1961 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 10-3-1 .769 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Allie Sherman |
| Don Heinrich | Backfield |
| Ken Kavanaugh | Offensive Ends |
| Ed Kolman | Line |
| Harland Svare | Defense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/12/1961 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 21-20 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 24084 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1961 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-17 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40615 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1961 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 28-10 | W | Albuquerque, NM | University Stadium | 21520 | |
| Mon | 9/4/1961 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-20 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 33452 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1961 | H | Baltimore Colts | 20-49 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 50737 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1961 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 10-21 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 58059 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1961 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 35587 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1961 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-21 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 36767 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1961 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 24-0 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 23713 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 31-10 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 41500 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1961 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 24-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 63053 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 16-17 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 60284 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1961 | H | Washington Redskins | 53-0 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 56077 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1961 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 38-21 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62800 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1961 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 42-21 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62592 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1961 | A | Cleveland Browns | 37-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80455 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1961 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-20 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47012 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1961 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-24 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1961 | H | Cleveland Browns | 7-7 | T | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 61084 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/31/1961 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-37 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 39029 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Erich Barnes | 49 | LCB | 6-2 | 201 | 26 | Purdue | 14 | 13 |
| Rosey Brown | 79 | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 29 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
| Don Chandler | 34 | P | 6-2 | 208 | 27 | Bacone Indian JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 42 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 40 | Mississippi | 13 | 4 |
| Darrell Dess | 62 | LOG | 6-0 | 243 | 26 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Gaiters | 35 | HB-FB | 5-10 | 210 | 23 | Santa Ana JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 12 |
| Rosey Grier | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 284 | 29 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Lee Grosscup | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 186 | 25 | Washington; Santa Monica JC; Utah | 4 | 0 |
| Pete Hall | 12 | TE-SE-FL | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | Marquette | 12 | 2 |
| Larry Hayes | 52 | MLB | 6-3 | 230 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 70 | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | West Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Janerette | 72 | ROT | 6-3 | 253 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 3 |
| Gene Johnson | 41 | RCB | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | Cincinnati | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Katcavage | 75 | LDE | 6-3 | 237 | 27 | Dayton | 14 | 14 |
| Phil King | 24 | FB | 6-4 | 223 | 25 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 0 |
| Greg Larson | 53 | ROT-C | 6-2 | 249 | 22 | Minnesota | 14 | 11 |
| Cliff Livingston | 89 | LLB | 6-3 | 212 | 31 | Orange Coast JC; UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Lynch | 22 | RCB | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 77 | LDT | 6-0 | 258 | 30 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Morrison | 40 | HB-S-FB | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Cincinnati | 13 | 8 |
| Dick Nolan | 25 | LS | 6-1 | 185 | 29 | Maryland | 9 | 9 |
| Jimmy Patton | 20 | RS | 5-11 | 183 | 28 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Andy Robustelli | 81 | RDE | 6-1 | 230 | 36 | Arnold | 14 | 14 |
| Kyle Rote | 44 | FL-SE | 6-0 | 199 | 33 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 13 |
| Tom Scott | 82 | RLB | 6-2 | 219 | 31 | Virginia | 13 | 13 |
| Del Shofner | 85 | SE-TE | 6-3 | 188 | 27 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Simms | 83 | RLB-LLB | 6-2 | 217 | 23 | Rutgers | 14 | 1 |
| Zeke Smith | 61 | OG | 6-2 | 233 | 25 | Auburn | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 48 | LCB | 6-0 | 194 | 30 | UCLA | 10 | 1 |
| Jack Stroud | 66 | ROG | 6-1 | 235 | 33 | Tennessee | 12 | 11 |
| Pat Summerall | 88 | K | 6-4 | 228 | 31 | Arkansas | 14 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 35 | Louisiana State | 13 | 10 |
| Mickey Walker | 65 | OG | 6-0 | 232 | 22 | Michigan State | 14 | 3 |
| Joe Walton | 80 | TE | 5-11 | 202 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 11 |
| Allan Webb | 21 | LS-HB | 5-11 | 180 | 28 | Arnold | 10 | 2 |
| Alex Webster | 29 | FB-FL-HB | 6-3 | 218 | 30 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Joel Wells | 28 | HB-FL | 6-1 | 198 | 26 | Clemson | 14 | 3 |
| Ray Wietecha | 55 | C | 6-1 | 225 | 33 | Michigan State; Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 17 | Bob Gaiters | B | New Mexico State |
| 2 | 25 | Bruce Tarbox | G | Syracuse |
| 4 | 46 | Ben Davidson | T | Washington |
| 5 | 67 | Jerry Daniels | E | Mississippi |
| 6 | 81 | Greg Larson | C | Minnesota |
