1949 Brooklyn-New York Yankees (AAFC) |
| 3rd place 8-4-0 .667 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Red Strader |
| Mel Hein | Line |
| Bernie Masterson | Backfield |
| Jack White | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 8/16/1949 | A | Baltimore Colts | 28-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Municipal Stadium | 35000 | |
| Fri | 8/19/1949 | N | Baltimore Colts | 28-14 | W | Allentown, PA | Taylor Stadium | ||
| Fri | 8/26/1949 | A | Cleveland Browns | 21-28 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 19441 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1949 | A | Charlotte Clippers | 24-7 | W | Charlotte, NC | Memorial Stadium | 10115 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1949 | A | Buffalo Bills | 17-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 30410 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1949 | A | Cleveland Browns | 3-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 26312 | |
| Thu | 9/22/1949 | H | Los Angeles Dons | 10-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 14437 | |
| Fri | 10/7/1949 | A | Chicago Hornets | 38-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 17098 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | A | Baltimore Colts | 24-21 | W | Baltimore, MD | Muncipal Stadium | 32645 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-3 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 36197 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | H | Baltimore Colts | 21-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 10692 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-17 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 16758 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | H | Chicago Hornets | 14-10 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 9091 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | H | Cleveland Browns | 0-31 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 48069 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1949 | A | Los Angeles Dons | 17-16 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 20096 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-35 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 44828 | |
| First Round Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-17 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 41293 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 51 | Bruce Alford | ROE | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Texas Christian | 11 | 11 |
| 38 | George Brown | LG | 6-2 | 222 | 26 | Texas Christian | 10 | 0 |
| 45 | Bill Chambers | RDT-ROT | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Georgia Tech; Alabama; UCLA | 12 | 0 |
| 73 | Mickey Colmer | FB | 6-2 | 219 | 32 | none | 8 | 2 |
| 55 | Van Davis | LDE-ROE | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | Georgia | 10 | 1 |
| 83 | Noble Doss | ROH | 6-0 | 189 | 29 | Texas | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Brad Ecklund | C-LB | 6-3 | 215 | 27 | Oregon | 11 | 9 |
| 41/33 | Bill Erickson | RG | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | North Carolina; Mississippi | 6 | 1 |
| 57 | Dan Garza | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 203 | 25 | North Texas; Central Missouri; Oregon | 12 | 0 |
| 76 | Sherman Howard | ROH-FB-RDH-LB | 5-11 | 193 | 25 | Iowa; Nevada-Reno | 11 | 6 |
| 82 | Duke Iversen | LB-LOH | 6-2 | 200 | 29 | Oregon | 12 | 0 |
| 61 | Gil Johnson | QB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 8 | 0 |
| 88 | Harvey Johnson | K | 5-11 | 212 | 30 | William & Mary | 12 | 0 |
| 70 | Bob Kennedy | FB-LB | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | Washington State | 12 | 10 |
| 81 | Lou Kusserow | ROH | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Columbia | 10 | 4 |
| 85 | Tom Landry | RDH-LOH | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Texas | 12 | 1 |
| 62 | Pete Layden | LDH-QB-LOH | 5-11 | 192 | 30 | Texas | 12 | 0 |
| 32 | John Mastrangelo | LB-LOG | 6-1 | 228 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 |
| 46 | Paul Mitchell | LDT | 6-3 | 235 | 29 | Minnesota | 12 | 0 |
| 60 | Don Panciera | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Boston College; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| 20 | Frank Perantoni | LB-C | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | Princeton | 12 | 1 |
| 58 | Barney Poole | RDE-ROE | 6-2 | 231 | 26 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Army; Mississippi | 12 | 0 |
| 72 | Dewey Proctor | FB | 5-11 | 215 | 29 | Furman | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Eddie Prokop | FB-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | Georgia Tech | 6 | 1 |
| 90 | Harmon Rowe | RDH-ROH | 6-0 | 182 | 26 | Baylor; San Francisco | 9 | 0 |
| 40 | Martin Ruby | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 249 | 29 | Texas A&M | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | Jack Russell | LOE | 6-1 | 215 | 30 | Baylor | 12 | 12 |
