| Chicago Cardinals at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 18, 1953 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 30301 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 70 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| New York Giants | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Sonny Grandelius 1 run (Randy Clay kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Bill Albright 16 opponents fumble recovery (Randy Clay kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago Cardinals | Steve Romanik 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Ray Pelfrey 60 pass from Charley Conerly (Randy Clay kick) | 7 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Romanik | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Ray Nagel | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 5 | -5 | -1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Eddie Price | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 18 | 20 | 1.1 | 7 | 1 |
| Randy Clay | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Buford Long | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Arnie Galiffa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Steve Romanik | 30 | 12 | 40.0 | 2 | 160 | 5.3 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 29.9 | |
| Ray Nagel | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 28 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 52.1 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 2 | 174 | 11.6 | 60t | 1 | 19 | 88.6 | |
| Arnie Galiffa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bill Mackrides | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Don Stonesifer | 8 | 112 | 14.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ray Pelfrey | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Randy Clay | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Tony Curcillo | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Buford Long | 1 | 26 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 9 | 422 | 46.9 | 63 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Butch Avinger | 7 | 321 | 45.9 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
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