1949 Baltimore Colts (AAFC) |
| 7th place 1-11-0 .083 |
| Head Coach: Cecil Isbell (0-4); Walt Driskill (1-7-0) |
| Bill Conkright | Assistant Coach |
| Mike Michalske | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/10/1949 | N | Buffalo Bills | 28-12 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 2953 | |
| Tue | 8/16/1949 | H | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 14-28 | L | Baltimore, MD | Municipal Stadium | 35000 | |
| Fri | 8/19/1949 | N | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 14-28 | L | Allentown, PA | Taylor Stadium | ||
| Sun | 8/28/1949 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 17-31 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 29095 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1949 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 17-49 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 20211 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1949 | A | Cleveland Browns | 0-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 21621 | |
| Fri | 9/16/1949 | A | Chicago Hornets | 7-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 18483 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1949 | H | Cleveland Browns | 20-28 | L | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 34879 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1949 | A | Buffalo Bills | 35-28 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 25692 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1949 | A | Charlotte Clippers | 31-0 | W | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | H | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 21-24 | L | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 32645 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | H | Chicago Hornets | 7-17 | L | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 32107 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | A | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 14-21 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 10692 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 10-28 | L | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 23704 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 10-21 | L | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 19503 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-38 | L | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 16323 | |
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 |
| 31 | Dick Barwegen | LOG | 6-1 | 227 | 27 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Hub Bechtol | LDE | 6-3 | 202 | 23 | Texas Tech; Texas | 12 | 8 |
| 32 | Warren Beson | LB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | Ernie Blandin | LOT | 6-4 | 248 | 30 | Tulane | 10 | 10 |
| 33 | Ken Cooper | ROG-MG | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 5 |
| 83 | Bob Cowan | RDH-LOH | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Indiana | 9 | 9 |
| 51 | Lamar Davis | LOE-LDH | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | Georgia | 12 | 11 |
| 71 | Spiro Dellerba | LB | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 |
| 35 | Barry French | MG-RDT | 6-0 | 225 | 27 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| 77 | Lu Gambino | FB | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Indiana; Maryland | 10 | 7 |
| 30 | Bill Garrett | ROG | 6-1 | 237 | 24 | Mississippi State | 12 | 7 |
| 74 | Rex Grossman | K-P | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Indiana | 11 | 0 |
| 76 | Harry Jagade | FB-RDH-LLB-RDH | 6-0 | 213 | 23 | Indiana | 10 | 8 |
| 47 | Jon Jenkins | MG-LOT | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Dartmouth | 12 | 7 |
| 89 | Bob Kelly | RLB-ROH | 5-10 | 193 | 24 | Notre Dame; Navy | 10 | 9 |
| 80 | Wayne Kingery | RS-ROH | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | Louisiana State; McNeese State | 10 | 10 |
| 81 | Jake Leicht | LDH-LOH | 5-9 | 170 | 30 | Pasadena CC; Oregon | 12 | 12 |
| 54 | Bill Leonard | RDE | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 |
| 48 | John Mellus | LDT | 6-0 | 214 | 32 | Villanova | 12 | 12 |
| 73 | Bus Mertes | FB | 6-0 | 201 | 30 | North Central; Iowa | 2 | 2 |
| 55 | John North | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | Vanderbilt | 12 | 11 |
| 52 | Bob Nowaskey | LLB-LDE | 6-0 | 205 | 31 | George Washington | 12 | 12 |
| 66 | Charlie O'Rourke | P-QB | 5-11 | 175 | 32 | Boston College | 5 | 0 |
| 88 | Paul Page | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Southern Methodist | 8 | 4 |
| 85 | Bob Pfohl | ROH | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Purdue; Merchant Marine; Purdue | 12 | 10 |
| 20 | Felto Prewitt | C | 5-11 | 212 | 25 | Tulsa | 12 | 10 |
| 84 | Ralph Ruthstrom | S | 6-5 | 212 | 28 | Sam Houston State; Southern Methodist | 4 | 1 |
| 44 | Al Sidorik | RDT-ROT | 6-0 | 248 | 30 | Decatur JC; Mississippi State | 12 | 7 |
| 46 | Jim Spruill | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Rice | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Billy Stone | LOH | 6-0 | 191 | 24 | Bradley | 12 | 4 |
| 22 | Al Tillman | MLB?-C | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| 63 | Y.A. Tittle | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 23 | Louisiana State | 12 | 9 |
| 67 | Sammy Vacanti | QB-RLB-K | 5-10 | 202 | 27 | Iowa; Purdue; Nebraska | 12 | 6 |
| 87 | Herman Wedemeyer | LOH-S | 5-10 | 178 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 11 | 9 |
| 53 | Win Williams | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 185 | 26 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 12 | 6 |
| DRAFT LIST - SECRET | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 2 | Dick Harris | C | Texas | |
| 2 | 10 | Levi Jackson | B | Yale | |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | George Sims | B | Baylor | |
| 2 | 14 | Bobby Gage | B | Clemson | |
| 4 | 25 | Ralph Kohl | T | Michigan | |
| 5 | 33 | Wally Jones | E | Eastern Kentucky | |
| 6 | 41 | Frank Pattee | B | Kansas | |
| 7 | 49 | Fred Folger | B | Duke | |
| 8 | 57 | Bob Prymuski | T | Illinois | |
| 9 | 65 | Ev Faunce | B | Minnesota | |
| 10 | 73 | Kale Alexander | T | South Carolina | |
| 11 | 81 | Paul Page | B | Southern Methodist | |
| 12 | 89 | Jim Owens | E | Oklahoma | |
| 13 | 97 | Warren Beson | C | Minnesota | |
| 14 | 105 | Dave Moon | B | Southern Methodist | |
| 15 | 113 | Jon Jenkins | T | Dartmouth | |
| 16 | 121 | Red O'Quinn | E | Wake Forest | |
| 17 | 129 | Clyde Geary | T | Connecticut Wesleyan | |
| 18 | 135 | Al Sanders | T | Southern Mississippi | |
| 19 | 141 | Guy Sundheim | C | Northwestern | |
| 20 | 147 | Murney Lazier | B | Illinois | |
