1947 Chicago Rockets (AAFC)

4th place Western Division 1-13-0 .071

Al Babartsky	Line
Hamp Pool	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/23/1947	N	Brooklyn Dodgers	17-20	L	Salt Lake City, UT	Ute Stadium	28000
Fri	8/29/1947	H	Los Angeles Dons	21-24	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	41182
Fri	9/5/1947	A	New York Yankees	26-48	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	36777
Sun	9/14/1947	A	Buffalo Bills	20-28	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	33648
Fri	9/19/1947	H	Buffalo Bills	14-31	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	22685
Fri	9/26/1947	H	Cleveland Browns	21-41	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	18450
Fri	10/3/1947	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	31-35	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	16844
Sun	10/12/1947	A	San Francisco 49ers	28-42	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	23300
Sun	10/19/1947	A	Cleveland Browns	28-31	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	35266
Fri	10/24/1947	H	New York Yankees	7-28	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	20310
Fri	10/31/1947	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	3-7	L	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	2960
Fri	11/7/1947	H	Baltimore Colts	27-21	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	5395
Fri	11/21/1947	H	San Francisco 49ers	16-41	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	5791
Sun	11/30/1947	A	Baltimore Colts	7-14	L	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	14085
Sun	12/7/1947	A	Los Angeles Dons	14-34	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	20856

