1947 New York Yankees (AAFC)

1st place Eastern Division 11-2-1 .846

Jim Barber	Line
Red Strader	Backfield
Jack White	Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Mon	8/18/1947	N	Buffalo Bills	29-7	W	Newark, NJ	Ruppert Stadium	11004
Sun	8/31/1947	A	Buffalo Bills	24-28	L	Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	32385
Fri	9/5/1947	H	Chicago Rockets	48-26	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	36777
Fri	9/12/1947	A	Los Angeles Dons	30-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	82675
Sun	9/21/1947	A	San Francisco 49ers	21-16	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	52819
Sun	9/28/1947	A	Baltimore Colts	21-7	W	Baltimore, MD	Muncipal Stadium	51583
Sun	10/5/1947	A	Cleveland Browns	17-26	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	80067
Sun	10/12/1947	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	31-7	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	21882
Fri	10/24/1947	A	Chicago Rockets	28-7	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	20310
Sun	11/2/1947	H	Baltimore Colts	35-21	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	21714
Sun	11/9/1947	H	San Francisco 49ers	24-16	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	37342
Sun	11/16/1947	H	Los Angeles Dons	16-13	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	37625
Sun	11/23/1947	H	Cleveland Browns	28-28	T	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	70060
Sun	11/30/1947	H	Buffalo Bills	35-13	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	39012
Sun	12/7/1947	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	20-17	W	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	14166
League Championship
Sun	12/14/1947	H	Cleveland Browns	3-14	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	60103

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
51	Bruce Alford	ROE-RDE	6-0	190	26	Texas Christian	13	13
21	Jack Baldwin	C	6-3	223	26	Centenary	2	0
31	Dick Barwegen	ROG-LDG	6-1	227	25	Purdue	14	14
33	Roman Bentz	LOG-RDG	6-2	230	28	Tulane	13	13
83	Harry Burrus	WB-LDH	6-1	195	26	Hardin-Simmons	14	5
	Fred Cardinal	LB	5-11	220	22	Notre Dame; Baldwin-Wallace	1	0
60	Lloyd Cheatham	WB-LLB	6-1	211	28	Auburn	14	9
55	Van Davis	OE-DE	6-2	215	26	Georgia	13	0
21	Paul Duke	C	6-1	210	23	Georgia Tech	10	0
41	Jack Durishan	LOG-LDG	6-2	228	25	Pittsburgh	8	1
45	Chuck Elliott	OT-DT	6-2	240	26	Oregon	10	0
37	Ed Grain	OG-DG	6-0	230	25	Pennsylvania	2	0
61	Harvey Johnson	K-LB	5-11	212	28	William & Mary	14	0
43	Nate Johnson	ROT-RDT	6-3	244	27	Illinois	14	14
70	Bob Kennedy	FB-LB	5-11	195	26	Washington State	14	1
44	Bruiser Kinard	LOT-LDT	6-1	216	33	Mississippi	14	3
57	Roy Kurrasch	OE-DE	6-2	195	25	UCLA	10	0
46	Ted Ossowski	OT-DT	6-0	218	25	Oregon State; Southern California; Oregon State	3	0
40	Derrell Palmer	LOT-LDT	6-2	240	25	Texas Christian	14	11
52	Ollie Poole	OE-DE	6-3	220	25	Mississippi; North Carolina; Mississippi	6	0
73	Dewey Proctor	FB-LB	5-11	215	27	Furman	11	1
72	Eddie Prokop	FB-LDH	5-11	200	25	Georgia Tech	12	5
88	Ben Raimondi	HB	5-9	175	22	William & Mary; Indiana	7	0
35	Chuck Riffle	OG-DG	6-0	212	29	Notre Dame	14	0
74	Harmon Rowe	RDH	6-0	182	24	Baylor; San Francisco	10	0
50	Roy Ruskusky	DE	6-3	200	26	St. Mary's (California)	11	1
53	Jack Russell	LOE-LDE	6-1	215	28	Baylor	14	14
81	Spec Sanders	TB-LDH	6-1	196	29	Cameron JC; Texas	14	12
42	Vic Schleich	OT-DT	6-3	240	27	Nebraska	11	0
30	Ed Sharkey	OG-DG	6-3	229	20	Duke; Nevada-Reno	9	0
77	Frankie Sinkwich	TB	5-11	190	27	Georgia	3	1
25	Lou Sossamon	C	6-1	207	26	South Carolina	14	14
56	Hank Stanton	DE	6-2	200	27	Arizona	8	0
22	Ralph Stewart	C	6-0	205	22	Missouri; Notre Dame; Missouri	9	0
80	Bob Sweiger	BB-S	6-0	209	28	Minnesota	14	11
75	Johnny Sylvester	HB	6-0	183	25	Temple	8	0
87	Lowell Wagner	WB	6-0	194	24	Southern California	8	3
32	Joe Yackanich	OG-DG	5-10	205	25	Fordham	14	0
76	Buddy Young	FB	5-4	173	21	Illinois	14	8

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
Special Selection		Charley Trippi	B	Georgia
Special Selection		Buddy Young	B	Illinois
1	7	Ben Raimondi	B	Indiana
2	15	Monte Moncrief	T	Texas A&M
3	23	Bill Collins	G	Texas
4	31	Joe Tereshinski	E	Georgia
5	39	Jack Durishan	T	Pittsburgh
6	47	Walt Dropo	E	Connecticut
7	55	Roland Nabors	C	Texas Tech
8	63	George Strohmeyer	C	Notre Dame
9	71	Ted Ossowski	T	Oregon State
10	79	Dick Werder	G	Georgetown (DC)
11	87	Bill Healy	G	Georgia Tech
12	95	Ed Sikorski	B	Muhlenberg
13	103	Bill Miklich	B	Idaho
14	111	Chuck Elliott	T	Oregon
15	119	Ed Grain	G	Pennsylvania

