1962 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 12-2-0 .857 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Allie Sherman |
| Ken Kavanaugh | Offensive Ends |
| Ed Kolman | Line |
| Jimmy Patton | Assistant Defense |
| Andy Robustelli | Defense |
| Kyle Rote | Backfield |
| Ken Strong | Kickers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/11/1962 | N | St. Louis Cardinals | 21-21 | T | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sun | 8/19/1962 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 10-42 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 38392 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1962 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 31-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 43107 | |
| Mon | 9/3/1962 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-20 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 38669 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1962 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-10 | W | Princeton, NJ | Palmer Stadium | 44966 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1962 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-17 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 81115 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1962 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 29-13 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1962 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31-27 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 40916 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1962 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 31-14 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 20327 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1962 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-20 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62808 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1962 | H | Detroit Lions | 17-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62856 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1962 | H | Washington Redskins | 49-34 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62844 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1962 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 31-28 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62755 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1962 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 41-10 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 45668 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1962 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 19-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62705 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1962 | A | Washington Redskins | 42-24 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 49219 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1962 | A | Chicago Bears | 26-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 49043 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1962 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-13 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62794 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1962 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 41-31 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62694 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/30/1962 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-16 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 64892 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Erich Barnes | 49 | LCB | 6-2 | 201 | 27 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Reed Bohovich | 73 | ROT | 6-3 | 260 | 21 | Lehigh | 10 | 2 |
| Bookie Bolin | 63 | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | Mississippi | 9 | 0 |
| Rosey Brown | 79 | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 30 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Byers | 60 | RDE-LDE | 6-1 | 240 | 22 | Cincinnati | 14 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 34 | P-K | 6-2 | 208 | 28 | Bacone Indian JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Collier | 84 | TE-SE | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Arkansas | 13 | 1 |
| Johnny Counts | 46 | HB | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Illinois | 14 | 1 |
| Darrell Dess | 62 | LOG | 6-0 | 243 | 27 | North Carolina State | 14 | 13 |
| Paul Dudley | 23 | HB-FB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Arkansas | 11 | 2 |
| Bob Gaiters | 35 | HB | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | Santa Ana JC; New Mexico State | 2 | 2 |
| Frank Gifford | 16 | FL | 6-1 | 197 | 32 | Bakersfield CC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Rosey Grier | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 284 | 30 | Penn State | 13 | 12 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| Sam Horner | 26 | RS-LCB | 6-0 | 197 | 24 | Virginia Military Institute | 9 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 70 | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 28 | West Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Janerette | 72 | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 253 | 24 | Penn State | 12 | 2 |
| Jim Katcavage | 75 | LDE | 6-3 | 237 | 28 | Dayton | 14 | 14 |
| Phil King | 24 | HB-FB | 6-4 | 223 | 26 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 9 |
| Greg Larson | 53 | ROG-ROT | 6-2 | 249 | 23 | Minnesota | 14 | 12 |
| Dick Lasse | 30 | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 27 | Syracuse | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Lynch | 22 | RCB | 6-1 | 202 | 26 | Notre Dame | 13 | 13 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 77 | LDT | 6-0 | 258 | 31 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Morrison | 40 | FL | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Cincinnati | 14 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 20 | RS | 5-11 | 183 | 29 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Pesonen | 25 | RCB-LCB-RS | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Minnesota; Minnesota-Duluth | 13 | 1 |
| Andy Robustelli | 81 | RDE | 6-1 | 230 | 37 | Arnold | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Scott | 82 | RLB-MLB | 6-2 | 219 | 32 | Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Del Shofner | 85 | SE | 6-3 | 188 | 28 | Baylor | 13 | 12 |
| Bob Simms | 83 | LLB-RLB | 6-2 | 217 | 24 | Rutgers | 3 | 2 |
| Jack Stroud | 66 | ROT-ROG-LOG | 6-1 | 235 | 34 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Aaron Thomas | 88 | SE | 6-3 | 209 | 25 | Oregon State | 14 | 2 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 36 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Mickey Walker | 64 | ROG--LLB-LOG | 6-0 | 232 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 1 |
| Joe Walton | 80 | TE | 5-11 | 202 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 13 |
| Allan Webb | 21 | LS | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | Arnold | 14 | 14 |
