| Chicago Rockets at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 14, 1947 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: Civic Stadium Attendance: 33648 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 81 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHI | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Vic Kulbitski 1 run (Steve Juzwik kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Fay King 5 pass from George Ratterman (Steve Juzwik kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Bill Schroeder 15 lateral from Teddy Scalissi 8 pass from Sammy Vacanti (run failed) | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Chet Mutryn 13 run (Steve Juzwik kick) | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Fred Evans 31 pass from George Terlep (Steve Juzwik kick) | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Ray Ramsey 41 pass from Sammy Vacanti (John Rokisky kick) | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Max Morris 6 pass from Sammy Vacanti (John Rokisky kick) | 20 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Max Morris |
| 41 | LOT | John Kuzman |
| 35 | LOG | George Hecht |
| 27 | C | Fred Negus |
| 32 | ROG | Jim O'Neal |
| 49 | ROT | Benny Pucci |
| 51 | ROE | Jerry Mulready |
| 66 | QB | Al Dekdebrun |
| 99 | LOH | Billy Bass |
| 88 | ROH | Ray Ramsey |
| 71 | FB | Bill Daley |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Max Morris |
| 41 | LDT | John Kuzman |
| 30 | MG | Jim Pearcy |
| 49 | RDT | Benny Pucci |
| 55 | RDE | Bob Dove |
| 25 | LB | Herb Coleman |
| 74 | LB | Bill Kellagher |
| 99 | DB | Billy Bass |
| 80 | DB | Elroy Hirsch |
| 88 | DB | Ray Ramsey |
| 60 | DB | Bill Schroeder |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 52 | LOE | Paul Gibson |
| 42 | LOT | Gil Duggan |
| 32 | LOG | Hal Lahar |
| 21 | C | Felto Prewitt |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 44 | ROT | George Doherty |
| 54 | ROE | Al Coppage |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 83 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 84 | ROH | George Koch |
| 75 | FB | Vic Kulbitski |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Paul Gibson |
| 41 | LDT | Chet Kozel |
| 32 | LDG | Hal Lahar |
| 35 | RDG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | RDT | John Kerns |
| 53 | RDE | Marty Comer |
| 73 | LLB | Ed Hirsch |
| 21 | RLB | Felto Prewitt |
| 83 | LDH | Chet Mutryn |
| 84 | RDH | George Koch |
| 57 | S | Al Baldwin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ray Ramsey | 8 | 77 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Billy Bass | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Daley | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Bill Schroeder | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Teddy Scalissi | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Angelo Bertelli | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Chet Mutryn | 10 | 85 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| Vic Kulbitski | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 1 | |
| George Koch | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Alex Wizbicki | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Lou Tomasetti | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| George Terlep | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Juzwik | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Sammy Vacanti | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 0 | 159 | 11.4 | 3 | 142.6 | |||
| Angelo Bertelli | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 2 | -5 | -0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Al Dekdebrun | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | 42.4 | ||
| Billy Bass | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 0 | 71 | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 97.2 | |
| George Terlep | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 31t | 15.5 | 31tt | 1 | 135.4 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Billy Bass | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 41t | 1 |
| Pat Lahey | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Max Morris | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 1 |
| Jerry Mulready | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Frank Quillen | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Dove | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Teddy Scalissi | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 0 | 15 | 15Lt | 1 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Fay King | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Fred Evans | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 0 |
| Al Baldwin | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| George Koch | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Al Baldwin | 1 | 71 | 71.0 | 71 | 0 |
| George Koch | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Albie Reisz | 5 | 185 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Billy Bass | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Teddy Scalissi | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Billy Bass | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Teddy Scalissi | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Chet Kozel | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
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