1948 New York Yankees (AAFC) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Ray Flaherty (1-3-0); Red Strader (5-5-0) |
| Jim Barber | Line |
| Mike Pecarovich | Assistant Coach |
| Red Strader | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 8/12/1948 | N | Buffalo Bills | 28-28 | T | Newark, NJ | Ruppert Stadium | 7500 | |
| Wed | 8/18/1948 | H | Chicago Rockets | 35-27 | W | Freeport, NY | Muncipal Stadium | 10061 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1948 | N | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-7 | W | Boston, MA | Braves Field | 14101 | |
| Fri | 8/27/1948 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21-3 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 16411 | |
| Sun | 9/5/1948 | A | Baltimore Colts | 28-45 | L | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 31800 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1948 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 0-41 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 60927 | |
| Thu | 9/16/1948 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-27 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 18959 | |
| Wed | 9/29/1948 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 10-20 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 35655 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1948 | A | Buffalo Bills | 14-13 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 18825 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1948 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 7-21 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 29743 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-35 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 46912 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1948 | H | Chicago Rockets | 42-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 13239 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 38-6 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 17386 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 17642 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | H | Cleveland Browns | 21-34 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 49981 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1948 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-35 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 18376 | |
| Sat | 12/4/1948 | A | Chicago Rockets | 28-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 4930 | |
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 | 51/54 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Balatti | 58 | LDE-RDE-LOE-ROE | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | none | 3 | 0 |
| Roman Bentz | 33 | LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Tulane | 4 | 3 |
| Carl Butkus | 45 | LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 245 | 26 | George Washington | 4 | 1 |
| Tom Casey | 85 | TB-DB | 5-11 | 175 | 24 | Hampton | 11 | 1 |
| Bill Chambers | 43 | ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Georgia Tech; Alabama; UCLA | 13 | 4 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 60 | BB | 6-1 | 211 | 29 | Auburn | 12 | 10 |
| Paul Cleary | 57 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 196 | 26 | Rancho Santiago JC; Southern California | 13 | 0 |
| Denver Crawford | 38 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Tennessee | 8 | 6 |
| Bill Daley | 73 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | DePaul; Minnesota; Michigan; Columbia | 7 | 0 |
| Van Davis | 55 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Georgia | 13 | 4 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 88 | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 182 | 27 | Cornell | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Garzoni | 33 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 218 | 25 | Fresno State; Southern California | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson Greene | 41 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Tulsa | 14 | 9 |
| Duke Iversen | 66 | BB-S | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | Oregon | 10 | 1 |
| Glenn Johnson | 45 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 263 | 26 | Arizona State | 9 | 0 |
| Harvey Johnson | 61 | K | 5-11 | 212 | 29 | William & Mary | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 70 | FB-LB-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Washington State | 14 | 3 |
| Clayton Lane | 46 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 215 | 26 | New Hampshire | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Layden | 84 | TB-LDH-BB-S | 5-11 | 192 | 29 | Texas | 9 | 4 |
| Joe Magliolo | 62 | S | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | Texas | 12 | 0 |
| Don McDonald | 58 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Mitchell | 46 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 |
| Roland Nabors | 23 | C-LB | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Texas Tech | 8 | 0 |
| Derrell Palmer | 40 | LOT-LDTR-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Texas Christian | 14 | 10 |
| Howie Parker | 66 | BB | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Southern Methodist | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Perantoni | 20 | C | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Princeton | 14 | 3 |
| Chuck Riffle | 35 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 212 | 30 | Notre Dame | 14 | 4 |
| John Rokisky | 58 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 202 | 29 | Duquesne | 6 | 0 |
| Harmon Rowe | 90/74 | WB-RDH-FB-LB | 6-0 | 182 | 25 | Baylor; San Francisco | 12 | 8 |
| Jack Russell | 53 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 215 | 29 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| Spec Sanders | 81 | TB-LDH | 6-1 | 196 | 30 | Cameron JC; Texas | 13 | 9 |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 56 | LDE-LOE | 6-2 | 185 | 25 | Kansas | 14 | 11 |
| Bud Schwenk | 88/84 | TB | 6-2 | 201 | 31 | Washington-St. Louis | 7 | 0 |
| Ed Sharkey | 30 | ROG-RDG | 6-3 | 229 | 21 | Duke; Nevada-Reno | 10 | 1 |
| Marion Shirley | 42 | LOG-LDG-LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 260 | 26 | Oklahoma State; Oklahoma City | 13 | 1 |
| Steve Sieradzki | 77 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 194 | 24 | Michigan State | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Signaigo | 31 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Lou Sossamon | 25 | C-LB | 6-1 | 207 | 27 | South Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Ralph Stewart | 22 | C | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Missouri; Notre Dame; Missouri | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 80 | WB-BB | 6-0 | 209 | 29 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Lowell Tew | 83 | FB-WB | 5-11 | 180 | 21 | Alabama | 14 | 1 |
| Lowell Wagner | 87 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 194 | 25 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Arnie Weinmeister | 44 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 235 | 25 | Washington | 14 | 7 |
| Dick Werder | 37 | LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 210 | 26 | Georgetown (DC) | 3 | 1 |
| Joe Yackanich | 33 | OG-DG | 5-10 | 205 | 26 | Fordham | 1 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 76 | FB | 5-4 | 173 | 22 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Lowell Tew | B | Alabama |
