1947 New York Yankees (AAFC) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 11-2-1 .846 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Ray Flaherty |
| Jim Barber | Line |
| Red Strader | Backfield |
| Jack White | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 8/18/1947 | N | Buffalo Bills | 29-7 | W | Newark, NJ | Ruppert Stadium | 11004 | |
| Sun | 8/31/1947 | A | Buffalo Bills | 24-28 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 32385 | |
| Fri | 9/5/1947 | H | Chicago Rockets | 48-26 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 36777 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1947 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 30-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 82675 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1947 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-16 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 52819 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1947 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-7 | W | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 51583 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | A | Cleveland Browns | 17-26 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80067 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 31-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 21882 | |
| Fri | 10/24/1947 | A | Chicago Rockets | 28-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 20310 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | H | Baltimore Colts | 35-21 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 21714 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-16 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 37342 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 16-13 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 37625 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | H | Cleveland Browns | 28-28 | T | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 70060 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1947 | H | Buffalo Bills | 35-13 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 39012 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 20-17 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 14166 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/14/1947 | H | Cleveland Browns | 3-14 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 60103 | |
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 | 26 | Texas Christian | 13 | 13 |
| Jack Baldwin | 21 | C | 6-3 | 223 | 26 | Centenary | 2 | 0 |
| Dick Barwegen | 31 | ROG-LDG | 6-1 | 227 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Roman Bentz | 33 | LOG-RDG | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Tulane | 13 | 13 |
| Harry Burrus | 83 | WB-LDH | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Hardin-Simmons | 14 | 14 |
| Fred Cardinal | 66 | LB | 5-11 | 220 | 22 | Notre Dame; Baldwin-Wallace | 1 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 60 | WB-LLB | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Van Davis | 55 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Georgia | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Duke | 21 | C | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Durishan | 41 | LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 228 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 1 |
| Chuck Elliott | 45 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Oregon | 10 | 0 |
| Ed Grain | 37 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Pennsylvania | 2 | 0 |
| Harvey Johnson | 61 | K-LB | 5-11 | 212 | 28 | William & Mary | 14 | 0 |
| Nate Johnson | 43 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 244 | 27 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Kennedy | 70 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Washington State | 14 | 1 |
| Bruiser Kinard | 44 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 216 | 33 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Roy Kurrasch | 57 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | UCLA | 10 | 0 |
| Ted Ossowski | 46 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 218 | 25 | Oregon State; Southern California; Oregon State | 3 | 0 |
| Derrell Palmer | 40 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Texas Christian | 14 | 11 |
| Ollie Poole | 52 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 220 | 25 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Mississippi | 6 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 73 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 215 | 27 | Furman | 11 | 1 |
| Eddie Prokop | 72 | FB-DB | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 5 |
| Ben Raimondi | 88 | HB | 5-9 | 175 | 22 | William & Mary; Indiana | 7 | 0 |
| Chuck Riffle | 35 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 212 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 1 |
| Harmon Rowe | 74 | RDH | 6-0 | 182 | 24 | Baylor; San Francisco | 10 | 10 |
| Roy Ruskusky | 50 | RDE-ROE? | 6-3 | 200 | 26 | St. Mary's (California) | 11 | 1 |
| Jack Russell | 53 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| Spec Sanders | 81 | TB-DB | 6-1 | 196 | 29 | Cameron JC; Texas | 14 | 13 |
| Vic Schleich | 42 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 240 | 27 | Nebraska | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Sharkey | 30 | OG-DG | 6-3 | 229 | 20 | Duke; Nevada-Reno | 9 | 0 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 77 | TB | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Georgia | 3 | 1 |
| Lou Sossamon | 25 | C | 6-1 | 207 | 26 | South Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Hank Stanton | 56 | DE | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Arizona | 8 | 0 |
| Ralph Stewart | 22 | C | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | Missouri; Notre Dame; Missouri | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 80 | BB-S | 6-0 | 209 | 28 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Sylvester | 75 | HB | 6-0 | 183 | 25 | Temple | 8 | 0 |
| Lowell Wagner | 87 | WB | 6-0 | 194 | 24 | Southern California | 8 | 3 |
| Joe Yackanich | 32 | OG-DG | 5-10 | 205 | 25 | Fordham | 14 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 76 | FB | 5-4 | 173 | 21 | Illinois | 14 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| Special Selection | Charley Trippi | B | Georgia | |
| Special Selection | Buddy Young | B | Illinois | |
| 1 | 7 | Ben Raimondi | B | Indiana |
| 2 | 15 | Monte Moncrief | T | Texas A&M |
| 3 | 23 | Bill Collins | G | Texas |
| 4 | 31 | Joe Tereshinski | E | Georgia |
| 5 | 39 | Jack Durishan | T | Pittsburgh |
| 6 | 47 | Walt Dropo | E | Connecticut |
| 7 | 55 | Roland Nabors | C | Texas Tech |
