| Washington Redskins at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 4, 1938 Location: New York, NY Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 57461 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 54 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 14 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 36 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Hank Soar 43 run (Ward Cuff kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Bull Karcis run (Ward Cuff kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 36 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ward Cuff 96 interception return (Ward Cuff kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Chuck Gelatka 27 pass from Tuffy Leemans (kick failed) | 0 | 30 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Chuck Gelatka 7 interception return (kick failed) | 0 | 36 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| 40 | LOE/LDE | Wayne Millner |
| 17 | LOT/LDT | Turk Edwards |
| 21 | LOG/LDG | Les Olsson |
| 27 | C/MG | Mickey Parks |
| 29 | ROG/RDG | Jim Karcher |
| 15 | ROT/RDT | Jim Barber |
| 19 | ROE/RDE | Charley Malone |
| 25 | BB/S | Riley Smith |
| 33 | TB /LDH | Sammy Baugh |
| 13 | WB/RDH | Ed Justice |
| 44 | FB/LB | Andy Farkas |
| New York Giants | ||
| 23 | LOE/LDE | Jim Poole |
| 50 | LOT/LDT | Ed Widseth |
| 2 | LOG/LDG | Johnny Dell Isola |
| 7 | C/MG | Mel Hein |
| 42 | ROG/RDG | Orville Tuttle |
| 44 | ROT/RDT | Ox Parry |
| 21 | ROE/RDE | Jim Lee Howell |
| 22 | TB/S | Ed Danowski |
| 15 | LOH/LDH | Hank Soar |
| 14 | WB/RDH | Ward Cuff |
| 20 | FB/LB | Leland Shaffer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Frank Filchock | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Hartman | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| George Karamatic | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Andy Farkas | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Max Krause | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Ed Justice | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Don Irwin | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | |
| Sammy Baugh | 3 | -9 | -3.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Hank Soar | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 43 | 1 |
| Kink Richards | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Bull Karcis | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Tuffy Leemans | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| Ed Danowski | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Len Barnum | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hugh Wolfe | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Wayne Millner | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Charley Malone | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Don Irwin | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Jay Turner | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jim Lee Howell | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Chuck Gelatka | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Dale Burnett | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ward Cuff | 1 | ||||
| Chuck Gelatka | 1 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
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