1950 New York Yanks Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's National Division
Coach: Red Strader (7-5)
Location: New York, New York
1950 New York Yanks RosterTeam Record: 7-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's National Division
Coach: Red Strader (7-5)
Location: New York, New York
1950 New York Yanks Results
The New York Yanks of the National Football League ended the 1950 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the NFL's National Division.
New York lit up the scoreboard for 366 points, while the defense conceded 367. George Ratterman tossed for 2,251 yards. Dan Edwards hauled in 52 balls for 775 yards, while Art Weiner provided receiving help, too.
Zollie Toth ran for a team-leading 636 yards for the Yanks.
Spec Sanders picked off 13 opponent throws.
Red Strader coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Ratterman | 294 | 140 | 47.6 | 2251 | 7.7 | 22 | 7.5 | 24 | 8.2 | 69 | 64.6 |
| John Rauch | 51 | 29 | 56.9 | 502 | 9.8 | 6 | 11.8 | 2 | 3.9 | 82 | 113.4 |
| George Taliaferro | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 83 | 11.9 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 126.8 |
| Spec Sanders | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 109.7 |
| Totals | 355 | 174 | 49.0 | 2894 | 8.2 | 29 | 8.2 | 26 | 7.3 | 82 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zollie Toth | 131 | 636 | 4.9 | 51 | 5 |
| George Taliaferro | 88 | 411 | 4.7 | 44 | 4 |
| Sherman Howard | 71 | 362 | 5.1 | 60 | 3 |
| Buddy Young | 76 | 334 | 4.4 | 20 | 1 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 16 | 69 | 4.3 | 35 | 0 |
| John Rauch | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Lou Kusserow | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 397 | 1832 | 4.6 | 60 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Edwards | 52 | 775 | 14.9 | 82 | 6 |
| Art Weiner | 35 | 722 | 20.6 | 58 | 6 |
| George Taliaferro | 21 | 299 | 14.2 | 43 | 5 |
| Buddy Young | 20 | 302 | 15.1 | 69 | 1 |
| Zollie Toth | 15 | 189 | 12.6 | 60 | 3 |
| Sherman Howard | 12 | 278 | 23.2 | 40 | 5 |
| Jack Russell | 10 | 177 | 17.7 | 49 | 2 |
| Barney Poole | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 52 | 1 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 174 | 2894 | 16.6 | 82 | 29 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Adams | 48 | 45 | 93.8 | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 51 |
| Pete Layden | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 51 | 48 | 94.1 | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | 54 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 71 | 3001 | 42.3 | 63 |
| George Taliaferro | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 |
| Totals | 72 | 3040 | 42.2 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Taliaferro | 9 | 129 | 14.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Spec Sanders | 6 | 93 | 15.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 305 | 11.3 | 29 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 20 | 536 | 26.8 | 50 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 25 | 473 | 18.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 8 | 240 | 30.0 | 89 | 1 |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jack Russell | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Barney Poole | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 58 | 1280 | 22.1 | 89 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Sanders | 13 | 199 | 15.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 7 | 145 | 20.7 | 46 | 1 |
| Pete Layden | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Duke Iverson | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Bob Kennedy | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Yonakor | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ed Sharkey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 438 | 14.6 | 46 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 6 | 5 | -8 | 0 | |||
| George Taliaferro | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sherman Howard | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Sharkey | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Russell | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Spec Sanders | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Ruby | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Signaigo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Golding | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | |
| Paul Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney Poole | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| George Ratterman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Edwards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Wozniak | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zollie Toth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Art Weiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 33 | 36 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Sherman Howard | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
| George Taliaferro | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
| Chet Adams | 2 | 45 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Zollie Toth | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Dan Edwards | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Art Weiner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| George Ratterman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Jack Russell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Joe Golding | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Buddy Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Duke Iverson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Bruce Alford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Barney Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Pete Layden | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Martin Ruby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Jim Champion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 16 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 366 |
