1948 Baltimore Colts (AAFC) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Division • 7-7-0 .500 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Eastern Division Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/12/1948 | H | Buffalo Bills | 17-28 | L | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 27327 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lee Artoe | 44 | T | 6-2 | 234 | 31 | Santa Clara; California | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Barwegen | 31 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 227 | 26 | Purdue | 1 | 1 |
| Pete Berezney | 47 | T | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Blandin | 41 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 248 | 29 | Tulane | 1 | 1 |
| Lamar Davis | 51 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Georgia | 1 | 1 |
| Spiro Dellerba | 77 | FB | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 |
| Aubrey Fowler | 80 | QB | 5-10 | 160 | 28 | Arkansas | 1 | 1 |
| Lu Gambino | 89 | FB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Indiana; Maryland | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Garrett | 30 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 237 | 23 | Mississippi State | 1 | 1 |
| Rex Grossman | 74 | HB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Indiana | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 82 | LH | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | Indiana | 1 | 1 |
| Al Klug | 38 | G | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Marquette | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Leicht | 81 | RH | 5-9 | 170 | 29 | Pasadena CC; Oregon | 1 | 1 |
| Len McCormick | 26/28 | C | 6-3 | 232 | 26 | Schreiner Institute JC; Southwestern (Texas); Baylor | 1 | 1 |
| John Mellus | 48 | T | 6-0 | 214 | 31 | Villanova | 1 | 0 |
| Bus Mertes | 73 | FB | 6-0 | 201 | 29 | North Central; Iowa | 1 | 1 |
| John North | 55/56 | E | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 52 | E | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | George Washington | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 66 | QB | 5-11 | 175 | 31 | Boston College | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Pfohl | 85 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Purdue; Merchant Marine; Purdue | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Simmons | 32 | G | 6-4 | 236 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Spruill | 46 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Rice | 1 | 1 |
| Johnny Sylvester | 83/85 | HB | 6-0 | 183 | 26 | Temple | 1 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 63 | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 22 | Louisiana State | 1 | 0 |
| Sammy Vacanti | 67 | B | 5-10 | 202 | 26 | Iowa; Purdue; Nebraska | 1 | 0 |
| Win Williams | 53 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 185 | 25 | Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice | 1 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 28 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | / % | / % | 8 | 80 | |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | / % | / % | 5 | 25 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bus Mertes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rex Grossman | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex Grossman | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bus Mertes | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 2 | |
| Bob Pfohl | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Jake Leicht | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Lu Gambino | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 177 | 2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 162 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 18 | 217 | 6.0 | 12.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.8 | 217 | 55.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 18 | 217 | 6.0 | 12.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.8 | 27 | 190 | 55.0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 7 | 135 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 3 | 16.7 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 135 | 96.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hillenbrand | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 0 | |||
| Lamar Davis | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 0 | |||
| Jake Leicht | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |||
| Win Williams | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |||
| Bus Mertes | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 17 | 217 | 12.8 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 135 | 13.5 | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie O'Rourke | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 0 | 14 | |||||
| Team Totals | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 0 | 42 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Leicht | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hillenbrand | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | ||
| Jake Leicht | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Barwegen | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Lu Gambino | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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