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1947 New York Yankees

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Record: 11-2-1, Finished 1st in AAFC East Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 378 points (27.0/g), 2nd of 8 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 239 points (17.1/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 139 points (9.9/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 10.5-3.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 5th.

Coached by Ray Flaherty (11-2-1)

1947 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun August 31 box L 0-1 @ Buffalo Bills 24 28 17 399 229 170 3 11 258 121 137 1
2 Fri September 5 box W 1-1 Chicago Rockets 48 26 11 381 146 235 2 8 221 102 119 2
3 Fri September 12 box W 2-1 @ Los Angeles Dons 30 14 8 294 195 99 5 152 128 24 1
4 Sun September 21 box W 3-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 16 10 166 94 72 2 17 337 184 153 4
5 Sun September 28 box W 4-1 @ Baltimore Colts 21 7 10 231 120 111 5 14 264 189 75 5
6 Sun October 5 box L 4-2 @ Cleveland Browns 17 26 11 222 111 111 3 14 373 161 212 1
7 Sun October 12 box W 5-2 Brooklyn Dodgers 31 7 11 339 100 239 3 4 86 63 23 1
8 Fri October 24 box W 6-2 @ Chicago Rockets 28 7 16 457 62 395 2 4 132 152 -20 2
9 Sun November 2 box W 7-2 Baltimore Colts 35 21 11 348 62 286 2 9 250 236 14 1
10 Sun November 9 box W 8-2 San Francisco 49ers 24 16 18 411 180 231 4 7 139 78 61 1
11 Sun November 16 box W 9-2 Los Angeles Dons 16 13 16 378 160 218 3 6 103 22 81 1
12 Sun November 23 box T 9-2-1 Cleveland Browns 28 28 19 331 62 269 1 19 424 325 99 4
13 Sun November 30 box W 10-2-1 Buffalo Bills 35 13 17 360 106 254 1 10 202 115 87 5
14 Sun December 7 box W 11-2-1 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 20 17 12 358 175 183 3 11 186 30 156 1
Playoffs
Champ December 14 box L 11-3-1 Cleveland Browns 3 14

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 378 4725 750 6.3 187 111 216 1795 16 18 8.3 54 534 2930 27 5.5 120 35 17 13
Team Defense 239 3147 675 4.7 213 144 304 1910 17 17 6.3 60 371 1237 13 3.3 140 29 12 13
Lg Rank Offense 2 3 3 8 7 6 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 4
Lg Rank Defense 2 1 1 6 3 3 6 2 1 1 4 1 8 8

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Spec Sanders+ 29 TB 14 12 93 171 54.4 1442 14 8.2 17 9.9 55 8.4 4.8 15.5 103.0 70.2
Ben Raimondi 22 7 0 3 15 20.0 54 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 3.6 3.6 18.0 7.7 42.1
Frankie Sinkwich 27 3 1 8 15 53.3 93 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 6.2 6.2 11.6 31.0 72.4
Eddie Prokop 25 fb 13 4 4 8 50.0 137 2 25.0 1 12.5 0 17.1 14.0 34.3 10.5 95.8
Bob Kennedy 26 14 1 2 3 66.7 56 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 18.7 18.7 28.0 4.0 109.7
Buddy Young 21 FB 14 8 1 2 50.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 6.5 6.5 13.0 0.9 70.8
Dewey Proctor 26 11 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
John Sylvester 24 7 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.6 14 111 216 51.4 1795 16 7.4 18 8.3 55 8.3 5.3 16.2 128.2 69.5
Opp Total 14 144 304 47.4 1910 17 5.6 17 5.6 6.3 4.3 13.3 136.4 63.1 0 0 6.3 4.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Spec Sanders+ 29 TB 14 12 231 1432 18 0 6.2 102.3 16.5 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 0.9 1445 18 0
Buddy Young 21 FB 14 8 116 712 3 0 6.1 50.9 8.3 27 303 11.2 2 50 1.9 21.6 1015 5 0
Eddie Prokop 25 fb 13 4 76 324 4 52 4.3 24.9 5.8 3 79 26.3 1 0 0.2 6.1 403 5 0
Bob Kennedy 26 14 1 44 258 1 0 5.9 18.4 3.1 258 1 0
John Sylvester 24 7 0 17 101 0 0 5.9 14.4 2.4 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.7 106 0 0
Frankie Sinkwich 27 3 1 16 33 0 0 2.1 11.0 5.3 33 0 0
Dewey Proctor 26 11 1 15 15 1 0 1.0 1.4 1.4 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.4 19 1 0
Bob Sweiger 28 WB 14 11 9 44 0 0 4.9 3.1 0.6 11 108 9.8 1 0 0.8 7.7 152 1 0
Ben Raimondi 22 7 0 6 11 0 0 1.8 1.6 0.9 11 0 0
Harmon Rowe 24 10 0 2 -3 0 0 -1.5 -0.3 0.2 -3 0 0
Harry Burrus 26 wb 14 5 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 8 192 24.0 2 0 0.6 13.7 197 2 0
Lloyd Cheatham 28 BB 14 10 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0.1 4 124 31.0 2 70 0.3 8.9 122 2 0
Bruce Alford+ 25 RE 13 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 298 14.9 5 52 1.5 22.9 298 5 0
Jack Russell 28 LE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 368 18.4 2 0 1.4 26.3 368 2 0
Van Davis 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 179 22.4 0 0 0.6 13.8 179 0 0
Lowell Wagner 24 7 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 50 12.5 1 0 0.6 7.1 50 1 0
Roy Kurrasch 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 53 26.5 0 0 0.2 5.3 53 0 0
Ollie Poole 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 19 19.0 0 19 0.2 3.8 19 0 0
Team Total 25.6 14 534 2930 27 52 5.5 209.3 38.1 111 1795 16.2 16 70 7.9 128.2 4725 43 0
Opp Total 14 371 1237 13 3.3 88.4 26.5 144 1910 13.3 17 10.3 136.4 3147 30 33

