| Buffalo Bills at Chicago Hornets Game Statistics |
| Date: August 26, 1949 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 23800 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 78 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Chicago HornetsCHI | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | CHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Al Baldwin 18 pass from Jim Still (Chet Adams kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago HornetsCHI | Ray Ramsey 63 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Jim McCarthy kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago HornetsCHI | Paul Patterson 35 pass from Johnny Clement (Jim McCarthy kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Chet Mutryn 13 run (Chet Adams kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago HornetsCHI | Jim McCarthy 21 FG | 14 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Al Baldwin |
| 45 | LOT | Jack Carpenter |
| 34 | LOG | Vic Vasicek |
| 22 | C | Art Statuto |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | ROT | John Kerns |
| 52 | ROE | Paul Gibson |
| 62 | QB | Jim Still |
| 83 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 82 | ROH | Rex Bumgardner |
| 70 | FB | Ollie Cline |
| Defense | ||
| 58 | LDE | Vince Mazza |
| 47 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 49 | MG | John Maskas |
| 42 | RDT | Chet Adams |
| 53 | RDE | Bill Stanton |
| 72 | LLB | Bill Schroll |
| 34 | MLB | Vic Vasicek |
| 23 | RLB | Carl Schuette |
| 88 | LDH | Tommy Colella |
| 85 | RDH | Alex Wizbicki |
| 86 | S | Joe Sutton |
| Chicago Hornets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Fay King |
| 40 | LOT | Homer Paine |
| 34 | LOG | Herb St. John |
| 20 | C | John Rapacz |
| 31 | ROG | Marty Wendell |
| 45 | ROT | Ziggy Czarobski |
| 51 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 61 | QB | Walt McDonald |
| 90 | LOH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 80 | ROH | Bob Sweiger |
| 81 | FB | Ray Ramsey |
| Defense | ||
| 56 | LDE | Ray Kuffel |
| 46 | LDT | Johnny Clowes |
| 32 | MG | Ray Richeson |
| 43 | RDT | Nate Johnson |
| 52 | RDE | Jim McCarthy |
| 28 | LB | Fred Negus |
| 20 | LB | John Rapacz |
| 25 | LB | George Strohmeyer |
| 82 | DH | Bob Smith |
| 60 | S | Hardy Brown |
| 83 | DH | Paul Patterson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Rex Bumgardner | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| Ollie Cline | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Freitas | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Sutton | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Hornets | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 17 | 50 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Johnny Clement | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Rip Collins | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Still | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 56 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102.1 | |
| Jesse Freitas | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 2 | 10 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | |
| Chicago Hornets | |||||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 1 | 150 | 8.8 | 63t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.3 |
| Johnny Clement | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 48 | 12.0 | 35t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Ollie Cline | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Al Baldwin | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Paul Gibson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chicago Hornets | |||||
| Danny Edwards | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 63t | 1 |
| Hank Foldberg | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Patterson | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Jim McCarthy | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Chicago Hornets | |||||
| Paul Patterson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| George Strohmeyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tommy Colella | 4 | 137 | 34.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Still | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Hornets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 5 | 239 | 47.8 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sutton | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Tommy Colella | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Chicago Hornets | ||||||
| Ray Ramsey | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Rex Bumgardner | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Chicago Hornets | ||||||
| Ray Ramsey | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
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