1947 Brooklyn Dodgers

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Record: 3-10-1, Finished 3rd in AAFC East Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 181 points (12.9/g), 7th of 8 in the AAFC.
Allowed 340 points (24.3/g), 6th.
Differential of -159 points (-11.4/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 2.6-11.4.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 3rd.

Coached by Cliff Battles (3-10-1)

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

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	August 31	box	L	0-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	7	23	7	165	91	74	2	12	275	144	131	5
2	Sun	September 7	box	L	0-2	@	Baltimore Colts	7	16	8	118	19	99	3	9	170	111	59	5
3	Fri	September 12	box	L	0-3		Cleveland Browns	7	55	11	177	39	138	5	13	417	194	223
4	Fri	September 19	box	L	0-4	@	Los Angeles Dons	21	48	9	149	117	32	5	8	357	215	142	2
5	Fri	October 3	box	W	1-4	@	Chicago Rockets	35	31	16	319	63	256		17	414	212	202	3
6	Sun	October 12	box	L	1-5	@	New York Yankees	7	31	4	86	63	23	1	11	339	100	239	3
7	Fri	October 17	box	T	1-5-1		Buffalo Bills	14	14	12	286	12	274	2	13	283	81	202	1
8	Sun	October 26	box	L	1-6-1	@	Buffalo Bills	7	35	6	140	28	112	2	22	426	171	255	1
9	Fri	October 31	box	W	2-6-1		Chicago Rockets	7	3	9	200	88	112	1	11	207	47	160	2
10	Sun	November 9	box	L	2-7-1	@	Cleveland Browns	12	13	10	273	22	251		13	261	95	166	3
11	Sun	November 16	box	W	3-7-1		Baltimore Colts	21	14	11	280	52	228	1	10	330	255	75	2
12	Sun	November 23	box	L	3-8-1		Los Angeles Dons	12	16	9	282	201	81	2	13	358	209	149	4
13	Thu	November 27	box	L	3-9-1		San Francisco 49ers	7	21	14	227	129	98	5	12	415	120	295	1
14	Sun	December 7	box	L	3-10-1		New York Yankees	17	20	11	186	30	156	1	12	358	175	183	3

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	181	2996	727	4.1	138	92	232	1060	4	17	4.6	39	495	1936	21	3.9	92	30	13	7
Team Defense	340	4646	779	6.0	244	124	265	2130	21	16	8.0	57	514	2516	16	4.9	178	36	20	9
Lg Rank Offense	7	8			8		7	8	8	2	8		4	5	4	5		2	1
Lg Rank Defense	6	7			2		3	5	6	7	8		6	6	5	8		6	3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	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
Bob Hoernschemeyer	22	TB	12	5	64	151	42.4	783	3	2.0	11	7.3	0	5.2	2.1	12.2	65.3	35.3
Glenn Dobbs	27		2	0	12	34	35.3	112	1	2.9	1	2.9	0	3.3	2.3	9.3	56.0	42.8
Bob Perina	26		14	4	11	24	45.8	91	0	0.0	2	8.3	0	3.8	0.0	8.3	6.5	21.4
Dub Jones	23	RET	8	2	3	15	20.0	37	0	0.0	2	13.3	0	2.5	-3.5	12.3	4.6	0.0
Mickey Colmer	29	FB	14	10	1	3	33.3	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	20	6.7	6.7	20.0	1.4	57.6
Lee Tevis	26		8	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Jim McCarthy	27	LE	14	13	1	2	50.0	17	0	0.0	1	50.0	17	8.5	-14.0	17.0	1.2	39.6
Team Total	28.4		14		92	232	39.7	1060	4	1.7	17	7.3	20	4.6	1.4	11.5	75.7	29.4
Opp Total			14		124	265	46.8	2130	21	7.9	16	6.0		8.0	6.1	17.2	152.1	75.8	0	0	8.0	6.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Mickey Colmer	29	FB	14	10	152	578	9	0	3.8	41.3	10.9	18	190	10.6	1	0	1.3	13.6	768	10	0
Bob Hoernschemeyer	22	TB	12	5	147	702	5	84	4.8	58.5	12.3								702	5	0
Bob Perina	26		14	4	67	116	3	0	1.7	8.3	4.8	9	67	7.4	1	0	0.6	4.8	183	4	0
Monk Gafford	27	HB	14	13	46	232	1	0	5.0	16.6	3.3	8	113	14.1	0	0	0.6	8.1	345	1	0
Dub Jones	23	RET	8	2	43	136	1	0	3.2	17.0	5.4								136	1	0
Al Akins	26		13	3	15	79	1	0	5.3	6.1	1.2	6	101	16.8	1	60	0.5	7.8	180	2	0
Glenn Dobbs	27		2	0	14	41	1	0	2.9	20.5	7.0								41	1	0
Lee Tevis	26		8	0	4	44	0	0	11.0	5.5	0.5								44	0	0
Elmore Harris	25		10	2	3	-2	0	0	-0.7	-0.2	0.3								-2	0	0
George Benson	28		1	0	2	5	0	0	2.5	5.0	2.0								5	0	0
Hal Thompson	25		12	1	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	15	148	9.9	0	0	1.3	12.3	152	0	0
Walt McDonald	27	BB	12	10	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	3	30	10.0	0	0	0.3	2.5	31	0	0
Saxon Judd	28	RE	14	10	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	18	204	11.3	1	0	1.3	14.6	204	1	0
Jim McCarthy	27	LE	14	13	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	10	147	14.7	0	0	0.7	10.5	147	0	0
Herb Nelson	26	re	14	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	17	8.5	0	0	0.1	1.2	17	0	0
Ted Scruggs	24		12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	9	4.5	0	0	0.2	0.8	9	0	0
Bob Hein	26		5	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.2	1.4	7	0	0
Team Total	28.4		14		495	1936	21	84	3.9	138.3	35.4	92	1060	11.5	4	60	6.6	75.7	2996	25	0
Opp Total			14		514	2516	16		4.9	179.7	36.7	124	2130	17.2	21		8.9	152.1	4646	37	40

