1951 New York Yanks (NFL) |
| 6th place National Conference 1-9-2 .100 |
| Head Coach: Jimmy Phelan |
| Shelby Calhoun | Line |
| Joe Sheeketski | Backfield |
| Nick Susoeff | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/22/1951 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 17974 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1951 | A | Cleveland Browns | 0-52 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 25820 | |
| Fri | 8/31/1951 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 7-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Comsikey Park | 20165 | |
| Fri | 9/14/1951 | N | Washington Redskins | 14-52 | L | Shreveport, LA | State Fair Stadium | 10000 | |
| Fri | 9/21/1951 | N | Detroit Lions | 14-28 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 48000 | |
| Fri | 9/28/1951 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 14-54 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 30315 | |
| Mon | 10/8/1951 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-37 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 24194 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1951 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 37697 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1951 | A | Detroit Lions | 24-24 | T | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 21807 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1951 | H | Green Bay Packers | 27-29 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 7351 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1951 | A | New York Giants | 31-37 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 25682 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1951 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-19 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 25538 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1951 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-48 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 34717 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1951 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 10-10 | T | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 10184 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1951 | A | Green Bay Packers | 31-28 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 14297 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1951 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-45 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 13075 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1951 | H | New York Giants | 17-27 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 16658 | |
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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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 31 | Bennie Aldridge | LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Bruce Alford | LDE-RDE-ROE | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | Texas Christian | 12 | 0 |
| 44/65 | Sisto Averno | LOG-ROG | 5-11 | 237 | 26 | Muhlenberg | 12 | 0 |
| 17 | Bob Celeri | QB-P | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | California | 11 | 8 |
| 35 | Jim Champion | MG | 6-0 | 238 | 25 | Mississippi State | 12 | 12 |
| 21 | Johnny Clowes | LOG | 6-0 | 240 | 30 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Don Colo | RDT | 6-3 | 252 | 26 | Brown | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | Paul Crowe | RDH-ROH | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | St. Mary's (California) | 9 | 9 |
| 24 | Jim Cullom | ROG-LOG | 5-11 | 235 | 26 | California | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Joe Domnanovich | C | 6-0 | 213 | 32 | Alabama | 12 | 1 |
| 39 | Art Donovan | LDT | 6-2 | 263 | 27 | Notre Dame; Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Brad Ecklund | C | 6-3 | 215 | 29 | Oregon | 12 | 11 |
| 4 | Danny Edwards | ROE | 6-1 | 197 | 25 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| 7 | Dan Garza | LOE | 6-3 | 203 | 27 | North Texas; Central Missouri; Oregon | 11 | 10 |
| 10 | Joe Golding | RS | 6-0 | 184 | 30 | Oklahoma | 11 | 11 |
| 61 | Bobbie Griffin | LS-RDH | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Baylor | 12 | 6 |
| 46 | Sherman Howard | ROH-FB | 5-11 | 193 | 27 | Iowa; Nevada-Reno | 12 | 12 |
| 15 | Duke Iversen | LLB | 6-2 | 200 | 31 | Oregon | 9 | 7 |
| 62 | Harvey Johnson | K-LB | 5-11 | 212 | 32 | William & Mary | 12 | 6 |
| 71 | Mike McCormack | ROT-C | 6-4 | 246 | 21 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| 33 | Darrel Meisenheimer | LS | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 9 |
| 47 | Paul Mitchell | LOT | 6-3 | 235 | 31 | Minnesota | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | Ross Nagel | RLB | 6-4 | 234 | 28 | St. Louis | 9 | 9 |
| 66 | Bill O'Connor | LOE-ROE | 6-4 | 220 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 2 |
| 56 | Al Pollard | LOH-FB | 6-0 | 196 | 23 | Loyola Marymount; Army | 6 | 0 |
| 84 | Barney Poole | RDE | 6-2 | 231 | 28 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Army; Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| 25 | George Ratterman | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | Notre Dame | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | John Rauch | QB | 6-0 | 197 | 24 | Georgia | 5 | 3 |
| 24 | Wayne Siegert | LOT | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Joe Soboleski | LOG | 6-0 | 213 | 25 | Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Breck Stroschein | RLB-RDE-LDE | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | UCLA | 11 | 3 |
| 51 | Art Tait | LDE | 5-11 | 205 | 22 | Mississippi State | 12 | 12 |
| 20 | George Taliaferro | LOH-ROH-RS | 5-11 | 196 | 24 | Indiana | 12 | 5 |
| 86 | Zollie Toth | FB-ROH | 6-2 | 218 | 27 | Louisiana State | 10 | 10 |
| 53 | Bev Wallace | QB | 6-2 | 180 | 28 | Compton JC | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | John Wozniak | ROG | 6-0 | 218 | 30 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| 76 | Buddy Young | LOH-ROH | 5-4 | 173 | 25 | Illinois | 12 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 22 | Ken Jackson | T | Texas |
| 3 | 34 | Mike McCormack | T | Kansas |
| 4 | 46 | Elmer Wingate | E | Maryland |
| 6 | 70 | George Musacco | B | Loyola Marymount |
| 8 | 94 | Larry Lauer | C | Alabama |
| 9 | 106 | Don Colo | T | Brown |
| 10 | 119 | Jesse Thomas | B | Michigan State |
| 11 | 131 | Steve Wyndham | B | Clemson |
| 12 | 143 | Al Lary | E | Alabama |
| 13 | 155 | John Thomas | E | Oregon State |
| 14 | 167 | Charley Rapp | E | Duquesne |
| 15 | 179 | Bill Wanamaker | G | Kentucky |
| 16 | 191 | Bill Fray | T | Idaho |
| 17 | 203 | Dick Rowan | C | Texas |
| 18 | 215 | Bob Watson | E | UCLA |
| 19 | 227 | Ralph Longmore | B | Duquesne |
| 20 | 239 | Jerrell Price | T | Texas Tech |
| 21 | 251 | Al Pollard | B | Army |
| 22 | 263 | Eddie King | C | Boston College |
| 23 | 275 | Dave Cunningham | B | Utah |
