AAFC Game Programs

Note: This page is a finding aid to materials in the Joyce Sports Research Collection in the Department of Special Collections, University Libraries of Notre Dame. It references the Joyce Collection's holdings of All-American Football Conference (1946-1949) game programs, excluding playoff and championship games. Programs are arranged alphabetically by issuing (home) franchise, and thereunder by date; franchises are alphabetized by the last name used by the organization. Programs issued by the same franchise under previously used team names are considered predecessors in a chronological sequence, and are grouped accordingly.

Programs issued under the various team names may be found in the numbered boxes below, as follows:

Baltimore Colts  - Brooklyn Dodgers 1 - Brooklyn-New York Yankees 2 - Buffalo Bisons 1 - Buffalo Bills 1 - Chicago Rockets 1 - Chicago Hornets  - Cleveland Browns 1 - Los Angeles Dons 1 - Miami Seahawks 1 - New York Yankees 2 - San Francisco 49ers 2

Location: Dept. of Special Collections (102 Hesburgh Library)
Joyce Series No.: FBP618

Holdings:

Box 1 (FBP618-1)

Baltimore Colts

• 16 Oct 1949 vs Brooklyn-New York

Brooklyn Dodgers

• 21 November 1948 vs San Francisco

Buffalo Bisons / Bills

• 22 Sep 1946 vs Cleveland
• 31 Aug 1947 vs New York - 14 Sep 1947 vs Chicago - 2 Nov 1947 vs Cleveland
• 5 Aug 1949 vs Jersey City Giants - 11 Sep 1949 vs Brooklyn-New York

Chicago Rockets / Hornets

• 19 Sep 1947 vs Buffalo - 26 Sep 1947 vs Cleveland
• 10 Sep 1948 vs Baltimore - 17 Sep 1948 vs Cleveland - 25 Nov 1948 vs Buffalo
• 26 Aug 1949 vs Buffalo - 16 Sep 1949 vs Baltimore - 30 Sep 1949 vs San Francisco - 28 Oct 1949 vs Los Angeles

Cleveland Browns

• 29 Sep 1946 vs New York - 6 Oct 1946 vs Brooklyn
• 12 Oct 1947 vs Los Angeles
• 10 Oct 1948 vs Brooklyn
• 30 Oct 1949 vs San Francisco - 4 Dec 1949 vs Buffalo

Los Angeles Dons

• 30 Aug 1946 vs New York - 12 Oct 1946 vs San Francisco - 3 Nov 1946 vs Cleveland - 15 Dec 1946 vs Chicago
• 12 Sep 1947 vs New York - 19 Sep 1947 vs Brooklyn - 5 Oct 1947 vs Buffalo - 26 Oct 1947 vs Baltimore - 2 Nov 1947 vs San Francisco - 27 Nov 1947 vs Cleveland - 7 Dec 1947 vs Chicago
• 18 Aug 1948 vs San Francisco at Pasadena - 10 Sep 1948 vs Brooklyn - 29 Sep 1948 vs New York - 8 Oct 1948 vs Chicago - 15 Oct 1948 vs Baltimore - 24 Oct 1948 vs Buffalo - 25 Nov 1948 vs Cleveland - 5 Dec 1948 vs San Francisco
• 10 Aug 1949 vs San Francisco - 9 Sep 1949 vs Chicago - 9 Oct 1949 vs Buffalo - 14 Oct 1949 vs Cleveland - 13 Nov 1949 vs San Francisco - 24 Nov 1949 vs Brooklyn-New York

Miami Seahawks

• 11 November 1946 vs Chicago

Box 2 (FBP618-2)

New York Yankees (1946-1948) / Brooklyn-New York Yankees (1949)

• 14 Sep 1946 vs Buffalo - 19 Oct 1946 vs Brooklyn - 17 Nov 1946 vs San Francisco
• 5 Sep 1947 vs Chicago - 2 Nov 1947 vs Baltimore - 9 Nov 1947 vs San Francisco
• 12 Aug 1948 vs Buffalo at Newark - 21 Aug 1948 vs Brooklyn at Boston - 16 Sep 1948 vs Baltimore - 17 Oct 1948 vs San Francisco - 31 Oct 1948 vs Chicago - 7 Nov 1948 vs Los Angeles - 14 Nov 1948 vs Brooklyn - 21 Nov 1948 vs Cleveland - 28 Nov 1948 vs Buffalo
• 23 Oct 1949 vs San Francisco - 30 Oct 1949 vs Baltimore

San Francisco 49ers

• 1 Sep 1946 vs Chicago - 8 Sep 1946 vs New York - 15 Sep 1946 vs Miami - 22 Sep 1946 vs Brooklyn - 10 Nov 1946 vs Cleveland - 30 Nov 1946 vs Chicago - 8 Dec 1946 vs Los Angeles
• 24 Aug 1947 vs Los Angeles - 31 Aug 1947 vs Brooklyn - 7 Sep 1947 vs Los Angeles - 14 Sep 1947 vs Baltimore - 21 Sep 1947 vs New York - 12 Oct 1947 vs Chicago - 26 Oct 1947 vs Cleveland - 7 Dec 1947 vs Buffalo
• 22 Aug 1948 vs Baltimore - 29 Aug 1948 vs Buffalo - 5 Sep 1948 vs Brooklyn - 12 Sep 1948 vs New York - 19 Sep 1948 vs Los Angeles - 24 Oct 1948 vs Baltimore - 7 Nov 1948 vs Chicago - 28 Nov 1948 vs Cleveland
• 7 Aug 1949 vs Oakland 49ers - 14 Aug 1949 vs Buffalo - 28 Aug 1949 vs Baltimore - 4 Sep 1949 vs Chicago -18 Sep 1949 vs Los Angeles - 9 Oct 1949 vs Cleveland - 16 Oct 1949 vs Buffalo - 27 Nov 1949 vs Brooklyn-New York