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1948 New York Yankees

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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 3rd in AAFC East Division
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 265 points (18.9/g), 5th of 8 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 301 points (21.5/g), 3rd.
 Differential of -36 points (-2.6/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 6.0-8.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.3/g), 3rd.

Coached by Ray Flaherty (1-3-0) and Red Strader (5-5-0)

1948 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Fri August 27 box W 1-0 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 21 3 15 333 83 250 3 11 233 97 136 2
2 Sun September 5 box L 1-1 @ Baltimore Colts 28 45 14 242 149 93 2 13 488 346 142 3
3 Sun September 12 box L 1-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 0 41 13 199 111 88 6 7 267 139 128 2
4 Thu September 16 box L 1-3 Baltimore Colts 14 27 19 296 197 99 5 19 402 241 161 4
5 Wed September 29 box L 1-4 @ Los Angeles Dons 10 20 6 179 75 104 17 418 262 156 6
6 Sun October 10 box W 2-4 @ Buffalo Bills 14 13 13 306 207 99 1 12 317 186 131 3
7 Sun October 17 box L 2-5 San Francisco 49ers 7 21 15 249 89 160 4 15 308 79 229 2
8 Sun October 24 box L 2-6 @ Cleveland Browns 7 35 10 235 128 107 2 18 486 337 149 4
9 Sun October 31 box W 3-6 Chicago Rockets 42 7 15 484 240 244 1 8 206 102 104 3
10 Sun November 7 box W 4-6 Los Angeles Dons 38 6 15 353 173 180 3 17 308 220 88 5
11 Sun November 14 box W 5-6 Brooklyn Dodgers 21 7 11 258 72 186 4 15 294 136 158 2
12 Sun November 21 box L 5-7 Cleveland Browns 21 34 12 247 109 138 3 10 344 211 133 1
13 Sun November 28 box L 5-8 Buffalo Bills 14 35 9 211 141 70 3 15 395 205 190 1
14 Sat December 4 box W 6-8 @ Chicago Rockets 28 7 11 307 190 117 1 15 309 210 99 6

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 265 3943 780 5.1 178 139 316 1966 15 24 6.2 70 464 1977 20 4.3 93 39 15 15
Team Defense 301 4782 808 5.9 290 160 341 2767 19 27 8.1 85 467 2015 18 4.3 192 43 16 13
Lg Rank Offense 5 8 8 7 8 8 4 6 6 5 5 5 4 3
Lg Rank Defense 3 3 2 3 7 3 2 8 3 4 4 4 2 4

Passing

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Age Pos G GS 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 30 TB 13 9 78 168 46.4 918 5 3.0 11 6.5 57 5.5 2.8 11.8 70.6 46.2
Pete Layden 29 tb 9 4 43 105 41.0 816 9 8.6 8 7.6 0 7.8 5.2 19.0 90.7 65.4
Al Dekdebrun 27 4 0 10 20 50.0 149 0 0.0 2 10.0 0 7.5 3.0 14.9 37.3 35.2
Bud Schwenk 30 8 0 6 17 35.3 52 0 0.0 3 17.6 0 3.1 -4.9 8.7 6.5 4.7
Tom Casey 24 11 0 2 5 40.0 31 1 20.0 0 0.0 0 6.2 8.2 15.5 2.8 100.8
Bob Kennedy 27 14 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.4 14 139 316 44.0 1966 15 4.7 24 7.6 57 6.2 3.3 14.1 140.4 48.8
Opp Total 14 160 341 46.9 2767 19 5.6 27 7.9 8.1 5.1 17.3 197.6 60.6 0 0 8.1 5.1

