1942 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 5-5-1 .500 |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| Bill Owen | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/30/1942 | A | Cleveland Rams | 17-14 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 18073 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1942 | H | Eastern Army All-Stars | 0-16 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 40000 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1942 | H | Western Army All-Stars | 10-7 | W | Syracuse, NY | Archbold Stadium | 35000 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1942 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-7 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 34700 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1942 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-13 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 9600 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1942 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-17 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28264 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1942 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-26 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 32000 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1942 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-17 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 23244 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1942 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-17 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 19346 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1942 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 13548 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1942 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-14 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 30879 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1942 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-21 | T | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 30246 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1942 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 21-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 20354 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1942 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 10-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 27449 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| O'Neal Adams | 30 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | Arkansas | 11 | 11 |
| Chuck Avedisian | 55 | LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 200 | 25 | Providence | 10 | 4 |
| Emmett Barrett | 11 | C-LB | 6-2 | 192 | 26 | Portland | 11 | 0 |
| Kay Bell | 50 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | Washington State | 11 | 0 |
| Al Blozis | 32 | ROT-RDT | 6-6 | 250 | 23 | Georgetown (DC) | 11 | 11 |
| Harry Buffington | 52 | ROG-RDG0LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 206 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 8 |
| Leo Cantor | 12 | TB-LB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | UCLA | 10 | 1 |
| John Chickerneo | 39 | BB-S | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 4 |
| Frank Cope | 36 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Santa Clara | 11 | 11 |
| Ward Cuff | 14 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 192 | 30 | Marquette | 11 | 10 |
| Monk Edwards | 60 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-3 | 213 | 22 | Baylor | 11 | 10 |
| Harold Hall | 49 | C-LB | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Springfield | 1 | 0 |
| Merle Hapes | 44 | QB-LDH | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Mississippi | 11 | 10 |
| Mel Hein | 7 | C-LB | 6-2 | 225 | 33 | Washington State | 11 | 11 |
| Ed Hiemstra | 29 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Sterling | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 21 | OE-DE | 6-5 | 210 | 28 | Arkansas | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Hutchinson | 42 | TB-LB | 5-9 | 180 | 26 | Dartmouth | 4 | 0 |
| Duce Keahey | 27 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | George Washington | 2 | 0 |
| Harry Kline | 66 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 196 | 29 | Emporia State | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Lascari | 34 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Georgetown (DC) | 10 | 1 |
| Ed Lechner | 31 | OG-DG | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Minnesota | 4 | 0 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 4 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | Oregon; George Washington | 8 | 6 |
| Frank Liebel | 22 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 211 | 23 | Norwich | 7 | 0 |
| Don Lieberum | 28 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 175 | 24 | Manchester | 11 | 0 |
| Andy Marefos | 70 | TB-LB | 6-0 | 223 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 11 | 4 |
| Al Owen | 8 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 194 | 29 | St. Lawrence; Mercer | 7 | 1 |
| Dom Principe | 25 | BB-S | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Fordham | 11 | 1 |
| Earl Seick | 33 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 195 | 31 | Manhattan | 8 | 0 |
| Leland Shaffer | 20 | BB-S | 6-2 | 203 | 30 | Kansas State | 11 | 6 |
| Hank Soar | 15 | QB-LDH | 6-1 | 209 | 28 | Providence | 11 | 1 |
| Paul Stenn | 69 | OT-DT | 6-1 | 242 | 24 | Villanova | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Trocolor | 17 | QB-LDH | 6-2 | 207 | 25 | Alabama; Long Island | 7 | 0 |
| Willie Walls | 24 | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 214 | 30 | Texas Christian | 11 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Merle Hapes | B | Mississippi |
| 3 | 23 | Bob Sweiger | B | Minnesota |
| 5 | 38 | Al Blozis | T | Georgetown (DC) |
| 6 | 48 | Bob Glass | B | Tulane |
| 7 | 58 | Tommy Prothro | B | Duke |
| 8 | 68 | Tom Kearns | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 9 | 78 | Bob Merker | E | Millikin |
| 10 | 88 | Mike Kopcik | E | Georgetown (DC) |
| 11 | 98 | John Solic | C | St. Francis (Pennsylvania) |
| 12 | 108 | Lenny Krouse | B | Penn State |
| 13 | 118 | Bob Barnett | C | Duke |
| 14 | 128 | Pete Layden | B | Texas |
| 15 | 138 | Hal Jungmichel | G | Texas |
| 16 | 148 | Keith Doggett | T | Wichita State |
| 17 | 158 | Verne Miller | T | Harvard |
| 18 | 168 | John Hovious | B | Mississippi |
| 19 | 178 | Owen Price | B | Texas-El Paso |
| 20 | 188 | Adam Kretowicz | E | Holy Cross |
| 21 | 193 | Jimmy Blumenstock | B | Fordham |
| 22 | 198 | Milt Hull | T | Florida |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 62 | 38 | 35 | 20 | 155 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 54 | 7 | 62 | 139 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 105 | 65 | 36 | 4 | / % | / % | 48 | 437 | |
