1950 New York Yanks (NFL)

3rd place National Conference 7-5-0 .583

Shelby Calhoun	Assistant Coach
Jack White	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/12/1950	N	Chicago Bears	33-34	L	Omaha, NE	Municipal Stadium	10144
Sat	8/19/1950	N	Chicago Cardinals	23-10	W	Des Moines, IA	Drake Stadium	12000
Mon	9/4/1950	N	Baltimore Colts	42-17	W	Shreveport, LA	Independence Stadium	22500
Thu	9/7/1950	N	Washington Redskins	7-24	L	Kansas City, MO	Blues Stadium	13121
Sun	9/17/1950	A	San Francisco 49ers	21-17	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	29992
Fri	9/22/1950	A	Los Angeles Rams	28-45	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	23768
Fri	9/29/1950	H	Detroit Lions	44-21	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	11096
Sun	10/8/1950	A	Green Bay Packers	44-31	W	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	23871
Thu	10/12/1950	H	San Francisco 49ers	29-24	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	5740
Thu	10/19/1950	H	Green Bay Packers	35-17	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	13661
Sun	10/29/1950	H	Chicago Bears	38-27	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	48642
Sun	11/12/1950	A	Chicago Bears	20-28	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	50102
Sun	11/19/1950	H	Los Angeles Rams	35-43	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	42673
Thu	11/23/1950	A	Detroit Lions	14-49	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	30206
Sun	12/3/1950	A	New York Giants	7-51	L	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	41630
Sun	12/10/1950	H	Baltimore Colts	51-14	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	6836

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
71	Chet Adams	K	6-3	240	35	Ohio University	12	0
31	Bennie Aldridge	LOH-LDH	6-0	195	24	Oklahoma State	11	2
12	Bruce Alford	LOE	6-0	190	29	Texas Christian	12	0
38	George Brown	LOG-ROG	6-2	222	27	Texas Christian	12	0
35	Jim Champion	MG-RDT-LDT	6-0	238	24	Mississippi State	7	1
21	Johnny Clowes	MG-LOG	6-0	240	29	William & Mary	11	11
34	Joe Domnanovich	C-LB	6-0	213	31	Alabama	12	0
22	Brad Ecklund	C	6-3	215	28	Oregon	12	0
4	Danny Edwards	ROE	6-1	197	24	Georgia	12	12
10	Joe Golding	RDH-ROH	6-0	184	29	Oklahoma	12	12
46	Sherman Howard	ROH	5-11	193	26	Iowa; Nevada-Reno	12	0
15	Duke Iversen	LLB	6-2	200	30	Oregon	7	7
85	Jon Jenkins	LOT	6-2	225	24	Dartmouth	1	0
36	Nate Johnson	ROT-RDT	6-3	244	30	Illinois	11	11
51	Bob Kennedy	LLB	5-11	195	29	Washington State	5	5
56	Lou Kusserow	LB-FB	6-1	200	23	Columbia	11	0
17	Pete Layden	LDH-K	5-11	192	31	Texas	11	11
59	Paul Mitchell	LDT	6-3	235	30	Minnesota	12	1
44	John Nolan	ROT	6-2	232	24	Holy Cross; Penn State	12	0
84	Barney Poole	RDE-ROE	6-2	231	27	Mississippi; North Carolina; Army; Mississippi	12	7
61	George Ratterman	QB	6-0	192	24	Notre Dame	12	12
18	John Rauch	QB	6-0	197	23	Georgia	8	0
47	Martin Ruby	LOT-LDT	6-3	249	30	Texas A&M	12	12
16	Jack Russell	LDE-LOE	6-1	215	31	Baylor	11	11
81	Spec Sanders	S-P-LOH	6-1	196	32	Cameron JC; Texas	12	12
51	Ed Sharkey	MLB-ROG	6-3	229	23	Duke; Nevada-Reno	12	12
24	Joe Signaigo	LOG-RLB	6-1	220	27	Notre Dame	12	12
23	Mike Swistowicz	ROH	5-10	191	23	Notre Dame	1	0
20	George Taliaferro	LOH-FB	5-11	196	23	Indiana	12	12
86	Zollie Toth	FB	6-2	218	26	Louisiana State	11	11
83	Carroll Vogelaar	T	6-3	253	30	Loyola Marymount; San Francisco	10	0
66	Art Weiner	LOE	6-3	212	26	North Carolina	12	3
65	John Wozniak	ROG-LOG	6-0	218	29	Alabama	12	9
50	John Yonakor	RDE-LDE	6-5	222	29	Notre Dame	8	6
76	Buddy Young	ROH	5-4	173	24	Illinois	12	12

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	2	George Taliaferro	B	Indiana
2	15	Nate Johnson	T	Illinois
2	16	Art Weiner	E	North Carolina
3	28	Danny Edwards	E	Georgia
4	42	Zollie Toth	B	Louisiana State
4	45	Johnny Clowes	T	William & Mary
5	55	Mike Swistowicz	B	Notre Dame
5	58	Bob Kennedy	B	North Carolina
6	68	Bennie Aldridge	B	Oklahoma State
6	73	Chet Adams	T	Ohio University
7	81	Don Narrell	T	Texas Christian
7	86	Paul Crowe	B	St. Mary's (California)
8	94	Jack Archer	B	Texas Christian
8	101	Mickey Colmer	B	none
9	114	Spec Sanders	B	Texas
10	120	Sam Lyle	E	Louisiana State
10	129	Tommy Colella	B	Canisius
11	133	Roger McAuley	G	Texas Christian
12	146	Andy Hillhouse	E	Texas A&M
13	159	Jack Morton	B	West Virginia
14	172	Ed Carmichael	G	Oregon State
15	185	Norm Meseroll	T	Tennessee
16	198	Bill Stetter	C	Holy Cross
17	211	Joe Dean Tidwell	B	Harding
18	224	Jim Champion	T	Mississippi State
19	237	Bobbie Griffin	B	Baylor
20	250	Darrell Royal	B	Oklahoma
21	263	Bud French	B	Kansas
22	276	R.V. Johnson	T	St. Mary's (California)
23	289	Dick Sheffield	E	Tulane
24	302	Bill DeYoung	B	Stanford
25	315	Steve Dotur	G	Oregon
26	328	Red Noonan	B	Alabama
27	341	Chuck Olson	E	Washington
28	354	Ed Petty	C	Hardin-Simmons
29	367	Ed Jasonek	B	Furman
30	380	John Poulos	B	Pacific

