| The N.F.L. Brooklyn Tigers (Dodgers) folded after the 1944 season, merging with the Boston Yanks for the season. This team tried to lease Yankee Stadium for home games, but in the end played only one game there for the 1945 seaason as the Brooklyn-Boston Yanks. The Brooklyn Dodgers began play in 1946 in the All America Football Conference. | |||
| Brooklyn-Boston Yanks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Home field: Yankee Stadium (Fenway Park) | |||
| 1945 | |||
| Oct. 21 | T 13-13 | Home | New York Giants 33,113 |
| Negotiations for a merger between the National Football League and the All America Football Conference called for the disbanding of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the merging of the N.F.L. Boston Yanks with the A.A.F.C. New York Yankees into a team to play at Yankee Stadium in 1949. The deal was rejected by the A.A.F.C.. The Boston Yanks moved to New York City anyway for the 1949 season. Renamed the New York Bulldogs, they leased and shared the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants. The Brooklyn Dodgers merged with the New York Yankees becoming the Brooklyn - New York Yankees, playing in Yankee Stadium as the All America Conference continued in 1949. | |||
| New York Bulldogs | |||
| Home field: The Polo Grounds | |||
| 1949 | (1-10-1 5th, last East Division) Coach: Charlie Ewert | ||
| Aug. 23 | L 10-21 | Detroit Lions, at Hershey, Pa. (night) [Pre-Season] | |
| Aug. 28 | L 7-14 | Chicago Bears, at Butler Bowl, Indianapolis, Ind. [Pre-Season] | |
| Sep. 2 | L 21-24 | Chicago Cardinals, at Allentown, Pa. (night) [Pre-Season] | |
| Sep. 5 | L 14-21 | Los Angeles Rams, at Alamo Stadium, San Antonio, Tex. [Pre-Season] | |
| Sep. 11 | L 3-7 | Green Bay Packers, at Rock Island, Ill. 5,000 [Pre-Season] | |
| Sep. 22 | L 0-7 | Home | Philadelphia Eagles (night) 8,426 |
| Sep. 30 | L 14-38 | Away | New York Giants, The Polo Grounds (night) 17,704 |
| Oct. 7 | L 0-19 | Home | Green Bay Packers (night) 5,099 |
| Oct. 16 | L 14-38 | Away | Washington Redskins 26,268 |
| Oct. 23 | L 13-24 | Away | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Oct. 30 | T 14-14 | Home | Washington Redskins 3,678 |
| Nov. 6 | W 31-24 | Home | New York Giants 23,222 |
| Nov. 13 | L 20-65 | Home | Chicago Cardinals 9,072 |
| Nov. 20 | L 0-42 | Away | Philadelphia Eagles, Shibe Park 22,165 |
| Nov. 27 | L 20-42 | Away | Los Angeles Rams, Memorial Coliseum 38,052 |
| Dec. 4 | L 27-28 | Away | Detroit Lions |
| Dec. 11 | L 0-27 | Home | Pittsburgh Steelers 4,028 |
| Following the 1949 season, the All America Football Conference merged into the National Football League. Only three A.A.F.C. teams went into the N.F.L., the rest were dissolved. The New York Bulldogs bought out the New York Yankees. The combined team was called the New York Bulldogs - Yankees for a while. They were soon renamed the New York Yanks in the winter of 1950. (6 players from the folded Dodgers were given to the New York Giants). The merged league was briefly called the National American Football League, but reverted to the N.F.L. well before the 1950 season | |||
| New York Yanks | |||
| Home field: Yankee Stadium | |||
| 1950 | (7-5-0, 3rd National Conference, NFL) Coach: Red Stadler | ||
| Aug 12 | L 33-34 | Chicago Bears, at Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Nebr. (night) [Pre-Season] | |
| Aug. 19 | W 23-10 | Chicago Cardinals, at Drake Stadium, Des Moines, Iowa (night) [Pre-Season] | |
| Sep. 4 | W 42-17 | Baltimore Colts, Fair Grounds (Independence) Sta., Shreveport, La. (n.) 22,500 [Pre-Season] | |
| Sep. 7 | L 7-24 | Washington Redskins, at Kansas City Municipal Stadium (night) [Pre-Season] | |
| Sep. 17 | W 21-17 | Away | San Francisco Forty-Niners, Kezar Stadium 29,992 |
| Sep. 22 | L 28-45 | Away | Los Angeles Rams (night) 23,768 |
| Sep. 29 | W 44-21 | Home | Detroit Lions, (at the Polo Grounds) (night) 12,482 [Yankees in World Series moved game from Yankee Stadium.] |
| Oct. 8 | W 44-31 | Away | Green Bay Packers, City Stadium 23,871 |
| Oct. 12 | W 29-24 | Home | San Francisco Forty-Niners (night) 5,778 |
| Oct. 19 | W 35-17 | Home | Green Bay Packers (night) 13,661 |
| Oct. 29 | W 38-27 | Home | Chicago Bears 50,178 |
| Nov. 12 | L 20-28 | Away | Chicago Bears, Wrigley Field 50,102 |
| Nov. 19 | L 35-43 | Home | Los Angeles Rams 42,673 |
| Nov. 23 | L 14-49 | Away | Detroit Lions, Briggs Stadium 30,206 |
| Dec. 3 | L 7-51 | Away | New York Giants, the Polo Grounds 41,630 |
| Dec. 10 | W 51-14 | Home | Baltimore Colts 6,836 |
| 1951 | (1-9-2, 6th last, National Conference) Coach: Jimmy Phelan | ||
| Aug. 25 | L 0-52 | Cleveland Browns, at Akron Rubber Bowl, Oh. (night) [Pre-Season] | |
| Aug. 31 | L 7-28 | Away | Chicago Cardinals, at Comiskey Park (night) 20,165 [Pre-Season] |
| Sep.14 | L 14-52 | Washington Redskins, at Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La. (night) [Pre-Season] | |
| Sep. 21 | L 14-28 | Detroit Lions, at Rice Stadium, Houston, Tx. (night) 48,000 [Pre-Season] | |
| Sep. 28 | L 14-54 | Home | Los Angeles Rams 30,315 |
| Oct. 6 | no game | Home | Detroit Lions Game moved to 10/8 at Det. due to World Series |
| Oct. 8 | L 10-37 | Away | Detroit Lions, Briggs Stadium (night) 25,000+ |
| Oct. 14 | L 21-24 | Away | Chicago Bears, Wrigley Field 37,697 |
| Oct. 21 | T 24-24 | Away | Detroit Lions, Briggs Stadium 24,112 |
| Oct. 28 | L 27-29 | Home | Green Bay Packers 9,440 |
| Nov. 4 | L 31-37 | Away | New York Giants, Polo Grounds 25,682 |
| Nov. 11 | L 14-19 | Away | San Francisco Forty-Niners, Kezar Stadium 26,238 |
| Nov. 18 | L 21-48 | Away | Los Angeles Rams 34,717 |
| Nov. 25 | T 10-10 | Home | San Francisco Forty-Niners 14,855 |
| Dec. 2 | W 31-28 | Away | Green Bay Packers 14,297 |
| Dec. 9 | L 21-45 | Home | Chicago Bears 13,075 |
| Dec. 16 | L 17-27 | Home | New York Giants 6,658 “Icicle Bowl” |
| The league took over the bankrupt New York Yanks franchise, moving it to new ownership in Dallas. The Dallas Texans were moved to Hershey in November, returning to Dallas in 1952. In 1953 this team became the new Baltimore Colts. | |||
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