| Chicago Rockets at New York Yankees |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 31, 1948 Location: New York, NY Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 13239 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 70 F Humidty: 31% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| New York YankeesNY | 0 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHI | NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Jack Russell 59 pass from Pete Layden (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Buddy Young 26 pass from Pete Layden (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Lowell Tew 2 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | New York YankeesNY | Lowell Tew 2 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 4 | New York YankeesNY | Buddy Young 41 pass from Pete Layden (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 35 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Floyd Simmons 57 lateral from Bob Perina 8 pass from Jesse Freitas (Jim McCarthy kick) | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | New York YankeesNY | Van Davis 7 pass from Tom Casey (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 42 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Bob Jensen |
| 20 | LOT | John Rapacz |
| 30 | LOG | Jim Pearcy |
| 28 | C | Fred Negus |
| 33 | ROG | George Bernhardt |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 55 | ROE | Fay King |
| 60 | QB | Jesse Freitas |
| 82 | LOH | Bobby Livingstone |
| 85 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 74 | FB | Bill Kellagher |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Jim McCarthy |
| 45 | LDT | Ziggy Czarobski |
| 33 | MG | George Bernhardt |
| 20 | RDT | John Rapacz |
| 56 | RDE | Ray Kuffel |
| 34 | LLB | Joe Ruetz |
| 22 | MLB | Peter Lamana |
| 28 | RLB | Fred Negus |
| 84 | LDH | Bob Perina |
| 74 | RDH | Bill Kellagher |
| 86 | S | Chuck Fenenbock |
| 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 |
| 55 | ROE | Van Davis |
| 60 | BB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 84 | TB | Pete Layden |
| 80 | WB | Bob Sweiger |
| 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 | RDE | Bruce Alford |
| 80 | LLB | Bob Sweiger |
| 25 | RLB | Lou Sossamon |
| 56 | LDH | Otto Schnellbacher |
| 87 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| 90 | S | Harmon Rowe |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | / | / | 8 | 50 | 3 | 1 | |
| NY | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | / | / | 7 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Julie Rykovich | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Floyd Simmons | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Dewey Proctor | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Jesse Freitas | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Kellagher | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Livingstone | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Prokop | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Fenenbock | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 104 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Pete Layden | 14 | 116 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Spec Sanders | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Tom Casey | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Lowell Tew | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 244 | 7.2 | 2 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Jesse Freitas | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 81 | 13.5 | 65t | 1 | 95.8 | ||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 21 | 5.3 | 21 | 0 | 9.4 | ||
| Tom Farris | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 2 | 102 | 7.8 | 1 | 46.5 | |||
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Pete Layden | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 0 | 216 | 16.6 | 3 | 151.4 | |||
| Spec Sanders | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | 2.8 | |||
| Tom Casey | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 1 | 95.8 | ||
| Bud Schwenk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 1 | 240 | 10.9 | 4 | 113.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Fay King | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Floyd Simmons | 0 | 57 | 57Lt | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 1 | |
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Jack Russell | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 1 | |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 2 | |
| Bruce Alford | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Van Davis | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lowell Tew | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 240 | 20.0 | 4 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Bob Perina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | ||
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Spec Sanders | 4 | 175 | 43.8 | 0 | |
| Pete Layden | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 239 | 47.8 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Livingstone | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 0 | ||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Spec Sanders | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| Pete Layden | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 15 | 0 | ||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Livingstone | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Pete Layden | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||