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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)
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1963 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 | Y.A. Tittle*+ | 37 | 15 | 13 | 221 for 367, 3,145 yards, 36 td, 14 int, & 18 rushes for 99 yards and 2 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1948 |
| FB | Alex Webster | 32 | 8 | 0 | 75 rushes for 255 yards, 4 td, & 15 catches for 128 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 11th / 123rd pick / 1953 |
| FB | Joe Morrison | 26 | 4 | 0 | 119 rushes for 568 yards, 3 td, & 31 catches for 284 yards and 7 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 34th pick / 1959 |
| LH | Phil King | 27 | 5 | 0 | 161 rushes for 613 yards, 3 td, & 32 catches for 377 yards and 5 td | New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick / 1958 |
| FL | Frank Gifford* | 33 | 11 | 0 | 42 catches for 657 yards, 7 td, & 4 rushes for 10 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 11th pick / 1952 |
| SE | Del Shofner*+ | 29 | 6 | 0 | 64 catches for 1,181 yards, 9 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1957 |
| TE | Joe Walton | 28 | 6 | 0 | 26 catches for 371 yards, 6 td | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 21st pick / 1957 |
| LT | Rosey Brown | 31 | 10 | 0 | New York Giants / 27th / 321st pick / 1953 |
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| LG | Darrell Dess* | 28 | 5 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 126th pick / 1958 |
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| C | Greg Larson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 6th / 81st pick / 1961 |
| RG | Bookie Bolin | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1962 |
| RT | Jack Stroud | 35 | 10 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 5th / 61st pick / 1951 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jim Katcavage*+ | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 45th pick / 1956 |
| LDT | Dick Modzelewski | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1953 |
| RDT | John LoVetere* | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| RDE | Andy Robustelli | 38 | 12 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 228th pick / 1951 |
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| LLB | Bill Winter | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 18th / 250th pick / 1962 |
| MLB | Sam Huff | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 30th pick / 1956 |
| RLB | Tom Scott | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1953 |
| LCB | Erich Barnes* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 42nd pick / 1958 |
| RCB | Dick Lynch*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 9 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 6th / 66th pick / 1958 |
| LS | Allan Webb | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RS | Jimmy Patton | 30 | 8 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 8th / 92nd pick / 1955 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Don Chandler | 29 | 7 | 0 | 18 of 29 field goals & 52 of 56 extra points | New York Giants / 5th / 57th pick / 1956 |
| P | Don Chandler | 29 | 7 | 0 | 59 punts for a 44.9 average, 0 blocked | New York Giants / 5th / 57th pick / 1956 |
| PR | Eddie Dove | 26 | 4 | 0 | 17 punt returns for a 11.6 average and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1959 |
| KR | Charlie Killett | 23 | Rook | 0 | 14 kick returns for a 23.7 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 16th / 222nd pick / 1963 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Anderson | 25 | HB | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Army | 3/31/1938 | Rook | New York Giants / 9th / 108th pick / 1960 |
| Erich Barnes* | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Purdue | 7/4/1935 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 42nd pick / 1958 |
| Bookie Bolin | 23 | G | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 6/17/1940 | 1 | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1962 |
| Rosey Brown | 31 | T | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Morgan State | 10/20/1932 | 10 | New York Giants / 27th / 321st pick / 1953 |
| Ken Byers | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 4/6/1940 | 1 | New York Giants / 7th / 97th pick / 1962 |
| Don Chandler | 29 | FB-P-K | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Florida | 9/5/1934 | 7 | New York Giants / 5th / 57th pick / 1956 |
| Johnny Counts | 24 | HB | 3 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Illinois | 2/28/1939 | 1 | New York Titans / 24th / 189th pick / 1962 |
| Darrell Dess* | 28 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-0 | North Carolina State | 7/11/1935 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 126th pick / 1958 |
| Eddie Dove | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 181 | 6-2 | Colorado | 4/4/1937 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 29th pick / 1959 |
