington Camptowners, Ollemar Stadium 3,500 9/18?
9/22 L 6-7 Brooklyn Dodgers (N.F.L.) (H) 8,200
9/29 W 14-7 Providence Steam Roller (H) 5,000
10/6 W 13-0 Brooklyn Bay Parkways (H) 5,000
10/13 W 20-0 at Reading Keys, Lauer's Park 5,000
10/20 W 20-0 Passaic Red Devils (H) 13,000
10/27 W 12-0 Shenandoah Presidents (H) 19,000
11/3 canc. Reading Keys (H)
11/3 W 13-0 Clifton Wessingtons (H) att: 800
11/10 L 6-21 New York Giants (N.F.L.) (N.F.L.) 13,000
11/24 W 19-0 Clifton Wessingtons (H) 3,500
11/28 canc. at Stapleton Buffaloes, Thompson Stadium
12/8 T 7-7 Orange Tornadoes (H)
12/11 L 6-20 Orange Tornadoes (H) 1,500
1936 (11-3-0) [American Association (4-1-0)•1st Place, New Jersey Division] Coach: Hap Moran
9/10 W 20-6 New York Black Hawks (H) 2,500
9/13 L 7-13 Brooklyn Dodgers (N.F.L.) (H) 6,000
9/20 W 20-0 Stapleton Buffaloes (H) 4,000
9/27 Providence Steam Roller (H) 5,500
10/4 W 10-0 Danbury Trojans (H) 5,000
10/11 W 20-0 Maryland Yellow Jackets (S.A.L.) (H) 5,000 [a.k.a. Washington Pros]
10/18 L 3-6 Wessington Red Devils (H) 10,000 [a.k.a. Passaic Red devils]
10/25 W 23-7 Tamaqua Braves (H) 4,000
11/1 W 16-7 Wessington Red Devils (H) 12,000
11/8 L 0-7 Brooklyn Dodgers (N.F.L.) (H) 4,500
11/15 W 13-3 Shenandoah Presidents (H) 5,000
11/22 W 10-0 Wessington Red Devils (H) 9,000
11/29 W 13-7 Alexandria Celtics (H) 4,500
12/6 canc. Mount Vernon Cardinals (H)
12/13 W 10-0 Orange Tornadoes (H) 3,500
Championship Game
12/20 canc. Brooklyn Bay Parkways (H) [Panthers canceled game due to injuries, but probably low attendance was real reason]
1937 (12-2-1) [American Association (4-1-1)•2nd Place, Southern Division] Coach: Frank Kirkleski
9/9 W 27-0 Connecticut Yankees (H) 3,000
9/12 W 28-0 Brooklyn Eagles (H) 6,000
9/19 W 17-0 Mount Vernon Cardinals (H) 6,000
9/26 W 14-0 Washington Presidents (H) 7,000
10/3 L 7-9 Shenandoah Presidents (H) 7,500
10/10 W 17-0 Alexandria Celtics (H) 4,000
10/17 T 0-0 Newark Tornadoes (H) 12,500
10/24 W 38-0 Reading Keys (H) 4,000
10/31 W 41-0 Brooklyn Bushwicks (H) 4,500
11/7 W 21-13 Providence Steam Roller (H)
11/14 W 7-0 Brooklyn Eagles (H) 6,500
11/21 L 2-7 Newark Tornadoes (H) 11,000
11/28 canc. New York Giants (N.F.L.) (H) [rain]
12/5 W 20-0 Danbury Trojans (H) 4,000 [exhibition game]
12/12 W 27-7 Newark Tornadoes (H) 6,000 {American Association Champion} [exhibition game]
12/19 W 20-0 White Plains Bears (H) 4,000 [exhibition game]
1938 (11-5-0) [American Association (6-3-0) 3rd Place, league] Coach: Frank Kirkleski
9/8 W 52-0 Hollis Cardinals (H) 3,000
9/11 L 0-3 Danbury Trojans (H) 8,000
9/16 W 10-9 at Danbury Trojans 3,500
9/18 W 14-3 Allentown Bears (H) 2,500
9/25 L 9-10 Brooklyn Dodgers (N.F.L.) (H) 10,000
10/2 W 38-0 Washington Presidents (H) 7,500
10/9 L 7-10 at Brooklyn Eagles, Ebbets Field 6,500
10/12 L 0-13 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 12,800 [a.k.a. Little Giants]
10/16 W 25-6 Clifton Wessingtons (H) 6,500
10/23 W 19-7 Newark Tornadoes (H) 5,500
10/30 W 34-14 Providence Steam Roller (H) 5,500
11/6 W 30-2 Clifton Wessingtons (H) 5,000
11/13 W 7-3 Jersey City Giants (H) 17,500
11/20 W 16-7 Brooklyn Eagles (H) 8,000
11/27 p.p. at Jersey City Giants [exhibition game]
