1948 Chicago Rockets (AAFC) - Pro Football Archives

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	8/18/1948	A	New York Yankees	27-35	L	Freeport, NY	Muncipal Stadium	10061
Fri	8/27/1948	H	Los Angeles Dons	0-7	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	26479
Mon	9/6/1948	A	Buffalo Bills	7-42	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	25816
Fri	9/10/1948	H	Baltimore Colts	21-14	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	25816
Fri	9/17/1948	H	Cleveland Browns	7-28	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	30608
Sun	9/26/1948	A	Cleveland Browns	10-21	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	37190
Fri	10/1/1948	H	San Francisco 49ers	14-31	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	14553
Fri	10/8/1948	A	Los Angeles Dons	28-49	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	31119
Fri	10/15/1948	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	7-21	L	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	8671
Sun	10/24/1948	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	14-35	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	5964
Sun	10/31/1948	A	New York Yankees	7-42	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	13239
Sun	11/7/1948	A	San Francisco 49ers	21-44	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	25306
Sun	11/14/1948	A	Baltimore Colts	24-38	L	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	21899
Thu	11/25/1948	H	Buffalo Bills	35-39	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	6305
Sat	12/4/1948	H	New York Yankees	7-28	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	4930

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
33	George Bernhardt	ROG-MG	5-10	213	29	Illinois	11	8
66	Angelo Bertelli	QB	6-1	190	27	Notre Dame	3	2
42	Jim Brutz	LOT-LDT	6-0	230	29	Notre Dame	9	9
50	Harry Burrus	OE-DE	6-1	195	27	Hardin-Simmons	1	0
87	Harry Clarke	S-ROH	6-0	186	32	West Virginia	5	1
31	Herb Coleman	ROG-C	6-0	200	25	Notre Dame	9	7
45	Ziggy Czarobski	LDT-LOT-RDT-ROT	6-0	235	26	Notre Dame	14	2
32	Bob David	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	6-0	219	27	Notre Dame; Villanova	3	0
46	Ed Ecker	ROT-RDT-LO-TLDT	6-7	276	25	John Carroll	8	3
47	Chuck Elliott	OT-DT	6-2	240	27	Oregon	1	0
85	Fred Evans	LOH-LDH	5-11	185	27	Notre Dame	2	0
65	Tom Farris	QB	6-1	185	28	Wisconsin	10	0
86	Chuck Fenenbock	LOH-RDH	5-9	174	30	UCLA	13	3
60	Jesse Freitas	QB	5-10	175	27	Santa Clara	10	10
80	Elroy Hirsch	LOH-LDH	6-1	190	25	Wisconsin; Michigan	5	3
57	Bob Jensen	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-2	220	23	Iowa State	14	4
54	Farnham Johnson	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	6-0	210	24	Wisconsin; Michigan; Wisconsin	9	0
43	Nate Johnson	ROT-RDT	6-3	244	28	Illinois	13	12
81	Steve Juzwik	ROH	5-8	186	30	Notre Dame	4	1
74/72	Bill Kellagher	FB	5-11	205	28	Fordham	11	4
55	Fay King	ROE-RDE	6-2	195	26	Georgia	14	9
44	Chet Kozel	LOT-LDT	6-2	211	29	Mississippi	5	1
56	Ray Kuffel	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-3	213	27	Marquette; Notre Dame; Marquette	14	5
22	Peter Lamana	C-MLB	5-11	210	27	Boston University	13	3
71	Ernie Lewis	FB	6-1	211	24	Colorado	14	1
82	Bobby Livingstone	LOH	6-0	173	26	Notre Dame	14	7
52	Jim McCarthy	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-1	205	27	Illinois	14	9
78	Jim Mello	FB	5-10	190	28	Notre Dame	6	2
28	Fred Negus	C-RLB	6-1	210	25	Wisconsin; Michigan; Wisconsin	14	6
51	Ike Owens	RDE-LDE	6-1	190	28	Illinois	9	1
30	Jim Pearcy	LOG-LDG	5-11	210	30	Marshall	14	13
84	Bob Perina	LDH-ROH	6-1	205	27	Princeton	13	2
35	Roman Piskor	LOG-LDG-LOT-LDT	6-0	245	31	Niagara	13	1
77	Dewey Proctor	FB	5-11	215	28	Furman	10	4
70	Eddie Prokop	ROH	5-11	200	26	Georgia Tech	9	7
88	Ray Ramsey	DH	6-2	166	27	Bradley	2	0
20	John Rapacz	C-LOT-ROT	6-4	252	24	Western Michigan; Oklahoma	10	3
34	Joe Ruetz	LLB-LOG	5-11	198	32	Notre Dame	13	1
85	Julie Rykovich	ROH-RDH	6-2	204	25	Illinois; Notre Dame; Illinois	6	4
83	Floyd Simmons	FB-ROH	6-1	200	23	Notre Dame	12	3
46	Bill Smith	OE-DE	6-2	250	22	North Carolina	2	0
36	Gasper Urban	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	6-1	215	25	Notre Dame	14	1
44	Emil Uremovich	ROT-RDT	6-2	233	32	Indiana	8	0
62	Sammy Vacanti	QB	5-10	202	26	Iowa; Purdue; Nebraska	8	2

