1952 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Conference • 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| Jim Lee Howell | Ends |
| Ed Kolman | Line |
| Allie Sherman | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/16/1952 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-0 | W | Milwaukee, WI | Marquette Stadium | 21000 | |
| Fri | 8/22/1952 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-0 | W | Des Moines, IA | Drake Stadium | 13000 | |
| Tue | 9/2/1952 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-33 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 36853 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1952 | A | Chicago Bears | 9-14 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 28158 | |
| Thu | 9/18/1952 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 30-17 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28670 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1952 | A | Dallas Texans | 24-6 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 17500 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1952 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 22512 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1952 | A | Cleveland Browns | 17-9 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 51858 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1952 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 23-24 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 41182 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1952 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-14 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 21458 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1952 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 28-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 27195 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1952 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 23-14 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 50880 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1952 | H | Green Bay Packers | 3-17 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 26723 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1952 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-10 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 21125 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1952 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-63 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 15140 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1952 | H | Washington Redskins | 17-27 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 21237 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1952 | H | Cleveland Browns | 37-34 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 41610 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Albright | 75 | LDT | 6-1 | 245 | 23 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| John Amberg | 12 | LDH-LS-LOH | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Kansas | 12 | 7 |
| Jon Baker | 60 | MG | 6-2 | 214 | 29 | California | 12 | 12 |
| Ray Beck | 65 | LOG | 6-2 | 224 | 21 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 12 |
| Fred Benners | 47 | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 22 | Sewanee; Southern Methodist | 6 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 52 | RLB-C | 6-2 | 227 | 29 | Indiana | 12 | 12 |
| Charley Conerly | 42 | QB-K | 6-1 | 185 | 31 | Mississippi | 12 | 11 |
| Tex Coulter | 79 | LOT-C | 6-4 | 250 | 28 | Army | 12 | 8 |
| Al DeRogatis | 78 | ROT | 6-4 | 239 | 25 | Duke | 12 | 6 |
| Jim Duncan | 86 | LLB | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Gifford | 16 | LOH-LS | 6-1 | 197 | 22 | Bakersfield CC; Southern California | 10 | 10 |
| Bob Hudson | 89 | LOE | 6-4 | 225 | 22 | Clemson | 12 | 0 |
| George Kennard | 67 | ROG | 6-0 | 207 | 24 | Kansas | 12 | 11 |
| Pat Knight | 35 | LB | 6-2 | 204 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 2 | 0 |
| Ray Krouse | 70 | RDT | 6-3 | 263 | 25 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Landry | 49 | LS-QB-P | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Texas | 12 | 11 |
| Bob McChesney | 88 | LOE | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | Hardin-Simmons | 12 | 12 |
| Don Menasco | 38 | LDH | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Texas | 12 | 7 |
| Hal Mitchell | 66 | LOT | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | UCLA | 12 | 7 |
| Kelley Mote | 80 | ROE | 6-2 | 189 | 29 | South Carolina; Duke | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Patton | 61 | ROG | 6-0 | 226 | 25 | Clemson | 11 | 1 |
| Ray Poole | 82 | RDE | 6-3 | 215 | 31 | Mississippi; North Carolina; Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Eddie Price | 31 | FB | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Tulane | 11 | 11 |
| John Rapacz | 53 | C | 6-4 | 252 | 28 | Western Michigan; Oklahoma | 9 | 7 |
| Kyle Rote | 44 | LOH | 6-0 | 199 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 3 |
| Harmon Rowe | 22 | RDH | 6-0 | 182 | 29 | Baylor; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Scott | 30 | ROH | 6-1 | 198 | 26 | Texas A&M; San Francisco | 8 | 4 |
| Bud Sherrod | 83 | LDE | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Tennessee | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 81 | ROE | 6-1 | 206 | 25 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 21 | LOG | 6-2 | 212 | 31 | none | 12 | 0 |
| George Thomas | 20 | ROH | 6-1 | 186 | 24 | Oklahoma | 8 | 5 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 45 | RS | 6-1 | 193 | 28 | Toledo; Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| Arnie Weinmeister | 73 | LDE | 6-4 | 235 | 29 | Washington | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 87 | ROH | 6-3 | 213 | 26 | UCLA | 8 | 3 |
| Dick Yelvington | 72 | ROT | 6-2 | 232 | 24 | Georgia | 7 | 6 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 11 | Frank Gifford | B | Southern California |
| 2 | 23 | Ray Beck | G | Georgia Tech |
| 3 | 35 | Don Heinrich | QB | Washington |
| 4 | 38 | Merwin Hodel | B | Colorado |
| 4 | 47 | Don Menasco | E | Texas |
| 5 | 59 | Bob Patton | T | Clemson |
| 6 | 71 | Jim MacKenzie | T | Kentucky |
| 7 | 83 | Val Joe Walker | B | Southern Methodist |
| 8 | 95 | Billy Shipp | T | Alabama |
| 9 | 107 | John Kastan | B | Boston University |
| 10 | 119 | Pat Knight | E | Southern Methodist |
| 11 | 131 | Charlie Harris | C | California |
| 12 | 143 | Dick Ochoa | B | Texas |
| 13 | 155 | Pat Brady | B | Bradley |
| 14 | 167 | Hal Mitchell | T | UCLA |
| 15 | 179 | Paul Bischoff | E | West Virginia |
| 16 | 191 | Paul Burns | G | Notre Dame |
| 17 | 203 | Bob Karpe | T | California |
| 18 | 215 | Gene Little | G | Rice |
| 19 | 227 | Fran Cahill | E | Northern Illinois |
| 20 | 239 | Rex Boggan | T | Mississippi |
| 21 | 251 | Jim Creamer | C | Michigan State |
| 22 | 263 | Bobby Raley | B | Texas |
| 23 | 275 | Bob Bickel | B | Duke |
| 24 | 287 | Wes Mitchell | E | Pacific |
| 25 | 299 | Bill Kelley | C | Pacific |
| 26 | 311 | Tom Lavery | E | Boston University |
| 27 | 323 | Duane Morrison | B | Arizona State |
