1947 Figment CFC Chicago Comets Season Summary - Final
Record (4-10)
Wk Result Opponent
1 L 14-20 LA Lobos
2 W 45-41 at NY Gothams
3 L 7-41 at Buffalo
4 W 34-28 Buffalo
5 L 14-34 Kansas City
6 W 19-0 Brooklyn
7 W 38-14 at San Francisco
8 L 7-42 at Kansas City
9 L 7-37 NY Gothams
10 L 14-20 at Brooklyn
11 L 7-21 New Orleans
13 L 5-14 San Francisco
14 L 7-21 at New Orleans
15 L 3-38 at LA Lobos
Team Statistics
Comets Opp.
Total First Downs 229 225
Rushing 89 124
Passing 116 86
Penalty 24 15
Third Down: Made/Att 67-183 85-191
Third Down Pct. 36.6 44.5
Fourth Down: Made/Att 7-20 7-13
Fourth Down Pct. 35.0 53.8
Red Zone: Made/Att 29-45 37-53
Red Zone Pct. 64.4 69.8
Total Net Yards 4074 4307
Avg.Per Game 291.0 307.6
Total Plays 922 882
Avg.Per Play 4.4 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 1815 2686
Avg.Per Game 129.6 191.9
Total Rushes 479 585
Net Yards Passing 2259 1621
Avg.Per Game 161.4 115.8
Sacked-Yds Lost 37-251 31-211
Att-Completions 406-191 266-124
Completion Pct. 47.0 46.6
Had Intercepted 27 15
Punts-Avg. 77-39.6 76-43.2
Net Punting Avg. 33.8 38.1
Penalties-Yards Lost 69-588 103-795
Fumbles-Ball Lost 57-32 46-29
Touchdowns 29 49
Rushing 13 25
Passing 14 15
Returns 2 9
Total Pts. 221 371
Avg. Time of Poss. 29:16 30:44
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PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
Walker 275 126 45.8 1,791 54 9 17 31 211 52.6
Mecham 31 14 45.2 230 43 1 0 0 0 81.4
Hendershot 7 3 42.9 59 22 0 0 0 0 72.9
Ransdell 93 48 51.6 430 38 4 10 6 40 39.1
Comets 406 191 47.0 2,510 54 14 27 37 251 50.8
Opponents 266 124 46.6 1,832 80 15 15 31 211 64.9
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
Proffit 0 0 0 28 5 0 43
Hendershot 4 1 1 0 0 0 36
Breig 1 4 0 0 0 0 30
J.Smith 1 1 1 0 0 0 18
Mathews 0 3 0 0 0 0 18
Dutton 2 0 0 0 0 0 12
Sellers 2 0 0 0 0 0 12
Widmer 0 2 0 0 0 0 12
Whitney 2 0 0 0 0 0 12
Arnone 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Morris 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Ransdell 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
B.Ray 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Comets 13 14 2 28 5 2 221
Opponents 25 15 9 47 10 0 371
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
Proffit 1/1 3/3 0/2 1/2 0/0
Comets 1/1 3/3 0/2 1/2 0/0
Opponents 2/2 2/3 4/7 2/2 0/0
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
Hendershot 150 609 4.1 36 4
Breig 77 410 5.3 46 1
Dutton 55 289 5.3 60 2
Ransdell 20 110 5.5 19 1
Whitney 17 98 5.8 57 2
Snodgrass 49 92 1.9 11 0
B.Ray 31 52 1.7 9 0
Sellers 14 50 3.6 19 2
Morris 32 38 1.2 11 0
Walker 22 33 1.5 7 0
Mecham 8 18 2.3 6 0
J.Smith 4 16 4.0 6 1
Comets 479 1,815 3.8 60 13
Opponents 585 2,686 4.6 50 25
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
Breig 46 716 15.6 43 4
Widmer 27 302 11.2 29 2
Hendershot 23 211 9.2 19 1
Arnone 21 276 13.1 27 1
Mathews 20 269 13.5 31 3
Morris 8 75 9.4 30 1
Richardson 7 107 15.3 25 0
J.Smith 7 60 8.6 17 1
B.Ray 7 117 16.7 37 1
Evans 7 163 23.3 54 0
Proffit 6 76 12.7 34 0
Snodgrass 5 65 13.0 32 0
Whitney 4 60 15.0 22 0
Dutton 2 4 2.0 2 0
Jensen 1 9 9.0 9 0
Comets 191 2,510 13.1 54 14
Opponents 124 1,832 14.8 80 15
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
Breig 23 5 241 10.5 48 0
Morris 13 3 146 11.2 29 0
Comets 36 8 387 10.8 48 0
Opponents 32 18 444 13.9 47 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
Morris 16 387 24.2 33 0
Breig 19 425 22.4 53 0
Hendershot 10 283 28.3 92 1
Whitney 5 112 22.4 29 0
B.Ray 4 87 21.8 28 0
Comets 54 1,294 24.0 92 1
Opponents 41 1,086 26.5 95 2
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
Sellers 72 2,883 40.0 30 58
Whitney 5 167 33.4 1 41
Comets 77 3,050 39.6 31 58
Opponents 76 3,281 43.2 25 58
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Long TD
Dutton 8 121 68 0
J.Smith 6 122 54 1
Breig 1 6 6 0
Comets 15 249 68 1
Opponents 27 496 61 2
SACKS No Yds SAF
Comets 31 211 2
Opponents 37 251 0