| Washington Redskins at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1948 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 23156 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 53 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | LLB | Ed Quirk | ||
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Tony Minisi 14 pass from Charley Conerly (Len Younce kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Bill Swiacki 5 pass from Charley Conerly (Len Younce kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dick Todd 26 pass from Sammy Baugh (Dick Poillon kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Ed Quirk 1 run (Dick Poillon kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Hugh Taylor 24 pass from Sammy Baugh (Dick Poillon kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Ray Coates 1 run (Len Younce kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Hugh Taylor 66 pass from Sammy Baugh (Dick Poillon kick) | 28 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | LOE | Paul McKee |
| 49 | LOT | Johnny Sanchez |
| 16 | LOG | John Steber |
| 31 | C | Clyde Ehrhardt |
| 51 | ROG | Fred Boensch |
| 42 | ROT | John Adams |
| 22 | ROE | Doug Turley |
| 33 | QB | Sammy Baugh |
| 99 | LOH | Eddie Saenz |
| 0 | ROH | Steve Bagarus |
| 34 | FB | Ed Quirk |
| Defense | ||
| 12 | LDE | Herb Shoener |
| 49 | LDT | Johnny Sanchez |
| 16 | MG | John Steber |
| 42 | RDT | John Adams |
| 37 | RDE | Joe Tereshinski |
| 34 | LLB | Ed Quirk |
| 60 | MLB | Bill Gray |
| 53 | RLB | Al DeMao |
| 29 | LDH | Howard Hartley |
| 77 | RDH | Tommy Mont |
| 20 | S | Dan Sandifer |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LOE | Bill Swiacki |
| 77 | LOT | Jim White |
| 61 | LOG | Ed Royston |
| 52 | C | John Cannady |
| 60 | ROG | Len Younce |
| 75 | ROT | Bill Schuler |
| 82 | ROE | Ray Poole |
| 44 | BB | Frank Reagan |
| 42 | TB | Charley Conerly |
| 30 | HB | Joe Scott |
| 33 | FB | Frank Williams |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Paul Walker |
| 67 | LDT | Bob Dobelstein |
| 74 | MG | Don Ettinger |
| 75 | RDT | Bill Schuler |
| 31 | RDE | Joyce Pipkin |
| 33 | LLB | Frank Williams |
| 55 | MLB | Carl Fennema |
| 52 | RLB | John Cannady |
| 30 | LDH | Joe Scott |
| 44 | RDH | Frank Reagan |
| 45 | S | Emlen Tunnell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Ed Quirk | 12 | 97 | 8.1 | 24 | 1 |
| Jim Castiglia | 9 | 17 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Poillon | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Eddie Saenz | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Todd | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ray Coates | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 7 | 1 |
| Gene Roberts | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Scott | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Tony Minisi | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sammy Baugh | 42 | 25 | 59.5 | 3 | 354 | 8.4 | 3 | 0 | 80.8 | ||
| Jim Youel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 40 | 23 | 57.5 | 0 | 225 | 5.6 | 2 | 12 | 90.1 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Hugh Taylor | 9 | 194 | 21.6 | 2 | |
| Dick Todd | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 27 | 1 |
| Steve Bagarus | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Eddie Saenz | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Paul McKee | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Youel | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Castiglia | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bill Swiacki | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 1 | |
| Ray Poole | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tony Minisi | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Reagan | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Ettinger | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick Poillon | 4 | 151 | 37.8 | 54 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Reagan | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 62 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Dan Sandifer | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Saenz | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Eddie Saenz | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 41 | 0 | |
| Dan Sandifer | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Howard Hartley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Joe Scott | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | ||
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jim White | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
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