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1948 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 1st in AAFC East Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 333 points (23.8/g), 4th of 8 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 327 points (23.4/g), 5th.
 Differential of 6 points (0.4/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 7.2-6.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 4th.

Coached by Cecil Isbell

Training Camp: (Sun Valley, Idaho)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 333 5065 872 5.8 218 185 340 2899 19 13 8.5 84 532 2166 22 4.1 120 34 21 14
Team Defense 327 4960 868 5.7 224 177 364 2438 18 22 6.7 84 504 2522 21 5.0 125 36 14 15
Lg Rank Offense 4 4 4 6 1 5 1 1 4 4 4 6 2 6
Lg Rank Defense 5 5 7 6 3 2 6 2 5 6 5 7 7 7

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 5 boxscore W 1-0 New York Yankees 45 28 13 488 346 142 3 14 242 149 93 2
3 Fri September 10 boxscore L 1-1 @ Chicago Rockets 14 21 12 252 110 142 17 397 87 310 3
4 Thu September 16 boxscore W 2-1 @ New York Yankees 27 14 19 402 241 161 4 19 296 197 99 5
4 Sun September 26 boxscore W 3-1 Brooklyn Dodgers 35 20 14 331 99 232 4 15 311 177 134 5
5 Tue October 5 boxscore L 3-2 Cleveland Browns 10 14 8 190 103 87 2 13 374 146 228 1
6 Sun October 10 boxscore L 3-3 San Francisco 49ers 14 56 16 307 120 187 5 19 493 163 330
7 Fri October 15 boxscore W 4-3 @ Los Angeles Dons 29 14 19 438 269 169 3 9 235 166 69 3
9 Sun October 24 boxscore L 4-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 10 21 14 308 266 42 1 20 494 104 390 4
9 Sun October 31 boxscore L 4-5 @ Buffalo Bills 17 35 16 380 269 111 1 20 513 295 218 3
9 Sun November 7 boxscore L 4-6 @ Cleveland Browns 7 28 15 272 183 89 1 23 414 224 190 2
11 Sun November 14 boxscore W 5-6 Chicago Rockets 38 24 21 452 223 229 4 11 316 270 46 2
12 Sun November 21 boxscore L 5-7 Los Angeles Dons 14 17 19 406 215 191 3 9 188 119 69 2
13 Sun November 28 boxscore W 6-7 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 38 20 21 491 249 242 18 378 244 134 2
14 Sun December 5 boxscore W 7-7 Buffalo Bills 35 15 12 303 163 140 1 19 295 140 155 3
Playoffs
Division Sun December 12 boxscore L 7-8 Buffalo Bills 17 28 24 393 217 176 3 11 297 135 162 3

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
Y.A. Tittle 22 QB 14 12 161 289 55.7 2522 16 5.5 9 3.1 80 8.7 8.4 15.7 180.1 90.3
Charlie O'Rourke 31 P 14 1 24 51 47.1 377 3 5.9 4 7.8 0 7.4 5.0 15.7 26.9 59.0
Team Total 26.3 14 185 340 54.4 2899 19 5.6 13 3.8 80 8.5 7.9 15.7 207.1 85.6 0 0
Opp Total 14 177 364 48.6 2438 18 4.9 22 6.0 6.7 4.97 13.8 174.1 61.8 0 0 6.7 5.0 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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 27 FB 14 12 155 680 4 0 4.4 48.6 11.1 6 56 9.3 0 0 0.4 4.0 736 4 0
Bob Pfohl 22 KR/RH 14 14 107 455 4 0 4.3 32.5 7.6 13 134 10.3 1 0 0.9 9.6 589 5 0
Billy Hillenbrand 26 LH/PR 14 13 100 510 7 0 5.1 36.4 7.1 50 970 19.4 6 0 3.6 69.3 1480 13 0
Lu Gambino 25 fb 9 1 54 194 1 0 3.6 21.6 6.0 6 28 4.7 0 0 0.7 3.1 222 1 0
Y.A. Tittle 22 QB 14 12 52 157 4 0 3.0 11.2 3.7 157 4 0
Jake Leicht 28 hb 14 1 20 88 1 0 4.4 6.3 1.4 12 134 11.2 1 0 0.9 9.6 222 2 0
Lew Mayne 28 8 0 14 26 0 0 1.9 3.3 1.8 2 33 16.5 0 0 0.3 4.1 59 0 0
Rex Grossman 24 K 14 1 8 -3 0 0 -0.4 -0.2 0.6 -3 0 0
Charlie O'Rourke 31 P 14 1 7 15 1 0 2.1 1.1 0.5 15 1 0
Johnny Vardian 27 12 0 6 13 0 0 2.2 1.1 0.5 3 26 8.7 0 0 0.3 2.2 39 0 0
Aubrey Fowler 28 13 0 6 30 0 0 5.0 2.3 0.5 30 0 0
Spiro Dellerba 25 lb 14 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Joe Smith 26 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 8 131 16.4 1 0 0.7 10.9 132 1 0
Lamar Davis 27 LE 14 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 765 18.7 7 0 2.9 54.6 765 7 0
Windell Williams 25 re 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 360 11.3 2 0 2.3 25.7 360 2 0
John North 27 RE 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 204 25.5 1 80 0.6 14.6 204 1 0
Hub Bechtol 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 25 12.5 0 0 0.2 2.1 25 0 0
Bob Nowaskey 30 e 13 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 31 31.0 0 31 0.1 2.4 31 0 0
Ollie Poole 26 de 9 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.2 2 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 532 2166 22 1 4.1 154.7 38.0 185 2899 15.7 19 80 13.2 207.1 5065 41 0
Opp Total 14 504 2522 21 5.0 180.1 36.0 177 2438 13.8 18 12.6 174.1 4960 39 30