| 28 | 335 | Alton Patterson | T | McMurry |
| 29 | 347 | Jim Dillon | B | California |
| 30 | 359 | Joe Arnold | G | Texas |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 41 | 71 | 80 | 42 | 234 |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 71 | 41 | 66 | 231 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 155 | 78 | 66 | 11 | / % | / % | 64 | 626 | |
| Opponents Totals | 189 | 72 | 110 | 7 | / % | / % | 66 | 518 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Poole | 0 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 0 | 56 |
| Bob McChesney | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Eddie Price | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bill Stribling | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Kyle Rote | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Joe Scott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Tom Landry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Wilkinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bud Sherrod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Conerly | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Arnie Weinmeister | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 29 | 28 | 29 | 96.6 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 1 | 234 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 27 | 30 | 90.0 | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 0 | 231 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Poole | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 0 | 42 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 0 | 42 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | 1/ | 2/ | 3/ | 1/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Price | 183 | 748 | 4.1 | 75t | 5 |
| Kyle Rote | 103 | 421 | 4.1 | 52t | 2 |
| Frank Gifford | 38 | 116 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 27 | 115 | 4.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 38 | 107 | 2.8 | 30t | 3 |
| Tom Landry | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 8 | 1 |
| John Amberg | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 26 | 26 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| George Thomas | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Fred Benners | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob McChesney | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 442 | 1636 | 3.7 | 75t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 404 | 1303 | 3.2 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Conerly | 169 | 82 | 48.5 | 77 | 1090 | 6.4 | 13.3 | 70t | 13 | 7.7 | 10 | 5.9 | 146 | 944 | 70.4 | |
| Fred Benners | 58 | 25 | 43.1 | 28 | 320 | 5.5 | 12.8 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 8.6 | 119 | 201 | 25.1 | |
| Tom Landry | 47 | 11 | 23.4 | 29 | 172 | 3.7 | 15.6 | 70t | 1 | 2.1 | 7 | 14.9 | 42 | 130 | 9.8 | |
| Kyle Rote | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 113 | 28.3 | 56.5 | 72t | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 135.4 |
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 18 | 9.0 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 4 | 120.8 | |
| Team Totals | 280 | 121 | 43.2 | 137 | 1713 | 6.1 | 14.2 | 72t | 16 | 5.7 | 22 | 7.9 | 321 | 1392 | 49.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 337 | 162 | 48.1 | 147 | 2514 | 7.5 | 15.5 | 77 | 18 | 5.3 | 28 | 8.3 | 336 | 2178 | 56.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Stribling | 26 | 399 | 15.3 | 55t | 5 | ||||
| Bob McChesney | 21 | 430 | 20.5 | 72t | 6 | 0 | |||
| Kyle Rote | 21 | 240 | 11.4 | 26 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Joe Scott | 14 | 251 | 17.9 | 35 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Price | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wilkinson | 6 | 148 | 24.7 | 70t | 2 | ||||
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kelley Mote | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hudson | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Amberg | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tex Coulter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Thomas | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 121 | 1713 | 14.2 | 72t | 16 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 162 | 2514 | 15.5 | 77 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Landry | 8 | 99 | 12.4 | 30t | 1 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 7 | 149 | 21.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Don Menasco | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Duncan | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| John Amberg | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Harmon Rowe | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ray Poole | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 371 | 13.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 306 | 13.9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Landry | 82 | 3363 | 41.0 | 61 | 1 | 348 | ||||
| Team Totals | 82 | 3363 | 41.0 | 61 | 1 | 348 | 30.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 84 | 3402 | 40.5 | 502 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 30 | 411 | 13.7 | 60 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 10 | 88 | 8.8 | 24 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 502 | 12.2 | 60 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 348 | 6.7 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 15 | 364 | 24.3 | 39 | 0 | |
| Joe Scott | 7 | 190 | 27.1 | 51 | 0 | |
| Kyle Rote | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 4 | 124 | 31.0 | 61 | 0 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 45 | 0 | |
| Bob McChesney | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bud Sherrod | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Eddie Price | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bill Stribling | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| George Kennard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Beck | 0 | 7 | 7L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 45 | 999 | 22.2 | 61 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 957 | 19.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Albright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Amberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Benners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cannady | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Kennard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Krouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Hal Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Patton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Poole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Rapacz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Scott | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bud Sherrod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 0 |
| Bill Stribling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| Arnie Weinmeister | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 75 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 0 |
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