| New York Yanks at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: November 18, 1951 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 34717 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 74 F Humidty: 22% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York YanksNYY | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 20 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 48 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYY | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dick Hoerner 1 run (Bob Waterfield kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dick Hoerner 43 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Vitamin Smith 31 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | George Taliaferro 16 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dan Towler 69 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | Bob Celeri 20 pass from George Taliaferro (Harvey Johnson kick) | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jerry Williams 4 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | George Taliaferro 65 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 21 | 34 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 13 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 21 | 41 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 33 pass from Norm Van Brocklin (Bob Waterfield kick) | 21 | 48 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | LOE | Dan Garza |
| 47 | LOT | Paul Mitchell |
| 21 | LOG | Johnny Clowes |
| 34 | C | Joe Domnanovich |
| 7 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 71 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 4 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 17 | QB | Bob Celeri |
| 20 | LOH | George Taliaferro |
| 76 | ROH | Buddy Young |
| 46 | FB | Sherman Howard |
| Defense | ||
| 51 | LDE | Art Tait |
| 39 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 35 | MG | Jim Champion |
| 36 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 16 | RDE | Breck Stroschein |
| 62 | LLB | Harvey Johnson |
| 45 | RLB | Ross Nagel |
| 31 | LDH | Bennie Aldridge |
| 61 | LS | Bobbie Griffin |
| 20 | RS | George Taliaferro |
| 3 | RDH | Paul Crowe |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 76 | LOT | Don Simensen |
| 67 | LOG | Dick Daugherty |
| 50 | C | Leon McLaughlin |
| 26 | ROG | Bill Lange |
| 71 | ROT | Tom Dahms |
| 40 | ROE | Elroy Hirsch |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 32 | LOH | Dan Towler |
| 13 | ROH | Tank Younger |
| 31 | FB | Dick Hoerner |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Brink |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Winkler |
| 11 | MG | Stan West |
| 73 | RDT | Jack Halliday |
| 84 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 13 | LLB | Tank Younger |
| 57 | RLB | Don Paul |
| 33 | LDH | Jerry Williams |
| 27 | LS | Marv Johnson |
| 42 | RS | Herb Rich |
| 30 | RDH | Woodley Lewis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 12 | 166 | 13.8 | 65t | 2 |
| Sherman Howard | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dan Towler | 13 | 155 | 11.9 | 69t | 1 |
| Dick Hoerner | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 43t | 2 |
| Vitamin Smith | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 31t | 1 |
| Tank Younger | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Glenn Davis | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Waterfield | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Jerry Williams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 22 | 7 | 31.8 | 1 | 61 | 2.8 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 22.2 | |
| George Ratterman | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 111 | 6.9 | 34 | 0 | 25 | 51.8 | |
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 83 | 16.6 | 1 | 0 | 143.8 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 0 | 129 | 10.8 | 44 | 1 | 9 | 123.3 | |
| Bob Waterfield | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 74 | 6.7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 30.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Dan Garza | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Bill O'Connor | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Danny Edwards | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Paul Crowe | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 44 | 1 |
| Vitamin Smith | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Boyd | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Dan Towler | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Glenn Davis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Paul Crowe | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Woodley Lewis | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 6 | 247 | 41.2 | 55 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Norm Van Brocklin | 7 | 317 | 45.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Bobbie Griffin | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Paul Mitchell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
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