1949 New York Yankees Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-4-0, 3rd in AAFC (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Red Strader (8-4-0)

Points For: 196 (16.3/g) 5th of 7

Points Against: 206 (17.2/g) 2nd of 7

Expected W-L: 5.6-6.4

SRS: -0.71 (3rd of 7), SOS: .12

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 7-17 vs. San Francisco 49ers

Other Notable Asst.: Mel Hein (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Yankee Stadium

Training Camp: Cheshire Academy (Cheshire, Connecticut)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	196	3175	735	4.3	42	20	135	66	199	1032	5	22	4.6	37	510	2143	16	4.2	91	52	358	7
Opp. Stats	206	3323	706	4.7	41	17	129	159	316	2189	13	24	6.3	68	360	1134	8	3.2	55	56	414	6
Lg Rank Offense	5	6			4	4	6		7	7	7	4	7		1	2	4	3
Lg Rank Defense	2	2			4	3	1		6	6	3	3	3		1	1	1	1

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
3	Sun	September 11	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	17	14	15	311	153	158	3	11	284	144	140	5
4	Sun	September 18	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Cleveland Browns	3	14	15	292	108	184	3	5	97	8	89	3
5	Thu	September 22	boxscore	W		2-1		Los Angeles Dons	10	7	7	230	18	212	3	5	107	38	69	2
7	Fri	October 7	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Chicago Hornets	38	24	16	410	167	243	1	8	201	171	30	2
8	Sun	October 16	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Baltimore Colts	24	21	14	248	65	183	1	17	448	317	131	3
9	Sun	October 23	boxscore	W		5-1		San Francisco 49ers	24	3	7	172	14	158	3	8	159	110	49	7
10	Sun	October 30	boxscore	W		6-1		Baltimore Colts	21	14	12	288	64	224	4	12	231	185	46	3
11	Sun	November 6	boxscore	L		6-2		Buffalo Bills	14	17	9	256	30	226	3	13	296	179	117	1
12	Sun	November 13	boxscore	W		7-2		Chicago Hornets	14	10	8	147	-1	148	7	7	165	104	61	3
13	Sun	November 20	boxscore	L		7-3		Cleveland Browns	0	31	12	277	118	159	8	16	461	375	86	3
14	Thu	November 24	boxscore	W		8-3	@	Los Angeles Dons	17	16	13	219	81	138	2	10	230	79	151	4
14	Sun	November 27	boxscore	L		8-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	35	7	135	25	110	4	17	383	218	165	5
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 4	boxscore	L		8-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	7	17	9	191	116	75	3	10	260	96	164	3

Passing

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Don Panciera	22	QB	12	12	51	150	34.0	801	5	3.3	16	10.7		5.3	1.2	15.7	66.8	24.2	20	157	11.76	3.79	0.1
2	Gil Johnson	26		9	0	12	36	33.3	179	0	0.0	5	13.9		5.0	-1.3	14.9	19.9	11.0	4	17	10.00	4.05	-1.6
3	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
4	Pete Layden	30		12	0	2	10	20.0	25	0	0.0	1	10.0		2.5	-2.0	12.5	2.1	0.0	2	16	16.67	0.75	-3.0
5	Mickey Colmer	31		8	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
6	Lou Kusserow	22		11	4	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
	Team Totals			12	12	66	199	33.2	1032	5	2.5	22	11.1	27	6.1	0.7	15.6	86.0	24.1	26	190	11.71	3.74	-0.3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Don Panciera	22	QB	1	0		5	14	35.7	94	1	7.1	26	6.7	3.5	18.8	94.0	30.1	6.71	3.5
2	Pete Layden	30		1	1	0-1-0	2	9	22.2	21	1	11.1	15	2.3	-2.7	10.5	21.0	0.0	2.33	-2.7
3	Bob Kennedy	28	FB	1	0		0	2	0.0	0	1	50.0		0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0	0.00	-22.5
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	7	25	28.0	116	3	12.0	26	4.6	-0.8	16.4	116.0	6.8	4.60	-0.8

