1949 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 6-6-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| Allie Sherman | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/24/1949 | N | Green Bay Packers | 7-14 | L | Syracuse, NY | Archbold Stadium | 20000 | |
| Thu | 9/1/1949 | H | Eastern College All-Stars | 13-28 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 32094 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1949 | A | Chicago Bears | 17-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 32560 | |
| Wed | 9/14/1949 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 7-14 | L | Omaha, NE | Rosenblatt Stadium | 13110 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1949 | N | Detroit Lions | 6-21 | L | St. Paul, MN | Central High School Stadium | 7000 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1949 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-28 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 20957 | |
| Fri | 9/30/1949 | A | New York Bulldogs | 38-14 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 17704 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1949 | A | Washington Redskins | 45-35 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 30073 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-21 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 29911 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | H | Chicago Bears | 35-28 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 30587 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 41-38 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 21339 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | H | New York Bulldogs | 24-31 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 23222 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | A | Green Bay Packers | 30-10 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 20151 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | H | Detroit Lions | 21-45 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 14661 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1949 | H | Washington Redskins | 23-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 12985 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-24 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 25446 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1949 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-17 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 21022 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ben Agajanian | 41 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Austin | 75 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 223 | 21 | Oregon State | 12 | 3 |
| Jon Baker | 76 | RLB-ROG | 6-2 | 214 | 26 | California | 12 | 12 |
| Carl Butkus | 62 | LOG-MG | 6-1 | 245 | 27 | George Washington | 11 | 11 |
| John Cannady | 52 | MLB | 6-2 | 227 | 26 | Indiana | 12 | 12 |
| Ray Coates | 49 | LDH-LOH | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Louisiana State | 12 | 11 |
| Jake Colhouer | 63 | LOG-MG | 6-1 | 211 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 9 | 2 |
| Charley Conerly | 42 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Tex Coulter | 79 | C-LB? | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Army | 12 | 12 |
| Al DeRogatis | 78 | RDT-ROT | 6-4 | 239 | 22 | Duke | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Duden | 87 | LDE-LOE | 6-3 | 212 | 25 | Navy | 11 | 10 |
| Don Ettinger | 74 | LLB-LOG | 6-2 | 215 | 28 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| Carl Fennema | 55 | C-LB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Compton JC; Washington | 2 | 0 |
| Clete Fischer | 37 | ROH-RDH | 5-9 | 170 | 24 | Nebraska | 12 | 2 |
| Bob Greenhalgh | 12 | FB | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Notre Dame; San Francisco | 9 | 6 |
| Dick Hensley | 85 | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 213 | 22 | Kentucky | 9 | 0 |
| Ralph Hutchinson | 71 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 12 | 1 |
| George Kershaw | 86 | RDE | 6-3 | 220 | 22 | Colgate | 9 | 0 |
| Ed Kolman | 72 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 232 | 34 | Temple | 12 | 1 |
| Frank LoVuolo | 89 | LDE-LOE | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | St. Bonaventure | 12 | 3 |
| Ray Mallouf | 22 | QB-S | 5-11 | 180 | 31 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 0 |
| Bus Mertes | 34/23 | FB | 6-0 | 201 | 30 | North Central; Iowa | 7 | 1 |
| Noah Mullins | 20 | RDH-ROH | 5-11 | 182 | 31 | Kentucky | 11 | 11 |
| Ray Poole | 82 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 215 | 28 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Gene Roberts | 35 | LOH | 5-11 | 188 | 26 | Kansas; Tennessee-Chattanooga | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Royston | 61 | ROG-MG | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | Wake Forest | 12 | 11 |
| Jack Salscheider | 40 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | St. Thomas (Minnesota) | 12 | 2 |
| Johnny Sanchez | 70 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 239 | 29 | Los Angeles CC; San Francisco; Whittier; San Francisco | 9 | 1 |
| Joe Scott | 30 | ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 198 | 23 | Texas A&M; San Francisco | 7 | 7 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 21 | FB-LB? | 6-2 | 212 | 28 | none | 12 | 5 |
| Bill Swiacki | 81 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | Holy Cross; Columbia | 12 | 10 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 45 | S | 6-1 | 193 | 25 | Toledo; Iowa | 11 | 11 |
| Jim White | 77 | LDT-LOT | 6-2 | 227 | 29 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Paul Page | B | Southern Methodist |
| 2 | 14 | Al DeRogatis | T | Duke |
| 3 | 24 | Bill Olson | B | Columbia |
| 4 | 35 | Bill Kay | T | Iowa |
| 5 | 46 | J.D. Cheek | G | Oklahoma State |
| 6 | 55 | Abe Gibron | G | Purdue |
| 7 | 66 | Frank LoVuolo | E | St. Bonaventure |
| 8 | 75 | Jack Salscheider | B | St. Thomas (Minnesota) |
| 9 | 86 | Joe Soboleski | G | Michigan |
| 10 | 95 | Gene Rossides | B | Columbia |
| 11 | 106 | Dick Hensley | E | Kentucky |
| 12 | 115 | Guy Sundheim | B | Northwestern |
| 13 | 126 | Bill Austin | T | Oregon State |
| 14 | 135 | Norby Adams | B | Purdue |
| 15 | 146 | Ralph Pickelsimer | C | Otterbein |
| 16 | 155 | Jerry Morrical | T | Indiana |
| 17 | 166 | Wally Teninga | B | Michigan |
| 18 | 175 | Dick Nutt | B | North Texas |
| 19 | 186 | Ken McCall | B | Georgia |
| 20 | 195 | Pat O'sullivan | C | Alabama |
| 21 | 206 | A.D. Cate | G | North Texas |
| 22 | 215 | Tom Fetzer | B | Wake Forest |
| 23 | 226 | Clete Fischer | B | Nebraska |
| 24 | 235 | Don McAuliffe | B | Navy |
| 25 | 246 | Gene Degyansky | E | Baldwin-Wallace |
| 25 | 250 | Ralph Doran | B | Iowa |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 65 | 61 | 100 | 61 | 287 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 93 | 66 | 90 | 298 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 177 | 75 | 87 | 15 | / % | / % | 88 | 800 | |
