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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 and Walt Driskill

Training Camp: McDaniel College (Western Maryland College) (Westminster, Maryland)

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 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 5.5 189 127 256 1851 18 13 7.2 60 511 2396 28 4.7 121 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 7 2 3 5 6 4 7 7 7 6 7 3

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 August 28 boxscore L 0-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 17 31 8 201 142 59 3 17 367 140 227 3
1 Fri September 2 boxscore L 0-2 @ Los Angeles Dons 17 49 13 328 219 109 5 21 528 224 304 2
2 Sun September 11 boxscore L 0-3 @ Cleveland Browns 0 21 11 156 75 81 4 17 406 234 172 3
4 Fri September 16 boxscore L 0-4 Chicago Hornets 7 35 15 360 233 127 7 13 432 237 195 1
5 Sun September 25 boxscore L 0-5 Cleveland Browns 20 28 14 320 181 139 2 13 211 104 107 1
5 Sun October 2 boxscore W 1-5 @ Buffalo Bills 35 28 11 366 276 90 23 378 165 213 3
7 Sun October 16 boxscore L 1-6 New York Yankees 21 24 17 475 344 131 3 14 248 65 183 1
8 Sun October 23 boxscore L 1-7 Chicago Hornets 7 17 14 335 142 193 7 12 299 174 125 3
7 Sun October 30 boxscore L 1-8 @ New York Yankees 14 21 12 231 216 15 3 12 288 64 224 4
10 Sun November 6 boxscore L 1-9 San Francisco 49ers 10 28 13 227 109 118 5 18 415 120 295 3
11 Sun November 20 boxscore L 1-10 Los Angeles Dons 10 21 19 328 193 135 1 7 188 57 131 1
12 Sun November 27 boxscore L 1-11 Buffalo Bills 14 38 7 277 231 46 3 22 461 234 227 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 23 QB 11 7 148 289 51.2 2209 14 4.8 18 6.2 80 7.6 5.8 14.9 200.8 66.8 0 0
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 0 0
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 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 0 0
Herm Wedemeyer 25 KR/lh/PR 11 5 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Team Total 26.1 12 160 325 49.2 2355 14 4.3 22 6.8 80 7.2 5.1 14.7 168.2 59.5 0 0
Opp Total 12 127 256 49.6 1851 18 7.0 13 5.1 7.2 6.35 14.6 154.3 75.8 0 0 7.2 6.4 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
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 KR/lh/PR 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 fb 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 hb 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 b 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 hb 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 e 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

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
Herm Wedemeyer 25 KR/lh/PR 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 fb 10 3 6 75 0 0 12.5 293
Paul Page 22 hb 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 hb 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 de 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

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
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 KR/lh/PR 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

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

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