| 8 | 63 | George Strohmeyer | C | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 71 | Ted Ossowski | T | Oregon State |
| 10 | 79 | Dick Werder | G | Georgetown (DC) |
| 11 | 87 | Bill Healy | G | Georgia Tech |
| 12 | 95 | Ed Sikorski | B | Muhlenberg |
| 13 | 103 | Bill Miklich | B | Idaho |
| 14 | 111 | Chuck Elliott | T | Oregon |
| 15 | 119 | Ed Grain | G | Pennsylvania |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 123 | 82 | 105 | 68 | 378 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 95 | 64 | 44 | 239 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 187 | 120 | 54 | 13 | / % | / % | 67 | 522 | |
| Opponents Totals | 140 | 67 | 60 | 13 | / % | / % | 54 | 382 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | ||
| Harvey Johnson | 0 | 49 | 51 | 96.1 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 0 | 70 |
| Bruce Alford | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Buddy Young | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Eddie Prokop | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jack Russell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Harry Burrus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lloyd Cheatham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Sweiger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lou Sossamon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Derrell Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 51 | 49 | 51 | 96.1 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 1 | 378 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 26 | 32 | 81.3 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 0 | 239 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Johnson | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 42 | 2/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 2/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 2/ | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 231 | 1432 | 6.2 | 70t | 18 |
| Buddy Young | 116 | 712 | 6.1 | 3 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 76 | 324 | 4.3 | 52t | 4 |
| Bob Kennedy | 44 | 258 | 5.9 | 78t | 1 |
| Johnny Sylvester | 17 | 101 | 5.9 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 16 | 33 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Dewey Proctor | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Ben Raimondi | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Harry Burrus | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Harmon Rowe | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 534 | 2930 | 5.5 | 78t | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 371 | 1237 | 3.3 | 52 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 171 | 93 | 93 | 61 | 1442 | 8.4 | 15.5 | 55 | 14 | 8.2 | 17 | 9.9 | 70.2 | |||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 93 | 6.2 | 11.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 72.4 | ||||
| Eddie Prokop | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 137 | 17.1 | 34.3 | 70t | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 95.8 | |||
| Ben Raimondi | 15 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 54 | 3.6 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42.1 | |||
| Bob Kennedy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 18.7 | 28.0 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 109.7 | |||
| Buddy Young | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 70.8 | |||
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Johnny Sylvester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 216 | 111 | 111 | 87 | 1795 | 8.3 | 16.2 | 70t | 16 | 7.4 | 18 | 8.3 | 32 | 375 | 1420 | 69.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 304 | 144 | 144 | 143 | 1910 | 6.3 | 13.3 | 82 | 17 | 5.6 | 17 | 5.6 | 39 | 345 | 1565 | 63.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 27 | 303 | 11.2 | 50t | 2 |
| Bruce Alford | 20 | 298 | 14.9 | 52t | 5 |
| Jack Russell | 20 | 368 | 18.4 | 2 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 11 | 108 | 9.8 | 1 | |
| Harry Burrus | 8 | 192 | 24.0 | 2 | |
| Van Davis | 8 | 179 | 22.4 | 55 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 4 | 124 | 31.0 | 70t | 2 |
| Lowell Wagner | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 1 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 43 | 1 |
| Roy Kurrasch | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Ollie Poole | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Johnny Sylvester | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 111 | 1795 | 16.2 | 70t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 144 | 1910 | 13.3 | 82 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Harmon Rowe | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Harry Burrus | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Roy Ruskusky | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 342 | 20.1 | 46 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 237 | 13.2 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 46 | 1938 | 42.1 | 84 | 2 | |||||
| Johnny Sylvester | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | |||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 47 | 1 | |||||
| Bob Kennedy | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 3 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 55 | 2199 | 40.0 | 84 | 6 | 31.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 77 | 7 | 489 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 6 | 164 | 27.3 | 57 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 53 | 1 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sylvester | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 | |
| Ollie Poole | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 489 | 15.3 | 57 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 473 | 12.1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 22 | 593 | 27.0 | 98t | 1 | |
| Buddy Young | 12 | 332 | 27.7 | 95t | 1 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 7 | 188 | 26.9 | 54 | 0 | |
| Bruce Alford | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 79t | 1 | |
| Jack Russell | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Sylvester | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Harmon Rowe | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Van Davis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Jack Durishan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 53 | 1351 | 25.5 | 98t | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 50 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Russell | 1 | ||||||
| Lou Sossamon | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 45 | 17 | 28 | 12 | 40 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 1 |
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