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1949 Baltimore Colts

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Record: 1-11-0, Finished 6th in AAFC
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 172 points (14.3/g), 7th of 7 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 341 points (28.4/g), 7th.
 Differential of -169 points (-14.1/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 2.0-10.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-1.1/g), 7th.

Coached by Cecil Isbell (0-4-0) and Walt Driskill (1-7-0)

1949 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 August 28 box L 0-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 17 31 8 201 142 59 3 17 367 140 227 3
2 Fri September 2 box L 0-2 @ Los Angeles Dons 17 49 13 328 219 109 5 21 528 224 304 2
3 Sun September 11 box L 0-3 @ Cleveland Browns 0 21 11 156 75 81 4 17 406 234 172 3
4 Fri September 16 box L 0-4 N Chicago Hornets 7 35 15 360 233 127 7 13 432 237 195 1
5 Sun September 25 box L 0-5 Cleveland Browns 20 28 14 320 181 139 2 13 211 104 107 1
6 Sun October 2 box W 1-5 @ Buffalo Bills 35 28 11 366 276 90 23 378 165 213 3
7 Sun October 16 box L 1-6 New York Yankees 21 24 17 475 344 131 3 14 248 65 183 1
8 Sun October 23 box L 1-7 Chicago Hornets 7 17 14 335 142 193 7 12 299 174 125 3
9 Sun October 30 box L 1-8 @ New York Yankees 14 21 12 231 216 15 3 12 288 64 224 4
10 Sun November 6 box L 1-9 San Francisco 49ers 10 28 13 227 109 118 5 18 415 120 295 3
11 Sun November 20 box L 1-10 Los Angeles Dons 10 21 19 328 193 135 1 7 188 57 131 1
12 Sun November 27 box L 1-11 Buffalo Bills 14 38 7 277 231 46 3 22 461 234 227 3

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 172 3639 687 5.3 151 160 325 2355 14 22 7.2 78 362 1284 8 3.5 66 43 21 7
Team Defense 341 4247 767 5.5 257 127 256 1851 18 13 7.2 60 511 2396 28 4.7 189 30 17 8
Lg Rank Offense 7 4 5 1 2 4 4 2 6 6 7 6 6 5
Lg Rank Defense 7 6 6 2 3 5 6 4 7 7 7 6 7 3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Y.A. Tittle 23 QB 11 7 148 289 51.2 2209 14 4.8 18 6.2 80 7.6 5.3 14.9 200.8 66.8
Sam Vacanti 27 qb 12 5 11 27 40.7 134 0 0.0 1 3.7 0 5.0 3.3 12.2 11.2 41.3
Charlie O'Rourke 32 P 5 0 1 7 14.3 12 0 0.0 1 14.3 12 1.7 -4.7 12.0 2.4 0.0
Rex Grossman 25 K 11 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Herm Wedemeyer 25 lh 11 5 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.1 12 160 325 49.2 2355 14 4.3 22 6.8 80 7.2 4.6 14.7 168.2 59.5
Opp Total 12 127 256 49.6 1851 18 7.0 13 5.1 7.2 5.6 14.6 154.3 75.8 0 0 7.2 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
Bob Pfohl 23 RH 12 7 67 205 2 0 3.1 17.1 5.6 7 62 8.9 0 0 0.6 5.2 267 2 0
Herm Wedemeyer 25 lh 11 5 64 291 0 0 4.5 26.5 5.8 10 112 11.2 0 0 0.9 10.2 403 0 0
Lu Gambino 26 FB 10 6 56 208 0 0 3.7 20.8 5.6 10 67 6.7 1 0 1.0 6.7 275 1 0
Billy Stone 24 lh 12 1 51 205 2 0 4.0 17.1 4.3 31 621 20.0 6 66 2.6 51.8 826 8 0
Chick Jagade 23 10 3 33 174 2 0 5.3 17.4 3.3 8 44 5.5 0 0 0.8 4.4 218 2 0
Y.A. Tittle 23 QB 11 7 29 89 2 0 3.1 8.1 2.6 89 2 0
Paul Page 22 8 2 25 81 0 0 3.2 10.1 3.1 4 62 15.5 0 0 0.5 7.8 143 0 0
Bus Mertes 28 2 2 11 8 0 0 0.7 4.0 5.5 2 22 11.0 1 0 1.0 11.0 30 1 0
Bob Kelly 24 10 2 9 17 0 0 1.9 1.7 0.9 2 25 12.5 0 0 0.2 2.5 42 0 0
Sam Vacanti 27 qb 12 5 7 10 0 0 1.4 0.8 0.6 10 0 0
Jake Leicht 29 LH 12 6 6 -7 0 0 -1.2 -0.6 0.5 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.0 5 0 0
Wayne Kingery 22 9 0 3 3 0 0 1.0 0.3 0.3 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 0.1 -0.2 1 0 0
Bob Cowan 26 9 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 26 26.0 0 26 0.1 2.9 26 0 0
Lamar Davis 28 LE 12 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 548 14.4 1 0 3.2 45.7 548 1 0
John North 28 RE 11 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 490 19.6 4 80 2.3 44.5 490 4 0
Windell Williams 26 12 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 266 13.3 1 0 1.7 22.2 266 1 0
Team Total 26.1 12 362 1284 8 0 3.5 91.7 25.9 160 2355 14.7 14 80 11.4 168.2 3639 22 0
Opp Total 12 511 2396 28 4.7 199.7 42.6 127 1851 14.6 18 10.6 154.3 4247 46 28

