| Chicago Rockets at Brooklyn Dodgers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 11, 1946 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Ebbets Field Attendance: 16211 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 62 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Brooklyn DodgersBKN | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHI | BKN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | LLB | Bill Kellagher | ||
| 1 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Dom Principe 2 run (Phil Martinovich kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Jim McCarthy 55 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Phil Martinovich kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Safety, Walt Williams fumbled ball out of end zone | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Ned Mathews 3 run (Steve Nemeth kick) | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Safety, Walt Williams tackled in end zone by Joe Davis | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Ralph Heywood 19 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Steve Nemeth kick) | 14 | 18 |
| 4 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Phil Martinovich 23 FG | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Ned Mathews 44 lateral from Ralph Heywood 20 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Steve Nemeth kick) | 21 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Ralph Heywood |
| 46 | LOT | Willie Wilkin |
| 31 | LOG | Evan Vogds |
| 25 | C | Herb Coleman |
| 34 | ROG | Tony Sumpter |
| 45 | ROT | Chuck Huneke |
| 50 | ROE | Pat Lahey |
| 80 | HB | Elroy Hirsch |
| 64 | TB | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 49 | WB | Don Griffin |
| 73 | FB | Ernie Lewis |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 33 | LDT | Joe Ruetz |
| 34 | MG | Tony Sumpter |
| 45 | RDT | Chuck Huneke |
| 52 | RDE | Frank Quillen |
| 74 | LLB | Bill Kellagher |
| 31 | MLB | Evan Vogds |
| 27 | RLB | Mickey Parks |
| 80 | LDH | Elroy Hirsch |
| 88 | RDH | Bill Boedeker |
| 85 | S | Walt Clay |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 56 | LOE | Jim McCarthy |
| 31 | LOG | George Bernhardt |
| 21 | C | Russ Morrow |
| 34 | ROG | Jack Freeman |
| 42 | ROT | Nick Daukas |
| 43 | ROT | Martin Ruby |
| 55 | ROE | Joe Davis |
| 83 | BB | Rhoten Shetley |
| 90 | TB | Glenn Dobbs |
| 73 | WB | Cal Purdin |
| 94 | FB | Dom Principe |
| Defense | ||
| 56 | LDE | Jim McCarthy |
| 43 | LDT | Martin Ruby |
| 31 | MG | George Bernhardt |
| 44 | RDT | Frank Hrabetin |
| 55 | RDE | Joe Davis |
| 83 | LLB | Rhoten Shetley |
| 34 | MLB | Jack Freeman |
| 22 | RLB | Joe Gibson |
| 81 | LDH | Mickey Colmer |
| 60 | RDH | Lew Mayne |
| 80 | S | Doyle Tackett |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 12 | 48 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Max Morris | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Kellagher | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Steve Nemeth | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Walt Williams | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Griffin | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Dom Principe | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Lew Mayne | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Mickey Colmer | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Timmons | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Doyle Tackett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cal Purdin | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charley Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 191 | 12.7 | 2 | 116.0 | |||
| Steve Nemeth | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 46 | 5.8 | 0 | 57.3 | |||
| Walt Williams | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 91 | 30.3 | 0 | 109.7 | |||
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 2 | 81 | 11.6 | 55t | 1 | 97.9 | ||
| Charley Armstrong | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | 62.5 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ralph Heywood | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 1 | |
| Pat Lahey | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Max Morris | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66t | 1 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Frank Quillen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Wilkin | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Jim McCarthy | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55t | 1 |
| Mickey Colmer | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Nick Daukas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Saxon Judd | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| O'Neale Adams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Walt Clay | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Willie Wilkin | 0 | 18 | 18L | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Jim McCarthy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 0 | |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 8 | 456 | 57.0 | 72 | 0 |
| Lew Mayne | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 0. | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Cal Purdin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Lew Mayne | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Dom Principe | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Joe Davis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Saxon Judd | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Mickey Colmer | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
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