| 3 | 17 | Otto Schnellbacher | E | Kansas |
| 7 | 40 | Pete Stout | B | Texas Christian |
| 9 | 52 | Barney Poole | E | Mississippi |
| 11 | 64 | Jack Weisenburger | B | Michigan |
| 12 | 72 | Bob Hendren | T | Southern California |
| 13 | 80 | Dick Ottele | B | Washington |
| 14 | 88 | Dick McKissack | B | Southern Methodist |
| 15 | 96 | Joe Magliolo | B | Texas |
| 16 | 104 | Bob Ramsey | B | Southern Methodist |
| 17 | 112 | Charlie Wright | E | Texas A&M |
| 18 | 120 | Marion Shirley | T | Oklahoma City |
| 19 | 128 | Tom Landry | B | Texas |
| 20 | 136 | Bobby Forbes | B | Florida |
| 21 | 144 | Carl Russ | B | Rice |
| 22 | 152 | Fred Enke | B | Arizona |
| 23 | 160 | John Cunningham | E | California |
| 24 | 168 | Nick Ognovich | B | Wake Forest |
| 25 | 176 | Mike Zeleznak | B | Kansas State |
| 26 | 184 | John Panelli | B | Notre Dame |
| 27 | 192 | Jug Girard | B | Wisconsin |
| 28 | 200 | Rip Collins | B | Louisiana State |
| 29 | 208 | Frank Nelson | B | Utah |
| 30 | 216 | Bill Clements | E | UCLA |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28 | 84 | 66 | 87 | 265 |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 92 | 56 | 91 | 301 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 178 | 93 | 70 | 15 | / % | / % | 84 | 690 | |
| Opponents Totals | 192 | 94 | 85 | 13 | / % | / % | 89 | 733 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Harvey Johnson | 0 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 43 |
| Jack Russell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Lowell Tew | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Buddy Young | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bruce Alford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Pete Layden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tom Casey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Daley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Van Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 265 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 37 | 41 | 90.2 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 301 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Johnson | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 41 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 3/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 169 | 759 | 4.5 | 60t | 9 |
| Pete Layden | 95 | 576 | 6.1 | 3 | |
| Buddy Young | 70 | 245 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Bill Daley | 40 | 102 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Lowell Tew | 24 | 95 | 4.0 | 5 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 33 | 90 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| Tom Casey | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Al Dekdebrun | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Bud Schwenk | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 464 | 1977 | 4.3 | 60 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 467 | 2015 | 4.3 | 61 | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 168 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 918 | 5.5 | 11.8 | 57 | 5 | 3.0 | 11 | 6.5 | 46.2 | |||
| Pete Layden | 105 | 43 | 43 | 54 | 816 | 7.8 | 19.0 | 70t | 9 | 8.6 | 8 | 7.6 | 65.4 | |||
| Al Dekdebrun | 20 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 149 | 7.5 | 14.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 35.2 | ||||
| Bud Schwenk | 17 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 3.1 | 8.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 17.6 | 4.7 | ||||
| Tom Casey | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 6.2 | 15.5 | 25 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 100.8 | |||
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 316 | 139 | 139 | 153 | 1966 | 6.2 | 14.1 | 70t | 15 | 4.7 | 24 | 7.6 | 48.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 341 | 160 | 160 | 154 | 2767 | 8.1 | 17.3 | 80t | 19 | 5.6 | 27 | 7.9 | 60.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Alford | 32 | 578 | 18.1 | 57 | 3 |
| Jack Russell | 23 | 433 | 18.8 | 70t | 6 |
| Buddy Young | 21 | 259 | 12.3 | 4 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 12 | 129 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Lowell Tew | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 50 | 0 |
| Lowell Wagner | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 54t | 1 |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Van Davis | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 15t | 1 |
| Paul Cleary | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Daley | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Duke Iversen | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Don McDonald | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Howie Parker | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Harvey Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 139 | 1966 | 14.1 | 70t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 160 | 2767 | 17.3 | 80 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Schnellbacher | 11 | 239 | 21.7 | 51 | 1 |
| Bob Kennedy | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Pete Layden | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Al Dekdebrun | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Magliolo | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chuck Riffle | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Roland Nabors | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Van Davis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Duke Iversen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 461 | 17.1 | 51 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 341 | 14.2 | 56 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 42 | 1707 | 40.6 | 0 | ||||||
| Pete Layden | 21 | 884 | 42.1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Daley | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Casey | 6 | 242 | 40.3 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Kennedy | 7 | 237 | 33.9 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 77 | 3111 | 40.4 | 0 | 566 | 33.1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 66 | 1 | 515 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Casey | 9 | 229 | 25.4 | 94t | 1 | |
| Spec Sanders | 13 | 128 | 9.8 | 0 | ||
| Pete Layden | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 0 | ||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Al Dekdebrun | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Harmon Rowe | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 515 | 13.2 | 94t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 566 | 11.8 | 88 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 12 | 303 | 25.3 | 61 | 0 | |
| Spec Sanders | 9 | 217 | 24.1 | 73 | 0 | |
| Pete Layden | 8 | 211 | 26.4 | 56 | 0 | |
| Tom Casey | 7 | 170 | 24.3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Daley | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Lowell Tew | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Al Dekdebrun | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Paul Cleary | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 1128 | 23.0 | 73 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 58 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 35 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 2 |
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