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1960 New York Giants
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Record: 6-4-2, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 271 points (22.6/g), 6th of 13 in the NFL.
Allowed 261 points (21.8/g), 8th.
Differential of 10 points (0.8/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 6.3-5.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -15 (-1.2/g), 11th.
Coached by Jim Lee Howell (6-4-2)
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1960 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 | 39 | 12 | 8 | 66 for 134, 954 yards, 8 td, 7 int, & 14 rushes for 1 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| QB | George Shaw | 27 | 5 | 4 | 76 for 155, 1,263 yards, 11 td, 13 int, & 15 rushes for -12 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1955 |
| FB | Mel Triplett | 29 | 5 | 0 | 124 rushes for 573 yards, 4 td, & 5 catches for 48 yards and 2 td | New York Giants / 5th / 56th pick / 1955 |
| LH | Frank Gifford | 30 | 8 | 0 | 77 rushes for 232 yards, 4 td, & 24 catches for 344 yards and 3 td | New York Giants / 1st / 11th pick / 1952 |
| RH | Joe Morrison | 23 | 1 | 0 | 103 rushes for 346 yards, 2 td, & 29 catches for 367 yards and 3 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 34th pick / 1959 |
| SE | Kyle Rote | 33 | 9 | 0 | 42 catches for 750 yards, 10 td | New York Giants / 1st / 1st pick / 1951 |
| TE | Bob Schnelker | 32 | 7 | 0 | 38 catches for 610 yards, 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 29th / 377th pick / 1950 |
| LT | Rosey Brown* | 28 | 7 | 0 | New York Giants / 27th / 321st pick / 1953 |
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| LG | Darrell Dess | 25 | 2 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 126th pick / 1958 |
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| C | Ray Wietecha* | 32 | 7 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 12th / 150th pick / 1950 |
| RG | Jack Stroud* | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 61st pick / 1951 |
| RT | Frank Youso | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1958 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jim Katcavage | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 45th pick / 1956 |
| LDT | Dick Modzelewski | 29 | 7 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1953 |
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| RDT | Rosey Grier* | 28 | 5 | 0 | New York Giants / 3rd / 31st pick / 1955 |
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| RDE | Andy Robustelli*+ | 35 | 9 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 228th pick / 1951 |
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| LLB | Cliff Livingston | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Sam Huff* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 30th pick / 1956 |
| RLB | Harland Svare | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 204th pick / 1953 |
| LCB | Lindon Crow | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1955 |
| RCB | Dick Lynch | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 6th / 66th pick / 1958 |
| LS | Dick Nolan | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 41st pick / 1954 |
| RS | Jimmy Patton*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 8th / 92nd pick / 1955 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Pat Summerall | 30 | 8 | 0 | 13 of 26 field goals & 32 of 32 extra points | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1952 |
| P | Don Chandler | 26 | 4 | 0 | 31 punts for a 40.5 average, 0 blocked | New York Giants / 5th / 57th pick / 1956 |
| PR | Bill Stits | 29 | 6 | 0 | 18 punt returns for a 9.2 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 4th / 44th pick / 1954 |
| KR | Bill Stits | 29 | 6 | 0 | 20 kick returns for a 24.3 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 4th / 44th pick / 1954 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Boll | 33 | T-G | 11 | 0 | 270 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 7/16/1927 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 40th pick / 1953 |
| Rosey Brown* | 28 | T | 12 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Morgan State | 10/20/1932 | 7 | New York Giants / 27th / 321st pick / 1953 |
| Don Chandler | 26 | FB-P-K | 8 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Florida | 9/5/1934 | 4 | New York Giants / 5th / 57th pick / 1956 |
| Charlie Conerly | 39 | QB | 12 | 8 | 185 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 9/19/1921 | 12 | Washington Redskins / 13th / 127th pick / 1945 |
| Lou Cordileone | 23 | DT-DE-G | 11 | 0 | 250 | 6-1 | Clemson | 8/4/1937 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick / 1960 |
| Bill Crawford | 23 | G | 4 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | British Columbia | 7/17/1937 | Rook | |
| Lindon Crow | 27 | DB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | USC | 4/4/1933 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 2nd / 14th pick / 1955 |