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Spec Sanders+ 29 TB 14 12 6 164 0 0 27.3 22 593 1 92 27.0 2202
Buddy Young 21 FB 14 8 8 127 1 0 15.9 12 332 1 95 27.7 1474
Eddie Prokop 25 fb 13 4 7 78 0 0 11.1 7 188 0 0 26.9 669
Bob Kennedy 26 14 1 6 44 0 0 7.3 302
Jack Russell 28 LE 14 14 4 66 0 0 16.5 434
John Sylvester 24 7 0 3 37 0 0 12.3 1 25 0 25 25.0 168
Bruce Alford+ 25 RE 13 13 1 34 1 34 34.0 2 90 1 79 45.0 422
Van Davis 26 13 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 188
Jack Durishan 25 6 1 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Ollie Poole 25 5 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 24
Dewey Proctor 26 11 1 1 15 0 15 15.0 34
Harmon Rowe 24 10 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 15
Bob Sweiger 28 WB 14 11 1 12 0 12 12.0 164
Team Total 25.6 14 32 489 2 34 15.3 53 1351 3 95 25.5 6565
Opp Total 14 39 0 68 1401 0 20.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Harvey Johnson 28 RT 14 0 8 7 87.5% 51 49 96.1%
Spec Sanders+ 29 TB 14 12 46 1938 0 2 42.1
Bob Kennedy 26 14 1 5 126 0 3 25.2
Frankie Sinkwich 27 3 1 3 93 0 1 31.0
John Sylvester 24 7 0 1 42 42 0 42.0
Team Total 25.6 14 8 7 87.5% 51 49 96.1% 55 2199 42 6 40.0
Opp Total 14 15 7 46.7% 32 26 81.3% 78 3229 41.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bruce Alford+ 25 RE 13 13 1 1 0 1
Harry Burrus 26 wb 14 5 1 11 0 11
Bob Kennedy 26 14 1 2 66 0 0
Dewey Proctor 26 11 1 1 32 0 32
Eddie Prokop 25 fb 13 4 3 57 0 0
Harmon Rowe 24 10 0 2 20 0 0
Roy Ruskusky 26 11 1 1 8 0 8
Jack Russell 28 LE 14 14 1 33 0 33
Spec Sanders+ 29 TB 14 12 3 63 0 0
Bob Sweiger 28 WB 14 11 2 51 1 31
Team Total 25.6 14 17 342 1 33
Opp Total 14 33 21

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Spec Sanders+ 29 TB 14 12 18 1 114
Harvey Johnson 28 RT 14 0 49 7 70
Bruce Alford+ 25 RE 13 13 5 1 1 42
Buddy Young 21 FB 14 8 3 2 1 1 42
Eddie Prokop 25 fb 13 4 4 1 30
Jack Russell 28 LE 14 14 2 1 18
Harry Burrus 26 wb 14 5 2 12
Lloyd Cheatham 28 BB 14 10 2 12
Bob Sweiger 28 WB 14 11 1 1 12
Bob Kennedy 26 14 1 1 6
Dewey Proctor 26 11 1 1 6
Lou Sossamon 26 C 14 14 1 6
Lowell Wagner 24 7 3 1 6
Team Total 25.6 14 27 16 2 3 1 2 49 7 376
Opp Total 14 13 17 26 7 239