1947 Baltimore Colts (AAFC)

4th place Eastern Division 2-11-1 .154

Nick Campofreda	Assistant Coach
Don Edmonds	Backfield
Andy Hewlett	Backfield
Tom Stidham	Line
Tarzan Taylor	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/22/1947	N	Buffalo Bills	20-29	L	Hershey, PA	Hershey Stadium	7018
Fri	8/29/1947	A	Cleveland Browns	0-28	L	Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	33106
Sun	9/7/1947	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	16-7	W	Baltimore, MD	Municipal Stadium	27418
Sun	9/14/1947	A	San Francisco 49ers	7-14	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	25787
Sun	9/21/1947	A	Cleveland Browns	0-28	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	44251
Sun	9/28/1947	H	New York Yankees	7-21	L	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	51583
Sun	10/5/1947	H	San Francisco 49ers	28-28	T	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	29556
Sun	10/12/1947	A	Buffalo Bills	15-20	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	27345
Sun	10/19/1947	H	Los Angeles Dons	10-38	L	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	36852
Sun	10/26/1947	A	Los Angeles Dons	0-56	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	27000
Sun	11/2/1947	A	New York Yankees	21-35	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	21714
Fri	11/7/1947	A	Chicago Rockets	21-27	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	5395
Sun	11/16/1947	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	14-21	L	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	9604
Sun	11/23/1947	H	Buffalo Bills	14-33	L	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	19593
Sun	11/30/1947	H	Chicago Rockets	14-7	W	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	14085
Sun	12/7/1947	H	Cleveland Browns	0-42	L	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	20574

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
54	Bill Baumgartner	OE-DE	6-3	202	26	Minnesota	2	0
57	Hub Bechtol	LOE-LDE	6-3	202	21	Texas Tech; Texas	14	11
85	Blondy Black	HB	5-11	195	27	Mississippi State	5	0
59	Lamar Blount	ROE-DE	6-1	190	27	East Central CC; Mississippi State	5	3
67	Ernie Case	S-QB	5-10	170	28	UCLA	14	0
75	Jim Castiglia	FB	5-11	208	29	Georgetown (DC)	2	2
80	Armand Cure	HB	6-0	198	28	Rhode Island	1	0
51	Lamar Davis	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-1	185	26	Georgia	13	4
88	Andy Dudish	ROH-RDH	5-11	182	29	Georgia	14	4
35	Barry French	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	6-0	225	25	Purdue	14	14
63	John Galvin	S-QB	5-10	170	27	Purdue	12	1
59	Gorham Getchell	OE-DE	6-4	225	27	Temple	7	0
45	Ed Grain	ROT-RDT	6-0	230	25	Pennsylvania	9	2
24	Dick Handley	C	6-1	215	25	Sequoias JC; Fresno State	14	2
42	George Hekkers	OT-DT	6-4	229	24	Wisconsin	3	0
31	Luke Higgins	OG-DG	6-0	210	28	Notre Dame	10	0
82	Billy Hillenbrand	LOH-LDH	6-0	188	25	Indiana	14	12
52	Ralph Jones	OE-DE	6-2	200	25	Union (Tennessee); Alabama	4	0
46	Mike Kasap	ROT-RDT	6-2	255	25	Illinois; Purdue; Illinois	12	2
41	Al Klug	LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	6-1	215	27	Marquette	11	6
28	Joe Kodba	C-LB	5-11	190	25	Butler; Purdue	12	3
54	Floyd Konetsky	LOE-LDE	6-0	197	27	Florida	6	1
45	Jim Landrigan	OT-DT	6-4	235	24	Holy Cross; Dartmouth	5	0
37	Augie Lio	ROG-RDG-K	6-0	234	29	Georgetown (DC)	13	9
53	Elmer Madar	ROE-RDE	5-11	185	27	Michigan	9	6
34	Vic Marino	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	5-8	205	29	Ohio State	13	4
48	John Mellus	LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT	6-0	214	30	Villanova	13	8
73	Bus Mertes	FB	6-0	201	28	North Central; Iowa	14	9
55	Gil Meyer	OE-DE	6-2	200	27	Wake Forest	13	0
81	Rudy Mobley	LOH-LDH	5-7	155	26	Hardin-Simmons	14	2
66	Steve Nemeth	S-QB	5-10	174	25	Notre Dame	4	0
49	George Perpich	ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT	6-2	233	27	Georgetown (DC)	13	10
21	Mike Phillips	C-LB	6-0	208	26	McDaniel	12	9
64	Bud Schwenk	QB	6-2	201	30	Washington-St. Louis	14	14
56	Sig Sigurdson	ROE-RDE	6-2	206	29	Pacific Lutheran	8	3
76	Frankie Sinkwich	FB	5-11	190	27	Georgia	7	3
83	Ray Terrell	ROH	6-0	185	28	Mississippi	9	5
77	Ivan Trebotich	FB	5-10	208	27	St. Mary's (California)	3	0
87	Johnny Vardian	ROH-RDH	5-8	167	26	none	14	5
71	John Wright	FB-LB	5-11	225	27	Maryland; Georgia; Maryland	12	0
30	Frank Yokas	ROG-RDG	5-11	210	23	none	12	1
33	George Zorich	OG-DG	6-2	213	29	Northwestern	10	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
Special Selection	Ernie Case	B	UCLA
Special Selection	Arnold Tucker	QB	Army
1	1	Elmer Madar	E	Michigan
2	9	Hub Bechtol	E	Texas
3	17	Tommy Mont	B	Maryland
4	25	Weldon Humble	G	Rice
5	33	Russ Deal	T	Indiana
6	41	Don Malmberg	T	UCLA
7	49	Vic Schwall	B	Northwestern
8	57	Howie Turner	B	North Carolina State
9	65	Frank Hubbell	E	Tennessee
10	73	Gaston Bourgeois	G	Tulane
11	81	Jim Brieske	C	Michigan
12	89	Rudy Mobley	B	Hardin-Simmons
13	97	Gerry Doherty	B	Delaware
14	105	Bill Baumgartner	E	Minnesota
15	113	Jim Kekeris	T	Missouri
16	121	John North	E	Vanderbilt
17	127	Jim Canady	B	Texas
18	133	Howie Brown	G	Indiana
19	139	Johnny Sims	B	Tulane
20	145	Burt VanderClute	G	Wesleyan
21	151	Tony Stalloni	T	Delaware
22	155	Jean Lamoure	G	Fresno State
23	159	Leo Daniels	B	Texas A&M
24	163	Tex Reilly	B	Colorado
25	167	Jim Landrigan	T	Dartmouth

