1957 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Conference • 7-5-0 .583 |
| Head Coach: Jim Lee Howell |
| Johnny Dell Isola | Line |
| Ken Kavanaugh | Offensive Ends |
| Ed Kolman | Line |
| Tom Landry | Defense |
| Vince Lombardi | Offense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/9/1957 | A | College All-Stars | 22-12 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 75000 | |
| Sun | 8/18/1957 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 15-24 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33673 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1957 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 24-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 60094 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1957 | N | Chicago Bears | 24-17 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 32000 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1957 | N | Green Bay Packers | 10-13 | L | Boston, MA | Nickerson Field | 23000 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1957 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 30159 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1957 | A | Cleveland Browns | 3-6 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 58095 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1957 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-20 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Connie Mack Stadium | 28342 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1957 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-20 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 30086 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1957 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 35-0 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 52589 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1957 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-31 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 40416 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1957 | A | Green Bay Packers | 31-17 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 32070 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1957 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 27-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 46402 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1957 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-0 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 42845 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1957 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 28-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 19200 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1957 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 17-27 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 54121 | |
| Sat | 12/7/1957 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 19772 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1957 | H | Cleveland Browns | 28-34 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 54294 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ben Agajanian | 8 | K | 6-0 | 195 | 38 | Compton JC; New Mexico | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Austin | 60 | LOG | 6-1 | 223 | 29 | Oregon State | 12 | 8 |
| Ray Beck | 61 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 224 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 8 |
| Johnny Bookman | 22 | LDH | 5-11 | 182 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 11 | 11 |
| Rosey Brown | 79 | LOT | 6-3 | 249 | 25 | Morgan State | 12 | 12 |
| Don Chandler | 34 | P | 6-2 | 208 | 23 | Bacone Indian JC; Florida | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 12 | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 25 | San Angelo JC; Houston | 2 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 42 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 36 | Mississippi | 12 | 9 |
| Eddie Crawford | 21 | FB-DB | 6-3 | 185 | 23 | Mississippi | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Epps | 35 | FB | 5-9 | 198 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 9 |
| Gene Filipski | 40 | LOH-ROH | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Army; Villanova | 12 | 1 |
| Frank Gifford | 16 | LOH | 6-1 | 197 | 27 | Bakersfield CC; Southern California | 12 | 12 |
| Don Heinrich | 11 | QB | 6-0 | 182 | 27 | Washington | 4 | 3 |
| Sam Huff | 70 | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | West Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Hughes | 48 | RDH | 6-1 | 184 | 30 | Canisius; North Carolina State; Cameron JC; Tulsa | 8 | 2 |
| Jim Katcavage | 75 | RDT | 6-3 | 237 | 23 | Dayton | 10 | 10 |
| Cliff Livingston | 89 | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 212 | 27 | Orange Coast JC; UCLA | 10 | 1 |
| Ken MacAfee | 80 | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 212 | 28 | Alabama | 11 | 3 |
| John Martinkovic | 83 | LDE-RDT | 6-3 | 241 | 30 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 9 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 77 | LDT | 6-0 | 258 | 26 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Nolan | 25 | RDH | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Maryland | 11 | 11 |
| Jimmy Patton | 20 | RS | 5-11 | 183 | 24 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Andy Robustelli | 81 | RDE | 6-1 | 230 | 32 | Arnold | 12 | 11 |
| Kyle Rote | 44 | LOE | 6-0 | 199 | 29 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Schnelker | 85 | ROE-LOE | 6-3 | 214 | 29 | Bowling Green State | 12 | 10 |
| Jack Spinks | 68 | LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 236 | 27 | Alcorn State | 7 | 2 |
| Jack Stroud | 66 | ROG-ROT | 6-1 | 235 | 29 | Tennessee | 11 | 9 |
| Harland Svare | 84 | RLB | 6-0 | 214 | 27 | Washington State | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Svoboda | 30 | LLB | 6-0 | 210 | 29 | Tulane | 11 | 11 |
| Mel Triplett | 33 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | Toledo | 10 | 3 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 45 | LS | 6-1 | 193 | 33 | Toledo; Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| Alex Webster | 29 | ROH | 6-3 | 218 | 26 | North Carolina State | 11 | 10 |
| Ray Wietecha | 55 | C | 6-1 | 225 | 29 | Michigan State; Northwestern | 12 | 12 |
| Dick Yelvington | 72 | ROT | 6-2 | 232 | 29 | Georgia | 8 | 8 |
| Walt Yowarsky | 78 | LDE-LLB-ROT | 6-2 | 234 | 29 | Kentucky | 11 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 23 | Sam DeLuca | T | South Carolina |
| 3 | 35 | Dennis Mendyk | B | Michigan State |
| 5 | 61 | Larry Wesley | T | Florida |
| 6 | 73 | Bob Hobert | T | Minnesota |
| 7 | 85 | Chuck Curtis | QB | Texas Christian |
| 8 | 97 | Johnny Bookman | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 9 | 109 | Don Maynard | B | Texas-El Paso |
| 10 | 121 | Gordon Massa | C | Holy Cross |
