1949 New York Bulldogs

Record: 1-10-1, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 153 points (12.8/g), 9th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 368 points (30.7/g), 10th.
Differential of -215 points (-17.9/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 1.3-10.7.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -17 (-1.4/g), 10th.

Coached by Charley Ewart

Training Camp: (Hershey, Pennsylvania)

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Team Stats and Rankings

			Tot Yds & TO			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	153	2831	743	3.8	183	172	343	1647	10	23	4.2	88	353	1184	10	3.4	76	45	22	19
Team Defense	368	4415	848	5.2	238	147	303	2055	25	14	6.6	92	535	2360	20	4.4	131	28	14	15
Lg Rank Offense	9	10			8		5	7	8	3	9		10	10	8	9		6	10
Lg Rank Defense	10	9			10		2	7	10	10	10		10	10	7	9		10	7

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Thu	September 22	boxscore	L		0-1		Philadelphia Eagles	0	7	1	34		34	2	8	236	66	170	2
2	Fri	September 30	boxscore	L		0-2		New York Giants	14	38	21	277	160	117	5	21	253	67	186	1
3	Fri	October 7	boxscore	L		0-3		Green Bay Packers	0	19	17	189	117	72	2	20	385	154	231	2
4	Sun	October 16	boxscore	L		0-4	@	Washington Redskins	14	38	16	389	132	257	5	16	469	287	182	2
5	Sun	October 23	boxscore	L		0-5	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	24	19	315	244	71	3	24	402	46	356	3
6	Sun	October 30	boxscore	T		0-5-1		Washington Redskins	14	14	13	287	157	130	1	20	418	285	133	5
7	Sun	November 6	boxscore	W		1-5-1	@	New York Giants	31	24	21	387	333	54	3	18	325	201	124	3
8	Sun	November 13	boxscore	L		1-6-1		Chicago Cardinals	20	65	20	393	254	139	7	32	572	253	319	2
9	Sun	November 20	boxscore	L		1-7-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	0	42	7	135	38	97	9	22	356	140	216	5
10	Sun	November 27	boxscore	L		1-8-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	20	42	19	363	221	142	2	23	462	354	108
11	Sun	December 4	boxscore	L		1-9-1	@	Detroit Lions	27	28	20	278	223	55	2	17	326	145	181	2
12	Sun	December 11	boxscore	L		1-10-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	0	27	9	162	146	16	4	17	289	135	154	1

Passing

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	Sk%	4QC	GWD
Bobby Layne	23	QB	12	12	155	299	51.8	1796	9	3.0	18	6.0	69	6.0	3.9	11.6	149.7	55.3						0	0
John Rauch	22		9	0	11	25	44.0	169	1	4.0	3	12.0	61	6.8	2.2	15.4	18.8	40.7						0	0
Bob DeMoss	22		3	0	6	18	33.3	60	0	0.0	2	11.1	20	3.3	-1.7	10.0	20.0	4.2						0	0
Mike Boyda	28	P	9	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
Team Total	25.9		12		172	343	50.1	2025	10	2.9	23	6.7	69	5.9	3.5	11.8	168.8	50.2						0	0
Opp Total			12		147	303	48.5	2132	25	8.3	14	4.6		7.0	6.61	14.5	177.7	80.1	10	77	6.6	6.2	3.2

Rushing & Receiving

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

						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
	Joe Osmanski	32	FB	8	8	66	267	2	48	4.0	33.4	8.3	17	135	7.9	0	42	2.1	16.9	402	2	0
	Joe Golding	28	RH	11	11	63	240	0	39	3.8	21.8	5.7	12	78	6.5	2	16	1.1	7.1	318	2	6
	Bobby Layne	23	QB	12	12	54	196	3	27	3.6	16.3	4.5								196	3	10
	Paul Shoults	24	KR/LH/PR	12	6	46	124	0	17	2.7	10.3	3.8	10	124	12.4	0	23	0.8	10.3	248	0	8
	Phil Slosburg	23	b	3	2	37	121	1	23	3.3	40.3	12.3	4	11	2.8	0	9	1.3	3.7	132	1	2
	Jim Canady	23	b	7	1	23	91	0	46	4.0	13.0	3.3	5	80	16.0	0	26	0.7	11.4	171	0	3
	Dean Sensanbaugher	24	hb	4	2	20	36	1	7	1.8	9.0	5.0								36	1	3
	Jim Wade	23	hb	10	1	9	23	0	6	2.6	2.3	0.9	4	58	14.5	0	33	0.4	5.8	81	0	1
	Frank Muehlheuser	23	fb	8	2	9	10	1	3	1.1	1.3	1.1	2	26	13.0	0	10	0.3	3.3	36	1	2
	Frank Nelson	26		4	0	8	26	0	25	3.3	6.5	2.0								26	0	2
	Ed Smith	26	hb	8	1	7	9	0	0	1.3	1.1	0.9								9	0	1
	Bob DeMoss	22		3	0	5	1	0	4	0.2	0.3	1.7								1	0	1
	Ralph Heywood	28	e	12	2	3	-6	0	2	-2.0	-0.5	0.3	37	499	13.5	3	61	3.1	41.6	493	3	1
	John Rauch	22		9	0	3	46	1	17	15.3	5.1	0.3								46	1	1
	Bill Chipley	29	LE	12	9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	57	631	11.1	2	69	4.8	52.6	631	2	0
	Hal Prescott	29	e	5	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	10	162	16.2	1	41	2.0	32.4	162	1	0
	Nick Scollard	29	K/RE	12	9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	81	27.0	2	40	0.3	6.8	81	2	0
	Bob Sponaugle	21	e	4	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	26	13.0	0	14	0.5	6.5	26	0	0
	Steve Pritko	29	e	2	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.5	2.0	4	0	0
	Team Total	25.9		12		353	1184	9	48	3.4	98.7	29.4	172	2025	11.8	10	69	14.3	168.8	3209	19	41
	Opp Total			12		535	2360	20		4.4	196.7	44.6	147	2055	14.0	25		12.3	171.3	4415	45	33