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Tony Minisi	B	Pennsylvania
2	9	Carl Samuelson	T	Nebraska
3	11	John Nolan	T	Penn State
4	19	Paul Cleary	E	Southern California
5	25	Bill Walsh	C	Notre Dame
6	28	Vince DiFrancesca	G	Northwestern
7	34	Jay Rhodemyre	C	Kentucky
8	42	Jim Turner	T	California
9	46	Myron Miller	C	Oklahoma State
10	54	Phil Slosburg	B	Temple
11	58	Jack Swaner	B	California
12	66	Thurman Gay	T	Oklahoma State
13	74	Fran Parker	T	Holy Cross
14	82	Lou Agase	T	Illinois
15	90	Jerry McCarthy	E	Pennsylvania
16	98	Rudy Krall	B	New Mexico
17	106	Dick Flanagan	B	Ohio State
18	114	Ed Ryan	E	St. Mary's (California)
19	122	Byron Gillory	B	Texas
20	130	Don Doll	B	Southern California
21	138	Fred Provo	B	Washington
22	146	Phil Tinsley	E	UCLA
23	154	Glen Treichler	B	Colgate
24	162	Ike Owens	E	Illinois
25	170	Ron Sockolov	T	California
26	178	Gene Corum	G	West Virginia
27	186	John Daniels	C	California-Santa Barbara
28	194	Al Hoisch	B	UCLA
29	202	Dick Wedel	G	Wake Forest
30	210	Tom Finical	E	Princeton

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	38	38	35	91
Opponents Totals	65	148	122	104

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		180	102	65	13	/ %	/ %	78	659
Opponents Totals		217	117	81	19	/ %	/ %	89	707

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Fay King	7	0	0		0	0		42
Jim McCarthy	0	21	21	100.0	2	3	66.7	27
Eddie Prokop	4	0	0		0	0		24
Ray Kuffel	3	0	0		0	0		18
Bobby Livingstone	2	0	0		0	0		12
Floyd Simmons	2	0	0		0	0		12
Sammy Vacanti	2	0	0		0	0		12
Chuck Fenenbock	1	0	0		0	0		6
Elroy Hirsch	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bob Jensen	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bill Kellagher	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jim Mello	1	0	0		0	0		6
Fred Negus	1	0	0		0	0		6
Dewey Proctor	1	0	0		0	0		6
Julie Rykovich	1	0	0		0	1	0.0	6
Steve Juzwik	0	5	5	100.0	0	0		5
Farnham Johnson	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		2
Team Totals	28	28	28	100.0	2	4	50.0	202
Opponents Totals	62	58	62	93.5	3	11	27.3	439