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	40	54	28	45
Opponents Totals	98	100	83	96

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		161	65	85	11	/ %	/ %	47	360
Opponents Totals		183	118	59	6	/ %	/ %	59	488

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Billy Hillenbrand	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Augie Lio	0	19	20	95.0	3	8	37.5	0	28
Lamar Davis	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Andy Dudish	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bus Mertes	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Rudy Mobley	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Hub Bechtol	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Castiglia	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bud Schwenk	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Johnny Vardian	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ernie Case	0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	4
Mike Phillips	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Steve Nemeth	0	1	1	100.0	0	1	0.0	0	1
Team Totals	22	21	22	95.5	4	10	40.0	1	167
Opponents Totals	53	50	53	94.3	3	12	25.0	0	377

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Ernie Case	1	1	100.0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0
Augie Lio	3	8	37.5	1/	2/	0/	0/	0/
Steve Nemeth	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	4	10	40.0	2/	2/	0/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	3	12	25.0	0/	2/	0/	0/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bus Mertes	95	321	3.4		2
Frankie Sinkwich	55	208	3.8		0
Billy Hillenbrand	66	204	3.1		2
John Wright	38	113	3.0		0
Rudy Mobley	26	90	3.5		1
Wilson Schwenk	25	58	2.3		1
Johnny Vardian	35	57	1.6		0
Blondy Black	5	39	7.8		0
Andy Dudish	28	30	1.1		1
Ray Terrell	21	20	1.0		0
Jim Castiglia	9	18	2.0		0
Lamar Davis	3	14	4.7		0
Steve Nemeth	1	1	1.0	1	0
Ernie Case	1	0	0.0	0	0
Hub Bechtol	2	-1	-0.5		0
Armand Cure	2	-1	-0.5		0
Lamar Blount	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
John Galvin	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Ivan Trebotich	3	-4	-1.3		0
Team Totals	417	1161	2.8		7
Opponents Totals	571	2665	4.7	63t	29