| 21 | 153 | Harry Larche | T | Arkansas State | |
| 25 | 168 | Walt Grothaus | G | Notre Dame | |
| 26 | 173 | Byron Gillory | B | Texas | |
| 27 | 178 | Bob Cox | E | North Carolina | |
| 28 | 183 | Bob DeMoss | B | Purdue | |
| 29 | 188 | George Pryor | B | Wake Forest | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 17 | 68 | 52 | 35 | |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 97 | 63 | 105 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 151 | 66 | 78 | 7 | / % | / % | 49 | 369 | |
| Opponents Totals | 189 | 121 | 60 | 8 | / % | / % | 72 | 590 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Stone | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Rex Grossman | 0 | 19 | 19 | 100.0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 0 | 37 |
| John North | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Harry Jagade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Pfohl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lamar Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lu Gambino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bus Mertes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Win Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sammy Vacanti | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 172 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 47 | 47 | 100.0 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 0 | 341 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Grossman | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 44 | 0/ | 2/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ | |
| Sammy Vacanti | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0/ | 2/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 0/ | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Wedemeyer | 64 | 291 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Lu Gambino | 56 | 208 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Pfohl | 67 | 205 | 3.1 | 2 | |
| Billy Stone | 51 | 205 | 4.0 | 2 | |
| Harry Jagade | 33 | 174 | 5.3 | 2 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 29 | 89 | 3.1 | 2 | |
| Paul Page | 25 | 81 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Bob Kelly | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Sammy Vacanti | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Bus Mertes | 11 | 8 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Wayne Kingery | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Cowan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Leicht | 6 | -7 | -1.2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 362 | 1284 | 3.5 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 511 | 2396 | 4.7 | 57 | 28 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 289 | 148 | 148 | 123 | 2209 | 7.6 | 14.9 | 80t | 14 | 4.8 | 18 | 6.2 | 66.8 | |||
| Sammy Vacanti | 27 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 134 | 5.0 | 12.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.7 | 41.3 | ||||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1.7 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rex Grossman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Herman Wedemeyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 325 | 160 | 160 | 143 | 2355 | 7.2 | 14.7 | 80t | 14 | 4.3 | 22 | 6.8 | 47 | 349 | 2006 | 59.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 256 | 127 | 127 | 116 | 2396 | 9.4 | 18.9 | 66 | 18 | 7.0 | 13 | 5.1 | 10 | 93 | 2303 | 84.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Davis | 38 | 548 | 14.4 | 1 | |
| Billy Stone | 31 | 621 | 20.0 | 66t | 6 |
| John North | 25 | 490 | 19.6 | 80t | 4 |
| Win Williams | 20 | 266 | 13.3 | 1 | |
| Lu Gambino | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 1 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 10 | 112 | 11.2 | 0 | |
| Harry Jagade | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Pfohl | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 0 | |
| Paul Page | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Kelly | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Bus Mertes | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Bob Cowan | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Wayne Kingery | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Jake Leicht | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 160 | 2355 | 14.7 | 80t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 127 | 1851 | 14.6 | 66 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Kelly | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Cowan | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Lamar Davis | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Ralph Ruthstrom | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Leonard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Hub Bechtol | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Wayne Kingery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Leicht | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 113 | 8.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 378 | 17.2 | 55 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie O'Rourke | 28 | 1098 | 39.2 | 0 | ||||||
| Rex Grossman | 28 | 1087 | 38.8 | 68 | 0 | |||||
| Wayne Kingery | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 0 | ||||||
| Herman Wedemeyer | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 2348 | 37.9 | 68 | 0 | 547 | 29.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 1 | 365 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Wedemeyer | 16 | 221 | 13.8 | 0 | ||
| Jake Leicht | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Kingery | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Paul Page | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 365 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 547 | 15.6 | 60 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Wedemeyer | 30 | 602 | 20.1 | 0 | ||
| Jake Leicht | 8 | 171 | 21.4 | 0 | ||
| Paul Page | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Pfohl | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
| Harry Jagade | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kelly | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Bill Leonard | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Billy Stone | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Lamar Davis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Sammy Vacanti | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1158 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 32 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 0 |
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