| Opponents Totals | 232 | 104 | 110 | 18 | / % | / % | 64 | 559 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Roberts | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | ||
| Ben Agajanian | 0 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 0 | 59 |
| Joe Scott | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bill Swiacki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Emlen Tunnell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ray Coates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Derogatis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clete Fischer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank LoVuolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Noah Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Salscheider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Unidentified) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 35 | 38 | 92.1 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 0 | 287 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 298 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 0 | 40 | 0/4 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 0 | 40 | 0/4 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 2/ | 4/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Roberts | 152 | 634 | 4.2 | 63t | 9 |
| Joe Scott | 70 | 224 | 3.2 | 13 | 6 |
| Bob Greenhalgh | 62 | 188 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Salscheider | 26 | 105 | 4.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Clete Fischer | 26 | 72 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Coates | 27 | 55 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bus Mertes | 16 | 46 | 2.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 23 | 42 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Mallouf | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Noah Mullins | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 419 | 1404 | 3.4 | 63t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 465 | 1664 | 3.6 | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Conerly | 305 | 152 | 49.8 | 133 | 2138 | 7.0 | 14.1 | 85t | 17 | 5.6 | 20 | 6.6 | 223 | 1915 | 64.1 | |
| Ray Mallouf | 16 | 3 | 18.8 | 11 | 19 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12.5 | 10 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Gene Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 322 | 155 | 48.1 | 144 | 2157 | 6.7 | 13.9 | 85t | 17 | 5.3 | 23 | 7.1 | 233 | 1924 | 57.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 374 | 193 | 51.6 | 159 | 2460 | 6.6 | 12.7 | 16 | 4.3 | 22 | 5.9 | 213 | 2247 | 62.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Swiacki | 47 | 652 | 13.9 | 42 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Gene Roberts | 35 | 711 | 20.3 | 85t | 8 | ||||
| Ray Poole | 25 | 277 | 11.1 | 40 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Scott | 15 | 111 | 7.4 | 24t | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ray Coates | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 51 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Salscheider | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clete Fischer | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 36t | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Greenhalgh | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Hensley | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Duden | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank LoVuolo | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bus Mertes | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noah Mullins | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24t | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 155 | 2157 | 13.9 | 85t | 17 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 193 | 2460 | 12.7 | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 10 | 251 | 25.1 | 55t | 2 |
| Noah Mullins | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Clete Fischer | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Ettinger | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ray Coates | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Austin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Mallouf | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 336 | 15.3 | 55t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 226 | 9.8 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Mallouf | 57 | 2129 | 37.4 | 50 | 1 | |||||
| Jack Salscheider | 14 | 495 | 35.4 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| Charley Conerly | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 36 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 73 | 2694 | 36.9 | 50 | 1 | 598 | 28.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2506 | 38.6 | 457 | 30.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 26 | 315 | 12.1 | 67t | 1 | |
| Clete Fischer | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ray Coates | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 457 | 11.7 | 67t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 598 | 11.5 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Salscheider | 15 | 474 | 31.6 | 95t | 1 | |
| Clete Fischer | 8 | 188 | 23.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| Joe Scott | 7 | 203 | 29.0 | 70 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Ed Kolman | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Gene Roberts | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Ray Poole | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 961 | 26.0 | 95t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 1092 | 22.8 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Austin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Baker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cannady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Ray Coates | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Conerly | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tex Coulter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al DeRogatis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Duden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Ettinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clete Fischer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Greenhalgh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Kershaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Kolman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank LoVuolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 1 |
| Ray Mallouf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| Bus Mertes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Noah Mullins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Ray Poole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Roberts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Royston | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Salscheider | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 45 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 2 |
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