1946 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Division 7-3-1 .700 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/1/1946 | A | Chicago Bears | 0-19 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 32367 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1946 | N | Detroit Lions | 22-20 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 10941 | |
| Thu | 9/12/1946 | A | Jersey City Giants | 28-7 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 15211 | |
| Fri | 9/20/1946 | H | Green Bay Packers | 35-21 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 48017 | |
| Tue | 10/1/1946 | A | Boston Yanks | 17-0 | W | Boston, MA | Braves Field | 16500 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1946 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33702 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1946 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-24 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 33651 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1946 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 28-24 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 50681 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1946 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 62359 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1946 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-24 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 40059 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1946 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 45-17 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 60784 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1946 | H | Boston Yanks | 28-28 | T | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 35583 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1946 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 45347 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1946 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 21-31 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 47366 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1946 | H | Washington Redskins | 31-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 60337 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/15/1946 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-24 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 58346 | |
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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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 12 | Dave Brown | WB-LDH | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Alabama | 6 | 5 |
| 70 | Joe Byler | LOT-LDT | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Nebraska | 7 | 0 |
| 90 | Vic Carroll | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 231 | 34 | Pasadena CC; Nevada-Reno | 9 | 3 |
| 1 | Frank Cope | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 225 | 31 | Santa Clara | 11 | 4 |
| 79 | Tex Coulter | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Army | 9 | 9 |
| 55 | Lou DeFilippo | LB-C | 6-2 | 230 | 30 | Fordham | 11 | 0 |
| 67 | Bob Dobelstein | LOG | 5-11 | 214 | 24 | Tennessee | 10 | 9 |
| 11 | Jack Doolan | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Georgetown (DC) | 5 | 3 |
| 66 | Monk Edwards | RDG-LOG | 6-3 | 213 | 26 | Baylor | 10 | 11 |
| 40 | Frank Filchock | TB-DB | 5-10 | 193 | 30 | Indiana | 11 | 9 |
| 23 | Steve Filipowicz | BB-LLB | 5-8 | 198 | 25 | Fordham | 11 | 11 |
| 37 | George Franck | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 180 | 28 | Minnesota | 11 | 2 |
| 51 | Chet Gladchuk | C-MLB | 6-4 | 247 | 29 | Boston College | 11 | 11 |
| 25 | Pete Gorgone | BB | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | Muhlenberg | 8 | 4 |
| 30 | Merle Hapes | FB-LB | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | Mississippi | 10 | 6 |
| 22 | Cecil Hare | DB-BB | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | Gonzaga | 8 | 0 |
| 81 | Jim Lee Howell | ROE-RDE | 6-5 | 210 | 32 | Arkansas | 11 | 11 |
| 88 | Frank Liebel | DB-OE | 6-1 | 211 | 27 | Norwich | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | Howie Livingston | TB-WB-RDH | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Fullerton JC | 10 | 10 |
| 65 | Ken Lunday | ROG-RDG | 6-3 | 215 | 34 | Northeastern Oklahoma JC; Arkansas | 10 | 0 |
| 87 | Don McCafferty | LOE-LDE | 6-4 | 220 | 25 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 |
| 85 | Jack Mead | OE-DE | 6-3 | 213 | 25 | Wisconsin | 11 | 0 |
| 41 | Emery Nix | TB-DB | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Texas Christian | 4 | 0 |
| 57 | Lou Palazzi | LB-C | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | Penn State | 9 | 0 |
| 38 | Bill Paschal | FB-LB | 6-0 | 201 | 25 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 5 |
| 80 | Jim Poole | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 218 | 31 | Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| 71 | Phil Ragazzo | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 216 | 31 | Western Reserve | 10 | 1 |
| 44 | Frank Reagan | TB-FB | 5-11 | 182 | 27 | Pennsylvania | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | Hank Soar | S-FB | 6-1 | 209 | 32 | Providence | 11 | 11 |
| 50 | Ken Strong | K | 6-0 | 206 | 40 | New York University | 11 | 0 |
| 61 | Orville Tuttle | LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 210 | 34 | Phillips; Oklahoma City | 8 | 0 |
| 83 | Johnny Weiss | DE-OE | 6-2 | 198 | 25 | none | 9 | 0 |
| 77 | Jim White | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 227 | 26 | Notre Dame | 11 | 11 |
| 60 | Len Younce | ROG-LDG | 6-1 | 208 | 29 | Oregon State | 11 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | George Connor | T | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 15 | Elmer Jones | G | Wake Forest |
| 3 | 20 | Hosea Rodgers | B | North Carolina |
| 4 | 30 | Paul Duke | C | Georgia Tech |
| 5 | 35 | Pete Stout | B | Texas Christian |
| 6 | 45 | Jim Lalikos | T | Brown |
| 7 | 55 | Jim Plyler | T | Texas |
| 8 | 65 | Gene Roberts | B | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 9 | 75 | Ames Harris | G | Mississippi State |
| 10 | 85 | Walt Clay | B | Colorado |
| 11 | 95 | Warren Amling | G | Ohio State |
| 12 | 105 | Al Bush | T | Duke |
| 13 | 115 | Bob Reiman | B | Oregon State |
| 14 | 125 | Bob Hazelhurst | B | Denver |
| 15 | 135 | Stan Stapley | T | Brigham Young |
| 16 | 145 | Nick Terlizzi | T | Alabama |
| 17 | 155 | Ray Justak | G | Northwestern |
| 18 | 165 | Bobby Morris | B | Southern California |
| 19 | 175 | Jim Loflin | E | Louisiana State |
| 20 | 185 | Dick Kelley | B | Minnesota |
| 21 | 195 | Mel Patton | B | California-Santa Barbara |
| 22 | 205 | Bill Stiers | B | UCLA |
| 23 | 215 | Vern Hare | B | Santa Clara |
| 24 | 225 | Neal Scully | B | Dayton |
| 25 | 235 | George Miller | T | Denver |
| 26 | 245 | Barney White | E | Tulsa |
| 27 | 255 | Butch Kolens | G | Illinois |
| 28 | 265 | Charlie Ellis | B | Virginia |
| 29 | 275 | Steve Lucas | E | Duke |
| 30 | 285 | Bill Voris | B | North Carolina |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 38 | 86 | 63 | 49 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 34 | 21 | 55 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 163 | 81 | 63 | 19 | / % | / % | 76 | 785 | |
| Opponents Totals | 161 | 77 | 72 | 12 | / % | / % | 94 | 836.50 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Strong | 0 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 0 | 44 |
