| New York Giants at New York Yanks Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1951 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 16658 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 20 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| New York YanksNYY | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | NYY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ray Poole 16 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New York YanksNYY | Harvey Johnson 15 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Emlen Tunnell 74 punt return (Ray Poole kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | New York YanksNYY | George Taliaferro 3 pass from Bob Celeri (Harvey Johnson kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Wilkinson 69 pass from Charley Conerly (Ray Poole kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Kelley Mote 4 pass from Charley Conerly (Ray Poole kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Ray Poole 38 FG | 27 | 10 |
| 4 | New York YanksNYY | Sherman Howard 24 pass from George Ratterman (Harvey Johnson kick) | 27 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Bob McChesney |
| 79 | LOT | Tex Coulter |
| 67 | LOG | Duke Maronic |
| 53 | C | John Rapacz |
| 62 | ROG | Earl Murray |
| 77 | ROT | Herb Hannah |
| 80 | ROE | Kelley Mote |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 76 | LOH | Buddy Young |
| 46 | ROH | Sherman Howard |
| 86 | FB | Zollie Toth |
| Defense | ||
| 51 | LDE | Art Tait |
| 39 | LDT | Art Donovan |
| 35 | MG | Jim Champion |
| 36 | RDT | Don Colo |
| 84 | RDE | Barney Poole |
| 62 | LLB | Harvey Johnson |
| 45 | RLB | Ross Nagel |
| 31 | LDH | Bennie Aldridge |
| 33 | LS | Darrel Meisenheimer |
| 10 | RS | Joe Golding |
| 61 | RDH | Bobbie Griffin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Eddie Price | 30 | 138 | 4.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Forrest Griffith | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Sherman Howard | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| George Taliaferro | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Celeri | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 1 | 93 | 10.3 | 69t | 2 | 22 | 72.9 | |
| New York Yanks | |||||||||||
| Bob Celeri | 19 | 6 | 31.6 | 4 | 170 | 8.9 | 66 | 1 | 8 | 43.6 | |
| George Ratterman | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 2 | 79 | 5.3 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 34.4 | |
| George Taliaferro | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 2 | 90 | 8.2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 21.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Wilkinson | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 69t | 1 |
| Kelley Mote | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Sherman Howard | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 66 | 1 |
| Danny Edwards | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Dan Garza | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| George Taliaferro | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Bob Celeri | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Zollie Toth | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| John Amberg | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Dick Woodard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| Darrel Meisenheimer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Charley Conerly | 9 | 367 | 40.8 | 55 | 0 |
| New York Yanks | |||||
| George Taliaferro | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 74 | 74.0 | 74t | 1 | |
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Tex Coulter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| New York Yanks | ||||||
| Harvey Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
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