1947 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 5th place Eastern Division 2-8-2 .200 |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/23/1947 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-17 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 15000 | |
| Wed | 9/3/1947 | H | Eastern College All-Stars | 21-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 52102 | |
| Wed | 9/10/1947 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 21-52 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 39850 | |
| Wed | 9/17/1947 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 30-3 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28834 | |
| Tue | 9/23/1947 | A | Jersey City Giants | 21-0 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt, NJ | 3000 | |
| Mon | 9/29/1947 | A | Boston Yanks | 7-7 | T | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 21905 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-23 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 29823 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-28 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 36533 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1947 | H | Boston Yanks | 0-14 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 37144 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-38 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 41736 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-35 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 28812 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-41 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 29016 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 35000 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-24 | T | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 27939 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1947 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 35-31 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28744 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | H | Washington Redskins | 35-10 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 25594 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1947 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 10-34 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 24050 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 42 | Jimmy Blumenstock | FB-LB | 5-10 | 190 | 29 | Fordham | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | Dave Brown | WB-RDH-BB-S | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Alabama | 6 | 6 |
| 80 | Gregg Browning | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Denver | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | John Cannady | C-LB-BB-S | 6-2 | 227 | 24 | Indiana | 12 | 6 |
| 90 | Vic Carroll | ROT-RDT-OE-DE | 6-3 | 231 | 35 | Pasadena CC; Nevada-Reno | 11 | 1 |
| 17 | George Cheverko | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Fordham | 12 | 1 |
| 1 | Frank Cope | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 225 | 32 | Santa Clara | 7 | 2 |
| 79 | Tex Coulter | LOE-LDE-LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Army | 12 | 12 |
| 55 | Lou DeFilippo | C-LB | 6-2 | 230 | 31 | Fordham | 5 | 0 |
| 67 | Bob Dobelstein | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 214 | 25 | Tennessee | 12 | 11 |
| 40 | Art Faircloth | QB-S | 6-0 | 193 | 26 | North Carolina State; Guilford | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | George Franck | FB-LB | 6-0 | 180 | 29 | Minnesota | 10 | 0 |
| 51 | Chet Gladchuk | C-LB | 6-4 | 247 | 30 | Boston College | 11 | 8 |
| 41 | Paul Governali | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 194 | 26 | Columbia | 8 | 2 |
| 66 | Bill Hachten | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 209 | 23 | California; Stanford | 10 | 1 |
| 81 | Jim Lee Howell | ROE-RDE | 6-5 | 210 | 33 | Arkansas | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | Duke Iversen | TB-LDH-BB0SFB-LB | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | Oregon | 9 | 5 |
| 88 | Frank Liebel | LOE-DE | 6-1 | 211 | 28 | Norwich | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | Howie Livingston | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | Fullerton JC | 11 | 8 |
| 65 | Ken Lunday | OG-DG | 6-3 | 215 | 35 | Northeastern Oklahoma JC; Arkansas | 7 | 0 |
| 85 | Jack Mead | OE-DE | 6-3 | 213 | 26 | Wisconsin | 11 | 0 |
| 31 | Bill Miklich | BB-S | 6-0 | 208 | 28 | Idaho | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | Bobby Morris | WB-RDH | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Southern California | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Jerry Niles | TB-LDH | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | Iowa; St. Louis; Iowa | 4 | 0 |
| 41 | Emery Nix | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | Texas Christian | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | Lou Palazzi | C-LB | 6-0 | 196 | 26 | Penn State | 11 | 0 |
| 38 | Bill Paschal | FB-LB | 6-0 | 201 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 4 |
| 33 | Gordon Paschka | FB-LB | 6-0 | 213 | 27 | Minnesota | 7 | 1 |
| 82 | Ray Poole | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| 71 | Phil Ragazzo | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 216 | 32 | Western Reserve | 12 | 1 |
| 44 | Frank Reagan | TB-LDH-WB-RDH-QB-S | 5-11 | 182 | 28 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 4 |
| 35 | Gene Roberts | WB-RDH | 5-11 | 188 | 24 | Kansas; Tennessee-Chattanooga | 11 | 0 |
| 75 | Bill Schuler | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Auburn; Yale | 11 | 8 |
| 50 | Ken Strong | K | 6-0 | 206 | 41 | New York University | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | Joe Sulaitis | BB-S-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 212 | 26 | none | 12 | 10 |
| 62 | George Tobin | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 205 | 26 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 |
| 70 | John Treadway | OT-DT | 6-4 | 258 | 30 | Lon Morris JC; Hardin-Simmons | 5 | 0 |
| 83 | Johnny Weiss | LOE-DE | 6-2 | 198 | 26 | none | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Jim White | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 227 | 27 | Notre Dame | 10 | 9 |
| 60 | Len Younce | ROG-RDG-K | 6-1 | 208 | 30 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 10 | Vic Schwall | B | Northwestern |
| 3 | 22 | John Cannady | C | Indiana |
| 5 | 34 | Nelson Greene | T | Tulsa |
| 6 | 44 | Bob Davis | T | Georgia Tech |
| 7 | 54 | Duke Iversen | B | Oregon |
| 8 | 64 | Frank Muehlheuser | B | Colgate |
| 9 | 74 | John Novitsky | T | Oklahoma City |
| 10 | 84 | Fred Mullis | B | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 11 | 94 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | B | Navy |
| 12 | 104 | Hardy Brown | B | Tulsa |
| 13 | 114 | Bill Hachten | G | Stanford |
| 14 | 124 | Herschel Fuson | B | Army |
| 15 | 134 | Jack Fallon | T | Notre Dame |
| 16 | 144 | Bob Orlando | G | Colgate |
| 17 | 154 | Francis Pulattie | B | Southern Methodist |
| 18 | 164 | Dick Brinkley | B | Wake Forest |
| 19 | 174 | Frank Guess | B | Texas |
| 20 | 184 | Tom Landry | B | Texas |
| 21 | 194 | Joe Ponsetto | B | Michigan |
| 22 | 204 | Art Donovan | T | Boston College |
| 23 | 214 | Hal Shoener | E | Iowa |
| 24 | 224 | Bill Moll | B | Connecticut |
| 25 | 234 | Dick Thomas | G | Southern Mississippi |
| 26 | 244 | Ralph Stewart | C | Missouri |
| 27 | 254 | George Bibighaus | E | Muhlenberg |
| 28 | 264 | Jim Carrington | G | Navy |
| 29 | 274 | Claude Harrison | B | South Carolina |
| 30 | 284 | John Wright | B | Maryland |
| 31 | 292 | Bill Schuler | E | Yale |
| 32 | 300 | Don Clayton | B | North Carolina |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 55 | 31 | 42 | 62 | |