| Alex Webster | 29 | FB | 6-3 | 218 | 31 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Ray Wietecha | 55 | C | 6-1 | 225 | 34 | Michigan State; Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Winter | 31 | LLB | 6-3 | 220 | 22 | St. Olaf | 11 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | Jerry Hillebrand | E | Colorado |
| 2 | 26 | Bob Bill | T | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 54 | Glynn Griffing | QB | Mississippi |
| 5 | 58 | Bookie Bolin | G | Mississippi |
| 5 | 59 | Curtis Miranda | C | Florida A&M |
| 6 | 72 | Bill Triplett | B | Miami (Ohio) |
| 7 | 97 | Ken Byers | T | Cincinnati |
| 9 | 125 | Reed Bohovich | T | Lehigh |
| 10 | 138 | J.R. Williams | C | Fresno State |
| 11 | 153 | Dave Bishop | B | Connecticut |
| 12 | 166 | Al Gursky | HB | Penn State |
| 13 | 181 | Billy Joe Booth | T | Louisiana State |
| 14 | 194 | Greg Mather | E | Navy |
| 15 | 209 | Joe Taylor | HB | North Carolina A&T State |
| 16 | 222 | Roger Johnson | HB | Oregon State |
| 17 | 237 | Ken Schaffer | T | Marquette |
| 18 | 250 | Bill Winter | FB | St. Olaf |
| 19 | 265 | Bob Stem | C | Syracuse |
| 20 | 278 | Jim Moss | T | South Carolina |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 78 | 135 | 95 | 90 | 398 |
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 81 | 43 | 76 | 283 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 267 | 92 | 150 | 25 | / % | / % | 62 | 601 | |
| Opponents Totals | 256 | 160 | 136 | 20 | / % | / % | 58 | 636 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 0 | 47 | 48 | 97.9 | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 0 | 104 |
| Del Shofner | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Joe Walton | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Alex Webster | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Frank Gifford | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Phil King | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Lynch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Counts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Dudley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 47 | 49 | 95.9 | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 0 | 398 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 34 | 35 | 97.1 | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 0 | 283 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 0 | 48 | 5/6 | 7/8 | 5/6 | 2/6 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 0 | 48 | 5/6 | 7/8 | 5/6 | 2/6 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 27 | 48.1 | 4/10 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 1/4 | 1/5 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Webster | 207 | 743 | 3.6 | 55 | 5 |
| Phil King | 108 | 460 | 4.3 | 20 | 2 |
| Joe Morrison | 35 | 146 | 4.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 17 | 108 | 6.4 | 23 | 2 |
| Paul Dudley | 27 | 100 | 3.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Johnny Counts | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Gaiters | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Del Shofner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | -11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 430 | 1698 | 3.9 | 55 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 413 | 1677 | 4.1 | 61t | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 375 | 200 | 53.3 | 155 | 3224 | 8.6 | 16.1 | 69t | 33 | 8.8 | 20 | 5.3 | 92 | 3132 | 89.5 | |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 16 | 210 | 6.8 | 15.0 | 41t | 2 | 6.5 | 1 | 3.2 | 47 | 163 | 76.0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 12 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 68.8 |
| Paul Dudley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bob Gaiters | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 411 | 215 | 52.3 | 174 | 3446 | 8.4 | 16.0 | 69t | 35 | 8.5 | 22 | 5.4 | 139 | 3307 | 86.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 450 | 223 | 49.6 | 201 | 3238 | 7.2 | 14.5 | 80t | 21 | 4.7 | 26 | 5.8 | 369 | 2869 | 64.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Shofner | 53 | 1133 | 21.4 | 69t | 12 | 0 | |||
| Alex Webster | 47 | 477 | 10.1 | 58t | 4 | ||||
| Frank Gifford | 39 | 796 | 20.4 | 63t | 7 | ||||
| Joe Walton | 33 | 406 | 12.3 | 37t | 9 | 0 | |||
| Phil King | 15 | 186 | 12.4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Dudley | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 38 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Counts | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Morrison | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aaron Thomas | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gaiters | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Collier | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Robustelli | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 215 | 3446 | 16.0 | 69t | 35 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 223 | 3238 | 14.5 | 80t | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Patton | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 45 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Dick Lynch | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Allan Webb | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dick Pesonen | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Katcavage | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 332 | 12.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 182 | 8.3 | 30 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 55 | 2233 | 40.6 | 65 | 2 | 6 | 138 | 1975 | 35.9 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 2233 | 40.6 | 65 | 2 | 6 | 138 | 1975 | 37.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2519 | 38.8 | 71 | 2 | 5 | 58 | 2361 | 37.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morrison | 5 | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Webb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Counts | 8 | 9 | 33 | 4.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Sam Horner | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 16 | 58 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 9 | 138 | 5.8 | 22 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Counts | 26 | 784 | 30.2 | 90t | 1 | |
| Sam Horner | 11 | 242 | 22.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Paul Dudley | 8 | 229 | 28.6 | 56 | 0 | |
| Joe Morrison | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 28 | 0 | |
| Phil King | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jim Collier | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mickey Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 1405 | 26.0 | 90t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 1700 | 27.0 | 72 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookie Bolin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Counts | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Dudley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosey Grier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil King | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Stroud | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Walton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allan Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 1 |
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