| 56 | Otto Schnellbacher | S | 6-2 | 185 | 26 | Kansas | 12 | 0 |
| 30 | Ed Sharkey | MG-ROG | 6-3 | 229 | 22 | Duke; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 0 |
| 42 | Marion Shirley | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 260 | 27 | Oklahoma State; Oklahoma City | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | Joe Signaigo | ROG | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| 25 | Lou Sossamon | C | 6-1 | 207 | 28 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | Lowell Tew | ROH | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Alabama | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | Arnie Weinmeister | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 235 | 26 | Washington | 12 | 12 |
| 35 | John Wozniak | LOG | 6-0 | 218 | 28 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| 80 | Buddy Young | LOH | 5-4 | 173 | 23 | Illinois | 11 | 11 |
| BROOKLYN DODGERS DRAFT LIST -SECRET | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Chuck Bednarik | C | Pennsylvania | |
| NEW YORK YANKEES DRAFT LIST - SECRET | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
| 2 | 11 | Lou Kusserow | B | Columbia | |
| 2 | 15 | John Rauch | QB | Georgia | |
| BROOKLYN DODGERS DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Joe Sullivan | B | Dartmouth | |
| 2 | 10 | Len Szafaryn | T | North Carolina | |
| 2 | 11 | Bill Walsh | C | Notre Dame | |
| 2 | 12 | Lou Ferry | T | Villanova | |
| 3 | 16 | Wally Triplett | B | Penn State | |
| 4 | 23 | Dolph Tokarczyk | G | Pennsylvania | |
| 5 | 31 | Joe Quinn | G | Cornell | |
| 6 | 39 | Leo Skladany | E | Pittsburgh | |
| 7 | 47 | Lynn Chewning | B | Hampden-Sydney | |
| 8 | 55 | Bob McCurry | C | Michigan State | |
| 9 | 63 | Chuck Klemovich | G | Columbia | |
| 10 | 71 | Bob Duncan | E | Duke | |
| 11 | 79 | Hillary Chollet | B | Cornell | |
| 12 | 87 | Bill Davis | G | Duke | |
| 13 | 95 | Roland Dale | T | Mississippi | |
| 14 | 103 | Murry Alexander | E | Mississippi State | |
| 15 | 111 | Howard Derrick | B | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |
| 16 | 119 | Dale Armstrong | E | Dartmouth | |
| 17 | 127 | Tank Younger | B | Grambling State | |
| 18 | 133 | Mitch Holmgren | T | Trinity (Connecticut) | |
| 19 | 139 | Frank Weaver | B | Moravian | |
| 20 | 145 | Eddie Price | B | Tulane | |
| 21 | 151 | John Geosits | T | Bucknell | |
| 22 | 157 | Tom Brennan | G | Boston College | |
| 23 | 160 | Jack McBride | E | Rice | |
| 24 | 163 | Bobby Folsom | E | Southern Methodist | |
| 25 | 166 | Bill Long | E | Oklahoma State | |
| NEW YORK YANKEES DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Bobby Thomason | QB | Virginia Military Institute | |
| 2 | 13 | John Panelli | B | Notre Dame | |
| 3 | 17 | Sherman Howard | B | Nevada-Reno | |
| 4 | 24 | Dick Rifenburg | E | Michigan | |
| 5 | 32 | George Maddock | T | Northwestern | |
| 6 | 40 | Don Panciera | QB | San Francisco | |
| 7 | 48 | Dan Garza | E | Oregon | |
| 8 | 56 | Brian Bell | B | Washington & Lee | |
| 9 | 64 | Al Mastrangeli | C | Illinois | |
| 10 | 72 | John Goldsberry | T | Indiana | |
| 11 | 80 | Ben Bendrick | B | Wisconsin | |
| 12 | 88 | Frank Van Deren | E | California | |
| 13 | 96 | Ed Berrang | E | Villanova | |
| 14 | 104 | Bob Doornink | T | Washington State | |
| 15 | 112 | Jack Glenn | T | Georgia Tech | |
| 16 | 120 | Jack Bruce | B | William & Mary | |
| 17 | 128 | Gil Johnson | B | Southern Methodist | |
| 18 | 134 | Barney Hafen | E | Utah | |
| 19 | 140 | Hal Jensen | B | San Francisco | |
| 20 | 146 | Tommy Kalmanir | B | Nevada-Reno | |
| 21 | 152 | Al Beasley | G | St. Mary's (California) | |
| 22 | 158 | Ernie Tolman | E | Southern California | |
| 23 | 161 | Jerry Morrical | T | Indiana | |
| 24 | 164 | Bob Hood | E | Alabama | |
| 25 | 167 | Ross Nagel | T | St. Louis | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 31 | 45 | 58 | |
| Opponents Totals | 80 | 37 | 49 | 40 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 135 | 91 | 37 | 7 | / % | / % | 52 | 358 | |
| Opponents Totals | 129 | 55 | 68 | 6 | / % | / % | 56 | 414 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Harvey Johnson | 0 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 0 | 46 |
| Bob Kennedy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Sherman Howard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Eddie Prokop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jack Russell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Layden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Martin Ruby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lowell Tew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 0 | 196 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 206 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Johnson | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 40 | 2/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 2/ | 2/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 1/ | 4/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 76 | 495 | 6.5 | 71t | 5 |
