The 1951 New York Yanks season was their second as the Yanks (previously being the New York Bulldogs), and their final season in New York before the franchise was sold and moved to Dallas. The team failed to achieve their previous season's record of 7–5, winning just one game while tying two.1951 New York Yanks They played eight of their twelve games on the road, including seven of the first eight. The sole victory came at Green Bay in early December. The final game against the neighboring Giants drew less than 6,700, played on an icy field with game time temperature of .
The baseball Yankees had the rights to Yankee Stadium, so the football Yanks were forced to move their first two home games onto the road, which were both The World Series concluded in six games on October 10 and the first home football game came in week five on
After the season, the franchise was sold to a consortium from Dallas, where they became the Texans, using the blue and white color scheme and carrying on the franchise's legacy of the Dayton Triangles, the final remaining Ohio League member.
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 Los Angeles Rams L 14–54 0–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 30,315 Recap 2 Detroit Lions L 10–37 0–2 Briggs Stadium 24,194 Recap 3 October 14 at Chicago Bears L 21–24 0–3 Wrigley Field 37,697 Recap 4 October 21 at Detroit Lions T 24–24 0–3–1 Briggs Stadium 21,807 Recap 5 October 28 Green Bay Packers L 27–29 0–4–1 Yankee Stadium 7,351 Recap 6 November 4 at New York Giants L 31–37 0–5–1 Polo Grounds 25,682 Recap 7 November 11 at San Francisco 49ers L 14–19 0–6–1 Kezar Stadium 25,538 Recap 8 November 18 at Los Angeles Rams L 21–48 0–7–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 34,717 Recap 9 November 25 San Francisco 49ers T 10–10 0–7–2 Yankee Stadium 10,184 Recap 10 December 2 at Green Bay Packers W 31–28 1–7–2 City Stadium 14,297 Recap 11 December 9 Chicago Bears L 21–45 1–8–2 Yankee Stadium 13,075 Recap 12 December 16 New York Giants L 17–27 1–9–2 Yankee Stadium 6,658 Recap Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.
Standings
Roster New York Yanks 1950 roster Quarterbacks 17 Bob Celeri 25 George Ratterman
Running backs 46 Sherman Howard 20 George Taliaferro P/CB 86 Zollie Toth 76 Buddy Young
Receivers 4 Dan Edwards 7 Dan Garza 66 Bill O'Connor Offensive linemen 44 Sisto Averno G 21 Johnny Clowes G 34 Joe Domnanovich C 22 Brad Ecklund C 71 Mike McCormack T 47 Paul Mitchell T 65 John Wozniak G
Defensive linemen 12 Bruce Alford DE/WR 35 Jim Champion MG 36 Don Colo DT 39 Art Donovan DT 84 Barney Poole DE 16 Breck Stroschein DE 51 Art Tait DELinebackers 15 Duke Iversen 62 Harvey Johnson K 45 Ross Nagel
Defensive backs 31 Ben Aldridge CB 3 Paul Crowe CB/RB 10 Joe Golding S 61 Bobbie Griffin CB/S 33 Darrel Meisenheimer S rookies in italics
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