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1949 New York Yankees

Franchise Index: Previous Season

Record: 8-4-0, Finished 2nd in AAFC
AAFC Season Summary

Scored 196 points (16.3/g), 5th of 7 in the AAFC.
 Allowed 206 points (17.2/g), 2nd.
 Differential of -10 points (-0.8/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 5.6-6.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 4th.

Coached by Red Strader (8-4-0)

1949 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 September 11 box W 1-0 @ Buffalo Bills 17 14 15 339 181 158 3 11 313 173 140 5
2 Sun September 18 box L 1-1 @ Cleveland Browns 3 14 15 311 127 184 3 5 125 36 89 3
3 Thu September 22 box W 2-1 Los Angeles Dons 10 7 7 242 30 212 3 5 107 38 69 2
4 Fri October 7 box W 3-1 N Chicago Hornets 38 24 16 422 179 243 1 8 208 178 30 2
5 Sun October 16 box W 4-1 @ Baltimore Colts 24 21 14 248 65 183 1 17 475 344 131 3
6 Sun October 23 box W 5-1 San Francisco 49ers 24 3 7 173 15 158 3 8 186 137 49 7
7 Sun October 30 box W 6-1 Baltimore Colts 21 14 12 288 64 224 4 12 231 216 15 3
8 Sun November 6 box L 6-2 Buffalo Bills 14 17 9 286 60 226 3 13 307 190 117 1
9 Sun November 13 box W 7-2 Chicago Hornets 14 10 8 161 13 148 7 7 218 157 61 3
10 Sun November 20 box L 7-3 Cleveland Browns 0 31 12 277 137 140 8 16 461 382 79 3
11 Thu November 24 box W 8-3 @ Los Angeles Dons 17 16 13 245 107 138 2 10 246 95 151 4
12 Sun November 27 box L 8-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 14 35 7 164 54 110 4 17 408 243 165 5
Playoffs
Champ December 4 box L 8-5 @ San Francisco 49ers 7 17

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 196 3175 709 4.5 135 66 199 1032 5 22 5.2 37 510 2143 16 4.2 91 42 20 7
Team Defense 206 3323 676 4.9 203 159 316 2189 13 24 6.9 68 360 1134 8 3.2 129 41 17 6
Lg Rank Offense 5 6 6 7 7 7 4 7 1 2 4 3 4 4
Lg Rank Defense 2 2 1 6 6 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 4 3

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%
Don Panciera 22 QB 12 12 51 150 34.0 801 5 3.3 16 10.7 0 5.3 0.9 15.7 66.8 24.2
Gil Johnson 26 9 0 12 36 33.3 179 0 0.0 5 13.9 0 5.0 -1.3 14.9 19.9 11.0
Pete Layden 30 RET 12 0 2 10 20.0 25 0 0.0 1 10.0 0 2.5 -2.0 12.5 2.1 0.0
Mickey Colmer 31 8 2 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Bob Kennedy 28 FB 12 10 1 1 100.0 27 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 27.0 27.0 27.0 2.3 118.7
Lou Kusserow 22 11 4 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 28.0 12 66 199 33.2 1032 5 2.5 22 11.1 27 5.2 0.5 15.6 86.0 20.1
Opp Total 12 159 316 50.3 2189 13 4.1 24 7.6 6.9 3.9 13.8 182.4 54.9 0 0 6.9 3.9

