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1951 New York Giants
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Record: 9-2-1, Finished 2nd in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 254 points (21.2/g), 6th of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 161 points (13.4/g), 2nd.
Differential of 93 points (7.8/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 9.0-3.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +14 (1.2/g), 2nd.
Coached by Steve Owen (9-2-1)
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1951 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 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 93 for 189, 1,277 yards, 10 td, 22 int, & 17 rushes for 65 yards and 1 td | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| FB | Eddie Price*+ | 26 | 1 | 0 | 271 rushes for 971 yards, 7 td, & 5 catches for 19 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 20th pick / 1950 |
| LH | Forrest Griffith | 23 | 1 | 0 | 54 rushes for 115 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 19 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 5th / 59th pick / 1950 |
| RH | Joe Scott | 25 | 3 | 0 | 94 rushes for 367 yards, 1 td, & 23 catches for 356 yards and 2 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 12th pick / 1948 |
| LE | Bob McChesney | 25 | 1 | 0 | 14 catches for 230 yards, 2 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 53rd pick / 1950 |
| LT | Tex Coulter* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1947 |
| LG | Joe Sulaitis | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | John Rapacz | 27 | 3 | 0 | Boston Yanks / 3rd / 15th pick / 1947 |
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| RG | Bill Murray | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 41st pick / 1950 |
| RT | Herb Hannah | 30 | Rook | 0 | New York Giants / 6th / 73rd pick / 1951 |
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| RE | Bob Wilkinson | 25 | Rook | 0 | 11 catches for 182 yards, 1 td | New York Giants / 10th / 124th pick / 1950 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jim Duncan | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 117th pick / 1950 |
| LDT | Arnie Weinmeister*+ | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 17th / 166th pick / 1945 |
| MG | Ray Krouse | 24 | Rook | 0 | New York Giants / 2nd / 25th pick / 1951 |
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| RDT | Al DeRogatis*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | New York Giants / 2nd / 14th pick / 1949 |
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| RDE | Ray Poole | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 13th / 125th pick / 1944 |
| LLB | Dick Woodard | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 21st / 186th pick / 1948 |
| RLB | John Cannady | 28 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1947 |
| LDH | Emlen Tunnell*+ | 26 | 3 | 0 | 9 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDH | Harmon Rowe | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1946 |
| LS | Tom Landry | 27 | 2 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| RS | Otto Schnellbacher*+ | 28 | 3 | 0 | 11 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 25th / 231st pick / 1947 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ray Poole | 30 | 4 | 0 | 12 of 16 field goals & 30 of 31 extra points | New York Giants / 13th / 125th pick / 1944 |
| P | Charlie Conerly | 30 | 3 | 11 | 72 punts for a 39.7 average, 0 blocked | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| PR | Emlen Tunnell*+ | 26 | 3 | 0 | 34 punt returns for a 14.4 average and 3 td | |
| KR | Emlen Tunnell*+ | 26 | 3 | 0 | 6 kick returns for a 37.8 average and 1 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bill Albright | 22 | G-T-DT | 11 | 0 | 233 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 4/4/1929 | Rook | New York Giants / 20th / 242nd pick / 1951 |
| John Amberg | 22 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Kansas | 3/6/1929 | Rook | |
| Jon Baker* | 28 | DG-LB-G | 12 | 0 | 214 | 6-2 | California | 6/14/1923 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 67th pick / 1949 |
| Fritz Barzilauskas | 31 | G | 7 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Holy Cross,Yale | 6/13/1920 | 4 | Boston Yanks / 1st / 3rd pick / 1947 |
| John Cannady | 28 | LB-C | 12 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Indiana | 5/9/1923 | 4 | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1947 |