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Herm Wedemeyer 25 lh 11 5 16 221 0 0 13.8 30 602 0 0 20.1 1226
Jake Leicht 29 LH 12 6 9 109 0 0 12.1 8 171 0 0 21.4 285
Chick Jagade 23 10 3 6 75 0 0 12.5 293
Paul Page 22 8 2 1 16 0 16 16.0 4 108 0 0 27.0 267
Bob Pfohl 23 RH 12 7 4 98 0 0 24.5 365
Bob Kelly 24 10 2 2 31 0 0 15.5 73
Wayne Kingery 22 9 0 2 19 0 0 9.5 20
Lamar Davis 28 LE 12 9 1 13 0 13 13.0 561
Bill Leonard 22 11 2 1 25 0 25 25.0 25
Billy Stone 24 lh 12 1 1 25 0 25 25.0 851
Sam Vacanti 27 qb 12 5 1 10 0 10 10.0 20
Team Total 26.1 12 28 365 0 16 13.0 58 1158 0 25 20.0 5162
Opp Total 12 35 0 34 690 0 20.3

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
Rex Grossman 25 K 11 0 11 6 54.5% 19 19 100.0% 28 1087 0 0 38.8
Charlie O'Rourke 32 P 5 0 28 1098 0 0 39.2
Sam Vacanti 27 qb 12 5 2 0.0% 3 3 100.0%
Wayne Kingery 22 9 0 3 109 0 0 36.3
Herm Wedemeyer 25 lh 11 5 3 54 0 0 18.0
Team Total 26.1 12 13 6 46.2% 22 22 100.0% 62 2348 0 0 37.9
Opp Total 12 9 4 44.4% 47 47 100.0% 52 2116 40.7

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 23 12 2 1 6 0 6
Bob Cowan 26 9 0 3 17 0 0
Lamar Davis 28 LE 12 9 1 35 0 35
Bob Kelly 24 10 2 3 24 0 0
Wayne Kingery 22 9 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Leonard 22 11 2 1 7 0 7
Bob Nowaskey 31 12 2 1 9 0 9
Ralph Ruthstrom 28 4 0 1 15 0 15
Team Total 26.1 12 12 113 0 35
Opp Total 12 28 11

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 Stone 24 lh 12 1 2 6 48
Rex Grossman 25 K 11 0 19 6 37
John North 28 RE 11 6 4 24
Chick Jagade 23 10 3 2 12
Bob Pfohl 23 RH 12 7 2 12
Y.A. Tittle 23 QB 11 7 2 12
Lamar Davis 28 LE 12 9 1 6
Lu Gambino 26 FB 10 6 1 6
Bus Mertes 28 2 2 1 6
Windell Williams 26 12 4 1 6
Sam Vacanti 27 qb 12 5 3 3
Team Total 26.1 12 8 14 22 6 172
Opp Total 12 28 18 47 4 341