1946 NFL Semifinal-New York Yankees-10, New York Giants-3

December 29, 1946

Weather-41 degrees, 10 mph NE, light rain

The Giants and Yankees met in a light but steady rain in Yankee Stadium for supremacy in New York City football and a spot in the NFL Championship Game. The Giants defense was brilliant all game long, limiting the upstart Yanks to only 123 yards offense for the entire game. The Giants had more success, but squandered multiple opportunities to score. The game was a 3-3 tie, until Yankees QB/DB/KR Spec Sanders gathered a short punt at the Giants 48-yard line and took off up the left sideline for a touchdown and a 10-3 New York Yankees victory.

The Yankees will either host the Los Angeles Dons or visit the Cleveland Browns for the championship next Sunday.

New York Giants....(8-4-1)-0-0-3-0-3
New York Yankees.(12-3-1)-3-0-0-7-10

NYY-Johnson 38 FG
NYG-Strong 10 FG
NYY-Sanders 48 punt return (Johnson Kick)

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
NYG-Reagan-12-38-0 (81-307-2), Paschal-17-36-0 (147-418-4), Filchock-15-31-0 (120-426-2), Franck-7-16-0 (56-314-0), Hapes-1-1-0 (57-162-5)
NYY-Manders-6-53-0 (62-285-4), Prokop-8-18-0 (85-336-1), Kennedy-7-14-0 (75-202-2), Sanders-8-7-0 (161-741-6), Wagner-3-7-0 (21-63-0), Burrus-1-1-0 (3-11-0)

Passing
NYG-Filchock-21-12-169-0-1 (202-103-1,577-13-29)
NYY-Sanders-9-3-40-0-0 (101-45-559-5-9)

Receiving
NYG-Liebel-4-58-0 (26-454-4), Weiss-2-33-0 (6-103-1), Paschal-2-25-0 (11-103-2), Poole-2-23-0 (27-407-4), Franck-1-24-0 (8-194-1), Mead-1-6-0 (4-42-0)
NYY-Russell-2-18-0 (28-273-4), Burrus-1-22-0 (13-305-1)