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1947 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 2-11-1, Finished 4th in AAFC East Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 167 points (11.9/g), 8th of 8 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 377 points (26.9/g), 7th.
 Differential of -210 points (-15.0/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 1.8-12.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.6/g), 6th.

Coached by Cecil Isbell (2-11-1)

1947 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box W 1-0 Brooklyn Dodgers 16 7 9 170 111 59 5 8 118 19 99 3
2 Sun September 14 box L 1-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 7 14 8 109 144 -35 4 18 343 84 259 2
3 Sun September 21 box L 1-2 @ Cleveland Browns 0 28 14 297 159 138 6 11 295 122 173 1
4 Sun September 28 box L 1-3 New York Yankees 7 21 14 264 189 75 5 10 231 120 111 5
5 Sun October 5 box T 1-3-1 San Francisco 49ers 28 28 17 400 241 159 3 15 382 217 165 5
6 Sun October 12 box L 1-4-1 @ Buffalo Bills 15 20 13 266 197 69 1 14 335 96 239
7 Sun October 19 box L 1-5-1 Los Angeles Dons 10 38 7 184 136 48 4 10 245 117 128 3
8 Sun October 26 box L 1-6-1 @ Los Angeles Dons 0 56 5 95 43 52 2 18 467 275 192 1
9 Sun November 2 box L 1-7-1 @ New York Yankees 21 35 9 250 236 14 1 11 348 62 286 2
10 Fri November 7 box L 1-8-1 @ Chicago Rockets 21 27 17 348 274 74 2 7 201 53 148 1
11 Sun November 16 box L 1-9-1 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 14 21 10 330 255 75 2 11 280 52 228 1
12 Sun November 23 box L 1-10-1 Buffalo Bills 14 33 11 240 143 97 3 16 325 93 232 4
13 Sun November 30 box W 2-10-1 Chicago Rockets 14 7 17 318 109 209 5 13 315 239 76 5
14 Sun December 7 box L 2-11-1 Cleveland Browns 0 42 10 186 101 85 4 21 559 225 334 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 167 3498 769 4.5 161 177 352 2337 13 24 6.6 85 417 1161 7 2.8 65 47 23 11
Team Defense 377 4456 810 5.5 248 124 239 1791 17 14 7.5 59 571 2665 29 4.7 183 39 25 6
Lg Rank Offense 8 7 5 1 3 7 6 7 7 8 8 8 7 7
Lg Rank Defense 7 6 4 1 2 3 8 4 8 7 7 6 3 1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Bud Schwenk 29 QB 14 2 168 327 51.4 2236 13 4.0 20 6.1 72 6.8 4.5 13.3 159.7 61.2
Ernie Case 28 qb 14 10 4 11 36.4 49 0 0.0 1 9.1 0 4.5 0.4 12.3 3.5 13.1
John Galvin 27 P 13 1 3 6 50.0 34 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 5.7 5.7 11.3 2.6 67.4
Steve Nemeth 25 4 1 2 6 33.3 18 0 0.0 2 33.3 0 3.0 -12.0 9.0 4.5 2.8
Lamar Davis 26 13 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Billy Hillenbrand 25 LH 13 13 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.5 14 177 352 50.3 2337 13 3.7 24 6.8 72 6.6 3.9 13.2 166.9 55.6
Opp Total 14 124 239 51.9 1791 17 7.1 14 5.9 7.5 5.6 14.4 127.9 75.8 0 0 7.5 5.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Bus Mertes 26 FB 14 10 95 321 2 0 3.4 22.9 6.8 2 28 14.0 0 0 0.1 2.0 349 2 0
Billy Hillenbrand 25 LH 13 13 66 204 2 0 3.1 15.7 5.1 39 702 18.0 7 0 3.0 54.0 906 9 0
Frankie Sinkwich 27 8 2 55 208 0 0 3.8 26.0 6.9 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.4 211 0 0
John Wright 26 13 0 38 113 0 0 3.0 8.7 2.9 113 0 0
Johnny Vardian 26 RH 14 5 35 57 0 0 1.6 4.1 2.5 16 280 17.5 1 0 1.1 20.0 337 1 0
Andy Dudish 26 14 4 28 30 1 0 1.1 2.1 2.0 7 130 18.6 1 0 0.5 9.3 160 2 0
Rudy Mobley 26 14 2 26 90 1 0 3.5 6.4 1.9 11 121 11.0 1 0 0.8 8.6 211 2 0
Bud Schwenk 29 QB 14 2 25 58 1 0 2.3 4.1 1.8 58 1 0
Ray Terrell 28 rh 10 5 21 20 0 0 1.0 2.0 2.1 6 21 3.5 0 0 0.6 2.1 41 0 0
Jim Castiglia 29 2 2 9 18 0 0 2.0 9.0 4.5 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.5 5.0 28 0 0
Blondy Black 27 5 0 5 39 0 0 7.8 7.8 1.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.2 1.4 46 0 0
Lamar Davis 26 13 2 3 14 0 0 4.7 1.1 0.2 46 515 11.2 2 0 3.5 39.6 529 2 0
Buzz Trebotich 27 2 0 3 -4 0 0 -1.3 -2.0 1.5 -4 0 0
Hub Bechtol 21 LE 14 12 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 -0.1 0.1 17 167 9.8 1 0 1.2 11.9 166 1 0
Armand Cure 28 1 0 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 -1.0 2.0 -1 0 0
Lamar Blount 27 5 3 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.4 0.2 -2 0 0
Ernie Case 28 qb 14 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
John Galvin 27 P 13 1 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 -4 0 0
Steve Nemeth 25 4 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
Elmer Madar 27 RE 9 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 53 6.6 0 0 0.9 5.9 53 0 0
Sig Sigurdson 29 8 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 104 13.0 0 0 1.0 13.0 104 0 0
Ralph Jones 25 6 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 23 7.7 0 0 0.5 3.8 23 0 0
Gorham Getchell 27 8 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 17 8.5 0 0 0.3 2.1 17 0 0
Gil Meyer 27 13 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.2 3 0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 417 1161 7 1 2.8 82.9 29.8 169 2189 13.0 13 10 12.1 156.4 3350 20 0
Opp Total 14 571 2665 29 4.7 190.4 40.8 124 1791 14.4 17 8.9 127.9 4456 46 50

