1953 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 5th place • Eastern Conference • 3-9-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| Jim Lee Howell | Ends |
| Ed Kolman | Line |
| Allie Sherman | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/22/1953 | N | Green Bay Packers | 7-31 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Parade Stadium | 20560 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1953 | N | Detroit Lions | 7-38 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 37000 | |
| Thu | 9/3/1953 | N | Chicago Bears | 14-7 | W | Des Moines, IA | Drake Stadium | 7500 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1953 | N | Baltimore Colts | 10-6 | W | St. Louis, MO | Walsh Memorial Stadium | 12000 | |
| Thu | 9/17/1953 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 28-21 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 22551 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1953 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 49579 | |
| Sat | 10/3/1953 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 31500 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1953 | A | Washington Redskins | 9-13 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 26241 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1953 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 21-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 30301 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1953 | H | Cleveland Browns | 0-7 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 30773 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1953 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 23-20 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 18499 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1953 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-30 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 24331 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1953 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-14 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 20411 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1953 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-24 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 16887 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1953 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 37-28 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 20294 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1953 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-62 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 40235 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1953 | H | Detroit Lions | 16-27 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28390 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Albright | 75 | LDG-RDT | 6-1 | 245 | 24 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| Cliff Anderson | 82 | LOE | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Indiana | 8 | 4 |
| Bill Austin | 60 | ROG | 6-1 | 223 | 25 | Oregon State | 12 | 11 |
| Butch Avinger | 34 | P-QB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Alabama | 12 | 0 |
| Rosey Brown | 79 | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 21 | Morgan State | 12 | 12 |
| John Cannady | 52 | LB | 6-2 | 227 | 30 | Indiana | 12 | 9 |
| Randy Clay | 12 | ROH-LDH-LOH | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Texas | 12 | 9 |
| Charley Conerly | 42 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 32 | Mississippi | 12 | 11 |
| Everett Douglas | 78 | LOT | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Florida | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Duncan | 86 | LDE | 6-2 | 205 | 28 | Wake Forest | 11 | 11 |
| Arnie Galiffa | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 193 | 26 | Army | 3 | 1 |
| Frank Gifford | 16 | RS-LOH | 6-1 | 197 | 23 | Bakersfield CC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 24 | LOH-FB | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Michigan State | 12 | 5 |
| Merwin Hodel | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Colorado | 3 | 2 |
| George Kennard | 67 | LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 207 | 25 | Kansas | 12 | 5 |
| Ray Krouse | 70 | RDT | 6-3 | 263 | 26 | Maryland | 10 | 9 |
| Chet Lagod | 65 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 11 | 6 |
| Tom Landry | 49 | LDH-P | 6-1 | 195 | 29 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| Buford Long | 22 | ROH-LDH | 6-1 | 192 | 22 | Florida | 10 | 5 |
| Bill Mackrides | 20 | QB | 5-11 | 182 | 28 | Nevada-Reno | 4 | 0 |
| Don Menasco | 38 | LDH | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Texas | 8 | 8 |
| Leo Miles | 47 | RS-LDH | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Virginia State | 3 | 2 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 80 | LOE-ROE | 6-0 | 187 | 25 | Auburn; Eastern Kentucky | 12 | 7 |
| Bob Peviani | 63 | MG | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Eddie Price | 31 | FB | 5-11 | 190 | 28 | Tulane | 12 | 9 |
| Joe Ramona | 61 | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Santa Clara | 9 | 0 |
| John Rapacz | 53 | C | 6-4 | 252 | 29 | Western Michigan; Oklahoma | 12 | 12 |
| Kyle Rote | 44 | ROH-LOH-FB | 6-0 | 199 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 9 | 7 |
| Joe Scott | 30 | LOE | 6-1 | 198 | 27 | Texas A&M; San Francisco | 3 | 1 |
| Bill Stribling | 81 | ROE | 6-1 | 206 | 26 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Stroud | 66 | ROG-LOG | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | Tennessee | 11 | 2 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 21 | RDE | 6-2 | 212 | 32 | none | 12 | 12 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 45 | LS | 6-1 | 193 | 29 | Toledo; Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| Arnie Weinmeister | 73 | LDT | 6-4 | 235 | 30 | Washington | 12 | 12 |
| Ray Wietecha | 5 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Michigan State; Northwestern | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Woodard | 51 | LDE-RDT-LDG-LB | 6-2 | 224 | 27 | Iowa | 12 | 3 |
| Dick Yelvington | 72 | ROT | 6-2 | 232 | 25 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Bobby Marlow | B | Alabama |
| 2 | 22 | Eddie Crowder | QB | Oklahoma |
| 3 | 33 | Cal Roberts | T | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 4 | 45 | Everett Douglas | T | Florida |
| 5 | 59 | Buford Long | B | Florida |
| 6 | 70 | Bob Peviani | G | Southern California |
| 7 | 81 | Don Branby | E | Colorado |
| 8 | 95 | Don Beck | B | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 106 | Jim Gray | B | Panola JC |
| 10 | 113 | Darrow Hooper | E | Texas A&M |
| 10 | 117 | Charlie Maloy | QB | Holy Cross |
| 11 | 131 | Jim Ruehl | C | Ohio State |
| 12 | 142 | Joe Matesic | T | Arizona State |
| 13 | 153 | Jack McShulskis | E | Kansas State |
| 14 | 167 | Papa Hall | B | Florida |
| 15 | 179 | Dick Bowman | G | Oklahoma |
| 16 | 189 | Bill Skyinskus | G | Syracuse |
| 17 | 203 | Don Rhoden | C | Rice |
| 18 | 214 | Phil Suwall | B | McDaniel |
| 19 | 225 | Howie Lehman | T | Southern Mississippi |
