1946 Chicago Rockets (AAFC) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 5-6-3 .455 |
| Head Coach: Dick Hanley (1-1-1); Co-Head Coaches: Bob Dove, Ned Mathews and Willie Wilkin (2-2-1); Head Coach: Pat Boland (2-3-1) |
| Pat Boland | Line |
| Bob Dove | Assistant Coach |
| Ned Mathews | Assistant Coach |
| Ernie Nevers | Assistant Coach |
| Willie Wilkin | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/18/1946 | N | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-14 | T | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 16442 | |
| Sun | 9/1/1946 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-14 | T | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 34000 | |
| Fri | 9/13/1946 | H | Cleveland Browns | 6-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 51962 | |
| Fri | 9/20/1946 | H | New York Yankees | 17-17 | T | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 25000 | |
| Wed | 9/25/1946 | H | Buffalo Bisons | 38-35 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 20678 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1946 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 28675 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1946 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 9-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 31076 | |
| Fri | 10/11/1946 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21-21 | T | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 16211 | |
| Fri | 10/18/1946 | H | Miami Seahawks | 28-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 20172 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | A | Buffalo Bisons | 17-49 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 15738 | |
| Sat | 11/2/1946 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 17924 | |
| Mon | 11/11/1946 | A | Miami Seahawks | 20-7 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 7438 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-51 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 60457 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | A | New York Yankees | 38-28 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 21270 | |
| Sat | 11/30/1946 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 0-14 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1946 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 17-17 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 22515 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Boedeker | 88 | RDH-ROH | 5-11 | 192 | 22 | DePaul | 11 | 8 |
| Jim Brutz | 42 | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 230 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 2 |
| Walt Clay | 85 | S?-LOH-QB | 5-10 | 196 | 22 | Colorado | 13 | 13 |
| Herb Coleman | 25 | C-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 12 |
| Norm Cox | 65 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 21 | Texas Christian | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Dove | 55 | LDE-LOE-ROE | 6-1 | 222 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Don Griffin | 49 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Illinois | 13 | 4 |
| Ralph Heywood | 57 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Southern California | 14 | 7 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 66 | ROH-LOH-QB-S | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | Indiana | 14 | 7 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 80 | LDH-LOH-FB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Wisconsin; Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 64 | QB-LDH | 5-11 | 194 | 21 | Indiana; Navy | 14 | 11 |
| Chuck Huneke | 45 | RDT-ROT | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | St. Mary's (Texas); St. Benedict's | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Kellagher | 74 | LLB-FB | 5-11 | 205 | 26 | Fordham | 12 | 12 |
| Quentin Klenk | 47 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Southern California | 8 | 3 |
| Pat Lahey | 50 | ROE-ERD-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 219 | 27 | John Carroll | 13 | 10 |
| Peter Lamana | 71 | LOH-DB | 5-11 | 210 | 25 | Boston University | 9 | 2 |
| Ernie Lewis | 73 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 211 | 22 | Colorado | 14 | 10 |
| Ned Mathews | 97 | ROH-DB | 5-10 | 187 | 28 | UCLA | 9 | 6 |
| Max Morris | 53 | ROE | 6-2 | 200 | 21 | Illinois; Northwestern | 12 | 1 |
| Bob Motl | 54 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 195 | 26 | Northwestern | 14 | 1 |
| Steve Nemeth | 69 | QB-K | 5-10 | 174 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 1 |
| Jim O'Neal | 49 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-OT-DT | 6-1 | 230 | 22 | Texas Christian | 12 | 5 |
| Mickey Parks | 27 | RLB-C | 6-0 | 228 | 31 | Oklahoma | 13 | 13 |
| Jim Pearcy | 30 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 210 | 28 | Marshall | 13 | 2 |
| Frank Quillen | 52 | RDE-ROE-LOE | 6-5 | 225 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Ruetz | 33 | LDT-LOG | 5-11 | 198 | 30 | Notre Dame | 13 | 13 |
| Bill Schroeder | 60 | ROH-DB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Wisconsin | 14 | 3 |
| Tony Sumpter | 34 | MG-ROG | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Cameron JC | 13 | 13 |
| Norm Verry | 40 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 245 | 24 | Southern California | 10 | 2 |
| Evan Vogds | 31 | LOG-MLB | 5-10 | 210 | 23 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| Lloyd Wasserbach | 48 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 5-11 | 203 | 25 | Wisconsin | 12 | 3 |
| Willie Wilkin | 46 | LOT-RDT | 6-4 | 261 | 30 | St. Mary's (California) | 9 | 8 |
| Walt Williams | 82 | QB-S? | 6-1 | 194 | 27 | Boston University | 14 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30 | 61 | 97 | 75 | 263 |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 86 | 78 | 86 | 315 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 149 | 76 | 63 | 10 | / % | / % | 63 | 514 | |
