1948 Baltimore Colts (AAFC)

2nd place Eastern Division 7-7-0 .500

Lou DeFlippo	Assistant Coach
Tom Stidham	Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/8/1948	N	Los Angeles Dons	21-27	L	Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	15000
Sun	8/22/1948	A	San Francisco 49ers	14-42	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	35139
Fri	8/27/1948	A	Cleveland Browns	21-17	W	Toledo, OH	Scott High School Stadium	13417
Sun	9/5/1948	H	New York Yankees	45-28	W	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	31800
Fri	9/10/1948	A	Chicago Rockets	14-21	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	25816
Thu	9/16/1948	A	New York Yankees	27-14	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	18959
Sun	9/26/1948	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	35-20	W	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	34554
Tue	10/5/1948	H	Cleveland Browns	10-14	L	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	22329
Sun	10/10/1948	H	San Francisco 49ers	14-56	L	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	37209
Fri	10/15/1948	A	Los Angeles Dons	29-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	40019
Sun	10/24/1948	A	San Francisco 49ers	10-21	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	27978
Sun	10/31/1948	A	Buffalo Bills	17-35	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	23964
Sun	11/7/1948	A	Cleveland Browns	7-28	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	32314
Sun	11/14/1948	H	Chicago Rockets	38-24	W	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	21899
Sun	11/21/1948	H	Los Angeles Dons	14-17	L	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	25228
Sun	11/28/1948	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	38-20	W	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	7629
Sun	12/5/1948	H	Buffalo Bills	35-15	W	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	33090
Eastern Division Playoff
Sun	12/12/1948	H	Buffalo Bills	17-28	L	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	27327

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
44	Lee Artoe	ROT-RDT	6-2	234	31	Santa Clara; California	14	10
31	Dick Barwegen	LOG-LDG	6-1	227	26	Purdue	12	12
57	Hub Bechtol	ROE-RDE	6-3	202	22	Texas Tech; Texas	12	0
47	Pete Berezney	ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT	6-2	240	25	Notre Dame	13	0
41	Ernie Blandin	LOT-LDT	6-4	248	29	Tulane	14	14
22	Herb Coleman	C-LB	6-0	200	25	Notre Dame	1	0
22	Bert Corley	C-LB	6-2	215	28	Mississippi State	9	9
51	Lamar Davis	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-1	185	27	Georgia	14	9
77	Spiro Dellerba	FB-LB	5-11	200	25	Ohio State	14	0
80	Aubrey Fowler	LOH-LDH	5-10	160	28	Arkansas	14	0
89	Lu Gambino	FB-LOH-ROH	6-1	205	25	Indiana; Maryland	10	2
30	Bill Garrett	ROG-RDG	6-1	237	23	Mississippi State	13	13
33	Ed Grain	LOG-LDG	6-0	230	26	Pennsylvania	11	1
74	Rex Grossman	FB-LB	6-1	215	24	Indiana	14	1
37	George Groves	OG-DG	5-11	195	27	Marquette	1	0
82	Billy Hillenbrand	LOH-LDH	6-0	188	26	Indiana	14	14
38	Al Klug	ROG-RDG	6-1	215	28	Marquette	13	0
81	Jake Leicht	LOH-LDH	5-9	170	29	Pasadena CC; Oregon	14	0
88	Lew Mayne	ROH-RDH	6-1	190	28	Texas	7	0
26/28	Len McCormick	C-LB	6-3	232	26	Schreiner Institute JC; Southwestern (Texas); Baylor	9	5
48	John Mellus	LOT-LDT	6-0	214	31	Villanova	14	1
73	Bus Mertes	FB	6-0	201	29	North Central; Iowa	14	11
55/56	John North	ROE-RDE	6-2	200	27	Vanderbilt	14	11
52	Bob Nowaskey	LOE-LDE	6-0	205	30	George Washington	13	2
66	Charlie O'Rourke	QB-S	5-11	175	31	Boston College	14	1
85	Bob Pfohl	ROH-RDH	6-0	200	22	Purdue; Merchant Marine; Purdue	14	14
54	Ollie Poole	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-3	220	26	Mississippi; North Carolina; Mississippi	11	3
49	Al Sidorik	LOT-LDT-LOG-LDG	6-0	248	29	Decatur JC; Mississippi State	7	1
32	Jack Simmons	LOG-LDG	6-4	236	24	Detroit Mercy	10	0
56	Joe Smith	ROE-RDE	6-1	198	26	Schreiner Institute JC; Texas Tech	12	1
46	Jim Spruill	ROT-RDT	6-3	225	25	Rice	13	4
20/23	Ralph Stewart	C-LB	6-0	205	23	Missouri; Notre Dame; Missouri	14	0
83/85	Johnny Sylvester	ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH	6-0	183	26	Temple	11	0
63	Y.A. Tittle	QB	6-0	182	22	Louisiana State	14	13
67	Sammy Vacanti	QB-S	5-10	202	26	Iowa; Purdue; Nebraska	4	0
87	Johnny Vardian	ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH	5-8	167	27	none	11	0
53	Win Williams	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-2	185	25	Rice; Louisiana-Lafayette; Rice	13	2