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						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Buddy Young	23	LH	12	11	76	495	5	71	6.5	41.3	6.3	12	171	14.3	2		1.0	14.3	88	7.6	666	7	0
2	Bob Kennedy	28	FB	12	10	118	490	5		4.2	40.8	9.8	7	55	7.9	1		0.6	4.6	125	4.4	545	6	0
3	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	118	4.1	483	3	0
4	Bruce Alford	28	RE	11	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	213	19.4	1		1.0	19.4	11	19.4	213	1	0
5	Tom Landry	25		12	1	29	91	0		3.1	7.6	2.4	6	109	18.2	0		0.5	9.1	35	5.7	200	0	0
6	Dan Garza	25		12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	193	21.4	0		0.8	16.1	9	21.4	193	0	0
7	Lou Kusserow	22		11	4	39	136	0		3.5	12.4	3.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	39	3.5	136	0	0
8	Jack Russell	30	LE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	130	18.6	1		0.6	10.8	7	18.6	130	1	0
9	Eddie Prokop	27		6	1	31	109	2		3.5	18.2	5.2	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.2	1.2	32	3.6	116	2	0
10	Mickey Colmer	31		8	2	36	100	0		2.8	12.5	4.5	2	10	5.0	0		0.3	1.3	38	2.9	110	0	0
11	Pete Layden	30		12	0	19	96	0		5.1	8.0	1.6	1	0	0.0	0		0.1	0.0	20	4.8	96	0	0
12	Barney Poole	26		11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	83	13.8	0		0.5	7.5	6	13.8	83	0	0
13	Lowell Tew	22		1	1	14	65	1		4.6	65.0	14.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	4.6	65	1	0
14	Duke Iversen	29		12	0	6	50	0		8.3	4.2	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	8.3	50	0	0
15	Van Davis	28		11	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	26	13.0	0		0.2	2.4	2	13.0	26	0	0
16	Gil Johnson	26		9	0	3	21	0		7.0	2.3	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	7.0	21	0	0
17	Harmon Rowe	26		9	0	6	21	0		3.5	2.3	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	3.5	21	0	0
18	Noble Doss	29		4	0	5	15	0		3.0	3.8	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	3.0	15	0	0
19	Otto Schnellbacher	26		12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	0.9	1	11.0	11	0	0
20	Dewey Proctor	29		1	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-1.0	-1	0	0
21	Don Panciera	22	QB	12	12	10	-4	0		-0.4	-0.3	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	-0.4	-4	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	510	2143	16	79	4.2	178.6	42.5	66	1032	15.6	5	24	5.5	86.0	576	5.5	3175	21	0

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Buddy Young	23	LH	1	0	3	11	0		3.7	11.0	3.0	3	56	18.7	0	26	3.0	56.0	6	11.2	67	0	0
2	Sherman Howard	25	RH	1	0	16	37	1		2.3	37.0	16.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	16	2.3	37	1	0
3	Bob Kennedy	28	FB	1	0	8	6	0		0.8	6.0	8.0	1	14	14.0	0	14	1.0	14.0	9	2.2	20	0	0
4	Pete Layden	30		1	1	2	18	0		9.0	18.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	9.0	18	0	0
5	Bruce Alford	28	RE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	16	16.0	0	16	1.0	16.0	1	16.0	16	0	0
6	Dan Garza	25		1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	15	15.0	0	15	1.0	15.0	1	15.0	15	0	0
7	Barney Poole	26		1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	15	15.0	0	15	1.0	15.0	1	15.0	15	0	0
8	Duke Iversen	29		1	1	1	4	0	4	4.0	4.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
9	Tom Landry	25		1	1	3	-2	0		-0.7	-2.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-0.7	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	33	74	1	4	2.2	75.0	33.0	7	116	16.6	0	26	7.0	116.0	40	4.8	190	1	0

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Jack Russell	30	LE	12	12	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Martin Ruby	29	LT	11	11	1	19	1	19	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Bob Kennedy	28	FB	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Sherman Howard	25	RH	12	6	1	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Tom Landry	25		12	1	1	44	0	44	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Duke Iversen	29		12	0	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Harvey Johnson	30		12	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Pete Layden	30		12	0	7	137	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Barney Poole	26		11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Harmon Rowe	26		9	0	3	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Otto Schnellbacher	26		12	0	4	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Ed Sharkey	22		12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	24	321	2	44	0	0	0	0	0.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Duke Iversen	29	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Pete Layden	30	1	1	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals		1	1	2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

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