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1950 New York Giants
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Record: 10-2-0, Finished 1st in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 268 points (22.3/g), 6th of 13 in the NFL.
Allowed 150 points (12.5/g), 3rd.
Differential of 118 points (9.8/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 9.6-2.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +24 (2.0/g), 1st.
Coached by Steve Owen (10-2-0)
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1950 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* | 29 | 2 | 8 | 56 for 132, 1,000 yards, 8 td, 7 int, & 23 rushes for 22 yards and 1 td | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| FB | Eddie Price | 25 | Rook | 0 | 126 rushes for 703 yards, 4 td, & 4 catches for 30 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 20th pick / 1950 |
| LH | Gene Roberts* | 27 | 3 | 0 | 116 rushes for 483 yards, 4 td, & 11 catches for 144 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 8th / 65th pick / 1946 |
| RH | Randy Clay | 22 | Rook | 0 | 74 rushes for 254 yards, 2 td, & 7 catches for 69 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1950 |
| RH | Joe Scott | 24 | 2 | 0 | 72 rushes for 322 yards, 2 td, & 9 catches for 240 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 12th pick / 1948 |
| LE | Bill Swiacki | 28 | 2 | 0 | 20 catches for 280 yards, 3 td | Boston Yanks / 16th / 142nd pick / 1946 |
| LT | Jim White | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| LG | Bill Milner | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 15th / 150th pick / 1944 |
| C | John Rapacz | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Boston Yanks / 3rd / 15th pick / 1947 |
| RG | Bill Austin | 22 | 1 | 0 | New York Giants / 13th / 126th pick / 1949 |
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| RT | John Sanchez | 30 | 3 | 0 | New York Giants / 9th / 81st pick / 1944 |
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| RT | John Mastrangelo | 24 | 3 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 16th pick / 1947 |
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| RE | Ray Poole* | 29 | 3 | 0 | New York Giants / 13th / 125th pick / 1944 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jim Duncan | 25 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 117th pick / 1950 |
| LDT | Arnie Weinmeister*+ | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 17th / 166th pick / 1945 |
| MG | Jon Baker | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 67th pick / 1949 |
| RDT | Al DeRogatis* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 14th pick / 1949 |
| RDE | Ray Poole* | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 5 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 13th / 125th pick / 1944 |
| LLB | John Cannady* | 27 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1947 |
| RLB | Dick Woodard | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 21st / 186th pick / 1948 |
| LDH | Emlen Tunnell* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDH | Harmon Rowe | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1946 |
| LS | Tom Landry | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| RS | Otto Schnellbacher* | 27 | 2 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 25th / 231st pick / 1947 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ray Poole* | 29 | 3 | 0 | 5 of 11 field goals & 30 of 34 extra points | New York Giants / 13th / 125th pick / 1944 |
| P | Tom Landry | 26 | 1 | 0 | 58 punts for a 36.8 average, 1 blocked | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| PR | Emlen Tunnell* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 31 punt returns for a 9.8 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Joe Scott | 24 | 2 | 0 | 14 kick returns for a 25.1 average and 0 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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| Bill Austin | 22 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 223 | 6-1 | Oregon State | 10/18/1928 | 1 | New York Giants / 13th / 126th pick / 1949 |
| Jon Baker | 27 | DG-LB-G | 12 | 0 | 214 | 6-2 | California | 6/14/1923 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 67th pick / 1949 |
| John Cannady* | 27 | LB-C | 11 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Indiana | 5/9/1923 | 3 | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1947 |
| Randy Clay | 22 | HB-DB | 12 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Texas | 5/30/1928 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1950 |
