1946 New York Yankees (AAFC) season

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.

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 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

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap	Sources
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

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Game recap
Championship	December 22	at Cleveland Browns	L 9–14	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	Recap

Standings

AAFC Eastern Division
view talk edit	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
view talk edit	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

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		Ends 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