1947 Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics
All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 3-10-1
Finishing 3rd in the AAFC's East Division
Coach: Cliff Battles (3-10-1)
Location: Brooklyn, New York
1947 Brooklyn Dodgers RosterTeam Record: 3-10-1
Finishing 3rd in the AAFC's East Division
Coach: Cliff Battles (3-10-1)
Location: Brooklyn, New York
1947 Brooklyn Dodgers Results
The Brooklyn Dodgers of the All American Football Conference ended the 1947 season with a record of 3 wins and 10 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the AAFC's East Division.
The Dodgers stumbled, scoring only 181 points, though they the defense allowed 340. Bob Hoernschemeyer ran for a team-best 702 yards for Brooklyn, while Mickey Colmer also buoyed the ground attack.
Bob Hoernschemeyer passed for 783 yards. Mickey Colmer paced pass catchers, snagging 18 passes, while Saxon Judd accumulated 204 receiving yards.
Bob Perina picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition.
Cliff Battles coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 151 | 64 | 42.4 | 783 | 5.2 | 3 | 2.0 | 11 | 7.3 | 0 | 35.3 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 34 | 12 | 35.3 | 112 | 3.3 | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 42.8 |
| Bob Perina | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 91 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 0 | 21.4 |
| Dub Jones | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 37 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mickey Colmer | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 57.6 |
| Jim McCarthy | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 17 | 39.6 |
| Lee Tevis | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 232 | 92 | 39.7 | 1060 | 4.6 | 4 | 1.7 | 17 | 7.3 | 20 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 147 | 702 | 4.8 | 84 | 5 |
| Mickey Colmer | 152 | 578 | 3.8 | 0 | 9 |
| Monk Gafford | 46 | 232 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dub Jones | 43 | 136 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Perina | 67 | 116 | 1.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Al Akins | 15 | 79 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Tevis | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 0 | 1 |
| George Benson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Walt McDonald | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elmore Harris | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 495 | 1936 | 3.9 | 84 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saxon Judd | 18 | 204 | 11.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mickey Colmer | 18 | 190 | 10.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Hal Thompson | 15 | 148 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McCarthy | 10 | 147 | 14.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Monk Gafford | 8 | 113 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Akins | 6 | 101 | 16.8 | 60 | 1 |
| Walt McDonald | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Nelson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Scruggs | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hein | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 92 | 1033 | 11.2 | 60 | 4 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Colmer | 56 | 2504 | 44.7 | 0 |
| Glenn Dobbs | 14 | 579 | 41.4 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 7 | 209 | 29.9 | 0 |
| Lee Tevis | 5 | 246 | 49.2 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 |
| Totals | 84 | 3594 | 42.8 | 0 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Gafford | 11 | 186 | 16.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 14 | 157 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Walt McDonald | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Al Akins | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 425 | 13.3 | 19 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Gafford | 21 | 565 | 26.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmore Harris | 14 | 329 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Akins | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Colmer | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Saxon Judd | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Daukas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 56 | 1296 | 23.1 | 1 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Perina | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monk Gafford | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Tevis | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Akins | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Doyle Tackett | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lou Daukas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 157 | 9.8 | 31 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Mickey Colmer | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| Phil Martinovich | 3 | 22 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Bob Perina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
| Al Akins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Dub Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Monk Gafford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Saxon Judd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 |
