1939 Figment Boston Americans Season Summary - Final
Record (8-3)
Wk Result Opponent
2 W 35-14 Washington
4 W 35-6 Brooklyn
5 L 7-10 New York
7 W 24-14 at Brooklyn
8 W 20-10 at New York
10 W 35-7 at Washington
11 W 20-15 Chicago
12 L 14-17 at Cleveland
13 W 31-0 Philadelphia
14 L 20-23 at Philadelphia
15 W 42-37 at Detroit
Team Statistics
Americans Opp.
Total First Downs 205 134
Rushing 96 60
Passing 94 60
Penalty 15 14
Third Down: Made/Att 64-142 46-146
Third Down Pct. 45.1 31.5
Fourth Down: Made/Att 4-14 8-14
Fourth Down Pct. 28.6 57.1
Red Zone: Made/Att 28-44 16-29
Red Zone Pct. 63.6 55.2
Total Net Yards 3976 2538
Avg.Per Game 361.5 230.7
Total Plays 747 671
Avg.Per Play 5.3 3.8
Net Yards Rushing 1999 1331
Avg.Per Game 181.7 121.0
Total Rushes 479 400
Net Yards Passing 1977 1207
Avg.Per Game 179.7 109.7
Sacked-Yds Lost 1-13 6-38
Gross Yards 3989 2576
Att-Completions 267-137 265-104
Completion Pct. 51.3 39.2
Had Intercepted 30 28
Punts-Avg. 56-37.6 73-40.9
Net Punting Avg. 34.8 37.0
Penalties-Yards Lost 69-628 64-595
Fumbles-Ball Lost 32-12 30-11
Touchdowns 40 20
Rushing 12 9
Passing 21 8
Returns 7 3
Total Pts. 283 153
Avg. Time of Poss. 31:15 28:45
PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
Griggs 119 74 62.2 1,194 50 12 9 1 13 97.8
D.Thomas 121 54 44.6 631 52 7 14 0 0 40.7
Kelly 5 4 80.0 77 27 2 1 0 0 118.8
Young 22 5 22.7 88 34 0 6 0 0 4.2
Americans 267 137 51.3 1,990 52 21 30 1 13 62.5
Opponents 265 104 39.2 1,245 55 8 28 6 38 24.8
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
L.Fitzgerald 3 7 3 0 0 0 78
Rodes 0 0 0 30 2 0 36
Hooper 0 3 0 7 0 0 25
Bowens 0 4 0 0 0 0 24
Kelly 3 1 0 0 0 0 24
Alberta 0 2 1 0 0 0 18
Seaburg 1 1 1 0 0 0 18
Martins 2 0 0 0 0 0 12
Griggs 2 0 0 0 0 0 12
Offman 0 2 0 0 0 0 12
Pooler 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Palmer 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Malcolm 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Swensson 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Americans 12 21 7 37 2 0 283
Opponents 9 8 3 15 6 0 153
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
Rodes 1/1 1/2 0/1 0/0 0/0
Hooper 0/0 0/4 0/0 0/0 0/0
Americans 1/1 1/6 0/1 0/0 0/0
Opponents 3/5 1/3 2/5 0/5 0/3
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
L.Fitzgerald 193 716 3.7 38 3
Kelly 87 383 4.4 64 3
Griggs 96 360 3.8 37 2
Offman 26 201 7.7 20 0
Pooler 21 107 5.1 13 1
Martins 21 87 4.1 21 2
D.Thomas 11 49 4.5 11 0
Seaburg 6 36 6.0 16 1
Young 8 31 3.9 6 0
Sandera 1 14 14.0 14 0
Bowens 6 5 0.8 7 0
Todd 2 5 2.5 4 0
Palmer 1 5 5.0 5 0
Americans 479 1,999 4.2 64 12
Opponents 400 1,331 3.3 78 9
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
L.Fitzgerald 36 688 19.1 48 7
Bowens 22 339 15.4 39 4
Alberta 19 262 13.8 50 2
Offman 11 84 7.6 14 2
Hooper 11 95 8.6 20 3
Sandera 10 128 12.8 27 0
Kelly 10 193 19.3 52 1
Palmer 8 81 10.1 37 1
Seaburg 7 115 16.4 29 1
Todd 2 3 1.5 3 0
Pooler 1 2 2.0 2 0
Americans 137 1,990 14.5 52 21
Opponents 104 1,245 12.0 55 8
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
Kelly 19 7 146 7.7 44 0
L.Fitzgerald 19 6 140 7.4 26 0
Americans 45 13 286 6.4 44 0
Opponents 24 12 160 6.7 46 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
L.Fitzgerald 20 418 20.9 96 3
Kelly 11 111 10.1 25 0
Americans 31 529 17.1 96 3
Opponents 42 892 21.2 36 0
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
D.Thomas 45 1,671 37.1 11 59
Palmer 11 437 39.7 5 54
Americans 56 2,108 37.6 16 59
Opponents 73 2,984 40.9 16 59
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Long TD
D.Thomas 8 116 26 0
Young 5 81 22 0
L.Fitzgerald 4 21 14 0
Seaburg 3 64 44 1
Malcolm 3 42 30 1
Alberta 2 34 17 1
Molner 1 7 7 0
Wheeler 1 6 6 0
Yeakel 1 -9 0 0
Americans 28 362 44 3
Opponents 30 384 41 2
SACKS No Yds SAF
Americans 6 38 0
Opponents 1 13 0