| New York Yankees at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: October 10, 1948 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: Civic Stadium Attendance: 18825 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 53 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York YankeesNY | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NY | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Marty Comer 8 pass from George Ratterman (Bob Steuber kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Chet Mutryn 1 run (Bob Steuber kick blocked) | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | New York YankeesNY | Spec Sanders 5 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | New York YankeesNY | Lowell Wagner 54 pass from Spec Sanders (Harvey Johnson kick) | 14 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Jack Russell |
| 44 | LOT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 38 | LOG | Denver Crawford |
| 25 | C | Lou Sossamon |
| 31 | ROG | Joe Signaigo |
| 41 | ROT | Nelson Greene |
| 51/54 | ROE | Bruce Alford |
| 80 | BB | Bob Sweiger |
| 81 | TB | Spec Sanders |
| 83 | WB | Lowell Tew |
| 76 | FB | Buddy Young |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Jack Russell |
| 44 | LDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 38 | LDG | Denver Crawford |
| 31 | RDG | Joe Signaigo |
| 41 | RDT | Nelson Greene |
| 51/54 | RDE | Bruce Alford |
| 80 | LLB | Bob Sweiger |
| 25 | RLB | Lou Sossamon |
| 56 | LDH | Otto Schnellbacher |
| 87 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| 81 | S | Spec Sanders |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Al Baldwin |
| 43 | LOT | Graham Armstrong |
| 32 | LOG | Hal Lahar |
| 21 | C | Felto Prewitt |
| 35 | ROG | Rocco Pirro |
| 46 | ROT | John Kerns |
| 53 | ROE | Marty Comer |
| 61 | QB | George Ratterman |
| 83 | LOH | Chet Mutryn |
| 80 | ROH | Bob Steuber |
| 87 | FB | Lou Tomasetti |
| Defense | ||
| 58 | LDE | Vince Mazza |
| 47 | LDT | John Kissell |
| 37 | MG | Vince Scott |
| 45 | RDT | Jack Carpenter |
| 51 | RDE | George Kisiday |
| 25 | LLB | Ed Hirsch |
| 33 | MLB | John Wyhonic |
| 23 | RLB | Bob Callahan |
| 82 | LDH | Rex Bumgardner |
| 74 | S | Carl Schuette |
| 85 | RDH | Alex Wizbicki |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 28 | 59 | 2.1 | 1 | |
| Bill Daley | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Lou Tomasetti | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Vic Kulbitski | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Steuber | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Mutryn | 12 | 16 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Spec Sanders | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 1 | 186 | 10.9 | 1 | 82.0 | |||
| Bud Schwenk | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 118.7 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| George Ratterman | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 2 | 186 | 9.8 | 1 | 51.5 | |||
| Chet Mutryn | 1 | 0 | 0/0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Bruce Alford | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | |
| Lowell Tew | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54t | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Duke Iversen | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Harvey Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Daley | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Al Baldwin | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Chet Mutryn | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 0 | |
| Vic Kulbitski | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Marty Comer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Alex Wizbicki | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 5 | 187 | 37.4 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jim Still | 6 | 278 | 46.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Spec Sanders | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Rex Bumgardner | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Buddy Young | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Chet Mutryn | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Rex Bumgardner | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
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