1951 New York Yanks Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-9-2
Finishing 6th in the NFL's National Division
Coach: Red Strader (1-9-2)
Location: New York, New York
1951 New York Yanks RosterTeam Record: 1-9-2
Finishing 6th in the NFL's National Division
Coach: Red Strader (1-9-2)
Location: New York, New York
1951 New York Yanks Results
The New York Yanks of the National Football League ended the 1951 season with a record of 1 wins and 9 losses and 2 ties, finishing sixth in the NFL's National Division.
New York scored 241 points, while the leaky defense allowed 382, most in the circuit. Bob Celeri threw for 1,797 yards. Dan Edwards topped pass catchers, hauling in 39 balls for 509 yards. Sherman Howard, Dan Garza and Buddy Young each were targeted regularly, too.
Zollie Toth ran for a team-leading 384 yards for the Yanks, while George Taliaferro and Sherman Howard additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Bennie Aldridge intercepted 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Celeri | 238 | 102 | 42.9 | 1797 | 7.6 | 12 | 5.0 | 15 | 6.3 | 75 | 59.8 |
| George Ratterman | 67 | 31 | 46.3 | 340 | 5.1 | 2 | 3.0 | 6 | 9.0 | 36 | 34.4 |
| George Taliaferro | 33 | 13 | 39.4 | 251 | 7.6 | 1 | 3.0 | 3 | 9.1 | 51 | 38.8 |
| John Rauch | 82 | 25 | 30.5 | 237 | 2.9 | 1 | 1.2 | 3 | 3.7 | 39 | 28.8 |
| Bev Wallace | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 9 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 428 | 172 | 40.2 | 2634 | 6.2 | 16 | 3.7 | 27 | 6.3 | 75 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zollie Toth | 119 | 384 | 3.2 | 16 | 4 |
| Sherman Howard | 94 | 343 | 3.6 | 31 | 4 |
| George Taliaferro | 62 | 330 | 5.3 | 65 | 3 |
| Buddy Young | 46 | 165 | 3.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Bob Celeri | 36 | 107 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 |
| George Ratterman | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| John Rauch | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bev Wallace | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Totals | 364 | 1337 | 3.7 | 65 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Edwards | 39 | 509 | 13.1 | 53 | 3 |
| Buddy Young | 31 | 508 | 16.4 | 48 | 3 |
| Dan Garza | 31 | 470 | 15.2 | 69 | 4 |
| Sherman Howard | 21 | 447 | 21.3 | 75 | 3 |
| George Taliaferro | 16 | 230 | 14.4 | 47 | 2 |
| Bill O'Connor | 14 | 192 | 13.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bruce Alford | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 59 | 0 |
| Paul Crowe | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 51 | 1 |
| John Wozniak | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 18 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 172 | 2634 | 15.3 | 75 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Taliaferro | 76 | 2881 | 37.9 | 72 |
| Bob Celeri | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 54 |
| Totals | 81 | 3105 | 38.3 | 72 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Young | 12 | 231 | 19.2 | 79 | 1 |
| George Taliaferro | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Bobbie Griffin | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Al Pollard | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 379 | 13.1 | 79 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Taliaferro | 27 | 622 | 23.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Buddy Young | 14 | 427 | 30.5 | 90 | 1 |
| Al Pollard | 5 | 138 | 27.6 | 45 | 0 |
| Sisto Averno | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Duke Iverson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Mitchell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill O'Connor | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Harvey Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Wayne Siegert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike McCormack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 1256 | 22.8 | 90 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennie Aldridge | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 36 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Bobbie Griffin | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Darrel Meisenheimer | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Paul Crowe | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Ross Nagel | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 235 | 10.7 | 36 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Taliaferro | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Golding | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sherman Howard | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Art Tait | 0 | 2 | 70 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Barney Poole | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Nagel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Colo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Donovan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Domnanovich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrel Meisenheimer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobbie Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sisto Averno | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McCormack | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zollie Toth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bennie Aldridge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Wozniak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bev Wallace | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harvey Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Ratterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Young | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Celeri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Garza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 25 | 96 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Harvey Johnson | 0 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 49 | |||||||||
| Sherman Howard | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Buddy Young | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Zollie Toth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Dan Garza | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Dan Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Art Tait | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 241 |
