1946 New York Yankees (AAFC) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 10-3-1 .769 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/22/1946 | A | Cleveland Browns | 9-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 40469 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bruce Alford | 51 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Texas Christian | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Baldwin | 21 | LOG-LDG | 6-3 | 223 | 25 | Centenary | 1 | 1 |
| Roman Bentz | 45 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Tulane | 1 | 0 |
| Harry Burrus | 50 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Hardin-Simmons | 1 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 60 | QB-S | 6-1 | 211 | 27 | Auburn | 1 | 1 |
| Harvey Johnson | 75 | B | 5-11 | 212 | 27 | William & Mary | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Johnson | 43 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 244 | 26 | Illinois | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Karmazin | 30 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 210 | 27 | Duke | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 70 | B | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Washington State | 1 | 0 |
| Bruiser Kinard | 44 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 216 | 32 | Mississippi | 1 | 1 |
| George Kinard | 31 | OG-DG | 6-1 | 202 | 30 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 76 | B | 6-0 | 200 | 33 | Minnesota; Drake | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Masterson | 55 | E | 6-1 | 213 | 31 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Morrow | 61 | B | 6-0 | 222 | 28 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1 | 0 |
| Derrell Palmer | 40 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Texas Christian | 1 | 0 |
| Ace Parker | 88 | B | 5-11 | 178 | 34 | Duke | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 83 | B | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Princeton | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 72 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 |
| Chuck Riffle | 35 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 212 | 28 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Robertson | 22 | C-LB | 6-0 | 218 | 29 | Kansas; Louisiana State; Tulsa | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Russell | 53 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | Baylor | 1 | 1 |
| Spec Sanders | 81 | LOH-LDH | 6-1 | 196 | 28 | Cameron JC; Texas | 1 | 1 |
| Perry Schwartz | 57 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 199 | 31 | Sacramento CC; California | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 80 | B | 6-0 | 209 | 27 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 |
| Lowell Wagner | 87/80 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 194 | 23 | Southern California | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Yackanich | 32 | OG-DG | 5-10 | 205 | 24 | Fordham | 1 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | / % | / % | 4 | 20 | |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | / % | / % | 5 | 25 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harvey Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 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 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 23 | 1 |
| Eddie Prokop | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ace Parker | 9 | 5 | 0.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 65 | 2.2 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 112 | 3.0 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 9 | 81 | 4.5 | 10.1 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 1 | 17 | 64 | 34.7 |
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 11 | 81 | 4.1 | 10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 31.5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 10 | 213 | 7.9 | 13.3 | 1 | 3.7 | 1 | 3.7 | 81.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Russell | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Perry Schwartz | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Bob Masterson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 213 | 13.3 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 96 | 24.0 |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 45.0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 161 | 32.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 141 | 28.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 36.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Perina | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 0 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 0 | 52 | 26.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Bob Morrow | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||
| Opponents Totals |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Russell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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