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1946 Chicago Rockets Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-6-3, 4th in AAFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

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

Points For: 263 (18.8/g) 5th of 8

Points Against: 315 (22.5/g) 5th of 8

Expected W-L: 5.5-8.5

SRS: -3.25 (5th of 8), SOS: .46

Other Notable Asst.: Ernie Nevers (Backfield Coach)

Stadium: Soldier Field

Training Camp: Santa Rosa Junior College (Santa Rosa, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	263	3439	822	4.2	47	18	149	144	310	1898	18	29	6.1	63	512	1541	10	3.0	76	63	514	10
Opp. Stats	315	3336	734	4.5	53	22	129	119	259	1618	19	31	6.2	50	475	1718	16	3.6	69	73	553	10
Lg Rank Offense	5	5			6	3	4		3	4	3	6	5		4	6	7	6
Lg Rank Defense	5	4			2	5	2		4	3	5	2	4		4	5	4	5

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
2	Fri	September 13		boxscore	L		0-1		Cleveland Browns	6	20	8	229	81	148	4	8	222	31	191	1
3	Fri	September 20		boxscore	T		0-1-1		New York Yankees	17	17	8	231	170	61	1	10	242	138	104	3
3	Wed	September 25		boxscore	W		1-1-1		Buffalo Bisons	38	35	13	396	260	136	2	9	396	161	235	3
4	Sun	September 29		boxscore	W		2-1-1		San Francisco 49ers	24	7	12	255	86	169	1	12	262	193	69	3
5	Sat	October 5		boxscore	L		2-2-1		Los Angeles Dons	9	21	7	153	109	44	3	16	306	186	120	6
6	Fri	October 11		boxscore	T		2-2-2	@	Brooklyn Dodgers	21	21	22	500	328	172	3	5	161	90	71	2
7	Fri	October 18		boxscore	W		3-2-2		Miami Seahawks	28	7	10	312	102	210	3	4	67	92	-25	3
8	Sun	October 27		boxscore	L		3-3-2	@	Buffalo Bisons	17	49	12	181	132	49	7	14	267	50	217	7
9	Sat	November 2		boxscore	L		3-4-2		Brooklyn Dodgers	14	21	8	152	45	107	5	6	230	84	146	2
10	Mon	November 11		boxscore	W		4-4-2	@	Miami Seahawks	20	7	8	232	47	185	2	8	167	134	33	3
11	Sun	November 17		boxscore	L		4-5-2	@	Cleveland Browns	14	51	9	156	115	41	8	8	360	151	209	2
12	Sun	November 24		boxscore	W		5-5-2	@	New York Yankees	38	28	9	264	177	87	2	14	314	154	160	10
13	Sat	November 30		boxscore	L		5-6-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	0	14	10	154	114	40	3	7	145	44	101	5
15	Sun	December 15		boxscore	T		5-6-3	@	Los Angeles Dons	17	17	13	224	132	92	3	8	197	110	87	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bob Hoernschemeyer	21	TB	14	10	95	193	49.2	1266	14	7.3	14	7.3		6.6	4.7	13.3	90.4	64.4	0	0
2	Walt Williams	27		14	0	13	30	43.3	226	1	3.3	5	16.7		7.5	0.7	17.4	16.1	41.1	0	0
3	Elroy Hirsch	23	HB	14	12	12	20	60.0	156	1	5.0	2	10.0		7.8	4.3	13.0	11.1	61.7	0	0
4	Walt Clay	22		13	2	12	27	44.4	140	2	7.4	3	11.1		5.2	1.7	11.7	10.8	45.8	0	0
5	Steve Nemeth	24		13	1	5	23	21.7	68	0	0.0	0	0.0		3.0	3.0	13.6	5.2	39.6	0	0
6	Ernie Lewis	22	FB	12	9	4	8	50.0	17	0	0.0	1	12.5		2.1	-3.5	4.3	1.4	16.7	0	0
7	Bill Kellagher	26		12	2	2	3	66.7	15	0	0.0	1	33.3		5.0	-10.0	7.5	1.3	38.9	0	0
8	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	0	0
9	Don Griffin	24		13	4	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0
10	Billy Hillenbrand	24	BB	14	9	0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	66.7		0.0	-30.0		0.0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	144	310	46.5	1898	18	5.8	29	9.4	10	6.1	3.1	13.2	135.6	46.7	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Elroy Hirsch	23	HB	14	12	87	226	1		2.6	16.1	6.2	27	347	12.9	3	68	1.9	24.8	114	5.0	573	4	0
2	Billy Hillenbrand	24	BB	14	9	50	175	2		3.5	12.5	3.6	21	315	15.0	4		1.5	22.5	71	6.9	490	6	0
