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1948 New York Giants
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Record: 4-8-0, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 297 points (24.8/g), 5th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 388 points (32.3/g), 9th.
Differential of -91 points (-7.6/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 4.2-7.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +14 (1.2/g), 2nd.
Coached by Steve Owen (4-8-0)
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1948 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 | |||||
| QB | Charlie Conerly | 27 | Rook | 4 | 162 for 299, 2,175 yards, 22 td, 13 int, & 40 rushes for 160 yards and 5 td | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| QB | Frank Reagan | 29 | 7 | 6 | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1941 |
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| FB | Gene Roberts | 25 | 1 | 1 | 145 rushes for 491 yards, 0 td, & 14 catches for 222 yards and 3 td | New York Giants / 8th / 65th pick / 1946 |
| FB | Frank Williams | 26 | Rook | 7 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 1 catch for 5 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 20th / 176th pick / 1948 |
| LH | Joe Scott | 22 | Rook | 6 | 48 rushes for 198 yards, 2 td, & 17 catches for 235 yards and 2 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 12th pick / 1948 |
| LH | George Cheverko | 28 | 1 | 5 | 3 rushes for 10 yards, 0 td, & 1 catch for 41 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 7th / 64th pick / 1944 |
| RH | Skippy Minisi | 22 | Rook | 9 | 36 rushes for 160 yards, 1 td, & 13 catches for 123 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 1st / 2nd pick / 1948 |
| LE | Paul Walker | 23 | Rook | 11 | 1 catch for 11 yards, 0 td | Detroit Lions / 10th / 95th pick / 1945 |
| LE | Bill Swiacki | 26 | Rook | 1 | 39 catches for 550 yards, 10 td | Boston Yanks / 16th / 142nd pick / 1946 |
| LT | Jim White | 28 | 2 | 6 | ||
| LT | Tex Coulter | 24 | 2 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1947 |
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| LG | Bob Dobelstein | 26 | 2 | 9 | Chicago Cardinals / 4th / 28th pick / 1945 |
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| C | John Cannady | 25 | 1 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1947 |
| RG | Len Younce | 31 | 7 | 9 | New York Giants / 8th / 67th pick / 1941 |
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| RT | Bill Schuler | 26 | 1 | 11 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 31st / 292nd pick / 1947 |
| RE | Ray Poole | 27 | 1 | 12 | 35 catches for 492 yards, 3 td | New York Giants / 13th / 125th pick / 1944 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Len Younce | 31 | 7 | 9 | 1 of 7 field goals & 36 of 37 extra points | New York Giants / 8th / 67th pick / 1941 |
| P | Frank Reagan | 29 | 7 | 6 | 61 punts for a 38.2 average, 1 blocked | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1941 |
| PR | Emlen Tunnell | 23 | Rook | 3 | 12 punt returns for a 9.6 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Joe Scott | 22 | Rook | 6 | 20 kick returns for a 28.4 average and 1 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 12th pick / 1948 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| John Atwood | 25 | HB-WB-DB | 8 | 1 | 195 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 1/27/1923 | Rook | |
| Larry Beil | 27 | T | 9 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Portland | 8/31/1921 | Rook | |
| John Cannady | 25 | LB-C | 12 | 12 | 227 | 6-2 | Indiana | 5/9/1923 | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1947 |
| George Cheverko | 28 | B | 8 | 5 | 197 | 6-1 | Fordham | 7/29/1920 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 7th / 64th pick / 1944 |
| Ray Coates | 24 | HB-DB | 9 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | LSU | 5/8/1924 | Rook | New York Giants / 8th / 57th pick / 1948 |
