1947 Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) |
| 3rd place Eastern Division 3-10-1 .231 |
| Head Coach: Cliff Battles |
| Wayne Gift | Assistant Coach |
| Steve Hokuf | Assistant Coach |
| Tom Scott | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/17/1947 | N | Los Angeles Dons | 16-17 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1947 | N | Chicago Rockets | 20-17 | W | Salt Lake City, UT | Ute Stadium | 28000 | |
| Sun | 8/31/1947 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-23 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 31874 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1947 | A | Baltimore Colts | 7-16 | L | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 27418 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1947 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7-55 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 18872 | |
| Fri | 9/19/1947 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 21-48 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 38817 | |
| Fri | 10/3/1947 | A | Chicago Rockets | 35-31 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 16844 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | A | New York Yankees | 7-31 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 21882 | |
| Fri | 10/17/1947 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-14 | T | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 9972 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | A | Buffalo Bills | 7-35 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 23762 | |
| Fri | 10/31/1947 | H | Chicago Rockets | 7-3 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 2960 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | A | Cleveland Browns | 12-13 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 30279 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | H | Baltimore Colts | 21-14 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 9604 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 12-16 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 11866 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1947 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 7-21 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 9837 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | H | New York Yankees | 17-20 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 14166 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 54 | O'Neal Adams | DE | 6-3 | 195 | 28 | Arkansas | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Al Akins | TB-LDH-WB-RDH | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Washington State; Washington | 13 | 3 |
| 73 | George Benson | FB | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | George Bernhardt | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 213 | 28 | Illinois | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Harry Buffington | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 206 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Bob Callahan | C | 6-0 | 212 | 24 | Missouri; Michigan | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Mickey Colmer | FB | 6-2 | 219 | 30 | none | 14 | 9 |
| 56 | Mel Conger | DE | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Georgia | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Lou Daukas | C | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Cornell | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | Nick Daukas | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 225 | 25 | Dartmouth | 7 | 1 |
| 90 | Glenn Dobbs | TB | 6-4 | 210 | 27 | Tulsa | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | Monk Gafford | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Auburn | 14 | 12 |
| 21 | Joe Gibson | C-LB | 6-3 | 213 | 28 | Cameron JC; Tulsa | 14 | 4 |
| 22 | Ed Gustafson | C | 6-3 | 205 | 25 | George Washington; Dartmouth; George Washington | 13 | 10 |
| 37 | Ames Harris | OG-DG | 6-0 | 213 | 26 | Mississippi State | 13 | 0 |
| 82 | Elmore Harris | TB-WB | 5-11 | 175 | 25 | Morgan State | 10 | 2 |
| 54 | Bob Hein | OE-DE | 6-3 | 220 | 26 | Kent State | 6 | 0 |
| 90 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | TB-LDH-WB-RDH | 5-11 | 194 | 22 | Indiana; Navy | 12 | 5 |
| 47 | Chuck Huneke | OT-DT | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | St. Mary's (Texas); St. Benedict's | 13 | 0 |
| 35 | Ed Jeffers | OG-DG | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 0 |
| 34 | Billy Jones | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 220 | 27 | West Virginia Wesleyan; Charleston | 8 | 3 |
| 91 | Dub Jones | BB-S-TB-LDH | 6-3 | 202 | 23 | Louisiana State; Tulane | 9 | 2 |
| 53 | Saxon Judd | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Tulsa; Louisiana-Lafayette | 14 | 8 |
| 63 | Al Kowalski | S | 6-3 | 205 | 26 | Georgetown (DC); Tulsa | 8 | 0 |
| 36 | Frank Laurinaitis | OG-DG | 5-10 | 200 | 27 | Richmond | 6 | 0 |
| 45 | Phil Martinovich | K | 5-10 | 220 | 32 | Pacific | 14 | 5 |
| 51 | Jim McCarthy | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Illinois | 14 | 13 |
| 61 | Walt McDonald | BB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| 41 | Ed Mieszkowski | OT-DT | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | Russ Morrow | DE | 6-7 | 205 | 23 | Tennessee | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Herb Nelson | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 219 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 13 | 6 |
| 55 | Mike Patanelli | DE | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Manchester; Bowling Green State; Ball State | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | Bob Perina | TB-LDH | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Princeton | 14 | 4 |
| 43 | Martin Ruby | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 249 | 27 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 42 | Leroy Schneider | DE | 5-11 | 237 | 24 | Tulane | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Ted Scruggs | OE-DE | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Rice | 12 | 0 |
| 62 | Doyle Tackett | LDH-TB-S-BB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | none | 10 | 2 |
| 92 | Lee Tevis | HB-DH | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | George Washington; Miami (Ohio) | 8 | 0 |
| 55 | Hal Thompson | LDE-LOE | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Delaware | 12 | 1 |
| 20 | Tex Warrington | LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | William & Mary; Auburn | 13 | 9 |
| 48 | Harlan Wetz | OT-DT | 6-5 | 265 | 22 | Texas | 11 | 0 |
| 44 | Garland Williams | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Georgia; Duke; Georgia | 14 | 13 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| Special Selection | Doc Blanchard | FB | Army | |
| Special Selection | Gene Roberts | B | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |
| 1 | 3 | Neill Armstrong | E | Oklahoma State |
| 2 | 11 | Charley Conerly | QB | Mississippi |
| 3 | 19 | Fritz Barzilauskas | G | Yale |
| 4 | 27 | Jim Wright | G | Southern Methodist |
