1948 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 3rd place Eastern Division 4-8-0 .333 |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/29/1948 | N | Green Bay Packers | 0-7 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Nicollet Park | 13091 | |
| Tue | 9/7/1948 | A | Detroit Lions | 20-23 | L | Flint, MI | Atwood Stadium | 8500 | |
| Tue | 9/14/1948 | H | Chicago Bears | 17-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 32537 | |
| Thu | 9/23/1948 | A | Boston Yanks | 27-7 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 7428 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1948 | A | Washington Redskins | 10-41 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32593 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1948 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-45 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 22804 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1948 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 35-63 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 35342 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-27 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 13443 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1948 | A | Chicago Bears | 14-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41608 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-35 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 24983 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 37-52 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 22766 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | A | Green Bay Packers | 49-3 | W | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 12639 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1948 | H | Boston Yanks | 28-14 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 19636 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1948 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-38 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27645 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1948 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-28 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 23156 | |
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 |
| 16 | Johnny Atwood | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Wisconsin | 8 | 1 |
| 72 | Larry Beil | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | Portland | 7 | 0 |
| 52 | John Cannady | C-LB | 6-2 | 227 | 25 | Indiana | 12 | 12 |
| 17 | George Cheverko | LDH-TB-RDH-HB | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Fordham | 8 | 4 |
| 49 | Ray Coates | TB-LDH-HB-RDH | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Louisiana State | 10 | 0 |
| 42 | Charley Conerly | TB-LDH | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Mississippi | 12 | 5 |
| 79 | Tex Coulter | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Army | 12 | 5 |
| 67 | Bob Dobelstein | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 214 | 26 | Tennessee | 12 | 10 |
| 76 | Bill Erickson | LOG-LDG-LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | North Carolina; Mississippi | 11 | 3 |
| 74 | Don Ettinger | ROG-RDG-C-LB-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Kansas | 10 | 2 |
| 40 | Art Faircloth | S-BB | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | North Carolina State; Guilford | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | Carl Fennema | C-LB | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Compton JC; Washington | 11 | 0 |
| 63 | Mike Garzoni | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 218 | 25 | Fresno State; Southern California | 7 | 0 |
| 83 | Bruce Gehrke | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Columbia | 7 | 0 |
| 41 | Paul Governali | QB-S | 5-11 | 194 | 27 | Columbia | 8 | 2 |
| 88 | Joe Johnson | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 195 | 22 | Mississippi | 11 | 0 |
| 20 | Ken Keuper | LB | 6-0 | 207 | 30 | Georgia | 7 | 0 |
| 65 | Bill Miklich | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 208 | 29 | Idaho | 5 | 0 |
| 38 | Tony Minisi | HB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Pennsylvania; Navy; Pennsylvania | 12 | 9 |
| 31 | Joyce Pipkin | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 204 | 24 | Arkansas | 11 | 0 |
| 82 | Ray Poole | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 215 | 27 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Frank Reagan | S-BB | 5-11 | 182 | 29 | Pennsylvania | 11 | 6 |
| 35 | Gene Roberts | FB-LB | 5-11 | 188 | 25 | Kansas; Tennessee-Chattanooga | 11 | 1 |
| 61 | Ed Royston | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Wake Forest | 11 | 3 |
| 75 | Bill Schuler | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Auburn; Yale | 12 | 11 |
| 30 | Joe Scott | FB-LB-HB-RDH-TB-LDH | 6-1 | 198 | 22 | Texas A&M; San Francisco | 11 | 6 |
| 34 | Jules Siegle | FB-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | Northwestern | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | Joe Sulaitis | BB-S | 6-2 | 212 | 27 | none | 12 | 4 |
| 81 | Bill Swiacki | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Holy Cross; Columbia | 12 | 1 |
| 70 | John Treadway | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 258 | 31 | Lon Morris JC; Hardin-Simmons | 11 | 0 |
| 45 | Emlen Tunnell | LDH-TB | 6-1 | 193 | 24 | Toledo; Iowa | 10 | 3 |
| 86 | Paul Walker | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | Yale | 12 | 11 |
| 77 | Jim White | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 227 | 28 | Notre Dame | 12 | 6 |
| 33 | Frank Williams | FB-LB-K | 6-0 | 212 | 26 | Utah State | 12 | 7 |
| 71 | Ernie Williamson | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | Apprentice; North Carolina | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | Len Younce | ROG-RDG-K | 6-1 | 208 | 31 | Oregon State | 11 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Tony Minisi | B | Pennsylvania |
| 2 | 12 | Joe Scott | B | San Francisco |
| 4 | 24 | Bruce Gehrke | E | Columbia |
| 5 | 26 | Johnny Wolosky | C | Penn State |
| 6 | 36 | Bill Erickson | T | Mississippi |
| 7 | 46 | Bob Pfohl | B | Purdue |
| 8 | 56 | Ralph Hutchinson | T | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 8 | 57 | Ray Coates | B | Louisiana State |
| 9 | 66 | Dick Ottele | B | Washington |
| 9 | 71 | Ken Wiltgen | E | Northwestern |
| 10 | 76 | Stan Magdziak | B | William & Mary |
| 11 | 86 | Pete Lanzi | E | Youngstown State |
| 12 | 96 | Len Modzelski | T | Scranton |
| 12 | 97 | Jim Brieske | C | Michigan |
| 13 | 106 | Bob Hatch | B | Boston University |
| 14 | 116 | John Hanzel | G | Guilford |
| 15 | 126 | Dan Garza | E | Oregon |
| 16 | 136 | Dan Yovetich | E | Montana |
| 17 | 146 | Joe Grothus | G | Iowa |
| 18 | 156 | George Mathews | B | Georgia Tech |
| 19 | 166? | Don Ettinger | G | Kansas |
| 20 | 176 | Frank Williams | B | Utah State |
| 21 | 186 | Dick Woodard | C | Iowa |
| 22 | 196 | George Kisiday | T | Columbia |
| 23 | 206 | Theron Roberts | G | Arkansas |
| 24 | 216 | Walt McCormick | C | Southern California |
| 25 | 226 | Dick Wilkins | E | Oregon |
| 26 | 236 | Vince Marotta | B | Mount Union |
| 27 | 246 | Tom Salisbury | T | Clemson |
| 28 | 256 | Roy Lilja | C | Colorado College |
| 29 | 266 | Bob Greenhalgh | B | San Francisco |
| 30 | 276 | Ed Kelley | T | Texas |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 86 | 83 | 84 | |
| Opponents Totals | 79 | 101 | 83 | 125 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 212 | 81 | 114 | 17 | / % | / % | 95 | 815 | |
