1941 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 8-3-0 .727 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| Ed Danowski | Assistant Coach |
| Bill Owen | Line |
| Mike Palm | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/23/1941 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-17 | T | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 10800 | |
| Sun | 8/31/1941 | N | Kenosha Cardinals | 34-7 | W | St. Paul, MN | St. Thomas Field | 7000 | |
| Wed | 9/3/1941 | H | Eastern All-Stars | 23-3 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 54279 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1941 | A | Chicago Bears | 8-14 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 20493 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1941 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 38747 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1941 | A | Churchill Pros | 41-0 | W | Springfield, MA | Pynchon Park | 4000 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1941 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-10 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 35677 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1941 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 37-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 13458 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1941 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 16-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 35842 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1941 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 24604 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1941 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 13-16 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 28675 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1941 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7-10 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 29289 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1941 | H | Detroit Lions | 20-13 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 27875 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1941 | H | Cleveland Rams | 49-14 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 32740 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1941 | H | Washington Redskins | 20-13 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 49317 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1941 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-21 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 55051 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/21/1941 | A | Chicago Bears | 9-37 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 13341 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tony Blazine | 69 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 232 | 29 | Illinois Wesleyan | 11 | 2 |
| Frank Cope | 36 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | Santa Clara | 11 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 14 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 192 | 29 | Marquette | 11 | 10 |
| Ed Danowski | 22 | TB-S | 6-1 | 200 | 30 | Fordham | 6 | 0 |
| Lou DeFilippo | 55 | C-LB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Fordham | 11 | 0 |
| Vince Dennery | 52 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Fordham | 9 | 0 |
| Kay Eakin | 12 | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | Arkansas | 11 | 1 |
| Monk Edwards | 60 | LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 213 | 21 | Baylor | 11 | 10 |
| Len Eshmont | 2 | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 179 | 24 | Fordham | 9 | 5 |
| Nello Falaschi | 26 | QB-S | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Santa Clara | 11 | 11 |
| George Franck | 13 | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Minnesota | 11 | 3 |
| Chet Gladchuk | 11 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 247 | 24 | Boston College | 7 | 0 |
| Mel Hein | 7 | C-LB | 6-2 | 225 | 32 | Washington State | 11 | 11 |
| Dick Horne | 49 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 214 | 23 | Compton JC; Oregon | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 21 | ROE-RDE | 6-5 | 210 | 27 | Arkansas | 11 | 11 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 4 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Oregon; George Washington | 11 | 11 |
| Jack Lummus | 29 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 200 | 26 | Baylor | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Lunday | 5 | OG-DG-C-LB | 6-3 | 215 | 29 | Northeastern Oklahoma JC; Arkansas | 11 | 0 |
| Andy Marefos | 70 | FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 223 | 24 | St. Mary's (California) | 10 | 0 |
| Clint McClain | 17 | WB-RDH | 5-9 | 190 | 23 | Weatherford JC; Southern Methodist | 6 | 0 |
| John Mellus | 33 | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 214 | 24 | Villanova | 11 | 11 |
| Doug Oldershaw | 39 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | UC Santa Barbara | 10 | 6 |
| Win Pedersen | 66 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Minnesota | 10 | 5 |
| Jim Poole | 23 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 218 | 26 | Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| Dom Principe | 25 | QB-S | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Fordham | 8 | 0 |
| Marion Pugh | 30 | TB-S | 6-1 | 187 | 22 | Texas A&M | 5 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 8 | TB-LDH-QB-S | 5-11 | 182 | 22 | Pennsylvania | 5 | 2 |
| Leland Shaffer | 20 | QB-S | 6-2 | 203 | 29 | Kansas State | 9 | 0 |
| Hank Soar | 15 | TB-LDH | 6-1 | 209 | 27 | Providence | 11 | 0 |
| Ben Sohn | 44 | LOG-LDG | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Southern California | 11 | 3 |
| Orville Tuttle | 42 | LOG-LDG | 5-9 | 210 | 29 | Phillips; Oklahoma City | 11 | 2 |
| Don Vosberg | 49 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | Marquette | 7 | 0 |
| Willie Walls | 24 | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 214 | 29 | Texas Christian | 11 | 0 |
| Howie Yeager | 6 | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 178 | 26 | UC Santa Barbara | 10 | 1 |
| Len Younce | 32 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 208 | 24 | Oregon State | 11 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | George Franck | B | Minnesota |
| 3 | 22 | Frank Reagan | B | Pennsylvania |
| 5 | 36 | Len Eshmont | B | Fordham |
| 6 | 47 | Lou DeFilippo | C | Fordham |
| 7 | 56 | Don Vosberg | E | Marquette |
| 8 | 67 | Len Younce | G | Oregon State |
| 9 | 76 | Ben Sohn | G | Southern California |
| 10 | 87 | Walt Matuszak | B | Cornell |
| 11 | 96 | Bobby Peoples | B | Southern California |
| 12 | 107 | Andy Marefos | B | St. Mary's (California) |
| 13 | 116 | Cass Brovarney | G | Detroit Mercy |
| 14 | 127 | Arnie Moore | E | Mississippi State |
| 15 | 136 | Johnny Black | B | Arizona |
| 16 | 147 | Wilson Lucas | E | Baylor |
| 17 | 156 | Jack Anderson | T | Baylor |
| 18 | 167 | Dave Allerdice | B | Princeton |
| 19 | 176 | Chuck Peters | B | Penn State |
| 20 | 187 | Earle Stone | C | Washington State |
| 21 | 193 | Jack Dungan | T | Arizona |
| 22 | 201 | Ted Fisher | E | Carnegie Mellon |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 48 | 58 | 51 | 81 | 238 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 48 | 20 | 36 | 114 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 110 | 68 | 33 | 9 | / % | / % | 40 | 323 | |
| Opponents Totals | 116 | 64 | 47 | 5 | / % | / % | 47 | 371 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 0 | 46 |
| Andy Marefos | 2 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 30 |
