| Los Angeles Dons at New York Yankees Game Statistics |
| Date: November 7, 1948 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 17386 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 64 F Humidty: 37% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles DonsLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| New York YankeesNY | 7 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LA | NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York YankeesNY | Jack Russell 70 pass from Pete Layden (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Jack Russell 7 pass from Pete Layden (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Bruce Alford 19 pass from Pete Layden (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | New York YankeesNY | Harvey Johnson 20 FG | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Mike Graham 1 run (Ben Agajanian kick failed) | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 6 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 6 | 31 |
| 4 | New York YankeesNY | Buddy Young 34 pass from Spec Sanders (Harvey Johnson kick) | 6 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dons | ||
| Offense | ||
| /55 | LOE | Bill Fisk |
| 45 | LOT | Bob Reinhard |
| 35 | LOG | Len Levy |
| 22 | C | Bob Nelson |
| 32 | ROG | Knox Ramsey |
| 42 | ROT | Earle Audet |
| 50 | ROE | Len Ford |
| 66 | BB | Walt Heap |
| 95 | TB | Glenn Dobbs |
| 99 | HB | Herman Wedemeyer |
| 76 | FB | Walt Clay |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Dale Gentry |
| 45 | LDT | Bob Reinhard |
| 30 | MG | Al Lolotai |
| 42 | RDT | Earle Audet |
| 50 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 76 | LB | Walt Clay |
| 22 | LB | Bob Nelson |
| 32 | LB | Knox Ramsey |
| 83 | DB | Jeff Durkota |
| 66 | DB | Walt Heap |
| 89/97 | DB | Lin Sexton |
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Jack Russell |
| 44 | LOT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 38 | LOG | Denver Crawford |
| 25 | C | Lou Sossamon |
| 31 | ROG | Joe Signaigo |
| 40 | ROT | Derrell Palmer |
| 55 | ROE | Van Davis |
| 60 | BB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 84 | TB | Pete Layden |
| 80 | WB | Bob Sweiger |
| 76 | FB | Buddy Young |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Jack Russell |
| 44 | LDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 38 | LDG | Denver Crawford |
| 31 | RDG | Joe Signaigo |
| 40 | RDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 51/54 | RDE | Bruce Alford |
| 80 | LLB | Bob Sweiger |
| 25 | RLB | Lou Sossamon |
| 56 | LDH | Otto Schnellbacher |
| 87 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| 90/74 | S | Harmon Rowe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Mike Graham | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 1 | |
| Jeff Durkota | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Pete Layden | 17 | 132 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Lowell Tew | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | 0 | 0/0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Casey | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||||||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 36 | 15 | 41.7 | 2 | 203 | 5.6 | 0 | 37.2 | |||
| Herman Wedemeyer | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 10.0 | |||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Pete Layden | 22 | 7 | 31.8 | 2 | 139 | 6.3 | 70t | 3 | 56.6 | ||
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Len Ford | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 0 | |
| Dale Gentry | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Lou Mihajlovich | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Fisk | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Reinhard | 1 | 0 | 0/0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Graham | 0 | 2 | 2L | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Jack Russell | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 70t | 2 |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 34t | 1 |
| Bruce Alford | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Jeff Durkota | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Van Davis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Glenn Dobbs | 3 | 160 | 53.3 | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Pete Layden | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Herman Wedemeyer | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Pete Layden | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Jeff Durkota | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Dobbs | 1 | 23 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Naumu | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Herman Wedemeyer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bob Reinhard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Walt Clay | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Pete Layden | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 0 | ||
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