| Washington Redskins at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 7, 1947 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 25594 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 43 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 14 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Howie Livingston 28 pass from Paul Governali (Ken Strong kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Howie Livingston 53 pass from Paul Governali (Ken Strong kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Dick Poillon 17 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ray Poole 43 pass from Paul Governali (Ken Strong kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Ray Poole 6 pass from Paul Governali (Ken Strong kick) | 3 | 28 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | George Cheverko 12 pass from Art Faircloth (Ken Strong kick) | 3 | 35 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Eddie Saenz 17 pass from Jim Youel (Dick Poillon kick) | 10 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | LOE | Jim Peebles |
| 17 | LOT | Don Avery |
| 60 | LOG | Bill Gray |
| 53 | C | Al DeMao |
| 51 | ROG | Fred Boensch |
| 49 | ROT | Johnny Sanchez |
| 37 | ROE | Joe Tereshinski |
| 33 | QB | Sammy Baugh |
| 99 | LOH | Eddie Saenz |
| 14 | ROH | Tom Farmer |
| 32 | FB | Sal Rosato |
| Defense | ||
| 45 | LDE | Paul McKee |
| 19 | LDT | Jim Peebles |
| 53 | MG | Al DeMao |
| 17 | RDT | Don Avery |
| 18 | RDE | Joe Duckworth |
| 38 | LLB | Jack Jenkins |
| 60 | MLB | Bill Gray |
| 55 | RLB | Ki Aldrich |
| 14 | LDH | Tom Farmer |
| 41 | RDH | Dick Todd |
| 25 | S | Dick Poillon |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LOE | Tex Coulter |
| 75 | LOT | Bill Schuler |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Dobelstein |
| 20 | C | John Cannady |
| 60 | ROG | Len Younce |
| 71 | ROT | Phil Ragazzo |
| 82 | ROE | Ray Poole |
| 21 | BB | Joe Sulaitis |
| 22 | TB | Duke Iversen |
| 44 | WB | Frank Reagan |
| 10 | FB | Howie Livingston |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Mead |
| 79 | LDT | Tex Coulter |
| 67 | MG | Bob Dobelstein |
| 90 | RDT | Vic Carroll |
| 82 | RDE | Ray Poole |
| 60 | LLB | Len Younce |
| 20 | MLB | John Cannady |
| 51 | RLB | Chet Gladchuk |
| 21 | LDH | Joe Sulaitis |
| 10 | RDH | Howie Livingston |
| 44 | S | Frank Reagan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Jim Castiglia | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Youel | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Eddie Saenz | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sammy Baugh | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Tom Farmer | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| George Wilde | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Gene Roberts | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Paul Governali | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Art Faircloth | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sammy Baugh | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | 2 | 158 | 4.6 | 0 | 12 | 31.3 | ||
| Jim Youel | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 2 | 45 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 27.6 | ||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Paul Governali | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 0 | 255 | 12.8 | 4 | 39 | 143.8 | ||
| Art Faircloth | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 12 | 4.0 | 12t | 1 | 0 | 86.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Eddie Saenz | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 25 | 1 |
| Bob Nussbaumer | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Farmer | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Castiglia | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul McKee | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| George Cheverko | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 12t | 1 |
| Howie Livingston | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 53t | 2 |
| Gene Roberts | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ray Poole | 2 | ||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| George Cheverko | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 1 | 71 | 71.0 | 71 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dick Poillon | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 45 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Frank Reagan | 7 | 318 | 45.4 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
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