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Billy Hillenbrand 25 LH 13 13 13 201 0 0 15.5 18 466 1 96 25.9 1573
Andy Dudish 26 14 4 5 121 0 0 24.2 8 184 0 0 23.0 465
Johnny Vardian 26 RH 14 5 5 66 0 0 13.2 6 128 0 0 21.3 531
Ray Terrell 28 rh 10 5 1 18 0 18 18.0 9 204 0 0 22.7 263
Ernie Case 28 qb 14 10 2 18 0 0 9.0 4 104 0 0 26.0 122
Rudy Mobley 26 14 2 5 74 0 0 14.8 1 18 0 18 18.0 303
Frankie Sinkwich 27 8 2 1 15 0 15 15.0 5 118 0 0 23.6 344
Lamar Davis 26 13 2 1 33 0 33 33.0 2 44 0 0 22.0 606
John Galvin 27 P 13 1 2 38 0 0 19.0 34
Hub Bechtol 21 LE 14 12 1 13 0 13 13.0 179
Barry French 25 LG 14 14 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Elmer Madar 27 RE 9 6 1 14 0 14 14.0 67
Buzz Trebotich 27 2 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 13
Team Total 26.5 14 33 546 0 33 16.5 59 1356 1 96 23.0 5252
Opp Total 14 46 1 38 846 1 22.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
John Galvin 27 P 13 1 66 2377 0 2 36.0
Augie Lio 29 RG 10 9 8 3 37.5% 20 19 95.0%
Ernie Case 28 qb 14 10 1 1 100.0% 1 1 100.0% 5 152 0 1 30.4
Steve Nemeth 25 4 1 1 0.0% 1 1 100.0% 3 126 0 0 42.0
Frankie Sinkwich 27 8 2 4 167 0 0 41.8
Team Total 26.5 14 10 4 40.0% 22 21 95.5% 78 2822 0 3 36.2
Opp Total 14 12 3 25.0% 53 50 94.3% 56 2240 40.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Hub Bechtol 21 LE 14 12 1 7 0 7
Ernie Case 28 qb 14 10 2 56 0 0
Lamar Davis 26 13 2 1 12 0 12
Billy Hillenbrand 25 LH 13 13 1 48 0 48
Joe Kodba 25 13 3 1 2 0 2
Floyd Konetsky 27 6 1 1 15 0 15
Rudy Mobley 26 14 2 2 8 0 0
Ray Terrell 28 rh 10 5 1 12 0 12
Johnny Vardian 26 RH 14 5 3 48 0 0
John Wright 26 13 0 1 5 0 5
Team Total 26.5 14 14 213 0 48
Opp Total 14 50 25

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Billy Hillenbrand 25 LH 13 13 2 7 1 60
Augie Lio 29 RG 10 9 19 3 28
Lamar Davis 26 13 2 2 12
Andy Dudish 26 14 4 1 1 12
Bus Mertes 26 FB 14 10 2 12
Rudy Mobley 26 14 2 1 1 12
Hub Bechtol 21 LE 14 12 1 6
Jim Castiglia 29 2 2 1 6
Bud Schwenk 29 QB 14 2 1 6
Johnny Vardian 26 RH 14 5 1 6
Ernie Case 28 qb 14 10 1 1 4
Steve Nemeth 25 4 1 1 1
Team Total 26.5 14 7 13 1 1 21 4 165
Opp Total 14 29 17 1 1 50 3 377