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1939 New York Giants

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Record: 9-1-1, Finished 1st in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 168 points (15.3/g), 5th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 85 points (7.7/g), 1st.
 Differential of 83 points (7.5/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 9.2-1.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +34 (3.1/g), 1st.

Coached by Steve Owen (9-1-1)

1939 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 24 W 1-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 13 3 12 258 63 195 7 151 45 106 1
2 Sun October 1 T 1-0-1 @ Washington Redskins 0 0 5 74 -3 77 2 12 208 50 158 5
3 Sun October 8 W 2-0-1 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 14 7 9 183 108 75 2 14 246 78 168 6
4 Sun October 15 W 3-0-1 Philadelphia Eagles 27 10 13 225 116 109 2 7 113 51 62 8
5 Sun October 22 W 4-0-1 Chicago Bears 16 13 14 268 68 200 1 16 386 243 143 4
6 Sun October 29 W 5-0-1 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 7 6 9 175 57 118 1 13 233 97 136 1
7 Sun November 5 L 5-1-1 @ Detroit Lions 14 18 8 235 179 56 2 18 375 267 108 1
8 Sun November 12 W 6-1-1 Chicago Cardinals 17 7 9 189 76 113 13 277 166 111 3
9 Sun November 19 W 7-1-1 Pittsburgh Pirates 23 7 11 260 153 107 3 5 99 36 63 7
10 Sun November 26 W 8-1-1 Brooklyn Dodgers 28 7 9 235 107 128 3 14 259 99 160 5
11 Sun December 3 W 9-1-1 Washington Redskins 9 7 10 164 47 117 2 8 202 164 38 4
Playoffs
Championship December 10 L 9-2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 0 27

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 168 2252 625 3.6 109 75 177 971 8 11 5.5 448 1281 9 2.9 109 11 0
Team Defense 85 2499 628 4.0 89 222 1283 3 35 5.8 406 1216 5 3.0 45 10
Lg Rank Offense 5 7 8 9 10 5 1 8 2 6 6 7 1 1
Lg Rank Defense 1 2 1 7 3 1 1 3 4 5 1 3 1 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Ed Danowski 28 TB 11 9 42 101 41.6 437 3 3.0 6 5.9 0 4.3 2.0 10.4 39.7 39.9
Len Barnum 27 P 11 2 8 27 29.6 141 3 11.1 1 3.7 0 5.2 4.7 17.6 12.8 70.4
Tuffy Leemans+ 27 FB 10 2 12 26 46.2 198 0 0.0 2 7.7 0 7.6 4.2 16.5 19.8 40.2
Eddie Miller 23 8 0 13 23 56.5 195 2 8.7 2 8.7 0 8.5 5.4 15.0 24.4 77.3
Team Total 26.5 11 75 177 42.4 971 8 4.5 11 6.2 0 5.5 3.1 12.9 88.3 49.4
Opp Total 11 89 222 40.1 1283 3 1.4 35 15.8 5.8 -1.2 14.4 116.6 24.5 0 0 5.8 -1.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Tuffy Leemans+ 27 FB 10 2 128 429 3 0 3.4 42.9 12.8 8 185 23.1 2 50 0.8 18.5 614 5 0
Len Barnum 27 P 11 2 91 237 2 0 2.6 21.5 8.3 3 50 16.7 0 17 0.3 4.5 287 2 0
Hank Soar 25 fb 11 6 66 158 2 0 2.4 14.4 6.0 12 134 11.2 0 0 1.1 12.2 292 2 0
Kink Richards 29 9 2 40 117 1 0 2.9 13.0 4.4 2 8 4.0 0 8 0.2 0.9 125 1 0
Bull Karcis 31 10 0 31 93 0 0 3.0 9.3 3.1 93 0 0
Eddie Miller 23 8 0 30 99 1 0 3.3 12.4 3.8 99 1 0
Ed Danowski 28 TB 11 9 25 21 0 7 0.8 1.9 2.3 21 0 0
Ward Cuff* 26 WB 9 8 23 102 0 0 4.4 11.3 2.6 10 83 8.3 2 0 1.1 9.2 185 2 0
Al Owen 26 8 1 8 11 0 0 1.4 1.4 1.0 2 45 22.5 1 39 0.3 5.6 56 1 0
Lee Shaffer 27 9 2 3 6 0 3 2.0 0.7 0.3 2 8 4.0 0 5 0.2 0.9 14 0 0
Dale Burnett 30 11 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.3 0.1 8 86 10.8 0 0 0.7 7.8 89 0 0
Nello Falaschi* 26 BB 11 9 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.4 0.1 4 27 6.8 0 25 0.4 2.5 31 0 0
Ken Strong 33 9 3 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Jim Poole*+ 24 LE 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 99 14.1 0 0 0.6 9.0 99 0 0
Chuck Gelatka 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 71 11.8 0 0 0.6 7.1 71 0 0
Jim Lee Howell 24 re 7 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 112 22.4 2 0 0.7 16.0 112 2 0
Jiggs Kline 26 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 44 11.0 1 0 0.4 4.9 44 1 0
Will Walls 27 RE 10 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 19 9.5 0 11 0.2 1.9 19 0 0
Team Total 26.5 11 448 1281 9 7 2.9 116.5 40.7 75 971 12.9 8 50 6.8 88.3 2252 17 0
Opp Total 11 406 1216 5 3.0 110.5 36.9 89 1283 14.4 3 8.1 116.6 2499 8 0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Len Barnum 27 P 11 2 7 3 42.9% 3 3 100.0% 29 1181 60 0 40.7
Ed Danowski 28 TB 11 9 29 1105 56 1 38.1
Ward Cuff* 26 WB 9 8 16 7 43.8% 6 6 100.0%
Ken Strong 33 9 3 8 4 50.0% 7 7 100.0% 5 277 69 0 55.4
Eddie Miller 23 8 0 5 183 47 0 36.6
Hank Soar 25 fb 11 6 1 0.0% 2 2 100.0%
Kink Richards 29 9 2 1 39 36 0 39.0
Team Total 26.5 11 32 14 43.8% 18 18 100.0% 69 2785 69 1 40.4
Opp Total 11 8 9 7 77.8%

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ward Cuff* 26 WB 9 8 2 6 7 39
Tuffy Leemans+ 27 FB 10 2 3 2 30
Len Barnum 27 P 11 2 2 3 3 24
Hank Soar 25 fb 11 6 2 1 2 20
Ken Strong 33 9 3 7 4 19
Jim Lee Howell 24 re 7 5 2 12
Jiggs Kline 26 9 0 1 6
Eddie Miller 23 8 0 1 6
Al Owen 26 8 1 1 6
Kink Richards 29 9 2 1 6
Team Total 26.5 11 9 8 1 18 14 168
Opp Total 11 5 3 7 8 85