1945 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 3rd place Eastern Division 3-6-1 .333 |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 9/14/1945 | A | Cleveland Rams | 23-38 | L | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 13656 | |
| Tue | 9/18/1945 | A | Boston Yanks | 3-14 | L | Lynn, MA | Manning Bowl | 8000 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1945 | N | Chicago Bears | 13-14 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 11947 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1945 | A | Camp Lee | 21-0 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1945 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-6 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 20097 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1945 | A | Boston Yanks | 13-13 | T | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 33113 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1945 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-21 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 43070 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1945 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-24 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 55461 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1945 | H | Cleveland Rams | 17-21 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 46219 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1945 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-38 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 30047 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1945 | H | Detroit Lions | 35-14 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 38215 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1945 | H | Green Bay Packers | 14-23 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 52681 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1945 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-21 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 45372 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1945 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-17 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 34788 | |
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 |
| 28 | Verlin Adams | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Charleston | 9 | 4 |
| 6 | Elmer Barbour | BB-S | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Wake Forest | 4 | 3 |
| 42 | Hub Barker | BB-S | 5-10 | 193 | 27 | Arkansas | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Vic Carroll | ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 6-3 | 231 | 33 | Pasadena CC; Nevada-Reno | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | Frank Cope | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | Santa Clara | 9 | 8 |
| 14 | Ward Cuff | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 192 | 33 | Marquette | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | Lou DeFilippo | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Fordham | 9 | 5 |
| 19 | Jack Doolan | HB-DH | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Georgetown (DC) | 5 | 0 |
| 70 | Lou Eaton | OT-DT | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | California | 2 | 0 |
| 34/8 | Steve Filipowicz | FB-LB | 5-8 | 198 | 24 | Fordham | 10 | 6 |
| 70 | Sam Fox | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Ohio State | 8 | 6 |
| 5 | George Franck | HB-DH | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | Minnesota | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Bob Garner | OT-DT | 6-0 | 238 | 22 | none | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Carl Grate | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 215 | 25 | Georgia | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | Mel Hein | C-LB | 6-2 | 225 | 36 | Washington State | 10 | 10 |
| 20 | Arnie Herber | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 203 | 35 | Wisconsin; Regis | 10 | 0 |
| 43 | John Hovious | TB-LDH | 5-8 | 180 | 26 | Mississippi | 5 | 3 |
| 39 | Herb Kane | OT-DT | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | East Central | 3 | 0 |
| 60 | Tom Kearns | OT-DT | 6-3 | 244 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | Mike Klotovich | TB-LDH | 5-10 | 186 | 28 | St. Mary's (California) | 6 | 1 |
| 22 | Frank Liebel | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 211 | 26 | Norwich | 10 | 0 |
| 34 | Virgil Lindahl | OE-DE | 6-1 | 204 | 26 | Wayne State (Nebraska) | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Jim Little | OT-DT | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Kentucky | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Howie Livingston | TB-LDH-FB-LB-ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Fullerton JC | 10 | 7 |
| 18 | Frank Martin | HB-DH | 5-9 | 177 | 26 | Alabama | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | Bob Morrow | BB-S | 6-0 | 222 | 27 | Illinois Wesleyan | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Bill Paschal | TB-LDH-FB-LB | 6-0 | 201 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | Win Pedersen | OT-DT | 6-3 | 225 | 30 | Minnesota | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | Bill Petrilas | TB-LDH-BB-S | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | none | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | Bill Piccolo | C-LB | 5-10 | 184 | 25 | Canisius | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Jim Poole | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 218 | 30 | Mississippi | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Marion Pugh | TB-LDH | 6-1 | 187 | 26 | Texas A&M | 6 | 2 |
| 39 | Phil Ragazzo | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 216 | 30 | Western Reserve | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Leland Shaffer | BB-S | 6-2 | 203 | 33 | Kansas State | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Ed Shedlosky | WB-RDH | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Fordham; Tulsa | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Jim Sivell | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 205 | 31 | Auburn | 6 | 6 |
| 27 | Hal Springer | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | Central Oklahoma | 9 | 2 |
| 50 | Ken Strong | K | 6-0 | 206 | 39 | New York University | 9 | 0 |
| 37 | Joe Sulaitis | BB-S | 6-2 | 212 | 24 | none | 8 | 6 |
| 55 | Army Tomaini | LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 245 | 27 | Catawba | 8 | 1 |
| 69 | Frank Umont | OG-DG | 5-11 | 220 | 28 | none | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | Larry Visnic | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 195 | 27 | St. Benedict's | 9 | 4 |
| 11 | Johnny Weiss | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 198 | 24 | none | 10 | 10 |
| 12 | Art White | LOG-LDG | 5-8 | 217 | 30 | Alabama | 4 | 3 |
| 30 | Harry Wynne | LOE-LDE | 6-4 | 203 | 25 | Arkansas | 6 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 10 | Elmer Barbour | B | Wake Forest |
| 3 | 26 | Gordon Appleby | C | Ohio State |
| 5 | 42 | Ed Castleberry | B | West Texas A&M |
| 6 | 53 | Barney Poole | E | Mississippi |
| 7 | 64 | Jack Mead | E | Wisconsin |
| 8 | 75 | Nick Vodick | B | Northwestern |
| 9 | 86 | John Rudan | B | Marquette |
| 10 | 97 | Vic Smith | B | UCLA |
| 11 | 108 | Jim Young | T | Arkansas |
| 12 | 119 | Billy Bevis | B | Tennessee |
| 13 | 130 | Bob Boozer | T | Arkansas |
| 14 | 141 | Stan Rhoades | B | Mississippi State |
| 15 | 152 | Jack Wink | B | Wisconsin |
| 16 | 163 | Jim Little | T | Kentucky |
| 17 | 174 | Bob Jabbusch | G | Ohio State |
| 18 | 185 | Bill Byrd | C | Maryland |
| 19 | 196 | Glenn Morries | T | Texas |
| 20 | 207 | Pete Davis | B | Santa Clara |
| 21 | 218 | Sammy Vacanti | B | Nebraska |
| 22 | 229 | Verne Oliver | C | Washington State |
| 23 | 240 | Jim Chadwell | T | Tennessee |
| 24 | 251 | Vince Mroz | E | Michigan State |
| 25 | 262 | George Kita | B | Drake |
| 26 | 273 | Doug Graham | T | Stanford |
| 27 | 284 | Jack Dillon | E | Texas Tech |
| 28 | 295 | Charley Anthony | B | Brown |