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
36	Alex Agase	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	5-10	210	25	Illinois; Purdue; Illinois	11	11
99	Billy Bass	LOH-LDH	5-10	180	25	Tennessee State; Nevada-Reno	13	2
42	Alf Bauman	OT-DT	6-2	228	27	Northwestern	3	0
54	Connie Mack Berry	DE	6-3	215	32	North Carolina State	2	0
64	Angelo Bertelli	QB	6-1	190	26	Notre Dame	1	0
33	John Billman	LOG-LDG	6-0	201	28	Minnesota	2	1
85	Walt Clay	DH	5-10	196	23	Colorado	3	0
25	Herb Coleman	C	6-0	200	24	Notre Dame	13	4
65	Norm Cox	QB	6-2	210	22	Texas Christian	2	0
71	Bill Daley	FB	6-2	210	28	DePaul; Minnesota; Michigan; Columbia	13	12
66	Al Dekdebrun	QB	5-10	182	26	Cornell	12	5
55	Bob Dove	LOE-LDE	6-1	222	26	Notre Dame	13	3
52	Ray Ebli	ROE-RDE	6-2	210	28	Notre Dame	5	2
75	Fred Evans	LOH	5-11	185	26	Notre Dame	9	6
45/40	Forrest Grigg	ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT	6-2	294	21	Tulsa	12	6
57	John Harrington	LOE-LDE	6-3	198	26	Marquette	12	3
35	George Hecht	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	6-0	235	27	Alabama	10	3
80	Elroy Hirsch	LOH	6-1	190	24	Wisconsin; Michigan	8	5
64	Bob Hoernschemeyer	ROH-QB	5-11	194	22	Indiana; Navy	2	2
45	Chuck Huneke	OT-DT	6-3	225	26	St. Mary's (Texas); St. Benedict's	1	0
74	Bill Kellagher	FB-LB	5-11	205	27	Fordham	14	1
41	John Kuzman	LOT-LDT	6-1	232	32	Fordham	14	9
50	Pat Lahey	ROE-RDE	6-2	219	28	John Carroll	13	4
21	Peter Lamana	C	5-11	210	26	Boston University	12	0
73	Ernie Lewis	FB	6-1	211	23	Colorado	14	0
36	Fran Mattingly	OG-DG	5-11	215	30	Texas A&M-Kingsville	1	0
46	Harley McCollum	ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT	6-4	245	31	Tulane	13	9
43	Joe Mihal	OT-DT	6-2	234	31	Purdue	1	0
53	Max Morris	LOE-LDE	6-2	200	22	Illinois; Northwestern	13	7
51	Jerry Mulready	ROE-RDE	6-2	205	24	Minnesota; North Dakota State	8	6
27	Fred Negus	C	6-1	210	24	Wisconsin; Michigan; Wisconsin	13	9
48	Bruno Niedziela	ROT-RDT	6-2	220	24	Iowa	10	1
32	Jim O'Neal	ROG-RDG	6-1	230	23	Texas Christian	12	2
30	Jim Pearcy	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	5-11	210	29	Marshall	14	11
49	Benny Pucci	ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT	6-4	255	22	none	12	2
52	Frank Quillen	ROE-RDE	6-5	225	27	Pennsylvania	8	2
88	Ray Ramsey	ROH-RDH	6-2	166	26	Bradley	14	11
54	John Rokisky	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE-K	6-2	202	25	Duquesne	14	1
29	Cliff Rothrock	C	5-10	190	25	North Dakota State	2	1
43	Johnny Sanchez	OT-DT	6-3	239	27	Los Angeles CC; San Francisco; Whittier; San Francisco	1	0
97	Teddy Scalissi	LOH	5-8	173	26	Ripon	10	2
60	Bill Schroeder	ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH	6-0	190	24	Wisconsin	11	2
34	Tony Sumpter	OG-DG	6-1	215	25	Cameron JC	1	0
69	Sammy Vacanti	QB	5-10	202	25	Iowa; Purdue; Nebraska	13	8
40	Norm Verry	ROT-RDT	6-1	245	25	Southern California	1	1
31	Evan Vogds	OG-DG	5-10	210	24	Wisconsin	13	0
37	Lloyd Wasserbach	OG-DG	5-11	203	26	Wisconsin	5	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
Special Selection		Bernie Gallagher	T	Pennsylvania
Special Selection		Johnny Lujack	QB	Notre Dame
1	4	George Sullivan	T	Notre Dame
2	12	Ray Manieri	B	Wake Forest
3	20	Bob Derleth	T	Michigan
4	28	Johnny Reagan	B	Montana
5	36	Jim Pharr	C	Auburn
6	44	Bob Sandberg	B	Minnesota
7	52	Eddie Allen	B	Pennsylvania
8	60	Matt Bolger	E	Notre Dame
9	68	Charley Eikenberg	B	Rice
10	76	Ermal Allen	QB	Kentucky
11	84	Marty Chaves	G	Oregon State
12	92	George Jernigan	G	Georgia
13	100	R.J. Jordan	E	Georgia Tech
14	108	Bobby Livingstone	B	Notre Dame
15	116	Bill Ivy	T	Northwestern
16	124	Bruno Niedziela	T	Iowa
17	130	Bill Mackrides	QB	Nevada-Reno
18	136	Mac Wenskunas	C	Illinois
19	142	Tony Graham	C	St. Mary's (Minnesota)
20	148	Russ Benda	G	Iowa
21	154	George Watkins	T	Texas
22	158	Sammy Vacanti	B	Nebraska
23	162	Len Zenkevitch	T	Idaho
24	166	Dave Day	G	Iowa
25	170	Bill Franks	T	Illinois

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	20	93	49	101
Opponents Totals	107	99	107	112

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		155	69	75	11	/ %	/ %	38	264
Opponents Totals		200	116	76	8	/ %	/ %	72	610

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Ray Ramsey	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
John Rokisky	0	33	35	94.3	4	8	50.0	0	45
Bill Daley	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Elroy Hirsch	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
John Harrington	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Bill Schroeder	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Billy Bass	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Max Morris	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Teddy Scalissi	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Dove	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ray Ebli	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Fred Evans	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Hoernschemeyer	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Frank Quillen	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Sammy Vacanti	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Fred Negus	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Angelo Bertelli	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	0	0
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	36	33	36	91.7	4	9	44.4	1	263
Opponents Totals	58	56	58	96.6	7	18	38.9	0	425