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
Bob Kennedy 28 FB 12 10 118 490 5 0 4.2 40.8 9.8 7 55 7.9 1 0 0.6 4.6 545 6 0
Sherman Howard 25 RH 12 6 117 459 3 79 3.9 38.3 9.8 1 24 24.0 0 24 0.1 2.0 483 3 0
Buddy Young 23 LH 12 11 76 495 5 71 6.5 41.3 6.3 12 171 14.3 2 0 1.0 14.3 666 7 0
Lou Kusserow 22 11 4 39 136 0 0 3.5 12.4 3.5 136 0 0
Mickey Colmer 31 8 2 36 100 0 0 2.8 12.5 4.5 2 10 5.0 0 0 0.3 1.3 110 0 0
Eddie Prokop 27 6 1 31 109 2 0 3.5 18.2 5.2 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.2 1.2 116 2 0
Tom Landry 25 P 12 1 29 91 0 0 3.1 7.6 2.4 6 109 18.2 0 0 0.5 9.1 200 0 0
Pete Layden 30 RET 12 0 19 96 0 0 5.1 8.0 1.6 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 0.0 96 0 0
Lowell Tew 22 1 1 14 65 1 0 4.6 65.0 14.0 65 1 0
Don Panciera 22 QB 12 12 10 -4 0 0 -0.4 -0.3 0.8 -4 0 0
Duke Iverson 29 12 0 6 50 0 0 8.3 4.2 0.5 50 0 0
Harmon Rowe 26 9 0 6 21 0 0 3.5 2.3 0.7 21 0 0
Noble Doss 29 4 0 5 15 0 0 3.0 3.8 1.3 15 0 0
Gil Johnson 26 9 0 3 21 0 0 7.0 2.3 0.3 21 0 0
Dewey Proctor 28 1 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -1.0 1.0 -1 0 0
Bruce Alford 27 RE 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 213 19.4 1 0 1.0 19.4 213 1 0
Dan Garza 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 193 21.4 0 0 0.8 16.1 193 0 0
Jack Russell 30 LE 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 130 18.6 1 0 0.6 10.8 130 1 0
Barney Poole 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 83 13.8 0 0 0.5 7.5 83 0 0
Van Davis 28 11 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 26 13.0 0 0 0.2 2.4 26 0 0
Otto Schnellbacher 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 0.9 11 0 0
Team Total 28.0 12 510 2143 16 79 4.2 178.6 42.5 66 1032 15.6 5 24 5.5 86.0 3175 21 0
Opp Total 12 360 1134 8 3.2 94.5 30.0 159 2189 13.8 13 13.3 182.4 3323 21 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
Pete Layden 30 RET 12 0 29 287 0 0 9.9 1 28 0 28 28.0 411
Buddy Young 23 LH 12 11 9 171 0 0 19.0 11 316 1 91 28.7 1153
Lou Kusserow 22 11 4 6 136 0 0 22.7 272
Tom Landry 25 P 12 1 3 52 0 0 17.3 2 39 0 0 19.5 291
Sherman Howard 25 RH 12 6 4 95 0 0 23.8 578
Otto Schnellbacher 26 12 0 4 31 0 0 7.8 42
Eddie Prokop 27 6 1 3 62 0 0 20.7 178
Bruce Alford 27 RE 11 11 2 31 0 0 15.5 244
Duke Iverson 29 12 0 2 18 0 0 9.0 68
Mickey Colmer 31 8 2 1 16 0 16 16.0 126
Noble Doss 29 4 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 37
Dan Garza 25 12 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 214
Bob Kennedy 28 FB 12 10 1 15 0 15 15.0 560
Paul Mitchell 29 12 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Barney Poole 26 11 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 89
Lowell Tew 22 1 1 1 17 0 17 17.0 82
Team Total 28.0 12 47 562 0 15 12.0 36 816 1 91 22.7 4553
Opp Total 12 44 1 44 994 1 22.6

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
Tom Landry 25 P 12 1 51 2249 0 2 44.1
Harvey Johnson 30 K 12 0 15 7 46.7% 25 25 100.0%
Pete Layden 30 RET 12 0 15 626 0 0 41.7
Mickey Colmer 31 8 2 5 232 0 0 46.4
Team Total 28.0 12 15 7 46.7% 25 25 100.0% 71 3107 0 2 43.8
Opp Total 12 9 6 66.7% 27 26 96.3% 78 3260 41.8

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
Sherman Howard 25 RH 12 6 1 26 0 26
Duke Iverson 29 12 0 1 8 0 8
Harvey Johnson 30 K 12 0 1 1 0 1
Bob Kennedy 28 FB 12 10 2 2 0 0
Tom Landry 25 P 12 1 1 44 0 44
Pete Layden 30 RET 12 0 7 137 1 0
Barney Poole 26 11 0 1 0 0 0
Harmon Rowe 26 9 0 3 53 0 0
Martin Ruby 27 LT 11 11 1 19 1 19
Jack Russell 30 LE 12 12 1 5 0 5
Otto Schnellbacher 26 12 0 4 26 0 0
Ed Sharkey 22 12 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 28.0 12 24 321 2 44
Opp Total 12 33 16

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
Buddy Young 23 LH 12 11 5 2 1 48
Harvey Johnson 30 K 12 0 25 7 46
Bob Kennedy 28 FB 12 10 5 1 36
Sherman Howard 25 RH 12 6 3 18
Eddie Prokop 27 6 1 2 12
Jack Russell 30 LE 12 12 1 1 12
Bruce Alford 27 RE 11 11 1 6
Pete Layden 30 RET 12 0 1 6
Martin Ruby 27 LT 11 11 1 6
Lowell Tew 22 1 1 1 6
Team Total 28.0 12 16 5 1 2 1 25 7 196
Opp Total 12 8 13 1 1 26 6 206