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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 (2-8-2)

1947 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 Mon September 29 box T 0-0-1 @ Boston Yanks 7 7 11 238 122 116 4 10 212 150 62 3
2 Sun October 5 box L 0-1-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 0 23 4 101 62 39 4 21 331 70 261 2
3 Sun October 12 box L 0-2-1 @ Washington Redskins 20 28 9 223 159 64 2 19 356 214 142 4
4 Sun October 19 box L 0-3-1 Boston Yanks 0 14 15 258 120 138 6 8 192 103 89 1
5 Sun October 26 box L 0-4-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 21 38 14 250 130 120 5 14 313 155 158 4
6 Sun November 2 box L 0-5-1 @ Detroit Lions 7 35 17 403 283 120 4 15 344 278 66 4
7 Sun November 9 box L 0-6-1 Philadelphia Eagles 24 41 15 406 341 65 3 16 380 164 216 1
8 Sun November 16 box L 0-7-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 24 6 82 35 47 3 13 239 94 145 2
9 Sun November 23 box T 0-7-2 Green Bay Packers 24 24 15 221 124 97 4 16 318 170 148 5
10 Sun November 30 box W 1-7-2 Chicago Cardinals 35 31 18 429 180 249 2 26 496 280 216 4
11 Sun December 7 box W 2-7-2 Washington Redskins 35 10 14 348 267 81 17 288 203 85 4
12 Sun December 14 box L 2-8-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 10 34 11 235 176 59 5 15 382 134 248 5

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 190 3194 659 4.8 149 123 293 1999 17 26 6.8 71 366 1195 7 3.3 56 42 16 22
Team Defense 309 3851 733 5.3 279 121 276 2015 19 27 7.3 75 457 1836 18 4.0 190 39 12 14
Lg Rank Offense 9 9 9 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 8 9 7 4
Lg Rank Defense 9 5 2 2 3 5 3 7 8 8 7 6 7 9

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%
Paul Governali 26 TB 8 2 85 197 43.1 1461 14 7.1 16 8.1 53 7.4 4.5 17.2 182.6 58.8
Jerry Niles 28 4 0 19 57 33.3 269 1 1.8 7 12.3 64 4.7 -0.6 14.2 67.3 15.8
Frank Reagan 28 P 10 4 12 25 48.0 191 1 4.0 2 8.0 88 7.6 4.4 15.9 19.1 53.9
Jim Blumenstock 29 10 3 4 8 50.0 48 0 0.0 1 12.5 19 6.0 0.4 12.0 4.8 29.2
Art Faircloth 26 3 0 3 5 60.0 30 1 20.0 0 0.0 14 6.0 8.0 10.0 10.0 116.7
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
Team Total 27.7 12 123 293 42.0 1999 17 5.8 26 8.9 88 6.8 3.4 16.3 166.6 47.9
Opp Total 12 121 276 43.8 2015 19 6.9 27 9.8 7.3 3.6 16.7 167.9 52.4 0 0 7.3 3.6

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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Frank Reagan 28 P 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 9 1 5 88 0 32 17.6 7 135 0 28 19.3 586
Howie Livingston 25 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 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 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

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
Frank Reagan 28 P 10 4 61 2613 67 1 42.8
Ken Strong 41 FB 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jim Blumenstock 29 10 3 2 1 0 0
Dave Brown 27 wb 7 6 2 3 13 0
Gregg Browning 25 3 0 1 0 0 0
John Cannady 24 c 11 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 0
Victor Carroll 35 11 1 1 31 0 31
George Cheverko 27 9 1 3 54 0 27 2 0 0 0
Bob Dobelstein 25 LG 12 11 0 1 0 0
Art Faircloth 26 3 0 1 1 0 0
George Franck 29 7 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
Paul Governali 26 TB 8 2 6 4 0 0
Bill Hachten 23 8 1 0 1 0 0
Duke Iverson 27 bb 8 5 0 3 16 0
Frank Liebel 28 11 0 1 1 0 0
Howie Livingston 25 WB 10 8 4 69 0 40 2 2 0 0
Bill Miklich 28 7 1 0 1 0 0
Bob Morris 22 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Niles 28 4 0 2 1 0 0
Bill Paschal 26 4 0 3 1 1 0
Gordon Paschka 27 6 0 3 0 0 0
Ray Poole 26 RE 12 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Phil Ragazzo 32 9 1 0 1 0 0
Frank Reagan 28 P 10 4 10 203 0 71 6 1 0 0
Gene Roberts 24 9 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Sulaitis 26 BB 11 10 1 18 0 18
Jim White 27 RT 11 9 1 16 0 16 0 1 26 1
Len Younce 30 RG 12 12 3 44 0 24 0 1 5 0
Team Total 27.7 12 27 435 0 71 35 28 75 1
Opp Total 12 33 21

Scoring Summary

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