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1963 New York Giants

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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 448 points (32.0/g), 1st of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 280 points (20.0/g), 5th.
 Differential of 168 points (12.0/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 10.5-3.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.1/g), 2nd.

Coached by Allie Sherman (11-3-0)

1963 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 15 box W 1-0 @ Baltimore Colts 37 28 22 362 243 119 4 17 295 204 91 2
2 Sun September 22 box L 1-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 0 31 7 175 116 59 5 18 286 63 223 1
3 Sun September 29 box W 2-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 37 14 17 352 176 176 18 316 191 125 6
4 Sun October 6 box W 3-1 @ Washington Redskins 24 14 26 457 302 155 1 16 251 126 125
5 Sun October 13 box L 3-2 Cleveland Browns 24 35 17 211 139 72 1 21 340 130 210 1
6 Sun October 20 box W 4-2 Dallas Cowboys 37 21 22 360 273 87 1 19 317 257 60 2
7 Sun October 27 box W 5-2 @ Cleveland Browns 33 6 26 387 205 182 1 6 142 79 63 3
8 Sun November 3 box W 6-2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 38 21 19 426 310 116 2 19 314 185 129 7
9 Sun November 10 box W 7-2 Philadelphia Eagles 42 14 25 417 300 117 2 6 101 81 20 3
10 Sun November 17 box W 8-2 San Francisco 49ers 48 14 24 568 361 207 1 10 224 194 30 4
11 Sun November 24 box L 8-3 St. Louis Cardinals 17 24 21 336 208 128 4 13 177 57 120 1
12 Sun December 1 box W 9-3 @ Dallas Cowboys 34 27 15 264 191 73 3 18 296 70 226 5
13 Sun December 8 box W 10-3 Washington Redskins 44 14 16 286 143 143 5 15 299 240 59 10
14 Sun December 15 box W 11-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 33 17 21 423 280 143 4 17 400 212 188 5
Playoffs
Championship December 29 box L 11-4 @ Chicago Bears 10 14

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 448 5024 914 5.5 278 243 426 3247 39 21 7.0 164 453 1777 12 3.9 95 34 13 19
Team Defense 280 3758 836 4.5 337 176 368 2089 22 34 4.9 106 411 1669 14 4.1 213 50 16 18
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 1 4 2 1 6 2 5 7 9 7 4 3
Lg Rank Defense 5 3 4 3 3 8 2 2 3 5 8 7 2 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Y.A. Tittle*+ 37 QB 13 13 221 367 60.2 3145 36 9.8 14 3.8 70 8.6 7.8 14.2 241.9 104.8
Glynn Griffing 23 13 0 16 40 40.0 306 3 7.5 4 10.0 64 7.7 3.9 19.1 23.5 52.7
Ralph Guglielmi 30 2 0 5 17 29.4 89 0 0.0 3 17.6 32 5.2 -2.7 17.8 44.5 9.3
Joe Morrison 26 fb 14 0 1 2 50.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 9.0 9.0 18.0 1.3 81.2
Team Total 27.5 14 243 426 57.0 3558 39 9.2 21 4.9 70 8.4 7.0 14.6 254.1 94.4
Opp Total 14 176 368 47.8 2089 22 6.0 34 9.2 5.7 2.1 11.9 149.2 47.0 57 499 4.9 0.7

