1949 Figment CFC Chicago Comets Season Summary - Final
Record (4-8)
Wk Result Opponent
1 L 7-38 Buffalo
2 L 7-42 at San Francisco
3 L 0-55 at Los Angeles
4 L 7-28 New Orleans
6 L 9-14 San Francisco
7 W 17-14 New York
9 L 21-49 at New Orleans
10 W 17-14 Los Angeles
11 W 28-14 at Kansas City
12 L 7-21 at New York
13 W 19-14 at Buffalo
14 L 14-21 Kansas City
Team Statistics
Comets Opp.
Total First Downs 155 268
Rushing 52 147
Passing 83 105
Penalty 19 16
Third Down: Made/Att 41-149 71-153
Third Down Pct. 27.5 46.4
Fourth Down: Made/Att 6-17 11-20
Fourth Down Pct. 35.3 55.0
Red Zone: Made/Att 15-27 33-48
Red Zone Pct. 55.6 68.8
Total Net Yards 2798 4984
Avg.Per Game 233.2 415.3
Total Plays 720 849
Avg.Per Play 3.9 5.9
Net Yards Rushing 1264 2911
Avg.Per Game 105.3 242.6
Total Rushes 358 577
Net Yards Passing 1534 2073
Avg.Per Game 127.8 172.8
Sacked-Yds Lost 31-242 20-141
Att-Completions 331-128 252-134
Completion Pct. 38.7 53.2
Had Intercepted 26 19
Punts-Avg. 77-43.1 56-43.7
Net Punting Avg. 37.0 39.8
Penalties-Yards Lost 63-584 89-785
Fumbles-Ball Lost 29-16 48-34
Touchdowns 21 46
Rushing 4 31
Passing 14 13
Returns 3 2
Total Pts. 153 324
Avg. Time of Poss. 27:25 32:36
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PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
Mecham 199 75 37.7 1,074 80 12 10 22 164 55.1
Mellette 131 53 40.5 702 55 2 16 9 78 23.6
Sandy 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39.6
Comets 331 128 38.7 1,776 80 14 26 31 242 38.0
Opponents 252 134 53.2 2,214 66 13 19 20 141 68.8
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
Brown 0 1 0 18 3 0 33
Breig 0 4 1 0 0 0 30
R.Hamilton 0 4 0 0 0 0 24
Mellette 3 0 0 0 0 0 18
Stuart 0 2 0 0 0 0 12
Gaffney 0 2 0 0 0 0 12
Sandy 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Mecham 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Rice 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Barhite 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Comets 4 14 3 18 3 0 153
Opponents 31 13 2 45 1 0 324
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
Brown 0/0 2/6 0/2 1/4 0/0
Comets 0/0 2/6 0/2 1/4 0/0
Opponents 1/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
Mecham 146 563 3.9 27 1
Mellette 102 400 3.9 28 3
Sandy 48 164 3.4 18 0
Sellers 10 52 5.2 9 0
Breig 30 40 1.3 9 0
Rollins 8 31 3.9 9 0
Gaffney 4 8 2.0 6 0
Bacon 9 7 0.8 3 0
D.Carroll 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Comets 358 1,264 3.5 28 4
Opponents 577 2,911 5.0 49 31
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
R.Hamilton 39 532 13.6 45 4
D.Carroll 21 219 10.4 23 0
Stuart 16 218 13.6 35 2
Gaffney 16 258 16.1 42 2
Breig 15 323 21.5 80 4
Brown 7 89 12.7 27 1
Sandy 5 77 15.4 34 1
Rollins 4 12 3.0 7 0
D.Hunter 4 40 10.0 16 0
Faria 1 8 8.0 8 0
Comets 128 1,776 13.9 80 14
Opponents 134 2,214 16.5 66 13
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
Breig 16 6 127 7.9 23 0
Sauser 1 0 19 19.0 19 0
Gaffney 9 1 70 7.8 11 0
Comets 26 7 216 8.3 23 0
Opponents 44 11 463 10.5 26 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
Mecham 13 375 28.8 60 0
Breig 24 593 24.7 45 0
D.Carroll 8 131 16.4 26 0
Sauser 2 25 12.5 15 0
Comets 47 1,124 23.9 60 0
Opponents 26 591 22.7 42 0
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
Sandy 59 2,544 43.1 16 61
Sellers 18 771 42.8 7 50
Comets 77 3,315 43.1 23 61
Opponents 56 2,445 43.7 14 59
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Long TD
Rice 5 70 36 1
McKee 4 97 62 0
Hotchkiss 4 15 9 0
Sandy 2 10 8 0
Breig 2 105 78 1
Gaffney 2 82 42 0
Comets 19 379 78 2
Opponents 26 310 44 2
SACKS No Yds SAF
Comets 20 141 0
Opponents 31 242 0