| Miami Seahawks at Chicago Rockets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 18, 1946 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 20172 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 40 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami SeahawksMIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | CHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Elroy Hirsch 17 run (Steve Nemeth kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Ned Mathews 33 lateral from Ralph Heywood 0 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Steve Nemeth kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Ernie Lewis 4 run (Steve Nemeth kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Frank Quillen 1 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Steve Nemeth kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 4 | Miami SeahawksMIA | Monk Gafford 40 pass from Kay Eakin (Dick Erdlitz kick) | 7 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Seahawks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Dick Horne |
| 48 | LOT | Mitch Olenski |
| 37 | LOG | Chuck Taylor |
| 22 | C | Ken Whitlow |
| 33 | ROG | Hal Jungmichel |
| 44 | ROT | George Hekkers |
| 57 | ROE | Prince Scott |
| 67 | QB | Marion Pugh |
| 97 | LOH | Monk Gafford |
| 95 | ROH | Jimmy Nelson |
| 76/52 | FB | Terry Fox |
| Defense | ||
| 57 | DE | Prince Scott |
| 51 | DE | Hub Ulrich |
| 42 | DT | Gene Ellenson |
| 48 | DT | Mitch Olenski |
| 33 | MG | Hal Jungmichel |
| 76/52 | LB | Terry Fox |
| 22 | LB | Ken Whitlow |
| 25 | LB | Jack Williams |
| 56 | DB | Lamar Davis |
| 97 | DB | Monk Gafford |
| 95 | DB | Jimmy Nelson |
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Ralph Heywood |
| 46 | LOT | Willie Wilkin |
| 31 | LOG | Evan Vogds |
| 25 | C | Herb Coleman |
| 34 | ROG | Tony Sumpter |
| 45 | ROT | Chuck Huneke |
| 50 | ROE | Pat Lahey |
| 80 | HB | Elroy Hirsch |
| 64 | TB | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 66 | WB | Billy Hillenbrand |
| 73 | FB | Ernie Lewis |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 33 | LDT | Joe Ruetz |
| 34 | MG | Tony Sumpter |
| 45 | RDT | Chuck Huneke |
| 52 | RDE | Frank Quillen |
| 74 | LLB | Bill Kellagher |
| 31 | MLB | Evan Vogds |
| 27 | RLB | Mickey Parks |
| 80 | LDH | Elroy Hirsch |
| 88 | RDH | Bill Boedeker |
| 85 | S | Walt Clay |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Seahawks | |||||
| Lamar Davis | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Terry Fox | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Fred Gloden | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Monk Gafford | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Marion Pugh | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cotton Price | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| Kay Eakin | 1 | -18 | -18.0 | -18 | 0 |
| Jimmy Nelson | 3 | -31 | -10.3 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Walt Clay | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 37 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Peter Lamana | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Bill Schroeder | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Griffin | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Seahawks | |||||||||||
| Kay Eakin | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 56 | 5.6 | 40t | 1 | 60.8 | ||
| Jimmy Nelson | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 38 | 4.8 | 26 | 0 | 13.5 | ||
| Cotton Price | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 79.2 | ||
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 2 | 92 | 6.6 | 28 | 2 | 59.2 | ||
| Steve Nemeth | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Bill Schroeder | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | 64.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Seahawks | |||||
| Monk Gafford | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Marion Pugh | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Dick Horne | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Lamar Davis | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Terry Fox | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cotton Price | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Frank Quillen | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Pat Lahey | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ralph Heywood | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Motl | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 0 | 20 | 20Lt | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Seahawks | |||||
| Lamar Davis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Walt Clay | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Seahawks | |||||
| Jimmy Nelson | 7 | 293 | 41.9 | 51 | 0 |
| Terry Fox | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Kay Eakin | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Monk Gafford | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Walt Williams | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Ernie Lewis | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 61 | 61.0 | 61 | 0 |
| Ralph Heywood | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Seahawks | ||||||
| Monk Gafford | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | ||
| Walt Clay | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| Steve Nemeth | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bill Schroeder | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Seahawks | ||||||
| Terry Fox | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Marion Pugh | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Cotton Price | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Fred Gloden | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Nelson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Peter Lamana | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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