1947 New York Giants

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Record: 2-8-2, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 190 points (15.8/g), 9th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 309 points (25.8/g), 9th.
Differential of -119 points (-9.9/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 2.9-9.1.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 6th.

Coached by Steve Owen

Training Camp: UW Superior (Superior, Wisconsin)

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Team Stats and Rankings

			Tot Yds & TO						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stPy	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD
Team Offense	190	3194	659	4.8	42	16	22	149	123	293	1999	17	26	6.8	71	366	1195	7	3.3	56
Team Defense	309	3851	733	5.3	39	12	14	190	121	276	2015	19	27	7.3	75	457	1836	18	4.0	101
Lg Rank Offense	9	9			7	4		9		5	5	6	6	7		8	9	8	9
Lg Rank Defense	9	5			7	9		3		2	3	5	3	7		8	8	7	6

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Mon	September 29	boxscore	T		0-0-1	@	Boston Yanks	7	7	11	238	122	116	4	10	212	150	62	3
2	Sun	October 5	boxscore	L		0-1-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	0	23	4	101	62	39	4	21	331	70	261	2
3	Sun	October 12	boxscore	L		0-2-1	@	Washington Redskins	20	28	9	223	159	64	2	19	356	214	142	4
4	Sun	October 19	boxscore	L		0-3-1		Boston Yanks	0	14	15	258	120	138	6	8	192	103	89	1
5	Sun	October 26	boxscore	L		0-4-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	21	38	14	250	130	120	5	14	313	155	158	4
7	Sun	November 2	boxscore	L		0-5-1	@	Detroit Lions	7	35	17	403	283	120	4	15	344	278	66	4
7	Sun	November 9	boxscore	L		0-6-1		Philadelphia Eagles	24	41	15	406	341	65	3	16	380	164	216	1
9	Sun	November 16	boxscore	L		0-7-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	24	6	82	35	47	3	13	239	94	145	2
9	Sun	November 23	boxscore	T		0-7-2		Green Bay Packers	24	24	15	221	124	97	4	16	318	170	148	5
10	Sun	November 30	boxscore	W		1-7-2		Chicago Cardinals	35	31	18	429	180	249	2	26	496	280	216	4
11	Sun	December 7	boxscore	W		2-7-2		Washington Redskins	35	10	14	348	267	81		17	288	203	85	4
12	Sun	December 14	boxscore	L		2-8-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	10	34	11	235	176	59	5	15	382	134	248	5