| 24 | 287 | Breck Stroschein | E | UCLA |
| 25 | 299 | Ray Boudreaux | T | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 26 | 311 | Will Sherman | B | St. Mary's (California) |
| 27 | 323 | Ed Price | B | Texas Tech |
| 28 | 335 | Jim Chadband | B | Idaho |
| 29 | 347 | Veto Kissell | FB | Holy Cross |
| 30 | 359 | Joe Shinn | E | Tulane |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34 | 87 | 27 | 93 | |
| Opponents Totals | 97 | 102 | 66 | 117 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 211 | 89 | 99 | 23 | / % | / % | 63 | 605 | |
| Opponents Totals | 257 | 125 | 118 | 14 | / % | / % | 87 | 797 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Johnson | 0 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 49 |
| Sherman Howard | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Buddy Young | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dan Garza | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Zollie Toth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Danny Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Art Tait | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Celeri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Rauch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 241 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 44 | 50 | 88.0 | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 1 | 382 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Johnson | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 37 | 1/5 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 37 | 1/5 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 6/ | 4/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zollie Toth | 119 | 384 | 3.2 | 16 | 4 |
| Sherman Howard | 94 | 343 | 3.6 | 31 | 4 |
| George Taliaferro | 62 | 330 | 5.3 | 65t | 3 |
| Buddy Young | 46 | 165 | 3.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Bob Celeri | 36 | 107 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| John Rauch | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Bev Wallace | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 364 | 1337 | 3.7 | 65t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 464 | 2397 | 5.2 | 23 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Celeri | 238 | 102 | 42.9 | 121 | 1797 | 7.6 | 17.6 | 75t | 12 | 5.0 | 15 | 6.3 | 171 | 1626 | 59.8 | |
| George Ratterman | 67 | 31 | 46.3 | 30 | 340 | 5.1 | 11.0 | 36 | 2 | 3.0 | 6 | 9.0 | 40 | 300 | 34.4 | |
| John Rauch | 82 | 25 | 30.5 | 54 | 237 | 2.9 | 9.5 | 39t | 1 | 1.2 | 3 | 3.7 | 54 | 183 | 28.8 | |
| George Taliaferro | 33 | 13 | 39.4 | 17 | 251 | 7.6 | 19.3 | 51 | 1 | 3.0 | 3 | 9.1 | 12 | 239 | 38.8 | |
| Bev Wallace | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 7 | 9 | 1.1 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | -10 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 428 | 172 | 40.2 | 229 | 2634 | 6.2 | 15.3 | 75t | 16 | 3.7 | 27 | 6.3 | 296 | 2338 | 47.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 355 | 182 | 51.3 | 151 | 2776 | 7.8 | 15.3 | 24 | 6.8 | 22 | 6.2 | 182 | 2594 | 74.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Edwards | 39 | 509 | 13.1 | 53t | 3 |
| Buddy Young | 31 | 508 | 16.4 | 48t | 3 |
| Dan Garza | 31 | 470 | 15.2 | 69t | 4 |
| Sherman Howard | 21 | 447 | 21.3 | 75t | 3 |
| George Taliaferro | 16 | 230 | 14.4 | 47 | 2 |
| Bill O'Connor | 14 | 192 | 13.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 59 | 0 |
| Paul Crowe | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 51 | 1 |
| John Wozniak | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 0 | 18 | 18L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 172 | 2634 | 15.3 | 75t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 182 | 2776 | 15.3 | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennie Aldridge | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 36 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Bobbie Griffin | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Darrel Meisenheimer | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Paul Crowe | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ross Nagel | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 235 | 10.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 299 | 11.1 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Taliaferro | 76 | 2881 | 37.9 | 72 | 1 | |||||
| Bob Celeri | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 81 | 3105 | 38.3 | 72 | 1 | 333 | 34.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2361 | 35.8 | 379 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 12 | 231 | 19.3 | 79t | 1 | |
| George Taliaferro | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bobbie Griffin | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Al Pollard | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | ||
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 379 | 13.1 | 79t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 333 | 10.1 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 14 | 427 | 30.5 | 90t | 1 | |
| George Taliaferro | 27 | 622 | 23.0 | 47 | 0 | |
| Al Pollard | 5 | 138 | 27.6 | 45 | 0 | |
| Sisto Averno | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Duke Iversen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Paul Mitchell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bill O'Connor | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Harvey Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Wayne Siegert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mike McCormack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 1256 | 22.8 | 90t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 1077 | 22.4 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennie Aldridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sisto Averno | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Colo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Domnanovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Donovan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Garza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Golding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobbie Griffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harvey Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike McCormack | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrel Meisenheimer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Ross Nagel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney Poole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Tait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 2 |
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zollie Toth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bev Wallace | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Wozniak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 96 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
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