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1954 New York Giants

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Record: 7-5-0, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 293 points (24.4/g), 6th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 184 points (15.3/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 109 points (9.1/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 9.0-3.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +18 (1.5/g), 1st.

Coached by Jim Lee Howell (7-5-0)

1954 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 26 box W 1-0 @ Chicago Cardinals 41 10 20 381 226 155 2 7 176 71 105 4
2 Sat October 2 box L 1-1 @ Baltimore Colts 14 20 21 253 101 152 2 14 330 269 61 1
3 Sun October 10 box W 2-1 @ Washington Redskins 51 21 28 444 278 166 2 13 237 73 164 5
4 Sun October 17 box W 3-1 Chicago Cardinals 31 17 13 320 171 149 4 18 302 121 181 5
5 Sun October 24 box W 4-1 Washington Redskins 24 7 20 359 203 156 4 17 228 144 84 7
6 Sun October 31 box L 4-2 @ Cleveland Browns 14 24 10 251 135 116 4 20 313 146 167 4
7 Sun November 7 box W 5-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 30 6 20 382 137 245 3 20 311 229 82 8
8 Sun November 14 box W 6-2 Philadelphia Eagles 27 14 23 405 256 149 2 19 242 220 22 5
9 Sun November 21 box L 6-3 Los Angeles Rams 16 17 11 286 220 66 1 24 485 275 210 2
10 Sun November 28 box L 6-4 Cleveland Browns 7 16 8 68 64 4 1 19 326 210 116 5
11 Sun December 5 box W 7-4 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 3 14 383 303 80 6 10 177 94 83 8
12 Sun December 12 box L 7-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 14 29 9 276 232 44 6 14 221 164 57 1

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 293 3808 732 5.2 197 163 334 2326 27 22 6.6 99 380 1482 8 3.9 85 37 15 13
Team Defense 184 3348 805 4.2 313 164 352 2016 11 33 5.2 110 415 1332 9 3.2 195 55 22 8
Lg Rank Offense 6 6 9 8 6 2 4 5 8 7 9 5 5 5
Lg Rank Defense 2 3 3 5 3 2 1 2 9 3 4 3 1 1

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 33 QB 10 10 103 210 49.0 1439 17 8.1 11 5.2 68 6.9 5.3 14.0 143.9 76.7
Bob Clatterbuck 22 qb 10 2 50 101 49.5 781 6 5.9 7 6.9 72 7.7 5.2 15.6 78.1 66.5
Don Heinrich 24 2 0 4 9 44.4 56 0 0.0 2 22.2 31 6.2 -3.8 14.0 28.0 25.5
Frank Gifford* 24 LH 9 0 4 8 50.0 155 3 37.5 1 12.5 83 19.4 17.5 38.8 17.2 95.8
Kyle Rote* 27 RH 11 0 2 6 33.3 36 1 16.7 1 16.7 18 6.0 0.2 18.0 3.3 54.9
Team Total 26.0 12 163 334 48.8 2467 27 8.1 22 6.6 83 7.4 5.2 15.1 205.6 73.0
Opp Total 12 164 352 46.6 2016 11 3.1 33 9.4 5.7 1.8 12.3 168.0 36.1 38 306 5.2 0.9

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* 29 FB 12 0 135 555 2 47 4.1 46.3 11.3 28 352 12.6 3 83 2.3 29.3 907 5 2
Frank Gifford* 24 LH 9 0 66 368 2 30 5.6 40.9 7.3 14 154 11.0 1 35 1.6 17.1 522 3 7
Herb Johnson 26 RET 11 0 42 168 1 26 4.0 15.3 3.8 10 89 8.9 0 24 0.9 8.1 257 1 2
Buford Long 23 12 0 32 106 1 11 3.3 8.8 2.7 13 178 13.7 1 36 1.1 14.8 284 2 2
Kyle Rote* 27 RH 11 0 30 59 0 14 2.0 5.4 2.7 29 551 19.0 2 63 2.6 50.1 610 2 0
Bobby Epps 22 10 0 30 110 0 11 3.7 11.0 3.0 5 20 4.0 0 10 0.5 2.0 130 0 1
Charlie Conerly 33 QB 10 10 24 107 1 24 4.5 10.7 2.4 107 1 3
Bob Clatterbuck 22 qb 10 2 19 -21 1 3 -1.1 -2.1 1.9 -21 1 5
Wayne Berry 23 10 0 1 30 0 30 30.0 3.0 0.1 30 0 0
Don Heinrich 24 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0 0 1
Bob Schnelker 26 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 550 18.3 8 68 2.5 45.8 550 8 0
Ken MacAfee 25 RE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 438 18.3 8 72 2.2 39.8 438 8 0
Bob Topp 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 90 15.0 3 31 1.0 15.0 90 3 0
Dick Wilkins 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 45 11.3 1 18 0.7 7.5 45 1 0
Team Total 26.0 12 380 1482 8 47 3.9 123.5 31.7 163 2467 15.1 27 83 13.6 205.6 3949 35 25
Opp Total 12 415 1332 9 3.2 111.0 34.6 164 2016 12.3 11 13.7 168.0 3348 20 38

