1948 Chicago Rockets (AAFC) |
| 4th place Western Division 1-13-0 .071 |
| Head Coach: Ed McKeever |
| Bob Maddock | Guards/Centers |
| Ray McLean | Backfield |
| George Musso | Tackles |
| Bernie Witucki | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/18/1948 | A | New York Yankees | 27-35 | L | Freeport, NY | Muncipal Stadium | 10061 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1948 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 0-7 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 26479 | |
| Mon | 9/6/1948 | A | Buffalo Bills | 7-42 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 25816 | |
| Fri | 9/10/1948 | H | Baltimore Colts | 21-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 25816 | |
| Fri | 9/17/1948 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 30608 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1948 | A | Cleveland Browns | 10-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 37190 | |
| Fri | 10/1/1948 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 14-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 14553 | |
| Fri | 10/8/1948 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 28-49 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 31119 | |
| Fri | 10/15/1948 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-21 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 8671 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 5964 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1948 | A | New York Yankees | 7-42 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 13239 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-44 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 25306 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | A | Baltimore Colts | 24-38 | L | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 21899 | |
| Thu | 11/25/1948 | H | Buffalo Bills | 35-39 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 6305 | |
| Sat | 12/4/1948 | H | New York Yankees | 7-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 4930 | |
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 |
| 33 | George Bernhardt | ROG-MG | 5-10 | 213 | 29 | Illinois | 11 | 11 |
| 66 | Angelo Bertelli | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Notre Dame | 3 | 2 |
| 42 | Jim Brutz | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 230 | 29 | Notre Dame | 9 | 9 |
| 50 | Harry Burrus | OE-DE | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Hardin-Simmons | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Harry Clarke | S-ROH | 6-0 | 186 | 32 | West Virginia | 6 | 6 |
| 31 | Herb Coleman | ROG-C | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Notre Dame | 9 | 7 |
| 45 | Ziggy Czarobski | LDT-LOT? | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 10 |
| 32 | Bob David | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 219 | 27 | Notre Dame; Villanova | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | Ed Ecker | LOT | 6-7 | 276 | 25 | John Carroll | 8 | 3 |
| 47 | Chuck Elliott | OT-DT | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | Oregon | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Fred Evans | LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | Tom Farris | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | Wisconsin | 10 | 0 |
| 86 | Chuck Fenenbock | LOH-S? | 5-9 | 174 | 30 | UCLA | 13 | 7 |
| 60 | Jesse Freitas | QB | 5-10 | 175 | 27 | Santa Clara | 11 | 10 |
| 80 | Elroy Hirsch | LOH-S? | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Wisconsin; Michigan | 5 | 3 |
| 57 | Bob Jensen | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Farnham Johnson | RDE-LDE? | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Wisconsin; Michigan; Wisconsin | 9 | 0 |
| 43 | Nate Johnson | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 244 | 28 | Illinois | 14 | 13 |
| 81 | Steve Juzwik | RDH-ROH | 5-8 | 186 | 30 | Notre Dame | 4 | 4 |
| 74/72 | Bill Kellagher | FB-RDH | 5-11 | 205 | 28 | Fordham | 12 | 9 |
| 55 | Fay King | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Chet Kozel | RDT | 6-2 | 211 | 29 | Mississippi | 5 | 3 |
| 56 | Ray Kuffel | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 213 | 27 | Marquette; Notre Dame; Marquette | 14 | 9 |
| 22 | Peter Lamana | C-MLB | 5-11 | 210 | 27 | Boston University | 13 | 13 |
| 71 | Ernie Lewis | P-FB-DB | 6-1 | 211 | 24 | Colorado | 14 | 2 |
| 82 | Bobby Livingstone | LOH | 6-0 | 173 | 26 | Notre Dame | 13 | 7 |
| 52 | Jim McCarthy | LDE-k | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Illinois | 14 | 12 |
| 78 | Jim Mello | FB | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | Notre Dame | 6 | 2 |
| 28 | Fred Negus | C-RLB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Wisconsin; Michigan; Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| 51 | Ike Owens | RDE | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Illinois | 9 | 9 |
| 30 | Jim Pearcy | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 210 | 30 | Marshall | 14 | 14 |
| 84 | Bob Perina | LDH-ROH | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Princeton | 13 | 13 |
| 35 | Roman Piskor | LOG-LOT | 6-0 | 245 | 31 | Niagara | 13 | 0 |
| 77 | Dewey Proctor | FB | 5-11 | 215 | 28 | Furman | 10 | 4 |
| 70 | Eddie Prokop | ROH-FB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 7 |
| 88 | Ray Ramsey | DH | 6-2 | 166 | 27 | Bradley | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | John Rapacz | C-LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | Western Michigan; Oklahoma | 10 | 5 |
| 34 | Joe Ruetz | LLB | 5-11 | 198 | 32 | Notre Dame | 13 | 13 |
| 85 | Julie Rykovich | ROH-RDH | 6-2 | 204 | 25 | Illinois; Notre Dame; Illinois | 6 | 5 |
| 83 | Floyd Simmons | FB-ROH | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 3 |
| 46 | Bill Smith | OE-DE | 6-2 | 250 | 22 | North Carolina | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Gasper Urban | ROG-LB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 3 |
| 44 | Emil Uremovich | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 233 | 32 | Indiana | 8 | 0 |
| 62 | Sammy Vacanti | QB | 5-10 | 202 | 26 | Iowa; Purdue; Nebraska | 9 | 2 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Tony Minisi | B | Pennsylvania |
| 2 | 9 | Carl Samuelson | T | Nebraska |
| 3 | 11 | John Nolan | T | Penn State |
| 4 | 19 | Paul Cleary | E | Southern California |
| 5 | 25 | Bill Walsh | C | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 28 | Vince DiFrancesca | G | Northwestern |
| 7 | 34 | Jay Rhodemyre | C | Kentucky |
| 8 | 42 | Jim Turner | T | California |
| 9 | 46 | Myron Miller | C | Oklahoma State |
| 10 | 54 | Phil Slosburg | B | Temple |
| 11 | 58 | Jack Swaner | B | California |
| 12 | 66 | Thurman Gay | T | Oklahoma State |
| 13 | 74 | Fran Parker | T | Holy Cross |
| 14 | 82 | Lou Agase | T | Illinois |
| 15 | 90 | Jerry McCarthy | E | Pennsylvania |
| 16 | 98 | Rudy Krall | B | New Mexico |
| 17 | 106 | Dick Flanagan | B | Ohio State |
| 18 | 114 | Ed Ryan | E | St. Mary's (California) |
