1950 New York Yanks (NFL) |
| 3rd place • National Conference • 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Red Strader |
| Shelby Calhoun | Assistant Coach |
| Jack White | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/12/1950 | N | Chicago Bears | 33-34 | L | Omaha, NE | Municipal Stadium | 10144 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1950 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 23-10 | W | Des Moines, IA | Drake Stadium | 12000 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1950 | N | Baltimore Colts | 42-17 | W | Shreveport, LA | Independence Stadium | 22500 | |
| Thu | 9/7/1950 | N | Washington Redskins | 7-24 | L | Kansas City, MO | Blues Stadium | 13121 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1950 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 29992 | |
| Fri | 9/22/1950 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 28-45 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 23768 | |
| Fri | 9/29/1950 | H | Detroit Lions | 44-21 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 11096 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1950 | A | Green Bay Packers | 44-31 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 23871 | |
| Thu | 10/12/1950 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 29-24 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 5740 | |
| Thu | 10/19/1950 | H | Green Bay Packers | 35-17 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 13661 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1950 | H | Chicago Bears | 38-27 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 48642 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1950 | A | Chicago Bears | 20-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 50102 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1950 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 35-43 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 42673 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1950 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-49 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 30206 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1950 | A | New York Giants | 7-51 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 41630 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1950 | H | Baltimore Colts | 51-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 6836 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Chet Adams | 71 | K | 6-3 | 240 | 35 | Ohio University | 12 | 0 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 31 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 2 |
| Bruce Alford | 12 | LDE-LOE | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Texas Christian | 12 | 1 |
| George Brown | 38 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 222 | 27 | Texas Christian | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Champion | 35 | MG-RDT-LDT | 6-0 | 238 | 24 | Mississippi State | 9 | 1 |
| Johnny Clowes | 21 | MG-LOG | 6-0 | 240 | 29 | William & Mary | 11 | 11 |
| Joe Domnanovich | 34 | C-LB | 6-0 | 213 | 31 | Alabama | 12 | 0 |
| Brad Ecklund | 22 | C | 6-3 | 215 | 28 | Oregon | 12 | 0 |
| Danny Edwards | 4 | ROE | 6-1 | 197 | 24 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Golding | 10 | RDH-ROH | 6-0 | 184 | 29 | Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| Sherman Howard | 46 | ROH | 5-11 | 193 | 26 | Iowa; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 0 |
| Duke Iverson | 15 | LLB | 6-2 | 200 | 30 | Oregon | 7 | 7 |
| Jon Jenkins | 85 | LOT | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Dartmouth | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Johnson | 36 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 244 | 30 | Illinois | 11 | 11 |
| Bob Kennedy | 51 | LLB | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | Washington State | 5 | 5 |
| Lou Kusserow | 56 | LB-FB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Columbia | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Layden | 17 | LDH-K | 5-11 | 192 | 31 | Texas | 11 | 11 |
| Paul Mitchell | 59 | LDT | 6-3 | 235 | 30 | Minnesota | 12 | 1 |
| John Nolan | 44 | ROT | 6-2 | 232 | 24 | Holy Cross; Penn State | 12 | 0 |
| Barney Poole | 84 | RDE-ROE | 6-2 | 231 | 27 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Army; Mississippi | 12 | 7 |
| George Ratterman | 61 | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| John Rauch | 18 | QB | 6-0 | 197 | 23 | Georgia | 8 | 0 |
| Martin Ruby | 47 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 249 | 30 | Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Russell | 16 | LDE-LOE | 6-1 | 215 | 31 | Baylor | 11 | 11 |
| Spec Sanders | 81 | S-P-LOH | 6-1 | 196 | 32 | Cameron JC; Texas | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Sharkey | 51 | MLB-ROG | 6-3 | 229 | 23 | Duke; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Signaigo | 24 | LOG-RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Mike Swistowicz | 23 | ROH | 5-10 | 191 | 23 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 20 | LOH-FB | 5-11 | 196 | 23 | Indiana | 12 | 12 |
| Zollie Toth | 86 | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 26 | Louisiana State | 12 | 11 |
| Art Weiner | 66 | LOE | 6-3 | 212 | 26 | North Carolina | 12 | 12 |
| John Wozniak | 65 | ROG-LOG | 6-0 | 218 | 29 | Alabama | 12 | 9 |
| John Yonakor | 50 | RDE | 6-5 | 222 | 29 | Notre Dame | 10 | 5 |
| Buddy Young | 76 | ROH | 5-4 | 173 | 24 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | George Taliaferro | B | Indiana |
| 2 | 15 | Nate Johnson | T | Illinois |
| 2 | 16 | Art Weiner | E | North Carolina |
| 3 | 28 | Danny Edwards | E | Georgia |
| 4 | 42 | Zollie Toth | B | Louisiana State |
| 4 | 45 | Johnny Clowes | T | William & Mary |
| 5 | 55 | Mike Swistowicz | B | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 58 | Bob Kennedy | B | North Carolina |
| 6 | 68 | Bennie Aldridge | B | Oklahoma State |
| 6 | 73 | Chet Adams | T | Ohio University |
| 7 | 81 | Don Narrell | T | Texas Christian |
| 7 | 86 | Paul Crowe | B | St. Mary's (California) |
| 8 | 94 | Jack Archer | B | Texas Christian |
| 8 | 101 | Mickey Colmer | B | none |
| 9 | 114 | Spec Sanders | B | Texas |
| 10 | 120 | Sam Lyle | E | Louisiana State |
| 10 | 129 | Tommy Colella | B | Canisius |
| 11 | 133 | Roger McAuley | G | Texas Christian |
| 12 | 146 | Andy Hillhouse | E | Texas A&M |
| 13 | 159 | Jack Morton | B | West Virginia |
| 14 | 172 | Ed Carmichael | G | Oregon State |
| 15 | 185 | Norm Meseroll | T | Tennessee |
| 16 | 198 | Bill Stetter | C | Holy Cross |
| 17 | 211 | Joe Dean Tidwell | B | Harding |
