1961 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 10-3-1 .769 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/31/1961 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-37 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 39029 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Erich Barnes | 49 | LCB | 6-2 | 201 | 26 | Purdue | 1 | 1 |
| Rosey Brown | 79 | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 29 | Morgan State | 1 | 1 |
| Don Chandler | 34 | P | 6-2 | 208 | 27 | Bacone Indian JC; Florida | 1 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 42 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 40 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 |
| Darrell Dess | 62 | LOG | 6-0 | 243 | 26 | North Carolina State | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Gaiters | 35 | RB | 5-10 | 210 | 23 | Santa Ana JC; New Mexico State | 1 | 0 |
| Rosey Grier | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 284 | 29 | Penn State | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Hayes | 52 | DL | 6-3 | 230 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 70 | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | West Virginia | 1 | 1 |
| Charlie Janerette | 72 | OL | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | Penn State | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Katcavage | 75 | LDE | 6-3 | 237 | 27 | Dayton | 1 | 1 |
| Phil King | 24 | RB | 6-4 | 223 | 25 | Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Larson | 53 | ROT | 6-2 | 249 | 22 | Minnesota | 1 | 1 |
| Cliff Livingston | 89 | LLB | 6-3 | 212 | 31 | Orange Coast JC; UCLA | 1 | 1 |
| Dick Lynch | 22 | RCB | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 77 | LDT | 6-0 | 258 | 30 | Maryland | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Morrison | 40 | LS | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Patton | 20 | RS | 5-11 | 183 | 28 | Mississippi | 1 | 1 |
| Andy Robustelli | 81 | RDE | 6-1 | 230 | 36 | Arnold | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 44 | FL | 6-0 | 199 | 33 | Southern Methodist | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Scott | 82 | RLB | 6-2 | 219 | 31 | Virginia | 1 | 1 |
| Del Shofner | 85 | SE | 6-3 | 188 | 27 | Baylor | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Simms | 83 | DL | 6-2 | 217 | 23 | Rutgers | 1 | 0 |
| Zeke Smith | 61 | OL | 6-2 | 233 | 25 | Auburn | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Stroud | 66 | ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 33 | Tennessee | 1 | 1 |
| Pat Summerall | 88 | OL | 6-4 | 228 | 31 | Arkansas | 1 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 35 | Louisiana State | 1 | 1 |
| Mickey Walker | 65 | OL | 6-0 | 232 | 22 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Walton | 80 | TE | 5-11 | 202 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 |
| Allan Webb | 21 | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | Arnold | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 29 | FB | 6-3 | 218 | 30 | North Carolina State | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Wells | 28 | HB | 6-1 | 198 | 26 | Clemson | 1 | 1 |
| Ray Wietecha | 55 | C | 6-1 | 225 | 33 | Michigan State; Northwestern | 1 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 37 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | / % | / % | 4 | 38 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | / % | / % | 4 | 16 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 37 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OWN | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| OPP | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Webster | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Phil King | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Gaiters | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 181 | 4.1 | 33 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 10 | 65 | 3.3 | 10.8 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 2 | 15 | 50 | 1.0 |
| Charley Conerly | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 54 | 6.8 | 13.5 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 71.9 |
| Bob Gaiters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 29 | 10 | 34.5 | 15 | 119 | 4.1 | 11.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 13.8 | 3 | 20 | 99 | 8.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 19 | 47.5 | 21 | 164 | 4.1 | 8.6 | 3 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 83.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Del Shofner | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Alex Webster | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Joe Walton | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 10 | 119 | 11.9 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 164 | 8.6 | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 172 | 34.4 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 192 | 38.4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 198 | 39.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Hayes | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Wells | 5 | 0 | 98 | 19.6 | 38 | 0 |
| Bob Gaiters | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gaiters | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Walker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Walton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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