12/4 L 7-17 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 17,643 [exhibition game]
12/11 W 32-7 Danbury Trojans (H) 3,500 [exhibition game]
12/18 canc. Hazleton Redskins (H)
1939 (8-7-1) [American Association (7-5-1)•1st Place, Northern Division•(7-6-1 after championship game)] Coach: Frank Kirkleski
9/10 W 24-0 Alexandria Celtics (H) 4,000
9/17 L 0-7 Wilmington Clippers (H) 6,500
9/20 W 14-6 at Danbury Trojans, Lee Stadium 2,000
9/24 W 17-6 Brooklyn Eagles (H) 12,500
10/4 W 26-0 Danbury Trojans (H) 4,500
10/8 T 7-7 at Union City Rams, Roosevelt Stadium 7,000
10/12 W 14-7 at Providence Steam Roller, Cranston Stadium 3,500
10/15 W 16-10 Union City Rams (H) 8,000
10/18 L 7-9 at Wilmington Clippers, Pennsy Field 5,000
10/22 W 22-13 Newark Bears (H) 10,000
10/29 L 0-24 Jersey City Giants (H) 13,000
11/5 p.p. Union City Rams (H) [exhibition game]
11/12 L 6-9 at Newark Bears, Schools Stadium 11,359
11/19 W 14-0 Providence Steam Roller (H) 5,500
11/26 L 2-17 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 9,757
12/3 L 0-3 Union City Rams (H) 1,500
Championship Game
12/17 L 7-27 at Newark Bears, Schools Stadium 15,365
1940 (8-6-0) [American Association (6-4-0) 2nd Place, league•(6-5-0 after 1st round playoff game)] Coach: Dale Burnett
9/8 W 12-0 Norristown Lions (H) 4,200
9/12 L 0-10 at Long Island Indians, Dexter Park 5,500
9/15 W 20-19 Providence Steam Roller (H) 5,500
9/22 L 7-27 Brooklyn Dodgers (N.F.L.) (H) 10,000
9/29 L 0-27 Wilmington Clippers (H) 7,000
10/6 W 34-0 Washington Presidents (H) 3,500
10/13 W 13-0 at Providence Steam Roller, East Providence Stadium 3,500
10/20 W 16-7 Newark Bears (H) 8,000
10/27 W 16-7 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 11,457
11/3 W 17-14 Long Island Indians (H) 7,500
11/10 L 3-22 at Newark Bears, Schools Stadium 11,200
11/17 L 0-7 Jersey City Giants (H) 11,620
12/1 W 21-20 at Wilmington Clippers, Wilmington Park 4,000
Playoffs First Round
12/8 L 8-11 Wilmington Clippers (H) 5,187
1941 (10-3-2) [American Association (6-2-2) 2nd Place, league•(6-3-2 after 1st round playoff game)] {N.F.L. New York Giants farm team} Coach: Dale Burnett
9/7 W 34-0 Norristown Presidents (H) 4,000
9/14 W 23-0 Long Island Indians (H) 6,500
9/21 W 35-0 Fort Totten (H) 6,000
9/28 T 0-0 Wilmington Clippers (H) 6,500
10/5 W 21-7 at Churchill Pros, at Pynchon Park, Springfield, Mass. 1,800
10/7 L 3-6 at Long Island Indians, Valley Stream Firemen's Memorial Stadium 3,000
10/12 W 7-6 New York Yankees (H) 6,000
10/19 W 28-12 Newark Bears (H) 9,000
10/26 T 13-13 Jersey City Giants (H) 12,000
11/2 W 31-7 New York Yankees (H) 6,000
11/9 W 6-0 at Newark Bears, Schools Stadium 10,500
11/16 W 10-0 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 12,000
11/23 p.p. Frankford Yellow Jackets
11/30 L 21-28 at Wilmington Clippers, Wilmington Park 6,000
12/7 W 27-0 Frankford Yellow Jackets (H) 1,500
Playoffs First Round
12/14 L 0-33 at Wilmington Clippers, Wilmington Park 4,500
1942 (4-2-1) [Player co-op•American Association suspended (1-2-1 v. league teams)] Coach: Dale Burnett
9/20 W 23-19 Washington Lions (Pa.) (H)
9/27 canc. at Wilmington Clippers, Wilmington Park