| 11 | 133 | Pat Burke | G | Michigan State |
| 13 | 157 | Ron Bennett | E | Mississippi State |
| 14 | 169 | Dean Hesse | T | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 15 | 181 | Julius Derrick | E | South Carolina |
| 16 | 193 | Lou Deutschmann | B | Louisiana State |
| 17 | 205 | Jerry Stone | C | Mississippi |
| 18 | 217 | Jim Eaton | E | Florida |
| 19 | 229 | Ron Morris | B | Tulsa |
| 20 | 241 | Lanny Roberts | E | Georgia |
| 21 | 253 | Joe Smaltz | B | John Carroll |
| 22 | 265 | Jim Niemann | B | Cincinnati |
| 23 | 277 | Jack Healy | B | Maryland |
| 24 | 289 | Don Hicks | T | Florida |
| 25 | 301 | Jerry Goebel | C | Michigan |
| 26 | 313 | Emmett Zelenka | G | Tulane |
| 27 | 325 | Carl Brawley | T | Sul Ross State |
| 28 | 337 | Corky Gaines | G | South Carolina |
| 29 | 349 | Mike Bowman | G | Princeton |
| 30 | 360 | Don Gest | E | Washington State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 70 | 95 | 45 | 44 | 254 |
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 47 | 52 | 54 | 211 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 216 | 95 | 103 | 18 | / % | / % | 66 | 597 | |
| Opponents Totals | 174 | 92 | 84 | 18 | / % | / % | 49 | 423 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 0 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 0 | 62 |
| Frank Gifford | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Alex Webster | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bob Schnelker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Kyle Rote | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Don Heinrich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ken MacAfee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Bookman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Conerly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sam Huff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 0 | 254 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 12 | 17 | 70.6 | 0 | 211 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 2 | 50 | 5/6 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/4 | 1/4 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 18 | 55.6 | 2 | 50 | 5/6 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/4 | 1/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 17 | 70.6 | 5/ | 2/ | 2/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 136 | 528 | 3.9 | 41 | 5 |
| Alex Webster | 135 | 478 | 3.5 | 34 | 5 |
| Bobby Epps | 63 | 286 | 4.5 | 55 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 61 | 216 | 3.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Gene Filipski | 22 | 89 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 13 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Heinrich | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 2 |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 441 | 1649 | 3.7 | 55 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 442 | 1777 | 4.0 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Conerly | 232 | 128 | 55.2 | 93 | 1712 | 7.4 | 13.4 | 70 | 11 | 4.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 58 | 1654 | 74.9 | |
| Don Heinrich | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 14 | 224 | 8.6 | 20.4 | 63 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 70.0 |
| Frank Gifford | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 2 | 143 | 23.8 | 35.8 | 68t | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 149.3 |
| Don Chandler | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 118.8 |
| Bobby Clatterbuck | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 28t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 158.3 |
| Bobby Epps | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 269 | 147 | 54.6 | 110 | 2158 | 8.0 | 14.7 | 70 | 15 | 5.6 | 12 | 4.5 | 58 | 2100 | 81.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 226 | 104 | 46.0 | 104 | 1596 | 7.1 | 15.3 | 82t | 10 | 4.4 | 18 | 8.0 | 202 | 1394 | 51.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 41 | 588 | 14.3 | 63 | 4 |
| Alex Webster | 30 | 330 | 11.0 | 41 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 25 | 358 | 14.3 | 33t | 3 |
| Bob Schnelker | 20 | 450 | 22.5 | 70 | 5 |
| Ken MacAfee | 16 | 229 | 14.3 | 41 | 2 |
| Bobby Epps | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Eddie Crawford | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Gene Filipski | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 147 | 2158 | 14.7 | 70 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 104 | 1596 | 15.3 | 82t | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 52t | 1 |
| Johnny Bookman | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Jimmy Patton | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 50t | 1 |
| Bill Svoboda | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Harland Svare | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Eddie Crawford | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 276 | 15.3 | 52t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 190 | 15.8 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 60 | 2673 | 44.6 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 325 | 38.1 | ||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2673 | 44.6 | 61 | 0 | 325 | 39.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 2328 | 38.8 | 180 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Gene Filipski | 20 | 91 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 180 | 4.2 | 23 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 325 | 7.2 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Filipski | 26 | 613 | 23.6 | 34 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Patton | 10 | 223 | 22.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| Johnny Bookman | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Eddie Crawford | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 976 | 23.2 | 34 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 964 | 23.0 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Beck | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Conerly | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Crawford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Epps | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Filipski | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Gifford | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Heinrich | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Mac Afee | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Martinkovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Rote | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harland Svare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Webster | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Yowarsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 1 |
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