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1944 New York Giants (NFL)

1st place Eastern Division 8-1-1 .889

Playoff Statistics

1944 NFL • Previous Season • Next Season • Roster Key • Stat Key

Head Coach: Steve Owen

Tuffy Leemans	Backfield
Leland Shaffer	Backfield
Red Smith	Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Wed	9/13/1944	A	Sampson Naval Training Station	13-0	W		Sampson, NY	Sampson Naval Training Station Field
Sun	9/17/1944	N	Chicago Bears	10-20	L		Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	20981
Sat	9/23/1944	A	Detroit Lions	0-23	L		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	9988
Sun	10/1/1944	A	Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers	16-17	L		PIttsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	20428
Sun	10/8/1944	A	Boston Yanks	22-10	W		Boston, MA	Fenway Park	17404
Sun	10/15/1944	A	Brooklyn Tigers	14-7	W		New York, NY	Ebbets Field	24854
Sun	10/22/1944	H	Chicago-Pittsburgh	23-0	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	40734
Sun	10/29/1944	H	Philadelphia Eagles	17-24	L		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	42639
Sun	11/5/1944	H	Boston Yanks	31-0	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	28364
Sun	11/12/1944	A	Philadelphia Eagles	21-21	T		Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	33248
Sun	11/19/1944	H	Green Bay Packers	24-0	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	56481
Sun	11/26/1944	H	Brooklyn Tigers	7-0	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	29387
Sun	12/3/1944	H	Washington Redskins	16-13	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	47457
Sun	12/10/1944	A	Washington Redskins	31-0	W		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	35540
League Championship
Sun	12/17/1944	H	Green Bay Packers	7-14	L		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	46016

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
30	O'Neal Adams	LOE-LDE	6-3	195	25	Arkansas	10	10
28	Verlin Adams	OE-DE	6-1	205	26	Charleston	10	0
55	Chuck Avedisian	ROG-RDG	5-9	200	27	Providence	10	5
42	Hub Barker	BB-S	5-10	193	26	Arkansas	10	2
44	Keith Beebe	BB-S	5-9	175	23	Occidental	6	0
32	Al Blozis	ROT-RDT-FB-LB	6-6	250	25	Georgetown (DC)	3	2
2	Len Calligaro	BB-S	5-11	190	23	Wisconsin	10	6
70	Roland Caranci	OT-DT	6-2	214	23	Colorado	3	0
26	Vic Carroll	ROT-RDT	6-3	231	32	Pasadena CC; Nevada-Reno	10	9
21/15	Roy Clay	WB-RDH	6-0	185	24	Colorado State	1	0
36	Frank Cope	LOT-LDT	6-2	225	29	Santa Clara	10	10
14	Ward Cuff	WB-RDH	6-1	192	32	Marquette	10	9
49	Frank Damiani	OT-DT-OG-DG	6-1	225	22	Manhattan	4	0
7	Mel Hein	C-LB	6-2	225	35	Washington State	10	8
20	Arnie Herber	TB-LDH	5-11	203	34	Wisconsin; Regis	10	3
39	Herb Kane	OT-DT	6-0	220	24	East Central	7	0
25	Carl Kinscherf	FB-LB	6-1	186	25	Colgate	7	0
22	Frank Liebel	ROE-RDE	6-1	211	25	Norwich	10	10
24	Howie Livingston	FB-LB-TB-LDH	6-1	195	22	Fullerton JC	10	3
8	Bill Paschal	FB-LB	6-0	201	23	Georgia Tech	10	6
5	Bill Petrilas	WB-RDH	6-1	195	29	none	10	1
29	Bill Piccolo	C-LB	5-10	184	24	Canisius	7	2
33	Jim Sivell	ROG-RDG	5-9	205	30	Auburn	9	5
15	Hank Soar	TB-LDH	6-1	209	30	Providence	3	1
50	Ken Strong	TB-LDH-BB-S-FB-LB	6-0	206	38	New York University	10	6
37	Joe Sulaitis	TB-LDH	6-2	212	23	none	5	2
	Frank Turbert	HB-DH	5-11	200	26	Duke; Charleston	1	0
69	Frank Umont	OG-DG-OT0DT	5-11	220	27	none	8	0
31	Larry Visnic	OG-DG	5-10	195	26	St. Benedict's	7	0
11	Johnny Weiss	OE-DE	6-2	198	23	none	10	0
60	Len Younce	LOG-LDG	6-1	208	27	Oregon State	10	10

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Billy Hillenbrand	B	Indiana
2	16	Lamar Blount	B	Mississippi State
3	21	Clyde Flowers	T	Texas Christian
4	32	Herb Kane	T	East Central
5	37	Vic Maitland	T	Hobart
6	48	Jack Okland	T	Utah
7	59	Herm Frickey	B	Minnesota
8	70	Roy Clay	B	Colorado State
9	81	Johnny Sanchez	T	San Francisco
10	92	Ernie Beamer	E	Duke
11	103	Carl Grate	G	Georgia
12	114	Tommy Mont	B	Maryland
13	125	Ray Poole	E	Mississippi
14	136	Bert Corley	C	Mississippi State
15	147	Ollie Poole	E	Mississippi
16	158	Ralph Ellsworth	B	Texas
17	169	Ed Schneider	T	Washburn
18	180	Marcel Gres	T	Texas
19	191	Neil Brooks	B	Washington
20	202	Pete Kane	B	Geneva
21	213	M.L. Kittrell	B	Baylor
22	224	Roy Renfro	G	Fresno State
23	235	John Dubzinski	G	Boston College
24	246	Howard Beyer	C	Michigan State
25	257	Ben Babula	B	Fordham
26	268	Ted Fitanides	B	New Hampshire
27	279	Andy Bires	E	Alabama
28	290	Tom Rock	E	Columbia
29	301	Walt Cyhel	T	Creighton
30	312	Francis Nelson	B	Baylor