| Darrell Dess | 25 | G-T | 9 | 0 | 243 | 6-0 | North Carolina State | 7/11/1935 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 126th pick / 1958 |
| Frank Gifford | 30 | HB-FL-DB-WR | 8 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | USC | 8/16/1930 | 8 | New York Giants / 1st / 11th pick / 1952 |
| Rosey Grier* | 28 | DT-DE | 12 | 0 | 284 | 6-5 | Penn State | 7/14/1932 | 5 | New York Giants / 3rd / 31st pick / 1955 |
| Lee Grosscup | 24 | QB | 4 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | Utah,Washington | 12/27/1936 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1959 |
| Sam Huff* | 26 | LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | West Virginia | 10/4/1934 | 4 | New York Giants / 3rd / 30th pick / 1956 |
| Proverb Jacobs | 25 | T-DT | 8 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | California | 5/25/1935 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 17th pick / 1958 |
| Jim Katcavage | 26 | DE-DT | 8 | 0 | 237 | 6-3 | Dayton | 10/28/1934 | 4 | New York Giants / 4th / 45th pick / 1956 |
| Bill Kimber | 24 | DE | 3 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Florida State | 1/31/1936 | 1 | |
| Phil King | 24 | HB-FB | 10 | 0 | 223 | 6-4 | Vanderbilt | 6/22/1936 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick / 1958 |
| Jim Leo | 23 | DE-LB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 6/18/1937 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 36th pick / 1960 |
| Cliff Livingston | 30 | LB-DE | 11 | 0 | 218 | 6-3 | UCLA | 7/2/1930 | 6 | |
| Dick Lynch | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 4/29/1936 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 66th pick / 1958 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 29 | DT | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | Maryland | 2/16/1931 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1953 |
| Joe Morrison | 23 | HB-FL-FB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 8/21/1937 | 1 | New York Giants / 3rd / 34th pick / 1959 |
| Dick Nolan | 28 | DB | 10 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Maryland | 3/26/1932 | 6 | New York Giants / 4th / 41st pick / 1954 |
| Jimmy Patton*+ | 27 | DB | 12 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 9/29/1933 | 5 | New York Giants / 8th / 92nd pick / 1955 |
| Lee Riley | 28 | DB | 12 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Detroit Mercy | 8/24/1932 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 48th pick / 1955 |
| Andy Robustelli*+ | 35 | DE | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Arnold | 12/6/1925 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 228th pick / 1951 |
| Kyle Rote | 33 | E-HB | 12 | 0 | 199 | 6-0 | SMU | 10/27/1927 | 9 | New York Giants / 1st / 1st pick / 1951 |
| Bob Schmidt | 24 | C-T-G | 11 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 7/9/1936 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 14th / 159th pick / 1958 |
| Bob Schnelker | 32 | E | 12 | 0 | 214 | 6-3 | Bowling Green | 10/17/1928 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 29th / 377th pick / 1950 |
| Tom Scott | 30 | DE-LB | 12 | 0 | 218 | 6-2 | Virginia | 9/3/1930 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1953 |
| George Shaw | 27 | QB | 9 | 4 | 183 | 6-1 | Oregon | 7/25/1933 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1955 |
| Bob Simms | 22 | LB-E | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Rutgers | 9/3/1938 | Rook | New York Giants / 10th / 120th pick / 1960 |
| Bill Stits | 29 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 194 | 6-4 | UCLA | 7/26/1931 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 44th pick / 1954 |
| Jack Stroud* | 32 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 1/29/1928 | 7 | New York Giants / 5th / 61st pick / 1951 |
| Pat Summerall | 30 | DE-E-K | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 5/10/1930 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1952 |
| Ed Sutton | 25 | HB-DB | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | North Carolina | 3/16/1935 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1957 |
| Harland Svare | 30 | LB-TB | 12 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | Washington State | 11/15/1930 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 204th pick / 1953 |
| Mel Triplett | 29 | FB | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Toledo | 12/24/1931 | 5 | New York Giants / 5th / 56th pick / 1955 |
| Alex Webster | 29 | HB-FB | 8 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 4/19/1931 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 123rd pick / 1953 |
| Ray Wietecha* | 32 | C | 12 | 12 | 225 | 6-1 | Michigan State,Northwestern | 11/4/1928 | 7 | New York Giants / 12th / 150th pick / 1950 |
| Frank Youso | 24 | T-DT | 12 | 0 | 257 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 7/5/1936 | 2 | New York Giants / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1958 |
| Team Total | 27.7 | 12 | 221.0 | 6-1.8 | 4.6 |