1946 New York Yankees (AAFC) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 10-3-1 .769 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Ray Flaherty |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/24/1946 | N | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21-14 | W | Spokane, WA | Gonzaga Stadium | 15000 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1946 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 21-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 18000 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1946 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-7 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 35000 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1946 | H | Buffalo Bisons | 21-10 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 40606 | |
| Fri | 9/20/1946 | A | Chicago Rockets | 17-17 | T | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 25000 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1946 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 57084 | |
| Fri | 10/4/1946 | A | Buffalo Bisons | 21-13 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 17101 | |
| Sat | 10/12/1946 | H | Cleveland Browns | 0-7 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 34252 | |
| Sat | 10/19/1946 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21-10 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 30212 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 31-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 15000 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | H | Miami Seahawks | 24-21 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 18800 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 17-12 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 30765 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 10-9 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 18695 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | H | Chicago Rockets | 28-38 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 21270 | |
| Thu | 11/28/1946 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21-7 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 16240 | |
| Mon | 12/9/1946 | A | Miami Seahawks | 31-0 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 7090 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/22/1946 | A | Cleveland Browns | 9-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 40469 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bruce Alford | 51 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Texas Christian | 13 | 11 |
| Jack Baldwin | 21 | LOG-LDG-C-LB | 6-3 | 223 | 25 | Centenary | 9 | 3 |
| Roman Bentz | 45 | LOT-LDT-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Tulane | 13 | 3 |
| Harry Burrus | 50 | ROE-DB? | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Hardin-Simmons | 12 | 13 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 60 | BB-DB | 6-1 | 211 | 27 | Auburn | 13 | 8 |
| Mel Conger | 52 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Georgia | 8 | 0 |
| George Doherty | 33 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 218 | 26 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Hare | 66 | BB | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Gonzaga | 6 | 1 |
| Harvey Johnson | 75 | FB-LB-K | 5-11 | 212 | 27 | William & Mary | 14 | 2 |
| Nate Johnson | 43 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 244 | 26 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Karmazin | 30 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 210 | 27 | Duke | 10 | 10 |
| Bob Kennedy | 70 | TB-LDH-FB-LB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Washington State | 13 | 13 |
| Bruiser Kinard | 44 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 216 | 32 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| George Kinard | 31 | LOG-ROG-DG | 6-1 | 202 | 30 | Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| Pug Manders | 76 | FB-WB | 6-0 | 200 | 33 | Minnesota; Drake | 13 | 4 |
| Bob Masterson | 55 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 213 | 31 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 14 |
| Harley McCollum | 46 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 245 | 30 | Tulane | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Morrow | 61 | BB | 6-0 | 222 | 28 | Illinois Wesleyan | 13 | 6 |
| Derrell Palmer | 40 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Texas Christian | 13 | 0 |
| Ace Parker | 88 | TB-DB | 5-11 | 178 | 34 | Duke | 11 | 4 |
| Bob Perina | 83 | TB-DB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Princeton | 13 | 10 |
| Roman Piskor | 41 | LOG-LDG-OT-DT | 6-0 | 245 | 29 | Niagara | 11 | 7 |
| Dewey Proctor | 73 | FB-LB-WB-RDH | 5-11 | 215 | 26 | Furman | 4 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 72 | TB-DB | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 6 |
| Chuck Riffle | 35 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 212 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | 13 |
| Tom Robertson | 22 | C-LB? | 6-0 | 218 | 29 | Kansas; Louisiana State; Tulsa | 14 | 13 |
| Jack Russell | 53 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | Baylor | 13 | 6 |
| Spec Sanders | 81 | FB-LB? DB? | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | Cameron JC; Texas | 14 | 8 |
| Perry Schwartz | 57 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 199 | 31 | Sacramento CC; California | 14 | 7 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 77 | TB | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Georgia | 4 | 1 |
| Lou Sossamon | 25 | LB-C | 6-1 | 207 | 25 | South Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Hank Stanton | 56 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 200 | 26 | Arizona | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 80 | WB-DB | 6-0 | 209 | 27 | Minnesota | 13 | 13 |
| Lowell Wagner | 87 | WB-DB? | 6-0 | 194 | 23 | Southern California | 13 | 8 |
| Joe Yackanich | 32 | OG-DG | 5-10 | 205 | 24 | Fordham | 12 | 4 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 65 | 69 | 38 | 98 | 270 |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 27 | 48 | 55 | 192 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 158 | 98 | 54 | 6 | / % | / % | 65 | 558 | |