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
Herb Johnson 26 RET 11 0 16 164 1 48 10.3 10 251 0 41 25.1 672
Emlen Tunnell* 29 LS 12 0 21 70 0 12 3.3 5 98 0 25 19.6 168
Buford Long 23 12 0 6 54 0 21 9.0 10 237 0 36 23.7 575
Frank Gifford* 24 LH 9 0 8 12 0 8 1.5 1 29 0 29 29.0 563
George Kennard 26 RG 12 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Herb Rich 26 RDH 11 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Bill Svoboda 26 LLB 11 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
Bob Topp 22 6 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 100
Team Total 26.0 12 52 305 1 48 5.9 29 662 0 41 22.8 4916
Opp Total 12 45 0 53 1274 1 24.0

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*+ 30 LDH 12 0 64 2720 61 0 42.5
Ben Agajanian 35 K 12 0 25 13 52.0% 35 35 100.0%
Charlie Conerly 33 QB 10 10 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.0 12 25 13 52.0% 36 36 100.0% 64 2720 61 0 42.5
Opp Total 12 15 8 53.3% 23 20 87.0% 71 2854 40.2

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 25 MG 12 0 0 3 0 0
Bill Austin* 26 LG 11 0 0 2 0 0
John Cannady 31 RLB 10 0 2 16 0 14
Russ Carroccio 23 9 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Clatterbuck 22 qb 10 2 5 0 0 0
Charlie Conerly 33 QB 10 10 3 0 0 0
Bobby Epps 22 10 0 1 2 0 0
Frank Gifford* 24 LH 9 0 7 1 0 0
Don Heinrich 24 2 0 1 0 0 0
Herb Johnson 26 RET 11 0 2 1 0 0
George Kennard 26 RG 12 0 0 2 0 0
Pat Knight 25 LDE 10 0 3 41 0 30 0 3 0 0
Ray Krouse* 27 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Landry*+ 30 LDH 12 0 8 71 0 27 1 2 14 0
Cliff Livingston 24 12 0 0 2 0 0
Buford Long 23 12 0 2 1 0 0
Dick Nolan 22 RS 12 0 6 48 0 17 0 2 15 0 1
Eddie Price* 29 FB 12 0 2 1 3 0
Herb Rich 26 RDH 11 0 5 56 0 19 0 3 2 0
Bill Svoboda 26 LLB 11 0 1 30 0 30 0 1 0 0
Emlen Tunnell* 29 LS 12 0 8 108 0 43 1 4 0 0
Team Total 26.0 12 33 370 0 43 25 32 34 0 1
Opp Total 12 18 38 16 1

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
Ben Agajanian 35 K 12 0 35 13 74
Ken MacAfee 25 RE 11 0 8 48
Bob Schnelker 26 LE 12 0 8 48
Eddie Price* 29 FB 12 0 2 3 30
Frank Gifford* 24 LH 9 0 2 1 18
Bob Topp 22 6 0 3 18
Herb Johnson 26 RET 11 0 1 1 12
Buford Long 23 12 0 1 1 12
Kyle Rote* 27 RH 11 0 2 12
Charlie Conerly 33 QB 10 10 1 1 7
Bob Clatterbuck 22 qb 10 2 1 6
Dick Wilkins 29 6 0 1 6
Dick Nolan 22 RS 12 0 1 2
Team Total 26.0 12 8 27 1 36 13 1 293
Opp Total 12 9 11 1 20 8 1 184