| Baltimore Colts at Chicago Rockets Game Statistics |
| Date: September 10, 1948 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 25816 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 62 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | CHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | LB | Bus Mertes | ||
| 1 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Fay King 31 pass from Sammy Vacanti (Steve Juzwik kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Eddie Prokop 22 run (Steve Juzwik kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Y.A. Tittle 1 run (Rex Grossman kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Lamar Davis 46 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Rex Grossman kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Sammy Vacanti 1 run (Steve Juzwik kick) | 14 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Ollie Poole |
| 41 | LOT | Ernie Blandin |
| 33 | LOG | Ed Grain |
| 22 | C | Bert Corley |
| 30 | ROG | Bill Garrett |
| 44 | ROT | Lee Artoe |
| 55/56 | ROE | John North |
| 63 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 82 | LOH | Billy Hillenbrand |
| 85 | ROH | Bob Pfohl |
| 73 | FB | Bus Mertes |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Bob Nowaskey |
| 48 | LDT | John Mellus |
| 22 | MG | Bert Corley |
| 30 | RDG | Bill Garrett |
| 44 | RDT | Lee Artoe |
| 57 | RDE | Hub Bechtol |
| 73 | LB | Bus Mertes |
| 20/23 | LB | Ralph Stewart |
| 51 | DB | Lamar Davis |
| 80 | DB | Aubrey Fowler |
| 81 | DB | Jake Leicht |
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Bob Jensen |
| 42 | LOT | Jim Brutz |
| 30 | LOG | Jim Pearcy |
| 22 | C | Peter Lamana |
| 31 | ROG | Herb Coleman |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 55 | ROE | Fay King |
| 62 | QB | Sammy Vacanti |
| 82 | LOH | Bobby Livingstone |
| 70 | ROH | Eddie Prokop |
| 83 | FB | Floyd Simmons |
| Defense | ||
| 56 | LDE | Ray Kuffel |
| 45 | LDT | Ziggy Czarobski |
| 30 | MG | Jim Pearcy |
| 43 | RDT | Nate Johnson |
| 51 | RDE | Ike Owens |
| 36 | LLB | Gasper Urban |
| 22 | MLB | Peter Lamana |
| 28 | RLB | Fred Negus |
| 84 | LDH | Bob Perina |
| 87 | S | Harry Clarke |
| 81 | RDH | Steve Juzwik |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Bus Mertes | 14 | 82 | 5.9 | 0 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Bob Pfohl | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Dewey Proctor | 10 | 106 | 10.6 | 54 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 15 | 103 | 6.9 | 1 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Floyd Simmons | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Sammy Vacanti | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 25 | 9 | 36.0 | 0 | 110 | 4.4 | 1 | 63.8 | |||
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Sammy Vacanti | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 1 | 87 | 5.4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 56.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Lamar Davis | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 46t | 1 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| John North | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Vardian | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Smith | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Pfohl | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Fay King | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 1 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Rex Grossman | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 7 | 248 | 35.4 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Jake Leicht | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
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