Ward Cuff

Ward Lloyd Cuff

Position: WB-QB-HB

6-1, 192lb (185cm, 87kg)

Born: August 13, 1912 in Redwood Falls, MN

Died: December 24, 2002 in Vallejo, CA

College: Marquette

High School: Redwood Valley (MN)

Draft: New York Giants in the 4th round (34th overall) of the 1937 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

110

Rush

344

Yds

1851

Y/A

5.4

FantPt

612.0

Kicking & Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kicking & Punting Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring			Scoring				Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P	AV	Awards
1937	25	NYG	WB	14	11	9												2	42
1938*	26	NYG	WB	14	11	11											9	5	36	55.6%	20	18	90.0%												PB
1939*	27	NYG	WB	14	9	8											16	7	43	43.8%	6	6	100.0%												PB
1940	28	NYG	WB	14	8	8											8	5	37	62.5%	9	9	100.0%
1941*	29	NYG	WB	14	11	10											13	5	38	38.5%	20	19	95.0%												PB
1942	30	NYG	WB	14	11	10											11	3	37	27.3%	18	18	100.0%
1943	31	NYG	WB	14	10	10											9	3	45	33.3%	27	26	96.3%												AP2
1944	32	NYG	WB	14	10	9											4	1	32	25.0%	2	2	100.0%
1945	33	NYG	WB	14	9	5
1946	34	CRD	qb	14	10	7											12	5	42	41.7%	30	28	93.3%
1947	35	GNB		21	10	0											16	7	39	43.8%	30	30	100.0%
Career					110	87											98	43	45	43.9%	162	156	96.3%
9 yrs		NYG			90	80											70	31	45	41.4%	102	98	96.1%
1 yr		CRD			10	7											12	5	42	41.7%	30	28	93.3%
1 yr		GNB			10	0											16	7	39	43.8%	30	30	100.0%

Kicking & Punting Table
				Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Scoring						Kickoffs					Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1938*	26	NYG		1	1											2	1	50.0%	2	2	100.0%
1939*	27	NYG		1	1											2		0.0%
1941*	29	NYG		1	1											1	1	100.0%	1		0.0%
1943	31	NYG		1	1
1944	32	NYG		1	1
Career				5	5											5	2	40.0%	3	2	66.7%

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Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1937	25	NYG	WB	14	11	9	4	32	2	0	8.0	2.9	0.4	5	117	23.4	2	0	0.5	10.6	9	16.6	149	4	0
1938*	26	NYG	WB	14	11	11	18	38	0	0	2.1	3.5	1.6	8	114	14.3	1	0	0.7	10.4	26	5.8	152	1	0
1939*	27	NYG	WB	14	9	8	23	102	0	0	4.4	11.3	2.6	10	83	8.3	2	0	1.1	9.2	33	5.6	185	2	0
1940	28	NYG	WB	14	8	8	15	86	1	0	5.7	10.8	1.9	13	220	16.9	1	0	1.6	27.5	28	10.9	306	2	0
1941*	29	NYG	WB	14	11	10	28	157	0	37	5.6	14.3	2.5	19	317	16.7	2	41	1.7	28.8	47	10.1	474	2	0
1942	30	NYG	WB	14	11	10	38	189	0	15	5.0	17.2	3.5	16	267	16.7	2	35	1.5	24.3	54	8.4	456	2	0
1943	31	NYG	WB	14	10	10	80	523	3	65	6.5	52.3	8.0	7	52	7.4	0	17	0.7	5.2	87	6.6	575	3	0
1944	32	NYG	WB	14	10	9	76	425	0	29	5.6	42.5	7.6	11	135	12.3	2	23	1.1	13.5	87	6.4	560	2	0
1945	33	NYG	WB	14	9	5	48	214	0	25	4.5	23.8	5.3	12	172	14.3	0	34	1.3	19.1	60	6.4	386	0	5
1946	34	CRD	qb	14	10	7	13	78	1	26	6.0	7.8	1.3	5	82	16.4	1	39	0.5	8.2	18	8.9	160	2	0
1947	35	GNB		21	10	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.7	0.1								1	7.0	7	0	0
Career					110	87	344	1851	7	65	5.4	16.8	3.1	106	1559	14.7	13	41	1.0	14.2	450	7.6	3410	20	5
9 yrs		NYG			90	80	330	1766	6	65	5.4	19.6	3.7	101	1477	14.6	12	41	1.1	16.4	431	7.5	3243	18	5
1 yr		CRD			10	7	13	78	1	26	6.0	7.8	1.3	5	82	16.4	1	39	0.5	8.2	18	8.9	160	2	0
1 yr		GNB			10	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.7	0.1								1	7.0	7	0	0

