
1948 New York Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the AAFC's East Division
Coach: Red Strader (5-5)
Coach: Ray Flaherty (1-3)
Location: New York, New York
1948 New York Yankees Results
The New York Yankees of the All American Football Conference ended the 1948 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the AAFC's East Division.
The Yankees chalked up 265 points, and the defense allowed 301. Spec Sanders ran for a team-best 759 yards for New York, and Pete Layden also aided the ground game.
Spec Sanders threw for 918 yards, and Pete Layden played quarterback, too. Bruce Alford snagged 32 passes for 578 yards.
Otto Schnellbacher seized 11 opponent throws.
Red Strader and Ray Flaherty coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spec Sanders | 168 | 78 | 46.4 | 918 | 5.5 | 5 | 3.0 | 11 | 6.5 | 57 | 46.2 |
Pete Layden | 105 | 43 | 41.0 | 816 | 7.8 | 9 | 8.6 | 8 | 7.6 | 0 | 65.4 |
Al Dekdebrun | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 149 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 35.2 |
Bud Schwenk | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 52 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 17.6 | 0 | 4.7 |
Tom Casey | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 31 | 6.2 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 100.8 |
Bob Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 316 | 139 | 44.0 | 1966 | 6.2 | 15 | 4.7 | 24 | 7.6 | 57 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spec Sanders | 169 | 759 | 4.5 | 0 | 9 |
Pete Layden | 95 | 576 | 6.1 | 0 | 3 |
Buddy Young | 70 | 245 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Daley | 40 | 102 | 2.6 | 0 | 1 |
Lowell Tew | 24 | 95 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
Bob Kennedy | 33 | 90 | 2.7 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Casey | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 |
Al Dekdebrun | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 |
Bud Schwenk | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Sweiger | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
Lloyd Cheatham | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 464 | 1977 | 4.3 | 0 | 20 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Alford | 32 | 578 | 18.1 | 57 | 3 |
Jack Russell | 23 | 433 | 18.8 | 70 | 6 |
Buddy Young | 21 | 259 | 12.3 | 0 | 4 |
Bob Sweiger | 12 | 129 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 |
Lowell Tew | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 |
Lloyd Cheatham | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 50 | 0 |
Lowell Wagner | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 0 | 1 |
Otto Schnellbacher | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Kennedy | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 |
Van Davis | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 |
Paul Cleary | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Daley | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 |
Duke Iverson | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
Flip McDonald | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
Howie Parker | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Harvey Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 139 | 1966 | 14.1 | 70 | 15 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Spec Sanders | 42 | 1707 | 40.6 | 0 |
Pete Layden | 21 | 884 | 42.1 | 0 |
Bob Kennedy | 7 | 237 | 33.9 | 0 |
Tom Casey | 6 | 242 | 40.3 | 0 |
Bill Daley | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 |
Totals | 77 | 3111 | 40.4 | 41 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Casey | 9 | 229 | 25.4 | 94 | 1 |
Spec Sanders | 13 | 128 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Layden | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 |
Otto Schnellbacher | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Kennedy | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Al Dekdebrun | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Harmon Rowe | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Buddy Young | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 39 | 515 | 13.2 | 94 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buddy Young | 12 | 303 | 25.2 | 0 | 0 |
Spec Sanders | 9 | 217 | 24.1 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Layden | 8 | 211 | 26.4 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Casey | 7 | 170 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Daley | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 |
Lowell Tew | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Kennedy | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
Lloyd Cheatham | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Al Dekdebrun | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Paul Cleary | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Bob Sweiger | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 49 | 1128 | 23.0 | 18 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Otto Schnellbacher | 11 | 239 | 21.7 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Kennedy | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Layden | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
Lowell Wagner | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
Spec Sanders | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Al Dekdebrun | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Joe Magliolo | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Charley Riffle | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Roland Nabors | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Van Davis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Duke Iverson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Russell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 27 | 461 | 17.1 | 31 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Spec Sanders | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
Harvey Johnson | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 43 | |||||||||
Jack Russell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Lowell Tew | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Buddy Young | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
Bruce Alford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Pete Layden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
Tom Casey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Van Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Otto Schnellbacher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Bill Daley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Bob Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Lowell Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265 |