The 1949 Chicago Hornets season was their fourth and final season in the All-America Football Conference. The team improved on their previous output of 1–13, winning four games.1949 Chicago Rockets Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs and the team folded with the league.

Exhibition games Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Sources 1 August 14 at Cleveland Browns L 0–21 0–1 Glass Bowl 2 at Bay City All-Stars W 48–2 1–1 Central High School Stadium 3 October 16 at Knoxville Rebels W 28–3 2–1 Evans-Collins Field

Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 Buffalo Bills W 17–14 1–0 Soldier Field 23,800 Recap 2 September 4 at San Francisco 49ers L 7–42 1–1 Kezar Stadium 28,311 Recap 3 at Los Angeles Dons W 23–21 2–1 L.A. Memorial Coliseum 30,193 Recap 4 Baltimore Colts W 35–7 3–1 Soldier Field 18,483 Recap — Bye 5 San Francisco 49ers L 24–42 3–2 Soldier Field 31,561 Recap 6 New York Yankees L 24–38 3–3 Soldier Field 17,098 Recap — Bye 7 October 23 at Baltimore Colts W 17–7 4–3 Memorial Stadium 23,107 Recap 8 Los Angeles Dons L 14–24 4–4 Soldier Field 11,249 Recap 9 November 6, 1949 at Cleveland Browns L 2–35 4–5 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 16,506 Recap 10 November 13 at New York Yankees L 10–14 4–6 Yankee Stadium 9,091 Recap 11 November 20 at Buffalo Bills L 0–10 4–7 Civic Stadium 18,494 Recap 12 November 24 Cleveland Browns L 6–14 4–8 Soldier Field 5,031 Recap

Division standings

Roster 1949 Chicago Hornets final roster Backs Hardy Brown S/FB George Buksar FB/LB Bob Chappuis RB Johnny Clement RB Rip Collins RB/P John Donaldson CB/RB Bob Hoernschemeyer RB Walt McDonald S/FB Paul Patterson CB/RB Ray Ramsey RB/CB Bob Sweiger RB

Receivers Dan Edwards DE Hank Foldberg DE Linemen/Linebackers Jim Bailey MG Paul Cleary DE Johnny Clowes DT Ziggy Czarobski T/DT Ted Hazelwood T/DT Bob Heck DE Bob Jensen DE/WR Nate Johnson DT Jim McCarthy DE/WR/K Fred Negus LB/C Homer Paine T/DT Jim Pearcy G John Rapacz LB/C Ray Richeson MG/G Herb St. John G/MG George Strohmeyer LB Marty Wendell G/LB

Rookies in italics

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