| Boston Yanks at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 7, 1947 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Forbes Field Attendance: 31398 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 39 F Humidty: 89% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston YanksBOS | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | John Mastrangelo EZ blocked punt recovery (Joe Glamp kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Joe Glamp 30 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Boston YanksBOS | Joe Golding 14 run (Frank Maznicki kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Steve Lach 1 run (Joe Glamp kick) | 7 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 24 | LOE | Hal Crisler |
| 44 | LOT | Tom Dean |
| 55 | LOG | Jim Wright |
| 40 | C | Bill Godwin |
| 35 | ROG | Johnny Badaczewski |
| 51 | ROT | Carroll Vogelaar |
| 29 | ROE | Don Currivan |
| 22 | QB | Boley Dancewicz |
| 8 | LOH | Bill Paschal |
| 19 | ROH | Rudy Romboli |
| 66 | FB | Jim Mello |
| Defense | ||
| 23 | LDE | Sam Goldman |
| 45 | LDT | Rocco Canale |
| 55 | MG | Jim Wright |
| 51 | RDT | Carroll Vogelaar |
| 27 | RDE | Nick Scollard |
| 14 | LLB | Mike Micka |
| 31 | MLB | Bill Kennedy |
| 40 | RLB | Bill Godwin |
| 17 | LDH | Frank Maznicki |
| 10 | RDH | Joe Golding |
| 29 | S | Don Currivan |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Charley Mehelich |
| 75 | LOT | Jack Wiley |
| 72 | LOG | Bill Moore |
| 21 | C | Chuck Cherundolo |
| 65 | ROG | John Mastrangelo |
| 79 | ROT | Frank Wydo |
| 28 | ROE | Bob Davis |
| 33 | BB | Charley Seabright |
| 17 | HB | Joe Glamp |
| 31 | TB | Walt Slater |
| 44 | FB | Tony Compagno |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Charley Mehelich |
| 75 | LDT | Jack Wiley |
| 72 | MG | Bill Moore |
| 79 | RDT | Frank Wydo |
| 28 | RDE | Bob Davis |
| 25 | LLB | Al Drulis |
| 33 | MLB | Charley Seabright |
| 57 | RLB | Frank Sinkovitz |
| 42 | LDH | Paul White |
| 44 | RDH | Tony Compagno |
| 31 | S | Walt Slater |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Bill Paschal | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 14t | 1 |
| Rudy Romboli | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Howie Maley | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Poto | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Walt Slater | 18 | 70 | 3.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Cifers | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Lach | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 10 | 1 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tony Compagno | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Paul White | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||||||||
| Boley Dancewicz | 25 | 7 | 28.0 | 3 | 108 | 4.3 | 0 | 16 | 5.5 | ||
| Howie Maley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Walt Slater | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 68 | 5.7 | 0 | |||||
| Steve Lach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Rudy Romboli | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Don Currivan | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Hal Crisler | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bob Cifers | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Val Jansante | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Joe Golding | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Tony Compagno | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Gonzalo Morales | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Walt Slater | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | |||||
| Howie Maley | 9 | 301 | 33.4 | 58 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bob Cifers | 7 | 286 | 40.9 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Yanks | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
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