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	66	99	78	123
Opponents Totals	75	88	94	110

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		210	94	102	14	/ %	/ %	85	762
Opponents Totals		249	119	112	8	/ %	/ %	88	824

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Sherman Howard	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
George Taliaferro	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Chet Adams	0	45	48	93.8	2	9	22.2	0	51
Zollie Toth	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Danny Edwards	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Art Weiner	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
George Ratterman	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jack Russell	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Joe Golding	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Buddy Young	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Duke Iversen	1	0	0		0	0		1	8
Bruce Alford	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Barney Poole	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Pete Layden	0	3	3	100.0	0	0		0	3
Jim Champion	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Martin Ruby	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	51	48	51	94.1	2	9	22.2	3	366
Opponents Totals	49	46	49	93.9	9	17	52.9	0	367

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Chet Adams	2	9	22.2	1/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	2	9	22.2	1/	1/	0/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	9	17	52.9	0/	4/	2/	1/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Zollie Toth	131	636	4.9	51	5
George Taliaferro	88	411	4.7	44	4
Sherman Howard	71	362	5.1	60t	3
Buddy Young	76	334	4.4	20	1
Bennie Aldridge	16	69	4.3	35	0
John Rauch	2	12	6.0	7	0
Lou Kusserow	1	6	6.0	6	0
Joe Golding	1	2	2.0	2	0
George Ratterman	11	0	0.0	3	3
Team Totals	397	1832	4.6	60t	16
Opponents Totals	434	2445	5.6		29

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
George Ratterman	294	140	47.6	130	2251	7.7	16.1	69t	22	7.5	24	8.2		170	2081	64.6
John Rauch	51	29	56.9	20	502	9.8	17.3	82t	6	11.8	2	3.9		71	431	113.4
George Taliaferro	7	3	42.9	4	83	11.9	27.7	50t	1	14.3	0	0.0	0	0	83	126.8
Spec Sanders	3	2	66.7	1	58	19.3	29.0	29	0	0.0	0	0.0				109.7
Team Totals	355	174	49.0	155	2894	8.2	16.6	82t	29	8.2	26	7.3		241	2653	73.6
Opponents Totals	396	189	47.7	177	2775	7.0	14.7		17	4.3	30	7.6		252	2523	53.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Danny Edwards	52	775	14.9	82t	6
Art Weiner	35	722	20.6	58t	6
George Taliaferro	21	299	14.2	43	5
Buddy Young	20	302	15.1	69t	1
Zollie Toth	15	189	12.6	60	3
Sherman Howard	12	278	23.2	40	5
Jack Russell	10	177	17.7	49t	2
Barney Poole	4	82	20.5	52t	1
Bennie Aldridge	4	56	14.0	28	0
Bruce Alford	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	174	2894	16.6	82t	29
Opponents Totals	189	2775	14.7		17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Spec Sanders	13	199	15.3	29	0
Joe Golding	7	145	20.7	46	1
Pete Layden	3	40	13.3	19	0
Duke Iversen	3	26	8.7	10t	1
Bob Kennedy	1	11	11.0	11	0
John Yonakor	1	10	10.0	10	0
Ed Sharkey	1	7	7.0	7	0
Bennie Aldridge	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	30	438	14.6	46	2
Opponents Totals	26	343	13.2		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Spec Sanders	71	3001	42.3	63	2
George Taliaferro	1	39	39.0	39	0
Team Totals	72	3040	42.2	63	2	699	32.5
Opponents Totals	58	2251	38.8			305

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
George Taliaferro	9	129	14.3	27
Buddy Young	9	54	6.0	12
Spec Sanders	6	93	15.5	29
Bennie Aldridge	2	17	8.5	14
Sherman Howard	1	12	12.0	12
Team Totals	27	305	11.3	29
Opponents Totals	53	699	13.2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Buddy Young	20	536	26.8	50	0
George Taliaferro	25	473	18.9	34	0
Sherman Howard	8	240	30.0	89t	1
Barney Poole	2	8	4.0	5	0
Jack Russell	2	8	4.0	5	0
Bob Kennedy	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	58	1280	22.1	89t	1
Opponents Totals	53	1148	21.7		0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
George Brown	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Danny Edwards	1		1	0	1	0	0
Joe Golding	0	0	0	1	1	32	1
Sherman Howard	3		4	0	4	0	0
Paul Mitchell	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Barney Poole	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
George Ratterman	4		1	0	1	0	0
Martin Ruby	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jack Russell	0	0	0	3	3	8	1
Spec Sanders	1		1	1	2	0	0
Ed Sharkey	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Joe Signaigo	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
George Taliaferro	11		5	0	5	0	0
Zollie Toth	5		0	0	0	0	0
Art Weiner	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Wozniak	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Buddy Young	6		5	0	5	-8	0
Team Totals	32	13	19	14	33	36	2
Opponents Totals	28	14	14	13	27		1