| New York Yankees at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: August 31, 1947 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: Civic Stadium Attendance: 32385 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 76 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York YankeesNY | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NY | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York YankeesNY | Eddie Prokop 4 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | George Ratterman 1 run (Steve Juzwik kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Fay King 39 pass from George Ratterman (Steve Juzwik kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 17 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | New York YankeesNY | Buddy Young 50 pass from Spec Sanders (Harvey Johnson kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | George Koch 1 run (Steve Juzwik kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | New York YankeesNY | Harvey Johnson 20 FG | 24 | 21 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Chet Mutryn 4 pass from George Ratterman (Steve Juzwik kick) | 24 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Jack Russell |
| 40 | LOT | Derrell Palmer |
| 33 | LOG | Roman Bentz |
| 25 | C | Lou Sossamon |
| 31 | ROG | Dick Barwegen |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 51 | ROE | Bruce Alford |
| 60 | BB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 77 | TB | Frankie Sinkwich |
| 87 | WB | Lowell Wagner |
| 76 | FB | Buddy Young |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Jack Russell |
| 44 | LDT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 31 | LDG | Dick Barwegen |
| 33 | RDG | Roman Bentz |
| 43 | RDT | Nate Johnson |
| 51 | RDE | Bruce Alford |
| 60 | LLB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 25 | RLB | Lou Sossamon |
| 83 | LDH | Harry Burrus |
| 81 | RDH | Spec Sanders |
| 80 | S | Bob Sweiger |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 52 | LOE | Paul Gibson |
| 42 | LOT | Gil Duggan |
| 32 | LOG | Hal Lahar |
| 23 | C | Bert Corley |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 44 | ROT | George Doherty |
| 54 | ROE | Al Coppage |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 86 | LOH | Julie Rykovich |
| 84 | ROGH | George Koch |
| 75 | FB | Vic Kulbitski |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Paul Gibson |
| 42 | LDT | Gil Duggan |
| 32 | LDG | Hal Lahar |
| 35 | RDG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | RDT | John Kerns |
| 53 | RDE | Marty Comer |
| 73 | LLB | Ed Hirsch |
| 21 | RLB | Felto Prewitt |
| 83 | LDH | Chet Mutryn |
| 84 | RDH | George Koch |
| 57 | S | Al Baldwin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Buddy Young | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 1 | |
| Spec Sanders | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 1 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Lou Tomasetti | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| George Koch | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Juzwik | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Lamar Blount | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 12 | 10 | 83.3 | 1 | 185 | 15.4 | 1 | 111.8 | |||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | 66.7 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 0 | 121 | 9.3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 138.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Lowell Wagner | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Van Davis | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 50t | 1 |
| Bruce Alford | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Harry Burrus | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Al Coppage | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| Steve Juzwik | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Fay King | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Paul Gibson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 46 | 1 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Albie Reisz | 5 | 190 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Tomasetti | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Chet Mutryn | 2 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
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