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1953 New York Giants

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Record: 3-9-0, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 179 points (14.9/g), 12th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 277 points (23.1/g), 9th.
 Differential of -98 points (-8.2/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 3.1-8.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.5/g), 10th.

Coached by Steve Owen (3-9-0)

1953 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 27 box L 0-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 7 21 13 192 88 104 3 16 334 186 148 3
2 Sat October 3 box L 0-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 14 24 8 205 156 49 5 14 208 102 106 2
3 Sun October 11 box L 0-3 @ Washington Redskins 9 13 11 139 37 102 7 14 309 94 215 4
4 Sun October 18 box W 1-3 Chicago Cardinals 21 7 10 219 155 64 3 14 155 156 -1 4
5 Sun October 25 box L 1-4 Cleveland Browns 0 7 8 133 66 67 3 12 178 9 169 2
6 Sun November 1 box W 2-4 @ Chicago Cardinals 23 20 9 228 110 118 5 19 311 249 62 6
7 Sun November 8 box L 2-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 7 30 10 92 28 64 3 21 514 460 54 2
8 Sun November 15 box L 2-6 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 14 18 323 216 107 2 8 247 142 105 1
9 Sun November 22 box L 2-7 Washington Redskins 21 24 25 371 211 160 3 17 253 178 75 3
10 Sun November 29 box W 3-7 Philadelphia Eagles 37 28 20 307 230 77 18 383 209 174 7
11 Sun December 6 box L 3-8 @ Cleveland Browns 14 62 16 283 209 74 4 20 495 389 106 1
12 Sun December 13 box L 3-9 Detroit Lions 16 27 18 268 205 63 5 16 354 207 147 2

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 179 2760 777 3.6 166 158 345 1711 16 34 4.5 87 398 1049 6 2.6 66 43 9 13
Team Defense 277 3741 775 4.8 297 173 368 2381 20 23 6.1 99 385 1360 12 3.5 189 37 14 9
Lg Rank Offense 12 11 11 6 9 5 11 9 8 12 12 12 6 1
Lg Rank Defense 9 8 1 9 12 10 9 10 5 3 6 3 9 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 32 QB 12 11 143 303 47.2 1711 13 4.3 25 8.3 60 5.6 2.4 12.0 142.6 44.9
Bill Mackrides 28 3 0 6 15 40.0 53 1 6.7 3 20.0 0 3.5 -4.8 8.8 17.7 32.8
Arnie Galiffa 26 3 1 4 13 30.8 129 1 7.7 5 38.5 75 9.9 -6.6 32.3 43.0 55.1
Kyle Rote* 26 9 0 2 8 25.0 45 0 0.0 1 12.5 23 5.6 0.0 22.5 5.0 10.9
Frank Gifford* 23 LDH 12 0 3 6 50.0 47 1 16.7 0 0.0 21 7.8 9.5 15.7 3.9 116.0
Team Total 25.6 12 158 345 45.8 1985 16 4.6 34 9.9 75 5.8 1.8 12.6 165.4 40.1
Opp Total 12 173 368 47.0 2381 20 5.4 23 6.3 6.5 4.2 13.8 198.4 60.3 22 177 6.1 3.5

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
Sonny Grandelius 24 LH 12 0 108 278 1 31 2.6 23.2 9.0 15 80 5.3 0 26 1.3 6.7 358 1 3
Eddie Price 28 FB 12 0 101 206 2 15 2.0 17.2 8.4 26 233 9.0 1 31 2.2 19.4 439 3 4
Kyle Rote* 26 9 0 63 213 1 18 3.4 23.7 7.0 26 440 16.9 5 75 2.9 48.9 653 6 0
Frank Gifford* 23 LDH 12 0 50 157 2 15 3.1 13.1 4.2 18 292 16.2 4 49 1.5 24.3 449 6 2
Charlie Conerly 32 QB 12 11 24 91 0 24 3.8 7.6 2.0 91 0 5
Buford Long 22 10 0 20 58 0 21 2.9 5.8 2.0 14 220 15.7 2 55 1.4 22.0 278 2 0
Randy Clay 25 RH 12 0 16 26 0 6 1.6 2.2 1.3 5 51 10.2 1 33 0.4 4.3 77 1 0
Butch Avinger 25 12 0 5 6 0 5 1.2 0.5 0.4 2 8 4.0 0 4 0.2 0.7 14 0 1
Merwin Hodel 22 2 0 5 11 0 6 2.2 5.5 2.5 2 -15 -7.5 0 0 1.0 -7.5 -4 0 1
Arnie Galiffa 26 3 1 5 1 0 7 0.2 0.3 1.7 1 0 1
Bill Mackrides 28 3 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.7 0.3 2 0 0
Ray Pelfrey 25 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 233 13.7 3 60 1.4 19.4 233 3 1
Cliff Anderson 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 258 16.1 0 32 2.0 32.3 258 0 0
Bill Stribling 26 RE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 175 10.9 0 19 1.3 14.6 175 0 0
Joe Scott 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.3 3.3 10 0 0
Team Total 25.6 12 398 1049 6 31 2.6 87.4 33.2 158 1985 12.6 16 75 13.2 165.4 3034 22 19
Opp Total 12 385 1360 12 3.5 113.3 32.1 173 2381 13.8 20 14.4 198.4 3741 32 32

