1948 Boston Yanks season

National Football League team season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Yanks 1948 3–9 5th NFL Eastern Clipper Smith Fenway Park Did not qualify 1949 (NY Bulldogs) The 1948 Boston Yanks season was their fifth in the National Football League and last as the Yanks (subsequently becoming the New York Bulldogs). The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 4–7–1, winning only three games.1948 Boston Yanks They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. This would be the final season of professional football in Boston before the Patriots began play in 1960, as a charter member of the AFL. NFL draft 1948 NFL Draft 1948 Boston Yanks 1 5 Vaughn Mancha Center Alabama yes 3 14 John Nolan Tackle Penn State yes 5 29 Bill Healy Guard Georgia Tech returned to college 6 39 Phil Slosburg Back Temple yes 8 59 Robert (Tex) Furse Back Yale 9 69 Jim Burton End Wesleyan 10 79 Bob Forbes Back Florida 11 89 George Roman Tackle Western Reserve yes 12 99 Abner Wimberly End LSU 13 109 Bob Jensen End Iowa State Went to Chicago Rockets (AAFC) 14 119 Hal (Bus) Entsminger Back Missouri 15 129 Carmen Ragonese Back New Hampshire 16 139 George Ratterman Quarterback Notre Dame Went to Buffalo Bills (AAFC) 17 149 Nute Trotter Tackle Oklahoma 18 159 Jack Mendel End Canisisius 19 169 Mel Jowell Guard McMurry 20 179 Frank Nelson Back Utes yes 21 189 Jim Lukens End Washington & Lee 22 199 Fran O'Brien Back Dartmouth 23 209 Jim Zito Tackle Michigan State 24 219 Jack Roderick End Yale 25 229 Eddie Sikorski Back Muhlenberg 26 239 Bruce Mather Back New Hampshire 27 249 Jim Shoaf Tackle Iowa 28 259 Joe McCary Back Virginia 29 269 Al Sica Back Pennsylvania 30 279 Harry Bonk Back Maryland 31 287 Bernor Langsjoen Back Gustavus Adolphus 32 294 George Neff Back Virginia no nohttps://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/byk/1948_draft.htm 1948 Boston Yanks Draftees Pro Football Reference April 28, 2023 Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 17, 1948 Green Bay Packers L 0–31 0–1 Fenway Park 15,443 Recap 2 September 23, 1948 New York Giants L 7–27 0–2 Fenway Park 7,428 Recap 3 October 3 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 14–24 0–3 Forbes Field 26,216 Recap 4 October 9 at Detroit Lions W 17–14 1–3 Briggs Stadium 18,747 Recap 5 October 17 Pittsburgh Steelers W 13–7 2–3 Fenway Park 7,208 Recap 6 October 24 at Chicago Cardinals L 27–49 2–4 Comiskey Park 23,423 Recap 7 October 31 at Washington Redskins L 21–59 2–5 Griffith Stadium 29,758 Recap 8 November 7 Washington Redskins L 7–23 2–6 Fenway Park 13,659 Recap 9 November 14 at Philadelphia Eagles L 0–45 2–7 Shibe Park 22,958 Recap 10 November 21 Chicago Bears L 17–51 2–8 Fenway Park 18,048 Recap 11 November 28 at New York Giants L 14–28 2–9 Polo Grounds 19,636 Recap 12 December 5 Philadelphia Eagles W 37–14 3–9 Fenway Park 9,652 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Standings Roster 1948 Boston Yanks final rosterBacks 38 Bill Chipley S/WR 10 Joe Golding CB/RB 65 Bob Hazelhurst RB/P 39 Gene Malinowski QB/S 23 Frank Muehlheuser RB 56 Frank Nelson CB/RB   8 Bill Paschal RB 16 Johnny Poto RB 19 Rudy Romboli RB/S 54 Frank Seno S/CB/RB 66 Phil Slosburg RB Receivers/Ends 17 Steve Pritko WR/DE 83 Ralph Heywood DE/WR/P 27 Nick Scollard WR/DE/K 55 Jim Tyree DE/WR Linemen/Linebackers 36 Fritz Barzilauskas G/DG 84 Stan Batinski G/DG 59 Bob Davis T/DT 32 Joe Domnanovich LB/C 40 Bill Godwin C/LB 47 Mike Jarmoluk DT/T 41 Vaughn Mancha C/LB 43 Bob McClure G/DG 14 Mike Micka LB/FB 44 John Nolan DT/T 31 George Roman DG/T 21 Joe Sabasteanski DG/G 51 Carroll Vogelaar T/DT rookies in italics References 1948 Boston Yanks Boston Yanks