| Chicago Rockets at New York Yankees Game Statistics |
| Date: September 5, 1947 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 36777 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| New York Yankees | 14 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHI | NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Yankees | Spec Sanders 19 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York Yankees | Spec Sanders 2 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Chicago Rockets | Elroy Hirsch 73 pass from Bob Hoernschemeyer (John Rokisky kick failed) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago Rockets | Bill Daley 9 run (John Rokisky kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 2 | New York Yankees | Lowell Wagner 20 pass from Spec Sanders (Harvey Johnson kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 2 | New York Yankees | Dewey Proctor 1 run (Harvey Johnson kick failed) | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Chicago Rockets | Bill Daley 7 run (John Rokisky kick) | 20 | 27 |
| 3 | Chicago Rockets | Bill Schroeder 30 interception return (John Rokisky kick failed) | 26 | 27 |
| 3 | New York Yankees | Jack Russell EZ fumble recovery (Harvey Johnson kick) | 26 | 34 |
| 4 | New York Yankees | Eddie Prokop 52 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 26 | 41 |
| 4 | New York Yankees | Bob Kennedy 78 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 26 | 48 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Bill Daley | 12 | 85 | 7.1 | 52 | 2 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Schroeder | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Bass | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Ramsey | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Teddy Scalissi | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Norm Cox | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Bob Kennedy | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 78t | 1 |
| Eddie Prokop | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 52t | 1 |
| Spec Sanders | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 2 | |
| Buddy Young | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Dewey Proctor | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Ben Raimondi | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 0 | 99 | 5.5 | 73t | 1 | 4 | 48 | 75.9 |
| Norm Cox | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 62.5 |
| Sammy Vacanti | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | -6 | -3.0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 |
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 97 | 9.7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 86.3 | |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 49 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 | |
| Ben Raimondi | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 39.6 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Max Morris | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Schroeder | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 73t | 1 |
| Jerry Mulready | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Harrington | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Daley | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Teddy Scalissi | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Jack Russell | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Bruce Alford | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Harry Burrus | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Bill Schroeder | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30t | 1 |
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 7 | 275 | 39.3 | 53 | 1 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Billy Bass | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Sylvester | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Ollie Poole | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Bill Daley | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Bass | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
| Bill Schroeder | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Harley McCollum | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Buddy Young | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 0 | ||
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