1946 Chicago Rockets Statistics
All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 5-6-3
Finishing 4th in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Bob Dove (2-2-1)
Coach: George Halas (8-2-1)
Coach: Dick Hanley (1-1-1)
Coach: Ned Mathews (2-2-1)
Coach: Pat Boland (2-3-1)
Coach: Willie Wilkin (2-2-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1946 Chicago Rockets RosterTeam Record: 5-6-3
Finishing 4th in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Bob Dove (2-2-1)
Coach: George Halas (8-2-1)
Coach: Dick Hanley (1-1-1)
Coach: Ned Mathews (2-2-1)
Coach: Pat Boland (2-3-1)
Coach: Willie Wilkin (2-2-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1946 Chicago Rockets Results
The Chicago Rockets of the All American Football Conference ended the 1946 season with a record of 5 wins and 6 losses and 3 ties, finishing fourth in the AAFC's West Division.
Chicago scored 263 points, while the defensive squad yielded 315. Bob Hoernschemeyer ran for a team-best 375 yards for the Rockets, and Walt Clay additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Bob Hoernschemeyer threw for 1,266 yards. Elroy Hirsch paced all receivers, hauling in 27 passes for 347 yards. Ralph Heywood and Billy Hillenbrand were targeted regularly also.
Walt Clay and Elroy Hirsch each snatched 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Bob Dove, George Halas, Dick Hanley, Ned Mathews, Pat Boland and Willie Wilkin coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 193 | 95 | 49.2 | 1266 | 6.6 | 14 | 7.3 | 14 | 7.3 | 0 | 64.4 |
| Walt Williams | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 226 | 7.5 | 1 | 3.3 | 5 | 16.7 | 0 | 41.1 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 156 | 7.8 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 61.7 |
| Walt Clay | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 140 | 5.2 | 2 | 7.4 | 3 | 11.1 | 0 | 45.8 |
| Steve Nemeth | 23 | 5 | 21.7 | 68 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Ernie Lewis | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 17 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Bill Kellagher | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 38.9 |
| Bill Schroeder | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 64.6 |
| Don Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 310 | 144 | 46.5 | 1898 | 6.1 | 18 | 5.8 | 29 | 9.4 | 10 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 111 | 375 | 3.4 | 57 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 65 | 283 | 4.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 87 | 226 | 2.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Kellagher | 49 | 178 | 3.6 | 53 | 3 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 50 | 175 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Ernie Lewis | 57 | 164 | 2.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Schroeder | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Lamana | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Morris | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 21 | 19 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Ned Mathews | 12 | 15 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Griffin | 28 | 13 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Cox | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Nemeth | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Lahey | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 511 | 1559 | 3.1 | 57 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 27 | 347 | 12.9 | 68 | 3 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 21 | 315 | 15.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ralph Heywood | 20 | 287 | 14.4 | 0 | 4 |
| Pat Lahey | 17 | 203 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Quillen | 13 | 143 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Motl | 9 | 124 | 13.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Dove | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Ned Mathews | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Boedeker | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Griffin | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Morris | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Kellagher | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Lewis | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 144 | 1895 | 13.2 | 68 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Nemeth | 33 | 32 | 97.0 | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 59 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 34 | 32 | 94.1 | 12 | 9 | 75.0 | 59 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Lewis | 50 | 2085 | 41.7 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 24 | 998 | 41.6 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 11 | 484 | 44.0 | 0 |
| Steve Nemeth | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 0 |
| Ralph Heywood | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 |
| Bill Kellagher | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 |
| Walt Clay | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 |
| Totals | 91 | 3817 | 41.9 | 56 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 17 | 235 | 13.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 13 | 180 | 13.8 | 69 | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Nemeth | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pete Lamana | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 48 | 625 | 13.0 | 69 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 14 | 384 | 27.4 | 88 | 1 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 9 | 275 | 30.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 8 | 220 | 27.5 | 88 | 1 |
| Ned Mathews | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Kellagher | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Griffin | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Lewis | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Coleman | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Pete Lamana | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Lloyd Wasserbach | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Quillen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pat Lahey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 1323 | 24.5 | 88 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elroy Hirsch | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 2 | 148 | 74.0 | 97 | 1 |
| Joe Ruetz | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Mathews | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Herb Coleman | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Don Griffin | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Pete Lamana | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Quillen | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pat Lahey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Lloyd Wasserbach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 498 | 16.1 | 97 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Steve Nemeth | 0 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 59 | ||||||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||
| Ralph Heywood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Bill Kellagher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Ned Mathews | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Frank Quillen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Walt Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Pete Lamana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bill Boedeker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Bob Motl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Walt Clay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bob Dove | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 263 |