| Charlie Conerly | 27 | QB | 12 | 4 | 185 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 9/19/1921 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| Tex Coulter | 24 | T-C-E | 12 | 5 | 250 | 6-4 | Army,Cornell,Texas A&M | 10/26/1924 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1947 |
| Bob Dobelstein | 26 | G | 11 | 9 | 214 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 10/27/1922 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 4th / 28th pick / 1945 |
| Bill Erickson | 27 | G | 9 | 3 | 210 | 6-2 | Mississippi,North Carolina | 12/4/1921 | Rook | New York Giants / 6th / 36th pick / 1948 |
| Don Ettinger | 26 | LB-G | 10 | 2 | 213 | 6-2 | Kansas | 11/20/1922 | Rook | New York Giants / 19th / 166th pick / 1948 |
| Art Faircloth | 27 | B | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Guilford,North Carolina State | 7/8/1921 | 1 | Boston Yanks / 19th / 197th pick / 1944 |
| Carl Fennema | 22 | C-LB | 8 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Washington | 10/17/1926 | Rook | |
| Mike Garzoni | 25 | G | 5 | 0 | 218 | 5-11 | Fresno State,Santa Clara,USC | 8/19/1923 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 39th pick / 1947 |
| Bruce Gehrke | 24 | E | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Columbia | 9/12/1924 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 24th pick / 1948 |
| Paul Governali | 27 | QB-TB | 9 | 2 | 193 | 5-11 | Columbia | 1/5/1921 | 2 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 1st / 4th pick / 1943 |
| Joe Johnson | 22 | E | 11 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 9/15/1926 | Rook | |
| Ken Keuper | 30 | B | 7 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | Georgia | 11/14/1918 | 3 | |
| Bill Miklich | 29 | LB-BB-C | 4 | 0 | 208 | 6-0 | Idaho | 4/3/1919 | 1 | |
| Skippy Minisi | 22 | HB | 12 | 9 | 190 | 5-11 | Navy,Pennsylvania | 9/18/1926 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 2nd pick / 1948 |
| Joyce Pipkin | 24 | E-DE-BB | 8 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 1/9/1924 | Rook | |
| Ray Poole | 27 | DE-E | 12 | 12 | 215 | 6-2 | Mississippi,North Carolina | 4/15/1921 | 1 | New York Giants / 13th / 125th pick / 1944 |
| Frank Reagan | 29 | B | 11 | 6 | 182 | 5-11 | Pennsylvania | 7/28/1919 | 7 | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1941 |
| Gene Roberts | 25 | HB-FB | 11 | 1 | 188 | 5-11 | Kansas,Tennessee-Chattanooga | 1/20/1923 | 1 | New York Giants / 8th / 65th pick / 1946 |
| Ed Royston | 25 | G | 10 | 3 | 220 | 6-1 | Wake Forest | 9/19/1923 | Rook | New York Giants / 9th / 75th pick / 1948 |
| Bill Schuler | 26 | T | 12 | 11 | 215 | 6-0 | Auburn,Yale | 10/18/1922 | 1 | New York Giants / 31st / 292nd pick / 1947 |
| Joe Scott | 22 | HB-DB-E | 10 | 6 | 198 | 6-1 | San Francisco,Texas A&M | 3/17/1926 | Rook | New York Giants / 2nd / 12th pick / 1948 |
| Jules Siegle | 25 | FB-LB | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 2/16/1923 | Rook | |
| Joe Sulaitis | 27 | B-G-DE-E | 12 | 4 | 212 | 6-2 | none | 6/20/1921 | 5 | |
| Bill Swiacki | 26 | E | 12 | 1 | 195 | 6-2 | Columbia,Holy Cross | 10/2/1922 | Rook | Boston Yanks / 16th / 142nd pick / 1946 |
| John Treadaway | 31 | T | 12 | 0 | 258 | 6-5 | Hardin-Simmons | 8/21/1917 | Rook | |
| Emlen Tunnell | 23 | DB | 10 | 3 | 187 | 6-1 | Iowa,Toledo | 3/29/1925 | Rook | |
| Paul Walker | 23 | E-DB | 12 | 11 | 210 | 6-3 | Yale | 7/9/1925 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 10th / 95th pick / 1945 |
| Jim White | 28 | T-DT | 11 | 6 | 227 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 2/8/1920 | 2 | |
| Frank Williams | 26 | FB-LB | 9 | 7 | 212 | 6-0 | Utah State | 2/27/1922 | Rook | New York Giants / 20th / 176th pick / 1948 |
| Ernie Williamson | 26 | T | 2 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Apprentice,North Carolina | 9/9/1922 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 79th pick / 1947 |
| Len Younce | 31 | G-LB | 11 | 9 | 208 | 6-1 | Oregon State | 1/8/1917 | 7 | New York Giants / 8th / 67th pick / 1941 |
| Team Total | 25.9 | 12 | 208.6 | 6-1.1 | 1.1 |