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

	Age	Pos	G	GS	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%	4QC	GWD
Paul Governali	26	TB	8	2	85	197	43.1	1461	14	7.1	16	8.1	53	7.4	5.2	17.2	182.6	58.8						0	0
Jerry Niles	28		4	0	19	57	33.3	269	1	1.8	7	12.3	64	4.7	-0.5	14.2	67.3	15.8						0	0
Frank Reagan	28	P/PR	10	4	12	25	48.0	191	1	4.0	2	8.0	88	7.6	4.8	15.9	19.1	53.9						0	0
Jim Blumenstock	29	fb	10	3	4	8	50.0	48	0	0.0	1	12.5	19	6.0	0.4	12.0	4.8	29.2						0	0
Art Faircloth	26		3	0	3	5	60.0	30	1	20.0	0	0.0	14	6.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	116.7						0	0
Bill Paschal	26		4	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
Team Total	27.7		12		123	293	42.0	1999	17	5.8	26	8.9	88	6.8	4.0	16.3	166.6	47.9						0	0
Opp Total			12		121	276	43.8	2015	19	6.9	27	9.8		7.3	4.28	16.7	167.9	52.4	0	0	7.3	4.3	0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		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
	Gene Roberts	24		9	0	86	296	1	46	3.4	32.9	9.6	4	58	14.5	0	30	0.4	6.4	354	1	1
	Jim Blumenstock	29	fb	10	3	54	168	2	25	3.1	16.8	5.4	4	15	3.8	0	24	0.4	1.5	183	2	2
	Gordon Paschka	27		6	0	48	143	2	15	3.0	23.8	8.0	1	-6	-6.0	0	-6	0.2	-1.0	137	2	3
	Bill Paschal	26		4	0	41	139	1	23	3.4	34.8	10.3	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.3	0.8	142	1	3
	Paul Governali	26	TB	8	2	36	132	2	28	3.7	16.5	4.5								132	2	6
	George Franck	29		7	0	24	93	0	25	3.9	13.3	3.4	10	265	26.5	3	88	1.4	37.9	358	3	3
	George Cheverko	27	b	9	1	19	63	0	20	3.3	7.0	2.1	17	300	17.6	3	62	1.9	33.3	363	3	2
	Howie Livingston	25	KR/WB	10	8	19	87	0	43	4.6	8.7	1.9	12	273	22.8	3	65	1.2	27.3	360	3	2
	Frank Reagan	28	P/PR	10	4	14	22	0	20	1.6	2.2	1.4								22	0	6
	Art Faircloth	26		3	0	10	9	0	7	0.9	3.0	3.3								9	0	1
	Jerry Niles	28		4	0	8	24	0	20	3.0	6.0	2.0								24	0	2
	Dave Brown	27	wb	7	6	6	5	0	3	0.8	0.7	0.9	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.7	10	0	2
	John Cannady	24	c	11	6	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.3	0.1								14	0	0
	Ray Poole	26	RE	12	12	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	23	395	17.2	4	61	1.9	32.9	395	4	0
	Frank Liebel	28		11	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	16	258	16.1	1	38	1.5	23.5	258	1	1
	Tex Coulter	23	LE	12	12	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	8	107	13.4	1	47	0.7	8.9	107	1	0
	Victor Carroll	35	t	11	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	123	17.6	2	29	0.6	11.2	123	2	0
	Joe Sulaitis	26	BB	11	10	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	53	7.6	0	16	0.6	4.8	53	0	0
	Jack Mead	26		10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	91	15.2	0	41	0.6	9.1	91	0	0
	Jim Lee Howell	32		6	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	41	13.7	0	21	0.5	6.8	41	0	0
	Gregg Browning	25		3	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.3	4.0	12	0	1
	Duke Iverson	27	bb	8	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	1.4	11	0	0
	Bill Miklich	28	lb	7	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5	0.1	-0.7	-5	0	0
	Team Total	27.7		12		366	1195	8	46	3.3	99.6	30.5	123	1999	16.3	17	88	10.3	166.6	3194	25	35
	Opp Total			12		457	1836	18		4.0	153.0	38.1	121	2015	16.7	19		10.1	167.9	3851	37	33

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
	Frank Reagan	28	P/PR	10	4	27	182	0	35	6.7	2	34	0	20	17.0	238
	George Franck	29		7	0	6	60	0	35	10.0	7	121	0	40	17.3	539
	George Cheverko	27	b	9	1	5	88	0	32	17.6	7	135	0	28	19.3	586
	Howie Livingston	25	KR/WB	10	8						9	203	0	34	22.6	563
	Gene Roberts	24		9	0						8	141	0	23	17.6	495
	Dave Brown	27	wb	7	6	4	22	0	14	5.5	1	30	0	30	30.0	62
	Jim Blumenstock	29	fb	10	3	1	8	0	8	8.0	2	77	0	42	38.5	268
	Tex Coulter	23	LE	12	12						2	16	0	12	8.0	123
	Art Faircloth	26		3	0						2	62	0	37	31.0	71
	Joe Sulaitis	26	BB	11	10						2	23	0	14	11.5	76
	Duke Iverson	27	bb	8	5						1	16	0	16	16.0	27
	Frank Liebel	28		11	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	270
	Bill Miklich	28	lb	7	1						1	3	0	3	3.0	-2
	Jerry Niles	28		4	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	36
	Bill Paschal	26		4	0	1	11	0	11	11.0						153
	Gordon Paschka	27		6	0						1	20	0	20	20.0	157
	Team Total	27.7		12		44	371	0	35	8.4	47	905	0	42	19.3	4470
	Opp Total			12		50		1			47	859	1		18.3

