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1952 New York Giants

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Record: 7-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFL American Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 234 points (19.5/g), 10th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 231 points (19.2/g), 5th.
 Differential of 3 points (0.2/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 6.1-5.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.8/g), 2nd.

Coached by Steve Owen (7-5-0)

1952 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 Sun September 28 box W 1-0 @ Dallas Texans 24 6 17 337 78 259 1 16 206 74 132 1
2 Sat October 4 box W 2-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 31 7 15 316 108 208 2 13 290 161 129 6
3 Sun October 12 box W 3-0 @ Cleveland Browns 17 9 12 287 86 201 3 10 211 190 21 1
4 Sun October 19 box L 3-1 Chicago Cardinals 23 24 10 238 146 92 3 17 316 161 155 3
5 Sun October 26 box L 3-2 Philadelphia Eagles 10 14 12 109 55 54 15 225 120 105 1
6 Sun November 2 box W 4-2 @ Chicago Cardinals 28 6 9 258 108 150 3 17 311 147 164 10
7 Sun November 9 box W 5-2 San Francisco 49ers 23 14 17 347 158 189 2 16 340 303 37 6
8 Sun November 16 box L 5-3 Green Bay Packers 3 17 13 186 47 139 5 9 121 31 90 1
9 Sun November 23 box W 6-3 @ Washington Redskins 14 10 15 291 132 159 2 18 297 189 108 4
10 Sun November 30 box L 6-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 63 8 162 147 15 9 20 415 292 123 5
11 Sun December 7 box L 6-5 Washington Redskins 17 27 9 202 102 100 6 16 365 238 127 3
12 Sun December 14 box W 7-5 Cleveland Browns 37 34 18 295 225 70 22 384 272 112 4

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 234 3028 762 4.0 155 121 280 1392 16 22 4.4 66 442 1636 11 3.7 78 36 14 11
Team Defense 231 3481 783 4.4 306 162 337 2178 18 28 5.7 110 404 1303 8 3.2 189 45 17 7
Lg Rank Offense 10 10 12 12 10 9 3 10 3 7 7 6 1 4
Lg Rank Defense 5 8 7 5 11 8 3 10 2 2 1 1 5 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%
Charlie Conerly 31 QB 11 11 82 169 48.5 1090 13 7.7 10 5.9 70 6.4 4.6 13.3 99.1 70.4
Fred Benners 22 6 0 25 58 43.1 320 0 0.0 5 8.6 35 5.5 1.6 12.8 53.3 25.1
Tom Landry 28 LDH 12 0 11 47 23.4 172 1 2.1 7 14.9 70 3.7 -2.8 15.6 14.3 9.8
Kyle Rote 25 LH 12 0 2 4 50.0 113 1 25.0 0 0.0 72 28.3 30.8 56.5 9.4 135.4
Frank Gifford 22 lh 10 0 1 2 50.0 18 1 50.0 0 0.0 18 9.0 14.0 18.0 1.8 120.8
Team Total 25.8 12 121 280 43.2 1713 16 5.7 22 7.9 72 6.1 3.2 14.2 142.8 49.9
Opp Total 12 162 337 48.1 2178 18 5.3 28 8.3 6.5 3.3 13.4 181.5 52.3 42 336 5.7 2.0

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
Eddie Price*+ 27 FB 11 0 183 748 5 75 4.1 68.0 16.6 11 36 3.3 0 14 1.0 3.3 784 5 3
Kyle Rote 25 LH 12 0 103 421 2 52 4.1 35.1 8.6 21 240 11.4 2 26 1.8 20.0 661 4 3
Joe Scott 26 8 0 38 107 3 30 2.8 13.4 4.8 14 251 17.9 1 35 1.8 31.4 358 4 4
Frank Gifford 22 lh 10 0 38 116 0 15 3.1 11.6 3.8 5 36 7.2 0 11 0.5 3.6 152 0 3
Charlie Conerly 31 QB 11 11 27 115 0 33 4.3 10.5 2.5 115 0 1
Bob Wilkinson 26 7 0 26 26 0 7 1.0 3.7 3.7 6 148 24.7 2 70 0.9 21.1 174 2 1
John Amberg 23 12 0 7 27 0 9 3.9 2.3 0.6 3 40 13.3 0 18 0.3 3.3 67 0 0
Tom Landry 28 LDH 12 0 7 40 1 8 5.7 3.3 0.6 40 1 5
George Thomas 24 RH 7 0 6 18 0 11 3.0 2.6 0.9 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 1.1 26 0 0
Fred Benners 22 6 0 5 16 0 8 3.2 2.7 0.8 16 0 1
Bob McChesney 26 LE 12 0 2 2 0 2 1.0 0.2 0.2 21 430 20.5 6 72 1.8 35.8 432 6 0
Bill Stribling 25 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 399 15.3 5 55 2.2 33.3 399 5 1
Bob Hudson 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 40 10.0 0 19 0.3 3.3 40 0 0
Kelley Mote 29 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 45 11.3 0 19 0.3 3.8 45 0 0
Joe Sulaitis 31 LLB 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 31 7.8 0 16 0.3 2.6 31 0 0
Tex Coulter* 28 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.8 9 0 0
Team Total 25.8 12 442 1636 11 75 3.7 136.3 36.8 121 1713 14.2 16 72 10.1 142.8 3349 27 27
Opp Total 12 404 1303 8 3.2 108.6 33.7 162 2178 13.4 18 13.5 181.5 3481 26 35