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1938*	26	NYG		1	1	2	-12	0	-3	-6.0	-12.0	2.0								2	-6.0	-12	0	0
1939*	27	NYG		1	1	3	7	0	6	2.3	7.0	3.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	1.0	4.0	4	2.8	11	0	0
1941*	29	NYG		1	1	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	3.0	2	42	21.0	0	23	2.0	42.0	5	8.4	42	0	0
1943	31	NYG		1	1	9	23	0	10	2.6	23.0	9.0	2	46	23.0	0	41	2.0	46.0	11	6.3	69	0	0
1944	32	NYG		1	1	12	55	1	13	4.6	55.0	12.0	2	25	12.5	0	22	2.0	25.0	14	5.7	80	1	0
Career				5	5	29	73	1	13	2.5	14.6	5.8	7	117	16.7	0	41	1.4	23.4	36	5.3	190	1	0

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1940	28	NYG	WB	14	8	8	2	16	0	15
1941*	29	NYG	WB	14	11	10	4	152	0	43
1942	30	NYG	WB	14	11	10	1	43	0	43
1943	31	NYG	WB	14	10	10	3	6	0	4
1944	32	NYG	WB	14	10	9	2	31	0	20
1945	33	NYG	WB	14	9	5	1	15	0	15			5	2	-13	0
Career					110	87	13	263	1	43			5	2	-13	0
9 yrs		NYG			90	80	13	263	1	43			5	2	-13	0	0.0
1 yr		CRD			10	7											0.0
1 yr		GNB			10	0											0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1938*	26	NYG		1	1						0	0	1	0	0
1939*	27	NYG		1	1	1	17	0	17	0
Career				5	5	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1941*	29	NYG	WB	14	11	10	1	10	0	10	10.0	2	46	0	0	23.0	682
1942	30	NYG	WB	14	11	10	4	54	0	21	13.5	3	78	0	33	26.0	631
1943	31	NYG	WB	14	10	10	9	120	0	44	13.3	3	59	0	24	19.7	760
1944	32	NYG	WB	14	10	9	11	115	0	16	10.5	2	63	0	41	31.5	769
1945	33	NYG	WB	14	9	5	10	124	0	41	12.4	4	105	0	33	26.3	617
1946	34	CRD	qb	14	10	7	2	24	0	16	12.0						184
Career					110	87	37	447	0	44	12.1	14	351	0	41	25.1	4458
9 yrs		NYG			90	80	35	423	0	44	12.1	14	351	0	41	25.1	4267
1 yr		CRD			10	7	2	24	0	16	12.0						184
1 yr		GNB			10	0											7

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1938*	26	NYG		1	1						1	27	0	27	27.0	15
1939*	27	NYG		1	1						1	23	0	23	23.0	51
1943	31	NYG		1	1	1	11	0	11	11.0	1	14	0	14	14.0	94
1944	32	NYG		1	1	2	25	0	15	12.5	1	21	0	21	21.0	126
Career				5	5	3	36	0	15	12.0	4	85	0	27	21.3	328

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Cmp%	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Rate	4QC	GWD
1943	31	NYG	WB	14	10	10	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6
Career					110	87	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0
9 yrs		NYG			90	80	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0	0
1 yr		CRD			10	7	0							0	0
1 yr		GNB			10	0	0							0	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	IntTD	AllTD	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1937	25	NYG	WB	14	11	9	2	2		4				2		30	2.7
1938*	26	NYG	WB	14	11	11		1	1	2		18	20	5	9	45	4.1
1939*	27	NYG	WB	14	9	8		2		2		6	6	7	16	39	4.3
1940	28	NYG	WB	14	8	8	1	1		2		9	9	5	8	36	4.5
1941*	29	NYG	WB	14	11	10		2		2		19	20	5	13	46	4.2
1942	30	NYG	WB	14	11	10		2		2		18	18	3	11	39	3.5
1943	31	NYG	WB	14	10	10	3			3		26	27	3	9	53	5.3
1944	32	NYG	WB	14	10	9		2		2		2	2	1	4	17	1.7
1946	34	CRD	qb	14	10	7	1	1		2		28	30	5	12	55	5.5
1947	35	GNB		21	10	0						30	30	7	16	51	5.1
Career					110	87	7	13	1	21	0	156	162	43	98	411	3.7
9 yrs		NYG			90	80	6	12	1	19	0	98	102	31	70	305	3.4
1 yr		CRD			10	7	1	1		2	0	28	30	5	12	55	5.5
1 yr		GNB			10	0					0	30	30	7	16	51	5.1

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
1938*	26	NYG	1	1			2	2	1	2	5	5.0
1939*	27	NYG	1	1						2	0	0.0
1941*	29	NYG	1	1				1	1	1	3	3.0
1944	32	NYG	1	1	1	1					6	6.0
Career			5	5	1	1	2	3	2	5	14	2.8

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