| George Franck | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tuffy Leemans | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Frank Reagan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Howie Yeager | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Poole | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Clint McClain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Cope | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Vince Dennery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kay Eakin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Jim Lee Howell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Oldershaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Win Pedersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hank Soar | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Marion Pugh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 28 | 30 | 93.3 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 0 | 238 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 0 | 114 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 0 | 38 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/3 |
| Andy Marefos | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 38 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Win Pedersen | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Kay Eakin | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 0 | 38 | 3/7 | 5/7 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuffy Leemans | 100 | 332 | 3.3 | 26 | 4 |
| Len Eshmont | 50 | 164 | 3.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 28 | 157 | 5.6 | 37 | 0 |
| Andy Marefos | 60 | 153 | 2.6 | 11 | 2 |
| Frank Reagan | 35 | 146 | 4.2 | 21t | 4 |
| George Franck | 48 | 101 | 2.1 | 17 | 3 |
| Hank Soar | 29 | 90 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Howie Yeager | 22 | 67 | 3.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Marion Pugh | 24 | 50 | 2.1 | 45 | 0 |
| Clint McClain | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 11t | 2 |
| Dom Principe | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kay Eakin | 27 | -5 | -0.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 433 | 1296 | 3.0 | 45 | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 408 | 1166 | 2.9 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuffy Leemans | 66 | 31 | 47.0 | 30 | 475 | 7.2 | 15.3 | 44 | 4 | 6.1 | 5 | 7.6 | 59.8 | |||
| Ed Danowski | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 10 | 179 | 7.5 | 14.9 | 65t | 2 | 8.3 | 2 | 8.3 | 67.9 | |||
| Marion Pugh | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 12 | 161 | 6.7 | 13.4 | 53t | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 85.6 | |||
| Kay Eakin | 19 | 5 | 26.3 | 10 | 71 | 3.7 | 14.2 | 41t | 1 | 5.3 | 4 | 21.1 | 20.6 | |||
| Hank Soar | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 75 | 15.0 | 25.0 | 38t | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 143.8 | |||
| Len Eshmont | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 32 | 10.7 | 16.0 | 16 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 141.7 | |||
| Andy Marefos | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 5 | 79 | 9.9 | 39.5 | 65t | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 68.2 | |||
| Frank Reagan | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 5 | 16 | 2.7 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||
| George Franck | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 156 | 68 | 43.6 | 76 | 1088 | 7.0 | 16.0 | 65t | 11 | 7.1 | 12 | 7.7 | 58.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 218 | 103 | 47.2 | 86 | 1212 | 5.6 | 11.8 | 7 | 3.2 | 29 | 13.3 | 35.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 19 | 317 | 16.7 | 41t | 2 |
| Howie Yeager | 11 | 220 | 20.0 | 65t | 3 |
| George Franck | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 44t | 1 |
| Jim Poole | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 16t | 2 |
| Kay Eakin | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 38t | 1 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 42 | 1 |
| Dom Principe | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Willie Walls | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Ed Danowski | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Vince Dennery | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Len Eshmont | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Nello Falaschi | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Lummus | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Andy Marefos | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Leland Shaffer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 68 | 1088 | 16.0 | 65t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 103 | 1212 | 11.8 | 7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 4 | 152 | 38.0 | 43 | 0 |
| George Franck | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Andy Marefos | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Kay Eakin | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Hank Soar | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Len Younce | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Clint McClain | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Doug Oldershaw | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Chet Gladchuk | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Poole | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Nello Falaschi | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mel Hein | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Lunday | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Leland Shaffer | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Win Pedersen | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 569 | 19.6 | 45 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 105 | 8.8 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kay Eakin | 20 | 949 | 47.5 | 71 | 0 | |||||
| George Franck | 18 | 717 | 39.8 | 70 | 0 | |||||
| Frank Reagan | 13 | 488 | 37.5 | 54 | 1 | |||||
| Len Eshmont | 11 | 433 | 39.4 | 66 | 0 | |||||
| Ed Danowski | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 40 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 64 | 2660 | 41.6 | 71 | 1 | 469 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 717 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuffy Leemans | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 18 | 0 | |
| George Franck | 13 | 194 | 14.9 | 31 | 0 | |
| Len Eshmont | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 34 | 0 | |
| Frank Reagan | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 27 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Howie Yeager | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Marion Pugh | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 717 | 15.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 469 | 14.2 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Franck | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Yeager | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 0 | ||
| Tuffy Leemans | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Len Eshmont | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Reagan | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Nello Falaschi | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Walls | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 20 | 467 | 23.4 | 0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 1007 | 22.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 25 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 0 |
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