1947 Chicago Rockets Statistics
All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Jim Crowley (0-10)
Coach: George Halas (8-4)
Coach: Hampton Pool (1-3)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1947 Chicago Rockets RosterTeam Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Jim Crowley (0-10)
Coach: George Halas (8-4)
Coach: Hampton Pool (1-3)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1947 Chicago Rockets Results
The Chicago Rockets of the All American Football Conference ended the 1947 season with a record of 1 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the AAFC's West Division.
The Rockets scored 263 points, but the shaky defensive squad yielded 425, most in the circuit. Sam Vacanti tossed for 1,571 yards. Ray Ramsey paced all receivers, hauling in 35 passes for 768 yards.
Bill Daley ran for a team-best 447 yards for Chicago, and Ray Ramsey also aided the ground game.
Bill Kellagher intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Jim Crowley, George Halas and Hampton Pool coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Vacanti | 225 | 96 | 42.7 | 1571 | 7.0 | 16 | 7.1 | 16 | 7.1 | 0 | 60.8 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 75 | 45 | 60.0 | 556 | 7.4 | 5 | 6.7 | 7 | 9.3 | 0 | 66.3 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 143 | 6.5 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 78.4 |
| Bill Daley | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 70 | 11.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 92.4 |
| Bill Bass | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 118.8 |
| Norm Cox | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 62.5 |
| Fred Evans | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Angelo Bertelli | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | -5 | -0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 341 | 157 | 46.0 | 2358 | 6.9 | 23 | 6.7 | 26 | 7.6 | 14 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Daley | 121 | 447 | 3.7 | 0 | 4 |
| Ray Ramsey | 70 | 433 | 6.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Kellagher | 42 | 243 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 20 | 110 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 20 | 71 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 23 | 51 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ernie Lewis | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bass | 28 | 44 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Scalissi | 35 | 37 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Bertelli | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Cox | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Sam Vacanti | 11 | -9 | -0.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 401 | 1520 | 3.8 | 2 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Ramsey | 35 | 768 | 21.9 | 80 | 8 |
| Max Morris | 22 | 239 | 10.9 | 0 | 1 |
| John Harrington | 17 | 233 | 13.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Pat Lahey | 13 | 148 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Daley | 12 | 116 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 10 | 282 | 28.2 | 76 | 3 |
| Bill Bass | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Quillen | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jerry Mulready | 7 | 108 | 15.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Dove | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ted Scalissi | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Fred Evans | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Ebli | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Kellagher | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rokisky | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
| Totals | 157 | 2358 | 15.0 | 80 | 23 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Rokisky | 35 | 33 | 94.3 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 45 |
| Angelo Bertelli | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 35 | 33 | 94.3 | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 45 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Lewis | 65 | 2549 | 39.2 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 |
| Totals | 67 | 2622 | 39.1 | 0 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Ramsey | 11 | 131 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bass | 10 | 85 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Scalissi | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Daley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 289 | 10.3 | 3 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Ramsey | 16 | 406 | 25.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bass | 12 | 264 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Scalissi | 8 | 171 | 21.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 8 | 159 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Daley | 7 | 145 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Lahey | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Dove | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Max Morris | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Harley McCollum | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Kuzman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 69 | 1483 | 21.5 | 16 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kellagher | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Ramsey | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Bass | 2 | 104 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Agase | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Fran Mattingly | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 400 | 21.1 | 4 | 3 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ray Ramsey | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||
| John Rokisky | 0 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 45 | |||||||||
| Bill Daley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Bill Schroeder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| John Harrington | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Max Morris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Bill Bass | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Ted Scalissi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bob Dove | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ray Ebli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Fred Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Sam Vacanti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Frank Quillen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 261 |
