| League Championship - Green Bay Packers at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1938 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 48120 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 42 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 13 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Tuffy Leemans 6 run (Johnny Gildea kick failed) | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Carl Mulleneaux 50 pass from Arnie Herber (Tiny Engebretsen kick) | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Hap Barnard 20 pass from Ed Danowski (Ward Cuff kick) | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Clarke Hinkle 1 run (Tiny Engebretsen kick) | 14 | 16 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Tiny Engebretsen 15 FG | 17 | 16 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Hank Soar 23 pass from Ed Danowski (Ward Cuff kick) | 17 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| 32 | LE | Wayland Becker |
| 41 | LT | Champ Seibold |
| 46 | LG | Russ Letlow |
| 18 | C | Lee Mulleneaux |
| 43 | RG | Charles Goldenberg |
| 40 | RT | Bill Lee |
| 22 | RE | Milt Gantenbein |
| 51 | BB | Herm Schneidman |
| 17 | LH | Cecil Isbell |
| 24 | HB | Joe Laws |
| 30 | FB | Clarke Hinkle |
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LOE | Jim Poole |
| 50 | LOT | Ed Widseth |
| 2 | LOG | Johnny Dell Isola |
| 7 | C | Mel Hein |
| 42 | ROG | Orville Tuttle |
| 44 | ROT | Ox Parry |
| 21 | ROE | Jim Lee Howell |
| 22 | QB | Ed Danowski |
| 15 | TB | Hank Soar |
| 14 | WB | Ward Cuff |
| 20 | FB | Leland Shaffer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Clarke Hinkle | 18 | 64 | 3.6 | 16 | 1 |
| Bob Monnett | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Joe Laws | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Arnie Herber | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Cecil Isbell | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Eddie Jankowski | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Andy Uram | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ookie Miller | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Hank Soar | 20 | 68 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 16 | 1 |
| Len Barnum | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bull Karcis | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Danowski | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Arnie Herber | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 0 | 123 | 8.8 | 50t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.3 |
| Cecil Isbell | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 91 | 18.2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.6 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Ed Danowski | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 0 | 74 | 6.7 | 23t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122.7 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.8 |
| Len Barnum | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Hank Soar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Wayland Becker | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Carl Mulleneaux | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 50t | 1 |
| Andy Uram | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Cecil Isbell | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bernie Scherer | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Milt Gantenbein | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Hank Soar | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 25 | 1 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Hap Barnard | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Len Barnum | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Tiny Engebretsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ed Danowski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Arnie Herber | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Clarke Hinkle | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 37 | 1 |
| Cecil Isbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ed Danowski | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Johnny Gildea | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59 | 0 |
| Len Barnum | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Bob Monnett | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Andy Uram | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Arnie Herber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Tuffy Leemans | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Joe Laws | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Clarke Hinkle | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Arnie Herber | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jim Lee Howell | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| New York Giants | ||
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