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
Emlen Tunnell*+ 27 LS 12 0 30 411 0 60 13.7 15 364 0 39 24.3 775
Tom Landry 28 LDH 12 0 10 88 0 24 8.8 1 20 0 20 20.0 148
Joe Scott 26 8 0 7 190 0 52 27.1 548
Kyle Rote 25 LH 12 0 6 110 0 26 18.3 771
Frank Gifford 22 lh 10 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 4 124 0 61 31.0 279
Joe Sulaitis 31 LLB 12 0 4 91 0 45 22.8 122
Bob McChesney 26 LE 12 0 3 28 0 12 9.3 460
Bud Sherrod 25 11 0 2 33 0 18 16.5 33
George Kennard 24 RG 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Eddie Price*+ 27 FB 11 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 805
Bill Stribling 25 RE 12 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 410
Team Total 25.8 12 41 502 0 60 12.2 45 999 0 61 22.2 4850
Opp Total 12 52 2 49 957 0 19.5

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
Tom Landry 28 LDH 12 0 82 3363 61 1 41.0
Ray Poole 31 RDE 12 0 17 10 58.8% 27 26 96.3%
Charlie Conerly 31 QB 11 11 2 2 100.0%
Team Total 25.8 12 17 10 58.8% 29 28 96.6% 82 3363 61 1 41.0
Opp Total 12 19 8 42.1% 30 27 90.0% 84 3402 40.5

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
Bill Albright 23 12 0 0 3 0 0
John Amberg 23 12 0 2 18 0 11 0 1 0 0
Fred Benners 22 6 0 1 1 0 0
John Cannady* 29 RLB 12 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
Charlie Conerly 31 QB 11 11 1 0 0 0
Jim Duncan 27 LDE 12 0 2 24 0 24
Frank Gifford 22 lh 10 0 1 46 0 46 3 1 0 0
George Kennard 24 RG 12 0 0 3 0 0
Ray Krouse 25 RDT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Tom Landry 28 LDH 12 0 8 99 1 30 5 3 3 0
Don Menasco 23 RS 12 0 4 5 0 5
Hal Mitchell 22 LT 11 0 0 1 0 0
Robert Patton 25 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ray Poole 31 RDE 12 0 1 6 0 6 0 2 0 0
Eddie Price*+ 27 FB 11 0 3 1 2 0
John Rapacz 28 C 8 0 0 1 0 0
Kyle Rote 25 LH 12 0 3 0 0 0
Harmon Rowe 29 RDH 12 0 1 22 0 22
Joe Scott 26 8 0 4 1 0 0
Bud Sherrod 25 11 0 0 1 67 0
Bill Stribling 25 RE 12 0 1 0 0 0
Emlen Tunnell*+ 27 LS 12 0 7 149 0 40 4 6 3 0
Arnie Weinmeister*+ 29 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bob Wilkinson 26 7 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.8 12 28 371 1 46 27 30 75 0 1
Opp Total 12 40 35 18

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ray Poole 31 RDE 12 0 26 10 56
Bob McChesney 26 LE 12 0 6 36
Eddie Price*+ 27 FB 11 0 5 30
Bill Stribling 25 RE 12 0 5 30
Kyle Rote 25 LH 12 0 2 2 24
Joe Scott 26 8 0 3 1 24
Tom Landry 28 LDH 12 0 1 1 12
Bob Wilkinson 26 7 0 2 12
Bud Sherrod 25 11 0 1 6
Charlie Conerly 31 QB 11 11 2 2
Arnie Weinmeister*+ 29 LDT 12 0 1 2
Team Total 25.8 12 11 16 1 1 28 10 1 234
Opp Total 12 8 18 2 27 8 231