1943 Figment Boston Americans Season Summary - Final
Record (9-1)
Wk Result Opponent
2 W 21-14 at Detroit
3 W 7-6 at New York
4 L 6-21 at Phil-StL
5 W 19-0 Brooklyn
6 W 42-21 at Chicago
7 W 14-7 Phil-StL
8 W 33-0 Cleveland
9 W 26-20 New York
10 W 45-14 Pittsburgh
11 W 28-14 at Brooklyn
Team Statistics
Americans Opp.
Total First Downs 188 142
Rushing 68 66
Passing 108 61
Penalty 12 15
Third Down: Made/Att 70-145 48-125
Third Down Pct. 48.3 38.4
Fourth Down: Made/Att 8-17 6-14
Fourth Down Pct. 47.1 42.9
Red Zone: Made/Att 28-42 14-22
Red Zone Pct. 66.7 63.6
Total Net Yards 3573 2988
Avg.Per Game 357.3 298.8
Total Plays 666 610
Avg.Per Play 5.4 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 1499 1756
Avg.Per Game 149.9 175.6
Total Rushes 358 382
Net Yards Passing 2074 1232
Avg.Per Game 207.4 123.2
Sacked-Yds Lost 1-10 8-51
Gross Yards 3583 3039
Att-Completions 307-172 220-101
Completion Pct. 56.0 45.9
Had Intercepted 16 27
Punts-Avg. 46-44.5 50-37.3
Net Punting Avg. 40.4 34.0
Penalties-Yards Lost 59-531 50-403
Fumbles-Ball Lost 29-7 25-12
Touchdowns 35 15
Rushing 9 6
Passing 25 8
Returns 1 1
Total Pts. 241 117
Avg. Time of Poss. 31:46 28:14
PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
D.Thomas 305 171 56.1 2,045 84 25 16 1 10 82.2
Shea 2 1 50.0 39 39 0 0 0 0 95.8
Americans 307 172 56.0 2,084 84 25 16 1 10 82.5
Opponents 220 101 45.9 1,283 52 8 27 8 51 37.2
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
Littlejohn 0 11 0 9 1 0 78
Martins 2 7 0 0 0 0 54
Hooper 0 1 0 19 0 0 25
Thompson 0 4 0 0 0 0 24
Fitzgerald 2 1 0 0 0 0 18
May 3 0 0 0 0 0 18
B.Clark 2 0 0 0 0 0 12
Davidson 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Glenn 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Americans 9 25 1 28 1 0 241
Opponents 6 8 1 15 4 0 117
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
Hooper 0/1 0/0 0/4 0/0 0/0
Littlejohn 0/0 1/1 0/1 0/0 0/1
Americans 0/1 1/1 0/5 0/0 0/1
Opponents 4/8 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
B.Clark 98 452 4.6 49 2
Fitzgerald 112 354 3.2 36 2
Martins 43 272 6.3 26 2
Thompson 41 220 5.4 54 0
May 29 102 3.5 8 3
B.Young 21 69 3.3 10 0
D.Thomas 12 23 1.9 11 0
Diekevers 2 7 3.5 5 0
Americans 358 1,499 4.2 54 9
Opponents 382 1,756 4.6 68 6
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
Martins 47 627 13.3 84 7
Littlejohn 44 485 11.0 45 11
Fitzgerald 22 247 11.2 31 1
Thompson 22 330 15.0 40 4
Hooper 18 241 13.4 29 1
B.Clark 10 109 10.9 38 0
Weist 4 18 4.5 9 0
Davidson 3 18 6.0 8 1
May 2 9 4.5 7 0
Americans 172 2,084 12.1 84 25
Opponents 101 1,283 12.7 52 8
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
B.Clark 8 3 87 10.9 23 0
Fitzgerald 7 7 66 9.4 13 0
Martins 3 1 11 3.7 7 0
Americans 18 12 164 9.1 23 0
Opponents 18 9 189 10.5 21 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
Fitzgerald 8 256 32.0 66 0
Hooper 4 123 30.8 41 0
Knox 2 54 27.0 36 0
Thompson 1 26 26.0 26 0
May 2 37 18.5 22 0
Littlejohn 2 25 12.5 15 0
B.Clark 1 11 11.0 11 0
Americans 20 532 26.6 66 0
Opponents 33 764 23.2 58 0
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
D.Thomas 46 2,049 44.5 20 79
Americans 46 2,049 44.5 20 79
Opponents 50 1,863 37.3 13 55
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Long TD
D.Thomas 13 144 27 0
May 5 26 10 0
B.Clark 3 14 9 0
Glenn 3 69 38 1
Shea 2 5 4 0
Thompson 1 4 4 0
Americans 27 262 38 1
Opponents 16 184 34 0
SACKS No Yds SAF
Americans 8 51 0
Opponents 1 10 0