3	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	112	3.4	386	0	0
4	Walt Clay	22		13	2	65	283	1		4.4	21.8	5.0	4	48	12.0	0		0.3	3.7	69	4.8	331	1	0
5	Ralph Heywood	25	LE	14	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	20	287	14.4	4		1.4	20.5	20	14.4	287	4	0
6	Bill Kellagher	26		12	2	49	178	3	53	3.6	14.8	4.1	2	36	18.0	0		0.2	3.0	51	4.2	214	3	0
7	Pat Lahey	27	RE	13	10	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0.1	17	203	11.9	0		1.3	15.6	18	11.2	201	0	0
8	Ernie Lewis	22	FB	12	9	57	164	1		2.9	13.7	4.8	2	26	13.0	0		0.2	2.2	59	3.2	190	1	0
9	Frank Quillen	26		14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	143	11.0	2		0.9	10.2	13	11.0	143	2	0
10	Bob Motl	26		14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	124	13.8	1		0.6	8.9	9	13.8	124	1	0
11	Ned Mathews	28		8	2	12	15	1		1.3	1.9	1.5	6	100	16.7	2		0.8	12.5	18	6.4	115	3	0
12	Bill Boedeker	22		12	1	6	8	0	3	1.3	0.7	0.5	5	82	16.4	1		0.4	6.8	11	8.2	90	1	0
13	Max Morris	21		11	1	1	20	0	20	20.0	1.8	0.1	3	66	22.0	0		0.3	6.0	4	21.5	86	0	0
14	Bob Dove	25	LE	14	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	67	9.6	1		0.5	4.8	7	9.6	67	1	0
15	Bill Schroeder	23		14	3	12	42	0		3.5	3.0	0.9	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	0.6	13	3.9	51	0	0
16	Don Griffin	24		13	4	28	13	0		0.5	1.0	2.2	5	28	5.6	0		0.4	2.2	33	1.2	41	0	0
17	Walt Williams	27		14	0	21	19	1		0.9	1.4	1.5	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.1	0.2	22	1.0	22	1	0
18	Pete Lamana	25		10	1	6	21	0		3.5	2.1	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	3.5	21	0	0
19	Norm Cox	21		3	0	1	12	0	12	12.0	4.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
20	Steve Nemeth	24		13	1	4	10	0		2.5	0.8	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	2.5	10	0	0
21	Willie Wilkin	30	LT	10	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	0	3		0	3	0.0	0.3	0		3	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	511	1559	10	57	3.1	110.1	36.6	144	1898	13.2	18	68	10.3	135.6	655	5.3	3457	28	0

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Herb Coleman	23	C	14	12	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Elroy Hirsch	23	HB	14	12	6	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Bob Hoernschemeyer	21	TB	14	10	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Pat Lahey	27	RE	13	10	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Billy Hillenbrand	24	BB	14	9	3	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Ernie Lewis	22	FB	12	9	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Don Griffin	24		13	4	1	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Frank Quillen	26		14	4	1	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Bill Schroeder	23		14	3	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Lloyd Wasserbach	25		12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Walt Clay	22		13	2	6	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Ned Mathews	28		8	2	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bill Boedeker	22		12	1	1	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Pete Lamana	25		10	1	1	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Joe Ruetz	30		13	1	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Walt Williams	27		14	0	2	148	1	97	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	31	498	1	97	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

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