1951 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Conference • 9-2-1 .818 |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| Jim Lee Howell | Ends |
| Ed Kolman | Line |
| Allie Sherman | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/11/1951 | A | Ottawa Rough Riders | 41-18 | W | Ottawa, ON | Lansdowne Park | 18000 | |
| Fri | 8/24/1951 | N | Detroit Lions | 21-31 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 56000 | |
| Sun | 9/2/1951 | N | Chicago Bears | 14-0 | W | Memphis, TN | Crump Stadium | 10822 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1951 | N | Washington Redskins | 10-14 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 20000 | |
| Thu | 9/20/1951 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 21-23 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 27912 | |
| Mon | 9/24/1951 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-6 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 14807 | |
| Mon | 10/1/1951 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-13 | T | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 27984 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1951 | A | Washington Redskins | 35-14 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 23800 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1951 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 28-17 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28095 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1951 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 26-24 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28656 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1951 | A | Cleveland Browns | 13-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 56942 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1951 | H | New York Yanks | 37-31 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 25682 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1951 | H | Washington Redskins | 28-14 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 21242 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1951 | H | Cleveland Browns | 0-10 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 52215 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1951 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 10-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 11892 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1951 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 18186 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1951 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 19342 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1951 | A | New York Yanks | 27-17 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 16658 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
Click on Date to see boxscore.
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Albright | 75 | LOG-LOT | 6-1 | 245 | 22 | Wisconsin | 11 | 6 |
| John Amberg | 12 | RDH | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Kansas | 12 | 2 |
| Jon Baker | 60 | LDG-MG | 6-2 | 214 | 28 | California | 12 | 12 |
| Fritz Barzilauskas | 65 | ROG-DG | 6-1 | 230 | 31 | Holy Cross; Yale | 8 | 3 |
| John Cannady | 52 | RLB | 6-2 | 227 | 28 | Indiana | 12 | 12 |
| Charley Conerly | 42 | QB-TB | 6-1 | 185 | 30 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Tex Coulter | 79 | LOT-RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 27 | Army | 12 | 11 |
| Al DeRogatis | 78 | RDT | 6-4 | 239 | 24 | Duke | 11 | 11 |
| Jim Duncan | 86 | LDE | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| Forrest Griffith | 41 | LOH | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Kansas | 11 | 7 |
| Herb Hannah | 77 | ROT | 6-3 | 220 | 30 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Hudson | 89 | LOE | 6-4 | 225 | 21 | Clemson | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Jackson | 34 | FB | 5-11 | 210 | 30 | North Carolina A&T State | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Krouse | 70 | RDG-MG | 6-3 | 263 | 24 | Maryland | 12 | 11 |
| Tom Landry | 49 | LDH-P | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Texas | 10 | 10 |
| Duke Maronic | 67 | LOG | 5-9 | 209 | 30 | none | 10 | 1 |
| Bob McChesney | 88 | LOE | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Hardin-Simmons | 12 | 12 |
| Kelley Mote | 80 | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 189 | 28 | South Carolina; Duke | 12 | 5 |
| Earl Murray | 62 | ROG | 6-2 | 244 | 25 | Purdue | 12 | 9 |
| Jim Ostendarp | 16 | LOH | 5-8 | 178 | 28 | Drexel; Bucknell | 2 | 0 |
| Ray Poole | 82 | RDE | 6-3 | 215 | 30 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Eddie Price | 31 | FB | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 35 | ROH | 5-11 | 164 | 32 | Virginia Military Institute; Georgia Tech | 4 | 0 |
| John Rapacz | 53 | C | 6-4 | 252 | 27 | Western Michigan; Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| Kyle Rote | 44 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 199 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 5 | 3 |
| Harmon Rowe | 22 | RDH | 6-0 | 182 | 28 | Baylor; San Francisco | 10 | 10 |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 83 | RS | 6-2 | 185 | 28 | Kansas | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Scott | 30 | ROH-WB | 6-1 | 198 | 25 | Texas A&M; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Stribling | 81 | ROE | 6-1 | 206 | 24 | Mississippi | 6 | 2 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 21 | LOG-BB | 6-2 | 212 | 30 | none | 12 | 7 |
| Travis Tidwell | 20 | QB-TB | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Auburn | 6 | 0 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 45 | LS | 6-1 | 193 | 27 | Toledo; Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| Arnie Weinmeister | 73 | LDT | 6-4 | 235 | 28 | Washington | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 87 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 213 | 25 | UCLA | 12 | 5 |
| Dick Woodard | 51 | LLB | 6-2 | 224 | 25 | Iowa | 12 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| Bonus | 1 | Kyle Rote | B | Southern Methodist |
| 1 | 13 | Jim Spavital | B | Oklahoma State |
| 2 | 25 | Ray Krouse | T | Maryland |
| 3 | 37 | Sonny Grandelius | B | Michigan State |
| 5 | 61 | Jack Stroud | T | Tennessee |
| 6 | 73 | Herb Hannah | T | Alabama |
| 7 | 85 | Joel Williams | C | Texas |
| 8 | 97 | Fred Benners | B | Southern Methodist |
| 9 | 109 | Hollie Donan | T | Princeton |
| 10 | 122 | Earl Murray | G | Purdue |
| 11 | 134 | Reds Bagnell | B | Pennsylvania |
| 12 | 146 | Bob Hudson | E | Clemson |
| 13 | 158 | Paul Douglass | B | Illinois |
| 14 | 170 | Pat Flanagan | T | Marquette |
| 15 | 182 | Gene Vykukal | T | Texas |
| 16 | 194 | Al Pfeifer | E | Fordham |
| 17 | 206 | Bud Sherrod | E | Tennessee |
