
1949 New York Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 2nd in the AAFC
Postseason: 0-1 Lost First Round
Coach: Red Strader (8-4)
Location: New York, New York
1949 New York Yankees Results
The New York Yankees of the All American Football Conference ended the 1949 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the AAFC. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
New York racked up 196 points, while the defense yielded 206. Buddy Young ran for a team-best 495 yards for the Yankees, while Sherman Howard and Bob Kennedy also contributed to the rushing attack.
Don Panciera tossed for 801 yards. Buddy Young snagged 12 passes, while Bruce Alford accumulated 213 receiving yards.
Pete Layden picked off 7 errant tosses from the opposition.
Red Strader coached the team. The 1949 New York Yankees lost in the First Round.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Panciera | 150 | 51 | 34.0 | 801 | 5.3 | 5 | 3.3 | 16 | 10.7 | 0 | 24.2 |
Gil Johnson | 36 | 12 | 33.3 | 179 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 13.9 | 0 | 11.0 |
Bob Kennedy | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 118.8 |
Pete Layden | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Lou Kusserow | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Mickey Colmer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 199 | 66 | 33.2 | 1032 | 5.2 | 5 | 2.5 | 22 | 11.1 | 27 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buddy Young | 76 | 495 | 6.5 | 71 | 5 |
Bob Kennedy | 118 | 490 | 4.2 | 0 | 5 |
Sherman Howard | 117 | 459 | 3.9 | 79 | 3 |
Lou Kusserow | 39 | 136 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Prokop | 31 | 109 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 |
Mickey Colmer | 36 | 100 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Layden | 19 | 96 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Landry | 29 | 91 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 |
Lowell Tew | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 0 | 1 |
Duke Iverson | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 |
Gil Johnson | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
Harmon Rowe | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
Noble Doss | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dewey Proctor | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Don Panciera | 10 | -4 | -0.4 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 510 | 2143 | 4.2 | 79 | 16 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buddy Young | 12 | 171 | 14.2 | 0 | 2 |
Bruce Alford | 11 | 213 | 19.4 | 0 | 1 |
Dan Garza | 9 | 193 | 21.4 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Russell | 7 | 130 | 18.6 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Kennedy | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 0 | 1 |
Tom Landry | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 |
Barney Poole | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 |
Van Davis | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
Mickey Colmer | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
Sherman Howard | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Otto Schnellbacher | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Eddie Prokop | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Pete Layden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 66 | 1032 | 15.6 | 24 | 5 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Landry | 51 | 2249 | 44.1 | 0 |
Pete Layden | 15 | 626 | 41.7 | 0 |
Mickey Colmer | 5 | 232 | 46.4 | 0 |
Totals | 71 | 3107 | 43.8 | 0 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Layden | 29 | 287 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Young | 9 | 171 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Landry | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 |
Otto Schnellbacher | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Mitchell | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Barney Poole | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 47 | 562 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buddy Young | 11 | 316 | 28.7 | 91 | 1 |
Lou Kusserow | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 |
Sherman Howard | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Prokop | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Landry | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Alford | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Layden | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
Noble Doss | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Dan Garza | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Duke Iverson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
Lowell Tew | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Mickey Colmer | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Bob Kennedy | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 816 | 22.7 | 91 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Layden | 7 | 137 | 19.6 | 0 | 1 |
Otto Schnellbacher | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 |
Harmon Rowe | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Kennedy | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Landry | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
Sherman Howard | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
Martin Ruby | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 1 |
Duke Iverson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Jack Russell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Harvey Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Ed Sharkey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Barney Poole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 24 | 321 | 13.4 | 44 | 2 |
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 |
Buddy Young | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
Harvey Johnson | 0 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 46 | |||||||||
Bob Kennedy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
Sherman Howard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
Jack Russell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Eddie Prokop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Lowell Tew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Martin Ruby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bruce Alford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Pete Layden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
Totals | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196 |