1947 New York Yankees (AAFC) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 11-2-1 .846 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/14/1947 | H | Cleveland Browns | 3-14 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 60103 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bruce Alford | 51 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Texas Christian | 1 | 1 |
| Dick Barwegen | 31 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 227 | 25 | Purdue | 1 | 1 |
| Roman Bentz | 33 | LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Tulane | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Burrus | 83 | LDH | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Hardin-Simmons | 1 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 60 | WB-LLB | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | Auburn | 1 | 1 |
| Van Davis | 55 | E | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Georgia | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Duke | 21 | C | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 |
| Harvey Johnson | 61 | B | 5-11 | 212 | 28 | William & Mary | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Johnson | 43 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 244 | 27 | Illinois | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Kennedy | 70 | B | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Washington State | 1 | 0 |
| Bruiser Kinard | 44 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 216 | 33 | Mississippi | 1 | 1 |
| Roy Kurrasch | 57 | E | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | UCLA | 1 | 0 |
| Derrell Palmer | 40 | T | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Texas Christian | 1 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 73 | B | 5-11 | 215 | 27 | Furman | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 72 | B | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Riffle | 35 | G | 6-0 | 212 | 29 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Harmon Rowe | 74 | RDH | 6-0 | 182 | 24 | Baylor; San Francisco | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 53 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | Baylor | 1 | 1 |
| Spec Sanders | 81 | TB | 6-1 | 196 | 29 | Cameron JC; Texas | 1 | 1 |
| Vic Schleich | 42 | T | 6-3 | 240 | 27 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 |
| Lou Sossamon | 25 | C-RLB | 6-1 | 207 | 26 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Sweiger | 80 | BB-S | 6-0 | 209 | 28 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Yackanich | 32 | G | 5-10 | 205 | 25 | Fordham | 1 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 76 | FB | 5-4 | 173 | 21 | Illinois | 1 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | / % | / % | 3 | 21 | |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | / % | / % | 7 | 45 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Johnson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 16 | 69 | 4.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Spec Sanders | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 123 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 172 | 5.2 | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 9 | 89 | 5.2 | 12.7 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 2 | 23 | 66 | 33.7 |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 10 | 89 | 4.9 | 12.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 2 | 23 | 66 | 31.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 7 | 112 | 5.3 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 25 | 87 | 79.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sweiger | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Roy Kurrasch | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Van Davis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Jack Russell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 112 | 8.0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Kennedy | 6 | 216 | 36.0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 189 | 31.5 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 216 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 189 | 31.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 225 | 45.0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 211 | 42.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 0 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 2 | 0 | 51 | 25.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 2.0 | 25.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Cheatham | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Young | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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