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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)
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1947 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Bud Schwenk | 29 | 5 | 2 | 168 for 327, 2,236 yards, 13 td, 20 int, & 25 rushes for 58 yards and 1 td | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 19th pick / 1942 |
| QB | Ernie Case | 28 | Rook | 10 | 4 for 11, 49 yards, 0 td, 1 int, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 6th pick / 1947 |
| FB | Bus Mertes | 26 | 2 | 10 | 95 rushes for 321 yards, 2 td, & 2 catches for 28 yards and 0 td | |
| LH | Billy Hillenbrand | 25 | 1 | 13 | 66 rushes for 204 yards, 2 td, & 39 catches for 702 yards and 7 td | New York Giants / 1st / 6th pick / 1944 |
| RH | Johnny Vardian | 26 | 1 | 5 | 35 rushes for 57 yards, 0 td, & 16 catches for 280 yards and 1 td | |
| RH | Ray Terrell | 28 | 1 | 5 | 21 rushes for 20 yards, 0 td, & 6 catches for 21 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Hub Bechtol | 21 | Rook | 12 | 17 catches for 167 yards, 1 td, & 2 rushes for -1 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1947 |
| LT | John Mellus | 30 | 9 | 9 | New York Giants / 9th / 78th pick / 1938 |
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| LT | Al Klug | 27 | 1 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 6th / 44th pick / 1943 |
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| LG | Barry French | 25 | Rook | 14 | Chicago Bears / 19th / 194th pick / 1944 |
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| C | Mike Phillips | 26 | Rook | 9 | ||
| RG | Augie Lio | 29 | 6 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 30th pick / 1941 |
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| RT | George Perpich | 27 | 1 | 10 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 100th pick / 1943 |
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| RE | Elmer Madar | 27 | Rook | 6 | 8 catches for 53 yards, 0 td | Detroit Lions / 20th / 176th pick / 1947 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Augie Lio | 29 | 6 | 9 | 3 of 8 field goals & 19 of 20 extra points | Detroit Lions / 4th / 30th pick / 1941 |
| P | John Galvin | 27 | Rook | 1 | 66 punts for a 36.0 average, 2 blocked | |
| PR | Billy Hillenbrand | 25 | 1 | 13 | 13 punt returns for a 15.5 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 6th pick / 1944 |
| KR | Billy Hillenbrand | 25 | 1 | 13 | 18 kick returns for a 25.9 average and 1 td | New York Giants / 1st / 6th pick / 1944 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bill Baumgartner | 26 | E | 2 | 0 | 202 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 4/17/1921 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 13th / 113th pick / 1943 |
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| Hub Bechtol | 21 | E | 14 | 12 | 202 | 6-3 | Texas,Texas Tech | 4/20/1926 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1947 |
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| Blondy Black | 27 | B | 5 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Mississippi State | 8/20/1920 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1943 |
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| Lamar Blount | 27 | E-B | 5 | 3 | 190 | 6-1 | Duke,Mississippi State | 4/11/1920 | 1 | New York Giants / 2nd / 16th pick / 1944 |
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| Ernie Case | 28 | QB-DB | 14 | 10 | 170 | 5-10 | UCLA | 11/23/1919 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 6th pick / 1947 |
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| Jim Castiglia | 29 | FB | 2 | 2 | 208 | 5-11 | Georgetown (DC) | 9/30/1918 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 21st / 202nd pick / 1941 |
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| Armand Cure | 28 | B | 1 | 0 | 198 | 6-0 | Rhode Island | 8/1/1919 | Rook | ||
| Lamar Davis | 26 | E-DE | 13 | 2 | 185 | 6-1 | Georgia | 6/15/1921 | 1 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 2nd / 12th pick / 1943 |
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| Andy Dudish | 26 | HB | 14 | 4 | 182 | 5-11 | Georgia | 10/13/1921 | 1 | ||
| Barry French | 25 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-0 | Purdue | 2/12/1922 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 19th / 194th pick / 1944 |
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| John Galvin | 27 | QB | 13 | 1 | 170 | 5-10 | Purdue | 12/7/1920 | Rook | ||