| Bob Kennedy | 118 | 490 | 4.2 | 5 | |
| Sherman Howard | 117 | 459 | 3.9 | 79 | 3 |
| Lou Kusserow | 39 | 136 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 31 | 109 | 3.5 | 2 | |
| Mickey Colmer | 36 | 100 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Pete Layden | 19 | 96 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 29 | 91 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Lowell Tew | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 1 | |
| Duke Iversen | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Gil Johnson | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Harmon Rowe | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Noble Doss | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Don Panciera | 10 | -4 | -0.4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 510 | 2143 | 4.2 | 79 | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 360 | 1134 | 3.2 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Panciera | 150 | 51 | 51 | 83 | 801 | 5.3 | 15.7 | 5 | 3.3 | 16 | 10.7 | 24.2 | ||||
| Gil Johnson | 36 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 179 | 5.0 | 14.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 13.9 | 11.0 | ||||
| Pete Layden | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Mickey Colmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Lou Kusserow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 199 | 66 | 33.2 | 111 | 1032 | 5.2 | 15.6 | 5 | 2.5 | 22 | 11.1 | 26 | 188 | 844 | 20.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 316 | 159 | 50.3 | 133 | 2189 | 6.9 | 13.8 | 13 | 4.1 | 24 | 7.6 | 54.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 12 | 171 | 14.3 | 2 | |
| Bruce Alford | 11 | 213 | 19.4 | 1 | |
| Dan Garza | 9 | 193 | 21.4 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 1 | |
| Jack Russell | 7 | 130 | 18.6 | 1 | |
| Tom Landry | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 0 | |
| Barney Poole | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| Mickey Colmer | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Van Davis | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Pete Layden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 66 | 1032 | 15.6 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 159 | 2189 | 13.8 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Layden | 7 | 137 | 19.6 | 1 | |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Harmon Rowe | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Martin Ruby | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Duke Iversen | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Harvey Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Barney Poole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Sharkey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 321 | 13.4 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 349 | 15.9 | 66 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Landry | 51 | 2249 | 44.1 | 2 | ||||||
| Mickey Colmer | 5 | 232 | 46.4 | 0 | ||||||
| Pete Layden | 15 | 626 | 41.7 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 71 | 3107 | 43.8 | 2 | 485 | 36.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 72 | 3 | 562 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Layden | 29 | 287 | 9.9 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Young | 9 | 171 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Landry | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | ||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | ||
| Paul Mitchell | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Barney Poole | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 562 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 485 | 11.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 11 | 316 | 28.7 | 91t | 1 | |
| Lou Kusserow | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 0 | ||
| Sherman Howard | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Prokop | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | ||
| Tom Landry | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bruce Alford | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Pete Layden | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Noble Doss | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Dan Garza | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Duke Iversen | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Lowell Tew | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Mickey Colmer | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 816 | 22.7 | 91t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 98 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Russell | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 35 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 1 |
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