1947 Baltimore Colts (AAFC) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 2-11-1 .154 |
| Head Coach: Cecil Isbell |
| 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.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Baumgartner | 54 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 202 | 26 | Minnesota | 2 | 0 |
| Hub Bechtol | 57 | LOE | 6-3 | 202 | 21 | Texas Tech; Texas | 14 | 13 |
| Blondy Black | 85 | HB | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Mississippi State | 5 | 0 |
| Lamar Blount | 59 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | East Central CC; Mississippi State | 5 | 4 |
| Ernie Case | 67 | DB-QB-K | 5-10 | 170 | 28 | UCLA | 14 | 13 |
| Jim Castiglia | 75 | FB | 5-11 | 208 | 29 | Georgetown (DC) | 2 | 2 |
| Armand Cure | 80 | HB | 6-0 | 198 | 28 | Rhode Island | 1 | 0 |
| Lamar Davis | 51 | DB-LOE-ROE | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Georgia | 13 | 13 |
| Andy Dudish | 88 | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 182 | 29 | Georgia | 14 | 5 |
| Barry French | 35 | LDG?-LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| John Galvin | 63 | DB-QB | 5-10 | 170 | 27 | Purdue | 13 | 0 |
| Gorham Getchell | 59 | OE-DE | 6-4 | 225 | 27 | Temple | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Grain | 45 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Pennsylvania | 10 | 2 |
| Dick Handley | 24 | LB-C | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Sequoias JC; Fresno State | 14 | 14 |
| George Hekkers | 42 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 229 | 24 | Wisconsin | 3 | 0 |
| Luke Higgins | 31 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 82 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 188 | 25 | Indiana | 14 | 12 |
| Ralph Jones | 52 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Union (Tennessee); Alabama | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Kasap | 46 | R?DT-ROT? | 6-2 | 255 | 25 | Illinois; Purdue; Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| Al Klug | 41 | L?DT-LOT | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | Marquette | 11 | 11 |
| Joe Kodba | 28 | LB-C | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Butler; Purdue | 13 | 5 |
| Floyd Konetsky | 54 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 197 | 27 | Florida | 6 | 4 |
| Jim Landrigan | 45 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | Holy Cross; Dartmouth | 5 | 0 |
| Augie Lio | 37 | ROG-RDG-K | 6-0 | 234 | 29 | Georgetown (DC) | 13 | 9 |
| Elmer Madar | 53 | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Michigan | 9 | 9 |
| Vic Marino | 34 | RDG?-LOG-ROG | 5-8 | 205 | 29 | Ohio State | 13 | 13 |
| John Mellus | 48 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 214 | 30 | Villanova | 14 | 8 |
| Bus Mertes | 73 | FB | 6-0 | 201 | 28 | North Central; Iowa | 14 | 9 |
| Gil Meyer | 55 | DE | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Wake Forest | 13 | 3 |
| Rudy Mobley | 81 | LOH-LDH | 5-7 | 155 | 26 | Hardin-Simmons | 14 | 2 |
| Steve Nemeth | 66 | S-QB | 5-10 | 174 | 25 | Notre Dame | 4 | 1 |
| George Perpich | 49 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 233 | 27 | Georgetown (DC) | 14 | 11 |
| Mike Phillips | 21 | C-LB | 6-0 | 208 | 26 | McDaniel | 12 | 9 |
| Bud Schwenk | 64 | QB | 6-2 | 201 | 30 | Washington-St. Louis | 14 | 14 |
| Sig Sigurdson | 56 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 206 | 29 | Pacific Lutheran | 7 | 3 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 76 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Georgia | 7 | 3 |
| Ray Terrell | 83 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Mississippi | 10 | 5 |
| Ivan Trebotich | 77 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 208 | 27 | St. Mary's (California) | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Vardian | 87 | DB-ROH | 5-8 | 167 | 26 | none | 14 | 14 |
| John Wright | 71 | LB?-FB | 5-11 | 225 | 27 | Maryland; Georgia; Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Yokas | 30 | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | none | 12 | 2 |
| George Zorich | 33 | 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 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 40 | 54 | 28 | 45 | 167 |
| Opponents Totals | 98 | 100 | 83 | 96 | 377 |
| 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 | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augie Lio | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Ernie Case | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 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 | |
| Bud 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 | 7 | 0 |
| Armand Cure | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Schwenk | 327 | 168 | 168 | 139 | 2236 | 6.8 | 13.3 | 72t | 13 | 4.0 | 20 | 6.1 | 40 | 319 | 1917 | 61.2 |
| Ernie Case | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 4.5 | 12.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 13.1 | |
| John Galvin | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 5.7 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 67.4 |
| Steve Nemeth | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.8 | |
| Lamar Davis | 1 | 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 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 352 | 177 | 177 | 151 | 2337 | 6.6 | 13.2 | 72t | 13 | 3.7 | 24 | 6.8 | 42 | 340 | 1997 | 55.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 239 | 124 | 124 | 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 | 19 | 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 | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Galvin | 66 | 2377 | 36.0 | 2 | ||||||
| Steve Nemeth | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 51 | 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 | FC | 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 | FC | 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 | 23 | 0 | |
| John Galvin | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 19 | 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 | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Castiglia | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 36 | 23 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 1 |
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