1951 New York Yanks (NFL)

6th place National Conference 1-9-2 .100

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	8/22/1951	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-21	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	17974
Sat	8/25/1951	A	Cleveland Browns	0-52	L	Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	25820
Fri	8/31/1951	A	Chicago Cardinals	7-28	L	Chicago, IL	Comsikey Park	20165
Fri	9/14/1951	N	Washington Redskins	14-52	L	Shreveport, LA	State Fair Stadium	10000
Fri	9/21/1951	N	Detroit Lions	14-28	L	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	48000
Fri	9/28/1951	H	Los Angeles Rams	14-54	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	30315
Mon	10/8/1951	H	Detroit Lions	10-37	L	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	24194
Sun	10/14/1951	A	Chicago Bears	21-24	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	37697
Sun	10/21/1951	A	Detroit Lions	24-24	T	Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	21807
Sun	10/28/1951	H	Green Bay Packers	27-29	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	7351
Sun	11/4/1951	A	New York Giants	31-37	L	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	25682
Sun	11/11/1951	A	San Francisco 49ers	14-19	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	25538
Sun	11/18/1951	A	Los Angeles Rams	21-48	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	34717
Sun	11/25/1951	H	San Francisco 49ers	10-10	T	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	10184
Sun	12/2/1951	A	Green Bay Packers	31-28	W	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	14297
Sun	12/9/1951	H	Chicago Bears	21-45	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	13075
Sun	12/16/1951	H	New York Giants	17-27	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	16658

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

Game Score Notes
9/28/1951	Los Angeles Rams	Moved from New York, NY
10/8/1951	Detroit Lions	Moved from New York, NY

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
31	Bennie Aldridge	LDH	6-0	195	25	Oklahoma State	12	12
12	Bruce Alford	LDE-RDE-ROE	6-0	190	30	Texas Christian	12	0
44/65	Sisto Averno	LOG-ROG	5-11	237	26	Muhlenberg	12	0
17	Bob Celeri	QB-P	5-10	180	24	California	11	8
35	Jim Champion	MG	6-0	238	25	Mississippi State	12	12
21	Johnny Clowes	LOG	6-0	240	30	William & Mary	12	12
36	Don Colo	RDT	6-3	252	26	Brown	12	12
3	Paul Crowe	RDH-ROH	6-1	190	27	St. Mary's (California)	9	9
24	Jim Cullom	ROG-LOG	5-11	235	26	California	3	0
34	Joe Domnanovich	C	6-0	213	32	Alabama	12	1
39	Art Donovan	LDT	6-2	263	27	Notre Dame; Boston College	12	12
22	Brad Ecklund	C	6-3	215	29	Oregon	12	11
4	Danny Edwards	ROE	6-1	197	25	Georgia	12	12
7	Dan Garza	LOE	6-3	203	27	North Texas; Central Missouri; Oregon	11	10
10	Joe Golding	RS	6-0	184	30	Oklahoma	11	11
61	Bobbie Griffin	LS-RDH	6-0	180	23	Baylor	12	6
46	Sherman Howard	ROH-FB	5-11	193	27	Iowa; Nevada-Reno	12	12
15	Duke Iversen	LLB	6-2	200	31	Oregon	9	7
62	Harvey Johnson	K-LB	5-11	212	32	William & Mary	12	6
71	Mike McCormack	ROT-C	6-4	246	21	Kansas	12	12
33	Darrel Meisenheimer	LS	5-10	195	24	Oklahoma State	9	9
47	Paul Mitchell	LOT	6-3	235	31	Minnesota	12	12
45	Ross Nagel	RLB	6-4	234	28	St. Louis	9	9
66	Bill O'Connor	LOE-ROE	6-4	220	25	Notre Dame	12	2
56	Al Pollard	LOH-FB	6-0	196	23	Loyola Marymount; Army	6	0
84	Barney Poole	RDE	6-2	231	28	Mississippi; North Carolina; Army; Mississippi	11	11
25	George Ratterman	QB	6-0	192	25	Notre Dame	6	1
18	John Rauch	QB	6-0	197	24	Georgia	5	3
24	Wayne Siegert	LOT	6-3	225	22	Illinois	3	0
24	Joe Soboleski	LOG	6-0	213	25	Michigan	2	0
16	Breck Stroschein	RLB-RDE-LDE	6-1	205	22	UCLA	11	3
51	Art Tait	LDE	5-11	205	22	Mississippi State	12	12
20	George Taliaferro	LOH-ROH-RS	5-11	196	24	Indiana	12	5
86	Zollie Toth	FB-ROH	6-2	218	27	Louisiana State	10	10
53	Bev Wallace	QB	6-2	180	28	Compton JC	1	0
7	John Wozniak	ROG	6-0	218	30	Alabama	12	12
76	Buddy Young	LOH-ROH	5-4	173	25	Illinois	12	8

