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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)
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1954 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 | 33 | 6 | 10 | 103 for 210, 1,439 yards, 17 td, 11 int, & 24 rushes for 107 yards and 1 td | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| QB | Bob Clatterbuck | 22 | Rook | 2 | 50 for 101, 781 yards, 6 td, 7 int, & 19 rushes for -21 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 27th / 316th pick / 1954 |
| FB | Eddie Price* | 29 | 4 | 0 | 135 rushes for 555 yards, 2 td, & 28 catches for 352 yards and 3 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 20th pick / 1950 |
| LH | Frank Gifford* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 66 rushes for 368 yards, 2 td, & 14 catches for 154 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 1st / 11th pick / 1952 |
| RH | Kyle Rote* | 27 | 3 | 0 | 30 rushes for 59 yards, 0 td, & 29 catches for 551 yards and 2 td | New York Giants / 1st / 1st pick / 1951 |
| LE | Bob Schnelker | 26 | 1 | 0 | 30 catches for 550 yards, 8 td | Cleveland Browns / 29th / 377th pick / 1950 |
| LT | Rosey Brown | 22 | 1 | 0 | New York Giants / 27th / 321st pick / 1953 |
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| LG | Bill Austin* | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 13th / 126th pick / 1949 |
| C | Ray Wietecha | 26 | 1 | 12 | New York Giants / 12th / 150th pick / 1950 |
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| RG | George Kennard | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RG | Jack Stroud | 26 | 1 | 0 | New York Giants / 5th / 61st pick / 1951 |
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| RT | Dick Yelvington | 26 | 2 | 0 | New York Giants / 23rd / 278th pick / 1951 |
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| RE | Ken MacAfee | 25 | Rook | 0 | 24 catches for 438 yards, 8 td | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Pat Knight | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 10th / 119th pick / 1952 |
| LDT | Ray Krouse* | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 25th pick / 1951 |
| MG | Bill Albright | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 20th / 242nd pick / 1951 |
| RDT | Ray Collins | 27 | 4 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 37th pick / 1950 |
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| RDE | Barney Poole | 31 | 5 | 0 | New York Giants / 6th / 53rd pick / 1945 |
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| LLB | Bill Svoboda | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 29th pick / 1950 |
| RLB | John Cannady | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1947 |
| LDH | Tom Landry*+ | 30 | 5 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| RDH | Herb Rich | 26 | 4 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 67th pick / 1950 |
| LS | Emlen Tunnell* | 29 | 6 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Dick Nolan | 22 | Rook | 0 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 41st pick / 1954 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ben Agajanian | 35 | 9 | 0 | 13 of 25 field goals & 35 of 35 extra points | |
| P | Tom Landry*+ | 30 | 5 | 0 | 64 punts for a 42.5 average, 0 blocked | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| PR | Emlen Tunnell* | 29 | 6 | 0 | 21 punt returns for a 3.3 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Herb Johnson | 26 | Rook | 0 | 10 kick returns for a 25.1 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ben Agajanian | 35 | K | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | New Mexico | 8/28/1919 | 9 | |
| Bill Albright | 25 | G-T-DT | 12 | 0 | 233 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 4/4/1929 | 3 | New York Giants / 20th / 242nd pick / 1951 |
| Bill Austin* | 26 | G-T | 11 | 0 | 223 | 6-1 | Oregon State | 10/18/1928 | 5 | New York Giants / 13th / 126th pick / 1949 |
| John Bauer | 22 | T | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Illinois | 3/11/1932 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 12th pick / 1954 |
| Wayne Berry | 23 | HB-DB | 10 | 0 | 175 | 6-0 | Washington State | 8/2/1931 | Rook | New York Giants / 7th / 76th pick / 1954 |
| Rosey Brown | 22 | T | 12 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Morgan State | 10/20/1932 | 1 | New York Giants / 27th / 321st pick / 1953 |
| John Cannady | 31 | LB-C | 10 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Indiana | 5/9/1923 | 7 | New York Giants / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1947 |
