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1955 New York Giants
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Record: 6-5-1, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 267 points (22.2/g), 3rd of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 223 points (18.6/g), 3rd.
Differential of 44 points (3.7/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 7.3-4.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.7/g), 3rd.
Coached by Jim Lee Howell (6-5-1)
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1955 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 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 98 for 202, 1,310 yards, 13 td, 13 int, & 12 rushes for 10 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| QB | Don Heinrich | 25 | 1 | 7 | 31 for 67, 413 yards, 2 td, 2 int, & 7 rushes for 4 yards and 2 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 35th pick / 1952 |
| FB | Bobby Epps | 23 | 1 | 0 | 95 rushes for 375 yards, 2 td, & 5 catches for 8 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 14th / 161st pick / 1954 |
| FB | Mel Triplett | 24 | Rook | 0 | 34 rushes for 138 yards, 0 td, & 3 catches for 9 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 5th / 56th pick / 1955 |
| LH | Frank Gifford*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | 86 rushes for 351 yards, 3 td, & 33 catches for 437 yards and 4 td | New York Giants / 1st / 11th pick / 1952 |
| RH | Alex Webster | 24 | Rook | 0 | 128 rushes for 634 yards, 5 td, & 22 catches for 269 yards and 1 td | Washington Redskins / 11th / 123rd pick / 1953 |
| LE | Bob Schnelker | 27 | 2 | 0 | 25 catches for 326 yards, 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 29th / 377th pick / 1950 |
| LT | Rosey Brown* | 23 | 2 | 0 | New York Giants / 27th / 321st pick / 1953 |
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| LG | Bill Austin | 27 | 6 | 0 | New York Giants / 13th / 126th pick / 1949 |
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| C | Ray Wietecha | 27 | 2 | 12 | New York Giants / 12th / 150th pick / 1950 |
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| RG | Jack Stroud* | 27 | 2 | 0 | New York Giants / 5th / 61st pick / 1951 |
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| RT | Dick Yelvington | 27 | 3 | 0 | New York Giants / 23rd / 278th pick / 1951 |
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| RE | Ken MacAfee | 26 | 1 | 0 | 11 catches for 170 yards, 1 td | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Walt Yowarsky | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 29th pick / 1951 |
| LDT | Ray Krouse | 28 | 4 | 0 | New York Giants / 2nd / 25th pick / 1951 |
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| MG | Stan West | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 12th pick / 1950 |
| RDT | Rex Boggan | 25 | Rook | 0 | New York Giants / 20th / 239th pick / 1952 |
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| RDE | Rosey Grier | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 31st pick / 1955 |
| LLB | Bill Svoboda | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 29th pick / 1950 |
| RLB | Pat Knight | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 10th / 119th pick / 1952 |
| LDH | Tom Landry | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| RDH | Dick Nolan | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 41st pick / 1954 |
| LS | Emlen Tunnell*+ | 30 | 7 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RS | Herb Rich | 27 | 5 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 67th pick / 1950 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ben Agajanian | 36 | 10 | 0 | 10 of 15 field goals & 32 of 33 extra points | |
| P | Tom Landry | 31 | 6 | 0 | 75 punts for a 40.3 average, 1 blocked | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| PR | Emlen Tunnell*+ | 30 | 7 | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 3.9 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Joe Heap | 24 | Rook | 0 | 12 kick returns for a 19.2 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 8th pick / 1955 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ben Agajanian | 36 | K | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | New Mexico | 8/28/1919 | 10 | |
| Bill Austin | 27 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 223 | 6-1 | Oregon State | 10/18/1928 | 6 | New York Giants / 13th / 126th pick / 1949 |
| Ray Beck | 24 | G | 12 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 3/17/1931 | 3 | New York Giants / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1952 |
| Rex Boggan | 25 | DT | 11 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 3/27/1930 | Rook | New York Giants / 20th / 239th pick / 1952 |
| Fred Broussard | 22 | C | 1 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Northwest State (LA),Texas A&M | 4/29/1933 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 42nd pick / 1955 |