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	22	Ken Jackson	T	Texas
3	34	Mike McCormack	T	Kansas
4	46	Elmer Wingate	E	Maryland
6	70	George Musacco	B	Loyola Marymount
8	94	Larry Lauer	C	Alabama
9	106	Don Colo	T	Brown
10	119	Jesse Thomas	B	Michigan State
11	131	Steve Wyndham	B	Clemson
12	143	Al Lary	E	Alabama
13	155	John Thomas	E	Oregon State
14	167	Charley Rapp	E	Duquesne
15	179	Bill Wanamaker	G	Kentucky
16	191	Bill Fray	T	Idaho
17	203	Dick Rowan	C	Texas
18	215	Bob Watson	E	UCLA
19	227	Ralph Longmore	B	Duquesne
20	239	Jerrell Price	T	Texas Tech
21	251	Al Pollard	B	Army
22	263	Eddie King	C	Boston College
23	275	Dave Cunningham	B	Utah
24	287	Breck Stroschein	E	UCLA
25	299	Ray Boudreaux	T	Louisiana-Lafayette
26	311	Will Sherman	B	St. Mary's (California)
27	323	Ed Price	B	Texas Tech
28	335	Jim Chadband	B	Idaho
29	347	Veto Kissell	FB	Holy Cross
30	359	Joe Shinn	E	Tulane

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	34	87	27	93
Opponents Totals	97	102	66	117

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		211	89	99	23	/ %	/ %	63	605
Opponents Totals		257	125	118	14	/ %	/ %	87	797

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Harvey Johnson	0	31	31	100.0	6	14	42.9	0	49
Sherman Howard	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Buddy Young	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
George Taliaferro	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Dan Garza	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Zollie Toth	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Danny Edwards	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Art Tait	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Celeri	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Rauch	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	32	31	32	96.9	6	14	42.9	0	241
Opponents Totals	50	44	50	88.0	12	18	66.7	1	382

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Harvey Johnson	6	14	42.9	1/	2/	3/	0/	0/
Team Totals	6	14	42.9	1/	2/	3/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	12	18	66.7	6/	4/	2/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Zollie Toth	119	384	3.2	16	4
Sherman Howard	94	343	3.6	31	4
George Taliaferro	62	330	5.3	65t	3
Buddy Young	46	165	3.6	17	1
Bob Celeri	36	107	3.0	17	0
George Ratterman	3	9	3.0	7	0
John Rauch	1	5	5.0	5	0
Al Pollard	2	2	1.0		0
Bev Wallace	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Team Totals	364	1337	3.7	65t	12
Opponents Totals	464	2397	5.2		23

