1946 New York Yankees (AAFC) season

American football team season

1946 New York Yankees (AAFC) season

Owner| Dan Topping
Head coach| Ray Flaherty
Home stadium| Yankee Stadium
Results
Record| 10–3–1
Division place| 1st AAFC East
Playoffs| Lost AAFC Championship
(at Browns) 9–14

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The 1946 New York Yankees season was their inaugural season in the All-America Football Conference. The team finished 10–3–1,[1] finishing first in the East Division and qualifying for the playoffs. The team, however, lost to the Cleveland Browns in the AAFC Championship.

The team's statistical leaders included Ace Parker with 763 passing yards, Spec Sanders with 709 rushing yards, 259 receiving yards, and 72 points scored.[2] Sanders total of 709 rushing yards also led the AAFC.

## Schedule

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1  | September 8  | at San Francisco 49ers | W 21–7  | 1–0  | Kezar Stadium | 35,000  | Recap |
2  | September 14  | at Buffalo Bisons | W 21–10  | 2–0  | Civic Stadium | 40,606  | Recap |
3  | September 20  | at Chicago Rockets | T 17–17  | 2–0–1  | Soldier Field | 25,000  | Recap |
4  | September 29  | at Cleveland Browns | L 7–24  | 2–1–1  | Municipal Stadium | 57,084  | Recap |
5  | October 4  | Buffalo Bisons | W 21–13  | 3–1–1  | Yankee Stadium | 17,101  | Recap |
6  | October 12  | Cleveland Browns | L 0–7  | 3–2–1  | Yankee Stadium  | 34,252  | Recap |
7  | October 19  | Brooklyn Dodgers | W 21–10  | 4–2–1  | Yankee Stadium  | 30,212  | Recap |
8  | October 27  | at Los Angeles Dons | W 31–17  | 5–2–1  | LA Memorial Coliseum | 15,000  | Recap |
9  | November 3  | Miami Seahawks | W 24–21  | 6–2–1  | Yankee Stadium  | 18,800  | Recap |
10  | November 10  | Los Angeles Dons | W 17–12  | 7–2–1  | Yankee Stadium  | 30,765  | Recap |
11  | November 17  | San Francisco 49ers | W 10–9  | 8–2–1  | Yankee Stadium  | 18,695  | Recap |
12  | November 24  | Chicago Rockets | L 28–38  | 8–3–1  | Yankee Stadium  | 21,270  | Recap |
13  | November 28  | at Brooklyn Dodgers | W 21–7  | 9–3–1  | Ebbets Field | 16,240  | Recap |
14  | December 9  | at Miami Seahawks | W 31–0  | 10–3–1  | Burdine Stadium | 7,090  | Recap |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

## Playoffs

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Championship  | December 22  | at Cleveland Browns | L 9–14  | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | Recap

## Standings

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AAFC Eastern Division

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| W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK
New York Yankees | 10  | 3  | 1  | .769  | 6–0  | 270  | 192  | W2
Buffalo Bisons | 3  | 10  | 1  | .231  | 1–5  | 249  | 370  | L3
Brooklyn Dodgers | 3  | 10  | 1  | .231  | 2–4  | 226  | 339  | L6
Miami Seahawks | 3  | 11  | 0  | .214  | 3–3  | 167  | 378  | W1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings.
AAFC Western Division

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| W | L | T | PCT | DIV | PF | PA | STK
Cleveland Browns | 12  | 2  | 0  | .857  | 4–2  | 423  | 137  | W5
San Francisco 49ers | 9  | 5  | 0  | .643  | 4–2  | 307  | 189  | W3
Los Angeles Dons | 7  | 5  | 2  | .583  | 2–3–1  | 305  | 290  | T1
Chicago Rockets | 5  | 6  | 3  | .455  | 1–4–1  | 263  | 315  | T1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings.

## Roster

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Players shown in bold started at least one game at the position listed as confirmed by contemporary game coverage.

New York Yankees 1946 roster

Quarterbacks

* QB Bob Morrow
* QB Lloyd Cheatham
* QB Ray Hare

Fullbacks

* FB/RHB Pug Manders
* FB/LHB Spec Sanders
* FB Harvey Johnson
* FB/LHB Bob Kennedy
* Dewey Proctor

Halfbacks

* LHB/RHB Bob Sweiger
* RHB/LHB/FB Ace Parker
* RHB Lowell Wagner
* LHB/FB Eddie Prokop
* RHB/RE Harry Burrus
* LHB/FB Frank Sinkwich
* LHB Bob Perina

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* LE Bob Masterson
* RE Bruce Alford
* LE Jack Russell
* RE Perry Schwartz
* Henry Stanton
* Mel Conger

Tackles

* LT Bruiser Kinard
* RT Nate Johnson
* RT Harley McCollum
* Derrell Palmer
* George Doherty

Guards

* LG Roman Piskor
* RG Charley Riffle
* LG/RG George Kinard
* LG Jack Baldwin
* LG/RT Roman Bentz
* Joe Yackanich
* Mike Karmazin

Centers

* C Tom Robertson
* C Lou Sossamon

## References

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1. ^ 1946 New York Yankees Archived October 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "1946 New York Yankees Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2020.

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