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Emlen Tunnell* 28 LS 12 0 38 223 0 37 5.9 17 479 0 86 28.2 702
Frank Gifford* 23 LDH 12 0 16 106 0 40 6.6 13 327 0 55 25.2 882
Buford Long 22 10 0 7 198 0 36 28.3 476
Tom Landry 29 RS 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 2 38 0 23 19.0 43
Randy Clay 25 RH 12 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 97
Joe Sulaitis 32 RDE 12 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Team Total 25.6 12 55 334 0 40 6.1 41 1077 0 86 26.3 4445
Opp Total 12 69 0 36 705 1 19.6

Kicking & Punting

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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 29 RS 12 0 44 1772 60 0 40.3
Butch Avinger 25 12 0 42 1597 69 1 38.0
Randy Clay 25 RH 12 0 7 2 28.6% 22 20 90.9%
Frank Gifford* 23 LDH 12 0 5 1 20.0% 2 2 100.0%
Team Total 25.6 12 12 3 25.0% 24 22 91.7% 86 3369 69 1 39.2
Opp Total 12 20 9 45.0% 35 34 97.1% 72 3096 43.0

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 24 MG 12 0 0 1 16 1
Butch Avinger 25 12 0 1 1 0 0
Rosey Brown 21 LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
John Cannady 30 LLB 12 0 1 33 0 33 0 1 0 0
Randy Clay 25 RH 12 0 2 22 0 22 0 1 0 0
Charlie Conerly 32 QB 12 11 5 2 0 0
Jim Duncan 28 LDE 11 0 3 39 0 31 0 1 0 0
Arnie Galiffa 26 3 1 1 0 0 0
Frank Gifford* 23 LDH 12 0 1 66 1 50 2 3 0 0
Sonny Grandelius 24 LH 12 0 3 2 0 0
Merwin Hodel 22 2 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Landry 29 RS 12 0 3 55 0 30 1 1 0 0
Buford Long 22 10 0 3 59 0 26 0 2 0 0 1
Don Menasco 24 RDH 8 0 1 5 0 5
Ray Pelfrey 25 LE 12 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Peviani 22 RLB 12 0 0 1 0 0
Eddie Price 28 FB 12 0 4 1 0 0
Jack Stroud 25 lg 12 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Sulaitis 32 RDE 12 0 1 6 0 6 0 1 0 0
Emlen Tunnell* 28 LS 12 0 6 117 0 44
Arnie Weinmeister*+ 30 LDT 12 0 0 4 0 0
Ray Wietecha 25 12 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Woodard 27 12 0 1 10 0 10
Team Total 25.6 12 23 412 1 50 19 24 16 1 1
Opp Total 12 34 32 18

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Frank Gifford* 23 LDH 12 0 2 4 1 2 1 47
Kyle Rote* 26 9 0 1 5 36
Randy Clay 25 RH 12 0 1 20 2 32
Ray Pelfrey 25 LE 12 0 3 18
Eddie Price 28 FB 12 0 2 1 18
Buford Long 22 10 0 2 1 14
Bill Albright 24 MG 12 0 1 6
Sonny Grandelius 24 LH 12 0 1 6
Team Total 25.6 12 6 16 1 1 22 3 1 177
Opp Total 12 12 20 1 34 9 277