| Green Bay Packers at New York Yanks Game Statistics |
| Date: October 28, 1951 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 7351 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 52 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 29 |
| New York YanksNYY | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | NYY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York YanksNYY | Sherman Howard 2 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York YanksNYY | Sherman Howard 75 pass from Bob Celeri (Harvey Johnson kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Bob Mann 7 pass from Tobin Rote (Fred Cone kick failed) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | Dan Garza 52 pass from Bob Celeri (Harvey Johnson kick) | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Ray Pelfrey 2 pass from Bobby Thomason (Fred Cone kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jug Girard 75 pass from Bobby Thomason (Fred Cone kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Tony Canadeo 15 pass from Bobby Thomason (Fred Cone kick blocked) | 26 | 21 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | Dan Garza 15 pass from Bob Celeri (John Rauch run failed) | 26 | 27 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Fred Cone 16 FG | 29 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 31 | LOE | Bob Mann |
| 90 | LOT | Willie Manley |
| 33 | LOG | Buddy Burris |
| 85 | C | Jay Rhodemyre |
| 46 | ROG | Ham Nichols |
| 34 | ROT | Joe Spencer |
| 40 | ROE | Carl Elliott |
| 38 | QB | Tobin Rote |
| 3 | LOH | Tony Canadeo |
| 22 | ROH | Billy Joe Grimes |
| 66 | FB | Fred Cone |
| Defense | ||
| 19 | LDE | Dan Orlich |
| 45 | LDT | Dick Wildung |
| 15 | MG | Dick Afflis |
| 75 | RDT | Howie Ruetz |
| 16 | RDE | Ab Wimberly |
| 86 | LLB | Bill Schroll |
| 35 | MLB | Walt Michaels |
| 77 | RLB | Bob Summerhays |
| 74 | LDH | Rebel Steiner |
| 25 | S | Harper Davis |
| 7 | RDH | Ace Loomis |
| New York Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | LOE | Dan Garza |
| 47 | LOT | Paul Mitchell |
| 21 | LOG | Johnny Clowes |
| 22 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 7 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 71 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 4 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 17 | QB | Bob Celeri |
| 20 | LOH | George Taliaferro |
| 46 | ROH | Sherman Howard |
| 86 | FB | Zollie Toth |
| Defense | ||
| 51 | LDE | Art Tait |
| 39 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 35 | MG | Jim Champion |
| 36 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 84 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 15 | LLB | Duke Iversen |
| 45 | RLB | Ross Nagel |
| 31 | LDH | Bennie Aldridge |
| 61 | LS | Bobbie Griffin |
| 10 | RS | Joe Golding |
| 3 | RDH | Paul Crowe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Fred Cone | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Tobin Rote | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Floyd Reid | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Canadeo | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rip Collins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Zollie Toth | 18 | 57 | 3.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 11 | 2 | 0.2 | 9 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Tobin Rote | 23 | 6 | 26.1 | 2 | 62 | 2.7 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 17.8 | |
| Bobby Thomason | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 1 | 214 | 9.7 | 75t | 3 | 10 | 120.1 | |
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 2 | 319 | 11.8 | 75t | 3 | 28 | 100.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Ray Pelfrey | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Jug Girard | 4 | 130 | 32.5 | 75t | 1 |
| Carl Elliott | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Mann | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Fred Cone | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Canadeo | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Billy Joe Grimes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Floyd Reid | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Danny Edwards | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Dan Garza | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 52t | 2 |
| Zollie Toth | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | 75 | 75.0 | 75t | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Ace Loomis | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Harper Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Ross Nagel | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bobbie Griffin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Jug Girard | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 47 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 7 | 277 | 39.6 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Bobbie Griffin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Walt Michaels | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Carl Elliott | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| New York Yanks | ||||||
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