| New York Yanks at Chicago Bears |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 14, 1951 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 37697 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 73 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York YanksNYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYY | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Wilford White 28 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Johnny Lujack 10 run (Johnny Lujack kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Billy Stone 42 run (Johnny Lujack kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | John Hoffman 78 pass from Johnny Lujack (Johnny Lujack kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | Zollie Toth 4 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | Dan Garza 16 pass from Bob Celeri (Harvey Johnson kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | Art Tait 40 opponents fumble recovery (Harvey Johnson kick) | 21 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | LOE | Dan Garza |
| 47 | LOT | Paul Mitchell |
| 21 | LOG | Johnny Clowes |
| 22 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 7 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 71 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 4 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 18 | QB | John Rauch |
| 76 | LOH | Buddy Young |
| 46 | ROH | Sherman Howard |
| 86 | FB | Zollie Toth |
| Defense | ||
| 51 | LDE | Art Tait |
| 39 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 35 | MG | Jim Champion |
| 36 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 84 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 15 | LLB | Duke Iversen |
| 45 | RLB | Ross Nagel |
| 31 | LDH | Bennie Aldridge |
| 33 | LS | Darrel Meisenheimer |
| 10 | RS | Joe Golding |
| 3 | RDH | Paul Crowe |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Bill Wightkin |
| 81 | LOT | George Connor |
| 26 | LOG | Dick Barwegen |
| 66 | C | Bulldog Turner |
| 62 | ROG | Ray Bray |
| 35 | ROT | Paul Stenn |
| 7 | ROE | Ed Sprinkle |
| 32 | QB | Johnny Lujack |
| 46 | LOH | Chuck Hunsinger |
| 11 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 15 | FB | Fred Morrison |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Bill Wightkin |
| 24 | LDT | Fred Davis |
| 62 | MG | Ray Bray |
| 14 | RDT | Wayne Hansen |
| 7 | RDE | Ed Sprinkle |
| 81 | LLB | George Connor |
| 31 | RLB | Stu Clarkson |
| 6 | LDH | Don Kindt |
| 5 | LS | Billy Stone |
| 88 | RS | Gene Schroeder |
| 10 | RDH | Al Campana |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYY | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | / | / | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | |
| CHIB | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | / | / | 10 | 79 | 2 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Sherman Howard | 15 | 98 | 6.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 17 | 51 | 3.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| John Rauch | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 46 | 191 | 4.2 | 31 | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Billy Stone | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 42t | 1 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Kayo Dottley | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Wilford White | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Lujack | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 10t | 1 |
| George Gulyanics | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 311 | 6.5 | 42t | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| John Rauch | 18 | 3 | 16.7 | 1 | 33 | 1.8 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 16.4 | |
| Bob Celeri | 8 | 7 | 87.5 | 0 | 97 | 12.1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 156.8 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 1 | 130 | 5.0 | 31 | 1 | 18 | 51.8 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Johnny Lujack | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 0 | 141 | 6.4 | 78t | 1 | 6 | 74.2 | |
| Bobby Williams | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 78t | 0 | 17 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | 0 | 141 | 5.9 | 78t | 1 | 23 | 68.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Dan Garza | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 16t | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 130 | 13.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| John Hoffman | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 78t | 1 |
| Jim Keane | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Stone | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kayo Dottley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 78t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Gene Schroeder | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 8 | 316 | 39.5 | 61 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 316 | 39.5 | 61 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Fred Morrison | 6 | 199 | 33.2 | 0 | |
| Bobby Williams | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 243 | 34.7 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Team Totals | 35 | 0 | ||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Team Totals | 49 | 0 | ||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Wash Serini | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||