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1947 Chicago Rockets

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Record: 1-13-0, Finished 4th in AAFC West Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 263 points (18.8/g), 6th of 8 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 425 points (30.4/g), 8th.
 Differential of -162 points (-11.6/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 3.4-10.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-0.9/g), 8th.

Coached by Jim Crowley (0-10-0)and Hampton Pool (1-3-0)

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

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Fri August 29 box L 0-1 Los Angeles Dons 21 24 12 304 175 129 2 13 279 140 139 2
2 Fri September 5 box L 0-2 @ New York Yankees 26 48 8 221 102 119 2 11 381 146 235 2
3 Sun September 14 box L 0-3 @ Buffalo Bills 20 28 16 330 175 155 3 11 265 102 163 2
4 Fri September 19 box L 0-4 Buffalo Bills 14 31 9 245 162 83 1 15 448 304 144 2
5 Fri September 26 box L 0-5 Cleveland Browns 21 41 9 322 195 127 10 14 395 163 232 4
6 Fri October 3 box L 0-6 Brooklyn Dodgers 31 35 17 414 212 202 3 16 319 63 256
7 Sun October 12 box L 0-7 @ San Francisco 49ers 28 42 7 309 273 36 8 16 357 116 241 5
8 Sun October 19 box L 0-8 @ Cleveland Browns 28 31 17 365 260 105 2 16 456 297 159 2
9 Fri October 24 box L 0-9 New York Yankees 7 28 4 132 152 -20 2 16 457 62 395 2
10 Fri October 31 box L 0-10 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 3 7 11 207 47 160 2 9 200 88 112 1
11 Fri November 7 box W 1-10 Baltimore Colts 27 21 7 201 53 148 1 17 348 274 74 2
12 Fri November 21 box L 1-11 San Francisco 49ers 16 41 15 287 170 117 3 16 432 213 219 3
13 Sun November 30 box L 1-12 @ Baltimore Colts 7 14 13 315 239 76 5 17 318 109 209 5
14 Sun December 7 box L 1-13 @ Los Angeles Dons 14 34 8 213 137 76 4 13 314 131 183 4

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 3878 742 5.2 155 157 341 2358 23 26 6.9 75 401 1520 9 3.8 69 52 26 11
Team Defense 425 4958 852 5.8 200 140 288 2206 20 19 7.7 76 564 2752 34 4.9 116 39 20 8
Lg Rank Offense 6 6 7 2 2 3 8 5 8 7 7 6 8 8
Lg Rank Defense 8 8 8 4 6 5 4 6 7 8 8 7 3 3

Passing

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No. 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%
Sam Vacanti 25 QB 13 8 96 225 42.7 1571 16 7.1 16 7.1 0 7.0 5.2 16.4 120.8 60.8
Al Dekdebrun 26 qb 12 5 45 75 60.0 556 5 6.7 7 9.3 0 7.4 4.5 12.4 46.3 66.3
Bob Hoernschemeyer 22 2 2 9 22 40.9 143 1 4.5 0 0.0 0 6.5 7.4 15.9 71.5 78.4
Angelo Bertelli 26 1 0 2 7 28.6 -5 0 0.0 2 28.6 0 -0.7 -13.6 -2.5 -5.0 0.0
Bill Daley 28 FB 14 12 3 6 50.0 70 1 16.7 1 16.7 0 11.7 7.5 23.3 5.0 92.4
Norm Cox 22 2 0 1 2 50.0 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 4.5 4.5 9.0 4.5 62.5
Fred Evans 26 LH 9 6 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Bill Bass 77 14 3 1 1 100.0 14 0 0.0 0 0.0 14 14.0 14.0 14.0 1.0 118.7
Elroy Hirsch 24 lh 5 4 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.0 14 157 341 46.0 2358 23 6.7 26 7.6 14 6.9 4.8 15.0 168.4 60.0
Opp Total 14 140 288 48.6 2206 20 6.9 19 6.6 7.7 6.1 15.8 157.6 70.2 0 0 7.7 6.1

