1939 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Division 9-1-1 .900 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| Bo Molenda | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/30/1939 | A | College All-Stars | 9-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 81456 | |
| Thu | 9/7/1939 | H | Eastern College All-Stars | 10-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 38667 | |
| Fri | 9/15/1939 | A | Eastern College All-Stars | 31-0 | W | Providence, RI | Cranston Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1939 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-3 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 30864 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1939 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-0 | T | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26341 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1939 | A | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 9663 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-10 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 34471 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1939 | H | Chicago Bears | 16-13 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 58693 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-6 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 34032 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1939 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-18 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 48492 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 17-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28217 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 23-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 19372 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 28-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 30144 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1939 | H | Washington Redskins | 9-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 62404 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/10/1939 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-27 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 32279 | |
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 |
| 10 | Len Barnum | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 11 | 2 |
| 18 | Dale Burnett | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 187 | 31 | Emporia State | 11 | 0 |
| 55 | Pete Cole | ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 215 | 23 | Trinity (Texas) | 10 | 0 |
| 36 | Frank Cope | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Santa Clara | 11 | 8 |
| 14 | Ward Cuff | ROH-RDH-BB-LB | 6-1 | 192 | 27 | Marquette | 9 | 8 |
| 22 | Ed Danowski | TB-S | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Fordham | 11 | 9 |
| 2 | Johnny Dell Isola | LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 201 | 27 | Fordham | 11 | 11 |
| 28 | Nello Falaschi | BB-LLB-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Santa Clara | 11 | 9 |
| 34 | Stan Galazin | C-LB | 6-3 | 213 | 30 | Villanova | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Chuck Gelatka | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Mississippi State | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Mel Hein | C-RLB | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | Washington State | 11 | 10 |
| 21 | Jim Lee Howell | ROE-RDE | 6-5 | 210 | 25 | Arkansas | 7 | 5 |
| 31 | Larry Johnson | C-LB | 6-3 | 223 | 30 | Haskell Indian | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | Bull Karcis | LOH-LDH | 5-9 | 223 | 31 | Carnegie Mellon | 10 | 0 |
| 27 | Harry Kline | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 196 | 26 | Emporia State | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | Tuffy Leemans | TB-S | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Oregon; George Washington | 10 | 2 |
| 5 | Ken Lunday | C-LB-OG-DG | 6-3 | 215 | 27 | Northeastern Oklahoma JC; Arkansas | 11 | 0 |
| 33 | John Mellus | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 214 | 22 | Villanova | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | Eddie Miller | TB-S-LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 166 | 23 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; New Mexico State | 8 | 0 |
| 39 | Doug Oldershaw | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | UC Santa Barbara | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | Al Owen | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 194 | 26 | St. Lawrence; Mercer | 6 | 1 |
| 44 | Ox Parry | ROT-RDT | 6-4 | 230 | 25 | Baylor | 11 | 3 |
| 23 | Jim Poole | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| 13 | Kink Richards | LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | Des Moines; Simpson | 9 | 2 |
| 20 | Leland Shaffer | FB-LB | 6-2 | 203 | 27 | Kansas State | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | Hank Soar | LOH-LDH | 6-1 | 209 | 25 | Providence | 11 | 6 |
| 30 | Ken Strong | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 206 | 33 | New York University | 9 | 3 |
| 42 | Orville Tuttle | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 210 | 27 | Phillips; Oklahoma City | 11 | 11 |
| 24 | Willie Walls | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 214 | 27 | Texas Christian | 10 | 6 |
| 66 | Art White | OG-DG | 5-8 | 217 | 24 | Alabama | 5 | 0 |
| 50 | Ed Widseth | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 223 | 29 | Minnesota-Crookston JC; Minnesota | 11 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 10 | Walt Nielsen | B | Arizona |
| 3 | 25 | John Chickerneo | B | Pittsburgh |
