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1948 Chicago Rockets

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

Scored 202 points (14.4/g), 8th of 8 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 439 points (31.4/g), 8th.
 Differential of -237 points (-16.9/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 1.9-12.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -32 (-2.3/g), 8th.

Coached by Ed McKeever (1-13-0)

1948 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 August 27 box L 0-1 Los Angeles Dons 0 7 14 242 77 165 3 6 97 20 77 3
2 Mon September 6 box L 0-2 @ Buffalo Bills 7 42 17 290 258 32 9 20 384 185 199 4
3 Fri September 10 box W 1-2 Baltimore Colts 21 14 17 397 87 310 3 12 252 110 142
4 Fri September 17 box L 1-3 Cleveland Browns 7 28 12 242 117 125 6 16 299 157 142 3
5 Sun September 26 box L 1-4 @ Cleveland Browns 10 21 9 204 159 45 3 14 342 216 126 1
6 Fri October 1 box L 1-5 San Francisco 49ers 14 31 11 240 128 112 5 19 400 170 230 2
7 Fri October 8 box L 1-6 @ Los Angeles Dons 28 49 13 366 271 95 7 17 487 356 131 2
8 Fri October 15 box L 1-7 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 7 21 9 162 82 80 3 20 426 110 316 4
9 Sun October 24 box L 1-8 Brooklyn Dodgers 14 35 13 294 142 152 5 14 331 177 154 3
10 Sun October 31 box L 1-9 @ New York Yankees 7 42 8 206 102 104 3 15 484 240 244 1
11 Sun November 7 box L 1-10 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 44 14 288 118 170 2 19 466 138 328 1
12 Sun November 14 box L 1-11 @ Baltimore Colts 24 38 11 316 270 46 2 21 452 223 229 4
13 Thu November 25 box L 1-12 Buffalo Bills 35 39 16 453 263 190 7 14 360 181 179 5
14 Sat December 4 box L 1-13 New York Yankees 7 28 15 309 210 99 6 11 307 190 117 1

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 202 4009 825 4.9 180 146 341 2290 19 38 6.7 65 484 1719 8 3.6 102 65 27 13
Team Defense 439 5087 856 5.9 317 155 318 2473 23 19 7.8 81 538 2614 33 4.9 217 33 14 19
Lg Rank Offense 8 7 7 5 6 5 8 5 5 7 8 8 8 8
Lg Rank Defense 8 7 7 2 4 4 7 7 7 7 8 6 8 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Jesse Freitas 27 QB 10 9 84 167 50.3 1425 14 8.4 16 9.6 0 8.5 5.1 17.0 142.5 67.9
Sam Vacanti 26 9 3 47 116 40.5 633 2 1.7 15 12.9 0 5.5 -0.2 13.5 70.3 24.7
Angelo Bertelli 27 3 2 7 32 21.9 60 1 3.1 3 9.4 0 1.9 -2.0 8.6 20.0 10.9
Chuck Fenenbock 31 lh 13 5 4 15 26.7 136 2 13.3 1 6.7 60 9.1 7.4 34.0 10.5 76.7
Tom Farris 28 13 0 3 9 33.3 24 0 0.0 3 33.3 0 2.7 -12.3 8.0 1.8 2.8
Eddie Prokop 26 RH 9 7 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Julie Rykovich 25 6 4 1 1 100.0 12 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 12.0 12.0 12.0 2.0 116.7
Team Total 27.0 14 146 341 42.8 2290 19 5.6 38 11.1 60 6.7 2.3 15.7 163.6 44.7
Opp Total 14 155 318 48.7 2473 23 7.2 19 6.0 7.8 5.8 16.0 176.6 74.3 0 0 7.8 5.8

