| Baltimore Colts at New York Yankees Game Statistics |
| Date: September 16, 1948 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 18959 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 61 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| New York YankeesNY | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | LB | Bus Mertes | ||
| 1 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 4 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Bob Pfohl 1 run (Rex Grossman kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Billy Hillenbrand 43 pass from Y.A. Tittle (Rex Grossman kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Rex Grossman 15 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | John North 47 fumble recovery (Rex Grossman kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Rex Grossman 35 FG | 27 | 7 |
| 4 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 3 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 27 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 54 | LOE | Ollie Poole |
| 41 | LOT | Ernie Blandin |
| 31 | LOG | Dick Barwegen |
| 22 | C | Bert Corley |
| 30 | ROG | Bill Garrett |
| 44 | ROT | Lee Artoe |
| 55/56 | ROE | John North |
| 63 | QB | Y.A. Tittle |
| 82 | LOH | Billy Hillenbrand |
| 85 | ROH | Bob Pfohl |
| 73 | FB | Bus Mertes |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Bob Nowaskey |
| 48 | LDT | John Mellus |
| 22 | MG | Bert Corley |
| 44 | RDT | Lee Artoe |
| 55/56 | RDE | John North |
| 31 | LB | Dick Barwegen |
| 73 | LB | Bus Mertes |
| 20/23 | LB | Ralph Stewart |
| 51 | DB | Lamar Davis |
| 80 | DB | Aubrey Fowler |
| 81 | DB | Jake Leicht |
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Jack Russell |
| 40 | LOT | Derrell Palmer |
| 45 | LOG | Carl Butkus |
| 25 | C | Lou Sossamon |
| 35 | ROG | Chuck Riffle |
| 41 | ROT | Nelson Greene |
| 55 | ROE | Van Davis |
| 80 | BB | Bob Sweiger |
| 81 | TB | Spec Sanders |
| 87 | WB | Lowell Wagner |
| 70 | FB | Bob Kennedy |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Jack Russell |
| 40 | LDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 45 | LDG | Carl Butkus |
| 31 | RDG | Joe Signaigo |
| 41 | RDT | Nelson Greene |
| 51/54 | RDE | Bruce Alford |
| 80 | LLB | Bob Sweiger |
| 25 | RLB | Lou Sossamon |
| 56 | LDH | Otto Schnellbacher |
| 87 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| 81 | S | Spec Sanders |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 9 | 72 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Bus Mertes | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Lew Mayne | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Vardian | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Lu Gambino | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Pfohl | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Rex Grossman | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 18 | 86 | 4.8 | 2 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Tom Casey | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 0 | 241 | 14.2 | 1 | 122.8 | |||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 2 | 130 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 29.6 | |
| Al Dekdebrun | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 77.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 5 | 143 | 28.6 | 1 | |
| Lamar Davis | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Smith | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Johnny Vardian | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Alford | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Lowell Tew | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Jake Leicht | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59 | 0 |
| John North | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Spiro Dellerba | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Lew Mayne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Billy Hillenbrand | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Spiro Dellerba | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bill Garrett | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Tom Casey | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | ||
| Lowell Tew | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Al Dekdebrun | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
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