1948 Chicago Rockets Statistics
All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: George Halas (10-2)
Coach: Ed McKeever (1-13)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1948 Chicago Rockets RosterTeam Record: 1-13
Finishing 4th in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: George Halas (10-2)
Coach: Ed McKeever (1-13)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1948 Chicago Rockets Results
The Chicago Rockets of the All American Football Conference ended the 1948 season with a record of 1 wins and 13 losses, finishing fourth in the AAFC's West Division.
Chicago managed just 202 points, worst in the league, while the leaky defense gave up 439, most in the circuit. Eddie Prokop ran for a team-best 266 yards for the Rockets, and Jim Mello additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Jesse Freitas passed for 1,425 yards. Fay King paced the receiving corps, hauling in 50 passes for 647 yards.
Bob Perina picked off 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
George Halas and Ed McKeever coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Freitas | 167 | 84 | 50.3 | 1425 | 8.5 | 14 | 8.4 | 16 | 9.6 | 0 | 67.9 |
| Sam Vacanti | 116 | 47 | 40.5 | 633 | 5.5 | 2 | 1.7 | 15 | 12.9 | 0 | 24.7 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 136 | 9.1 | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 6.7 | 60 | 76.7 |
| Angelo Bertelli | 32 | 7 | 21.9 | 60 | 1.9 | 1 | 3.1 | 3 | 9.4 | 0 | 10.9 |
| Tom Farris | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 24 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 2.8 |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 116.7 |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 341 | 146 | 42.8 | 2290 | 6.7 | 19 | 5.6 | 38 | 11.1 | 60 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Prokop | 54 | 266 | 4.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Mello | 50 | 243 | 4.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Dewey Proctor | 47 | 190 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Julie Rykovich | 53 | 176 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 43 | 174 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Livingstone | 55 | 174 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Floyd Simmons | 36 | 121 | 3.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Kellagher | 33 | 97 | 2.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 23 | 93 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Lewis | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Freitas | 24 | 25 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Juzwik | 13 | 19 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Vacanti | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Farris | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Bertelli | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 479 | 1701 | 3.6 | 0 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fay King | 50 | 647 | 12.9 | 0 | 7 |
| Bob Jensen | 20 | 276 | 13.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Kuffel | 19 | 365 | 19.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Livingstone | 15 | 240 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Prokop | 7 | 223 | 31.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Julie Rykovich | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Mello | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McCarthy | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Floyd Simmons | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Burrus | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Juzwik | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 146 | 2290 | 15.7 | 19 | 19 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McCarthy | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 27 |
| Steve Juzwik | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 5 | |||
| Harry Burrus | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 2 | |||
| Farnham Johnson | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | |||
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 31 | 30 | 96.8 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 36 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Lewis | 60 | 2680 | 44.7 | 0 |
| Totals | 60 | 2680 | 44.7 | 0 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Fenenbock | 17 | 169 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Livingstone | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 348 | 10.9 | 23 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Prokop | 15 | 323 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 14 | 311 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Livingstone | 9 | 211 | 23.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 4 | 81 | 20.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Floyd Simmons | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Kellagher | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Mello | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Kuffel | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Fay King | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Jensen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 60 | 1265 | 21.1 | 16 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Perina | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Negus | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Gasper Urban | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Emil Uremovich | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Lamana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 247 | 13.0 | 5 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Fay King | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Jim McCarthy | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Ray Kuffel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Sam Vacanti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bob Livingstone | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Floyd Simmons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Fred Negus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bob Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Mello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bill Kellagher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Steve Juzwik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Harry Burrus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Farnham Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 |
