| New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 29, 1948 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 35655 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 61 F Humidty: 84% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York YankeesNY | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Los Angeles DonsLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NY | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | New York YankeesNY | Pete Layden 1 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | New York YankeesNY | Harvey Johnson 41 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Joe Aguirre 31 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Joe Aguirre kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Len Ford 4 pass from Glenn Dobbs (Joe Aguirre kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Glenn Dobbs 33 run (Joe Aguirre kick failed) | 10 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Jack Russell |
| 40 | LOT | Derrell Palmer |
| 33 | LOG | Roman Bentz |
| 25 | C | Lou Sossamon |
| 35 | ROG | Chuck Riffle |
| 43 | ROT | Bill Chambers |
| 51/54 | ROE | Bruce Alford |
| 60 | BB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 81 | TB | Spec Sanders |
| 80 | WB | Bob Sweiger |
| 76 | FB | Buddy Young |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Jack Russell |
| 40 | LDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 33 | LDG | Roman Bentz |
| 31 | RDG | Joe Signaigo |
| 43 | RDT | Bill Chambers |
| 51/54 | RDE | Bruce Alford |
| 80 | LLB | Bob Sweiger |
| 76 | LB | Buddy Young |
| 25 | RLB | Lou Sossamon |
| 87 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| 81 | S | Spec Sanders |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 52 | LOE | Burr Baldwin |
| 45 | LOT | Bob Reinhard |
| 35 | LOG | Len Levy |
| 22 | C | Bob Nelson |
| 32 | ROG | Knox Ramsey |
| 42 | ROT | Earle Audet |
| 50 | ROE | Len Ford |
| 68 | BB | Len Masini |
| 95 | TB | Glenn Dobbs |
| 99 | HB | Herman Wedemeyer |
| 77 | FB | John Kimbrough |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Burr Baldwin |
| 45 | LDT | Bob Reinhard |
| 35 | MG | Len Levy |
| 42 | RDT | Earle Audet |
| 50 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 77 | LB | John Kimbrough |
| 22 | LB | Bob Nelson |
| 32 | LB | Knox Ramsey |
| 83 | DB | Jeff Durkota |
| 88 | DB | Billy Reinhard |
| 89/97 | DB | Lin Sexton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Pete Layden | 9 | 55 | 6.1 | 1 | |
| Buddy Young | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Spec Sanders | 15 | 11 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Bill Daley | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Tom Casey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 9 | 89 | 9.9 | 1 | |
| John Kimbrough | 15 | 31 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 17 | 4 | 23.5 | 0 | 75 | 4.4 | 57 | 0 | 45.5 | ||
| Pete Layden | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 36 | 15 | 41.7 | 3 | 262 | 7.3 | 2 | 50.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Cleary | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Len Ford | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 1 | |
| Joe Aguirre | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 1 | |
| John Kimbrough | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Billy Reinhard | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Dale Gentry | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Walt Clay | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Pete Layden | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Duke Iversen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 8 | 319 | 39.9 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Pete Layden | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Pete Layden | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Billy Reinhard | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| Herman Wedemeyer | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Tom Casey | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bill Daley | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Billy Reinhard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| John Kimbrough | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Joe Aguirre | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
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