| Brooklyn Dodgers at Chicago Rockets3 Game Statistics |
| Date: October 24, 1948 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 5964 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 56 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn DodgersBKN | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BKN | CHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | LB | Hugo Marcolini | ||
| 61 | S | Walt McDonald | ||
| 2 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Mickey Colmer 2 run (Hardy Brown kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Mickey Colmer 2 run (Hardy Brown kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Ray Kuffel 49 pass from Sammy Vacanti (Jim McCarthy kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Monk Gafford 10 run (Hardy Brown kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Sammy Vacanti 3 run (Jim McCarthy kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 4 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Carl Allen 17 interception return (Hardy Brown kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 4 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Max Morris 24 pass from Monk Gafford (Hardy Brown kick) | 35 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 56 | LOE | Max Morris |
| 45 | LOT | Johnny Clowes |
| 34 | LOG | Herb St. John |
| 25 | C | George Strohmeyer |
| 35 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 40/42 | ROT | Joe Spencer |
| 53 | ROE | Saxon Judd |
| 60/63 | BB | Hardy Brown |
| 99 | TB | Bob Chappuis |
| 80 | WB | Monk Gafford |
| 72 | FB | Mickey Colmer |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Hank Foldberg |
| 43 | LDT | Martin Ruby |
| 30 | MG | Tex Warrington |
| 44 | RDT | Garland Williams |
| 50 | RDE | Ted Scruggs |
| 71 | LB | Hugo Marcolini |
| 25 | LB | George Strohmeyer |
| 92/93 | DB | Carl Allen |
| 84/80 | DB | Jim Camp |
| 61 | S | Walt McDonald |
| 91 | DB | Ray Ramsey |
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Bob Jensen |
| 42 | LOT | Jim Brutz |
| 30 | LOG | Jim Pearcy |
| 28 | C | Fred Negus |
| 33 | ROG | George Bernhardt |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 55 | ROE | Fay King |
| 60 | QB | Jesse Freitas |
| 82 | LOH | Bobby Livingstone |
| 85 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 74/72 | FB | Bill Kellagher |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Jim McCarthy |
| 45 | LDT | Ziggy Czarobski |
| 33 | MG | George Bernhardt |
| 20 | RDT | John Rapacz |
| 51 | RDE | Ike Owens |
| 34 | LLB | Joe Ruetz |
| 22 | MLB | Peter Lamana |
| 28 | RLB | Fred Negus |
| 84 | LDH | Bob Perina |
| 74/72 | RDH | Bill Kellagher |
| 86 | S | Chuck Fenenbock |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Mickey Colmer | 21 | 113 | 5.4 | 2 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Monk Gafford | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Hardy Brown | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Camp | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Walt McDonald | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Chappuis | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Hugo Marcolini | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Floyd Simmons | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Jim Mello | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Sammy Vacanti | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Jesse Freitas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 1 | 116 | 8.3 | 0 | 48.5 | |||
| Bob Chappuis | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 2 | 37 | 3.7 | 0 | 2.9 | |||
| Monk Gafford | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Sammy Vacanti | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 3 | 114 | 7.6 | 1 | 60.8 | |||
| Jesse Freitas | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Saxon Judd | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Max Morris | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 1 | |
| Mickey Colmer | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Camp | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Hal Thompson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Fay King | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 1 | |
| Ray Kuffel | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 1 | |
| Bob Jensen | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Carl Allen | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Bob Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| George Strohmeyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Bob Perina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Peter Lamana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Mickey Colmer | 3 | 144 | 48.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Monk Gafford | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Bob Perina | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Monk Gafford | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Chappuis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Bob Perina | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Floyd Simmons | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
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