1963 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 11-3-0 .786 |
| 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 |
| Emlen Tunnell | Special Assistant |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1963 | H | Chicago Bears | 7-17 | L | Ithaca, NY | Schoellkopf Field | 21000 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1963 | N | Detroit Lions | 24-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83218 | |
| Sun | 8/25/1963 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 16-17 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 29815 | |
| Mon | 9/2/1963 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-24 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 42327 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 34-10 | W | Princeton, NJ | Palmer Stadium | 45010 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1963 | A | Baltimore Colts | 37-28 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60029 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-31 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 46068 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1963 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 37-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1963 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-14 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 49219 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-35 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62986 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 37-21 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62889 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | A | Cleveland Browns | 33-6 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84213 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 38-21 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 29482 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1963 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 42-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62936 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 48-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62982 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1963 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-24 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62992 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1963 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 34-27 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 29653 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | H | Washington Redskins | 44-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62992 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1963 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 33-17 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 63240 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/29/1963 | A | Chicago Bears | 10-14 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45801 | |
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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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/17/1963 | Detroit Lions | Doubleheader |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bob Anderson | 41 | HB | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Army | 1 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 49 | LCB | 6-2 | 201 | 28 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Bookie Bolin | 63 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 240 | 23 | Mississippi | 13 | 8 |
| Rosey Brown | 79 | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 31 | Morgan State | 13 | 13 |
| Ken Byers | 60 | ROG-LOG | 6-1 | 240 | 23 | Cincinnati | 14 | 6 |
| Don Chandler | 34 | P-K | 6-2 | 208 | 29 | Bacone Indian JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Johnny Counts | 46 | FL | 5-10 | 170 | 24 | Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| Darrell Dess | 62 | LOG | 6-0 | 243 | 28 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Eddie Dove | 48 | LS | 6-2 | 181 | 26 | Colorado | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 16 | FL | 6-1 | 197 | 33 | Bakersfield CC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Glynn Griffing | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Mississippi | 13 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 9 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 |
| Al Gursky | 33 | LB | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Penn State | 2 | 0 |
| Lou Guy | 23 | FL | 6-0 | 188 | 22 | Mississippi | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 87 | LLB | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Colorado | 14 | 5 |
| Lane Howell | 78 | ROT-LOT | 6-4 | 264 | 22 | Grambling State | 14 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 70 | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 29 | West Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Katcavage | 75 | LDE | 6-3 | 237 | 29 | Dayton | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Killett | 37 | HB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Mississippi; Memphis | 13 | 0 |
| Phil King | 24 | HB | 6-4 | 223 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 14 |
| Lou Kirouac | 71 | LOT-LDE | 6-3 | 238 | 23 | Boston College | 14 | 1 |
| Greg Larson | 53 | C | 6-2 | 249 | 24 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| John LoVetere | 76 | RDT | 6-4 | 283 | 27 | Compton JC | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Lynch | 22 | RCB | 6-1 | 202 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 39 | HB-FB | 6-1 | 197 | 35 | Compton JC; Washington | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 77 | LDT | 6-0 | 258 | 32 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Morrison | 40 | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Cincinnati | 14 | 8 |
| Jimmy Patton | 20 | RS | 5-11 | 183 | 30 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Pesonen | 25 | LS-LCB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Minnesota; Minnesota-Duluth | 14 | 8 |
| Andy Robustelli | 81 | RDE | 6-1 | 230 | 38 | Arnold | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Scott | 82 | RLB | 6-2 | 219 | 33 | Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Del Shofner | 85 | SE | 6-3 | 188 | 29 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| Jack Stroud | 66 | ROT | 6-1 | 235 | 35 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Taylor | 65 | RDE | 6-3 | 238 | 23 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 209 | 26 | Oregon State | 14 | 3 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 37 | Louisiana State | 13 | 13 |
| Mickey Walker | 64 | LOG | 6-0 | 232 | 24 | Michigan State | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Walton | 80 | TE | 5-11 | 202 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 11 |
| Allan Webb | 21 | LS | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | Arnold | 7 | 6 |
| Alex Webster | 29 | FB | 6-3 | 218 | 32 | North Carolina State | 7 | 6 |
| Bill Winter | 31 | LLB | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | St. Olaf | 10 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 26 | Frank Lasky | T | Florida |
| 3 | 41 | Dick Skelly | B | Florida |
| 5 | 62 | Dave Hill | T | Auburn |
| 5 | 69 | Lou Slaby | B | Pittsburgh |
| 6 | 82 | Bob Petrich | T | West Texas A&M |
| 7 | 87 | Dave Hoppmann | B | Iowa State |