| 18 | 218 | Frank Smith | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 19 | 230 | Billy Conn | B | Auburn |
| 20 | 242 | Bill Albright | T | Wisconsin |
| 21 | 254 | Bernie Lemonick | G | Pennsylvania |
| 22 | 266 | Waldo Binkley | T | Austin Peay State |
| 23 | 278 | Dick Yelvington | T | Georgia |
| 24 | 290 | Dick Kuh | G | Michigan State |
| 25 | 302 | Chet Lagod | T | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 26 | 314 | Quincy Armstrong | C | North Texas |
| 27 | 326 | Charley Hubbard | E | Charleston |
| 28 | 338 | Hal Quinn | G | Southern Methodist |
| 29 | 350 | John Considine | T | Purdue |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 61 | 78 | 61 | 54 | 254 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 69 | 13 | 35 | 161 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 151 | 81 | 54 | 16 | / % | / % | 64 | 569 | |
| Opponents Totals | 174 | 60 | 103 | 11 | / % | / % | 60 | 506 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Poole | 0 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 0 | 66 |
| Eddie Price | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Kelley Mote | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Emlen Tunnell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tom Landry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Scott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob McChesney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Stribling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bosh Pritchard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harmon Rowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 1 | 254 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 20 | 20 | 100.0 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 0 | 161 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Poole | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 1 | 41 | 6/6 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 1 | 41 | 6/6 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 2/ | 2/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Price | 271 | 971 | 3.6 | 80t | 7 |
| Joe Scott | 94 | 367 | 3.9 | 37 | 1 |
| Forrest Griffith | 54 | 115 | 2.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 21 | 114 | 5.4 | 31 | 1 |
| Charley Conerly | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 18 | 1 |
| John Amberg | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Travis Tidwell | 11 | 14 | 1.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Jackson | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 491 | 1713 | 3.5 | 80t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 392 | 913 | 2.3 | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Conerly | 189 | 93 | 93 | 74 | 1277 | 6.8 | 13.7 | 69t | 10 | 5.3 | 22 | 11.6 | 218 | 1059 | 49.3 | |
| Travis Tidwell | 21 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 155 | 7.4 | 19.4 | 56t | 1 | 4.8 | 4 | 19.0 | 27 | 128 | 40.9 | |
| Team Totals | 210 | 101 | 101 | 83 | 1432 | 6.8 | 14.2 | 69t | 11 | 5.2 | 26 | 12.4 | 245 | 1187 | 48.5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 377 | 162 | 162 | 174 | 2337 | 6.2 | 14.4 | 11 | 2.9 | 41 | 10.9 | 276 | 2061 | 33.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Scott | 23 | 356 | 15.5 | 57t | 2 |
| Bill Stribling | 18 | 226 | 12.6 | 42 | 2 |
| Bob McChesney | 14 | 230 | 16.4 | 40 | 2 |
| Kelley Mote | 11 | 187 | 17.0 | 39t | 4 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 11 | 182 | 16.5 | 69t | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Forrest Griffith | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Earl Murray | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Herb Hannah | 0 | 8 | 8L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 101 | 1432 | 14.2 | 69t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 162 | 2337 | 14.4 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Schnellbacher | 11 | 194 | 17.6 | 46t | 2 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 9 | 74 | 8.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 8 | 121 | 15.1 | 55t | 2 |
| John Cannady | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 29 | 0 |
| John Amberg | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Jim Duncan | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Harmon Rowe | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick Woodard | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 542 | 13.2 | 55t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 280 | 10.8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Conerly | 72 | 2856 | 39.7 | 55 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Landry | 15 | 638 | 42.5 | 59 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 87 | 3494 | 40.2 | 59 | 0 | 399 | 35.6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 3453 | 40.2 | 675 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 34 | 489 | 14.4 | 81t | 3 | |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 81t | 1 | |
| Jim Ostendarp | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 45 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 675 | 14.1 | 81t | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 399 | 7.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 6 | 227 | 37.8 | 100t | 1 | |
| Kyle Rote | 6 | 185 | 30.8 | 39 | 0 | |
| Joe Scott | 6 | 154 | 25.7 | 36 | 0 | |
| Bosh Pritchard | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Forrest Griffith | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Bob Jackson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jim Ostendarp | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Tex Coulter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Murray | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 724 | 25.9 | 100t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1002 | 20.4 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Albright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |
| Tex Coulter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Duncan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Forrest Griffith | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Earl Murray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Ostendarp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| Ray Poole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Stribling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arnie Weinmeister | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Woodard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 53 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 38 | 0 |
| In Memoriam |
| NFL Boxscores |
| NFL Game Officials |
| NFL Training Camps |
| NFL Roster Limits |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Super Bowl |
| Privacy Policy |
| ©2006-2024 Pro Football Archives. All Rights Reserved. |
| Last Updated: July 15, 2024 |