1949 Chicago Hornets (AAFC) |
| 5th place 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Ray Flaherty |
| Jim Barber | Line |
| Wayne Millner | Ends |
| Bo Molenda | Backfield |
| Bob Sweiger | Assistant Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/14/1949 | A | Cleveland Browns | 0-21 | L | Toledo, OH | Glass Bowl | 13426 | |
| Thu | 8/18/1949 | A | Bay City All-Stars | 48-2 | W | Bay City, MI | Central High School Stadium | 4500 | |
| Fri | 8/26/1949 | H | Buffalo Bills | 17-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 23800 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1949 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-42 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 28311 | |
| Fri | 9/9/1949 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 23-21 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 30193 | |
| Fri | 9/16/1949 | H | Baltimore Colts | 35-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 18483 | |
| Fri | 9/30/1949 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-42 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 31561 | |
| Fri | 10/7/1949 | H | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 24-38 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 17098 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | A | Knoxville Rebels | 28-3 | W | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 5031 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | A | Baltimore Colts | 17-7 | W | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 32107 | |
| Fri | 10/28/1949 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 14-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 11249 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | A | Cleveland Browns | 2-35 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 16506 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | A | Brooklyn-New York Yankees | 10-14 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 9091 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | A | Buffalo Bills | 0-10 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 18494 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1949 | H | Cleveland Browns | 6-14 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 5031 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 91 | Frank Aschenbrenner | FB-LB | 5-10 | 188 | 24 | Marquette; Northwestern | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | Jim Bailey | MG | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | West Virginia State | 7 | 0 |
| 60 | Hardy Brown | S?-BB | 6-0 | 193 | 25 | Southern Methodist; Tulsa | 12 | 12 |
| 70 | George Buksar | FB-LB | 6-0 | 206 | 23 | Purdue; San Francisco | 6 | 0 |
| 99 | Bob Chappuis | TB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Michigan | 7 | 0 |
| 53 | Paul Cleary | LDE-RDE | 6-1 | 196 | 27 | Rancho Santiago JC; Southern California | 10 | 10 |
| 72 | Johnny Clement | TB | 6-0 | 189 | 30 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 0 |
| 46 | Johnny Clowes | LDT | 6-0 | 240 | 28 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| 71 | Rip Collins | FB-ROH-DH-P | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Louisiana State | 12 | 6 |
| 45 | Ziggy Czarobski | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 235 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Johnny Donaldson | DH-WB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Georgia | 7 | 7 |
| 51 | Danny Edwards | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 197 | 23 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| 50 | Hank Foldberg | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Texas A&M; Army | 12 | 9 |
| 44 | Ted Hazelwood | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | North Carolina | 10 | 2 |
| 56 | Bob Heck | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 207 | 24 | Purdue | 3 | 0 |
| 90 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | TB | 5-11 | 194 | 24 | Indiana; Navy | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Bob Jensen | RDE-ROE | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Iowa State | 10 | 8 |
| 43 | Nate Johnson | RDT | 6-3 | 244 | 29 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| 55 | Fay King | LOE | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Georgia | 8 | 3 |
| 56 | Ray Kuffel | LDE | 6-3 | 213 | 28 | Marquette; Notre Dame; Marquette | 2 | 2 |
| 64 | Ernie Lewis | BB-P | 6-1 | 211 | 25 | Colorado | 6 | 5 |
| 70 | Bobby Livingstone | FB-LB | 6-0 | 173 | 27 | Notre Dame | 6 | 0 |
| George Maddock | OT-DT | 6-5 | 240 | 28 | Valparaiso; Northwestern | 1 | 0 | |
| 52 | Jim McCarthy | RDE-LDE-LOE-ROE-K | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Illinois | 12 | 4 |
| 61 | Walt McDonald | BB | 6-1 | 210 | 29 | Tulane | 9 | 2 |
| 78 | Jim Mello | FB-LB | 5-10 | 190 | 29 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Fred Negus | LB-C | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Wisconsin; Michigan; Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| 40 | Homer Paine | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Tulsa; Oklahoma | 12 | 11 |
| 83 | Paul Patterson | DH-WB | 5-9 | 185 | 22 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| 30 | Jim Pearcy | ROG | 5-11 | 210 | 31 | Marshall | 8 | 3 |
| 81 | Ray Ramsey | FB-LB | 6-2 | 166 | 28 | Bradley | 12 | 10 |
| 20 | John Rapacz | C-LB | 6-4 | 252 | 25 | Western Michigan; Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| 32 | Ray Richeson | MG-LOG | 6-0 | 235 | 26 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| 85 | Julie Rykovich | DH | 6-2 | 204 | 26 | Illinois; Notre Dame; Illinois | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Herb St. John | LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 220 | 23 | Georgia | 11 | 11 |
| 82 | Bob Smith | DH | 6-1 | 198 | 24 | Tulsa; Iowa | 3 | 3 |
| 35 | Joe Soboleski | ROG-LOG | 6-0 | 213 | 23 | Michigan | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | George Strohmeyer | LB-C | 5-9 | 205 | 25 | Texas A&M; Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 80 | Bob Sweiger | WB-DH-BB-S | 6-0 | 209 | 30 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
| 31 | Marty Wendell | ROG-LB | 5-10 | 215 | 23 | Notre Dame | 9 | 9 |
| 44 | Garland Williams | OT-DT | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Georgia; Duke; Georgia | 1 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST - SECRET | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 1 | Terry Brennan | B | Notre Dame | |
| 1 | 7 | Pete Elliott | B | Michigan | |
| 2 | 9 | Bill Fischer | G | Notre Dame | |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Stan Heath | QB | Nevada-Reno | |
| 2 | 9 | George Blanda | QB | Kentucky | |
| 4 | 22 | Jim Finks | QB | Tulsa | |