| 5 | 40 | Don Willis | B | Clemson |
| 6 | 50 | Jerry Ginney | G | Santa Clara |
| 7 | 60 | Lloyd Woodell | C | Arkansas |
| 8 | 70 | Pete Zagar | T | Stanford |
| 9 | 80 | Bob Mills | T | Nebraska |
| 10 | 90 | Tom Roberts | T | DePaul |
| 11 | 100 | Merle Miller | B | Washington |
| 12 | 110 | Bruno Schroeder | E | Texas A&M |
| 13 | 120 | Sam Aills | B | Centenary |
| 14 | 130 | George Watson | B | North Carolina |
| 15 | 140 | Gil Duggan | T | Oklahoma |
| 16 | 150 | Ted Panish | B | Bradley |
| 17 | 160 | Jack Sanders | T | Southern Methodist |
| 18 | 170 | Will Dolman | E | California |
| 19 | 180 | Bill Paulman | B | Stanford |
| 20 | 190 | Lyle Smith | G | Tulane |
| 21 | 195 | Mario Tonelli | B | Notre Dame |
| 22 | 200 | Jack Rhodes | G | Texas |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 50 | 51 | 44 | |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 24 | 6 | 43 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 109 | / % | / % | 267 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 0 | 39 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Len Barnum | 2 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 24 |
| Hank Soar | 3 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Ken Strong | 0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Harry Kline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Owen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kink Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 18 | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 14 | 32 | 43.8 | 0 | 168 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 8 | 0 | 85 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 7 | 16 | 43.8 | 0 | 43 | 1/ | 1/ | 2/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| Ken Strong | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 24 | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Len Barnum | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 1 | 46 | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| Hank Soar | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 14 | 32 | 43.8 | 1 | 46 | 4/ | 3/ | 3/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 2/ | 1/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuffy Leemans | 128 | 429 | 3.4 | 3 | |
| Len Barnum | 91 | 237 | 2.6 | 2 | |
| Hank Soar | 66 | 158 | 2.4 | 2 | |
| Kink Richards | 40 | 117 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Ward Cuff | 23 | 102 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Eddie Miller | 30 | 99 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Bull Karcis | 31 | 93 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Ed Danowski | 25 | 21 | 0.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Al Owen | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Nello Falaschi | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dale Burnett | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Strong | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 448 | 1281 | 2.9 | 9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 406 | 1216 | 3.0 | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Danowski | 101 | 42 | 42 | 53 | 437 | 4.3 | 10.4 | 53 | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 5.9 | 39.9 | |||
| Eddie Miller | 23 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 195 | 8.5 | 15.0 | 34 | 2 | 8.7 | 2 | 8.7 | 77.3 | |||
| Tuffy Leemans | 26 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 198 | 7.6 | 16.5 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.7 | 40.2 | |||
| Len Barnum | 27 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 141 | 5.2 | 17.6 | 47t | 3 | 11.1 | 1 | 3.7 | 70.4 | |||
| Team Totals | 177 | 75 | 42.4 | 91 | 971 | 5.5 | 12.9 | 8 | 4.5 | 11 | 6.2 | 49.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 222 | 89 | 40.1 | 98 | 1283 | 5.8 | 14.4 | 3 | 1.4 | 35 | 15.8 | 24.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Soar | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 2 | |
| Dale Burnett | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Tuffy Leemans | 8 | 185 | 23.1 | 50 | 2 |
| Jim Poole | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 0 | |
| Chuck Gelatka | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Lee Howell | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 2 | |
| Nello Falaschi | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Harry Kline | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Len Barnum | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Al Owen | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 39 | 1 |
| Kink Richards | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Leland Shaffer | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Willie Walls | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 75 | 971 | 12.9 | 8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 89 | 1283 | 14.4 | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Soar | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 35 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Barnum | 29 | 1181 | 40.7 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Ed Danowski | 29 | 1105 | 38.1 | 56 | 1 | |||||
| Ken Strong | 5 | 277 | 55.4 | 69 | 0 | |||||
| Eddie Miller | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 47 | 0 | |||||
| Kink Richards | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 69 | 2785 | 40.4 | 69 | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 534 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 534 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 21 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 1 |
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