| 29 | 306 | Joyce Pipkin | B | Arkansas |
| 30 | 317 | Joe Wolf | C | Southern California |
| 31 | 323 | Bill Broderick | T | Utah |
| 32 | 329 | John Staples | G | Alabama |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 40 | 56 | 31 | 52 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 64 | 44 | 45 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 98 | 50 | 38 | 10 | / % | / % | 56 | 492 | |
| Opponents Totals | 140 | 77 | 55 | 8 | / % | / % | 55 | 472 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Liebel | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Ken Strong | 0 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 41 |
| Howie Livingston | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Steve Filipowicz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sam Fox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Paschal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Piccolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Weiss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 23 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 179 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 24 | 26 | 92.3 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 198 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Strong | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 45 | 0/ | 4/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| Team Totals | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 45 | 0/ | 4/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0 | 1/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Paschal | 59 | 247 | 4.2 | 77t | 2 |
| Ward Cuff | 48 | 214 | 4.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Steve Filipowicz | 53 | 142 | 2.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Howie Livingston | 40 | 109 | 2.7 | 13 | 3 |
| George Franck | 29 | 42 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Doolan | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Klotovich | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Ed Shedlosky | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Hovious | 22 | -7 | -0.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Arnie Herber | 6 | -27 | -4.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Marion Pugh | 24 | -52 | -2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 316 | 769 | 2.4 | 77t | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 395 | 1643 | 4.2 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Herber | 80 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 641 | 8.0 | 18.3 | 54t | 9 | 11.3 | 8 | 10.0 | 69.8 | |||
| Marion Pugh | 58 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 390 | 6.7 | 14.4 | 47 | 3 | 5.2 | 3 | 5.2 | 64.6 | |||
| John Hovious | 46 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 373 | 8.1 | 17.0 | 53t | 4 | 8.7 | 5 | 10.9 | 65.1 | |||
| Joe Sulaitis | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 126 | 9.7 | 18.0 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 87.3 | |||
| George Franck | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 83.3 | |||
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Steve Filipowicz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 201 | 92 | 45.8 | 93 | 1534 | 7.6 | 16.7 | 54 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 8.0 | 65.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 99 | 53.2 | 74 | 1410 | 7.6 | 14.2 | 6 | 3.2 | 13 | 7.0 | 59.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Liebel | 22 | 593 | 27.0 | 54t | 10 |
| Howie Livingston | 14 | 250 | 17.9 | 47 | 2 |
| Ward Cuff | 12 | 172 | 14.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Sam Fox | 10 | 120 | 12.0 | 28 | 2 |
| Jack Doolan | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Steve Filipowicz | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 26t | 1 |
| Hal Springer | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Johnny Weiss | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 39t | 1 |
| George Franck | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Ed Shedlosky | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Harry Wynne | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Klotovich | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Virgil Lindahl | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 92 | 1534 | 16.7 | 54t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 99 | 1410 | 14.2 | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Livingston | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Mel Hein | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Petrilas | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Liebel | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Phil Ragazzo | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Verlin Adams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Visnic | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 118 | 9.1 | 38 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 336 | 21.0 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Franck | 22 | 832 | 37.8 | 57 | 0 | |||||
| Howie Livingston | 13 | 481 | 37.0 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| Mike Klotovich | 11 | 423 | 38.5 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Ken Strong | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Arnie Herber | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 50 | 1921 | 38.4 | 62 | 0 | 27.3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 295 | 29.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 10 | 124 | 12.4 | 41 | 0 | |
| Howie Livingston | 13 | 106 | 8.2 | 16 | 0 | |
| Ed Shedlosky | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Steve Filipowicz | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| George Franck | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Frank Martin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 295 | 10.9 | 41 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 10.9 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Howie Livingston | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Jack Doolan | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 47 | 0 | |
| George Franck | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 36 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bill Paschal | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Ed Shedlosky | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Johnny Weiss | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Steve Filipowicz | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| John Hovious | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Frank Martin | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Sam Fox | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Larry Visnic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 649 | 21.6 | 47 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Barbour | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Cope | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -13 | 0 | |
| Lou DeFilippo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Doolan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Filipowicz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |
| Sam Fox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| George Franck | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Mel Hein | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnie Herber | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Hovious | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Klotovich | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Liebel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Piccolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Jim Sivell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Springer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Umont | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Weiss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 23 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 0 |
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