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1946 Boston Yanks

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Record: 2-8-1, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 189 points (17.2/g), 6th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 273 points (24.8/g), 9th.
 Differential of -84 points (-7.6/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 3.2-7.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.5/g), 7th.

Coached by Herb Kopf

Training Camp: St. John's Preparatory School (Danvers, Massachusetts)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 189 2676 604 4.4 147 103 239 1566 15 19 6.6 59 365 1110 11 3.0 67 37 18 21
Team Defense 273 3494 679 5.1 182 106 227 1642 15 17 7.2 69 452 1852 22 4.1 104 31 14 9
Lg Rank Offense 6 7 8 5 7 4 4 6 9 9 8 8 4 6
Lg Rank Defense 9 9 9 5 7 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 9

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Tue October 1 boxscore L 0-1 New York Giants 0 17 8 139 27 112 3 17 271 87 184 2
2 Sun October 6 boxscore L 0-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 25 49 17 341 282 59 4 21 405 208 197 2
4 Sun October 13 boxscore L 0-3 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 16 16 223 93 130 3 15 317 100 217 3
4 Sun October 20 boxscore L 0-4 Washington Redskins 6 14 7 133 82 51 3 16 256 119 137 2
5 Sun October 27 boxscore L 0-5 Pittsburgh Steelers 7 33 14 190 64 126 5 13 281 121 160 1
6 Sun November 3 boxscore L 0-6 Chicago Cardinals 14 28 18 276 109 167 4 20 393 236 157 1
7 Sun November 10 boxscore L 0-7 @ Washington Redskins 14 17 15 215 114 101 1 16 318 77 241 1
8 Sun November 17 boxscore T 0-7-1 @ New York Giants 28 28 13 197 129 68 1 17 293 197 96 3
9 Sun November 24 boxscore W 1-7-1 Los Angeles Rams 40 21 15 404 224 180 2 20 382 165 217 5
10 Thu November 28 boxscore W 2-7-1 @ Detroit Lions 34 10 18 424 282 142 2 15 266 124 142 3
11 Sun December 8 boxscore L 2-8-1 Philadelphia Eagles 14 40 6 134 160 -26 9 12 312 208 104 8

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
Paul Governali 25 QB 11 1 83 192 43.2 1293 13 6.8 10 5.2 62 6.7 5.7 15.6 117.5 67.0 0 0
Boley Dancewicz 22 qb 8 1 13 34 38.2 162 1 2.9 6 17.6 45 4.8 -2.6 12.5 20.3 24.0 0 0
Howard Maley 25 P 11 0 3 8 37.5 71 1 12.5 2 25.0 43 8.9 0.1 23.7 6.5 70.3 0 0
John Grigas 26 FB 11 9 1 2 50.0 16 0 0.0 1 50.0 16 8.0 -14.5 16.0 1.5 37.5 0 0
Duke Abbruzzi 29 3 0 1 1 100.0 11 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 11.0 11.0 11.0 3.7 112.5 0 0
Bob Davis 32 lh/PR 11 5 1 1 100.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 7.0 7.0 7.0 0.6 95.8 0 0
Gary Famiglietti 33 11 0 1 1 100.0 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 6.0 6.0 6.0 0.5 91.7 0 0
Team Total 25.5 11 103 239 43.1 1566 15 6.3 19 7.9 62 6.6 4.2 15.2 142.4 53.1 0 0
Opp Total 11 106 227 46.7 1642 15 6.6 17 7.5 7.2 5.19 15.5 149.3 62.0 0 0 7.2 5.2 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
John Grigas 26 FB 11 9 84 426 2 59 5.1 38.7 7.6 3 61 20.3 1 44 0.3 5.5 487 3 3
Babe Dimancheff 24 LH 8 6 57 238 0 24 4.2 29.8 7.1 5 121 24.2 1 45 0.6 15.1 359 1 4
Bob Davis 32 lh/PR 11 5 41 143 0 21 3.5 13.0 3.7 10 150 15.0 1 37 0.9 13.6 293 1 3
Abe Karnofsky 24 KR/qb 11 7 36 84 1 35 2.3 7.6 3.3 8 139 17.4 1 56 0.7 12.6 223 2 8
Paul Governali 25 QB 11 1 33 -186 2 4 -5.6 -16.9 3.0 -186 2 2
Jim Gillette 29 hb 11 4 30 99 1 46 3.3 9.0 2.7 5 96 19.2 1 60 0.5 8.7 195 2 1
Gary Famiglietti 33 11 0 23 54 4 13 2.3 4.9 2.1 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.1 1.5 71 4 1
Mike Micka 25 RH 11 6 20 76 0 19 3.8 6.9 1.8 76 0 0
Boley Dancewicz 22 qb 8 1 14 81 0 41 5.8 10.1 1.8 81 0 0
Howard Maley 25 P 11 0 13 67 0 42 5.2 6.1 1.2 2 35 17.5 0 33 0.2 3.2 102 0 1
Duke Abbruzzi 29 3 0 6 26 0 10 4.3 8.7 2.0 2 55 27.5 0 38 0.7 18.3 81 0 3
Hal Crisler 23 RE 11 8 4 6 0 6 1.5 0.5 0.4 32 385 12.0 5 62 2.9 35.0 391 5 3
Sam Goldman 30 LE 11 11 2 -3 0 -1 -1.5 -0.3 0.2 15 154 10.3 0 27 1.4 14.0 151 0 2
Joe Hoague 28 fb 7 1 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.3 0.1 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.6 6 0 0
Rudy Romboli 23 3 0 1 -3 0 3 -3.0 -1.0 0.3 -3 0 0
Don Currivan 26 e 11 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 262 23.8 4 60 1.0 23.8 262 4 1
Nick Scollard 26 K 11 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 78 11.1 1 19 0.6 7.1 78 1 0
Don Eliason 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.3 3.0 9 0 0
Team Total 25.5 11 365 1110 10 59 3.0 100.9 33.2 103 1566 15.2 15 62 9.4 142.4 2676 25 33
Opp Total 11 452 1852 22 4.1 168.4 41.1 106 1642 15.5 15 9.6 149.3 3494 37 34

