| Chicago Bears at New York Yanks Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1951 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 13075 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 57 F Humidty: 83% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
| New York YanksNYY | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | NYY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 38 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Johnny Lujack 1 run (George Blanda kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Johnny Lujack 4 run (George Blanda kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | Dan Garza 69 pass from Bob Celeri (Harvey Johnson kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Chuck Hunsinger 9 run (George Blanda kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | New York YanksNYY | Sherman Howard 3 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Johnny Lujack 3 run (George Blanda kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Julie Rykovich 56 run (George Blanda kick) | 38 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Ed Sprinkle 4 pass from Johnny Lujack (George Blanda kick) | 45 | 14 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | George Taliaferro 36 pass from Bob Celeri (Harvey Johnson kick) | 45 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | LOE | John Hoffman |
| 81 | LOT | George Connor |
| 26 | LOG | Dick Barwegen |
| 66 | C | Bulldog Turner |
| 23 | ROG | Wash Serini |
| 35 | ROT | Paul Stenn |
| 88 | ROE | Gene Schroeder |
| 32 | QB | Johnny Lujack |
| 39 | LOH | George Gulyanics |
| 11 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 34 | FB | Kayo Dottley |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Les Cowan |
| 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 |
| 86 | RDH | Brad Rowland |
| New York Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 66 | LOE | Bill O'Connor |
| 47 | LOT | Paul Mitchell |
| 21 | LOG | Johnny Clowes |
| 22 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 7 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 71 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 4 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 17 | QB | Bob Celeri |
| 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 |
| 62 | LLB | Harvey Johnson |
| 45 | RLB | Ross Nagel |
| 31 | LDH | Bennie Aldridge |
| 33 | LS | Darrel Meisenheimer |
| 10 | RS | Joe Golding |
| 61 | RDH | Bobbie Griffin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Julie Rykovich | 13 | 95 | 7.3 | 56t | 1 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 11 | 60 | 5.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Kayo Dottley | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 38 | 0 |
| George Gulyanics | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Johnny Lujack | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 21 | 3 |
| Brad Rowland | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Billy Stone | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Bob Celeri | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Zollie Toth | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Johnny Lujack | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 0 | 126 | 6.3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 90.8 | |
| Bobby Williams | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | |
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 1 | 202 | 9.2 | 69t | 2 | 21 | 93.4 | |
| George Ratterman | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 37 | 6.2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 | |
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 42.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jim Keane | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 31 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Wilford White | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| George Gulyanics | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Gene Schroeder | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Brad Rowland | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Fred Morrison | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Buddy Young | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 36 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Dan Garza | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 69t | 1 |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Billy Stone | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Fred Morrison | 3 | 140 | 46.7 | 54 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Fred Morrison | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Gene Schroeder | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| New York Yanks | ||||||
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