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1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

New York Yanks The New York Yanks were an American football team that played in the National Football League under that name in the 1950 and 1951 seasons. Season by season overview 1949 The team began in 1944 as the Boston Yanks, owned by Kate Smith's manag ...

season was their second as the Yanks (previously being the

New York Bulldogs The New York Yanks were an American football team that played in the National Football League under that name in the 1950 and 1951 seasons. Season by season overview 1949 The team began in 1944 as the Boston Yanks, owned by Kate Smith's manage ...

), and their final season before the franchise was sold and moved to

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. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 7–5, winning only one game.1951 New York Yanks
They played eight of their twelve games on the road, including seven of the first eight. The sole victory came at Green Bay in early December. The final game against the neighboring

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drew less than 6,700, played on an icy field with game time temperature of . The baseball

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had the rights to Yankee Stadium, so the football Yanks were forced to move their first two home games onto the road, which were both The

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concluded in six games on October 10 and the first home football game came in week five on After the season, the erratic franchise was sold again to a consortium from Dallas, where the players and assets became known as the Texans, using the blue and white color scheme and carrying on the franchise’s legacy of the Dayton Triangles, the final remaining

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Regular season

Schedule

Standings

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