| Rosey Brown* | 23 | T | 12 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Morgan State | 10/20/1932 | 2 | New York Giants / 27th / 321st pick / 1953 |
| Russ Carroccio | 24 | G-T-DT-DG | 5 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Virginia | 4/28/1931 | 1 | |
| Bob Clatterbuck | 23 | QB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Houston | 7/3/1932 | 1 | New York Giants / 27th / 316th pick / 1954 |
| Charlie Conerly | 34 | QB | 12 | 5 | 185 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 9/19/1921 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| Bobby Epps | 23 | FB | 9 | 0 | 198 | 5-9 | Pittsburgh | 3/25/1932 | 1 | New York Giants / 14th / 161st pick / 1954 |
| Frank Gifford*+ | 25 | HB-FL-DB-WR | 11 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | USC | 8/16/1930 | 3 | New York Giants / 1st / 11th pick / 1952 |
| Rosey Grier | 23 | DT-DE | 12 | 0 | 284 | 6-5 | Penn State | 7/14/1932 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 31st pick / 1955 |
| John Hall | 22 | DE | 2 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Iowa | 6/30/1933 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1955 |
| Joe Heap | 24 | HB | 12 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 10/26/1931 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 8th pick / 1955 |
| Don Heinrich | 25 | QB | 10 | 7 | 182 | 6-0 | Washington | 9/19/1930 | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 35th pick / 1952 |
| George Kennard | 27 | G | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Kansas | 1/8/1928 | 3 | |
| Pat Knight | 26 | LB | 8 | 0 | 204 | 6-2 | SMU | 5/14/1929 | 3 | New York Giants / 10th / 119th pick / 1952 |
| Ray Krouse | 28 | DT-DE-T | 12 | 0 | 263 | 6-3 | Maryland | 3/21/1927 | 4 | New York Giants / 2nd / 25th pick / 1951 |
| Tom Landry | 31 | DB-HB-QB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Texas | 9/11/1924 | 6 | New York Giants / 20th / 184th pick / 1947 |
| Cliff Livingston | 25 | LB-DE | 4 | 0 | 218 | 6-3 | UCLA | 7/2/1930 | 1 | |
| Buford Long | 24 | DB-HB-E | 4 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Florida | 12/14/1931 | 2 | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1953 |
| Ken MacAfee | 26 | E-TE | 8 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Alabama | 8/3/1929 | 1 | |
| Dick Nolan | 23 | DB | 10 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Maryland | 3/26/1932 | 1 | New York Giants / 4th / 41st pick / 1954 |
| Jimmy Patton | 22 | DB | 11 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 9/29/1933 | Rook | New York Giants / 8th / 92nd pick / 1955 |
| Eddie Price | 30 | FB | 6 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Tulane | 9/2/1925 | 5 | New York Giants / 2nd / 20th pick / 1950 |
| Herb Rich | 27 | DB | 11 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Vanderbilt | 10/7/1928 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 67th pick / 1950 |
| Kyle Rote* | 28 | E-HB | 12 | 0 | 199 | 6-0 | SMU | 10/27/1927 | 4 | New York Giants / 1st / 1st pick / 1951 |
| Bob Schnelker | 27 | E | 12 | 0 | 214 | 6-3 | Bowling Green | 10/17/1928 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 29th / 377th pick / 1950 |
| Jack Stroud* | 27 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 1/29/1928 | 2 | New York Giants / 5th / 61st pick / 1951 |
| Harland Svare | 25 | LB-TB | 12 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | Washington State | 11/15/1930 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 204th pick / 1953 |
| Bill Svoboda | 27 | LB-FB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Tulane | 7/12/1928 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 29th pick / 1950 |
| Mel Triplett | 24 | FB | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Toledo | 12/24/1931 | Rook | New York Giants / 5th / 56th pick / 1955 |
| Emlen Tunnell*+ | 30 | DB | 12 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | Iowa,Toledo | 3/29/1925 | 7 | |
| Larrye Weaver | 24 | HB-DB | 6 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Antelope Valley Junior College,Fullerton Junior College | 11/17/1931 | Rook | |
| Alex Webster | 24 | HB-FB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 4/19/1931 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 11th / 123rd pick / 1953 |
| Stan West | 29 | DG-G-C | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 9/22/1926 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 12th pick / 1950 |
| Ray Wietecha | 27 | C | 12 | 12 | 225 | 6-1 | Michigan State,Northwestern | 11/4/1928 | 2 | New York Giants / 12th / 150th pick / 1950 |
| Dick Yelvington | 27 | T-G | 11 | 0 | 232 | 6-2 | Georgia | 7/27/1928 | 3 | New York Giants / 23rd / 278th pick / 1951 |
| Walt Yowarsky | 27 | DE-C-T | 10 | 0 | 234 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 5/10/1928 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 29th pick / 1951 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 12 | 213.6 | 6-1.2 | 2.6 |