| 18 | 224 | Jim Champion | T | Mississippi State |
| 19 | 237 | Bobbie Griffin | B | Baylor |
| 20 | 250 | Darrell Royal | B | Oklahoma |
| 21 | 263 | Bud French | B | Kansas |
| 22 | 276 | R.V. Johnson | T | St. Mary's (California) |
| 23 | 289 | Dick Sheffield | E | Tulane |
| 24 | 302 | Bill DeYoung | B | Stanford |
| 25 | 315 | Steve Dotur | G | Oregon |
| 26 | 328 | Red Noonan | B | Alabama |
| 27 | 341 | Chuck Olson | E | Washington |
| 28 | 354 | Ed Petty | C | Hardin-Simmons |
| 29 | 367 | Ed Jasonek | B | Furman |
| 30 | 380 | John Poulos | B | Pacific |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 66 | 99 | 78 | 123 | 366 |
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 88 | 94 | 110 | 367 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 210 | 94 | 102 | 14 | / % | / % | 85 | 762 | |
| Opponents Totals | 249 | 119 | 112 | 8 | / % | / % | 88 | 824 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Howard | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| George Taliaferro | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Chet Adams | 0 | 45 | 48 | 93.8 | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 0 | 51 |
| Zollie Toth | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Danny Edwards | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Art Weiner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| George Ratterman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jack Russell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Golding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Buddy Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Duke Iversen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Barney Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Layden | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jim Champion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Martin Ruby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 51 | 48 | 51 | 94.1 | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 3 | 366 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 46 | 49 | 93.9 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 0 | 367 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Adams | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 1 | 20 | 1/7 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 1 | 20 | 1/7 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 0/ | 4/ | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zollie Toth | 131 | 636 | 4.9 | 51 | 5 |
| George Taliaferro | 88 | 411 | 4.7 | 44 | 4 |
| Sherman Howard | 71 | 362 | 5.1 | 60t | 3 |
| Buddy Young | 76 | 334 | 4.4 | 20 | 1 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 16 | 69 | 4.3 | 35 | 0 |
| John Rauch | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Lou Kusserow | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 397 | 1832 | 4.6 | 60t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 434 | 2445 | 5.6 | 29 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Ratterman | 294 | 140 | 47.6 | 130 | 2251 | 7.7 | 16.1 | 69t | 22 | 7.5 | 24 | 8.2 | 170 | 2081 | 64.6 | |
| John Rauch | 51 | 29 | 56.9 | 20 | 502 | 9.8 | 17.3 | 82t | 6 | 11.8 | 2 | 3.9 | 71 | 431 | 113.4 | |
| George Taliaferro | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 83 | 11.9 | 27.7 | 50t | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 126.8 |
| Spec Sanders | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 58 | 19.3 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 109.7 | |||
| Team Totals | 355 | 174 | 49.0 | 155 | 2894 | 8.2 | 16.6 | 82t | 29 | 8.2 | 26 | 7.3 | 241 | 2653 | 73.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 396 | 189 | 47.7 | 177 | 2775 | 7.0 | 14.7 | 85t | 17 | 4.3 | 30 | 7.6 | 252 | 2523 | 53.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Edwards | 52 | 775 | 14.9 | 82t | 6 |
| Art Weiner | 35 | 722 | 20.6 | 58t | 6 |
| George Taliaferro | 21 | 299 | 14.2 | 43 | 5 |
| Buddy Young | 20 | 302 | 15.1 | 69t | 1 |
| Zollie Toth | 15 | 189 | 12.6 | 60 | 3 |
| Sherman Howard | 12 | 278 | 23.2 | 40 | 5 |
| Jack Russell | 10 | 177 | 17.7 | 49t | 2 |
| Barney Poole | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 52t | 1 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 174 | 2894 | 16.6 | 82t | 29 |
| Opponents Totals | 189 | 2775 | 14.7 | 85t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 13 | 199 | 15.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 7 | 145 | 20.7 | 46 | 1 |
| Pete Layden | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Duke Iversen | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10t | 1 |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Yonakor | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ed Sharkey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 438 | 14.6 | 46 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 343 | 13.2 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 71 | 3001 | 42.3 | 63 | 2 | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 72 | 3040 | 42.2 | 63 | 2 | 699 | 32.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 2251 | 38.8 | 305 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Taliaferro | 9 | 129 | 14.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Spec Sanders | 6 | 93 | 15.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bennie Aldridge | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 305 | 11.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 699 | 13.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 20 | 536 | 26.8 | 50 | 0 | |
| George Taliaferro | 25 | 473 | 18.9 | 34 | 0 | |
| Sherman Howard | 8 | 240 | 30.0 | 89t | 1 | |
| Barney Poole | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jack Russell | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1280 | 22.1 | 89t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1148 | 21.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Edwards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Golding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| Sherman Howard | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney Poole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Ruby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Sharkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Signaigo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zollie Toth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Weiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Wozniak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 36 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 1 |
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