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim McCarthy	2	3	66.7	1/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Julie Rykovich	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	2	4	50.0	1/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	3	11	27.3	1/	0/	1/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Eddie Prokop	54	266	4.9		1
Jim Mello	50	243	4.9	55	1
Dewey Proctor	47	190	4.0	54	1
Julie Rykovich	53	176	3.3		1
Chuck Fenenbock	43	174	4.0		0
Bobby Livingstone	55	174	3.2		0
Floyd Simmons	36	121	3.4		1
Bill Kellagher	33	97	2.9		1
Elroy Hirsch	23	93	4.0		0
Harry Clarke	16	57	3.6		0
Ernie Lewis	13	54	4.2		0
Jesse Freitas	24	25	1.0		0
Steve Juzwik	13	19	1.5		0
Ray Ramsey	5	18	3.6
Sammy Vacanti	7	7	1.0		2
Tom Farris	4	5	1.3		0
Bob Perina	6	1	0.2		0
Angelo Bertelli	2	-1	-0.5		0
Team Totals	484	1719	3.6	55	8
Opponents Totals	538	2614	4.9	65t	33

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Jesse Freitas	167	84	50.3	67	1425	8.5	17.0	74t	14	8.4	16	9.6	67.9
Sammy Vacanti	116	47	40.5	54	633	5.5	13.5		2	1.7	15	12.9	24.7
Angelo Bertelli	32	7	21.9	22	60	1.9	8.6		1	3.1	3	9.4	10.9
Chuck Fenenbock	15	4	26.7	10	136	9.1	34.0	60t	2	13.3	1	6.7	76.7
Tom Farris	9	3	33.3	3	24	2.7	8.0		0	0.0	3	33.3	2.8
Julie Rykovich	1	1	100.0	0	12	12.0	12.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	116.7
Eddie Prokop	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	341	146	42.8	157	2290	6.7	15.7	74t	19	5.6	38	11.1	44.7
Opponents Totals	318	155	48.7	144	2473	7.8	16.0	67	23	7.2	19	6.0	74.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fay King	50	647	12.9		7
Bob Jensen	20	276	13.8		1
Ray Kuffel	19	365	19.2	70t	3
Bobby Livingstone	15	240	16.0	55t	2
Chuck Fenenbock	8	111	13.9	53t	1
Eddie Prokop	7	223	31.9	74t	3
Elroy Hirsch	7	101	14.4		1
Julie Rykovich	3	78	26.0		0
Jim Mello	3	38	12.7		0
Jim McCarthy	3	30	10.0		0
Floyd Simmons	2	60	30.0		1
Ray Ramsey	2	48	24.0		0
Dewey Proctor	2	18	9.0		0
Bob Perina	2	13	6.5		0
Harry Clarke	1	19	19.0	19	0
Ernie Lewis	1	6	6.0	6	0
Steve Juzwik	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	146	2290	15.7	74t	19
Opponents Totals	155	2473	16.0	67	23

Bob Maddock	Guards/Centers
Ray McLean	Backfield
George Musso	Tackles
Bernie Witucki	Ends

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Ernie Lewis	60	2680	44.7		0	605
Team Totals	60	2680	44.7		0	605	34.6
Opponents Totals	57			72	2	348

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Perina	6	87	14.5		0
Fred Negus	5	30	6.0		0
Julie Rykovich	3	65	21.7		0
Elroy Hirsch	2	59	29.5		0
Gasper Urban	1	5	5.0	5	0
Emil Uremovich	1	1	1.0	1	0
Peter Lamana	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	19	247	13.0		0
Opponents Totals	38	636	16.7	58	3

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Eddie Prokop	15	323	21.5
Chuck Fenenbock	14	311	22.2
Bobby Livingstone	9	211	23.4
Julie Rykovich	4	81	20.3
Harry Clarke	3	79	26.3
Floyd Simmons	3	77	25.7
Bill Kellagher	3	54	18.0
Bob Perina	3	52	17.3
Jim Mello	2	30	15.0
Ray Kuffel	1	16	16.0	16
Fay King	1	11	11.0	11
Elroy Hirsch	1	10	10.0	10
Bob Jensen	1	10	10.0	10
Team Totals	60	1265	21.1
Opponents Totals	39