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	62	43	43	58
Opponents Totals	13	31	24	7

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		99	72	23	4	/ %	/ %	68	502
Opponents Totals		137	66	64	7	/ %	/ %	54	412

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bill Paschal	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Ken Strong	0	23	24	95.8	6	12	50.0	0	41
Frank Liebel	6	0	0		0	0		1	38
Howie Livingston	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ward Cuff	2	2	2	100.0	1	4	25.0	0	17
Bill Petrilas	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
O'Neal Adams	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Chuck Avedisian	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Len Calligaro	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Vic Carroll	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Frank Cope	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	26	25	26	96.2	7	16	43.8	2	206
Opponents Totals	9	9	9	100.0	4	10	40.0	0	75

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Ward Cuff	1	4	25.0	1/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Ken Strong	6	12	50.0	3/	1/	2/	0/	0/
Team Totals	7	16	43.8	4/	1/	2/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	4	10	40.0	1/	1/	0/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Paschal	196	737	3.8	68t	9
Ward Cuff	76	425	5.6	29	0
Howie Livingston	84	313	3.7	43	1
Joe Sulaitis	9	38	4.2	16	0
Bill Petrilas	12	29	2.4	12	0
Carl Kinscherf	9	21	2.3	4	0
Keith Beebe	8	12	1.5	7	0
Hank Soar	9	10	1.1	10	0
Len Calligaro	3	4	1.3	3	1
Hub Barker	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ken Strong	2	-2	-1.0	2	0
Arnie Herber	7	-58	-8.3	-14	0
Team Totals	416	1532	3.7	68t	11
Opponents Totals	374	1000	2.7		5

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Arnie Herber	86	36	41.9	42	651	7.6	18.1	58t	6	7.0	8	9.3				53.0
Hank Soar	10	4	40.0	5	113	11.3	28.3	35t	2	20.0	1	10.0				82.5
Joe Sulaitis	17	4	23.5	9	53	3.1	13.3	22	1	5.9	4	23.5				20.1
Bill Paschal	8	2	25.0	4	31	3.9	15.5	19	0	0.0	2	25.0				3.6
Keith Beebe	3	1	33.3	1	9	3.0	9.0	9	0	0.0	1	33.3				2.8
Howie Livingston	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0				0.0
Team Totals	125	47	37.6	61	857	6.9	18.2	58t	9	7.2	17	13.6				46.4
Opponents Totals	258	114	44.2	110	1290	5.0	11.3		3	1.2	34	13.2				24.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
O'Neal Adams	14	342	24.4	39	1
Frank Liebel	13	282	21.7	58t	5
Ward Cuff	11	135	12.3	25t	2
Hub Barker	3	34	11.3	16	0
Len Calligaro	2	11	5.5	10	0
Verlin Adams	1	12	12.0	12	0
Carl Kinscherf	1	9	9.0	9	0
Howie Livingston	1	12	12.0	12t	1
Johnny Weiss	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	47	857	18.2	58t	9
Opponents Totals	114	1290	11.3		3

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Howie Livingston	9	172	19.1	40	1
Bill Petrilas	5	144	28.8	67	2
Keith Beebe	3	26	8.7	12	0
Len Younce	3	16	5.3	10	0
Mel Hein	3	14	4.7	10	0
Larry Visnic	2	56	28.0	41	0
Ward Cuff	2	31	15.5	20	0
Bill Piccolo	2	5	2.5	3	0
Chuck Avedisian	1	48	48.0	48t	1
Hank Soar	1	18	18.0	18	0
Vic Carroll	1	8	8.0	8	0
Frank Liebel	1	8	8.0	8	0
Carl Kinscherf	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	34	549	16.1	67	4
Opponents Totals	17	197	11.6		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Len Younce	48	1937	40.4	72	0
Keith Beebe	7	210	30.0	45	0
Howie Livingston	2	79	39.5	47	0
Ken Strong	1	44	44.0	44	0
Arnie Herber	1	39	39.0	39	0
Bill Paschal	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	60	2315	38.6	72	0					33.3
Opponents Totals	60							399		30.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ward Cuff	11		115	10.5	16	0
Bill Paschal	7		103	14.7	10	0
Hank Soar	6		52	8.7	14	0
Bill Petrilas	4		58	14.5	24	0
Howie Livingston	4		44	11.0	19	0
Vic Carroll	1		28	28.0	28t	1
Team Totals	33		399	12.1	28t	1
Opponents Totals	32			10.1	28	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Paschal	9		260	28.9	66	0
Howie Livingston	4		114	28.5	29	0
Ward Cuff	2		63	31.5	41	0
O'Neal Adams	2		29	14.5	18	0
Team Totals	17		466	27.4	66	0
Opponents Totals	40					0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Frank Liebel							1
Team Totals	14	7	7	11	18		1
Opponents Totals	30	11	19	7	26		1

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