1947 New York Yankees Statistics
All American Football Conference (AAFC)
Team Record: 11-2-1
Finishing 1st in the AAFC's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Ray Flaherty (11-2-1)
Location: New York, New York
1947 New York Yankees RosterTeam Record: 11-2-1
Finishing 1st in the AAFC's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Ray Flaherty (11-2-1)
Location: New York, New York
1947 New York Yankees Results
The New York Yankees of the All American Football Conference ended the 1947 season with a record of 11 wins and 2 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the AAFC's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
New York netted 378 points, while the defensive unit gave up 239. Spec Sanders powered the ground game, running for a 1,432 yards for the Yankees.
Spec Sanders passed for 1,442 yards. Buddy Young snagged 27 passes, while Jack Russell accumulated 368 receiving yards, while Bruce Alford was targeted regularly, too.
Eddie Prokop and Spec Sanders each seized 3 opponent throws.
Ray Flaherty coached the team. The 1947 New York Yankees lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 171 | 93 | 54.4 | 1442 | 8.4 | 14 | 8.2 | 17 | 9.9 | 55 | 70.2 |
| Eddie Prokop | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 137 | 17.1 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 95.8 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 93 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 72.4 |
| Bob Kennedy | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 109.7 |
| Ben Raimondi | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 54 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 42.1 |
| Buddy Young | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 70.8 |
| John Sylvester | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 216 | 111 | 51.4 | 1795 | 8.3 | 16 | 7.4 | 18 | 8.3 | 55 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 231 | 1432 | 6.2 | 0 | 18 |
| Buddy Young | 116 | 712 | 6.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Eddie Prokop | 76 | 324 | 4.3 | 52 | 4 |
| Bob Kennedy | 44 | 258 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 |
| John Sylvester | 17 | 101 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 16 | 33 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Raimondi | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Burrus | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Harmon Rowe | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 534 | 2930 | 5.5 | 52 | 27 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 27 | 303 | 11.2 | 50 | 2 |
| Jack Russell | 20 | 368 | 18.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Bruce Alford | 20 | 298 | 14.9 | 52 | 5 |
| Bob Sweiger | 11 | 108 | 9.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Burrus | 8 | 192 | 24.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Van Davis | 8 | 179 | 22.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Cheatham | 4 | 124 | 31.0 | 70 | 2 |
| Lowell Wagner | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Prokop | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Roy Kurrasch | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Poole | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Spec Sanders | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Sylvester | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 111 | 1795 | 16.2 | 70 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 46 | 1938 | 42.1 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 0 |
| Frankie Sinkwich | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 0 |
| John Sylvester | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 |
| Totals | 55 | 2199 | 40.0 | 42 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 6 | 164 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Prokop | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sylvester | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 1 |
| Ollie Poole | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 489 | 15.3 | 34 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 22 | 593 | 27.0 | 92 | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 12 | 332 | 27.7 | 95 | 1 |
| Eddie Prokop | 7 | 188 | 26.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 79 | 1 |
| Jack Russell | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sylvester | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Harmon Rowe | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Van Davis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Durishan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 53 | 1351 | 25.5 | 95 | 3 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Prokop | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Sweiger | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 31 | 1 |
| Harmon Rowe | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Harry Burrus | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Roy Ruskusky | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 342 | 20.1 | 33 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Spec Sanders | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | |||||
| Harvey Johnson | 7 | 49 | 0 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Alford | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| Buddy Young | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| Eddie Prokop | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Jack Russell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Harry Burrus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Lloyd Cheatham | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bob Sweiger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Dewey Proctor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Lou Sossamon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Lowell Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 27 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 376 |