| 20 | 239 | Dick Christiansen | E | Arizona |
| 21 | 250 | Gene Bullard | T | Louisiana College |
| 22 | 261 | Mikey Kelly | E | Florida |
| 23 | 275 | Ted Kukowski | C | Syracuse |
| 24 | 286 | Chuck Kubes | G | Minnesota |
| 25 | 297 | Dan Drake | B | Rice |
| 26 | 311 | Bill Wetzel | B | Syracuse |
| 27 | 322 | Rosey Brown | T | Morgan State |
| 28 | 333 | Joe Ramona | G | Santa Clara |
| 29 | 347 | Bobby Griffis | G | Furman |
| 30 | 357 | Stav Canakes | G | Minnesota |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 42 | 34 | 49 | 179 |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 69 | 74 | 76 | 277 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 166 | 66 | 87 | 13 | / % | / % | 44 | 411 | |
| Opponents Totals | 189 | 81 | 99 | 9 | / % | / % | 68 | 625 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 7 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 47 |
| Kyle Rote | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Randy Clay | 1 | 20 | 22 | 90.9 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 32 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Eddie Price | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Buford Long | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Bill Albright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sonny Grandelius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 24 | 22 | 24 | 91.7 | 3 | 12 | 25.0 | 2 | 179 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 9 | 20 | 45.0 | 0 | 277 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Clay | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 20 | 1/5 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 31 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 12 | 25.0 | 0 | 31 | 1/6 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/4 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 20 | 45.0 | 5/ | 0/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Grandelius | 108 | 278 | 2.6 | 31 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 63 | 213 | 3.4 | 18 | 1 |
| Eddie Price | 101 | 206 | 2.0 | 15 | 2 |
| Frank Gifford | 50 | 157 | 3.1 | 15 | 2 |
| Charley Conerly | 24 | 91 | 3.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Buford Long | 20 | 58 | 2.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Randy Clay | 16 | 26 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Merwin Hodel | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Butch Avinger | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Mackrides | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Arnie Galiffa | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 398 | 1049 | 2.6 | 31 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 385 | 1360 | 3.5 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Conerly | 303 | 143 | 47.2 | 135 | 1711 | 5.6 | 12.0 | 60t | 13 | 4.3 | 25 | 8.3 | 266 | 1445 | 44.9 | |
| Bill Mackrides | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 6 | 53 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 1 | 6.7 | 3 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 32.8 | |
| Arnie Galiffa | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 4 | 129 | 9.9 | 32.3 | 75t | 1 | 7.7 | 5 | 38.5 | 8 | 121 | 55.1 | |
| Frank Gifford | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 3 | 47 | 7.8 | 15.7 | 21 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 116.0 |
| Kyle Rote | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 5 | 45 | 5.6 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10.9 |
| Team Totals | 345 | 158 | 45.8 | 153 | 1985 | 5.8 | 12.6 | 75t | 16 | 4.6 | 34 | 9.9 | 274 | 1711 | 40.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 368 | 173 | 47.0 | 172 | 2558 | 7.0 | 14.8 | 62t | 20 | 5.4 | 23 | 6.3 | 177 | 2381 | 62.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Rote | 26 | 440 | 16.9 | 75t | 5 |
| Eddie Price | 26 | 233 | 9.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Frank Gifford | 18 | 292 | 16.2 | 49t | 4 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 17 | 233 | 13.7 | 60t | 3 |
| Cliff Anderson | 16 | 258 | 16.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 16 | 175 | 10.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 15 | 80 | 5.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Buford Long | 14 | 220 | 15.7 | 55t | 2 |
| Randy Clay | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 33 | 1 |
| Butch Avinger | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Merwin Hodel | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 158 | 1985 | 12.6 | 75t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 173 | 2558 | 14.8 | 62t | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Buford Long | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Duncan | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Randy Clay | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 50 | 1 |
| John Cannady | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Dick Woodard | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Menasco | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ray Wietecha | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 412 | 17.9 | 50 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 526 | 15.5 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Landry | 44 | 1772 | 40.3 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Butch Avinger | 42 | 1597 | 38.0 | 69 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 86 | 3369 | 39.2 | 69 | 1 | 521 | 33.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 3095 | 43.0 | 334 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 16 | 106 | 6.6 | 40 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 38 | 223 | 5.9 | 37 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 334 | 6.1 | 40 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 521 | 7.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 17 | 479 | 28.2 | 70 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 13 | 327 | 25.2 | 55 | 0 | |
| Buford Long | 7 | 198 | 28.3 | 86 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Randy Clay | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 1077 | 26.3 | 86 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 705 | 19.6 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Albright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Clarence Avinger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosey Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Clay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Duncan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnie Galiffa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Grandelius | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Merwin Hodel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buford Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Pelfrey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Peviani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Stroud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnie Weinmeister | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 2 |
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