| New York Yankees at Chicago Rockets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1948 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 4930 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 52 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York YankeesNY | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Chicago RocketsCHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NY | CHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York YankeesNY | Pete Layden 3 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Lowell Tew 2 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | New York YankeesNY | Lowell Tew 5 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | New York YankeesNY | Jack Russell 63 pass from Pete Layden (Harvey Johnson kick) | 28 | 0 |
| 4 | Chicago RocketsCHI | Jim Mello 1 run (Jim McCarthy kick) | 28 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LOE | Jack Russell |
| 44 | LOT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 43 | LOG | Bill Chambers |
| 20 | C | Frank Perantoni |
| 31 | ROG | Joe Signaigo |
| 40 | ROT | Derrell Palmer |
| 51/54 | ROE | Bruce Alford |
| 60 | BB | Lloyd Cheatham |
| 85 | TB | Tom Casey |
| 80 | ROH | Bob Sweiger |
| 76 | FB | Buddy Young |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Jack Russell |
| 44 | LDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 43 | LDG | Bill Chambers |
| 31 | RDG | Joe Signaigo |
| 40 | RDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 51/54 | RDE | Bruce Alford |
| 70 | LLB | Bob Kennedy |
| 25 | RLB | Lou Sossamon |
| 56 | LDH | Otto Schnellbacher |
| 87 | RDH | Lowell Wagner |
| 90/74 | S | Harmon Rowe |
| Chicago Rockets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LOE | Bob Jensen |
| 46 | LOT | Ed Ecker |
| 30 | LOG | Jim Pearcy |
| 28 | C | Fred Negus |
| 33 | ROG | George Bernhardt |
| 43 | ROT | Nate Johnson |
| 55 | ROE | Fay King |
| 60 | QB | Jesse Freitas |
| 86 | LOH | Chuck Fenenbock |
| 85 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 78 | FB | Jim Mello |
| Defense | ||
| 52 | LDE | Jim McCarthy |
| 45 | LDT | Ziggy Czarobski |
| 33 | MG | George Bernhardt |
| 43 | RDT | Nate Johnson |
| 56 | RDE | Ray Kuffel |
| 34 | LLB | Joe Ruetz |
| 22 | MLB | Peter Lamana |
| 28 | RLB | Fred Negus |
| 71 | LDH | Ernie Lewis |
| 85 | RDH | Julie Rykovich |
| 86 | S | Chuck Fenenbock |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Lowell Tew | 10 | 56 | 5.6 | 2 | |
| Pete Layden | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Tom Casey | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Jim Mello | 12 | 74 | 6.2 | 1 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Ernie Lewis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jesse Freitas | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Livingstone | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||||||||
| Pete Layden | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 0 | 190 | 10.0 | 1 | 100.8 | |||
| Bud Schwenk | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Chicago Rockets | |||||||||||
| Jesse Freitas | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 4 | 198 | 8.6 | 0 | 38.2 | |||
| Julie Rykovich | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 116.7 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Jack Russell | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 1 | |
| Bruce Alford | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Fay King | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | |
| Bob Jensen | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Mello | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Kuffel | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Magliolo | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | |||||
| Bob Kennedy | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 0 | |
| Tom Casey | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| Pete Layden | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Chicago Rockets | |||||
| Ernie Lewis | 5 | 245 | 49.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Chuck Fenenbock | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | ||||||
| Pete Layden | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Chicago Rockets | ||||||
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Mello | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bob Jensen | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
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