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1949 Chicago Hornets Statistics
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 4th in the AAFC
Coach: George Halas (9-3)
Coach: Ray Flaherty (4-8)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1949 Chicago Hornets Results
The Chicago Hornets of the All American Football Conference ended the 1949 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing fourth in the AAFC.
Chicago ran up 179 points, while the defensive squad conceded 268. Bob Hoernschemeyer passed for 1,063 yards. Dan Edwards hauled in 42 passes for 573 yards.
Bob Hoernschemeyer carried the ball for a team-best 456 yards for the Hornets, and Johnny Clement also contributed to the rushing attack.
The ball-hawking defense manufactured 52 turnovers. Hardy Brown, Paul Patterson and George Strohmeyer each seized 3 opponent throws.
George Halas and Ray Flaherty coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Hoernschemeyer | 167 | 69 | 41.3 | 1063 | 6.4 | 6 | 3.6 | 11 | 6.6 | 0 | 47.6 |
Johnny Clement | 114 | 58 | 50.9 | 906 | 7.9 | 6 | 5.3 | 13 | 11.4 | 0 | 55.6 |
Bob Chappuis | 14 | 2 | 14.3 | 40 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
John Donaldson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Rip Collins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
George Buksar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 298 | 129 | 43.3 | 2009 | 6.7 | 12 | 4.0 | 28 | 9.4 | 0 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Hoernschemeyer | 133 | 456 | 3.4 | 0 | 2 |
Johnny Clement | 106 | 388 | 3.7 | 0 | 5 |
Rip Collins | 28 | 88 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Lewis | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 0 | 1 |
Ray Ramsey | 32 | 43 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Sweiger | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 |
George Buksar | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 |
Frank Aschenbrenner | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Chappuis | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 |
Hardy Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Walt McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Patterson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
John Donaldson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
Totals | 343 | 1078 | 3.1 | 2 | 9 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Edwards | 42 | 573 | 13.6 | 66 | 3 |
Ray Ramsey | 17 | 366 | 21.5 | 77 | 4 |
Paul Patterson | 16 | 304 | 19.0 | 0 | 4 |
Hank Foldberg | 15 | 202 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Sweiger | 11 | 126 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 |
Fay King | 9 | 88 | 9.8 | 0 | 1 |
Rip Collins | 6 | 161 | 26.8 | 0 | 0 |
Jim McCarthy | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Livingstone | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Jensen | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Aschenbrenner | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Smith | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
Hardy Brown | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Totals | 129 | 2009 | 15.6 | 77 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rip Collins | 41 | 1725 | 42.1 | 0 |
Ernie Lewis | 16 | 680 | 42.5 | 0 |
Hardy Brown | 10 | 397 | 39.7 | 0 |
Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4 | 195 | 48.8 | 0 |
Totals | 71 | 2997 | 42.2 | 0 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Livingstone | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Ramsey | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Patterson | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 20 | 222 | 11.1 | 4 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Ramsey | 14 | 407 | 29.1 | 81 | 0 |
Bob Hoernschemeyer | 14 | 373 | 26.6 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Sweiger | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Livingstone | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Aschenbrenner | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 |
Dan Edwards | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 1 |
John Donaldson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
Rip Collins | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 |
Fay King | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Ray Richeson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 44 | 1016 | 23.1 | 81 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Patterson | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 0 | 0 |
Hardy Brown | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 |
George Strohmeyer | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Ramsey | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Negus | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Sweiger | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Rip Collins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 15 | 300 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Jim McCarthy | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 39 | |||||||||
Johnny Clement | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Dan Edwards | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Paul Patterson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
Ray Ramsey | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Fay King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
George Buksar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Ernie Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Fred Negus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 |