| Chicago Rockets at New York Yankees |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 24, 1946 Location: New York, NY Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 21270 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 7 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| New York YankeesNY | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHI | NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | LLB | Bill Kellagher | ||
| 1 | New York YankeesNY | Eddie Prokop 32 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Billy Hillenbrand 27 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Steve Nemeth kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Steve Nemeth 18 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Bob Sweiger 8 pass from Ace Parker (Harvey Johnson kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Jack Russell 5 pass from Ace Parker (Harvey Johnson kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Billy Hillenbrand 62 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Steve Nemeth kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 1 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Walt Clay 2 run (Steve Nemeth kick) | 24 | 28 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Ralph Heywood 43 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (Steve Nemeth kick) | 31 | 28 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Walt Williams 97 interception return (Steve Nemeth kick) | 38 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Bob Dove |
| 48 | LOT | Lloyd Wasserbach |
| 31 | LOG | Evan Vogds |
| 25 | C | Herb Coleman |
| 49 | ROG | Jim O'Neal |
| 45 | ROT | Chuck Huneke |
| 52 | ROE | Frank Quillen |
| 66 | HB | Billy Hillenbrand |
| 64 | TB | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 49 | WB | Don Griffin |
| 74 | FB | Bill Kellagher |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 33 | LDT | Joe Ruetz |
| 34 | MG | Tony Sumpter |
| 45 | RDT | Chuck Huneke |
| 52 | RDE | Frank Quillen |
| 74 | LLB | Bill Kellagher |
| 31 | MLB | Evan Vogds |
| 27 | RLB | Mickey Parks |
| 80 | LDH | Elroy Hirsch |
| 88 | RDH | Bill Boedeker |
| 85 | S | Walt Clay |
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Bob Masterson |
| 44 | LOT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 21 | LOG | Jack Baldwin |
| 22 | C | Tom Robertson |
| 35 | ROG | Chuck Riffle |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 51 | ROE | Bruce Alford |
| 60 | BB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 72 | TB | Eddie Prokop |
| 87 | WB | Lowell Wagner |
| 81 | FB | Spec Sanders |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | DE | Bob Masterson |
| 57 | DE | Perry Schwartz |
| 43 | DT | Nate Johnson |
| 44 | DT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 30 | DG | Mike Karmazin |
| 32 | DG | Joe Yackanich |
| 70 | LB | Bob Kennedy |
| 25 | LB | Lou Sossamon |
| 50 | DB | Harry Burrus |
| 72 | DB | Eddie Prokop |
| 80 | DB | Bob Sweiger |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Billy Hillenbrand | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Walt Williams | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Don Griffin | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 41 | 1 |
| Eddie Prokop | 10 | 64 | 6.4 | 32t | 1 |
| Bob Kennedy | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Ace Parker | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Pug Manders | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Ace Parker | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 2 | 112 | 6.2 | 2 | 76.4 | |||
| Bob Perina | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 25.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 62t | 2 |
| Ralph Heywood | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 43t | 1 |
| Walt Clay | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Dove | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Griffin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Jack Russell | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 1 | |
| Spec Sanders | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Masterson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Walt Williams | 2 | 148 | 74.0 | 97t | 1 |
| Bill Boedeker | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 0 | |||||||
| Walt Williams | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | ||||||
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | ||||||
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 3 | 138 | 46.0 | 57 | 0 | ||||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Walt Clay | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 0 | 177 | 12.6 | 62t | 3 | 141.4 | ||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 28 | 0 | ||||||
| Walt Clay | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| Lloyd Wasserbach | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 40 | 0 | ||||||
| Spec Sanders | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | 14.2 | |||
| Bob Masterson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Perry Schwartz | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
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