| Opponents Totals | 119 | 61 | 47 | 11 | / % | / % | 51 | 449 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Harvey Johnson | 0 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 0 | 54 |
| Ace Parker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jack Russell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Pug Manders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Eddie Prokop | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dewey Proctor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lowell Wagner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Harry Burrus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Perina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Masterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 270 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 22 | 24 | 91.7 | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 1 | 192 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Johnson | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 40 | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | |
| Bob Masterson | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 3/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 140 | 709 | 5.1 | 75t | 6 |
| Eddie Prokop | 65 | 236 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Ace Parker | 75 | 184 | 2.5 | 3 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 58 | 179 | 3.1 | 2 | |
| Pug Manders | 49 | 168 | 3.4 | 3 | |
| Bob Perina | 45 | 135 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Dewey Proctor | 23 | 76 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Harvey Johnson | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Bob Morrow | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Lowell Wagner | 15 | 29 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Harry Burrus | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 512 | 1880 | 3.7 | 75t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 449 | 1055 | 2.3 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 115 | 62 | 62 | 50 | 763 | 6.6 | 12.3 | 75 | 8 | 7.0 | 3 | 2.6 | 87.0 | |||
| Spec Sanders | 79 | 33 | 33 | 37 | 411 | 5.2 | 12.5 | 4 | 5.1 | 9 | 11.4 | 35.9 | ||||
| Bob Perina | 48 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 279 | 5.8 | 13.3 | 1 | 2.1 | 4 | 8.3 | 35.0 | ||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 5.1 | 12.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 18.4 | ||||
| Eddie Prokop | 11 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 72 | 6.5 | 18.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 59.7 | ||||
| Pug Manders | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 77.1 | |||
| Bob Kennedy | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 7.5 | 22.5 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 21.5 | |||
| Team Totals | 274 | 129 | 129 | 124 | 1645 | 6.0 | 12.8 | 75 | 13 | 4.7 | 21 | 7.7 | 50.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 252 | 123 | 123 | 113 | 1564 | 6.2 | 12.7 | 62t | 13 | 5.2 | 16 | 6.3 | 59.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Russell | 23 | 223 | 9.7 | 4 | |
| Spec Sanders | 17 | 259 | 15.2 | 3 | |
| Bruce Alford | 13 | 173 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 11 | 59 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Harry Burrus | 10 | 251 | 25.1 | 75 | 1 |
| Bob Masterson | 10 | 119 | 11.9 | 0 | |
| Lowell Wagner | 9 | 126 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 8 | 55 | 6.9 | 1 | |
| Perry Schwartz | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 0 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 25t | 1 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 28 | 1 |
| Mel Conger | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 16t | 1 |
| Hank Stanton | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Harvey Johnson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Morrow | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 129 | 1645 | 12.8 | 75 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 123 | 1564 | 12.7 | 62 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sweiger | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 50t | 1 |
| Harry Burrus | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Masterson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 266 | 16.6 | 50t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 392 | 18.7 | 97 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 33 | 1208 | 36.6 | 63 | 2 | |||||
| Ace Parker | 27 | 915 | 33.9 | 2 | ||||||
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Perina | 11 | 413 | 37.5 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Kennedy | 7 | 259 | 37.0 | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 79 | 2847 | 36.0 | 63 | 5 | 30.5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 3721 | 42.3 | 70 | 0 | 778 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 17 | 257 | 15.1 | 75t | 1 | |
| Bob Perina | 15 | 205 | 13.7 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Prokop | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 77t | 1 | |
| Ace Parker | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 0 | ||
| Lowell Wagner | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 1 | ||
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 51 | 778 | 15.3 | 77t | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 432 | 10.8 | 56 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 13 | 395 | 30.4 | 103t | 1 | |
| Lowell Wagner | 4 | 119 | 29.8 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 0 | ||
| Bob Perina | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 0 | |
| Bob Masterson | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Prokop | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ace Parker | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Pug Manders | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Perry Schwartz | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 1050 | 23.9 | 103t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 88 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 63 | 24 | 39 | 18 | 57 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 1 |
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