Kick & Punt Returns

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

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
	Paul Shoults	24	KR/LH/PR	12	6	8	27	0	8	3.4	14	271	0	26	19.4	546
	Joe Golding	28	RH	11	11	5	27	0	12	5.4	13	289	0	55	22.2	634
	Jim Canady	23	b	7	1	4	36	0	12	9.0	10	233	0	40	23.3	440
	Jim Wade	23	hb	10	1	7	32	0	10	4.6	3	58	0	29	19.3	171
	Phil Slosburg	23	b	3	2	4	32	0	12	8.0	4	98	0	27	24.5	262
	Frank Nelson	26		4	0	3	14	0	9	4.7	3	52	0	24	17.3	92
	Joe Osmanski	32	FB	8	8						4	46	0	16	11.5	448
	Dean Sensanbaugher	24	hb	4	2	1	9	0	9	9.0	3	81	0	29	27.0	126
	Nick Scollard	29	K/RE	12	9	1	6	0	6	6.0	2	16	0	14	8.0	103
	Ed Smith	26	hb	8	1	3	22	0	14	7.3						31
	Tom Blake	22		5	0	1	6	0	6	6.0						6
	Bill Chipley	29	LE	12	9						1	7	0	7	7.0	638
	Frank Muehlheuser	23	fb	8	2						1	40	0	40	40.0	76
	Team Total	25.9		12		37	211	0	14	5.7	58	1191	0	55	20.5	4611
	Opp Total			12		52		2			31	618	0		19.9

Kicking & Punting

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

						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
	Mike Boyda	28	P	9	0																	56	2475	61	0	44.2
	Nick Scollard	29	K/RE	12	9											10	3	30.0%	21	18	85.7%
	Ralph Heywood	28	e	12	2																	20	697	53	0	34.9
	Frank Muehlheuser	23	fb	8	2																	1	0	0	1	0.0
	Team Total	25.9		12												10	3	30.0%	21	18	85.7%	77	3172	61	1	41.2
	Opp Total			12												12	7	58.3%	50	47	94.0%	63	2501			39.7

Defense & Fumbles

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

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
	Bobby Layne	23	QB	12	12							0	10	6	-6	0
	Paul Shoults	24	KR/LH/PR	12	6							0	8	4	27	0
	Joe Golding	28	RH	11	11		1	65	1	65	0	0	6	1	0	0
	Jim Canady	23	b	7	1		2	36	0	36	0	0	3	2	2	0
	Frank Nelson	26		4	0		1	10	0	10	0	0	2	1	0	0
	John Rauch	22		9	0		2	4	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
	Phil Slosburg	23	b	3	2		1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
	Jim Wade	23	hb	10	1		1	12	0	12	0	0	1	2	4	0
	Ralph Heywood	28	e	12	2							0	1	2	0	1
	John Nolan	23	LT	12	12							0	0	3	0	0
	Dean Sensanbaugher	24	hb	4	2							0	3	0	0	0
	Ed Smith	26	hb	8	1		2	21	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0
	Joe Domnanovich	30	C	12	12		1	28	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Frank Muehlheuser	23	fb	8	2							0	2	0	0	0
	Nick Scollard	29	K/RE	12	9		1	5	0	5	0	0	0	1	5	0
	John Weaver	23	RG	12	6							0	0	2	3	0
	Fritz Barzilauskas	29	LG	12	10							0	0	1	0	0
	Tom Blake	22		5	0							0	0	1	0	0
	Mike Boyda	28	P	9	0		1	25	0	25	0
	Bob DeMoss	22		3	0							0	1	0	0	0
	Herb Ellis	24		12	0							0	0	1	0	0
	Joe Osmanski	32	FB	8	8							0	0	1	0	0
	Joe Sabasteanski	28	rg	12	5							0	0	1	0	0
	Carroll Vogelaar	29	RT	12	12							0	0	1	13	0
	Joe Watt	30	hb	5	1		1	5	0	5	0
	Team Total	25.9		12			14	211	1	65	0	0	41	33	48	1
	Opp Total			12		47							33	19

Scoring Summary

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

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Nick Scollard	29	K/RE	12	9		2				2	18	3	39
Ralph Heywood	28	e	12	2		3		1		4			24
Joe Golding	28	RH	11	11		2			1	3			18
Bobby Layne	23	QB	12	12	3					3			18
Bill Chipley	29	LE	12	9		2				2			12
Joe Osmanski	32	FB	8	8	2					2			12
Frank Muehlheuser	23	fb	8	2	1					1			6
Hal Prescott	29	e	5	1		1				1			6
John Rauch	22		9	0	1					1			6
Dean Sensanbaugher	24	hb	4	2	1					1			6
Phil Slosburg	23	b	3	2	1					1			6
Team Total	25.9		12		9	10		1	1	21	18	3	153
Opp Total			12		20	25	2				47	7	368

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