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Wilson Schwenk	327	168	51.4	139	2236	6.8	13.3	72t	13	4.0	20	6.1	40	319	1917	61.2
Ernie Case	11	4	36.4	6	49	4.5	12.3		0	0.0	1	9.1	1	13	36	13.1
John Galvin	6	3	50.0	3	34	5.7	11.3		0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	34	67.4
Steve Nemeth	6	2	33.3	2	18	3.0	9.0		0	0.0	2	33.3	0	0	18	2.8
Lamar Davis	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Billy Hillenbrand	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	1	8	-8	0.0
Team Totals	352	177	50.3	151	2337	6.6	13.2	72t	13	3.7	24	6.8	42	340	1997	55.6
Opponents Totals	239	124	51.9	101	1791	7.5	14.4	56t	17	7.1	14	5.9	19	139	1652	75.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lamar Davis	46	515	11.2	54	2
Billy Hillenbrand	39	702	18.0	58t	7
Hub Bechtol	17	167	9.8		1
Johnny Vardian	16	280	17.5	72t	1
Rudy Mobley	11	121	11.0		1
Lamar Blount	8	148	18.5		0
Elmer Madar	8	53	6.6		0
Sig Sigurdson	8	104	13.0		0
Andy Dudish	7	130	18.6	70t	1
Ray Terrell	6	21	3.5		0
Ralph Jones	3	23	7.7		0
Gorham Getchell	2	17	8.5		0
Bus Mertes	2	28	14.0		0
Blondy Black	1	7	7.0	7	0
Jim Castiglia	1	10	10.0	10	0
Gil Meyer	1	3	3.0	3	0
Frankie Sinkwich	1	3	3.0	3	0
John Mellus	0	5		5L	0
Team Totals	177	2337	13.2	72t	13
Opponents Totals	124	1791	14.4	56	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Vardian	3	48	16.0		0
Ernie Case	2	56	28.0	30	0
Rudy Mobley	2	8	4.0	8	0
Billy Hillenbrand	1	48	48.0	48	0
Floyd Konetsky	1	15	15.0	15	0
Lamar Davis	1	12	12.0	12L	0
Ray Terrell	1	12	12.0	12	0
Hub Bechtol	1	7	7.0	7	0
John Wright	1	5	5.0	5	0
Joe Kodba	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	14	213	15.2		0
Opponents Totals	24	417	17.4	82	4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
John Galvin	66	2377	36.0		2
Steve Nemeth	3	126	42.0		0
Frankie Sinkwich	4	167	41.8		0
Ernie Case	5	152	30.4		1
Team Totals	78	2822	36.2		3		28.1
Opponents Totals	56			74	2	546

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Hillenbrand	13	201	15.5	57	0
Andy Dudish	5	121	24.2		0
Rudy Mobley	5	74	14.8		0
Johnny Vardian	5	66	13.2		0
Lamar Davis	1	33	33.0	33	0
Ray Terrell	1	18	18.0	18	0
Ernie Case	2	18	9.0		0
Frankie Sinkwich	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	33	546	16.5	57	0
Opponents Totals	46	627	13.6	57	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Billy Hillenbrand	18	466	25.9	96t	1
Ray Terrell	9	204	22.7		0
Andy Dudish	8	184	23.0		0
Johnny Vardian	6	128	21.3		0
Frankie Sinkwich	5	118	23.6		0
Ernie Case	4	104	26.0		0
Lamar Davis	2	44	22.0		0
John Galvin	2	38	19.0		0
Rudy Mobley	1	18	18.0	18	0
Ivan Trebotich	1	17	17.0	17	0
Elmer Madar	1	14	14.0	14	0
Hub Bechtol	1	13	13.0	13	0
Barry French	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	59	1356	23.0	96t	1
Opponents Totals	38			79	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Jim Castiglia						1
Team Totals	36	23	13	25	38	1
Opponents Totals	50	25	25	23	48	1