| Opponents Totals | 159 | 86 | 62 | 11 | / % | / % | 41 | 290 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 0 | 39 |
| Merle Hapes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| O'Neal Adams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tuffy Leemans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Leo Cantor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Willie Walls | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Hank Soar | 1 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Johnny Lascari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Andy Marefos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 3 | 16 | 18.8 | 0 | 155 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 16 | 19 | 84.2 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 139 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 0 | 37 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 0/4 | 0/0 |
| Andy Marefos | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Hank Soar | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Johnny Lascari | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 16 | 18.8 | 0 | 37 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 0/7 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merle Hapes | 95 | 363 | 3.8 | 52t | 3 |
| Ward Cuff | 38 | 189 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Hank Soar | 49 | 187 | 3.8 | 49 | 1 |
| Andy Marefos | 48 | 138 | 2.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Leo Cantor | 67 | 124 | 1.9 | 18 | 2 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 51 | 116 | 2.3 | 16 | 3 |
| Don Lieberum | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Hutchinson | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Al Owen | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Leland Shaffer | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Trocolor | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 401 | 1203 | 3.0 | 52t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 466 | 1465 | 3.1 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuffy Leemans | 69 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 555 | 8.0 | 15.9 | 50t | 7 | 10.1 | 4 | 5.8 | 87.5 | |||
| Leo Cantor | 29 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 155 | 5.3 | 12.9 | 35t | 1 | 3.4 | 1 | 3.4 | 56.0 | |||
| Andy Marefos | 29 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 176 | 6.1 | 16.0 | 60t | 1 | 3.4 | 5 | 17.2 | 30.9 | |||
| Bob Trocolor | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 10.4 | 17.3 | 29 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 95.4 | |||
| Hank Soar | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 3.4 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 1.7 | |||
| Merle Hapes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -12 | -6.0 | -6.0 | -2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 79.2 | |||
| Bill Hutchinson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | -0.8 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 148 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 957 | 6.5 | 14.3 | 60 | 10 | 6.8 | 14 | 9.5 | 49.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 228 | 114 | 114 | 99 | 1401 | 6.1 | 12.3 | 4 | 1.8 | 15 | 6.6 | 47.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 16 | 267 | 16.7 | 35t | 2 |
| Merle Hapes | 10 | 79 | 7.9 | 16 | 2 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 10 | 115 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Willie Walls | 7 | 192 | 27.4 | 60t | 2 |
| O'Neal Adams | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 24t | 3 |
| Don Lieberum | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Johnny Lascari | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Leland Shaffer | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Liebel | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Dom Principe | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Al Owen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 67 | 957 | 14.3 | 60t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 114 | 1401 | 12.3 | 4 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merle Hapes | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Hank Soar | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Leo Cantor | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 |
| O'Neal Adams | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66t | 1 |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Andy Marefos | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Harry Buffington | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ed Hiemstra | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Chickerneo | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mel Hein | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 269 | 17.9 | 66t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 215 | 15.4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Trocolor | 16 | 661 | 41.3 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| Leo Cantor | 20 | 763 | 38.2 | 63 | 1 | |||||
| Merle Hapes | 15 | 557 | 37.1 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| John Chickerneo | 8 | 302 | 37.8 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| Hank Soar | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Hutchinson | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| Dom Principe | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 65 | 2506 | 38.6 | 63 | 1 | 30.5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 393 | 31.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merle Hapes | 11 | 170 | 15.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Leo Cantor | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 30 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Leemans | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bob Trocolor | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Al Owen | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bill Hutchinson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Don Lieberum | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 393 | 12.7 | 32 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 13.2 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merle Hapes | 9 | 215 | 23.9 | 34 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 42 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Willie Walls | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bob Trocolor | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Leo Cantor | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Don Lieberum | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 564 | 23.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 15 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 0 |
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