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1943 New York Giants (NFL)

1st place Eastern Division 6-3-1 .667

Playoff Statistics

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Head Coach: Steve Owen

Backfield

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	9/5/1943	N	Chicago Bears	28-43	L		Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium	16980
Wed	9/8/1943	A	Sampson Naval Training Station	19-0	W		Sampson, NY	Sampson Naval Training Station Field	13000
Sun	9/12/1943	N	Detroit Lions	21-14	W		Akron, OH	Rubber Bowl	11000
Sun	9/26/1943	A	Camp Lee	21-0	W		Camp Lee, VA	Lee Field	12000
Sat	10/9/1943	A	Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers	14-28	L		Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	15340
Sun	10/17/1943	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	20-0	W		New York, NY	Ebbets Field	18361
Sun	10/24/1943	H	Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers	42-14	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	42681
Sun	10/31/1943	H	Green Bay Packers	21-35	L		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	46208
Sun	11/7/1943	A	Detroit Lions	0-0	T		Detroit, MI	Briggs Stadium	16992
Sun	11/14/1943	H	Chicago Bears	7-56	L		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	56681
Sun	11/21/1943	H	Chicago Cardinals	24-13	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	19804
Sun	11/28/1943	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	24-7	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	28706
Sun	12/5/1943	H	Washington Redskins	14-10	W		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	51308
Sun	12/12/1943	A	Washington Redskins	31-7	W		Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	35540
Eastern Division Playoff
Sun	12/19/1943	H	Washington Redskins	0-28	L		New York, NY	Polo Grounds	42800

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
30	O'Neal Adams	LOE-lDE	6-3	195	24	Arkansas	8	8
28	Verlin Adams	OE-DE	6-1	205	25	Charleston	4	0
55	Chuck Avedisian	ROG-ROG-LOG-LDG	5-9	200	26	Providence	10	10
42	Hub Barker	BB-S	5-10	193	25	Arkansas	2	0
32	Al Blozis	ROT-RDT	6-6	250	24	Georgetown (DC)	10	10
5	Dave Brown	FB-LB-TB-LDH	5-11	190	23	Alabama	10	4
26	Vic Carroll	OT-DT	6-3	231	31	Pasadena CC; Nevada-Reno	10	0
36	Frank Cope	LOT-LDT	6-2	225	28	Santa Clara	10	10
14	Ward Cuff	WB-RDH	6-1	192	31	Marquette	10	10
12	Walt Dubzinski	C-LB	5-10	205	24	Boston College	5	0
7	Mel Hein	C-LB	6-2	225	34	Washington State	10	7
50	Bull Karcis	FB-LB	5-9	223	35	Carnegie Mellon	8	0
25	Carl Kinscherf	FB-LB	6-1	186	24	Colgate	8	2
4	Tuffy Leemans	FB-LB	6-0	195	31	Oregon; George Washington	10	1
22	Frank Liebel	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	6-1	211	24	Norwich	10	4
34	Sal Marone	OG-DG	5-10	195	23	Manhattan	8	0
44	Emery Nix	TB-LDH	5-11	180	24	Texas Christian	10	6
8	Bill Paschal	FB-LB	6-0	201	22	Georgia Tech	9	4
29	Bill Piccolo	C-LB	5-10	184	23	Canisius	9	3
11	Steve Pritko	ROE-RDE	6-2	210	23	Villanova	10	2
39	Tom Roberts	OT-DT-OG-DG	6-1	215	27	DePaul	9	0
20	Leland Shaffer	BB-S	6-2	203	31	Kansas State	10	10
15	Hank Soar	TB-LDH-FB-LB	6-1	209	29	Providence	4	4
37	Joe Sulaitis	BB-S	6-2	212	22	none	7	0
17	Bob Trocolor	TB-LDH	6-2	207	26	Alabama; Long Island	5	0
69	Frank Umont	OT-DT	5-11	220	26	none	1	0
31	Larry Visnic	OG-DG	5-10	195	25	St. Benedict's	8	0
24	Willie Walls	ROE-RDE	6-4	214	31	Texas Christian	8	6
60	Len Younce	LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG	6-1	208	26	Oregon State	10	10

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Steve Filipowicz	B	Fordham
3	21	Dewey Proctor	B	Furman
5	36	Val Culwell	G	Oregon
6	46	Jim Reynolds	B	Auburn
7	56	Lou Palazzi	C	Penn State
8	66	Larry Visnic	G	St. Benedict's
9	76	Doyle Caraway	G	Texas Tech
10	86	Bill Piccolo	C	Canisius
11	96	Glenn Knox	E	William & Mary
12	106	Walt Domina	B	Norwich
13	116	Don McCafferty	T	Ohio State
14	126	Jay Stoves	B	Washington State
15	136	Howard Currie	T	Geneva
16	146	N.A. Keithley	B	Tulsa
17	156	Jack Lister	E	Missouri
18	166	Dwight Holshouser	B	Catawba
19	176	Jim Lushine	T	Minnesota
20	186	Veto Berllus	E	Idaho
21	196	Fred Marshall	G	North Carolina
22	206	John Korczowski	B	William & Mary
23	216	Gene Hoeman	E	Oklahoma State
24	226	Keith Beebe	B	Occidental
25	236	Dave Brown	B	Alabama
26	246	Maurice Hail	G	Tulsa
27	256	Ed McNamara	T	Holy Cross
28	266	Dick Drake	T	Ohio Wesleyan
29	276	Stan Ritinski	E	Fordham
30	286	Clark Mollenhoff	T	Drake
31	291	Verlin Adams	G	Charleston
32	296	Bob Brundage	B	Pennsylvania

