1947 Baltimore Colts Statistics

All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 4th in the AAFC's East Division
Coach: Cecil Isbell (2-11-1)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland

1947 Baltimore Colts Roster
1947 Baltimore Colts Results

The Baltimore Colts of the All American Football Conference ended the 1947 season with a record of 2 wins and 11 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the AAFC's East Division.

The Colts struggled to score 167 points, worst in the circuit, and the shaky defensive squad conceded 377. Bud Schwenk threw for 2,236 yards. Lamar Davis hauled in 46 balls, while Billy Hillenbrand added 702 receiving yards.

Bus Mertes ran for a team-leading 321 yards for Baltimore.

Johnny Vardian intercepted 3 opponent throws.

Cecil Isbell coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Bud Schwenk	327	168	51.4	2236	6.8	13	4.0	20	6.1	72	61.2
Ernie Case	11	4	36.4	49	4.5	0	0.0	1	9.1	0	13.1
John Galvin	6	3	50.0	34	5.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	67.4
Steve Nemeth	6	2	33.3	18	3.0	0	0.0	2	33.3	0	2.8
Lamar Davis	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Billy Hillenbrand	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	352	177	50.3	2337	6.6	13	3.7	24	6.8	72

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bus Mertes	95	321	3.4	0	2
Frankie Sinkwich	55	208	3.8	0	0
Billy Hillenbrand	66	204	3.1	0	2
John Wright	38	113	3.0	0	0
Rudy Mobley	26	90	3.5	0	1
Bud Schwenk	25	58	2.3	0	1
Johnny Vardian	35	57	1.6	0	0
Blondy Black	5	39	7.8	0	0
Andy Dudish	28	30	1.1	0	1
Ray Terrell	21	20	1.0	0	0
Jim Castiglia	9	18	2.0	0	0
Lamar Davis	3	14	4.7	0	0
Steve Nemeth	1	1	1.0	1	0
Ernie Case	1	0	0.0	0	0
Armand Cure	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Hub Bechtol	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Lamar Blount	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
John Galvin	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Buzz Trebotich	3	-4	-1.3	0	0
Totals	417	1161	2.8	1	7

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Lamar Davis	46	515	11.2	0	2
Billy Hillenbrand	39	702	18.0	0	7
Hub Bechtol	17	167	9.8	0	1
Johnny Vardian	16	280	17.5	0	1
Rudy Mobley	11	121	11.0	0	1
Sig Sigurdson	8	104	13.0	0	0
Elmer Madar	8	53	6.6	0	0
Andy Dudish	7	130	18.6	0	1
Ray Terrell	6	21	3.5	0	0
Ralph Jones	3	23	7.7	0	0
Bus Mertes	2	28	14.0	0	0
Gorham Getchell	2	17	8.5	0	0
Jim Castiglia	1	10	10.0	10	0
Blondy Black	1	7	7.0	7	0
Frankie Sinkwich	1	3	3.0	3	0
Gil Meyer	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	169	2184	12.9	10	13

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Augie Lio	20	19	95.0	8	3	37.5	28
Ernie Case	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	4
Steve Nemeth	1	1	100.0	1		0.0	1
Totals	22	21	95.5	10	4	40.0	33

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.
John Galvin	66	2377	36.0
Ernie Case	5	152	30.4
Frankie Sinkwich	4	167	41.8
Steve Nemeth	3	126	42.0
Totals	78	2822	36.2

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Billy Hillenbrand	13	201	15.5	0
Andy Dudish	5	121	24.2	0
Rudy Mobley	5	74	14.8	0
Johnny Vardian	5	66	13.2	0
Lamar Davis	1	33	33.0	33
Ray Terrell	1	18	18.0	18
Ernie Case	2	18	9.0	0
Frankie Sinkwich	1	15	15.0	15
Totals	33	546	16.5	33

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Billy Hillenbrand	18	466	25.9	96	1
Ray Terrell	9	204	22.7	0	0
Andy Dudish	8	184	23.0	0	0
Johnny Vardian	6	128	21.3	0	0
Frankie Sinkwich	5	118	23.6	0	0
Ernie Case	4	104	26.0	0	0
Lamar Davis	2	44	22.0	0	0
John Galvin	2	38	19.0	0	0
Rudy Mobley	1	18	18.0	18	0
Buzz Trebotich	1	17	17.0	17	0
Elmer Madar	1	14	14.0	14	0
Hub Bechtol	1	13	13.0	13	0
Barry French	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	59	1356	23.0	96	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Johnny Vardian	3	48	16.0	0
Ernie Case	2	56	28.0	0
Rudy Mobley	2	8	4.0	0
Billy Hillenbrand	1	48	48.0	48
Floyd Konetsky	1	15	15.0	15
Ray Terrell	1	12	12.0	12
Lamar Davis	1	12	12.0	12
Hub Bechtol	1	7	7.0	7
John Wright	1	5	5.0	5
Joe Kodba	1	2	2.0	2
Totals	14	213	15.2	48

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Billy Hillenbrand	2	7	0	1		0			0	0	0			60
Augie Lio									3	19	0			28
Andy Dudish	1	1	0	0					0	0	0			12
Bus Mertes	2	0							0	0	0			12
Lamar Davis	0	2	0	0		0			0	0	0			12
Rudy Mobley	1	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			12
Bud Schwenk	1								0	0	0			6
Jim Castiglia	0	0						1	0	0	0			6
Hub Bechtol	0	1		0		0			0	0	0			6
Johnny Vardian	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Ernie Case	0		0	0		0			1	1	0			4
Steve Nemeth	0								0	1	0			1
Totals	7	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	21	0	0	0	165