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Celeri	238	102	42.9	121	1797	7.6	17.6	75t	12	5.0	15	6.3	171	1626	59.8
George Ratterman	67	31	46.3	30	340	5.1	11.0	36	2	3.0	6	9.0	40	300	34.4
John Rauch	82	25	30.5	54	237	2.9	9.5	39t	1	1.2	3	3.7	54	183	28.8
George Taliaferro	33	13	39.4	17	251	7.6	19.3	51	1	3.0	3	9.1	12	239	38.8
Bev Wallace	8	1	12.5	7	9	1.1	9.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	-10	39.6
Team Totals	428	172	40.2	229	2634	6.2	15.3	75t	16	3.7	27	6.3	296	2338	47.4
Opponents Totals	355	182	51.3	151	2776	7.8	15.3		24	6.8	22	6.2	182	2594	74.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Danny Edwards	39	509	13.1	53t	3
Buddy Young	31	508	16.4	48t	3
Dan Garza	31	470	15.2	69t	4
Sherman Howard	21	447	21.3	75t	3
George Taliaferro	16	230	14.4	47	2
Bill O'Connor	14	192	13.7	33	0
Zollie Toth	10	100	10.0	23	0
Bruce Alford	4	65	16.3	59	0
Paul Crowe	3	20	6.7	10	0
Bob Celeri	2	71	35.5	51	1
John Wozniak	1	4	4.0	4	0
Al Pollard	0	18		18L	0
Team Totals	172	2634	15.3	75t	16
Opponents Totals	182	2776	15.3		24

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bennie Aldridge	5	57	11.4	36	0
George Taliaferro	4	74	18.5	34	0
Bobbie Griffin	4	27	6.8	13	0
Darrel Meisenheimer	3	26	8.7	26	0
Paul Crowe	3	15	5.0	9	0
Joe Golding	2	9	4.5	9	0
Ross Nagel	1	27	27.0	27	0
Team Totals	22	235	10.7	36	0
Opponents Totals	27	299	11.1		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
George Taliaferro	76	2881	37.9	72	1
Bob Celeri	5	224	44.8	54	0
Team Totals	81	3105	38.3	72	1	333	34.2
Opponents Totals	66	2361	35.8			379

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Buddy Young	12	231	19.3	79t	1
George Taliaferro	9	68	7.6	23	0
Bobbie Griffin	4	46	11.5	27	0
Al Pollard	3	34	11.3		0
Bennie Aldridge	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	29	379	13.1	79t	1
Opponents Totals	33	333	10.1		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Buddy Young	14	427	30.5	90t	1
George Taliaferro	27	622	23.0	47	0
Al Pollard	5	138	27.6	45	0
Sisto Averno	3	28	9.3	16	0
Duke Iversen	1	14	14.0	14	0
Paul Mitchell	1	11	11.0	11	0
Bill O'Connor	1	10	10.0	10	0
Harvey Johnson	1	4	4.0	4	0
Wayne Siegert	1	2	2.0	2	0
Mike McCormack	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	55	1256	22.8	90t	1
Opponents Totals	48	1077	22.4		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Bennie Aldridge	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sisto Averno	0	0	1	0	1	4	0
Bob Celeri	3		0	0	0	0	0
Don Colo	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Domnanovich	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Art Donovan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dan Garza	1		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Golding	0	0	0	2	2	10	0
Bobbie Griffin	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sherman Howard	4		2	0	2	0	0
Harvey Johnson	1		1	0	1	0	0
Mike McCormack	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Darrel Meisenheimer	0	0	0	1	1	11	0
Ross Nagel	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Barney Poole	0	0	1	1	2	1	0
George Ratterman	1		0	0	0	0	0
Art Tait	0	0	0	2	2	70	2
George Taliaferro	5		3	0	3	0	0
Zollie Toth	2		1	0	1	0	0
Bev Wallace	1		1	0	1	0	0
John Wozniak	1		1	0	1	0	0
Buddy Young	3		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	22	9	13	12	25	96	2
Opponents Totals	18	12	6	9	15		0

Shelby Calhoun	Line
Joe Sheeketski	Backfield
Nick Susoeff	Ends