1951 New York Yanks season

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.^[1] 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.^[2][3][4] The final game against the neighboring Giants drew less than 6,700, played on an icy field with game time temperature of 17 °F (−8 °C).^[5]

1951 New York Yanks season
Head coach	Jimmy Phelan
Home field	Yankee Stadium
Results
Record	1–9–2
Division place	6th NFL National
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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The baseball Yankees had the rights to Yankee Stadium, so the football Yanks were forced to move their first two home games (weeks 1 and 2) onto the road, which were both night games.^[6][7] The World Series concluded in six games on October 10 and the first home football game came in week five on October 28.^[8]

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

Main article: 1951 NFL season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 28[6]	Los Angeles Rams	L 14–54	0–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	30,315	Recap
2	October 8[7]	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

NFL National Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Rams	8	4	0	.667	7–2	392	261	W1
San Francisco 49ers	7	4	1	.636	5–2–1	255	205	W3
Detroit Lions	7	4	1	.636	5–4–1	336	259	L1
Chicago Bears	7	5	0	.583	6–2	286	282	L1
Green Bay Packers	3	9	0	.250	1–8	254	375	L7
New York Yanks	1	9	2	.100	1–7–2	241	382	L2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

1. 1951 New York Yanks Archived September 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
2. Larson, Lloyd (December 3, 1951). "Yanks nip Packers, 31-28, on Celeri's three TD passes". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 4, part 2.
3. Kuechele, Oliver E. (December 3, 1951). "Celeri's spectacular passing steals victory from Packers". Milwaukee Journal. p. 8.
4. "Yanks win first, nip Packer, 31-28". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 3, 1951. p. 24.
5. "Price sets NFL record as Giants beat Yanks". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. December 17, 1951. p. 23.
6. "Rams rout Yanks, 54-14; pass record is set". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. September 28, 1951. p. 4, part 2.
7. "Walker, Harder score twice Lions' victory". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. October 9, 1951. p. 8, part 2.
8. "Packers win, 29-27, on last-minute field goal". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. October 29, 1951. p. 3, part 2.