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

Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 Green Bay Packers L 0–31 0–1 Fenway Park 15,443 Recap 2 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

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