1955 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 3rd place Eastern Conference 6-5-1 .545 |
| Head Coach: Jim Lee Howell |
| Ken Kavanaugh | Offensive Ends |
| Ed Kolman | Line |
| Tom Landry | Defense |
| Vince Lombardi | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/13/1955 | N | Green Bay Packers | 24-31 | L | Spokane, WA | Joe Albi Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1955 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 28-17 | W | Seattle, WA | Husky Stadium | 49000 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1955 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 17-23 | L | OT | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 22222 |
| Tue | 9/6/1955 | N | Baltimore Colts | 17-14 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Parade Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1955 | N | Chicago Bears | 0-7 | L | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 19000 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1955 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-27 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 34487 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1955 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-27 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 29597 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1955 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 17-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 9555 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1955 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23-30 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 29422 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1955 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 10-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 7000 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1955 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-19 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 27365 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1955 | H | Washington Redskins | 35-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 17402 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1955 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 46524 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1955 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 33982 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1955 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 22075 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1955 | H | Cleveland Browns | 35-35 | T | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 45699 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1955 | A | Washington Redskins | 27-20 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 28556 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1955 | A | Detroit Lions | 24-19 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 45929 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 8 | Ben Agajanian | K | 6-0 | 195 | 36 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 12 | 0 |
| 60 | Bill Austin | LOG | 6-1 | 223 | 27 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| 61 | Ray Beck | MG-ROG-DE | 6-2 | 224 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 10 |
| 73 | Rex Boggan | RDT-LDT-ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| Fred Broussard | LDE | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Texas A&M; Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 1 | 0 | |
| 79 | Rosey Brown | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 23 | Morgan State | 12 | 12 |
| 65 | Russ Carroccio | RDE-MG | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Virginia | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Bobby Clatterbuck | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | San Angelo JC; Houston | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | Charley Conerly | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 34 | Mississippi | 12 | 4 |
| 35 | Bobby Epps | FB | 5-9 | 198 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 6 |
| 16 | Frank Gifford | LOH | 6-1 | 197 | 25 | Bakersfield CC; Southern California | 11 | 11 |
| 76 | Rosey Grier | RDE-RDT | 6-5 | 284 | 23 | Penn State | 12 | 12 |
| 87 | John Hall | DE | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Iowa | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | Joe Heap | ROH-LOH | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | Don Heinrich | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 25 | Washington | 10 | 8 |
| 67 | George Kennard | LOG | 6-0 | 207 | 27 | Kansas | 12 | 0 |
| 34 | Pat Knight | LLB | 6-2 | 204 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 8 | 7 |
| 70 | Ray Krouse | LDT-RDE | 6-3 | 263 | 28 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| 49 | Tom Landry | LDH-P | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Cliff Livingston | LDE-LLB | 6-3 | 212 | 25 | Orange Coast JC; UCLA | 4 | 4 |
| 22 | Buford Long | ROE | 6-1 | 192 | 24 | Florida | 4 | 2 |
| 80 | Ken MacAfee | ROE | 6-2 | 212 | 26 | Alabama | 8 | 8 |
| 25 | Dick Nolan | RDH | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Maryland | 10 | 10 |
| 20 | Jimmy Patton | RS | 5-11 | 183 | 22 | Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| 31 | Eddie Price | FB | 5-11 | 190 | 30 | Tulane | 6 | 3 |
| 27 | Herb Rich | RDH-RS | 5-11 | 181 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 3 |
| 44 | Kyle Rote | ROE-ROH | 6-0 | 199 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 7 |
| 85 | Bob Schnelker | LOE | 6-3 | 214 | 27 | Bowling Green State | 12 | 12 |
| 66 | Jack Stroud | ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 27 | Tennessee | 12 | 11 |
| 53 | Harland Svare | LLB-LDE | 6-0 | 214 | 25 | Washington State | 12 | 4 |
| 30 | Bill Svoboda | RLB | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| 33 | Mel Triplett | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Toledo | 12 | 3 |
| 45 | Emlen Tunnell | LS | 6-1 | 193 | 31 | Toledo; Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| 28 | Larrye Weaver | DB-LOH | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Antelope Valley JC; Fullerton JC | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | Alex Webster | ROH-LOH | 6-3 | 218 | 24 | North Carolina State | 12 | 8 |
| 62 | Stan West | MG | 6-2 | 239 | 29 | Oklahoma | 11 | 3 |
| 55 | Ray Wietecha | C | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Michigan State; Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| 72 | Dick Yelvington | ROT | 6-2 | 232 | 27 | Georgia | 11 | 11 |
| 78 | Walt Yowarsky | LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 234 | 27 | Kentucky | 10 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Joe Heap | B | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 31 | Rosey Grier | T | Penn State |
| 5 | 56 | Mel Triplett | B | Toledo |
| 6 | 68 | Ron Locklin | E | Wisconsin |