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		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
	Frank Reagan	28	P/PR	10	4																	61	2613	67	1	42.8
	Ken Strong	41	FB/K	10	9											5	2	40.0%	25	24	96.0%
	George Franck	29		7	0																	7	297	54	0	42.4
	Art Faircloth	26		3	0																	4	159	45	0	39.8
	Paul Governali	26	TB	8	2																	4	142	42	0	35.5
	Len Younce	30	RG	12	12											1	1	100.0%	1	1	100.0%	1	43	43	0	43.0
	Team Total	27.7		12												6	3	50.0%	26	25	96.2%	77	3254	67	1	42.3
	Opp Total			12												17	8	47.1%	41	39	95.1%	70	2926			41.8

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
	Frank Reagan	28	P/PR	10	4		10	203	0	71	0	0	6	1	0	0
	Paul Governali	26	TB	8	2							0	6	4	0	0
	Howie Livingston	25	KR/WB	10	8		4	69	0	40	0	0	2	2	0	0
	Dave Brown	27	wb	7	6							0	2	3	13	0
	George Cheverko	27	b	9	1		3	54	0	27	0	0	2	0	0	0
	George Franck	29		7	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
	Bill Paschal	26		4	0							0	3	1	1	0
	Len Younce	30	RG	12	12		3	44	0	24	0	0	0	1	5	0
	Jim Blumenstock	29	fb	10	3							0	2	1	0	0
	John Cannady	24	c	11	6		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	0
	Duke Iverson	27	bb	8	5							0	0	3	16	0
	Jerry Niles	28		4	0							0	2	1	0	0
	Gordon Paschka	27		6	0							0	3	0	0	0
	Art Faircloth	26		3	0							0	1	1	0	0
	Frank Liebel	28		11	0							0	1	1	0	0
	Ray Poole	26	RE	12	12		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Jim White	27	RT	11	9		1	16	0	16	0	0	0	1	26	1
	Gregg Browning	25		3	0							0	1	0	0	0
	Victor Carroll	35	t	11	1		1	31	0	31	0
	Bob Dobelstein	25	LG	12	11							0	0	1	0	0
	Bill Hachten	23	g	8	1							0	0	1	0	0
	Bill Miklich	28	lb	7	1							0	0	1	0	0
	Bob Morris	22		1	0		1	0	0	0	0
	Phil Ragazzo	32	t	9	1							0	0	1	0	0
	Gene Roberts	24		9	0							0	1	0	0	0
	Joe Sulaitis	26	BB	11	10		1	18	0	18	0
	Team Total	27.7		12			27	435	0	71	0	0	35	28	75	1
	Opp Total			12									33	21

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Ken Strong	41	FB/K	10	9							24	2	30
Ray Poole	26	RE	12	12		4				4			24
George Cheverko	27	b	9	1		3				3			18
George Franck	29		7	0		3				3			18
Howie Livingston	25	KR/WB	10	8		3				3			18
Jim Blumenstock	29	fb	10	3	2					2			12
Victor Carroll	35	t	11	1		2				2			12
Paul Governali	26	TB	8	2	2					2			12
Gordon Paschka	27		6	0	2					2			12
Tex Coulter	23	LE	12	12		1				1			6
Frank Liebel	28		11	0		1				1			6
Bill Paschal	26		4	0	1					1			6
Gene Roberts	24		9	0	1					1			6
Jim White	27	RT	11	9					1	1			6
Len Younce	30	RG	12	12							1	1	4
Team Total	27.7		12		8	17			1	26	25	3	190
Opp Total			12		18	19	1	1			39	8	309

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