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Angelo Bertelli	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
John Rokisky	4	8	50.0	0/	2/	2/	0/	0/
Team Totals	4	9	44.4	0/	2/	2/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	7	18	38.9	0/	5/	1/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Daley	121	447	3.7	52	4
Ray Ramsey	70	433	6.2		2
Bill Kellagher	42	243	5.8		0
Fred Evans	20	110	5.5		1
Al Dekdebrun	20	71	3.6		0
Elroy Hirsch	23	51	2.2		1
Ernie Lewis	13	47	3.6		0
Bill Schroeder	11	45	4.1		0
Billy Bass	28	44	1.6		0
Teddy Scalissi	35	37	1.1		0
Angelo Bertelli	1	2	2.0	2	0
Bob Hoernschemeyer	5	2	0.4		0
Norm Cox	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Sammy Vacanti	11	-9	-0.8		1
Team Totals	401	1520	3.8	52	9
Opponents Totals	564	2752	4.9	78t	34

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Sammy Vacanti	225	96	42.7	113	1571	7.0	16.4	80t	16	7.1	16	7.1				60.8
Al Dekdebrun	75	45	60.0	23	556	7.4	12.4	61t	5	6.7	7	9.3				66.3
Bob Hoernschemeyer	22	9	40.9	13	143	6.5	15.9	73t	1	4.5	0	0.0				78.4
Bill Daley	6	3	50.0	2	70	11.7	23.3		1	16.7	1	16.7				92.4
Angelo Bertelli	7	2	28.6	3	-5	-0.7	-2.5		0	0.0	2	28.6				0.0
Billy Bass	1	1	100.0	0	14	14.0	14.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0				118.8
Norm Cox	2	1	50.0	1	9	4.5	9.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0				62.5
Elroy Hirsch	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Fred Evans	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	341	157	46.0	158	2358	6.9	15.0	80t	23	6.7	26	7.6	29	264	2094	60.0
Opponents Totals	288	140	48.6	129	2206	7.7	15.8	70t	20	6.9	19	6.6	14	114	2092	70.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Ramsey	35	768	21.9	80t	9
Max Morris	22	239	10.9		1
John Harrington	17	233	13.7		3
Pat Lahey	13	148	11.4		0
Bill Daley	12	116	9.7	52	0
Elroy Hirsch	10	282	28.2	76t	3
Billy Bass	8	79	9.9		1
Jerry Mulready	7	108	15.4		0
Frank Quillen	7	113	16.1		1
Bob Dove	6	61	10.2		1
Teddy Scalissi	5	67	13.4		2
Ray Ebli	4	38	9.5		1
Fred Evans	4	53	13.3		0
Bill Kellagher	3	22	7.3		0
Bill Schroeder	2	19	9.5		1
Bob Hoernschemeyer	1	4	4.0	4	0
John Rokisky	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	157	2358	15.0	80t	23
Opponents Totals	140	2206	15.8	70	20

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Kellagher	6	77	12.8		0
Ray Ramsey	5	66	13.2		0
Bill Schroeder	4	148	37.0	62	2
Billy Bass	2	104	52.0	82t	1
Alex Agase	1	4	4.0	4	0
Fran Mattingly	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	19	400	21.1	82t	3
Opponents Totals	26	512	19.7	52	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	BL	RYDS	NET
Ernie Lewis	65	2549	39.2	4
Fred Evans	2	73	36.5	0
Team Totals	67	2622	39.1	4		30.6
Opponents Totals	53			2	289

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Ramsey	11	131	11.9		0
Billy Bass	10	85	8.5		0
Teddy Scalissi	2	26	13.0		0
Elroy Hirsch	2	24	12.0		0
Fred Evans	2	20	10.0		0
Bill Daley	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	28	289	10.3		0
Opponents Totals	41	570	13.9		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Ramsey	16	406	25.4	68	0
Billy Bass	12	264	22.0		0
Elroy Hirsch	6	172	28.7		0
Teddy Scalissi	8	171	21.4		0
Fred Evans	8	159	19.9		0
Bill Daley	7	145	20.7	57	0
Pat Lahey	2	18	9.0		0
Bob Dove	1	16	16.0	16	0
Max Morris	1	13	13.0	13	0
Bob Hoernschemeyer	1	11	11.0	11	0
Harley McCollum	1	9	9.0	9	0
Bill Schroeder	5	92	18.4		0
John Kuzman	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	69	1483	21.5	68	0
Opponents Totals	45			95	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Max Morris						1
Team Totals	50	26	24	20	44	1
Opponents Totals	32	20	12	26	38	2