| Chicago Rockets at Los Angeles Dons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1948 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 31119 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 60 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Los Angeles DonsLA | 7 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 49 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHI | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Fay King 37 pass from Jesse Freitas (Jim McCarthy kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Len Ford 8 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Herman Wedemeyer 10 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Los Angeles DonsLA | John Kimbrough 3 run (Ben Agajanian kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Eddie Prokop 26 pass from Jesse Freitas (Jim McCarthy kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Fred Negus 97 fumble recovery (Jim McCarthy kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | Los Angeles DonsLA | John Kimbrough 22 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Ben Agajanian kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Len Ford 40 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Ben Agajanian kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Billy Reinhard 87 punt return (Ben Agajanian kick) | 21 | 42 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Eddie Prokop 60 pass from Chuck Fenenbock (Jim McCarthy kick) | 28 | 42 |
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Walt Heap 18 interception return (Ben Agajanian kick) | 28 | 49 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Bob Jensen |
| 42 | LOT | Jim Brutz |
| 30 | LOG | Jim Pearcy |
| 31 | C | Herb Coleman |
| 33 | ROG | George Bernhardt |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 55 | ROE | Fay King |
| 60 | QB | Jesse Freitas |
| 82 | LOH | Bobby Livingstone |
| 70 | ROH | Eddie Prokop |
| 83 | FB | Floyd Simmons |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Jim McCarthy |
| 42 | LDT | Jim Brutz |
| 33 | MG | George Bernhardt |
| 43 | RDT | Nate Johnson |
| 51 | RDE | Ike Owens |
| 34 | LLB | Joe Ruetz |
| 22 | MLB | Peter Lamana |
| 28 | RLB | Fred Negus |
| 84 | LDH | Bob Perina |
| 74/72 | RDH | Bill Kellagher |
| 87 | S | Harry Clarke |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 52 | LOE | Burr Baldwin |
| 45 | LOT | Bob Reinhard |
| 35 | LOG | Len Levy |
| 22 | C | Bob Nelson |
| 32 | ROG | Knox Ramsey |
| 42 | ROT | Earle Audet |
| 50 | ROE | Len Ford |
| 68 | BB | Len Masini |
| 95 | TB | Glenn Dobbs |
| 99 | HB | Herman Wedemeyer |
| 77 | FB | John Kimbrough |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Burr Baldwin |
| 45 | LDT | Bob Reinhard |
| 35 | MG | Len Levy |
| 42 | RDT | Earle Audet |
| 50 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 76 | LB | Walt Clay |
| 22 | LB | Bob Nelson |
| 32 | LB | Knox Ramsey |
| 83 | DB | Jeff Durkota |
| 88 | DB | Billy Reinhard |
| 89/97 | DB | Lin Sexton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Fred Negus | 1 | 97 | 97.0 | 97t | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Dewey Proctor | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Floyd Simmons | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Jesse Freitas | 5 | -5 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| John Kimbrough | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | |
| Jeff Durkota | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Len Masini | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Walt Heap | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Jesse Freitas | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 0 | 188 | 11.1 | 2 | 141.3 | |||
| Sammy Vacanti | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 3 | 23 | 3.3 | 23 | 0 | 1.2 | ||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 60 | 60.0 | 60t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 1 | 356 | 10.8 | 4 | 122.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Fay King | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 1 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 60t | 2 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ray Kuffel | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Jensen | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Len Ford | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 2 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 1 | |
| Joe Aguirre | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Fisk | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Dale Gentry | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| John Kimbrough | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Walt Clay | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Burr Baldwin | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Fred Negus | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Walt Clay | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Walt Heap | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 3 | 153 | 51.0 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 3 | 146 | 48.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Billy Reinhard | 1 | 86 | 86.0 | 86t | 1 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 1 | 61 | 61.0 | 61 | 0 | |
| Lin Sexton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Bill Kellagher | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Lin Sexton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
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