1947 Boston Yanks season

The 1947 Boston Yanks season was their fourth in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous season's output of 2–8–1, winning four games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

1947 Boston Yanks season
Head coach	Clipper Smith
Home field	Fenway Park
Results
Record	4–7–1
Division place	3rd NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

Before the season

Draft

Main article: 1947 NFL Draft

1947 Boston Yanks draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	3	Fritz Barzilauskas	G	Yale
2	13	Walt Heap	B	Texas	Signed with Los Angeles Dons (AAFC)
3	15	John Rapacz	C	Oklahoma
4	25	Al Baldwin	E	Arkansas	Signed with Buffalo Bills
5	27	Carroll Vogelaar	T	San Francisco
6	37	George Sullivan	E	Notre Dame	Played with Yanks in 1948
7	47	Joe Watt	HB	Syracuse
8	57	Bill Chipley	E	Washington & Lee
9	67	Gene Malinowski	B	Detroit	Played with Yanks in 1948
10	77	Bob Hazelhurst	HB	Denver	Played with Yanks in 1948
11	87	Alex Sidorik	T	Mississippi State
12	97	Wally Roberts	E	Holy Cross
13	107	Bob Sullivan	HB	Iowa
14	117	Leo Long	B	Duke
15	127	Frank Parker	T	Holy Cross
16	137	Hugo Marcolini	B	St. Bonaventure
17	147	Marion Shirley	T	Oklahoma City
18	157	Roland Nabors	LB	Texas Tech
19	167	Pat Kennelly	E	Southeastern Louisiana
20	177	Darrell Waller	B	Washington State
21	187	Paul Hart	B	Delaware
22	197	Gene Lamoure	G	Fresno State
23	207	Hank Kolaskinski	B	Wyoming
24	217	Ed Heap	T	Texas
25	227	John Polzin	G	TCU
26	237	Dave Bloxom	B	TCU
27	247	Odell Stautzenberger	G	Texas A&M
28	257	Dick Chatterton	B	BYU
29	267	Tom Rodgers	T	Bucknell
30	277	John Prchlik	DT	Yale
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Game recap
1	Bye
2	September 29	New York Giants	T 7–7	0–0–1	Fenway Park	Recap
3	October 5	Detroit Lions	L 7–21	0–1–1	Fenway Park	Recap
4	October 12	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 14–30	0–2–1	Fenway Park	Recap
5	October 19	at New York Giants	W 14–0	1–2–1	Polo Grounds	Recap
6	October 26	at Chicago Cardinals	L 7–27	1–3–1	Comiskey Park	Recap
7	November 2	Chicago Bears	L 24–28	1–4–1	Fenway Park	Recap
8	November 9	at Los Angeles Rams	W 27–16	2–4–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Recap
9	November 16	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 0–32	2–5–1	Shibe Park	Recap
10	November 23	Philadelphia Eagles	W 21–14	3–5–1	Fenway Park	Recap
11	November 30	Washington Redskins	W 27–24	4–5–1	Fenway Park	Recap
12	December 7	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–17	4–6–1	Forbes Field	Recap
13	December 14	at Washington Redskins	L 13–40	4–7–1	Griffith Stadium	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles	8	4	0	.667	6–2	308	242	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	8	4	0	.667	6–2	240	259	W1
Boston Yanks	4	7	1	.364	3–4–1	168	256	L2
Washington Redskins	4	8	0	.333	3–5	295	367	W1
New York Giants	2	8	2	.200	1–6–1	190	309	L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.