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1946 Chicago Rockets

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Record: 5-6-3, Finished 4th in AAFC West Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 263 points (18.8/g), 5th of 9 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 315 points (22.5/g), 6th.
 Differential of -52 points (-3.7/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 5.5-8.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 2nd.

Coached by Dick Hanley (1-1-1), Pat Boland (2-3-1), Bob Dove (2-2-1) (co-coach with Ned Mathews and Willie Wilkin), Ned Mathews (2-2-1) and Willie Wilkin (2-2-1)

1946 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 Fri September 13 box L 0-1 Cleveland Browns 6 20 8 228 81 147 4 8 256 31 225 1
2 Fri September 20 box T 0-1-1 New York Yankees 17 17 9 227 170 57 1 10 238 133 105 3
3 Wed September 25 box W 1-1-1 Buffalo Bisons 38 35 13 402 260 142 2 9 396 161 235 3
4 Sun September 29 box W 2-1-1 San Francisco 49ers 24 7 12 256 86 170 1 12 263 170 93 3
5 Sat October 5 box L 2-2-1 Los Angeles Dons 9 21 7 153 109 44 3 16 306 186 120 6
6 Fri October 11 box T 2-2-2 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 21 21 22 500 328 172 3 5 157 86 71 4
7 Fri October 18 box W 3-2-2 Miami Seahawks 28 7 10 312 102 210 3 4 55 83 -28 3
8 Sun October 27 box L 3-3-2 @ Buffalo Bisons 17 49 12 181 132 49 6 14 267 50 217 3
9 Sat November 2 box L 3-4-2 Brooklyn Dodgers 14 21 8 152 45 107 4 6 240 84 156 2
10 Mon November 11 box W 4-4-2 @ Miami Seahawks 20 7 8 232 47 185 2 8 167 134 33 4
11 Sun November 17 box L 4-5-2 @ Cleveland Browns 14 51 9 156 115 41 8 8 360 151 209 2
12 Sun November 24 box W 5-5-2 @ New York Yankees 38 28 9 264 177 87 2 14 314 154 160 10
13 Sat November 30 box L 5-6-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 0 14 9 165 123 42 4 7 154 46 108 6
14 Sun December 15 box T 5-6-3 @ Los Angeles Dons 17 17 13 226 132 94 2 8 197 110 87 5

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 263 3439 822 4.2 149 144 310 1898 18 29 6.1 63 512 1541 10 3.0 76 47 18 10
Team Defense 315 3336 734 4.5 189 119 259 1618 19 31 6.2 50 475 1718 16 3.6 129 53 22 10
Lg Rank Offense 5 5 4 3 4 3 7 5 4 6 7 6 7 4
Lg Rank Defense 6 5 3 5 4 6 2 4 5 6 5 5 2 5

Passing

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Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
Bob Hoernschemeyer 21 TB 14 10 95 193 49.2 1266 14 7.3 14 7.3 0 6.6 4.0 13.3 90.4 64.4
Walt Williams 27 14 0 13 30 43.3 226 1 3.3 5 16.7 0 7.5 0.4 17.4 16.1 41.1
Walt Clay 22 13 2 12 27 44.4 140 2 7.4 3 11.1 0 5.2 0.9 11.7 10.8 45.8
Steve Nemeth 24 K 13 1 5 23 21.7 68 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 3.0 3.0 13.6 5.2 39.6
Elroy Hirsch 23 HB 14 12 12 20 60.0 156 1 5.0 2 10.0 0 7.8 3.8 13.0 11.1 61.7
Ernie Lewis 23 FB 12 9 4 8 50.0 17 0 0.0 1 12.5 0 2.1 -3.5 4.3 1.4 16.7
Billy Hillenbrand 24 BB 14 9 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 -30.0 0.0 0.0
Bill Kellagher 26 12 2 2 3 66.7 15 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 5.0 -10.0 7.5 1.3 38.9
Bill Schroeder 23 14 3 1 2 50.0 10 0 0.0 0 0.0 10 5.0 5.0 10.0 0.7 64.6
Don Griffin 24 13 4 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 24.9 14 144 310 46.5 1898 18 5.8 29 9.4 10 6.1 2.5 13.2 135.6 46.7
Opp Total 14 119 259 45.9 1618 19 7.3 31 12.0 6.2 1.6 13.6 115.6 51.3 0 0 6.2 1.6