| Frank Gifford* | 33 | HB-FL-DB-WR | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | USC | 8/16/1930 | 11 | New York Giants / 1st / 11th pick / 1952 |
| Glynn Griffing | 23 | QB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Mississippi | 12/1/1940 | Rook | New York Giants / 4th / 54th pick / 1962 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 30 | QB | 2 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 6/26/1933 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 4th pick / 1955 |
| Albert Gursky | 23 | LB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Penn State | 11/23/1940 | Rook | New York Giants / 12th / 166th pick / 1962 |
| Louis Guy | 22 | DB | 5 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 5/26/1941 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 40th pick / 1963 |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Colorado | 3/28/1940 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 10th pick / 1962 |
| Lane Howell | 22 | T-DT | 14 | 0 | 257 | 6-5 | Grambling State | 7/28/1941 | Rook | New York Giants / 15th / 209th pick / 1963 |
| Sam Huff | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | West Virginia | 10/4/1934 | 7 | New York Giants / 3rd / 30th pick / 1956 |
| Jim Katcavage*+ | 29 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 237 | 6-3 | Dayton | 10/28/1934 | 7 | New York Giants / 4th / 45th pick / 1956 |
| Charlie Killett | 23 | HB | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Memphis,Mississippi | 11/8/1940 | Rook | New York Giants / 16th / 222nd pick / 1963 |
| Phil King | 27 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-4 | Vanderbilt | 6/22/1936 | 5 | New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick / 1958 |
| Lou Kirouac | 23 | G-T-K | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston College | 5/17/1940 | Rook | |
| Greg Larson | 24 | C-G-T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 11/15/1939 | 2 | New York Giants / 6th / 81st pick / 1961 |
| John LoVetere* | 27 | DT | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Compton Community College (CA) | 5/31/1936 | 4 | |
| Dick Lynch*+ | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 4/29/1936 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 6th / 66th pick / 1958 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 35 | HB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Washington | 12/31/1928 | 11 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1952 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 32 | DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | Maryland | 2/16/1931 | 10 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1953 |
| Joe Morrison | 26 | HB-FL-FB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 8/21/1937 | 4 | New York Giants / 3rd / 34th pick / 1959 |
| Jimmy Patton | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 9/29/1933 | 8 | New York Giants / 8th / 92nd pick / 1955 |
| Dick Pesonen | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Minnesota,Minnesota-Duluth | 6/10/1938 | 3 | |
| Andy Robustelli | 38 | DE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Arnold | 12/6/1925 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 228th pick / 1951 |
| Tom Scott | 33 | DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-2 | Virginia | 9/3/1930 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1953 |
| Del Shofner*+ | 29 | E-DB | 14 | 0 | 186 | 6-3 | Baylor | 12/11/1934 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1957 |
| Jack Stroud | 35 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 1/29/1928 | 10 | New York Giants / 5th / 61st pick / 1951 |
| Bob Taylor | 23 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Md-Eastern Shore | 2/5/1940 | Rook | New York Giants / 9th / 125th pick / 1963 |
| Aaron Thomas | 26 | TE-SE | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 11/7/1937 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 47th pick / 1961 |
| Y.A. Tittle*+ | 37 | QB | 13 | 13 | 192 | 6-0 | LSU | 10/24/1926 | 15 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1948 |
| Mickey Walker | 24 | G-LB-C | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 10/14/1939 | 2 | New York Titans / 23rd / 181st pick / 1961 |
| Joe Walton | 28 | E-DE | 12 | 0 | 202 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 12/15/1935 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 21st pick / 1957 |
| Allan Webb | 30 | DB-HB | 7 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Arnold | 1/22/1933 | 2 | |
| Alex Webster | 32 | HB-FB | 7 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 4/19/1931 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 123rd pick / 1953 |
| Bill Winter | 23 | LB | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | St. Olaf | 1/28/1940 | 1 | New York Giants / 18th / 250th pick / 1962 |
| Team Total | 27.5 | 14 | 217.8 | 6-1.5 | 4.7 |