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 Livingstone 26 LH 13 5 55 174 0 0 3.2 13.4 4.2 15 240 16.0 2 0 1.2 18.5 414 2 0
Eddie Prokop 26 RH 9 7 54 266 1 0 4.9 29.6 6.0 7 223 31.9 3 0 0.8 24.8 489 4 0
Julie Rykovich 25 6 4 53 176 1 0 3.3 29.3 8.8 3 78 26.0 0 0 0.5 13.0 254 1 0
Jim Mello 28 6 2 50 243 1 0 4.9 40.5 8.3 3 38 12.7 0 0 0.5 6.3 281 1 0
Dewey Proctor 27 FB 9 4 47 190 1 0 4.0 21.1 5.2 2 18 9.0 0 0 0.2 2.0 208 1 0
Chuck Fenenbock 31 lh 13 5 43 174 0 0 4.0 13.4 3.3 8 111 13.9 1 0 0.6 8.5 285 1 0
Floyd Simmons 23 11 2 36 121 1 0 3.4 11.0 3.3 2 60 30.0 1 0 0.2 5.5 181 2 0
Bill Kellagher 28 fb 12 5 33 97 1 0 2.9 8.1 2.8 97 1 0
Jesse Freitas 27 QB 10 9 24 25 0 0 1.0 2.5 2.4 25 0 0
Elroy Hirsch 25 5 3 23 93 0 0 4.0 18.6 4.6 7 101 14.4 1 0 1.4 20.2 194 1 0
Harry Clarke 32 5 2 16 57 0 0 3.6 11.4 3.2 1 19 19.0 0 19 0.2 3.8 76 0 0
Steve Juzwik 30 4 1 13 19 0 0 1.5 4.8 3.3 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.3 1.3 24 0 0
Ernie Lewis 25 P 14 1 13 54 0 0 4.2 3.9 0.9 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.4 60 0 0
Sam Vacanti 26 9 3 7 7 2 0 1.0 0.8 0.8 7 2 0
Bob Perina 27 13 1 6 1 0 0 0.2 0.1 0.5 2 13 6.5 0 0 0.2 1.0 14 0 0
Tom Farris 28 13 0 4 5 0 0 1.3 0.4 0.3 5 0 0
Angelo Bertelli 27 3 2 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 -0.3 0.7 -1 0 0
Fay King 26 RE 14 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 50 647 12.9 7 0 3.6 46.2 647 7 0
Bob Jensen 23 14 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 276 13.8 1 0 1.4 19.7 276 1 0
Ray Kuffel 27 le 14 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 365 19.2 3 0 1.4 26.1 365 3 0
Jim McCarthy 28 LE 14 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 30 10.0 0 0 0.2 2.1 30 0 0
Harry Burrus 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 60 30.0 0 0 2.0 60.0 60 0 0
Team Total 27.0 14 479 1701 8 0 3.6 121.5 34.2 146 2290 15.7 19 19 10.4 163.6 3991 27 0
Opp Total 14 538 2614 33 4.9 186.7 38.4 155 2473 16.0 23 11.1 176.6 5087 56 30

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Chuck Fenenbock 31 lh 13 5 17 169 0 0 9.9 14 311 0 0 22.2 765
Eddie Prokop 26 RH 9 7 6 80 0 0 13.3 15 323 0 0 21.5 892
Bob Livingstone 26 LH 13 5 3 24 0 0 8.0 9 211 0 0 23.4 649
Bob Perina 27 13 1 2 14 0 0 7.0 3 52 0 0 17.3 80
Julie Rykovich 25 6 4 1 23 0 23 23.0 4 81 0 0 20.3 358
Harry Clarke 32 5 2 1 11 0 11 11.0 3 79 0 0 26.3 166
Elroy Hirsch 25 5 3 2 27 0 0 13.5 1 10 0 10 10.0 231
Bill Kellagher 28 fb 12 5 3 54 0 0 18.0 151
Floyd Simmons 23 11 2 3 77 0 0 25.7 258
Jim Mello 28 6 2 2 30 0 0 15.0 311
Bob Jensen 23 14 3 1 10 0 10 10.0 286
Fay King 26 RE 14 8 1 11 0 11 11.0 658
Ray Kuffel 27 le 14 7 1 16 0 16 16.0 381
Team Total 27.0 14 32 348 0 23 10.9 60 1265 0 16 21.1 5604
Opp Total 14 36 2 39 683 0 17.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 25 P 14 1 60 2680 0 0 44.7
Jim McCarthy 28 LE 14 10 3 2 66.7% 21 21 100.0%
Steve Juzwik 30 4 1 5 5 100.0%
Harry Burrus 27 1 0 3 2 66.7%
Farnham Johnson 24 RT 8 0 2 2 100.0%
Julie Rykovich 25 6 4 1 0.0%
Team Total 27.0 14 4 2 50.0% 31 30 96.8% 60 2680 0 0 44.7
Opp Total 14 11 3 27.3% 62 58 93.5% 57 2411 42.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Elroy Hirsch 25 5 3 2 59 0 0
Pete Lamana 27 13 3 1 0 0 0
Fred Negus 25 C 14 5 5 30 0 0
Bob Perina 27 13 1 6 87 0 0
Julie Rykovich 25 6 4 3 65 0 0
Gasper Urban 25 14 1 1 5 0 5
Emil Uremovich 32 8 0 1 1 0 1
Team Total 27.0 14 19 247 0 5
Opp Total 14 30 16

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Fay King 26 RE 14 8 7 42
Jim McCarthy 28 LE 14 10 21 2 27
Eddie Prokop 26 RH 9 7 1 3 24
Ray Kuffel 27 le 14 7 3 18
Bob Livingstone 26 LH 13 5 2 12
Floyd Simmons 23 11 2 1 1 12
Sam Vacanti 26 9 3 2 12
Chuck Fenenbock 31 lh 13 5 1 6
Elroy Hirsch 25 5 3 1 6
Bob Jensen 23 14 3 1 6
Bill Kellagher 28 fb 12 5 1 6
Jim Mello 28 6 2 1 6
Fred Negus 25 C 14 5 1 6
Dewey Proctor 27 FB 9 4 1 6
Julie Rykovich 25 6 4 1 6
Steve Juzwik 30 4 1 5 5
Harry Burrus 27 1 0 2 2
Farnham Johnson 24 RT 8 0 2 2
Team Total 27.0 14 8 19 1 30 2 204
Opp Total 14 33 23 2 58 3 439