10/11 T 7-7 at Hartford Blues, Municipal Stadium 2,000
10/18 W 10-7 Chester Tornadoes (Pa.) (H) 5,000
10/25 W 21-6 Hartford Blues (H) 4,000
11/1 canc. Wilmington Clippers (H)
11/8 L 13-22 New London Diesels (H) 4,000
11/15 W 22-9 Camden Cruisers (H) 1,300
11/22 L 0-16 Long Island Clippers (H) 1,000
11/29 canc. Camp Upton (H)
1943-1945 no team
1946 (2-10-0) [American Football League (2-8-0)•4th, last, Eastern Division] Coach: Bob Trocolor
9/15 L 0-55 Pittsburgh Steelers (N.F.L.) (H) 11,000
9/22 L 0-3 Wilmington Clippers (H) 6,000
9/25 L 9-27 at Bethlehem Bulldogs, Liberty Stadium 8,000
9/29 L 14-30 Bethlehem Bulldogs (H) 3,000 [exhibition game]
10/6 L 7-27 Scranton Miners (H) 1,559
10/13 L 13-19 at Long Island Indians, Valley Stream Firemen's Memorial Field 2,500
10/20 L 21-40 Akron Bears (H) 1,000
10/27 W 10-7 Newark Bombers (H) 5,000
11/3 W 25-14 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 12,000
11/10 L 3-14 Long Island Indians (H) 5,500
11/17 p.p. Jersey City Giants (H)
11/19 L 0-25 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 8,000
11/24 L 14-21 at Newark Bombers, Schools Stadium 4,173
12/1 n.g. Scranton Miners (H)
1947 (12-5-0) [American Football League (8-2-0)•1st, Eastern Division•(8-3-0 after championship game] Coach: Joe Maniaci {N.F.L. Detroit Lions farm team}
9/7 W 12-0 Staten Island Stapletons, at Passaic 5,000
9/14 W 46-0 Providence steam Roller (H) 6,000
9/17 W 21-14 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 3,900 [exhibition game]
9/21 W 7-0 Long Island Indians (H) 7,000
9/24 L 14-27 at Bethlehem Bulldogs, at Allentown, Pa. 4,000 [exhibition game]
9/28 W 7-6 Wilkes-Barre Barons (H) 7,000
10/1 W 20-10 at Wilmington Clippers, Wilmington Park 4,500
10/5 W 28-0 Philadelphia Yellow Jackets (H) 6,000
10/12 W 32-28 at Richmond Rebels, City Stadium 5,000
10/20 L 0-20 Bethlehem Bulldogs (H) 8,500
10/26 L 0-3 Jersey City Giants (H) 7,500
11/2 W 13-7 Bloomfield Cardinals (H) 8,000
11/9 W 24-17 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 8,200
11/16 W 35-7 Wilmington Clippers (H) 6,000
11/23 L 14-23 at Charlotte Clippers. Memorial Stadium 2,500
11/30 W 14-13 at Bloomfield Cardinals, Foley Field 11,500
Championship Game
12/7 L 7-23 Bethlehem Bulldogs (H) 10,587 CHAMPIONS!!
1948 (11-1-2) [American Football League (7-1-2)•1st Place, league•(9-2-1 after playoff games) Champions!] Coach: Allie Sherman (N.F.L. Philadelphia Eagles farm team)
9/15 W 33-13 Newark Bears (H) 6,829
9/19 W 55-0 Long Island Indians, at Passaic School Stadium 6,218
9/26 W 20-7 Wilmington Clippers (H) 6,800
10/3 W 30-7 Wilkes-Barre Bullets (H) 6,000
10/10 L 14-31 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 8,000
10/13 W 48-13 at Bethlehem Bulldogs, Liberty Stadium 4,000
10/17 W 17-0 at Wilkes-Barre Bullets, Artillery Park 4,000
10/25 W 24-3 Jersey City Giants (H) 7,000
10/31 W 20-14 Richmond Rebels (H) 9,862
11/7 T 21-21 at Wilmington Clippers, Wilmington Park 4,000
11/14 T 7-7 Bethlehem Bulldogs (H) 7,588
11/21 W 23-0 at Richmond Rebels, City Stadium 4,500
Playoffs First Round
11/28 W 30-7 Jersey City Giants (H) 6,898
Championship Game
12/5 W 24-14 Wilmington Clippers (H) 7,434 CHAMPIONS!!