| 19 | 122 | Byron Gillory | B | Texas |
| 20 | 130 | Don Doll | B | Southern California |
| 21 | 138 | Fred Provo | B | Washington |
| 22 | 146 | Phil Tinsley | E | UCLA |
| 23 | 154 | Glen Treichler | B | Colgate |
| 24 | 162 | Ike Owens | E | Illinois |
| 25 | 170 | Ron Sockolov | T | California |
| 26 | 178 | Gene Corum | G | West Virginia |
| 27 | 186 | John Daniels | C | California-Santa Barbara |
| 28 | 194 | Al Hoisch | B | UCLA |
| 29 | 202 | Dick Wedel | G | Wake Forest |
| 30 | 210 | Tom Finical | E | Princeton |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 38 | 38 | 35 | 91 | |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 148 | 122 | 104 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 180 | 102 | 65 | 13 | / % | / % | 78 | 659 | |
| Opponents Totals | 217 | 117 | 81 | 19 | / % | / % | 89 | 707 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fay King | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Jim McCarthy | 0 | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 27 |
| Eddie Prokop | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ray Kuffel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bobby Livingstone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Floyd Simmons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sammy Vacanti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Kellagher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Mello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fred Negus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Steve Juzwik | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Farnham Johnson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 202 |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 58 | 62 | 93.5 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 0 | 439 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McCarthy | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 29 | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Julie Rykovich | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Prokop | 54 | 266 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Jim Mello | 50 | 243 | 4.9 | 55 | 1 |
| Dewey Proctor | 47 | 190 | 4.0 | 54 | 1 |
| Julie Rykovich | 53 | 176 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 43 | 174 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 55 | 174 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Floyd Simmons | 36 | 121 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 33 | 97 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 23 | 93 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Jesse Freitas | 24 | 25 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Juzwik | 13 | 19 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | ||
| Sammy Vacanti | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | |
| Tom Farris | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Angelo Bertelli | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 484 | 1719 | 3.6 | 55 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 538 | 2614 | 4.9 | 65t | 33 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Freitas | 167 | 84 | 84 | 67 | 1425 | 8.5 | 17.0 | 74t | 14 | 8.4 | 16 | 9.6 | 67.9 | |||
| Sammy Vacanti | 116 | 47 | 47 | 54 | 633 | 5.5 | 13.5 | 2 | 1.7 | 15 | 12.9 | 24.7 | ||||
| Angelo Bertelli | 32 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 60 | 1.9 | 8.6 | 1 | 3.1 | 3 | 9.4 | 10.9 | ||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 15 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 136 | 9.1 | 34.0 | 60t | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 6.7 | 76.7 | |||
| Tom Farris | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 33.3 | 2.8 | ||||
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 116.7 | |||
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 341 | 146 | 146 | 157 | 2290 | 6.7 | 15.7 | 74t | 19 | 5.6 | 38 | 11.1 | 44.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 318 | 155 | 155 | 144 | 2473 | 7.8 | 16.0 | 67 | 23 | 7.2 | 19 | 6.0 | 74.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fay King | 50 | 647 | 12.9 | 7 | |
| Bob Jensen | 20 | 276 | 13.8 | 1 | |
| Ray Kuffel | 19 | 365 | 19.2 | 70t | 3 |
| Bobby Livingstone | 15 | 240 | 16.0 | 55t | 2 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 53t | 1 |
| Eddie Prokop | 7 | 223 | 31.9 | 74t | 3 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 1 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mello | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Jim McCarthy | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Floyd Simmons | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 57Lt | 1 |
| Ray Ramsey | 2 | 60 | 24.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Juzwik | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 146 | 2290 | 15.7 | 74t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 155 | 2473 | 16.0 | 67 | 23 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Perina | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Fred Negus | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Gasper Urban | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Emil Uremovich | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Lamana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 247 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 636 | 16.7 | 58 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Lewis | 60 | 2680 | 44.7 | 0 | 605 | |||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2680 | 44.7 | 0 | 605 | 34.6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 72 | 2 | 348 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Fenenbock | 17 | 169 | 9.9 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Prokop | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 0 | ||
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 348 | 10.9 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 605 | 16.8 | 90 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Prokop | 15 | 323 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 14 | 311 | 22.2 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Livingstone | 9 | 211 | 23.4 | 0 | ||
| Julie Rykovich | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | ||
| Harry Clarke | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Simmons | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kellagher | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Mello | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Ray Kuffel | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Fay King | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Bob Jensen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1265 | 21.1 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Negus | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 51 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 38 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 14 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 1 |
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