| Opponents Totals | 227 | 109 | 106 | 12 | / % | / % | 104 | 880 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Swiacki | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Len Younce | 0 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 0 | 39 |
| Charley Conerly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Joe Scott | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ray Poole | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||
| Ray Coates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gene Roberts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tony Minisi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Sulaitis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Atwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Dobelstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Carl Fennema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Gehrke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Williams | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 40 | 42 | 95.2 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 | 1 | 297 |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 52 | 54 | 96.3 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 388 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Younce | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 1 | 18 | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Frank Williams | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 8 | 12.5 | 1 | 18 | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Roberts | 145 | 491 | 3.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 48 | 198 | 4.1 | 20 | 2 |
| Ray Coates | 50 | 176 | 3.5 | 18 | 3 |
| Tony Minisi | 36 | 160 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Charley Conerly | 40 | 160 | 4.0 | 40 | 5 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 10 | 1 |
| George Cheverko | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Jules Siegle | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Atwood | 9 | 6 | 0.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Art Faircloth | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Paul Governali | 6 | -48 | -8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 362 | 1219 | 3.4 | 40 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 481 | 2168 | 4.5 | 74t | 26 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Conerly | 299 | 162 | 162 | 124 | 2175 | 7.3 | 13.4 | 65t | 22 | 7.4 | 13 | 4.3 | 62 | 2113 | 84.0 | |
| Paul Governali | 56 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 280 | 5.0 | 10.4 | 24t | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.8 | 45 | 235 | 61.6 | |
| Ray Coates | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 13.0 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 7 | 135.4 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11.5 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 91.7 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Tony Minisi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 363 | 191 | 52.6 | 156 | 2504 | 6.9 | 13.1 | 65t | 24 | 6.6 | 16 | 4.4 | 78.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 311 | 157 | 50.5 | 115 | 2406 | 7.7 | 15.3 | 25 | 8.0 | 39 | 12.5 | 63.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Swiacki | 39 | 550 | 14.1 | 65t | 10 |
| Ray Poole | 35 | 492 | 14.1 | 51 | 3 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 26 | 298 | 11.5 | 26 | 1 |
| Joe Johnson | 19 | 217 | 11.4 | 23 | 2 |
| Joe Scott | 17 | 235 | 13.8 | 43 | 2 |
| Gene Roberts | 14 | 222 | 15.9 | 49t | 3 |
| Tony Minisi | 13 | 123 | 9.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Johnny Atwood | 10 | 141 | 14.1 | 54 | 1 |
| Bruce Gehrke | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 27 | 1 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Joyce Pipkin | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Paul Walker | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Frank Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 191 | 2504 | 13.1 | 65t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 157 | 2406 | 15.3 | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reagan | 9 | 145 | 16.1 | 45 | 0 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 7 | 116 | 16.6 | 43t | 1 |
| George Cheverko | 5 | 144 | 28.8 | 61 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Art Faircloth | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Don Ettinger | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Minisi | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Keuper | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bob Dobelstein | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Paul Walker | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Atwood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 561 | 14.4 | 61 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 216 | 13.5 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reagan | 61 | 2331 | 38.2 | 64 | 1 | |||||
| Charley Conerly | 17 | 678 | 39.9 | 53 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 78 | 3009 | 38.6 | 64 | 1 | 812 | 28.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 2249 | 39.5 | 212 | 33.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 12 | 115 | 9.6 | 25 | 0 | |
| Johnny Atwood | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Tony Minisi | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Joe Scott | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Gene Roberts | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| George Cheverko | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 212 | 8.8 | 25 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 812 | 14.8 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Scott | 20 | 569 | 28.5 | 99t | 1 | |
| Gene Roberts | 7 | 160 | 22.9 | 33 | 0 | |
| Ray Coates | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 26 | 0 | |
| Tony Minisi | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Charley Conerly | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| George Cheverko | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 35 | 0 | |
| Johnny Atwood | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jules Siegle | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Jim White | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Ed Royston | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Mike Garzoni | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Swiacki | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 57 | 1238 | 21.7 | 99t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1242 | 22.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Atwood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cannady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 0 |
| Ray Coates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Conerly | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -20 | 0 | |
| Don Ettinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Faircloth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Garzoni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Governali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Keuper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Minisi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joyce Pipkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Poole | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gene Roberts | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Royston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Schuler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jules Siegle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Swiacki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 11 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 1 |
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