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
Phil King 27 LH 14 0 161 613 3 50 3.8 43.8 11.5 32 377 11.8 5 46 2.3 26.9 990 8 4
Joe Morrison 26 fb 14 0 119 568 3 70 4.8 40.6 8.5 31 284 9.2 7 57 2.2 20.3 852 10 3
Alex Webster 32 FB 7 0 75 255 4 12 3.4 36.4 10.7 15 128 8.5 0 19 2.1 18.3 383 4 2
Hugh McElhenny 35 14 0 55 175 0 23 3.2 12.5 3.9 11 91 8.3 2 24 0.8 6.5 266 2 3
Y.A. Tittle*+ 37 QB 13 13 18 99 2 18 5.5 7.6 1.4 99 2 5
Charlie Killett 23 RET 13 0 11 36 0 8 3.3 2.8 0.8 36 0 2
Glynn Griffing 23 13 0 5 20 0 10 4.0 1.5 0.4 20 0 1
Frank Gifford* 33 FL 14 0 4 10 0 12 2.5 0.7 0.3 42 657 15.6 7 64 3.0 46.9 667 7 2
Ralph Guglielmi 30 2 0 3 3 0 2 1.0 1.5 1.5 3 0 1
Bob Anderson 25 1 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -2.0 1.0 -2 0 0
Don Chandler 29 P 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Del Shofner*+ 29 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 64 1181 18.5 9 70 4.6 84.4 1181 9 0
Joe Walton 28 TE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 371 14.3 6 43 2.2 30.9 371 6 0
Aaron Thomas 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 469 21.3 3 55 1.6 33.5 469 3 0
Team Total 27.5 14 453 1777 12 70 3.9 126.9 32.4 243 3558 14.6 39 70 17.4 254.1 5335 51 28
Opp Total 14 411 1669 14 4.1 119.2 29.4 176 2089 11.9 22 12.6 149.2 3758 36 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
Eddie Dove 26 RET 12 0 17 198 0 83 11.6 3 56 0 24 18.7 254
Hugh McElhenny 35 14 0 13 74 0 13 5.7 6 136 0 51 22.7 476
Dick Pesonen 25 14 0 7 47 0 10 6.7 8 197 0 30 24.6 244
Charlie Killett 23 RET 13 0 14 332 0 54 23.7 368
Allan Webb 30 LS 7 0 3 45 0 23 15.0 3 62 0 24 20.7 107
Johnny Counts 24 3 0 5 107 0 31 21.4 107
Joe Morrison 26 fb 14 0 4 75 0 23 18.8 927
Louis Guy 22 5 0 3 44 0 25 14.7 44
Team Total 27.5 14 40 364 0 83 9.1 46 1018 0 54 22.1 6717
Opp Total 14 32 0 69 1816 1 26.3

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
Don Chandler 29 P 14 0 7 6 4 2 5 4 11 5 2 1 29 18 62.1% 56 52 92.9% 59 2648 64 0 44.9
Team Total 27.5 14 7 6 4 2 5 4 11 5 2 1 29 18 62.1% 56 52 92.9% 59 2648 64 0 44.9
Opp Total 14 14 3 21.4% 39 37 94.9% 71 2868 40.4

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
Erich Barnes* 28 LCB 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 39 0
Bookie Bolin 23 RG 13 0 0 1 0 0
Eddie Dove 26 RET 12 0 2 75 0 75 3 1 0 0
Frank Gifford* 33 FL 14 0 2 0 0 0
Glynn Griffing 23 13 0 1 1 0 0
Ralph Guglielmi 30 2 0 1 1 0 0
Louis Guy 22 5 0 1 1 0 0
Jerry Hillebrand 23 14 0 5 54 1 34
Lane Howell 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Sam Huff 29 MLB 14 0 4 47 1 36 0 1 0 0
Jim Katcavage*+ 29 LDE 14 0 0 2 10 1
Charlie Killett 23 RET 13 0 2 0 0 0
Phil King 27 LH 14 0 4 0 0 0
Greg Larson 24 C 14 0 0 1 0 0
John LoVetere* 27 RDT 14 0 0 3 0 0
Dick Lynch*+ 27 RCB 14 0 9 251 3 82 1 0 0 0
Hugh McElhenny 35 14 0 3 2 0 0
Dick Modzelewski 32 LDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Morrison 26 fb 14 0 3 1 0 0
Jimmy Patton 30 RS 14 0 6 46 0 20 0 2 -4 0
Dick Pesonen 25 14 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Tom Scott 33 RLB 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Stroud 35 RT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Y.A. Tittle*+ 37 QB 13 13 5 4 0 0
Allan Webb 30 LS 7 0 3 34 0 21 0 1 0 0
Alex Webster 32 FB 7 0 2 0 0 0
Bill Winter 23 LLB 10 0 1 38 0 26
Team Total 27.5 14 34 546 5 82 28 31 45 1
Opp Total 14 35 38 22

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Don Chandler 29 P 14 0 52 18 106
Joe Morrison 26 fb 14 0 3 7 60
Del Shofner*+ 29 SE 14 0 9 54
Phil King 27 LH 14 0 3 5 48
Frank Gifford* 33 FL 14 0 7 42
Joe Walton 28 TE 12 0 6 36
Alex Webster 32 FB 7 0 4 24
Dick Lynch*+ 27 RCB 14 0 3 18
Aaron Thomas 26 14 0 3 18
Hugh McElhenny 35 14 0 2 12
Y.A. Tittle*+ 37 QB 13 13 2 12
Jerry Hillebrand 23 14 0 1 6
Sam Huff 29 MLB 14 0 1 6
Jim Katcavage*+ 29 LDE 14 0 1 6
Team Total 27.5 14 12 39 1 5 52 18 448
Opp Total 14 14 22 1 37 3 280