1947 Boston Yanks Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-7-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Clipper Smith (4-7-1)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1947 Boston Yanks RosterTeam Record: 4-7-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Clipper Smith (4-7-1)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1947 Boston Yanks Results
The Boston Yanks of the National Football League ended the 1947 season with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
Boston struggled to score 168 points, worst in the circuit, while the defensive unit yielded 256. Boley Dancewicz passed for 1,203 yards. Hal Crisler caught 25 balls, while Don Currivan added 782 receiving yards.
Frank Seno rushed for a team-leading 212 yards for the Yanks.
Frank Seno picked off 10 opponent throws.
Clipper Smith coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boley Dancewicz | 169 | 66 | 39.1 | 1203 | 7.1 | 11 | 6.5 | 18 | 10.7 | 69 | 46.4 |
| Paul Governali | 55 | 23 | 41.8 | 314 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.5 | 6 | 10.9 | 78 | 39.3 |
| Howard Maley | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 144 | 12.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 63 | 86.8 |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Frank Maznicki | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 238 | 95 | 39.9 | 1661 | 7.0 | 15 | 6.3 | 27 | 11.3 | 78 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 69 | 212 | 3.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 47 | 145 | 3.1 | 41 | 1 |
| Howard Maley | 32 | 132 | 4.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 37 | 124 | 3.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Maznicki | 34 | 77 | 2.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 26 | 71 | 2.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Mello | 33 | 62 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 |
| John Grigas | 27 | 52 | 1.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Rudy Romboli | 23 | 50 | 2.2 | 15 | 0 |
| John Poto | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 11 | 1 |
| Paul Governali | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Chipley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Sucic | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Micka | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Totals | 343 | 973 | 2.8 | 41 | 4 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Crisler | 25 | 363 | 14.5 | 49 | 2 |
| Don Currivan | 24 | 782 | 32.6 | 78 | 9 |
| Frank Seno | 12 | 118 | 9.8 | 30 | 1 |
| Frank Maznicki | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 24 | 2 |
| Bill Chipley | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Rudy Romboli | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Nick Scollard | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Mello | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Micka | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Sam Goldman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Grigas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 95 | 1661 | 17.5 | 78 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Maznicki | 21 | 19 | 90.5 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 25 |
| Nick Scollard | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 5 |
| Totals | 23 | 21 | 91.3 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 30 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Maley | 92 | 3731 | 40.6 | 66 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 |
| Totals | 93 | 3771 | 40.5 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 12 | 213 | 17.8 | 86 | 1 |
| Joe Golding | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Frank Maznicki | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Joe Watt | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Poto | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 378 | 15.1 | 86 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 27 | 636 | 23.6 | 79 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 9 | 173 | 19.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 30 | 0 |
| John Poto | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Rudy Romboli | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Howard Maley | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| John Grigas | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob McClure | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Sam Goldman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 1130 | 21.7 | 79 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Frank Maznicki | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Micka | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Bill Godwin | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Joe Domnanovich | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Rudy Romboli | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Currivan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Mello | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Sabasteanski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 336 | 12.0 | 46 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Maznicki | 0 | 1 | 6 | 73 | 2 | 0 | |
| Joe Golding | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sabasteanski | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Boley Dancewicz | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hal Crisler | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | |||
| Frank Seno | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Alex Sidorik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Collins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Rodgers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob McClure | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carroll Vogelaar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Watt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Goldman | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rocco Canale | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Domnanovich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Micka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Godwin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy Romboli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Poto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Grigas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Mello | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 17 | 29 | 150 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Don Currivan | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| Frank Maznicki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 37 | |||||
| Joe Golding | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Hal Crisler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Frank Seno | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Boley Dancewicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Poto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bill Chipley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Nick Scollard | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Totals | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 |