Rushing & Receiving

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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
Bill Daley 28 FB 14 12 121 447 4 0 3.7 31.9 8.6 12 116 9.7 0 0 0.9 8.3 563 4 0
Ray Ramsey 26 RH 14 10 70 433 2 0 6.2 30.9 5.0 35 768 21.9 8 80 2.5 54.9 1201 10 0
Bill Kellagher 27 14 2 42 243 0 0 5.8 17.4 3.0 3 22 7.3 0 0 0.2 1.6 265 0 0
Ted Scalissi 26 10 1 35 37 0 0 1.1 3.7 3.5 5 67 13.4 2 0 0.5 6.7 104 2 0
Bill Bass 77 14 3 28 44 0 0 1.6 3.1 2.0 8 79 9.9 1 0 0.6 5.6 123 1 0
Elroy Hirsch 24 lh 5 4 23 51 1 0 2.2 10.2 4.6 10 282 28.2 3 76 2.0 56.4 333 4 0
Fred Evans 26 LH 9 6 20 110 1 0 5.5 12.2 2.2 4 53 13.3 0 0 0.4 5.9 163 1 0
Al Dekdebrun 26 qb 12 5 20 71 0 0 3.6 5.9 1.7 71 0 0
Ernie Lewis 24 P 14 0 13 47 0 0 3.6 3.4 0.9 47 0 0
Bill Schroeder 24 12 3 11 45 0 0 4.1 3.8 0.9 2 19 9.5 1 0 0.2 1.6 64 1 0
Sam Vacanti 25 QB 13 8 11 -9 1 0 -0.8 -0.7 0.8 -9 1 0
Bob Hoernschemeyer 22 2 2 5 2 0 0 0.4 1.0 2.5 1 4 4.0 1 4 0.5 2.0 6 1 0
Angelo Bertelli 26 1 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2.0 1.0 2 0 0
Norm Cox 22 2 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -1.5 0.5 -3 0 0
Max Morris 22 LE 14 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 239 10.9 1 0 1.6 17.1 239 1 0
John Harrington 26 13 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 233 13.7 3 0 1.3 17.9 233 3 0
Pat Lahey 28 13 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 148 11.4 0 0 1.0 11.4 148 0 0
Jerry Mulready 24 RE 9 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 108 15.4 0 0 0.8 12.0 108 0 0
Frank Quillen 27 6 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 113 16.1 1 0 1.2 18.8 113 1 0
Bob Dove 26 13 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 61 10.2 1 0 0.5 4.7 61 1 0
Ray Ebli 28 5 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 38 9.5 1 0 0.8 7.6 38 1 0
John Rokisky 32 K 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.6 8 0 0
Team Total 27.0 14 401 1520 9 2 3.8 108.6 28.6 157 2358 15.0 23 80 11.2 168.4 3878 32 0
Opp Total 14 564 2752 34 4.9 196.6 40.3 140 2206 15.8 20 10.0 157.6 4958 54 32

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ray Ramsey 26 RH 14 10 11 131 0 0 11.9 16 406 0 0 25.4 1738
Bill Bass 77 14 3 10 85 0 0 8.5 12 264 0 0 22.0 472
Fred Evans 26 LH 9 6 2 20 0 0 10.0 8 159 0 0 19.9 342
Ted Scalissi 26 10 1 2 26 0 0 13.0 8 171 0 0 21.4 301
Bill Daley 28 FB 14 12 1 3 0 3 3.0 7 145 0 0 20.7 711
Elroy Hirsch 24 lh 5 4 2 24 0 0 12.0 6 172 0 0 28.7 529
Bill Schroeder 24 12 3 5 92 0 0 18.4 156
Pat Lahey 28 13 4 2 18 0 0 9.0 166
Bob Dove 26 13 3 1 16 0 16 16.0 77
Bob Hoernschemeyer 22 2 2 1 11 0 11 11.0 17
John Kuzman 32 LT 13 7 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Harley McCollum 31 RT 13 9 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Max Morris 22 LE 14 8 1 13 0 13 13.0 252
Team Total 27.0 14 28 289 0 3 10.3 69 1483 0 16 21.5 5650
Opp Total 14 41 1 45 1067 1 23.7

Kicking & Punting

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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
Ernie Lewis 24 P 14 0 65 2549 0 4 39.2
John Rokisky 32 K 14 1 8 4 50.0% 35 33 94.3%
Fred Evans 26 LH 9 6 2 73 0 0 36.5
Angelo Bertelli 26 1 0 1 0.0%
Team Total 27.0 14 9 4 44.4% 35 33 94.3% 67 2622 0 4 39.1
Opp Total 14 18 7 38.9% 58 56 96.6% 53 2104 39.7

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Alex Agase 25 RG 11 11 1 4 0 4
Bill Bass 77 14 3 2 104 1 0
Bill Kellagher 27 14 2 6 77 0 0
Fran Mattingly 28 1 0 1 1 0 1
Ray Ramsey 26 RH 14 10 5 66 0 0
Bill Schroeder 24 12 3 4 148 2 0
Team Total 27.0 14 19 400 3 4
Opp Total 14 32 12

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ray Ramsey 26 RH 14 10 2 8 10 60
John Rokisky 32 K 14 1 33 4 45
Bill Daley 28 FB 14 12 4 4 24
Elroy Hirsch 24 lh 5 4 1 3 4 24
John Harrington 26 13 3 3 3 18
Bill Schroeder 24 12 3 1 2 3 18
Bill Bass 77 14 3 1 1 2 12
Max Morris 22 LE 14 8 1 1 2 12
Ted Scalissi 26 10 1 2 2 12
Bob Dove 26 13 3 1 1 6
Ray Ebli 28 5 2 1 1 6
Fred Evans 26 LH 9 6 1 1 6
Bob Hoernschemeyer 22 2 2 1 1 6
Frank Quillen 27 6 2 1 1 6
Sam Vacanti 25 QB 13 8 1 1 6
Team Total 27.0 14 9 23 3 1 36 33 4 261
Opp Total 14 34 20 1 1 56 7 425