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1943 New York Giants
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Record: 6-3-1, Finished 1st in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 197 points (19.7/g), 5th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 170 points (17.0/g), 5th.
Differential of 27 points (2.7/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 5.9-4.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +14 (1.4/g), 2nd.
Coached by Steve Owen (6-3-1)
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1943 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Tuffy Leemans | 31 | 7 | 1 | 37 rushes for 59 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 18th pick / 1936 |
| TB | Emery Nix | 24 | Rook | 6 | 19 rushes for 26 yards, 0 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Bill Paschal | 22 | Rook | 3 | 147 rushes for 572 yards, 10 td, & 9 catches for 74 yards and 2 td | |
| FB | Dave Brown | 23 | Rook | 4 | 32 rushes for 131 yards, 0 td, & 5 catches for 29 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 25th / 236th pick / 1943 |
| BB | Lee Shaffer | 31 | 8 | 10 | 1 rush for 3 yards, 0 td, & 3 catches for 66 yards and 0 td | |
| WB | Ward Cuff | 30 | 6 | 10 | 80 rushes for 523 yards, 3 td, & 7 catches for 52 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 4th / 34th pick / 1937 |
| LE | Neal Adams | 24 | 1 | 8 | 8 catches for 65 yards, 1 td | |
| LT | Frank Cope | 28 | 5 | 10 | ||
| LG | Len Younce | 26 | 2 | 10 | New York Giants / 8th / 67th pick / 1941 |
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| C | Mel Hein | 34 | 12 | 7 | ||
| RG | Chuck Avedisian | 26 | 1 | 10 | ||
| RT | Al Blozis+ | 24 | 1 | 10 | New York Giants / 5th / 38th pick / 1942 |
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| RE | Will Walls | 31 | 6 | 6 | 14 catches for 231 yards, 2 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ward Cuff | 30 | 6 | 10 | 3 of 9 field goals & 26 of 27 extra points | New York Giants / 4th / 34th pick / 1937 |
| P | Carl Kinscherf | 24 | Rook | 2 | 32 punts for a 40.7 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Ward Cuff | 30 | 6 | 10 | 9 punt returns for a 13.3 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 4th / 34th pick / 1937 |
| KR | Bill Paschal | 22 | Rook | 3 | 7 kick returns for a 26.1 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Neal Adams | 24 | E | 8 | 8 | 195 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 1/21/1919 | 1 | |
| Verlin Adams | 25 | DE-T-G-E-LB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Charleston (WV) | 7/14/1918 | Rook | New York Giants / 31st / 291st pick / 1943 |
| Chuck Avedisian | 26 | G-LB | 10 | 10 | 203 | 5-9 | Providence | 9/19/1917 | 1 | |
| Hub Barker | 25 | B-LB | 2 | 0 | 193 | 5-10 | Arkansas | 11/12/1918 | 1 | |
| Al Blozis+ | 24 | T | 10 | 10 | 250 | 6-6 | Georgetown (DC) | 1/5/1919 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 38th pick / 1942 |
| Dave Brown | 23 | WB-FB-HB | 10 | 4 | 190 | 5-11 | Alabama | 2/14/1920 | Rook | New York Giants / 25th / 236th pick / 1943 |
| Victor Carroll | 31 | T-C-G | 10 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Nevada-Reno | 11/9/1912 | 7 | |
| Frank Cope | 28 | T | 10 | 10 | 225 | 6-2 | Santa Clara | 11/19/1915 | 5 | |
| Ward Cuff | 30 | WB-QB-HB | 10 | 10 | 192 | 6-1 | Marquette | 8/12/1913 | 6 | New York Giants / 4th / 34th pick / 1937 |
| Walt Dubzinski | 24 | C-G | 5 | 0 | 205 | 5-10 | Boston College | 10/26/1919 | Rook | |
| Mel Hein | 34 | C-LB | 10 | 7 | 225 | 6-2 | Washington State | 8/22/1909 | 12 | |
| Bull Karcis | 35 | FB-BB-HB | 8 | 0 | 223 | 5-9 | Carnegie Mellon | 12/3/1908 | 11 | |
| Carl Kinscherf | 24 | FB | 8 | 2 | 188 | 6-1 | Colgate | 10/20/1919 | Rook | |
| Tuffy Leemans | 31 | FB-TB-DB-QB | 10 | 1 | 195 | 6-0 | George Washington,Oregon | 11/12/1912 | 7 | New York Giants / 2nd / 18th pick / 1936 |
| Frank Liebel | 24 | E | 10 | 4 | 211 | 6-1 | Norwich | 11/19/1919 | 1 | |
| Sal Marone | 26 | G | 8 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Manhattan | 8/10/1917 | Rook | |
| Emery Nix | 24 | TB-QB | 10 | 6 | 180 | 5-11 | TCU | 12/1/1919 | Rook | |
| Bill Paschal | 22 | FB-HB | 9 | 3 | 201 | 6-0 | Georgia Tech | 5/28/1921 | Rook | |
| Bill Piccolo | 23 | C | 10 | 3 | 185 | 5-11 | Canisius | 5/1/1920 | Rook | New York Giants / 10th / 86th pick / 1943 |
| Steve Pritko | 23 | E-DE | 10 | 2 | 209 | 6-2 | Villanova | 12/21/1920 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 28th / 265th pick / 1943 |
| Tom Roberts | 27 | T-G | 9 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | DePaul | 4/1/1916 | Rook | New York Giants / 10th / 90th pick / 1939 |
| Lee Shaffer | 31 | B | 10 | 10 | 203 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 5/9/1912 | 8 | |
| Hank Soar | 29 | B | 4 | 4 | 205 | 6-2 | Providence | 8/17/1914 | 6 | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 22 | B-G-DE-E | 7 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | none | 6/20/1921 | Rook | |
| Bob Trocolor | 26 | QB-HB | 5 | 0 | 207 | 6-2 | Alabama,Long Island | 3/31/1917 | 1 | |
| Larry Visnic | 24 | G-LB-BB | 7 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Benedictine | 4/7/1919 | Rook | New York Giants / 8th / 66th pick / 1943 |
| Will Walls | 31 | E | 8 | 6 | 214 | 6-4 | TCU | 12/8/1912 | 6 | |
| Len Younce | 26 | G-LB | 10 | 10 | 208 | 6-1 | Oregon State | 1/8/1917 | 2 | New York Giants / 8th / 67th pick / 1941 |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 10 | 205.7 | 6-0.7 | 2.7 |