| New York Yankees at Brooklyn Dodgers Game Statistics |
| Date: August 27, 1948 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Ebbets Field Attendance: 16411 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 89 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York YankeesNY | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Brooklyn DodgersBKN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NY | BKN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Brooklyn DodgersBKN | Lee Tevis 17 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 8 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 60 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | New York YankeesNY | Tom Casey 94 punt return (Harvey Johnson kick) | 21 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Jack Russell |
| 40 | LOT | Derrell Palmer |
| 33 | LOG | Roman Bentz |
| 20 | C | Frank Perantoni |
| 30 | ROG | Ed Sharkey |
| 43 | ROT | Bill Chambers |
| 51/54 | ROE | Bruce Alford |
| 60 | BB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 81 | TB | Spec Sanders |
| 80 | WB | Bob Sweiger |
| 76 | FB | Buddy Young |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Jack Russell |
| 40 | LDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 33 | LDG | Roman Bentz |
| 31 | RDG | Joe Signaigo |
| 43 | RDT | Bill Chambers |
| 51/54 | RDE | Bruce Alford |
| 80 | LLB | Bob Sweiger |
| 76 | LB | Buddy Young |
| 25 | RLB | Lou Sossamon |
| 87 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| 81 | S | Spec Sanders |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 56 | LOE | Max Morris |
| 43 | LOT | Martin Ruby |
| 30 | LOG | Tex Warrington |
| 22 | C | Ed Gustafson |
| 31 | ROG | George Bernhardt |
| 44 | ROT | Garland Williams |
| 51 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 61 | BB | Walt McDonald |
| 90 | TB | Bob Hoernschemeyer |
| 82/92 | WB | Lee Tevis |
| 72 | FB | Mickey Colmer |
| Defense | ||
| 55 | LDE | Hal Thompson |
| 43 | LDT | Martin Ruby |
| 30 | MG | Tex Warrington |
| 40/42 | RDT | Joe Spencer |
| 50 | RDE | Ted Scruggs |
| 71 | LB | Hugo Marcolini |
| 25 | LB | George Strohmeyer |
| 81 | DB | Al Akins |
| 92/93 | DB | Carl Allen |
| 84/80 | DB | Jim Camp |
| 61 | S | Walt McDonald |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 11 | 147 | 13.4 | 60t | 2 |
| Bob Kennedy | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Al Dekdebrun | 14 | 18 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Tom Casey | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Daley | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bud Schwenk | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 12 | 106 | 8.8 | 61 | 0 |
| Mickey Colmer | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Carl Allen | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Chappuis | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| Morrie Warren | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Akins | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 0 | 44 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | |
| Al Dekdebrun | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.5 | |
| Bud Schwenk | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||||||||
| Bob Chappuis | 17 | 4 | 23.5 | 2 | 66 | 3.9 | 0 | 3.7 | |||
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 26 | 2.4 | 0 | 60.0 | |||
| Lee Tevis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Don McDonald | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lowell Tew | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Daley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Hank Foldberg | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| Saxon Judd | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Danny Edwards | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Walt McDonald | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Akins | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Lee Tevis | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Al Dekdebrun | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Roland Nabors | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Hardy Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | |||||
| Lee Tevis | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Mickey Colmer | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 61 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Tom Casey | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 94t | 1 | |
| Harmon Rowe | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Lee Tevis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoernschemeyer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Buddy Young | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | ||||||
| Lee Tevis | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
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