| 7 | 95 | Jim Collier | E | Arkansas |
| 8 | 109 | Allen Green | C | Mississippi |
| 9 | 123 | Moses Gray | T | Indiana |
| 10 | 137 | Glen Knight | E | Shaw |
| 11 | 151 | Bob Benton | T | Mississippi |
| 12 | 165 | Jackie Moynihan | QB | Holy Cross |
| 13 | 179 | Jerry Fields | B | Ohio State |
| 14 | 193 | Gene White | B | Florida A&M |
| 15 | 207 | Cody Binkley | C | Vanderbilt |
| 16 | 221 | Bernie Vishneski | T | Virginia Tech |
| 17 | 235 | Sylvester Cooper | T | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) |
| 18 | 249 | Ken Desmarais | C | Holy Cross |
| 19 | 263 | Bob Reublin | B | Bowling Green State |
| 20 | 277 | Don McKeta | B | Washington |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 68 | 108 | 102 | 90 | 368 |
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 31 | 35 | 73 | 220 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 275 | 99 | 160 | 16 | / % | / % | 59 | 629 | |
| Opponents Totals | 212 | 86 | 110 | 16 | / % | / % | 67 | 677 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 46 | 46 | 100.0 | 14 | 34 | 41.2 | 0 | 88 |
| Del Shofner | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Bob Gaiters | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Kyle Rote | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Alex Webster | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Erich Barnes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joe Walton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Joel Wells | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Larry Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sam Huff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 46 | 46 | 46 | 100.0 | 14 | 34 | 41.2 | 2 | 368 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 5 | 20 | 25.0 | 1 | 220 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 14 | 34 | 41.2 | 3 | 44 | 5/6 | 3/6 | 3/11 | 3/10 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 34 | 41.2 | 3 | 44 | 5/6 | 3/6 | 3/11 | 3/10 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 20 | 25.0 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 1/4 | 0/9 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Webster | 196 | 928 | 4.7 | 59 | 2 |
| Bob Gaiters | 116 | 460 | 4.0 | 29 | 6 |
| Joel Wells | 65 | 216 | 3.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 25 | 85 | 3.4 | 17 | 3 |
| Allan Webb | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 33 | 48 | 1.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Don Chandler | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Lee Grosscup | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Phil King | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Del Shofner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 464 | 1857 | 4.0 | 59 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 419 | 1761 | 4.2 | 71 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 285 | 163 | 57.2 | 110 | 2272 | 8.0 | 13.9 | 62 | 17 | 6.0 | 12 | 4.2 | 161 | 2111 | 85.3 | |
| Charley Conerly | 106 | 44 | 41.5 | 54 | 634 | 6.0 | 14.4 | 37t | 7 | 6.6 | 8 | 7.5 | 134 | 500 | 52.2 | |
| Lee Grosscup | 22 | 5 | 22.7 | 14 | 87 | 4.0 | 17.4 | 32t | 1 | 4.5 | 3 | 13.6 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 19.1 |
| Bob Gaiters | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 42 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 27 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 158.3 |
| Team Totals | 416 | 215 | 51.7 | 178 | 3035 | 7.3 | 14.1 | 62 | 27 | 6.5 | 23 | 5.5 | 295 | 2740 | 74.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 386 | 176 | 45.6 | 177 | 2600 | 6.7 | 14.8 | 80t | 21 | 5.4 | 33 | 8.5 | 399 | 2201 | 50.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Shofner | 68 | 1125 | 16.5 | 46t | 11 |
| Kyle Rote | 53 | 805 | 15.2 | 57 | 7 |
| Joe Walton | 36 | 544 | 15.1 | 37 | 2 |
| Alex Webster | 26 | 313 | 12.0 | 59t | 3 |
| Joe Morrison | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 16 | 1 |
| Bob Gaiters | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Joel Wells | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Erich Barnes | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 62t | 1 |
| Pete Hall | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 215 | 3035 | 14.1 | 62t | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 176 | 2600 | 14.8 | 80t | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Lynch | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 8 | 163 | 20.4 | 51t | 1 |
| Erich Barnes | 7 | 195 | 27.9 | 102t | 2 |
| Sam Huff | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Cliff Livingston | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 526 | 15.9 | 102t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 246 | 10.7 | 48t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 68 | 2984 | 43.9 | 66 | 2 | 6 | 247 | 2617 | 38.5 | |
| Team Totals | 68 | 2984 | 43.9 | 66 | 2 | 6 | 247 | 2617 | 39.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 3517 | 42.4 | 71 | 1 | 4 | 289 | 3148 | 38.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Stits | 17 | 2 | 132 | 7.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Lynch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joel Wells | 17 | 3 | 90 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Allan Webb | 5 | 3 | 61 | 12.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 15 | 289 | 6.9 | 30 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 11 | 247 | 7.7 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Wells | 12 | 273 | 22.8 | 49 | 0 | |
| Bob Gaiters | 11 | 288 | 26.2 | 49 | 0 | |
| Allan Webb | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 40 | 0 | |
| Bill Stits | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 30 | 0 | |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bob Simms | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 850 | 22.4 | 49 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 1288 | 21.8 | 42 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erich Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Conerly | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gaiters | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosey Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Hayes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| Charlie Janerette | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 0 |
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Lynch | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Del Shofner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Stits | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Walton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allan Webb | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Webster | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joel Wells | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 76 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 1 |
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