| Bill Paschal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Merle Hapes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Frank Liebel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Steve Filipowicz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Howie Livingston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Poole | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Frank Filchock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Reagan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Franck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don McCafferty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Weiss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 0 | 236 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 0 | 162 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Strong | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 0 | 35 | 2/6 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 0 | 35 | 2/6 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 0 | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Filchock | 98 | 371 | 3.8 | 70t | 2 |
| Bill Paschal | 117 | 362 | 3.1 | 30t | 4 |
| George Franck | 43 | 270 | 6.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 62 | 246 | 4.0 | 52t | 2 |
| Merle Hapes | 56 | 161 | 2.9 | 26 | 5 |
| Howie Livingston | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Jack Doolan | 12 | 33 | 2.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 9 | 5 | 0.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Filipowicz | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Hank Soar | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Emery Nix | 8 | -25 | -3.1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 418 | 1467 | 3.5 | 70t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 394 | 1289 | 3.3 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Filchock | 169 | 87 | 87 | 57 | 1262 | 7.5 | 14.5 | 57t | 12 | 7.1 | 25 | 14.8 | 60.2 | |||
| Emery Nix | 19 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 156 | 8.2 | 15.6 | 35t | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 115.2 | |||
| Frank Reagan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 5.3 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 66.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 194 | 100 | 100 | 69 | 1450 | 7.5 | 14.5 | 57t | 14 | 7.2 | 25 | 12.9 | 60.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 258 | 128 | 128 | 111 | 1823 | 7.1 | 14.2 | 9 | 3.5 | 19 | 7.4 | 53.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Poole | 24 | 307 | 12.8 | 31t | 3 |
| Frank Liebel | 20 | 360 | 18.0 | 57t | 4 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 9 | 141 | 15.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 9 | 78 | 8.7 | 35t | 2 |
| Steve Filipowicz | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 29 | 1 |
| George Franck | 6 | 137 | 22.8 | 50 | 1 |
| Frank Reagan | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Johnny Weiss | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 35t | 1 |
| Jack Doolan | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Merle Hapes | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Don McCafferty | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Jack Mead | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Cecil Hare | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 34t | 1 |
| Frank Filchock | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 100 | 1450 | 14.5 | 57t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 128 | 1823 | 14.2 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Liebel | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 44 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Steve Filipowicz | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Hank Soar | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Jack Mead | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Frank Filchock | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Len Younce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 325 | 17.1 | 44 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 246 | 9.8 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reagan | 20 | 857 | 42.9 | 58 | 0 | |||||
| Merle Hapes | 12 | 479 | 39.9 | 60 | 1 | |||||
| George Franck | 16 | 624 | 39.0 | 53 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Len Younce | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 50 | 2017 | 40.3 | 60 | 1 | 250 | 34.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 2257 | 38.9 | 378 | 31.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Paschal | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 26 | 0 | |
| Frank Filchock | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| Frank Reagan | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 22 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 38 | 0 | |
| George Franck | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Jack Doolan | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Merle Hapes | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dave Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 378 | 11.5 | 38 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 250 | 8.9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Franck | 6 | 162 | 27.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Bill Paschal | 6 | 158 | 26.3 | 53 | 0 | |
| Frank Filchock | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 45 | 0 | |
| Frank Reagan | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 41 | 0 | |
| Merle Hapes | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Howie Livingston | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Cecil Hare | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Steve Filipowicz | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Vic Carroll | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 625 | 26.0 | 53 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 1279 | 24.6 | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Brown | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Vic Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Cope | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tex Coulter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Dobelstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Doolan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monk Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Filchock | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Steve Filipowicz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Franck | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chet Gladchuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Merle Hapes | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Lee Howell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Liebel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howie Livingston | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 1 | |
| Emery Nix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Paschal | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Poole | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Reagan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -16 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Younce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 36 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 0 |
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