1938 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 8-2-1 .800 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| Bo Molenda | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/7/1938 | H | Eastern All-Stars | 6-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 40382 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1938 | A | Pittsburgh Pirates | 27-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 17340 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1938 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-14 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 23877 | |
| Mon | 10/3/1938 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10-13 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 18805 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1938 | A | Washington Redskins | 10-7 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 37500 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1938 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 33187 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1938 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 28-14 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 36228 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1938 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 6-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 19648 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1938 | H | Cleveland Rams | 28-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 25000 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1938 | H | Green Bay Packers | 15-3 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 48279 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1938 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-7 | T | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 17400 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1938 | H | Washington Redskins | 36-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 57461 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/11/1938 | H | Green Bay Packers | 23-17 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 48120 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Hap Barnard | 24 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Central Oklahoma | 5 | 0 |
| Len Barnum | 10 | FB-LB-QB-RDH | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 10 | 3 |
| Dale Burnett | 18 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 187 | 30 | Emporia State | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Cole | 55 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 215 | 22 | Trinity (Texas) | 8 | 1 |
| Frank Cope | 36 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Santa Clara | 10 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 14 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 192 | 26 | Marquette | 11 | 11 |
| Ed Danowski | 22 | QB-S-TB-LDH | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Fordham | 11 | 8 |
| Johnny Dell Isola | 2 | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 201 | 26 | Fordham | 11 | 5 |
| Nello Falaschi | 28 | QB-S-FB-LB | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Santa Clara | 9 | 4 |
| Stan Galazin | 34 | C-LB-ROG-RDG | 6-3 | 213 | 29 | Villanova | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Gelatka | 29 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Mississippi State | 10 | 3 |
| Johnny Gildea | 17 | QB-S | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | St. Bonaventure | 9 | 2 |
| Jack Haden | 9 | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 232 | 24 | Arkansas | 11 | 4 |
| Ray Hanken | 37 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | George Washington | 10 | 1 |
| Mel Hein | 7 | C-LB | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | Washington State | 11 | 11 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 21 | ROE-RDE | 6-5 | 210 | 24 | Arkansas | 10 | 7 |
| Larry Johnson | 31 | C-LB | 6-3 | 223 | 29 | Haskell Indian | 10 | 0 |
| Bull Karcis | 11 | FB-LB-TB-LDH | 5-9 | 223 | 30 | Carnegie Mellon | 8 | 1 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 4 | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Oregon; George Washington | 10 | 3 |
| Ken Lunday | 5 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-3 | 215 | 26 | Northeastern Oklahoma JC; Arkansas | 11 | 6 |
| Tillie Manton | 16 | B | 5-11 | 188 | 28 | Texas Christian | 1 | 0 |
| John Mellus | 33 | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 214 | 21 | Villanova | 9 | 0 |
| Ox Parry | 44 | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 230 | 24 | Baylor | 10 | 7 |
| Jim Poole | 23 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 218 | 23 | Mississippi | 11 | 10 |
| Kink Richards | 13 | WB-RDH | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | Des Moines; Simpson | 9 | 0 |
| Leland Shaffer | 20 | FB-LB | 6-2 | 203 | 26 | Kansas State | 11 | 5 |
| Hank Soar | 15 | TB-LDH-FB-LB | 6-1 | 209 | 24 | Providence | 11 | 6 |
| Orville Tuttle | 42 | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 210 | 26 | Phillips; Oklahoma City | 11 | 8 |
| Willie Walls | 24 | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 214 | 26 | Texas Christian | 4 | 1 |
| Art White | 66 | ROG-RDG | 5-8 | 217 | 23 | Alabama | 10 | 2 |
| Ed Widseth | 50 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 223 | 28 | Minnesota-Crookston JC; Minnesota | 11 | 11 |
| Hugh Wolfe | 19 | FB-LB-TB-LDH | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Tarleton State JC; Texas | 8 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | George Karamatic | B | Gonzaga |
| 3 | 23 | Fred Vanzo | B | Northwestern |
| 5 | 38 | Marion Konemann | B | Georgia Tech |
| 6 | 48 | Frank Souchak | E | Pittsburgh |
| 7 | 58 | Kelly Moan | B | West Virginia |
| 8 | 68 | Ted Doyle | T | Nebraska |
| 9 | 78 | John Mellus | T | Villanova |
| 10 | 88 | Bob Grimstead | T | Washington State |
| 11 | 98 | Doug Oldershaw | G | California-Santa Barbara |
| 12 | 108 | Elmore Hackney | B | Duke |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 70 | 35 | 45 | 194 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 28 | 10 | 27 | 79 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 132 | / % | / % | 233 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 0 | 45 |
| Bull Karcis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tuffy Leemans | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Hank Soar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Chuck Gelatka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ray Hanken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jim Lee Howell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Leland Shaffer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Len Barnum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dale Burnett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Danowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mel Hein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Dell Isola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Kink Richards | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Johnny Gildea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tillie Manton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Wolfe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 21 | 26 | 80.8 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 1 | 194 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 10 | 11 | 90.9 | 1 | 0 | 79 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 1 | 36 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Johnny Gildea | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 1 | 36 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuffy Leemans | 121 | 463 | 3.8 | 4 | |
| Hank Soar | 122 | 401 | 3.3 | 2 | |
| Ed Danowski | 48 | 215 | 4.5 | 32 | 1 |
| Bull Karcis | 73 | 181 | 2.5 | 4 | |
| Kink Richards | 25 | 111 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Len Barnum | 35 | 97 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Ward Cuff | 18 | 38 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Hugh Wolfe | 15 | 19 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Dale Burnett | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Nello Falaschi | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Leland Shaffer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Gildea | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 466 | 1550 | 3.3 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 373 | 1114 | 3.0 | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Danowski | 129 | 70 | 54.3 | 51 | 848 | 6.6 | 12.1 | 7 | 5.4 | 8 | 6.2 | 66.9 | ||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 42 | 19 | 45.2 | 17 | 249 | 5.9 | 13.1 | 3 | 7.1 | 6 | 14.3 | 48.7 | ||||
| Len Barnum | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 4 | 45 | 7.5 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 18.8 | |||
| Hank Soar | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 0.0 | |||
| Hugh Wolfe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Kink Richards | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 186 | 91 | 48.9 | 76 | 1142 | 6.1 | 12.5 | 10 | 5.4 | 19 | 10.2 | 46.8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 226 | 77 | 34.1 | 115 | 914 | 4.0 | 11.9 | 5 | 2.2 | 34 | 15.0 | 15.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Soar | 13 | 164 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| Dale Burnett | 13 | 145 | 11.2 | 1 | |
| Jim Lee Howell | 12 | 163 | 13.6 | 2 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 12 | 86 | 7.2 | 2 | |
| Ward Cuff | 8 | 114 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| Chuck Gelatka | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 1 | |
| Jim Poole | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 32 | 1 |
| Ray Hanken | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 28t | 2 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Len Barnum | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Hugh Wolfe | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Hap Barnard | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Willie Walls | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Kink Richards | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Gildea | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Orville Tuttle | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 91 | 1142 | 12.5 | 10 | |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 914 | 11.9 | 5 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 1 | ||||
| Chuck Gelatka | 1 | ||||
| Mel Hein | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 34 | 3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 626 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 626 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Karcis | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 23 | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 2 |
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