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 83 | 65 | 94 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 149 | 56 | 71 | 22 | / % | / % | 98 | 945 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 190 | 101 | 75 | 14 | / % | / % | 95 | 861 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Strong | 0 | 24 | 25 | 96.0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 30 |
| Ray Poole | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| George Cheverko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| George Franck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Howie Livingston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Vic Carroll | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Paul Governali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gordon Paschka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tex Coulter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Liebel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gene Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Len Younce | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 190 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 39 | 41 | 95.1 | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 0 | 309 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Strong | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Len Younce | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | 5/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Roberts | 86 | 296 | 3.4 | 46 | 1 |
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 54 | 168 | 3.1 | 25 | 2 |
| Gordon Paschka | 48 | 143 | 3.0 | 15 | 2 |
| Bill Paschal | 41 | 139 | 3.4 | 23 | 1 |
| Paul Governali | 36 | 132 | 3.7 | 28 | 2 |
| George Franck | 24 | 93 | 3.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 19 | 87 | 4.6 | 43 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 19 | 63 | 3.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Jerry Niles | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 14 | 22 | 1.6 | 20 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Art Faircloth | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 366 | 1195 | 3.3 | 46 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 457 | 1836 | 4.0 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Governali | 198 | 85 | 85 | 97 | 1461 | 7.4 | 17.2 | 53 | 14 | 7.1 | 16 | 8.1 | 280 | 1181 | 58.5 | |
| Jerry Niles | 57 | 19 | 19 | 31 | 269 | 4.7 | 14.2 | 64 | 1 | 1.8 | 7 | 12.3 | 40 | 229 | 15.8 | |
| Frank Reagan | 25 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 191 | 7.6 | 15.9 | 88t | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 53.9 |
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 29.2 |
| Art Faircloth | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 14 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 116.7 |
| Team Totals | 293 | 123 | 42.0 | 144 | 1999 | 6.8 | 16.3 | 88t | 17 | 5.8 | 26 | 8.9 | 47.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 276 | 121 | 43.8 | 128 | 2015 | 7.3 | 16.7 | 19 | 6.9 | 27 | 9.8 | 52.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Poole | 23 | 395 | 17.2 | 61 | 4 |
| George Cheverko | 17 | 300 | 17.6 | 62 | 3 |
| Frank Liebel | 16 | 258 | 16.1 | 38 | 1 |
| Howie Livingston | 12 | 273 | 22.8 | 65t | 3 |
| George Franck | 10 | 265 | 26.5 | 88t | 3 |
| Tex Coulter | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 47 | 1 |
| Vic Carroll | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 29 | 2 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Mead | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 41 | 0 |
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Gene Roberts | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gregg Browning | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Duke Iversen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Miklich | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gordon Paschka | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 123 | 1999 | 16.3 | 88t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 121 | 2015 | 16.7 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reagan | 10 | 203 | 20.3 | 71 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 40 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Len Younce | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Vic Carroll | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim White | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Franck | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Morris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Poole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 435 | 16.1 | 71 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 350 | 13.5 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reagan | 61 | 2613 | 42.8 | 67 | 1 | |||||
| George Franck | 7 | 297 | 42.4 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Art Faircloth | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| Paul Governali | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 42 | 0 | |||||
| Len Younce | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 77 | 3254 | 42.3 | 67 | 1 | 719 | 27.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2927 | 41.8 | 371 | 35.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reagan | 27 | 182 | 6.7 | 35 | 0 | |
| George Franck | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| George Cheverko | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 32 | 0 | |
| Dave Brown | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 371 | 8.4 | 35 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 719 | 14.4 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Livingston | 9 | 203 | 22.6 | 34 | 0 | |
| Gene Roberts | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 23 | 0 | |
| George Cheverko | 7 | 135 | 19.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| George Franck | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 40 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Art Faircloth | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Frank Reagan | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Tex Coulter | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Dave Brown | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Gordon Paschka | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Duke Iversen | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Frank Liebel | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Jerry Niles | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bill Miklich | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Len Younce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 905 | 18.9 | 42 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 859 | 18.3 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Blumenstock | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Brown | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Gregg Browning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cannady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Dobelstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Faircloth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Franck | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Governali | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hachten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke Iversen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Frank Liebel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howie Livingston | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Miklich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Niles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gordon Paschka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Poole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Ragazzo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Len Younce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 75 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 2 |
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