1954 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 3rd place Eastern Conference 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Jim Lee Howell |
| Ed Kolman | Line |
| Tom Landry | Defense |
| Vince Lombardi | Backfield |
| Bill Swiacki | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/8/1954 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 7-30 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 25261 | |
| Sun | 8/15/1954 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 35-43 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 29296 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1954 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 26-0 | W | Spokane, WA | Memorial Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1954 | N | Detroit Lions | 13-28 | L | Norman, OK | Memorial Stadium | 25000 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1954 | A | Chicago Bears | 24-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 22334 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1954 | A | Green Bay Packers | 38-27 | W | Milwaukee, WI | Marquette Stadium | 17000 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1954 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 41-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 16780 | |
| Sat | 10/2/1954 | A | Baltimore Colts | 14-20 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 27088 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1954 | A | Washington Redskins | 51-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 21217 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1954 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 31-17 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 31256 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1954 | H | Washington Redskins | 24-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 22597 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1954 | A | Cleveland Browns | 14-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 30448 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1954 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30-6 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 36358 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1954 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-14 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 46565 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1954 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 16-17 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 27077 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1954 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7-16 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 45936 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1954 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-3 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 16856 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1954 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-29 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 28449 | |
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 |
| 8 | Ben Agajanian | K | 6-0 | 195 | 35 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 12 | 0 |
| 75 | Bill Albright | MG | 6-1 | 245 | 25 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| 60 | Bill Austin | LOG | 6-1 | 223 | 26 | Oregon State | 11 | 11 |
| 65 | John Bauer | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Illinois | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Wayne Berry | LDH-LOH | 6-0 | 175 | 23 | Washington State | 10 | 6 |
| 79 | Rosey Brown | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 22 | Morgan State | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | John Cannady | RLB | 6-2 | 227 | 31 | Indiana | 10 | 10 |
| 65 | Russ Carroccio | ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 23 | Virginia | 9 | 0 |
| 12 | Bobby Clatterbuck | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 22 | San Angelo JC; Houston | 10 | 2 |
| 71 | Ray Collins | RDT | 5-11 | 238 | 27 | Louisiana State | 12 | 11 |
| 42 | Charley Conerly | QB-K | 6-1 | 185 | 33 | Mississippi | 10 | 10 |
| 35 | Bobby Epps | FB | 5-9 | 198 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | Frank Gifford | LOH | 6-1 | 197 | 24 | Bakersfield CC; Southern California | 9 | 9 |
| 11 | Don Heinrich | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 24 | Washington | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Herb Johnson | LOH | 5-10 | 172 | 26 | Army | 11 | 3 |
| 67 | George Kennard | ROG | 6-0 | 207 | 26 | Kansas | 12 | 9 |
| 34 | Pat Knight | LDE | 6-2 | 204 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 10 | 10 |
| 70 | Ray Krouse | LDT | 6-3 | 263 | 27 | Maryland | 12 | 9 |
| 49 | Tom Landry | RDH-LDH-P | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
| 89 | Cliff Livingston | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 212 | 24 | Orange Coast JC; UCLA | 12 | 6 |
| 22 | Buford Long | ROH | 6-1 | 192 | 23 | Florida | 12 | 4 |
| 80 | Ken MacAfee | ROE | 6-2 | 212 | 25 | Alabama | 11 | 10 |
| 51 | Pete Mangum | LB | 6-0 | 219 | 23 | Mississippi | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Dick Nolan | RS-RDH | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| 78 | Barney Poole | RDE | 6-2 | 231 | 31 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Army; Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| 31 | Eddie Price | FB | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | Tulane | 12 | 12 |
| 53 | John Rapacz | C | 6-4 | 252 | 30 | Western Michigan; Oklahoma | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | Herb Rich | RS | 5-11 | 181 | 26 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 6 |
| 44 | Kyle Rote | ROH | 6-0 | 199 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 8 |
| 85 | Bob Schnelker | LOE | 6-3 | 214 | 26 | Bowling Green State | 12 | 12 |
| 74 | Billy Shipp | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 275 | 24 | Alabama | 11 | 4 |
| 66 | Jack Stroud | ROG-LOG-LOT | 6-1 | 235 | 26 | Tennessee | 6 | 4 |
| 30 | Bill Svoboda | LLB | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | Tulane | 11 | 11 |
| 87 | Bob Topp | LOE | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | Michigan | 6 | 0 |
| 45 | Emlen Tunnell | LS | 6-1 | 193 | 30 | Toledo; Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| 55 | Ray Wietecha | C | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Michigan State; Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| 88 | Dick Wilkins | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 194 | 29 | Oregon | 6 | 2 |
| 72 | Dick Yelvington | ROT | 6-2 | 232 | 26 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 17 | Ken Buck | E | Pacific |
| 3 | 28 | Clyde Bennett | E | South Carolina |
| 4 | 41 | Dick Nolan | B | Maryland |
| 5 | 52 | Earl Putman | T | Arizona State |
| 6 | 65 | George Jacoby | T | Ohio State |
| 7 | 76 | Wayne Berry | B | Washington State |
| 8 | 89 | Ralph Starkey | T | West Virginia |