| Russ Carroccio | 23 | G-T-DT-DG | 9 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Virginia | 4/28/1931 | Rook | |
| Bob Clatterbuck | 22 | QB | 10 | 2 | 195 | 6-3 | Houston | 7/3/1932 | Rook | New York Giants / 27th / 316th pick / 1954 |
| Ray Collins | 27 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 238 | 5-11 | LSU | 8/4/1927 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 37th pick / 1950 |
| Charlie Conerly | 33 | QB | 10 | 10 | 185 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 9/19/1921 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| Bobby Epps | 22 | FB | 10 | 0 | 198 | 5-9 | Pittsburgh | 3/25/1932 | Rook | New York Giants / 14th / 161st pick / 1954 |
| Frank Gifford* | 24 | HB-FL-DB-WR | 9 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | USC | 8/16/1930 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 11th pick / 1952 |
| Don Heinrich | 24 | QB | 2 | 0 | 182 | 6-0 | Washington | 9/19/1930 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 35th pick / 1952 |
| Herb Johnson | 26 | HB | 11 | 0 | 172 | 5-10 | Army,Washington | 7/10/1928 | Rook | |
| George Kennard | 26 | G | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Kansas | 1/8/1928 | 2 | |
| Pat Knight | 25 | LB | 10 | 0 | 204 | 6-2 | SMU | 5/14/1929 | 2 | New York Giants / 10th / 119th pick / 1952 |
| Ray Krouse* | 27 | DT-DE-T | 12 | 0 | 263 | 6-3 | Maryland | 3/21/1927 | 3 | New York Giants / 2nd / 25th pick / 1951 |
| Tom Landry*+ | 30 | DB-HB-QB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas | 9/11/1924 | 5 | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| Cliff Livingston | 24 | LB-DE | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6-3 | UCLA | 7/2/1930 | Rook | |
| Buford Long | 23 | DB-HB-E | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Florida | 12/14/1931 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1953 |
| Ken MacAfee | 25 | E-TE | 11 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Alabama | 8/3/1929 | Rook | |
| Pete Mangum | 23 | LB | 2 | 0 | 219 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 1/17/1931 | Rook | New York Giants / 23rd / 268th pick / 1954 |
| Dick Nolan | 22 | DB | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Maryland | 3/26/1932 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 41st pick / 1954 |
| Barney Poole | 31 | DE-E | 11 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Army,Mississippi,North Carolina | 10/29/1923 | 5 | New York Giants / 6th / 53rd pick / 1945 |
| Eddie Price* | 29 | FB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Tulane | 9/2/1925 | 4 | New York Giants / 2nd / 20th pick / 1950 |
| John Rapacz | 30 | C-LB | 12 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | Oklahoma,Western Michigan | 4/25/1924 | 6 | Boston Yanks / 3rd / 15th pick / 1947 |
| Herb Rich | 26 | DB | 11 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Vanderbilt | 10/7/1928 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 67th pick / 1950 |
| Kyle Rote* | 27 | E-HB | 11 | 0 | 199 | 6-0 | SMU | 10/27/1927 | 3 | New York Giants / 1st / 1st pick / 1951 |
| Bob Schnelker | 26 | E | 12 | 0 | 214 | 6-3 | Bowling Green | 10/17/1928 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 29th / 377th pick / 1950 |
| Billy Shipp | 25 | T | 11 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Alabama | 10/16/1929 | Rook | New York Giants / 8th / 95th pick / 1952 |
| Jack Stroud | 26 | G-T | 6 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 1/29/1928 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 61st pick / 1951 |
| Bill Svoboda | 26 | LB-FB | 11 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Tulane | 7/12/1928 | 4 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 29th pick / 1950 |
| Bob Topp | 22 | E | 6 | 0 | 180 | 6-2 | Michigan | 4/22/1932 | Rook | New York Giants / 13th / 148th pick / 1954 |
| Emlen Tunnell* | 29 | DB | 12 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | Iowa,Toledo | 3/29/1925 | 6 | |
| Ray Wietecha | 26 | C | 12 | 12 | 225 | 6-1 | Michigan State,Northwestern | 11/4/1928 | 1 | New York Giants / 12th / 150th pick / 1950 |
| Dick Wilkins | 29 | E | 6 | 0 | 194 | 6-2 | Oregon | 9/28/1925 | 5 | New York Giants / 25th / 226th pick / 1948 |
| Dick Yelvington | 26 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Georgia | 7/27/1928 | 2 | New York Giants / 23rd / 278th pick / 1951 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 12 | 212.4 | 6-1.2 | 2.4 |