| Gorham Getchell | 27 | E-DE | 8 | 1 | 225 | 6-4 | Temple | 8/14/1920 | Rook | ||
| Ed Grain | 25 | G | 10 | 2 | 230 | 6-0 | Pennsylvania | 2/25/1922 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 46th pick / 1947 |
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| Dick Handley | 25 | C-LB | 14 | 3 | 215 | 6-1 | Fresno State | 5/22/1922 | Rook | ||
| George Hekkers | 24 | T | 3 | 0 | 241 | 6-4 | Wisconsin | 2/18/1923 | 1 | ||
| Luke Higgins | 26 | G | 11 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 5/3/1921 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 23rd / 235th pick / 1945 |
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| Billy Hillenbrand | 25 | HB-BB | 13 | 13 | 188 | 6-0 | Indiana | 3/29/1922 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 6th pick / 1944 |
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| Ralph Jones | 25 | E-DE | 6 | 1 | 200 | 6-3 | Alabama,Union (TN) | 2/14/1922 | 1 | ||
| Mike Kasap | 25 | T | 12 | 3 | 255 | 6-2 | Illinois,Purdue | 11/20/1922 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 12th / 115th pick / 1945 |
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| Al Klug | 27 | T-G | 11 | 6 | 215 | 6-1 | Marquette | 6/1/1920 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 6th / 44th pick / 1943 |
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| Joe Kodba | 25 | C-LB | 13 | 3 | 190 | 5-11 | Butler,Purdue | 2/27/1922 | Rook | ||
| Floyd Konetsky | 27 | E | 6 | 1 | 197 | 6-0 | Florida | 5/26/1920 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 29th / 275th pick / 1943 |
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| Jim Landrigan | 24 | T | 5 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Dartmouth,Holy Cross | 5/31/1923 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 19th / 188th pick / 1945 |
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| Augie Lio | 29 | G-T | 10 | 9 | 234 | 6-0 | Georgetown (DC) | 4/30/1918 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 30th pick / 1941 |
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| Elmer Madar | 27 | E | 9 | 6 | 185 | 5-11 | Michigan | 11/28/1920 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 20th / 176th pick / 1947 |
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| Vic Marino | 29 | G | 13 | 4 | 205 | 5-8 | Ohio State | 10/2/1918 | Rook | ||
| John Mellus | 30 | T | 14 | 9 | 214 | 6-0 | Villanova | 6/16/1917 | 9 | New York Giants / 9th / 78th pick / 1938 |
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| Bus Mertes | 26 | B | 14 | 10 | 201 | 6-0 | Iowa | 10/6/1921 | 2 | ||
| Gil Meyer | 27 | E-DE | 13 | 1 | 200 | 6-2 | Wake Forest | 11/25/1920 | Rook | ||
| Rudy Mobley | 26 | HB-DB | 14 | 2 | 155 | 5-7 | Hardin-Simmons | 12/8/1921 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 107th pick / 1945 |
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| Steve Nemeth | 25 | QB-HB | 4 | 1 | 174 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 12/10/1922 | 2 | ||
| George Perpich | 27 | T | 14 | 10 | 223 | 6-2 | Georgetown (DC) | 6/22/1920 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 100th pick / 1943 |
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| Mike Phillips | 26 | C-LB | 12 | 9 | 208 | 6-0 | Western Maryland | 11/22/1921 | Rook | ||
| Bud Schwenk | 29 | QB-TB-HB | 14 | 2 | 201 | 6-2 | Washington (MO) | 8/26/1918 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 19th pick / 1942 |
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| Sig Sigurdson | 29 | E-DE | 8 | 3 | 206 | 6-2 | Pacific Lutheran | 11/27/1918 | Rook | ||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 27 | B | 8 | 2 | 190 | 5-11 | Georgia | 10/10/1920 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 1st pick / 1943 |
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| Ray Terrell | 28 | HB-DB | 10 | 5 | 185 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 6/29/1919 | 1 | ||
| Buzz Trebotich | 27 | B | 2 | 0 | 208 | 5-10 | St. Mary's (CA) | 12/30/1920 | 3 | ||
| Johnny Vardian | 26 | HB-DB | 14 | 5 | 167 | 5-8 | none | 9/25/1921 | 1 | ||
| John Wright | 26 | B | 13 | 0 | 225 | 5-11 | Georgia,Maryland | 7/13/1921 | Rook | New York Giants / 30th / 284th pick / 1947 |
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| Frank Yokas | 23 | G | 13 | 2 | 210 | 5-11 | none | 2/27/1924 | 1 | ||
| George Zorich | 32 | G-LB | 11 | 1 | 213 | 6-2 | Northwestern | 11/24/1915 | 3 | ||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 203.1 | 6-0.2 | 1.3 |