| Chicago Cardinals at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 18, 1953 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 30301 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 70 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago CardinalsCHIC | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIC | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Sonny Grandelius 1 run (Randy Clay kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Bill Albright 16 opponents fumble recovery (Randy Clay kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago CardinalsCHIC | Steve Romanik 1 run (Pat Summerall kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ray Pelfrey 60 pass from Charley Conerly (Randy Clay kick) | 7 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Gern Nagler |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Higgins |
| 72 | LOG | Bill Fischer |
| 50 | C | Jack Simmons |
| 60 | ROG | Gordon Polofsky |
| 70 | ROT | Jack Jennings |
| 80 | ROE | Don Stonesifer |
| 7 | QB | Ray Nagel |
| 2 | LOH | Charley Trippi |
| 22 | ROH | Don Paul |
| 33 | FB | Johnny Olszewski |
| Defense | ||
| 42 | LDE | Bob Dove |
| 76 | LDT | Volney Peters |
| 71 | MG | Don Joyce |
| 57 | RDT | Jerry Groom |
| 82 | RDE | Tom Bienemann |
| 31 | LLB | Bill Svoboda |
| 34 | MLB | John Panelli |
| 51 | RLB | Leo Sanford |
| 87 | LDH | Ray Ramsey |
| 24 | S | Jim Psaltis |
| 49 | RDH | Roy Barni |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LOE | Ray Pelfrey |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 65 | LOG | Chet Lagod |
| 53 | C | John Rapacz |
| 60 | ROG | Bill Austin |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Yelvington |
| 81 | ROE | Bill Stribling |
| 42 | QB | Charley Conerly |
| 24 | LOH | Sonny Grandelius |
| 12 | ROH | Randy Clay |
| 31 | FB | Eddie Price |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Jim Duncan |
| 73 | LDT | Arnie Weinmeister |
| 75 | LDG | Bill Albright |
| 63 | RDG | Bob Peviani |
| 70 | RDT | Ray Krouse |
| 21 | RDE | Joe Sulaitis |
| 52 | LB | John Cannady |
| 38 | LDH | Don Menasco |
| 45 | LS | Emlen Tunnell |
| 16 | RS | Frank Gifford |
| 49 | RDH | Tom Landry |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Olszewski | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Romanik | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Ray Nagel | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Cross | 5 | -5 | -1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Eddie Price | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 18 | 20 | 1.1 | 7 | 1 |
| Randy Clay | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Buford Long | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Arnie Galiffa | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Steve Romanik | 30 | 12 | 40.0 | 2 | 160 | 5.3 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 29.9 | |
| Ray Nagel | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 28 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 52.1 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Charley Conerly | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 2 | 174 | 11.6 | 60t | 1 | 19 | 88.6 | |
| Arnie Galiffa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bill Mackrides | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Don Stonesifer | 8 | 112 | 14.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Gern Nagler | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Charley Trippi | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Johnny Olszewski | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ray Pelfrey | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Sonny Grandelius | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Randy Clay | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Tony Curcillo | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Paul | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Buford Long | 1 | 26 | 16.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ray Wietecha | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | |||||
| Charley Trippi | 9 | 422 | 46.9 | 63 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Butch Avinger | 7 | 321 | 45.9 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Don Paul | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cardinals | ||||||
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
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