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 Hoernschemeyer 21 TB 14 10 111 375 0 57 3.4 26.8 7.9 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 0.8 386 0 0
Elroy Hirsch 23 HB 14 12 87 226 1 0 2.6 16.1 6.2 27 347 12.9 3 68 1.9 24.8 573 4 0
Walt Clay 22 13 2 65 283 1 0 4.4 21.8 5.0 4 48 12.0 0 0 0.3 3.7 331 1 0
Ernie Lewis 23 FB 12 9 57 164 1 0 2.9 13.7 4.8 2 26 13.0 0 0 0.2 2.2 190 1 0
Billy Hillenbrand 24 BB 14 9 50 175 2 0 3.5 12.5 3.6 21 315 15.0 4 0 1.5 22.5 490 6 0
Bill Kellagher 26 12 2 49 178 3 53 3.6 14.8 4.1 2 36 18.0 0 0 0.2 3.0 214 3 0
Don Griffin 24 13 4 28 13 0 0 0.5 1.0 2.2 5 28 5.6 0 0 0.4 2.2 41 0 0
Walt Williams 27 14 0 21 19 1 0 0.9 1.4 1.5 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.2 22 1 0
Ned Mathews 28 8 2 12 15 1 0 1.3 1.9 1.5 6 100 16.7 2 0 0.8 12.5 115 3 0
Bill Schroeder 23 14 3 12 42 0 0 3.5 3.0 0.9 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.6 51 0 0
Bill Boedeker 22 12 1 6 8 0 0 1.3 0.7 0.5 5 82 16.4 1 0 0.4 6.8 90 1 0
Pete Lamana 25 10 1 6 21 0 0 3.5 2.1 0.6 21 0 0
Steve Nemeth 24 K 13 1 4 10 0 0 2.5 0.8 0.3 10 0 0
Pat Lahey 27 RE 13 10 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.2 0.1 17 203 11.9 0 0 1.3 15.6 201 0 0
Max Morris 21 11 1 1 20 0 20 20.0 1.8 0.1 3 66 22.0 0 0 0.3 6.0 86 0 0
Norm Cox 21 3 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 4.0 0.3 12 0 0
Ralph Heywood 25 LE 14 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 287 14.4 4 0 1.4 20.5 287 4 0
Frank Quillen 26 14 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 143 11.0 2 0 0.9 10.2 143 2 0
Bob Motl 26 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 124 13.8 1 0 0.6 8.9 124 1 0
Bob Dove 25 le 14 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 67 9.6 1 0 0.5 4.8 67 1 0
Team Total 24.9 14 511 1559 10 57 3.1 111.4 36.5 144 1898 13.2 18 68 10.3 135.6 3457 28 0
Opp Total 14 475 1718 16 3.6 122.7 33.9 119 1618 13.6 19 8.5 115.6 3336 35 48

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
Elroy Hirsch 23 HB 14 12 17 235 1 0 13.8 14 384 1 88 27.4 1192
Billy Hillenbrand 24 BB 14 9 13 180 1 69 13.8 8 220 1 88 27.5 890
Bob Hoernschemeyer 21 TB 14 10 6 91 0 0 15.2 9 275 0 0 30.6 752
Walt Clay 22 13 2 8 70 0 0 8.8 2 43 0 0 21.5 444
Ned Mathews 28 8 2 5 110 0 0 22.0 225
Bill Boedeker 22 12 1 2 29 0 0 14.5 2 84 0 0 42.0 203
Bill Kellagher 26 12 2 3 48 0 0 16.0 262
Don Griffin 24 13 4 2 31 0 0 15.5 72
Ernie Lewis 23 FB 12 9 2 22 0 0 11.0 212
Walt Williams 27 14 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 1 18 0 18 18.0 46
Herb Coleman 23 C 14 12 1 20 0 20 20.0 20
Pat Lahey 27 RE 13 10 1 5 0 0 5.0 206
Pete Lamana 25 10 1 1 18 0 18 18.0 59
Steve Nemeth 24 K 13 1 1 14 0 14 14.0 24
Frank Quillen 26 14 4 1 13 0 13 13.0 156
Bill Schroeder 23 14 3 1 19 0 19 19.0 77
Lloyd Wasserbach 25 12 3 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Team Total 24.9 14 48 652 3 69 13.6 54 1323 2 88 24.5 5432
Opp Total 14 48 0 55 1116 0 20.3

Kicking & Punting

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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
Ernie Lewis 23 FB 12 9 50 2085 0 1 41.7
Steve Nemeth 24 K 13 1 12 9 75.0% 33 32 97.0% 2 92 0 0 46.0
Walt Williams 27 14 0 24 998 0 1 41.6
Bob Hoernschemeyer 21 TB 14 10 11 484 0 0 44.0
Ralph Heywood 25 LE 14 8 2 57 0 0 28.5
Walt Clay 22 13 2 1 45 45 0 45.0
Elroy Hirsch 23 HB 14 12 1 0.0%
Bill Kellagher 26 12 2 1 56 56 0 56.0
Team Total 24.9 14 12 9 75.0% 34 32 94.1% 91 3817 56 2 41.9
Opp Total 14 14 6 42.9% 42 41 97.6% 89 3560 40.0

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bill Boedeker 22 12 1 1 26 0 26
Walt Clay 22 13 2 6 72 0 0
Herb Coleman 23 C 14 12 1 25 0 25
Don Griffin 24 13 4 1 19 0 19
Billy Hillenbrand 24 BB 14 9 3 37 0 0
Elroy Hirsch 23 HB 14 12 6 97 0 0
Bob Hoernschemeyer 21 TB 14 10 1 10 0 10
Pat Lahey 27 RE 13 10 1 4 0 4
Pete Lamana 25 10 1 1 16 0 16
Ernie Lewis 23 FB 12 9 1 10 0 10
Ned Mathews 28 8 2 2 8 0 0
Frank Quillen 26 14 4 1 9 0 9
Joe Ruetz 30 13 1 2 13 0 0
Bill Schroeder 23 14 3 1 4 0 4
Lloyd Wasserbach 25 12 3 1 0 0 0
Walt Williams 27 14 0 2 148 1 97
Team Total 24.9 14 31 516 1 97
Opp Total 14 48 26 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Steve Nemeth 24 K 13 1 32 9 59
Billy Hillenbrand 24 BB 14 9 2 4 1 1 48
Elroy Hirsch 23 HB 14 12 1 3 1 1 36
Ralph Heywood 25 LE 14 8 4 24
Bill Kellagher 26 12 2 3 18
Ned Mathews 28 8 2 1 2 18
Frank Quillen 26 14 4 2 12
Walt Williams 27 14 0 1 1 12
Bill Boedeker 22 12 1 1 6
Walt Clay 22 13 2 1 6
Bob Dove 25 le 14 5 1 6
Pete Lamana 25 10 1 1 6
Ernie Lewis 23 FB 12 9 1 6
Bob Motl 26 14 1 1 6
Team Total 24.9 14 10 18 3 2 1 32 9 263
Opp Total 14 16 19 41 6 2 315