1946 Boston Yanks Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-8-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Herb Kopf (2-8-1)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1946 Boston Yanks RosterTeam Record: 2-8-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Herb Kopf (2-8-1)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1946 Boston Yanks Results
The Boston Yanks of the National Football League ended the 1946 season with a record of 2 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
The Yanks ran up 189 points, but the leaky defense surrendered 273. Paul Governali passed for 1,293 yards. Hal Crisler caught 32 balls for 385 yards.
John Grigas rushed for a team-leading 426 yards for Boston.
Bob Davis seized 7 opponent throws.
Herb Kopf coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Governali | 192 | 83 | 43.2 | 1293 | 6.7 | 13 | 6.8 | 10 | 5.2 | 62 | 67.0 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 34 | 13 | 38.2 | 162 | 4.8 | 1 | 2.9 | 6 | 17.6 | 45 | 24.0 |
| Howard Maley | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 71 | 8.9 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 43 | 70.3 |
| John Grigas | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 16 | 37.5 |
| Duke Abbruzzi | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 112.5 |
| Bob Davis | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 95.8 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 91.7 |
| Totals | 239 | 103 | 43.1 | 1566 | 6.6 | 15 | 6.3 | 19 | 7.9 | 62 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Grigas | 84 | 426 | 5.1 | 59 | 2 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 57 | 238 | 4.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 41 | 143 | 3.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 30 | 99 | 3.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 36 | 84 | 2.3 | 35 | 1 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 14 | 81 | 5.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Mike Micka | 20 | 76 | 3.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Howard Maley | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 23 | 54 | 2.3 | 13 | 4 |
| Duke Abbruzzi | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Hal Crisler | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Hoague | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rudy Romboli | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sam Goldman | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Paul Governali | 33 | -186 | -5.6 | 4 | 2 |
| Totals | 365 | 1110 | 3.0 | 59 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Crisler | 32 | 385 | 12.0 | 62 | 5 |
| Sam Goldman | 15 | 154 | 10.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Don Currivan | 11 | 262 | 23.8 | 60 | 4 |
| Bob Davis | 10 | 150 | 15.0 | 37 | 1 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 8 | 139 | 17.4 | 56 | 1 |
| Nick Scollard | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 19 | 1 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 45 | 1 |
| Jim Gillette | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 60 | 1 |
| John Grigas | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 44 | 1 |
| Duke Abbruzzi | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Howard Maley | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Eliason | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Hoague | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 103 | 1566 | 15.2 | 62 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Scollard | 24 | 21 | 87.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | |
| Don Eliason | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 25 | 21 | 84.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Maley | 60 | 2373 | 39.6 | 61 |
| Paul Governali | 11 | 481 | 43.7 | 65 |
| John Grigas | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 |
| Totals | 72 | 2899 | 40.3 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Davis | 13 | 130 | 10.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Abe Karnofsky | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Don Currivan | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Howard Maley | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Duke Abbruzzi | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 363 | 12.5 | 51 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Karnofsky | 21 | 599 | 28.5 | 97 | 1 |
| Duke Abbruzzi | 8 | 147 | 18.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Sam Goldman | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Hal Crisler | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Currivan | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Nick Scollard | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Grigas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tony Leon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Howard Maley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gene Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 1073 | 20.6 | 97 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Davis | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Mike Micka | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Gene Lee | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Rudy Romboli | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Hoague | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Zeno | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Grigas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 236 | 13.9 | 40 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Karnofsky | 8 | 5 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Bob Davis | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Hal Crisler | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Duke Abbruzzi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Domnanovich | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Win Pedersen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Goldman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Scollard | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Sierocinski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Governali | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Leon | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Maley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rocco Canale | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Grigas | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Micka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Currivan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Gillette | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Babe Dimancheff | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 29 | 77 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Nick Scollard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 33 | |||||||
| Hal Crisler | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Gary Famiglietti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Don Currivan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Abe Karnofsky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| John Grigas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Paul Governali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bob Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Mike Micka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Babe Dimancheff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Totals | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 |
