| Chicago Rockets at Los Angeles Dons Game Statistics |
| Date: December 15, 1946 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 22515 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Los Angeles DonsLA | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHI | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles DonsLA | John Kimbrough 1 run (Joe Aguirre kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Joe Aguirre 20 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Frank Quillen 26 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Steve Nemeth kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Bob Dove 3 pass from Walt Clay (Steve Nemeth kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Steve Nemeth 32 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Dale Gentry 22 pass from Angelo Bertelli (Joe Aguirre kick) | 17 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| 85 | S | Walt Clay |
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Ralph Heywood |
| 40 | LOT | Norm Verry |
| 49 | LOG | Jim O'Neal |
| 25 | C | Herb Coleman |
| 31 | ROG | Evan Vogds |
| 47 | ROT | Quentin Klenk |
| 50 | ROE | Pat Lahey |
| 80 | HB | Elroy Hirsch |
| 64 | TB | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 60 | WB | Bill Schroeder |
| 73 | FB | Ernie Lewis |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 33 | LDT | Joe Ruetz |
| 45 | RDT | Chuck Huneke |
| 52 | RDE | Frank Quillen |
| 73 | LLB | Ernie Lewis |
| 31 | MLB | Evan Vogds |
| 27 | RLB | Mickey Parks |
| 80 | LDH | Elroy Hirsch |
| 88 | RDH | Bill Boedeker |
| 85 | S | Walt Clay |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Bob Nowaskey |
| 45 | LOT | Bob Reinhard |
| 37/34 | LOG | Ray Frankowski |
| 22 | C | Bob Nelson |
| 33 | ROG | Bill Radovich |
| 35/43 | ROT | Paul Mitchell |
| 53 | ROE | Dale Gentry |
| 66 | QB | Charlie O'Rourke |
| 93 | LOH | Chuck Fenenbock |
| 90 | ROH | Bus Mertes |
| 77 | FB | John Kimbrough |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | DE | Dale Gentry |
| 55 | DE | Bob Nowaskey |
| 44 | DT | Lee Artoe |
| 45 | DT | Bob Reinhard |
| 30 | DG | Al Lolotai |
| 33 | DG | Bill Radovich |
| 82 | LB | Harry Clarke |
| 22 | LB | Bob Nelson |
| 90 | DB | Bus Mertes |
| 83 | DB | Bob Seymour |
| 84 | DB | Paul Vinnola |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 16 | 34 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Peter Lamana | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Lahey | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| John Kimbrough | 13 | 51 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Bernie Nygren | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Dale Gentry | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| John Polanski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bus Mertes | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Vinnola | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 4 | -21 | -5.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 1 | 89 | 6.8 | 26t | 1 | 62.7 | ||
| Elroy Hirsch | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 118.8 | |||
| Walt Clay | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 3t | 1 | 81.9 | ||
| Steve Nemeth | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||||||||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 1 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | 9.3 | |||
| Angelo Bertelli | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 2 | 71 | 8.9 | 43 | 1 | 70.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Frank Quillen | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Dove | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Pat Lahey | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ralph Heywood | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| John Kimbrough | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Dale Gentry | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Bernie Nygren | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Vinnola | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Jack Morton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 52 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Bob Reinhard | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 41 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| John Kimbrough | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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