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Billy Hillenbrand 26 LH/PR 14 13 18 231 0 0 12.8 16 356 0 0 22.3 2067
Bob Pfohl 22 KR/RH 14 14 2 102 1 0 51.0 17 366 0 0 21.5 1057
Jake Leicht 28 hb 14 1 8 139 0 0 17.4 4 83 0 0 20.8 444
Aubrey Fowler 28 13 0 4 41 0 0 10.3 2 16 0 0 8.0 87
Johnny Vardian 27 12 0 3 34 0 0 11.3 3 66 0 0 22.0 139
Lew Mayne 28 8 0 2 24 0 0 12.0 3 61 0 0 20.3 144
Lu Gambino 25 fb 9 1 3 57 0 0 19.0 279
John Sylvester 25 12 0 2 16 0 0 8.0 16
Lamar Davis 27 LE 14 9 1 10 0 10 10.0 775
Spiro Dellerba 25 lb 14 2 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Dub Garrett 23 RG 14 14 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Bus Mertes 27 FB 14 12 1 15 0 15 15.0 751
Windell Williams 25 re 14 1 1 20 0 20 20.0 380
Team Total 26.3 14 40 597 1 10 14.9 52 1062 0 20 20.4 6724
Opp Total 14 31 0 61 1176 0 19.3

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
Charlie O'Rourke 31 P 14 1 66 2546 0 1 38.6
Rex Grossman 24 K 14 1 18 10 55.6% 43 43 100.0%
Team Total 26.3 14 18 10 55.6% 43 43 100.0% 66 2546 0 1 38.6
Opp Total 14 11 2 18.2% 46 43 93.5% 58 2517 43.4

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Lamar Davis 27 LE 14 9 5 110 0 0 0
Jake Leicht 28 hb 14 1 5 91 0 0 0
Aubrey Fowler 28 13 0 3 0 0 0 0
Spiro Dellerba 25 lb 14 2 2 18 0 0 0
Rex Grossman 24 K 14 1 2 13 0 0 0
Dick Barwegan+ 27 LG 12 12 1 0 0 0 0
Len McCormick 26 c 11 5 1 5 0 5 0
John North 27 RE 14 13 1 25 0 25 0
Joe Smith 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0
John Sylvester 25 12 0 1 0 0 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 22 262 0 25 0
Opp Total 14 30 16 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Billy Hillenbrand 26 LH/PR 14 13 7 6 13 78
Rex Grossman 24 K 14 1 43 10 73
Lamar Davis 27 LE 14 9 7 7 42
Bob Pfohl 22 KR/RH 14 14 4 1 1 6 36
Bus Mertes 27 FB 14 12 4 4 24
Y.A. Tittle 22 QB 14 12 4 4 24
Jake Leicht 28 hb 14 1 1 1 2 12
John North 27 RE 14 13 1 1 2 12
Windell Williams 25 re 14 1 2 2 12
Lu Gambino 25 fb 9 1 1 1 6
Charlie O'Rourke 31 P 14 1 1 1 6
Joe Smith 26 12 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.3 14 22 19 1 1 43 43 10 331
Opp Total 14 21 18 43 2 1 327