| New York Yanks at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: November 4, 1951 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 25682 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 53 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| New York Giants | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYY | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Ray Poole 28 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York Yanks | George Taliaferro 1 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Ray Poole 29 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Tom Landry 55 interception return (Ray Poole kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Ray Poole 13 FG | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Joe Scott 57 pass from Charley Conerly (Ray Poole kick) | 7 | 23 |
| 2 | New York Yanks | Sherman Howard 5 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | New York Yanks | Harvey Johnson 37 FG | 17 | 23 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Emlen Tunnell 100 kickoff return (Ray Poole kick) | 17 | 30 |
| 3 | New York Yanks | Buddy Young 90 kickoff return (Harvey Johnson kick) | 24 | 30 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Eddie Price 1 run (Ray Poole kick) | 24 | 37 |
| 4 | New York Yanks | Zollie Toth 1 run (Harvey Johnson kick) | 31 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | LOE | Dan Garza |
| 47 | LOT | Paul Mitchell |
| 21 | LOG | Johnny Clowes |
| 22 | C | Brad Ecklund |
| 7 | ROG | John Wozniak |
| 71 | ROT | Mike McCormack |
| 4 | ROE | Danny Edwards |
| 17 | QB | Bob Celeri |
| 20 | LOH | George Taliaferro |
| 86 | ROH | Zollie Toth |
| 46 | FB | Sherman Howard |
| Defense | ||
| 51 | LDE | Art Tait |
| 39 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 35 | MG | Jim Champion |
| 36 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 84 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 15 | LLB | Duke Iversen |
| 45 | RLB | Ross Nagel |
| 31 | LDH | Bennie Aldridge |
| 33 | LS | Darrel Meisenheimer |
| 10 | RS | Joe Golding |
| 3 | RDH | Paul Crowe |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Bob McChesney |
| 79 | LOT | Tex Coulter |
| 75 | LOG | Bill Albright |
| 53 | C | John Rapacz |
| 62 | ROG | Earl Murray |
| 77 | ROT | Herb Hannah |
| 81 | ROE | Bill Stribling |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 41 | LOH | Forrest Griffith |
| 30 | ROH | Joe Scott |
| 31 | FB | Eddie Price |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Jim Duncan |
| 73 | LDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 60 | LDG | Jon Baker |
| 70 | RDG | Ray Krouse |
| 78 | RDT | Al DeRogatis |
| 82 | RDE | Ray Poole |
| 52 | LB | John Cannady |
| 49 | LDH | Tom Landry |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 83 | RS | Otto Schnellbacher |
| 22 | RDH | Harmon Rowe |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Bob Celeri | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Sherman Howard | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5t | 1 |
| George Taliaferro | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Zollie Toth | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 4 | 1 |
| Buddy Young | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Forrest Griffith | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 20 | 15 | 0.8 | 6 | 1 |
| Joe Scott | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Travis Tidwell | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 42 | 17 | 40.5 | 2 | 224 | 5.3 | 39 | 0 | 42 | 38.2 | |
| George Taliaferro | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | 5 | 76.4 | ||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 3 | 243 | 10.1 | 57t | 1 | 8 | 67.2 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| 11/4/1951 | 1951 New York Yanks (NFL) | A | NYG | 31-37 | L | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/4/1951 | 1951 New York Yanks (NFL) | A | NYG | 31-37 | L | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| 1951 New York Giants (NFL) | 11/4/1951 | H | NYY | 37-31 | W | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | |
| 11/4/1951 | 1951 New York Giants (NFL) | H | NYY | 37-31 | W | 2 | 125 | 62.5 | 100t | 1 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 163 | 32.6 | 44 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Charley Conerly | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Bennie Aldridge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Buddy Young | 1 | |||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bob Jackson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 125 | 62.5 | 100t | 1 | |
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