| Brooklyn Dodgers at Chicago Rockets Game Statistics |
| Date: November 2, 1946 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 17924 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 56 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn DodgersBKN | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BKN | CHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Art Van Tone 14 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Phil Martinovich kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Glenn Dobbs 3 run (Phil Martinovich kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Billy Hillenbrand 40 pass from Elroy Hirsch (Steve Nemeth kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Elroy Hirsch 54 punt return (Steve Nemeth kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Glenn Dobbs 42 run (Phil Martinovich kick) | 21 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 56 | LOE | Jim McCarthy |
| 31 | LOG | George Bernhardt |
| 22 | C | Joe Gibson |
| 33 | ROG | Harry Buffington |
| 43 | ROT | Martin Ruby |
| 30 | ROT | George Sergienko |
| 55 | ROE | Joe Davis |
| 61 | BB | Walt McDonald |
| 90 | TB | Glenn Dobbs |
| 81 | WB | Mickey Colmer |
| 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 |
| 61 | LLB | Walt McDonald |
| 33 | MLB | Harry Buffington |
| 22 | RLB | Joe Gibson |
| 81 | LDH | Mickey Colmer |
| 92 | RDH | Art Van Tone |
| 80 | S | Doyle Tackett |
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Bob Dove |
| 42 | LOT | Jim Brutz |
| 31 | LOG | Evan Vogds |
| 25 | C | Herb Coleman |
| 49 | ROG | Jim O'Neal |
| 40 | ROT | Norm Verry |
| 52 | ROE | Frank Quillen |
| 80 | HB | Elroy Hirsch |
| 64 | TB | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 66 | WB | Billy Hillenbrand |
| 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 |
| 71 | RDH | Peter Lamana |
| 66 | S | Billy Hillenbrand |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 11 | 110 | 10.0 | 42t | 2 |
| Charlie Timmons | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Rhoten Shetley | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Dom Principe | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Mickey Colmer | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Charley Armstrong | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Lew Mayne | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Griffin | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 2 | 84 | 4.9 | 42 | 1 | 32.1 | ||
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 9 | 1.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 40 | 20.0 | 40t | 1 | 95.8 | ||
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | 79.2 | ||
| Bill Kellagher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Walt Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Joe Davis | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Art Van Tone | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Mickey Colmer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Walt McDonald | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Charlie Timmons | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Ralph Heywood | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Griffin | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Doyle Tackett | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Walt McDonald | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mickey Colmer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Peter Lamana | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Ruetz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Lewis | 0 | 10 | 10L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 10 | 464 | 46.4 | 75 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 7 | 319 | 45.6 | 55 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 131 | 65.5 | 72 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Lew Mayne | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 54t | 1 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Lew Mayne | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Dom Principe | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| George Bernhardt | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Don Griffin | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
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