1949 (9-4-1) [American Football League (6-3-1)•2nd Place, league•(7-4-1 after playoff games)] Coach: Augie Lio {Both Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants' farm team}
9/14 W 61-0 Brooklyn Eagles (H)
9/18 W 34-6 Hawaiian Warriors, at Foley Field, Bloomfield, N.J. 5,500
9/25 L 7-13 Bethlehem Bulldogs (H) 5,222
10/2 W 27-0 Wilmington Clippers (H) 3,500
10/9 W 16-7 at Jersey City Hiants, Roosevelt Stadium 5,000
10/12 p.p. at Wilkes-Barre Bullets, Kingston High School Stadium
10/16 T 17-17 Richmond Rebels (H) 6,000
10/19 W 21-7 at Bethlehem Bulldogs, Liberty Stadium 5,500
10/31 W 35-7 Wilkes-Barre Bullets (H) 2,500
11/6 W 41-27 Jersey City Giants (H) 3,500
11/13 L 7-24 at Richmond Rebels, City Stadium 14,777
11/16 W 1-0 at Wilkes-Barre Bullets, Kingston H.S. Stadium [forfeit•franchise revoked 11/4]
11/20 L 21-39 at Wilmington Clippers, Wilmington Park 1,500
Playoffs First Round
11/27 W 16-7 Bethlehem Bulldogs (H) att: 350
Championship Game
12/5 L 14-35 at Richmond Rebels, City Stadium 12,000
1950 (7-4-0) [American Football League (4-4-0)•3rd, league] Coach: Angelo /Bertelli {N.F.L. Philadelphia Eagles farm team}
9/8 W 44-7 Bellville-Nutley Iron Dukes, at Newark 2,000
9/17 W 42-7 at Long Island Bears, Valley Stream Firemen's Memorial Field 3,500
9/24 W 46-0 Wilkes-Barre Bullets (H) 2,000
10/1 L 14-22 Erie Vets (H) 3,300
10/4 W 1-0 at Bethlehem Bulldogs, Liberty Stadium [Bulldogs disband before game•forfeit]
10/8 W 12-10 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 9,500
10/15 L 7-21 at Jersey City Giants, Roosevelt Stadium 5,500
10/22 W 31-0 at Erie Vets, Erie Stadium 3,081
10/29 W 24-16 Richmond Rebels (H) 3,100
11/5 L 6-7 Jersey City Giants (H) 3,500
(Panthers withdraw from league on 11/8)
11/12 L 0-1 at Richmond Rebels, City Stadium [forfeit]
Paterson Miners
1962 (13-2-0) [Atlantic Coast League (8-1-0)•1st Place, league•(9-1-0 after championship game) Champions!] Coach: Sol Rosen
8/11 W 20-0 Baltimore Broncos (H) (night) 6,500
8/18 W 60-6 Washington Collegians, (night) at Madison, N.J. 3,500
8/25 W 46-2 Morrissey Steelers, (night) at Hacketstown Rotary Bowl, N.J. 4,000
9/2 L 14-16 Fort Eustis Wheels, (night) at Franklin, N.J. Kiwanis Bowl
9/8 W 26-20 at Portland Sea Hawks 9,612
9/15 W 26-20 at Utica Falcons, (night) at Harmon Field, Herkimer, N,Y, 4,300
9/22 L 7-42 Providence Steam Roller (H) (night) 6,356
9/29 W 70-0 Utica Falcons (H) (night) 2,000
10/6 W 20-7 Ansonia Black Knights (H) (night) 1,500
10/12 W 30-6 at Providence Steam Roller 8,104
10/20 W 20-0 Portland Sea Hawks (H) (night) 1,200
10/27 W 14-7 at Ansonia Black Knights (night) 1,142
11/7 W 38-0 Stamford Golden Bears (H) (night) 1,200
11/10 W 14-6 at Baltimore Broncos (night)
11/18 ppd. at Stamford Golden Bears
11/22 L 6-28 at Hammonton Bakers
12/1 canc. at Stamford Golden Bears
12/8 W 20-10 Boston Sweepers, a.k.a. Chelsea Sweepers (night) inside Convention Hall, Atlantic City 800
Championship Game
12/16 W 17-142 O.T. Providence Steam Roller, inside Convention Hall, Atlantic City 2,267 CHAMPIONS!!
| Notes: | |
| • Home Field- Hinchliffe Stadium opened 1932. | |
| • Paterson Panthers Team Colors- Deep Maroon, Gray & White. | |
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| • 1936- The Wessington Red Devils, a.k.a. Wessie Red Devils, were a merger between the Passaic Red Devils and the Clifton Wessingtons. | |
| • 1962- The Franklin MinersPaterson Miners. | |
| • 1963- The Paterson Miners move and become the Newark Bears. | |
| • 7/24/1932- The first sporting event at the Stadium, was a House of David v. Paterson Pros semi-pro baseball game. Gil Burgess, Paterson first baseman, hit the first home run. | |
| • 8/15/1932- The 1st night baseball game was between the Cuban Stars and the Paterson Truckers. | |
| • 9/22/1933- The “Colored Championship of the Nation” was held at Hinchliffe Stadium between the two top Negro baseball teams. Score: Philadelphia Stars 14 - New York Black Yankees 8. Hinchcliffe Stadium was the home ballpark for the New York Black Yankees (NNL), 1937, 1939-1945. The New York Cubans used Hinchliffe in 1936. | |
| • On March 22, 2004, Hinchliffe Stadium was put on the National Historic Register. In 2013, it was designated as a National Landmark |
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