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Bobby Layne	QB	Texas
2	10	Bill Garrett	T	Mississippi State
3	12	Earl Cook	G	Southern Methodist
4	20	Dan Sandifer	B	Louisiana State
5	26	Joe Smith	E	Texas Tech
6	29	Gene Ruszkowski	T	Ohio University
7	35	Jim Batchelor	B	Texas A&M-Commerce
8	43	Rex Olsen	B	Brigham Young
9	47	Aubrey Fowler	B	Arkansas
10	55	Jack Fitch	B	North Carolina
11	59	Don Ettinger	T	Kansas
12	67	Paul Redfield	T	Colgate
13	75	Stan Magdziak	B	William & Mary
14	83	Dick Deranek	B	Indiana
15	91	Dyke Norman	B	Washington & Lee
16	99	Dick Working	B	Washington & Lee
17	107	George Sparger	C	North Carolina
18	115	Rollin Prather	E	Kansas State
19	123	Norm Mosley	B	Alabama
20	131	Carmen Ragonese	B	New Hampshire
21	139	Bob Walker	B	Colorado Mines
22	147	Ray Borneman	B	Texas
23	155	Al Tillman	C	Oklahoma
24	163	Bob Pfohl	B	Purdue
25	171	Lou Levanti	C	Illinois
26	179	Sam Zatkoff	E	Illinois
27	187	Harry Jagade	B	Indiana
28	195	Ben Bendrick	B	Wisconsin
29	203	Rex Grossman	B	Indiana
30	211	Dick Reinking	E	Southern Methodist

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	77	68	87	101
Opponents Totals	71	93	56	107

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		218	120	84	14	/ %	/ %	84	743
Opponents Totals		224	125	84	15	/ %	/ %	73	556

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Billy Hillenbrand	13	0	0		0	0		0	78
Rex Grossman	0	43	43	100.0	10	18	55.6	0	73
Lamar Davis	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Bob Pfohl	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Bus Mertes	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Y.A. Tittle	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jake Leicht	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
John North	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Win Williams	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Lu Gambino	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Charlie O'Rourke	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Joe Smith	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	43	43	43	100.0	10	18	55.6	1	333
Opponents Totals	46	43	46	93.5	2	11	18.2	1	327

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Rex Grossman	10	18	55.6	1/	4/	3/	1/	1/
Team Totals	10	18	55.6	1/	4/	3/	1/	1/
Opponents Totals	2	11	18.2	1/	1/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bus Mertes	155	680	4.4		4
Billy Hillenbrand	100	510	5.1		7
Bob Pfohl	107	455	4.3		4
Lu Gambino	54	194	3.6	39t	1
Y.A. Tittle	52	157	3.0		4
Jake Leicht	20	88	4.4		1
Aubrey Fowler	6	30	5.0		0
Lew Mayne	14	26	1.9		0
Charlie O'Rourke	7	15	2.1		1
Johnny Vardian	6	13	2.2		0
Joe Smith	1	1	1.0	1	0
Spiro Dellerba	2	0	0.0		0
Rex Grossman	8	-3	-0.4		0
Team Totals	532	2166	4.1	39	22
Opponents Totals	504	2522	5.0	54	21

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Y.A. Tittle	289	161	55.7	119	2522	8.7	15.7	80t	16	5.5	9	3.1	90.3
Charlie O'Rourke	51	24	47.1	23	377	7.4	15.7		3	5.9	4	7.8	59.0
Team Totals	340	185	54.4	142	2899	8.5	15.7	80t	19	5.6	13	3.8	85.6
Opponents Totals	364	177	48.6	165	2438	6.7	13.8	70t	23	6.3	22	6.0	66.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Hillenbrand	50	970	19.4	78t	6
Lamar Davis	41	765	18.7	80t	7
Win Williams	32	360	11.3		2
Bob Pfohl	13	134	10.3		1
Jake Leicht	12	134	11.2		1
John North	8	204	25.5	80t	1
Joe Smith	8	131	16.4		1
Bus Mertes	6	56	9.3		0
Lu Gambino	6	28	4.7		0
Johnny Vardian	3	26	8.7		0
Lew Mayne	2	33	16.5		0
Hub Bechtol	2	25	12.5		0
Bob Nowaskey	1	31	31.0	21	0
Ollie Poole	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	185	2899	15.7	80t	19
Opponents Totals	177	2438	13.8	70	23

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lamar Davis	5	110	22.0	54	0
Jake Leicht	5	91	18.2	59	0
Aubrey Fowler	3	0	0.0		0
Spiro Dellerba	2	18	9.0		0
Rex Grossman	2	13	6.5		0
John North	1	25	25.0	25	0
Len McCormick	1	5	5.0	5	0
Dick Barwegen	1	0	0.0	0	0
Joe Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0
Johnny Sylvester	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	22	262	11.9	59	0
Opponents Totals	13	208	16.0	53	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Charlie O'Rourke	66	2546	38.6	76	1	318
Team Totals	66	2546	38.6	76	1	318	33.8
Opponents Totals	58				0	597

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Hillenbrand	18	231	12.8		0
Jake Leicht	8	139	17.4		0
Bob Pfohl	2	102	51.0	92t	1
Aubrey Fowler	4	41	10.3		0
Johnny Vardian	3	34	11.3		0
Lew Mayne	2	24	12.0		0
Johnny Sylvester	2	16	8.0		0
Lamar Davis	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	40	597	14.9	92t	1
Opponents Totals	31	318	10.3		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bob Pfohl	17	366	21.5
Billy Hillenbrand	16	356	22.3	43
Jake Leicht	4	83	20.8
Johnny Vardian	3	66	22.0
Lew Mayne	3	61	20.3
Lu Gambino	3	57	19.0
Win Williams	1	20	20.0	20
Aubrey Fowler	2	16	8.0
Bus Mertes	1	15	15.0	15
Spiro Dellerba	1	12	12.0	12
Bill Garrett	1	6	6.0	6
Hub Bechtol	0	4		4L
Team Totals	52	1062	20.4	43
Opponents Totals	61

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
John North						1
Team Totals	33	21	12	14	26	1
Opponents Totals	30	14	16	21	37	0