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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)
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1949 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Don Panciera | 22 | Rook | 12 | 51 for 150, 801 yards, 5 td, 16 int, & 10 rushes for -4 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 41st pick / 1949 |
| FB | Bob Kennedy | 28 | 3 | 10 | 118 rushes for 490 yards, 5 td, & 7 catches for 55 yards and 1 td | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 4th / 27th pick / 1943 |
| LH | Buddy Young | 23 | 2 | 11 | 76 rushes for 495 yards, 5 td, & 12 catches for 171 yards and 2 td | |
| RH | Sherman Howard | 25 | Rook | 6 | 117 rushes for 459 yards, 3 td, & 1 catch for 24 yards and 0 td | |
| LE | Jack Russell | 30 | 3 | 12 | 7 catches for 130 yards, 1 td | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1943 |
| LT | Martin Ruby | 27 | 3 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 40th pick / 1942 |
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| LG | John Wozniak | 28 | 1 | 12 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 34th pick / 1948 |
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| C | Brad Ecklund | 27 | Rook | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 20th / 181st pick / 1947 |
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| RG | Joe Signaigo | 26 | 1 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 90th pick / 1946 |
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| RT | Arnie Weinmeister+ | 26 | 1 | 11 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 17th / 166th pick / 1945 |
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| RE | Bruce Alford | 27 | 3 | 11 | 11 catches for 213 yards, 1 td | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 8th / 62nd pick / 1943 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Harvey Johnson | 30 | 3 | 0 | 7 of 15 field goals & 25 of 25 extra points | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 43rd pick / 1943 |
| P | Tom Landry | 25 | Rook | 1 | 51 punts for a 44.1 average, 2 blocked | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| PR | Pete Layden | 30 | 1 | 0 | 29 punt returns for a 9.9 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 14th / 128th pick / 1942 |
| KR | Buddy Young | 23 | 2 | 11 | 11 kick returns for a 28.7 average and 1 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bruce Alford | 27 | E-DB | 11 | 11 | 190 | 6-0 | TCU | 9/12/1922 | 3 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 8th / 62nd pick / 1943 |
| George Brown | 26 | G-DG | 8 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | TCU | 9/23/1923 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 76th pick / 1949 |
| Bill Chambers | 79 | G | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Alabama,Georgia Tech,UCLA | 0/0/0 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 129th pick / 1945 |
| Mickey Colmer | 31 | B | 8 | 2 | 219 | 6-2 | Miramonte Junior College | 10/23/1918 | 3 | |
| Van Davis | 28 | DE-E | 11 | 1 | 215 | 6-2 | Georgia | 10/5/1921 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 108th pick / 1943 |
| Noble Doss | 29 | HB | 4 | 0 | 186 | 6-0 | Texas | 5/22/1920 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 93rd pick / 1942 |
| Brad Ecklund | 27 | C-LB | 12 | 9 | 215 | 6-3 | Oregon | 5/9/1922 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 20th / 181st pick / 1947 |
| Bill Erickson | 28 | G | 6 | 1 | 210 | 6-2 | Mississippi,North Carolina | 12/4/1921 | 1 | New York Giants / 6th / 36th pick / 1948 |
| Dan Garza | 25 | E | 12 | 0 | 203 | 6-3 | Central Missouri State,North Texas,Oregon | 2/21/1924 | Rook | New York Giants / 15th / 126th pick / 1948 |
| Sherman Howard | 25 | HB-DB | 12 | 6 | 193 | 5-11 | Iowa,Nevada-Reno | 11/28/1924 | Rook | |
| Duke Iverson | 29 | B | 12 | 0 | 208 | 6-2 | Oregon | 2/26/1920 | 2 | New York Giants / 7th / 54th pick / 1947 |
| Gil Johnson | 26 | QB | 9 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | SMU | 12/4/1923 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 93rd pick / 1948 |
| Harvey Johnson | 30 | T-LB-BB-FB-G | 12 | 0 | 212 | 5-11 | William & Mary | 6/22/1919 | 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 43rd pick / 1943 |
| Bob Kennedy | 28 | B | 12 | 10 | 195 | 5-11 | Washington State | 6/29/1921 | 3 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 4th / 27th pick / 1943 |
| Lou Kusserow | 22 | LB-FB | 11 | 4 | 200 | 6-1 | Columbia | 9/6/1927 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1949 |
| Tom Landry | 25 | DB-HB-QB | 12 | 1 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas | 9/11/1924 | Rook | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| Pete Layden | 30 | B | 12 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Texas | 12/30/1919 | 1 | New York Giants / 14th / 128th pick / 1942 |
| John Mastrangelo | 23 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/10/1926 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 16th pick / 1947 |
| Paul Mitchell | 29 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 8/10/1920 | 3 | Chi/Pit Cards/Steelers / 2nd / 12th pick / 1944 |
| Don Panciera | 22 | QB-DB | 12 | 12 | 192 | 6-1 | Boston College,San Francisco | 6/23/1927 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 41st pick / 1949 |
| Frank Perantoni | 26 | C | 12 | 1 | 220 | 6-0 | Princeton | 9/13/1923 | 1 | |
| Barney Poole | 26 | DE-E | 11 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Army,Mississippi,North Carolina | 10/29/1923 | Rook | New York Giants / 6th / 53rd pick / 1945 |
| Dewey Proctor | 28 | FB-LB | 1 | 0 | 215 | 5-11 | Furman | 7/1/1921 | 3 | New York Giants / 3rd / 21st pick / 1943 |
| Eddie Prokop | 27 | B | 6 | 1 | 200 | 5-11 | Georgia Tech | 2/11/1922 | 3 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 1st / 4th pick / 1945 |
| Harmon Rowe | 26 | DB-HB | 9 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | Baylor,San Francisco | 8/22/1923 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1946 |
| Martin Ruby | 27 | T | 11 | 11 | 249 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 6/9/1922 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 40th pick / 1942 |
| Jack Russell | 30 | E-DE | 12 | 12 | 215 | 6-1 | Baylor | 8/29/1919 | 3 | Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1943 |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 26 | DB-E | 12 | 0 | 188 | 6-4 | Kansas | 4/15/1923 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 25th / 231st pick / 1947 |
| Ed Sharkey | 22 | LB-G-T-DG | 12 | 0 | 229 | 6-3 | Duke,Nevada-Reno | 7/6/1927 | 2 | |
| Marion Shirley | 27 | T | 7 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Oklahoma City,Oklahoma State | 4/17/1922 | 1 | Boston Yanks / 17th / 147th pick / 1947 |
| Joe Signaigo | 26 | G | 12 | 12 | 220 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 2/9/1923 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 90th pick / 1946 |
| Lowell Tew | 22 | FB | 1 | 1 | 195 | 5-11 | Alabama | 1/2/1927 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 4th pick / 1948 |
| Arnie Weinmeister+ | 26 | DT-T | 11 | 11 | 235 | 6-4 | Washington | 3/23/1923 | 1 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 17th / 166th pick / 1945 |
| John Wozniak | 28 | G-LB | 12 | 12 | 218 | 6-0 | Alabama | 8/2/1921 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 34th pick / 1948 |
| Buddy Young | 23 | HB-FB-DB | 12 | 11 | 175 | 5-4 | Illinois | 1/5/1926 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 28.0 | 12 | 210.5 | 6-0.9 | 1.5 |