| 7 | 97 | Burt Petkus | G | Northwestern |
| 8 | 110 | Dave Herman | G | Michigan State |
| 9 | 125 | Bob Taylor | T | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 10 | 138 | Mike Taliaferro | B | Illinois |
| 11 | 153 | Don McKinnon | C | Dartmouth |
| 12 | 166 | Ed Adamchik | G | Pittsburgh |
| 13 | 181 | Jim Moss | B | West Virginia |
| 14 | 194 | Joe Williams | B | Iowa |
| 15 | 209 | Lane Howell | C | Grambling State |
| 16 | 222 | Charlie Killett | B | Memphis |
| 17 | 237 | Bob McAdams | T | North Carolina Central |
| 18 | 250 | Bill Pashe | B | George Washington |
| 19 | 265 | Buck Buchanan | T | Grambling State |
| 20 | 278 | Homer Jones | B | Texas Southern |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 94 | 153 | 122 | 79 | 448 |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 89 | 63 | 69 | 280 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 278 | 95 | 164 | 19 | / % | / % | 67 | 755 | |
| Opponents Totals | 213 | 89 | 106 | 18 | / % | / % | 66 | 617 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 0 | 52 | 56 | 92.9 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 0 | 106 |
| Joe Morrison | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Del Shofner | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Phil King | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Frank Gifford | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Joe Walton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Alex Webster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dick Lynch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Aaron Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Hillebrand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sam Huff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Katcavage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 57 | 52 | 57 | 91.2 | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 0 | 448 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 37 | 39 | 94.9 | 3 | 14 | 21.4 | 0 | 280 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 0 | 53 | 6/7 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 5/11 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 29 | 62.1 | 0 | 53 | 6/7 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 5/11 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 14 | 21.4 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/4 | 0/5 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil King | 161 | 613 | 3.8 | 50t | 3 |
| Joe Morrison | 119 | 568 | 4.8 | 70t | 3 |
| Alex Webster | 75 | 255 | 3.4 | 12 | 4 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 55 | 175 | 3.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 18 | 99 | 5.5 | 18 | 2 |
| Charlie Killett | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Glynn Griffing | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Anderson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 453 | 1777 | 3.9 | 70t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 411 | 1669 | 4.1 | 48 | 14 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 367 | 221 | 60.2 | 132 | 3145 | 8.6 | 14.2 | 70t | 36 | 9.8 | 14 | 3.8 | 24 | 205 | 2940 | 104.8 |
| Glynn Griffing | 40 | 16 | 40.0 | 20 | 306 | 7.7 | 19.1 | 64 | 3 | 7.5 | 4 | 10.0 | 4 | 39 | 267 | 52.7 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 9 | 89 | 5.2 | 17.8 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 17.6 | 7 | 67 | 22 | 9.3 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 18 | 9.0 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 81.3 |
| Team Totals | 426 | 243 | 57.0 | 162 | 3558 | 8.4 | 14.6 | 70t | 39 | 9.2 | 21 | 4.9 | 35 | 311 | 3247 | 94.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 368 | 176 | 47.8 | 158 | 2588 | 7.0 | 14.7 | 75t | 22 | 6.0 | 34 | 9.2 | 57 | 499 | 2089 | 52.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Shofner | 64 | 1181 | 18.5 | 70t | 9 |
| Frank Gifford | 42 | 657 | 15.6 | 64 | 7 |
| Phil King | 32 | 377 | 11.8 | 46t | 5 |
| Joe Morrison | 31 | 284 | 9.2 | 57t | 7 |
| Joe Walton | 26 | 371 | 14.3 | 43t | 6 |
| Aaron Thomas | 22 | 469 | 21.3 | 55 | 3 |
| Alex Webster | 15 | 128 | 8.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 11 | 91 | 8.3 | 24 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 243 | 3558 | 14.6 | 70t | 39 |
| Opponents Totals | 176 | 2588 | 14.7 | 75t | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Lynch | 9 | 251 | 27.9 | 82t | 3 |
| Bill Winter | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 34 | 1 |
| Sam Huff | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 36t | 1 |
| Dick Pesonen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Allan Webb | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Dove | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 75 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 546 | 16.1 | 82t | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 379 | 18.0 | 87t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 59 | 2648 | 44.9 | 64 | 0 | 7 | 283 | 2225 | 37.7 | |
| Team Totals | 59 | 2648 | 44.9 | 64 | 0 | 7 | 283 | 2225 | 37.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 2871 | 40.4 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 364 | 2487 | 35.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Dove | 17 | 9 | 198 | 11.6 | 83 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 13 | 3 | 74 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Pesonen | 7 | 3 | 47 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Allan Webb | 3 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Dick Lynch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 19 | 364 | 9.1 | 83 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 12 | 283 | 8.8 | 82 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Killett | 14 | 332 | 23.7 | 54 | 0 | |
| Dick Pesonen | 8 | 197 | 24.6 | 30 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 51 | 0 | |
| Johnny Counts | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 31 | 0 | |
| Joe Morrison | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| Allan Webb | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Eddie Dove | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Lou Guy | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 55 | 0 | |
| Tom Scott | 0 | 9 | 9L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 46 | 1018 | 22.1 | 54 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 1816 | 26.3 | 99t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erich Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 0 |
| Bookie Bolin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Dove | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glynn Griffing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Guy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lane Howell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Charlie Killett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil King | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Larson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Lo Vetere | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Dick Pesonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Stroud | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allan Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 45 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 1 |
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