1947 NFL Semifinal-New York Yankees-16, Chicago Bears-0

December 28, 1947

Weather-32 degrees, 12 mph NNE

The New York Yankees used a stout defense to take down the Chicago Bears and advance to their second consecutive NFL Championship Game. The Bears could only manage 121 yards offense, with Bears QB Sid Luckman suffering through 5 sacks and many hard hits. The Yankees are a solid running team, and they became the first team in league history to have 2 different runners gain 1,000 yards in the same season as Buddy Young gained 104 yards on the ground against the Bears to reach 1,027 yards rushing for the season. New York finished with 223 yards on the ground, controlling the clock and making the game easier for the defense.

Chicago Bears........(9-5)-0-0-0-0-0
New York Yankees.(13-2-1)-3-6-0-7-16

NYY-Johnson 38 FG
NYY-Johnson 32 FG
NYY-Johnson 46 FG
NYY-Sweiger 46 run (Johnson Kick)

Rushing (season totals in parentheses)
Chi-McAfee-9-22-0 (83-280-4), Osmanski-8-16-0 (81-400-1), Fenimore-7-7-0 (69-232-1), Holovak-6-5-0 (59-287-1), Luckman-1-(-1)-0 (11-85-1)
NYY-Young-12-104-0 (141-1,027-5), Sweiger-2-47-1 (15-117-1), Sanders-18-42-0 (261-1,550-19), Kennedy-5-23-0 (56-318-2), Prokop-8-12-0 (94-374-4), Burrus-1-(-5)-0 (2-0-0)

Passing
Chi-Luckman-18-11-106-0-2 (374-207-3,061-26-34)
NYY-Sanders-7-3-40-0-1 (184-99-1,518-14-18)

Receiving
Chi-Keane-6-52-0 (76-1,015-10), Kavanaugh-3-47-0 (40-973-14), McAfee-1-10-0 (36-530-2), Osmanski-1-(-3)-0 (9-140-0)
NYY-Russell-2-24-0 (23-403-2), Alford-1-16-0 (22-324-5)