| Charlie Conerly* | 29 | QB | 11 | 8 | 185 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 9/19/1921 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| Al DeRogatis* | 23 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Duke | 5/5/1927 | 1 | New York Giants / 2nd / 14th pick / 1949 |
| Jim Duncan | 25 | DE | 8 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Duke,Wake Forest | 5/2/1925 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 117th pick / 1950 |
| Don Ettinger | 28 | LB-G | 12 | 0 | 213 | 6-2 | Kansas | 11/20/1922 | 2 | New York Giants / 19th / 166th pick / 1948 |
| Forrest Griffith | 22 | HB | 6 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Kansas | 2/15/1928 | Rook | New York Giants / 5th / 59th pick / 1950 |
| Bob Jackson | 28 | FB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | North Carolina A&T | 10/26/1922 | Rook | New York Giants / 16th / 202nd pick / 1950 |
| Tom Landry | 26 | DB-HB-QB | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas | 9/11/1924 | 1 | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| John Mastrangelo | 24 | T-G | 9 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/10/1926 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 16th pick / 1947 |
| Bob McChesney | 24 | E | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Hardin-Simmons | 10/27/1926 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 53rd pick / 1950 |
| Bill Milner | 31 | LB-G-DE | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Duke,South Carolina | 3/7/1919 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 15th / 150th pick / 1944 |
| Kelley Mote | 27 | E-DE-DB | 9 | 0 | 189 | 6-2 | Duke,South Carolina | 4/27/1923 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 16th / 147th pick / 1946 |
| Jim Ostendarp | 27 | HB | 7 | 0 | 178 | 5-8 | Bucknell,Drexel | 2/15/1923 | Rook | |
| Ray Poole* | 29 | DE-E | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Mississippi,North Carolina | 4/15/1921 | 3 | New York Giants / 13th / 125th pick / 1944 |
| Eddie Price | 25 | FB | 10 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Tulane | 9/2/1925 | Rook | New York Giants / 2nd / 20th pick / 1950 |
| John Rapacz | 26 | C-LB | 10 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | Oklahoma,Western Michigan | 4/25/1924 | 2 | Boston Yanks / 3rd / 15th pick / 1947 |
| Gene Roberts* | 27 | HB-FB | 12 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Kansas,Tennessee-Chattanooga | 1/20/1923 | 3 | New York Giants / 8th / 65th pick / 1946 |
| George Roman | 24 | T | 6 | 0 | 242 | 6-4 | Case Western Reserve | 2/20/1926 | 2 | Boston Yanks / 11th / 89th pick / 1948 |
| Harmon Rowe | 27 | DB-HB | 7 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | Baylor,San Francisco | 8/22/1923 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1946 |
| John Sanchez | 30 | T | 12 | 0 | 239 | 6-3 | Redlands,San Francisco | 10/12/1920 | 3 | New York Giants / 9th / 81st pick / 1944 |
| Otto Schnellbacher* | 27 | DB-E | 12 | 0 | 188 | 6-4 | Kansas | 4/15/1923 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 25th / 231st pick / 1947 |
| Joe Scott | 24 | HB-DB-E | 10 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | San Francisco,Texas A&M | 3/17/1926 | 2 | New York Giants / 2nd / 12th pick / 1948 |
| Leo Skladany | 23 | E | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Pittsburgh | 8/9/1927 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 17th / 171st pick / 1949 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 29 | B-G-DE-E | 12 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | none | 6/20/1921 | 7 | |
| Bill Swiacki | 28 | E | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Columbia,Holy Cross | 10/2/1922 | 2 | Boston Yanks / 16th / 142nd pick / 1946 |
| Travis Tidwell | 25 | QB | 8 | 4 | 185 | 5-10 | Auburn | 2/5/1925 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1950 |
| Emlen Tunnell* | 25 | DB | 12 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | Iowa,Toledo | 3/29/1925 | 2 | |
| Arnie Weinmeister*+ | 27 | DT-T | 10 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Washington | 3/23/1923 | 2 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 17th / 166th pick / 1945 |
| Jim White | 30 | T-DT | 11 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 2/8/1920 | 4 | |
| Ellery Williams | 24 | E | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Santa Clara | 3/20/1926 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 101st pick / 1950 |
| Dick Woodard | 24 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/26/1926 | 1 | New York Giants / 21st / 186th pick / 1948 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 12 | 207.5 | 6-1.3 | 1.7 |