| New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1946 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 15000 |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York YankeesNY | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Los Angeles DonsLA | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NY | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York YankeesNY | Harvey Johnson 21 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Los Angeles DonsLA | John Kimbrough 4 run (Joe Aguirre kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Joe Aguirre 26 pass from Charlie O'Rourke (Joe Aguirre kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 1 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 103 kickoff return (Harvey Johnson kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 20 pass from Ace Parker (Harvey Johnson kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Los Angeles DonsLA | Bob Nelson 12 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 75 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | New York YankeesNY | Pug Manders 1 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 31 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Jack Russell |
| 44 | LOT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 41 | LOG | Roman Piskor |
| 22 | C | Tom Robertson |
| 35 | ROG | Chuck Riffle |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 50 | ROE | Harry Burrus |
| 60 | BB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 70 | TB | Bob Kennedy |
| 87 | WB | Lowell Wagner |
| 81 | FB | Spec Sanders |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | DE | Bob Masterson |
| 57 | DE | Perry Schwartz |
| 43 | DT | Nate Johnson |
| 44 | DT | Bruiser Kinard |
| 45 | DG | Roman Bentz |
| 31 | DG | George Kinard |
| 70 | LB | Bob Kennedy |
| 25 | LB | Lou Sossamon |
| 50 | DB | Harry Burrus |
| 83 | DB | Bob Perina |
| 80 | DB | Bob Sweiger |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Bob Nowaskey |
| 45 | LOT | Bob Reinhard |
| 30 | LOG | Al Lolotai |
| 22 | C | Bob Nelson |
| 33 | ROG | Bill Radovich |
| 44 | ROT | Lee Artoe |
| 58/57 | ROE | Joe Aguirre |
| 66 | QB | Charlie O'Rourke |
| 83 | LOH | Bob Seymour |
| 85 | ROH | Bernie Nygren |
| 77 | FB | John Kimbrough |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | DE | Dale Gentry |
| 55 | DE | Bob Nowaskey |
| 44 | DT | Lee Artoe |
| 45 | DT | Bob Reinhard |
| 30 | DG | Al Lolotai |
| 33 | DG | Bill Radovich |
| 82 | LB | Harry Clarke |
| 22 | LB | Bob Nelson |
| 94 | DB | Earl Elsey |
| 83 | DB | Bob Seymour |
| 84 | DB | Paul Vinnola |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 75t | 1 |
| Ace Parker | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| John Kimbrough | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 29 | 1 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Andy Marefos | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Kerr | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Seymour | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Charlie O'Rourke | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Earl Elsey | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Bernie Nygren | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Nowaskey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Angelo Bertelli | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Polanski | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Ace Parker | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 0 | 63 | 5.7 | 28 | 1 | 86.6 | ||
| Bob Perina | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | 2.8 | |||
| Spec Sanders | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 44 | 14.7 | 44 | 0 | 81.9 | ||
| Eddie Prokop | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 118.8 | |||
| Frankie Sinkwich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Pug Manders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||||||||
| Charlie O'Rourke | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 1 | 192 | 9.1 | 40 | 1 | 83.8 | ||
| Angelo Bertelli | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Bob Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Lowell Wagner | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bob Masterson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Harry Burrus | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Bernie Nygren | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | |
| Dale Gentry | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 40 | 0 |
| John Kimbrough | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Joe Aguirre | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Al Krueger | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Kerr | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Seymour | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Bob Sweiger | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Masterson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Bob Mitchell | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Bob Nelson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Ace Parker | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Bob Perina | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dons | |||||
| Bob Reinhard | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 0 | |
| Angelo Bertelli | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Bob Perina | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Earl Elsey | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Bob Seymour | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Paul Vinnola | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 120 | 60.0 | 103t | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Dons | ||||||
| Earl Elsey | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Bernie Nygren | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
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