| Opponents Totals | 129 | 69 | 50 | 10 | / % | / % | 73 | 553 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Nemeth | 0 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 0 | 59 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Elroy Hirsch | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Ralph Heywood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bill Kellagher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ned Mathews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Frank Quillen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Walt Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Clay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Dove | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Peter Lamana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Motl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 32 | 34 | 94.1 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 0 | 263 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 41 | 42 | 97.6 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 2 | 315 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Nemeth | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 40? | 3/ | 4/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 3/ | 4/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 111 | 375 | 3.4 | 57 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 65 | 283 | 4.4 | 1 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 87 | 226 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 49 | 178 | 3.6 | 53t | 3 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 50 | 175 | 3.5 | 2 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 57 | 164 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Bill Schroeder | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Peter Lamana | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Max Morris | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 21 | 19 | 0.9 | 1 | |
| Ned Mathews | 12 | 15 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Don Griffin | 28 | 13 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Norm Cox | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Nemeth | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Pat Lahey | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 511 | 1559 | 3.1 | 57 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 475 | 1718 | 3.6 | 56 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 193 | 95 | 49.2 | 84 | 1266 | 6.6 | 13.3 | 68t | 14 | 7.3 | 14 | 7.3 | 64.4 | |||
| Walt Williams | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 12 | 226 | 7.5 | 17.4 | 50 | 1 | 3.3 | 5 | 16.7 | 41.1 | |||
| Elroy Hirsch | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 6 | 156 | 7.8 | 13.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 61.7 | ||||
| Walt Clay | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 12 | 140 | 5.2 | 11.7 | 2 | 7.4 | 3 | 11.1 | 45.8 | ||||
| Steve Nemeth | 23 | 5 | 21.7 | 18 | 68 | 3.0 | 13.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||
| Ernie Lewis | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 3 | 17 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 16.7 | |||
| Bill Kellagher | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 15 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 38.9 | ||||
| Bill Schroeder | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 10 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 64.6 | |||
| Don Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 310 | 144 | 46.5 | 137 | 1898 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 68t | 18 | 5.8 | 29 | 9.4 | 46.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 259 | 119 | 45.9 | 109 | 1618 | 6.2 | 13.6 | 55t | 19 | 7.3 | 31 | 12.0 | 51.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 27 | 347 | 12.9 | 68t | 3 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 21 | 315 | 15.0 | 62t | 4 |
| Ralph Heywood | 20 | 287 | 14.4 | 4 | |
| Pat Lahey | 17 | 203 | 11.9 | 0 | |
| Frank Quillen | 13 | 143 | 11.0 | 2 | |
| Bob Motl | 9 | 124 | 13.8 | 1 | |
| Bob Dove | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 1 | |
| Ned Mathews | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 66t | 2 |
| Bill Boedeker | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 1 | |
| Don Griffin | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Max Morris | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ernie Lewis | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Willie Wilkin | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 144 | 1898 | 13.2 | 68t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 119 | 1618 | 13.6 | 55 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 2 | 148 | 74.0 | 97t | 1 |
| Joe Ruetz | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Herb Coleman | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Don Griffin | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Peter Lamana | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Quillen | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Pat Lahey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lloyd Wasserbach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Wilkin | 0 | 18 | 18L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 516 | 16.6 | 97t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 532 | 18.3 | 90 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Lewis | 50 | 2085 | 41.7 | 76 | 1 | |||||
| Walt Williams | 24 | 998 | 41.6 | 1 | ||||||
| Bill Kellagher | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Steve Nemeth | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Walt Clay | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 11 | 484 | 44.0 | 72 | 0 | |||||
| Ralph Heywood | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 40 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 91 | 3817 | 41.9 | 76 | 2 | 35.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 89 | 3561 | 40.0 | 75 | 2 | 652 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 17 | 235 | 13.8 | 54t | 1 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 13 | 180 | 13.8 | 68t | 1 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 55 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 0 | ||
| Bill Boedeker | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Peter Lamana | 0 | 20 | 20tL | 1 | ||
| Steve Nemeth | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bill Schroeder | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | ||
| Walt Williams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 652 | 13.6 | 75t | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 626 | 13.0 | 57 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 14 | 384 | 27.4 | 88t | 1 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 9 | 275 | 30.6 | 71 | 0 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 8 | 220 | 27.5 | 88t | 1 | |
| Ned Mathews | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Boedeker | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 58 | 0 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Don Griffin | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Herb Coleman | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bill Schroeder | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Peter Lamana | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Frank Quillen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Wasserbach | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Pat Lahey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 1323 | 24.5 | 88t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 40 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 44 | 3 |
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