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	62	48	59	28
Opponents Totals	24	42	28	76

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		102	72	24	6	/ %	/ %	42	293
Opponents Totals		118	63	51	4	/ %	/ %	49	329

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bill Paschal	12	0	0		0	0		0	72
Ward Cuff	3	26	27	96.3	3	9	33.3	0	53
Frank Liebel	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
O'Neal Adams	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Willie Walls	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Chuck Avedisian	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Al Blozis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Carl Kinscherf	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Pritko	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Len Younce	1	0	0		0	1	0.0	0	6
Team Totals	27	26	27	96.3	3	10	30.0	0	197
Opponents Totals	24	23	24	95.8	1	6	16.7	0	170

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Ward Cuff	3	9	33.3	1/	0/	1/	1/	0/
Len Younce	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	3	10	30.0	1/	0/	1/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	1	6	16.7	0/	1/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Paschal	147	572	3.9	54t	10
Ward Cuff	80	523	6.5	65	3
Dave Brown	32	131	4.1	14	0
Carl Kinscherf	49	77	1.6	10	1
Tuffy Leemans	37	59	1.6	13	0
Emery Nix	19	26	1.4	25	0
Bull Karcis	12	19	1.6	7	0
Hank Soar	2	8	4.0	5	0
Joe Sulaitis	1	6	6.0	6	0
Leland Shaffer	1	3	3.0	3	0
Bob Trocolor	6	-4	-0.7	11	0
Team Totals {corrected=yds}	386	1420	3.7	65	14
Opponents Totals	366	1006	2.7		6

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Emery Nix	53	24	45.3	26	390	7.4	16.3	56t	3	5.7	3	5.7				65.8
Tuffy Leemans	87	37	42.5	45	366	4.2	9.9	28	5	5.7	5	5.7				50.3
Bob Trocolor	7	2	28.6	4	4	0.6	2.0	3	0	0.0	1	14.3				0.0
Ward Cuff	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Mel Hein	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Team Totals	149	63	42.3	77	760	5.1	12.1	56t	8	5.4	9	6.0				51.3
Opponents Totals	229	119	52.0	92	1724	7.5	14.5		15	6.6	18	7.9				65.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie Walls	14	231	16.5	39	2
Frank Liebel	11	199	18.1	56t	3
Bill Paschal	9	74	8.2	24t	2
O'Neal Adams	8	65	8.1	17	1
Ward Cuff	7	52	7.4	17	0
Dave Brown	5	29	5.8	12	0
Leland Shaffer	3	66	22.0	40	0
Carl Kinscherf	2	4	2.0	2	0
Al Blozis	1	15	15.0	15	0
Bull Karcis	1	1	1.0	1	0
Steve Pritko	1	12	12.0	12	0
Joe Sulaitis	1	12	12.0	12	0
Team Totals	63	760	12.1	56t	8
Opponents Totals	119	1724	14.5		15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Brown	6	64	10.7	31	0
Hank Soar	3	43	14.3	23	0
Ward Cuff	3	6	2.0	4	0
Emery Nix	2	13	6.5	13	0
Mel Hein	1	31	31.0	31	0
Len Younce	1	30	30.0	30t	1
Leland Shaffer	1	18	18.0	18	0
Walt Dubzinski	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	18	205	11.4	31	1
Opponents Totals	9	135	15.0		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Carl Kinscherf	32	1303	40.7	72	0
Len Younce	20	851	42.6	74	0
Bill Paschal	12	418	34.8	59	0
Bob Trocolor	5	155	31.0	41	0
Team Totals	69	2727	39.5	74	0					33.9
Opponents Totals	76							466		31.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ward Cuff	9		120	13.3	44	0
Bill Paschal	9		92	10.2	20	0
Dave Brown	7		106	15.1	30	0
Emery Nix	4		50	12.5	17	0
Tuffy Leemans	3		66	22.0	34	0
Hank Soar	2		15	7.5	8	0
Bob Trocolor	1		17	17.0	17	0
Team Totals	35		466	13.3	44	0
Opponents Totals	39			10.0	36	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Paschal	7		183	26.1	31	0
Ward Cuff	3		59	19.7	24	0
Bob Trocolor	2		64	32.0	37	0
Carl Kinscherf	2		57	28.5	30	0
Tuffy Leemans	2		29	14.5	15	0
Bull Karcis	1		21	21.0	21	0
Emery Nix	1		12	12.0	12	0
O'Neal Adams	1		8	8.0	8	0
Willie Walls	1		3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	20		436	21.8	37	0
Opponents Totals	41					0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
O'Neal Adams							1
Team Totals	21	5	16	10	26		1
Opponents Totals	33	10	13	5	28		2

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