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 30 TB 13 9 169 759 9 0 4.5 58.4 13.0 759 9 0
Pete Layden 29 tb 9 4 95 576 3 0 6.1 64.0 10.6 576 3 0
Buddy Young 22 FB 12 11 70 245 1 0 3.5 20.4 5.8 21 259 12.3 4 0 1.8 21.6 504 5 0
Bill Daley 29 7 0 40 102 1 0 2.6 14.6 5.7 4 31 7.8 0 0 0.6 4.4 133 1 0
Bob Kennedy 27 14 3 33 90 1 0 2.7 6.4 2.4 5 23 4.6 0 0 0.4 1.6 113 1 0
Lowell Tew 21 14 2 24 95 5 0 4.0 6.8 1.7 7 97 13.9 0 0 0.5 6.9 192 5 0
Tom Casey 24 11 0 18 75 0 0 4.2 6.8 1.6 75 0 0
Al Dekdebrun 27 4 0 7 24 0 0 3.4 6.0 1.8 24 0 0
Bob Sweiger 29 WB 14 14 3 4 0 0 1.3 0.3 0.2 12 129 10.8 0 0 0.9 9.2 133 0 0
Bud Schwenk 30 8 0 3 6 0 0 2.0 0.8 0.4 6 0 0
Lloyd Cheatham 29 BB 12 9 2 1 0 0 0.5 0.1 0.2 7 76 10.9 0 50 0.6 6.3 77 0 0
Bruce Alford 26 RE 14 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 578 18.1 3 57 2.3 41.3 578 3 0
Jack Russell 29 LE 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 23 433 18.8 6 70 1.6 30.9 433 6 0
Lowell Wagner 25 wb 14 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 99 16.5 1 0 0.4 7.1 99 1 0
Otto Schnellbacher 25 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 72 14.4 0 0 0.4 5.1 72 0 0
Paul Cleary 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 37 9.3 0 0 0.3 2.8 37 0 0
Van Davis 27 13 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 49 12.3 1 0 0.3 3.8 49 1 0
Duke Iverson 28 10 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 30 7.5 0 0 0.4 3.0 30 0 0
Flip McDonald 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 30 10.0 0 0 1.5 15.0 30 0 0
Harvey Johnson 29 K 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.4 6 0 0
Howie Parker 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.3 5.7 17 0 0
Team Total 27.4 14 464 1977 20 0 4.3 141.2 33.1 139 1966 14.1 15 70 9.9 140.4 3943 35 0
Opp Total 14 467 2015 18 4.3 143.9 33.4 160 2767 17.3 19 11.4 197.6 4782 37 35

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Spec Sanders 30 TB 13 9 13 128 0 0 9.8 9 217 0 0 24.1 1104
Tom Casey 24 11 0 9 229 1 94 25.4 7 170 0 0 24.3 474
Pete Layden 29 tb 9 4 7 64 0 0 9.1 8 211 0 0 26.4 851
Buddy Young 22 FB 12 11 2 11 0 0 5.5 12 303 0 0 25.3 818
Otto Schnellbacher 25 14 1 5 45 0 0 9.0 117
Bill Daley 29 7 0 4 88 0 0 22.0 221
Bob Kennedy 27 14 3 1 14 0 14 14.0 2 20 0 0 10.0 147
Lowell Tew 21 14 2 3 75 0 0 25.0 267
Al Dekdebrun 27 4 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 1 15 0 15 15.0 51
Lloyd Cheatham 29 BB 12 9 1 18 0 18 18.0 95
Paul Cleary 26 13 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 45
Harmon Rowe 25 11 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Bob Sweiger 29 WB 14 14 1 3 0 3 3.0 136
Team Total 27.4 14 39 515 1 94 13.2 49 1128 0 18 23.0 5586
Opp Total 14 48 1 47 944 0 20.1

Kicking & Punting

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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 29 K 14 0 7 2 28.6% 37 37 100.0%
Spec Sanders 30 TB 13 9 42 1707 0 0 40.6
Pete Layden 29 tb 9 4 21 884 0 0 42.1
Bob Kennedy 27 14 3 7 237 0 0 33.9
Tom Casey 24 11 0 6 242 0 0 40.3
Bill Daley 29 7 0 1 41 41 0 41.0
Team Total 27.4 14 7 2 28.6% 37 37 100.0% 77 3111 41 0 40.4
Opp Total 14 12 6 50.0% 41 37 90.2% 64 2643 41.3

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
Van Davis 27 13 4 1 5 0 5
Al Dekdebrun 27 4 0 1 16 0 16
Duke Iverson 28 10 1 1 1 0 1
Bob Kennedy 27 14 3 4 49 0 0
Pete Layden 29 tb 9 4 3 63 0 0
Joe Magliolo 26 13 0 1 12 0 12
Roland Nabors 24 10 0 1 10 0 10
Charley Riffle 30 14 0 1 11 0 11
Jack Russell 29 LE 14 13 1 0 0 0
Spec Sanders 30 TB 13 9 1 24 0 24
Otto Schnellbacher 25 14 1 11 239 1 0
Lowell Wagner 25 wb 14 3 1 31 0 31
Team Total 27.4 14 27 461 1 31
Opp Total 14 35 19

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Spec Sanders 30 TB 13 9 9 54
Harvey Johnson 29 K 14 0 37 2 43
Jack Russell 29 LE 14 13 6 36
Lowell Tew 21 14 2 5 30
Buddy Young 22 FB 12 11 1 4 30
Bruce Alford 26 RE 14 10 3 18
Pete Layden 29 tb 9 4 3 18
Tom Casey 24 11 0 1 6
Bill Daley 29 7 0 1 6
Van Davis 27 13 4 1 6
Bob Kennedy 27 14 3 1 6
Otto Schnellbacher 25 14 1 1 6
Lowell Wagner 25 wb 14 3 1 6
Team Total 27.4 14 20 15 1 1 37 2 265
Opp Total 14 18 19 1 37 6 301