| 8 | 92 | Jimmy Patton | B | Mississippi |
| 10 | 116 | Lea Paslay | B | Mississippi |
| 11 | 128 | Bill Hillen | E | West Virginia |
| 12 | 140 | Hank Burnine | E | Missouri |
| 13 | 152 | John Damore | C | Northwestern |
| 14 | 164 | Elwood Kettler | B | Texas A&M |
| 15 | 176 | Ed Stowers | E | Wake Forest |
| 16 | 188 | Dave Kragthorpe | G | Utah State |
| 17 | 200 | Bob Bills | B | Brigham Young |
| 18 | 212 | Ken Stout | B | Temple |
| 19 | 224 | John Jacobs | E | Colby |
| 21 | 248 | Gary Dildy | C | Louisiana State |
| 22 | 260 | Al Doggett | B | Louisiana State |
| 23 | 272 | Jerry Callahan | B | Colorado State |
| 24 | 284 | Matt Vujevich | B | San Jose State |
| 25 | 296 | Ken Dement | T | Southeast Missouri State |
| 26 | 308 | Abe Cohen | G | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 27 | 320 | Paul Blanda | B | Pittsburgh |
| 28 | 332 | Al Crow | T | William & Mary |
| 29 | 344 | Harold Jackson | B | Southern University |
| 30 | 355 | Bill Toole | B | Oregon State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 65 | 82 | 79 | 41 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 64 | 56 | 73 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 189 | 92 | 86 | 11 | / % | / % | 50 | 458 | |
| Opponents Totals | 209 | 77 | 119 | 13 | / % | / % | 46 | 439 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 0 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | 0 | 62 |
| Kyle Rote | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Frank Gifford | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Alex Webster | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bob Schnelker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bobby Epps | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Heinrich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Cliff Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Buford Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken MacAfee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Conerly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 33 | 34 | 97.1 | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | 0 | 267 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 26 | 30 | 86.7 | 5 | 20 | 25.0 | 1 | 223 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | 2 | 45 | 1/3 | 4/6 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | 2 | 45 | 1/3 | 4/6 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 20 | 25.0 | 4/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Webster | 128 | 634 | 5.0 | 71 | 5 |
| Bobby Epps | 95 | 375 | 3.9 | 24 | 2 |
| Frank Gifford | 86 | 351 | 4.1 | 49 | 3 |
| Mel Triplett | 34 | 138 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 30 | 109 | 3.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Heap | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Heinrich | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 5t | 2 |
| Larrye Weaver | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 414 | 1693 | 4.1 | 71 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 418 | 1441 | 3.4 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Conerly | 202 | 98 | 48.5 | 91 | 1310 | 6.5 | 13.4 | 71t | 13 | 6.4 | 13 | 6.4 | 97 | 1213 | 64.2 | |
| Don Heinrich | 67 | 31 | 46.3 | 34 | 413 | 6.2 | 13.3 | 37t | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 8 | 405 | 63.8 | |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 10 | 46 | 2.9 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 45.8 |
| Frank Gifford | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 4 | 96 | 16.0 | 48.0 | 71t | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 121.5 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 292 | 137 | 46.9 | 140 | 1865 | 6.4 | 13.6 | 71t | 17 | 5.8 | 15 | 5.1 | 105 | 1760 | 65.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 373 | 181 | 48.5 | 169 | 2543 | 6.8 | 14.0 | 16 | 4.3 | 23 | 6.2 | 176 | 2367 | 59.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 33 | 437 | 13.2 | 54 | 4 |
| Kyle Rote | 31 | 580 | 18.7 | 71t | 8 |
| Bob Schnelker | 25 | 326 | 13.0 | 31 | 2 |
| Alex Webster | 22 | 269 | 12.2 | 48 | 1 |
| Ken MacAfee | 11 | 170 | 15.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Buford Long | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 34t | 1 |
| Bobby Epps | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 137 | 1865 | 13.6 | 71t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 181 | 2543 | 14.0 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 53 | 0 |
| Pat Knight | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Harland Svare | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Russ Carroccio | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 250 | 10.9 | 53 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 194 | 12.9 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Landry | 75 | 3022 | 40.3 | 69 | 1 | 181 | ||||
| Team Totals | 75 | 3022 | 40.3 | 69 | 1 | 181 | 37.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 2662 | 41.6 | 230 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 25 | 98 | 3.9 | 66t | 1 | |
| Joe Heap | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 69t | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 230 | 6.4 | 69t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 181 | 3.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Heap | 12 | 230 | 19.2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Buford Long | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 31 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 5 | 229 | 45.8 | 98t | 1 | |
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 62 | 0 | |
| Mel Triplett | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| George Kennard | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Walt Yowarsky | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosey Brown | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Stan West | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 848 | 21.7 | 98t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1370 | 25.4 | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Beck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosey Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Conerly | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Epps | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosey Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Heap | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Heinrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Kennard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Knight | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Buford Long | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Schnelker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Webster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan West | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Yowarsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 0 |
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