1937 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 2nd place Eastern Division 6-3-2 .667 |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| Bo Molenda | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/8/1937 | H | Eastern All-Stars | 14-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 38000 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1937 | A | New Rochelle Bulldogs | 35-0 | W | New Rochelle, NY | City Park | 3000 | |
| Thu | 9/16/1937 | A | Washington Redskins | 3-13 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 24500 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1937 | A | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33095 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1937 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 16-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 12127 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1937 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 19-0 | W | Wilmington, DE | Pennsy Field | 2000 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1937 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 20089 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1937 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 21-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 25000 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1937 | H | Chicago Bears | 3-3 | T | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 50449 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1937 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 17-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 21447 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1937 | H | Detroit Lions | 0-17 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 35790 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1937 | H | Green Bay Packers | 10-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 38965 | |
| Thu | 11/25/1937 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 13-13 | T | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 27000 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1937 | A | Paterson Panthers | - | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | |||
| Sun | 12/5/1937 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-49 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 58285 | |
| Game Score Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/28/1937 | Paterson Panthers | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 18 | Dale Burnett | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 187 | 29 | Emporia State | 9 | 2 |
| 36 | Pete Cole | OG-DG | 5-11 | 215 | 21 | Trinity (Texas) | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Red Corzine | FB-LB-QB-S | 5-11 | 213 | 28 | Davis & Elkins | 11 | 10 |
| 14 | Ward Cuff | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 192 | 25 | Marquette | 11 | 9 |
| 22 | Ed Danowski | TB-LDH-QB-S | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Fordham | 11 | 7 |
| 2 | Johnny Dell Isola | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 201 | 25 | Fordham | 9 | 8 |
| 55 | Gerry Dennerlein | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | St. Mary's (California) | 11 | 6 |
| 34 | Stan Galazin | C-LB | 6-3 | 213 | 28 | Villanova | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Chuck Gelatka | OE-DE | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Mississippi State | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Len Grant | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 235 | 31 | New York University | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Jack Haden | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 232 | 23 | Arkansas | 11 | 2 |
| 37 | Ray Hanken | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | George Washington | 11 | 2 |
| 7 | Mel Hein | C-LB | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Washington State | 11 | 11 |
| 21 | Jim Lee Howell | ROE-RDE | 6-5 | 210 | 23 | Arkansas | 8 | 7 |
| 31 | Larry Johnson | C-LB | 6-3 | 223 | 28 | Haskell Indian | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | Mickey Kobrosky | QB-S | 6-0 | 187 | 22 | Trinity (Connecticut) | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Tuffy Leemans | QB-S-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Oregon; George Washington | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | Ken Lunday | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | Northeastern Oklahoma JC; Arkansas | 10 | 2 |
| 16 | Tillie Manton | FB-LB | 5-11 | 188 | 27 | Texas Christian | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | Jim Neill | HB-DH | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Texas Tech | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | Ox Parry | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 230 | 23 | Baylor | 11 | 2 |
| 23 | Jim Poole | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 218 | 22 | Mississippi | 11 | 9 |
| 13 | Kink Richards | TB-LDH-QB-S-WB-RDH | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Des Moines; Simpson | 11 | 4 |
| 11 | Tony Sarausky | QB-S | 5-11 | 201 | 24 | Fordham | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Leland Shaffer | FB-LB | 6-2 | 203 | 25 | Kansas State | 9 | 1 |
| 15 | Hank Soar | FB-LB-QB-S-TB-LDH | 6-1 | 209 | 23 | Providence | 9 | 3 |
| 42 | Orville Tuttle | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 210 | 25 | Phillips; Oklahoma City | 11 | 10 |
| 24 | Willie Walls | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 214 | 25 | Texas Christian | 11 | 4 |
| 66 | Art White | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-8 | 217 | 22 | Alabama | 11 | 2 |
| 50 | Ed Widseth | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 223 | 27 | Minnesota-Crookston JC; Minnesota | 11 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Ed Widseth | T | Minnesota |
| 2 | 14 | Art White | G | Alabama |
| 3 | 24 | Gerry Dennerlein | T | St. Mary's (California) |
| 4 | 34 | Ward Cuff | B | Marquette |
| 5 | 44 | Mickey Kobrosky | B | Trinity (Connecticut) |
| 6 | 54 | Jim Farley | G | Virginia Military Institute |
| 7 | 64 | Jim Poole | E | Mississippi |
| 8 | 74 | Gene Myers | G | Kentucky |
| 9 | 84 | Dwight Scheyer | T | Washington State |
| 10 | 94 | Chuck Gelatka | E | Mississippi State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 38 | 37 | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 16 | 21 | 41 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 127 | / % | / % | 275 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | |||
| Tillie Manton | 0 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | ||
| Kink Richards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Hank Soar | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Jim Poole | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Dale Burnett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Red Corzine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ed Danowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tuffy Leemans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tony Sarausky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 15 | 14 | 15 | 93.3 | 8 | 0 | 128 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | 6 | 0 | 109 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | ||
| Tillie Manton | 5 | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Hank Soar | 1 | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 8 | 4/ | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | ||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 2/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Soar | 120 | 442 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Leemans | 144 | 429 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Kink Richards | 87 | 329 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Ed Danowski | 66 | 95 | 1.4 | 9 | 1 |
| Jim Neill | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 0 | |
| Mickey Kobrosky | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 2 | |
| Red Corzine | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Tony Sarausky | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Tillie Manton | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Dale Burnett | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 476 | 1519 | 3.2 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 390 | 1216 | 3.1 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Danowski | 134 | 66 | 49.3 | 63 | 814 | 6.1 | 12.3 | 8 | 6.0 | 5 | 3.7 | 72.8 | ||||
| Hank Soar | 21 | 5 | 23.8 | 14 | 83 | 4.0 | 16.6 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 9.5 | 19.8 | ||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 20 | 5 | 25.0 | 14 | 64 | 3.2 | 12.8 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 36.3 | ||||
| Tony Sarausky | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 7 | 31 | 3.1 | 10.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | ||||
| Mickey Kobrosky | 13 | 2 | 15.4 | 9 | 18 | 1.4 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 0.0 | ||||
| Tillie Manton | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Jim Neill | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 2.8 | |||
| Red Corzine | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 203 | 83 | 40.9 | 109 | 1024 | 5.0 | 12.3 | 10 | 4.9 | 11 | 5.4 | 51.0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 182 | 71 | 39.0 | 81 | 929 | 5.1 | 13.1 | 5 | 2.7 | 30 | 16.5 | 25.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuffy Leemans | 11 | 157 | 14.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Dale Burnett | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 1 | |
| Kink Richards | 10 | 149 | 14.9 | 2 | |
| Red Corzine | 9 | 75 | 8.3 | 1 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Willie Walls | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 1 | |
| Ward Cuff | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 2 | |
| Jim Poole | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 38t | 2 |
| Ray Hanken | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Lee Howell | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Tillie Manton | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Gelatka | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mel Hein | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 83 | 1024 | 12.3 | 10 | |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 929 | 13.1 | 5 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Soar | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 30 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 539 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 539 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 25 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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