| Charlie Conerly | 30 | QB | 12 | 11 | 185 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 9/19/1921 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| Tex Coulter* | 27 | T-C-E | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Army,Cornell,Texas A&M | 10/26/1924 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 1947 |
| Al DeRogatis*+ | 24 | DT-T | 11 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Duke | 5/5/1927 | 2 | New York Giants / 2nd / 14th pick / 1949 |
| Jim Duncan | 26 | DE | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Duke,Wake Forest | 5/2/1925 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 117th pick / 1950 |
| Forrest Griffith | 23 | HB | 10 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Kansas | 2/15/1928 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 59th pick / 1950 |
| Herb Hannah | 30 | T | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Alabama | 7/21/1921 | Rook | New York Giants / 6th / 73rd pick / 1951 |
| Bob Hudson | 21 | DB-LB-E | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Clemson | 4/5/1930 | Rook | New York Giants / 12th / 146th pick / 1951 |
| Bob Jackson | 29 | FB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | North Carolina A&T | 10/26/1922 | 1 | New York Giants / 16th / 202nd pick / 1950 |
| Ray Krouse | 24 | DT-DE-T | 12 | 0 | 263 | 6-3 | Maryland | 3/21/1927 | Rook | New York Giants / 2nd / 25th pick / 1951 |
| Tom Landry | 27 | DB-HB-QB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas | 9/11/1924 | 2 | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| Duke Maronic | 30 | G | 10 | 0 | 209 | 5-9 | none | 7/13/1921 | 7 | |
| Bob McChesney | 25 | E | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Hardin-Simmons | 10/27/1926 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 53rd pick / 1950 |
| Kelley Mote | 28 | E-DE-DB | 12 | 0 | 189 | 6-2 | Duke,South Carolina | 4/27/1923 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 16th / 147th pick / 1946 |
| Bill Murray | 25 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Purdue | 7/16/1926 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 41st pick / 1950 |
| Jim Ostendarp | 28 | HB | 2 | 0 | 178 | 5-8 | Bucknell,Drexel | 2/15/1923 | 1 | |
| Ray Poole | 30 | DE-E | 11 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Mississippi,North Carolina | 4/15/1921 | 4 | New York Giants / 13th / 125th pick / 1944 |
| Eddie Price*+ | 26 | FB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Tulane | 9/2/1925 | 1 | New York Giants / 2nd / 20th pick / 1950 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 32 | HB | 5 | 0 | 164 | 5-11 | Georgia Tech,VMI | 9/10/1919 | 9 | |
| John Rapacz | 27 | C-LB | 12 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | Oklahoma,Western Michigan | 4/25/1924 | 3 | Boston Yanks / 3rd / 15th pick / 1947 |
| Kyle Rote | 24 | E-HB | 5 | 0 | 199 | 6-0 | SMU | 10/27/1927 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 1st pick / 1951 |
| Harmon Rowe | 28 | DB-HB | 8 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | Baylor,San Francisco | 8/22/1923 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1946 |
| Otto Schnellbacher*+ | 28 | DB-E | 12 | 0 | 188 | 6-4 | Kansas | 4/15/1923 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 25th / 231st pick / 1947 |
| Joe Scott | 25 | HB-DB-E | 12 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | San Francisco,Texas A&M | 3/17/1926 | 3 | New York Giants / 2nd / 12th pick / 1948 |
| Bill Stribling | 24 | E | 6 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 11/5/1927 | Rook | New York Giants / 21st / 267th pick / 1950 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 30 | B-G-DE-E | 12 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | none | 6/20/1921 | 8 | |
| Travis Tidwell | 26 | QB | 6 | 1 | 185 | 5-10 | Auburn | 2/5/1925 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1950 |
| Emlen Tunnell*+ | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | Iowa,Toledo | 3/29/1925 | 3 | |
| Arnie Weinmeister*+ | 28 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Washington | 3/23/1923 | 3 | Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers / 17th / 166th pick / 1945 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 25 | E-DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Loyola Marymount,UCLA | 10/8/1926 | Rook | New York Giants / 10th / 124th pick / 1950 |
| Dick Woodard | 25 | LB-C | 11 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/26/1926 | 2 | New York Giants / 21st / 186th pick / 1948 |
| Team Total | 26.6 | 12 | 209.7 | 6-1.3 | 2.4 |