1937 Figment Boston Americans Season Summary - Final
Record (7-3-1)
Wk Result Opponent
1 W 34-14 Philadelphia
3 L 7-21 at Brooklyn
5 T 10-10 New York
6 W 28-7 Chicago
7 L 10-28 at Detroit
8 W 16-14 at Washington
9 W 35-7 Cleveland
10 W 27-7 Philadelphia
11 L 0-21 at New York
12 W 14-7 Washington
13 W 7-2 Brooklyn
Team Statistics
Americans Opp.
Total First Downs 155 153
Rushing 81 83
Passing 64 53
Penalty 9 17
Third Down: Made/Att 49-143 56-151
Third Down Pct. 34.3 37.1
Fourth Down: Made/Att 6-14 11-16
Fourth Down Pct. 42.9 68.8
Red Zone: Made/Att 22-30 15-22
Red Zone Pct. 73.3 68.2
Total Net Yards 2897 2721
Avg.Per Game 263.4 247.4
Total Plays 674 693
Avg.Per Play 4.3 3.9
Net Yards Rushing 1845 1802
Avg.Per Game 167.7 163.8
Total Rushes 452 454
Net Yards Passing 1052 919
Avg.Per Game 95.6 83.5
Sacked-Yds Lost 4-26 6-37
Gross Yards 2923 2758
Att-Completions 218-88 233-77
Completion Pct. 40.4 33.0
Had Intercepted 17 17
Punts-Avg. 76-40.2 81-38.9
Net Punting Avg. 35.8 34.0
Penalties-Yards Lost 76-734 73-651
Fumbles-Ball Lost 35-19 39-25
Touchdowns 26 19
Rushing 14 9
Passing 8 8
Returns 4 2
Total Pts. 188 138
Avg. Time of Poss. 30:20 29:40
PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
Thomas 184 73 39.7 932 45 8 14 4 26 39.0
Norman 24 11 45.8 103 14 0 2 0 0 23.4
Kittilson 10 4 40.0 43 15 0 1 0 0 13.8
Americans 218 88 40.4 1,078 45 8 17 4 26 36.1
Opponents 233 77 33.0 956 40 8 17 6 37 27.8
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
Norman 5 1 1 0 0 0 42
Kittilson 0 0 0 23 3 0 32
Thomas 4 0 1 0 0 0 30
Pooler 2 1 1 0 0 0 24
Seaburg 1 2 0 0 0 0 18
Dodd 2 0 0 0 0 0 12
Estes 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Alberta 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Taylorson 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Sandera 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Richardson 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Americans 14 8 4 23 3 0 188
Opponents 9 8 2 19 1 0 138
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
Kittilson 1/1 2/4 0/2 0/0 0/0
Americans 1/1 2/4 0/2 0/0 0/0
Opponents 0/0 1/3 0/4 0/0 0/0
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
Norman 191 723 3.8 55 5
Thomas 112 545 4.9 38 4
Pooler 70 280 4.0 24 2
Seaburg 28 133 4.8 16 1
Molner 21 80 3.8 12 0
Halecki 10 42 4.2 12 0
Kittilson 7 20 2.9 12 0
Estes 6 16 2.7 7 0
Dodd 5 8 1.6 5 2
Bowens 2 -2 -1.0 0 0
Americans 452 1,845 4.1 55 14
Opponents 454 1,802 4.0 49 9
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
Alberta 24 246 10.3 24 1
Bowens 16 200 12.5 34 0
Estes 12 181 15.1 45 1
Kittilson 6 82 13.7 28 0
Pooler 6 82 13.7 22 1
Sandera 6 70 11.7 22 1
Seaburg 5 75 15.0 26 2
Taylorson 5 42 8.4 18 1
Norman 4 45 11.3 25 1
Molner 4 55 13.8 17 0
Americans 88 1,078 12.3 45 8
Opponents 77 956 12.4 40 8
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
Thomas 38 18 397 10.4 55 0
Americans 39 18 397 10.2 55 0
Opponents 32 11 336 10.5 56 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
Thomas 23 513 22.3 92 1
Americans 23 513 22.3 92 1
Opponents 36 759 21.1 31 0
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
Kittilson 76 3,054 40.2 22 61
Americans 76 3,054 40.2 22 61
Opponents 81 3,152 38.9 22 69
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Long TD
Estes 6 88 20 0
Norman 4 70 56 0
Thomas 3 52 28 0
Seaburg 2 26 16 0
Kosla 1 5 5 0
Pooler 1 17 17 1
Americans 17 258 56 1
Opponents 17 195 38 1
SACKS No Yds SAF
Americans 6 37 0
Opponents 4 26 0