| 5 | 30 | Carmen Falcone | B | Pennsylvania | |
| 6 | 38 | Sam Tamburo | B | Penn State | |
| 7 | 46 | Ralph Hutchinson | T | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |
| 8 | 54 | Jim Cain | E | Alabama | |
| 9 | 62 | Tino Sabuco | C | San Francisco | |
| 10 | 70 | Warren Huey | E | Michigan State | |
| 11 | 78 | Norm Van Brocklin | QB | Oregon | |
| 12 | 86 | Jay Van Noy | B | Utah State | |
| 13 | 94 | Tom Wham | E | Furman | |
| 14 | 102 | Ivan Snowden | T | Texas A&M-Kingsville | |
| 15 | 110 | Charlie Reynolds | B | Texas Tech | |
| 16 | 118 | Dick Monroe | C | Kansas | |
| 17 | 126 | George Guerre | B | Michigan State | |
| 18 | 132 | John Phillips | B | Southern Mississippi | |
| 19 | 138 | Vitamin Smith | B | Abilene Christian | |
| 20 | 144 | Clay Davis | C | Oklahoma State | |
| 21 | 150 | George Benigni | E | Georgetown (DC) | |
| 22 | 156 | R.M. Patterson | T | McMurry | |
| 23 | 159 | Bill Kemplin | E | North Texas | |
| 24 | 162 | Billy Cadenhead | B | Alabama | |
| 25 | 165 | Phil Poole | G | Mississippi | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 88 | 14 | 36 | |
| Opponents Totals | 101 | 56 | 42 | 69 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 122 | 46 | 63 | 13 | / % | / % | 63 | 426 | |
| Opponents Totals | 163 | 92 | 61 | 10 | / % | / % | 73 | 521 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McCarthy | 0 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 1 | 41 |
| Johnny Clement | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Danny Edwards | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Paul Patterson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ray Ramsey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Buksar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fay King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fred Negus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 23 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 1 | 179 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 0 | 268 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McCarthy | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 42 | 0/ | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0/ | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 133 | 456 | 3.4 | 2 | |
| Johnny Clement | 106 | 388 | 3.7 | 5 | |
| Rip Collins | 28 | 88 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 32 | 43 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| George Buksar | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 1 | |
| Frank Aschenbrenner | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Chappuis | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Hardy Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Walt McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Patterson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 342 | 1080 | 3.2 | 9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 467 | 2309 | 4.9 | 71t | 24 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 167 | 69 | 69 | 87 | 1063 | 6.4 | 15.4 | 77t | 6 | 3.6 | 11 | 6.6 | 47.6 | |||
| Johnny Clement | 114 | 58 | 58 | 43 | 906 | 7.9 | 15.6 | 6 | 5.3 | 13 | 11.4 | 55.6 | ||||
| Bob Chappuis | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 2.9 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 28.6 | 0.0 | |||
| George Buksar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Rip Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 297 | 129 | 129 | 140 | 2009 | 6.8 | 15.6 | 77t | 12 | 4.0 | 28 | 9.4 | 32 | 204 | 1805 | 40.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 197 | 107 | 107 | 75 | 1732 | 8.8 | 16.2 | 9 | 4.6 | 15 | 7.6 | 67.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Edwards | 42 | 573 | 13.6 | 66 | 3 |
| Ray Ramsey | 17 | 366 | 21.5 | 77t | 4 |
| Paul Patterson | 16 | 304 | 19.0 | 68t | 4 |
| Hank Foldberg | 15 | 202 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 11 | 126 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Fay King | 9 | 88 | 9.8 | 1 | |
| Rip Collins | 6 | 161 | 26.8 | 0 | |
| Jim McCarthy | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 55 | 0 |
| Frank Aschenbrenner | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Jensen | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Hardy Brown | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 129 | 2009 | 15.6 | 77t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 107 | 1732 | 16.2 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Patterson | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 55 | 0 |
| Hardy Brown | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 55 | 0 |
| George Strohmeyer | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Fred Negus | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rip Collins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Donaldson | 0 | 23 | 23L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 15 | 323 | 21.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 335 | 12.0 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Collins | 41 | 1725 | 42.1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 195 | 48.8 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 16 | 680 | 42.5 | 73 | 1 | |||||
| Hardy Brown | 10 | 397 | 39.7 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 71 | 2997 | 42.2 | 73 | 1 | 583 | 34.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 70 | 2 | 240 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Livingstone | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 60 | 0 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Patterson | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Donaldson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 240 | 11.4 | 60 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 583 | 13.3 | 79 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Ramsey | 14 | 407 | 29.1 | 81Lt | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 14 | 373 | 26.6 | 75 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Livingstone | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| Frank Aschenbrenner | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Danny Edwards | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17Lt | 1 | |
| Rip Collins | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Fay King | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Ray Richeson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 989 | 23.0 | 98t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 91 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Negus | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 29 | 19 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 37 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 1 |
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