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	123	82	105	68
Opponents Totals	36	95	64	44

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		187	120	54	13	/ %	/ %	67	522
Opponents Totals		140	67	60	13	/ %	/ %	54	382

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Spec Sanders	19	0	0		0	0		0	114
Harvey Johnson	0	49	51	96.1	7	8	87.5	0	70
Bruce Alford	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Buddy Young	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Eddie Prokop	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Jack Russell	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Harry Burrus	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Lloyd Cheatham	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Sweiger	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Kennedy	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dewey Proctor	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lou Sossamon	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lowell Wagner	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Derrell Palmer	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	51	49	51	96.1	7	8	87.5	1	378
Opponents Totals	32	26	32	81.3	7	15	46.7	0	239

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Harvey Johnson	7	8	87.5	2/	2/	2/	1/	0/
Team Totals	7	8	87.5	2/	2/	2/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	7	15	46.7	2/	1/	3/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Spec Sanders	231	1432	6.2	70t	18
Buddy Young	116	712	6.1		3
Eddie Prokop	76	324	4.3	52t	4
Bob Kennedy	44	258	5.9	78t	1
Johnny Sylvester	17	101	5.9		0
Bob Sweiger	9	44	4.9		0
Frankie Sinkwich	16	33	2.1		0
Dewey Proctor	15	15	1.0		1
Ben Raimondi	6	11	1.8		0
Harry Burrus	1	5	5.0	5	0
Lloyd Cheatham	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Harmon Rowe	2	-3	-1.5		0
Team Totals	534	2930	5.5	78t	27
Opponents Totals	371	1237	3.3	52	13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Spec Sanders	171	93	54.4	61	1442	8.4	15.5	55	14	8.2	17	9.9				70.2
Frankie Sinkwich	15	8	53.3	7	93	6.2	11.6		0	0.0	0	0.0				72.4
Eddie Prokop	8	4	50.0	3	137	17.1	34.3	70t	2	25.0	1	12.5				95.8
Ben Raimondi	15	3	20.0	12	54	3.6	18.0		0	0.0	0	0.0				42.1
Bob Kennedy	3	2	66.7	1	56	18.7	28.0		0	0.0	0	0.0				109.7
Buddy Young	2	1	50.0	1	13	6.5	13.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0				70.8
Dewey Proctor	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Johnny Sylvester	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	216	111	51.4	87	1795	8.3	16.2	70t	16	7.4	18	8.3	32	375	1420	69.5
Opponents Totals	304	144	47.4	143	1910	6.3	13.3	82	17	5.6	17	5.6	39	345	1565	63.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Buddy Young	27	303	11.2	50t	2
Bruce Alford	20	298	14.9	52t	5
Jack Russell	20	368	18.4		2
Bob Sweiger	11	108	9.8		1
Harry Burrus	8	192	24.0		2
Van Davis	8	179	22.4	55	0
Lloyd Cheatham	4	124	31.0	70t	2
Lowell Wagner	4	50	12.5		1
Eddie Prokop	3	79	26.3		1
Roy Kurrasch	2	53	26.5		0
Ollie Poole	1	19	19.0	19	0
Dewey Proctor	1	4	4.0	4	0
Spec Sanders	1	13	13.0	13	0
Johnny Sylvester	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	111	1795	16.2	70t	16
Opponents Totals	144	1910	13.3	82	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Spec Sanders	3	63	21.0	46	0
Eddie Prokop	3	57	19.0		0
Bob Kennedy	2	66	33.0		0
Bob Sweiger	2	51	25.5	31	1
Harmon Rowe	2	20	10.0	20	0
Jack Russell	1	33	33.0	33	0
Dewey Proctor	1	32	32.0	32	0
Harry Burrus	1	11	11.0	11	0
Roy Ruskusky	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bruce Alford	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	17	342	20.1	46	1
Opponents Totals	18	237	13.2		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS	NET
Spec Sanders	46	1938	42.1	84	2
Johnny Sylvester	1	42	42.0	42	0
Frankie Sinkwich	3	93	31.0		1
Bob Kennedy	5	126	25.2		3
Team Totals	55	2199	40.0	84	6		31.4
Opponents Totals	78			77	7	489

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Spec Sanders	6	164	27.3	57	0
Buddy Young	8	127	15.9	53	1
Eddie Prokop	7	78	11.1		0
Bob Kennedy	6	44	7.3		0
Johnny Sylvester	3	37	12.3		0
Bruce Alford	1	34	34.0	34t	1
Ollie Poole	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	32	489	15.3	57	2
Opponents Totals	39	473	12.1		0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Spec Sanders	22	593	27.0	98t	1
Buddy Young	12	332	27.7	95t	1
Eddie Prokop	7	188	26.9	54	0
Bruce Alford	2	90	45.0	79t	1
Jack Russell	4	66	16.5		0
Johnny Sylvester	1	25	25.0	25	0
Harmon Rowe	1	18	18.0	18	0
Dewey Proctor	1	15	15.0	15	0
Bob Sweiger	1	12	12.0	12	0
Van Davis	1	9	9.0	9	0
Jack Durishan	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	53	1351	25.5	98t	3
Opponents Totals	68			50	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Jack Russell						1
Lou Sossamon						1
Team Totals	45	17	28	12	40	2
Opponents Totals	33	12	21	17	38	1