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Abe Karnofsky 24 KR/qb 11 7 2 38 0 21 19.0 21 599 1 97 28.5 860
Bob Davis 32 lh/PR 11 5 13 130 0 23 10.0 5 92 0 21 18.4 515
Babe Dimancheff 24 LH 8 6 7 98 0 28 14.0 5 86 0 30 17.2 543
Duke Abbruzzi 29 3 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 8 147 0 34 18.4 229
Jim Gillette 29 hb 11 4 2 62 0 51 31.0 3 43 0 20 14.3 300
Howard Maley 25 P 11 0 3 12 0 10 4.0 1 3 0 3 3.0 117
Hal Crisler 23 RE 11 8 2 22 0 20 11.0 413
Don Currivan 26 e 11 3 1 22 0 22 22.0 1 14 0 14 14.0 298
Sam Goldman 30 LE 11 11 2 41 0 22 20.5 192
John Grigas 26 FB 11 9 1 8 0 8 8.0 495
Gene Lee 24 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Tony Leon 29 g 10 1 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Nick Scollard 26 K 11 4 1 12 0 12 12.0 90
Team Total 25.5 11 29 363 0 51 12.5 52 1073 1 97 20.6 4112
Opp Total 11 49 1 36 670 0 18.6

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Howard Maley 25 P 11 0 60 2373 61 1 39.6
Nick Scollard 26 K 11 4 1 0.0% 24 21 87.5%
Paul Governali 25 QB 11 1 11 481 65 0 43.7
Don Eliason 28 3 0 1 0.0%
Gary Famiglietti 33 11 0 1 0.0%
John Grigas 26 FB 11 9 1 45 45 0 45.0
Team Total 25.5 11 2 0.0% 25 21 84.0% 72 2899 65 1 40.3
Opp Total 11 14 5 35.7% 37 34 91.9% 52 2012 38.7

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bob Davis 32 lh/PR 11 5 7 129 0 34 0 0 3 3 17 0
Abe Karnofsky 24 KR/qb 11 7 0 8 5 19 0
Duke Abbruzzi 29 3 0 0 3 3 0 0
Hal Crisler 23 RE 11 8 0 3 3 0 0
Babe Dimancheff 24 LH 8 6 1 7 0 7 0 0 4 0 0 0
John Grigas 26 FB 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
Jim Gillette 29 hb 11 4 1 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0
Sam Goldman 30 LE 11 11 0 2 1 0 0
Paul Governali 25 QB 11 1 0 2 1 0 0
Mike Micka 25 RH 11 6 2 40 1 40 0 0 0 1 0 0
Don Currivan 26 e 11 3 0 1 1 0 0
Joe Domnanovich 27 C 11 11 0 0 2 27 0
Tony Leon 29 g 10 1 0 1 1 3 0
Howard Maley 25 P 11 0 0 1 1 0 0
Win Pedersen 31 t 10 2 0 0 2 0 0
Rocco Canale 29 RG 11 6 0 0 1 5 0
Boley Dancewicz 22 qb 8 1 1 4 0 4 0
Gary Famiglietti 33 11 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Hoague 28 fb 7 1 1 8 0 8 0
Gene Lee 24 11 0 1 31 0 31 0
Rudy Romboli 23 3 0 1 12 0 12 0
Nick Scollard 26 K 11 4 0 0 1 6 1
Steve Sierocinski 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Zeno 27 LG 11 8 1 0 0 0 0
Team Total 25.5 11 17 236 1 40 0 0 33 29 77 1
Opp Total 11 34 20 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Nick Scollard 26 K 11 4 1 1 2 21 33
Hal Crisler 23 RE 11 8 5 5 30
Don Currivan 26 e 11 3 4 4 24
Gary Famiglietti 33 11 0 4 4 24
John Grigas 26 FB 11 9 2 1 3 18
Abe Karnofsky 24 KR/qb 11 7 1 1 1 3 18
Jim Gillette 29 hb 11 4 1 1 2 12
Paul Governali 25 QB 11 1 2 2 12
Bob Davis 32 lh/PR 11 5 1 1 6
Babe Dimancheff 24 LH 8 6 1 1 6
Mike Micka 25 RH 11 6 1 1 6
Team Total 25.5 11 10 15 1 1 1 28 21 189
Opp Total 11 22 15 1 34 5 1 273