| 5 | 35 | Harlan Wetz | T | Texas |
| 6 | 43 | Binks Bushmiaer | B | Vanderbilt |
| 7 | 51 | Garland Williams | T | Georgia |
| 8 | 59 | Jim Hefti | B | St. Lawrence |
| 9 | 67 | Buddy Burris | G | Oklahoma |
| 10 | 75 | Charles Milner | G | Duke |
| 11 | 83 | Jim Smith | T | Colorado |
| 12 | 91 | Marv Goodman | E | Willamette |
| 13 | 99 | Ted Scruggs | E | Rice |
| 14 | 107 | Reed Nilsen | C | Brigham Young |
| 15 | 115 | Gus Shannon | G | Colorado |
| 16 | 123 | Joe Cook | B | Hardin-Simmons |
| 17 | 129 | Frank Laurinaitis | G | Richmond |
| 18 | 135 | Ed Gustafson | C | George Washington |
| 19 | 141 | Dick Hagen | E | Washington |
| 20 | 147 | Hank Foldberg | E | Army |
| 21 | 153 | Harry Furman | T | Cornell |
| 22 | 157 | Walt Kretz | B | Cornell |
| 23 | 161 | John Monahan | E | Dartmouth |
| 24 | 165 | Bruce Bailey | B | Virginia |
| 25 | 169 | Ray Evans | B | Texas-El Paso |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 51 | 45 | 48 | |
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 98 | 76 | 78 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 138 | 92 | 39 | 7 | / % | / % | 46 | 374 | |
| Opponents Totals | 178 | 112 | 57 | 9 | / % | / % | 43 | 261 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Colmer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Phil Martinovich | 0 | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 3 | 20 | 15.0 | 0 | 31 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bob Perina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Al Akins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Monk Gafford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dub Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Saxon Judd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 3 | 20 | 15.0 | 0 | 181 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 40 | 44 | 90.9 | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 0 | 340 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Martinovich | 3 | 20 | 15.0 | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 3 | 20 | 15.0 | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 4/ | 3/ | 4/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 147 | 702 | 4.8 | 84t | 5 |
| Mickey Colmer | 152 | 578 | 3.8 | 9 | |
| Monk Gafford | 46 | 232 | 5.0 | 79t | 1 |
| Dub Jones | 43 | 136 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Bob Perina | 67 | 116 | 1.7 | 3 | |
| Al Akins | 15 | 79 | 5.3 | 1 | |
| Lee Tevis | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| George Benson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Hal Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Walt McDonald | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elmore Harris | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 495 | 1936 | 3.9 | 84t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 514 | 2516 | 4.9 | 52t | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 151 | 64 | 64 | 76 | 783 | 5.2 | 12.2 | 60t | 3 | 2.0 | 11 | 7.3 | 12 | 91 | 692 | 35.3 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 34 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 112 | 3.3 | 9.3 | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 8 | 104 | 42.8 | |
| Bob Perina | 24 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 91 | 3.8 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 1 | 5 | 86 | 21.4 | |
| Dub Jones | 15 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 2.5 | 12.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 5 | 41 | -4 | 0.0 | |
| Jim McCarthy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 39.6 |
| Mickey Colmer | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6.7 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 57.6 |
| Lee Tevis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 232 | 92 | 39.7 | 123 | 1060 | 4.6 | 11.5 | 60t | 4 | 1.7 | 17 | 7.3 | 19 | 145 | 915 | 29.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 255 | 124 | 48.6 | 115 | 2130 | 8.4 | 17.2 | 72t | 21 | 8.2 | 16 | 6.3 | 21 | 208 | 1922 | 78.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Colmer | 18 | 190 | 10.6 | 1 | |
| Saxon Judd | 18 | 204 | 11.3 | 1 | |
| Hal Thompson | 15 | 148 | 9.9 | 0 | |
| Jim McCarthy | 10 | 147 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 1 | |
| Monk Gafford | 8 | 113 | 14.1 | 0 | |
| Al Akins | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 60t | 1 |
| Walt McDonald | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Herb Nelson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Ted Scruggs | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Hein | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Doyle Tackett | 0 | 25 | 25L | 0 | |
| Tex Warrington | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 92 | 1060 | 11.5 | 60t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 124 | 2130 | 17.2 | 72 | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Perina | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Monk Gafford | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Lee Tevis | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Al Akins | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Doyle Tackett | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lou Daukas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 157 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 219 | 12.9 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Colmer | 56 | 2504 | 44.7 | 69 | 0 | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 14 | 579 | 41.4 | 0 | ||||||
| Lee Tevis | 5 | 246 | 49.2 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Perina | 7 | 209 | 29.9 | 2 | ||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 51 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 84 | 3594 | 42.8 | 69 | 3 | 33.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 67 | 2 | 425 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Gafford | 11 | 186 | 16.9 | 0 | ||
| Dub Jones | 14 | 157 | 11.2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Perina | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Walt McDonald | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Al Akins | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 425 | 13.3 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 744 | 14.9 | 82 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Gafford | 21 | 565 | 26.9 | 86 | 0 | |
| Elmore Harris | 14 | 329 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| Al Akins | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 50 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Colmer | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | ||
| Bob Perina | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Saxon Judd | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | |
| Lou Daukas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1296 | 23.1 | 86 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 96 | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 13 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 1 |
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