| 9 | 100 | Pete O'Garro | E | UCLA |
| 10 | 113 | John Steinberg | E | Stanford |
| 11 | 124 | Tom Fitzpatrick | G | Villanova |
| 12 | 137 | Wendell Gulseth | T | Wisconsin |
| 13 | 148 | Bob Topp | E | Michigan |
| 14 | 161 | Bobby Epps | B | Pittsburgh |
| 15 | 172 | Jim Swan | G | Denver |
| 16 | 185 | George Rice | B | Iowa |
| 17 | 196 | Jackie Parker | B | Mississippi State |
| 18 | 209 | Crawford Mims | G | Mississippi |
| 19 | 220 | Bob King | G | South Carolina |
| 20 | 233 | Gene Snipes | E | Austin |
| 21 | 244 | Rex Corless | B | Michigan State |
| 22 | 257 | Joe Collier | E | Northwestern |
| 23 | 268 | Pete Mangum | B | Mississippi |
| 24 | 281 | Bill Harris | T | Louisiana State |
| 25 | 292 | Bill Baker | B | Washburn |
| 26 | 305 | George Van Zandt | B | Long Beach CC |
| 27 | 316 | Bobby Clatterbuck | B | Houston |
| 28 | 329 | Jim Partridge | B | Tulane |
| 29 | 340 | Bill Mote | T | Florida State |
| 30 | 353 | Jim Gibson | T | Southern California |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 86 | 65 | 65 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 80 | 38 | 33 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 197 | 85 | 99 | 13 | / % | / % | 61 | 502 | |
| Opponents Totals | 195 | 77 | 110 | 8 | / % | / % | 65 | 562 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 0 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 0 | 74 |
| Ken MacAfee | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Bob Schnelker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Eddie Price | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Frank Gifford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Topp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Herb Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Buford Long | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Kyle Rote | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Wilkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Nolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 36 | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 1 | 293 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 20 | 23 | 87.0 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 1 | 184 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 0 | 41 | 4/10 | 4/4 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 0 | 41 | 4/10 | 4/4 | 3/6 | 2/6 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 4/ | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Price | 135 | 555 | 4.1 | 47 | 2 |
| Frank Gifford | 66 | 368 | 5.6 | 30 | 2 |
| Herb Johnson | 42 | 168 | 4.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Bobby Epps | 30 | 110 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 24 | 107 | 4.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Buford Long | 32 | 106 | 3.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Wayne Berry | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Don Heinrich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 19 | -21 | -1.1 | 3 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 380 | 1482 | 3.9 | 47 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 415 | 1332 | 3.2 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 101 | 50 | 49.5 | 44 | 781 | 7.7 | 15.6 | 72t | 6 | 5.9 | 7 | 6.9 | 81 | 700 | 66.5 | |
| Charley Conerly | 210 | 103 | 49.0 | 96 | 1439 | 6.9 | 14.0 | 68t | 17 | 8.1 | 11 | 5.2 | 52 | 1387 | 76.7 | |
| Frank Gifford | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 3 | 155 | 19.4 | 38.8 | 83t | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 95.8 |
| Don Heinrich | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 3 | 56 | 6.2 | 14.0 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 25.5 |
| Kyle Rote | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 36 | 6.0 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 54.9 |
| Team Totals | 334 | 163 | 48.8 | 149 | 2467 | 7.4 | 15.1 | 83t | 27 | 8.1 | 22 | 6.6 | 141 | 2326 | 73.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 352 | 164 | 46.6 | 155 | 2322 | 6.6 | 14.2 | 11 | 3.1 | 33 | 9.4 | 306 | 2016 | 39.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Schnelker | 30 | 550 | 18.3 | 68t | 8 |
| Kyle Rote | 29 | 551 | 19.0 | 63 | 2 |
| Eddie Price | 28 | 352 | 12.6 | 83t | 3 |
| Ken MacAfee | 24 | 438 | 18.3 | 72t | 8 |
| Frank Gifford | 14 | 154 | 11.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Buford Long | 13 | 178 | 13.7 | 36t | 1 |
| Herb Johnson | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Topp | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 31 | 3 |
| Bobby Epps | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dick Wilkins | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 163 | 2467 | 15.1 | 83t | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 164 | 2322 | 14.2 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Pat Knight | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 30 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 370 | 11.2 | 43 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 352 | 16.0 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Landry | 64 | 2720 | 42.5 | 61 | 0 | 5 | 152 | 38.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 64 | 2720 | 42.5 | 61 | 0 | 152 | 40.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 2853 | 40.2 | 305 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Johnson | 16 | 164 | 10.3 | 48t | 1 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 21 | 70 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Buford Long | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Herb Rich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 52 | 305 | 5.9 | 48t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 152 | 3.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Johnson | 10 | 251 | 25.1 | 41 | 0 | |
| Buford Long | 10 | 237 | 23.7 | 36 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 25 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| George Kennard | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Bob Topp | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 662 | 22.8 | 41 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1274 | 24.0 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Albright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Austin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Carroccio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Conerly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Epps | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Heinrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Kennard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Knight | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Krouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Buford Long | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Nolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Herb Rich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 34 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 1 |
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