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Monk Gafford	27	HB	14	13	11	186	0	0	16.9	21	565	0	0	26.9	1096
Dub Jones	23	RET	8	2	14	157	0	0	11.2	7	121	0	0	17.3	414
Elmore Harris	25		10	2						14	329	0	0	23.5	327
Bob Perina	26		14	4	4	27	0	0	6.8	3	67	0	0	22.3	277
Al Akins	26		13	3	1	17	0	17	17.0	5	131	0	0	26.2	328
Mickey Colmer	29	FB	14	10						3	77	0	0	25.7	845
Saxon Judd	28	RE	14	10						2	5	0	0	2.5	209
Lou Daukas	26		4	0						1	1	0	1	1.0	1
Bob Hoernschemeyer	22	TB	12	5	1	19	0	19	19.0						721
Walt McDonald	27	BB	12	10	1	19	0	19	19.0						50
Team Total	28.4		14		32	425	0	19	13.3	56	1296	0	1	23.1	4717
Opp Total			14		50		1			37	1032	2		27.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Mickey Colmer	29	FB	14	10																	56	2504	0	0	44.7
Phil Martinovich	32	fb	14	5											20	3	15.0%	25	22	88.0%
Glenn Dobbs	27		2	0																	14	579	0	0	41.4
Bob Perina	26		14	4																	7	209	0	2	29.9
Lee Tevis	26		8	0																	5	246	0	0	49.2
Bob Hoernschemeyer	22	TB	12	5																	2	56	0	1	28.0
Team Total	28.4		14												20	3	15.0%	25	22	88.0%	84	3594	0	3	42.8
Opp Total			14												18	12	66.7%	44	40	90.9%	55	2200			40.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Al Akins	26		13	3		1	31	0	31
Lou Daukas	26		4	0		1	1	0	1
Monk Gafford	27	HB	14	13		3	16	0	0
Joe Gibson	28		14	4		1	0	0	0
Bob Hoernschemeyer	22	TB	12	5		1	8	0	8
Dub Jones	23	RET	8	2		2	35	0	0
Bob Perina	26		14	4		4	40	0	0
Doyle Tackett	24		12	2		1	17	0	17
Lee Tevis	26		8	0		2	9	0	0
Team Total	28.4		14			16	157	0	31
Opp Total			14									40	20

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	OthTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Mickey Colmer	29	FB	14	10	9	1						60
Phil Martinovich	32	fb	14	5						22	3	31
Bob Hoernschemeyer	22	TB	12	5	5							30
Bob Perina	26		14	4	3	1						24
Al Akins	26		13	3	1	1						12
Glenn Dobbs	27		2	0	1				1			12
Monk Gafford	27	HB	14	13	1							6
Dub Jones	23	RET	8	2	1							6
Saxon Judd	28	RE	14	10		1						6
Team Total	28.4		14		21	4			1	22	3	187
Opp Total			14		16	21	1	2		40	12	340

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