| Chicago Hornets at Los Angeles Dons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 9, 1949 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 30193 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 67 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago HornetsCHI | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Los Angeles DonsLA | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHI | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago HornetsCHI | Danny Edwards 9 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Jim McCarthy kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago HornetsCHI | Fred Negus 63 fumble recovery (Jim McCarthy kick blocked) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago HornetsCHI | Johnny Clement 1 run (Jim McCarthy kick) | 20 | 0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Dick Wilkins 58 pass from George Taliaferro (Bob Nelson kick) | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Billy Joe Grimes 3 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Glenn Dobbs 7 run (Bob Nelson kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | Chicago HornetsCHI | Jim McCarthy 26 FG | 23 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 50 | LOE | Hank Foldberg |
| 40 | LOT | Homer Paine |
| 34 | LOG | Herb St. John |
| 20 | C | John Rapacz |
| 30 | ROG | Jim Pearcy |
| 45 | ROT | Ziggy Czarobski |
| 51 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 64 | QB | Ernie Lewis |
| 90 | LOH | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 80 | ROH | Bob Sweiger |
| 81 | FB | Ray Ramsey |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Paul Cleary |
| 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 |
| 83 | DH | Paul Patterson |
| 82 | DH | Bob Smith |
| 60 | S | Hardy Brown |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Dick Wilkins |
| 45 | LOT | Bob Reinhard |
| 30 | LOG | Al Lolotai |
| 29 | C | John Brown |
| 32 | ROG | Knox Ramsey |
| 48 | ROT | Buddy Tinsley |
| 50 | ROE | Len Ford |
| 60 | BB | George Murphy |
| 95 | TB | Glenn Dobbs |
| 97 | HB | Earl Howell |
| 73 | FB | Hosea Rodgers |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Burr Baldwin |
| 45 | LDT | Bob Reinhard |
| 47 | MG | Mike Perrotti |
| 42 | RDT | Ernie Williamson |
| 55 | RDE | Ab Wimberly |
| 65 | LLB | Dan Dworsky |
| 27 | RLB | Dick Woodard |
| 97 | LDH | Earl Howell |
| 92 | RDH | Shorty McWilliams |
| 82 | S | Bob Kennedy |
| 77 | S | Jim Spavital |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | |||||
| Johnny Clement | 14 | 47 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Hosea Rodgers | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Earl Howell | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 1 | |
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Wilkins | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Harper Davis | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | |||||||||||
| Johnny Clement | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 0 | 95 | 5.9 | 0 | 63.3 | |||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 60 | 5.0 | 1 | 57.6 | |||
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 50 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | |
| George Taliaferro | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 1 | 179 | 19.9 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 107.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | |||||
| Fay King | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Paul Patterson | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| Hank Foldberg | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Danny Edwards | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Jensen | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Len Ford | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Dick Wilkins | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 1 | |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Burr Baldwin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | |||||
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Hardy Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Dick Woodard | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | |||||
| Rip Collins | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 0 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 73 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | ||||||
| Bobby Livingstone | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Billy Joe Grimes | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Shorty McWilliams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Hornets | ||||||
| Ray Ramsey | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | ||
| Frank Aschenbrenner | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 100 | 33.3 | 57 | 0 | |
| Harper Davis | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Earl Howell | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
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