1939 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-1-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Steve Owen (9-1-1)
Location: New York, New York
1939 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 9-1-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Steve Owen (9-1-1)
Location: New York, New York
1939 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1939 season with a record of 9 wins and 1 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1. Steve Owen coached the team. The 1939 New York Giants lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Ed Danowski | 101 | 42 | 41.6 | 437 | 4.3 | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 5.9 | 0 | 39.9 | Tuffy Leemans | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 198 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 40.2 | Eddie Miller | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 195 | 8.5 | 2 | 8.7 | 2 | 8.7 | 0 | 77.3 | Len Barnum | 27 | 8 | 29.6 | 141 | 5.2 | 3 | 11.1 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 70.4 |
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| Totals | 177 | 75 | 42.4 | 971 | 5.5 | 8 | 4.5 | 11 | 6.2 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tuffy Leemans | 128 | 429 | 3.4 | 0 | 3 | Len Barnum | 91 | 237 | 2.6 | 0 | 2 | Hank Soar | 66 | 158 | 2.4 | 0 | 2 | Kink Richards | 40 | 117 | 2.9 | 0 | 1 | Ward Cuff | 23 | 102 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Miller | 30 | 99 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | Bull Karcis | 31 | 93 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Danowski | 25 | 21 | 0.8 | 7 | 0 | Al Owen | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | Lee Shaffer | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | Nello Falaschi | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Dale Burnett | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Ken Strong | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 448 | 1281 | 2.9 | 7 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Hank Soar | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 | Ward Cuff | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 0 | 2 | Tuffy Leemans | 8 | 185 | 23.1 | 50 | 2 | Dale Burnett | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | Jim Poole | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Gelatka | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 | Jim Howell | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 0 | 2 | Jiggs Kline | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | Nello Falaschi | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 25 | 0 | Len Barnum | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 17 | 0 | Al Owen | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 39 | 1 | Will Walls | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 | Lee Shaffer | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | Kink Richards | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 75 | 971 | 12.9 | 50 | 8 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Ward Cuff | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 27 | Ken Strong | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 19 | Len Barnum | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 12 | Hank Soar | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 32 | 14 | 43.8 | 60 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Len Barnum | 29 | 1181 | 40.7 | 60 | Ed Danowski | 29 | 1105 | 38.1 | 56 | Ken Strong | 5 | 277 | 55.4 | 69 | Eddie Miller | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 47 | Kink Richards | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 69 | 2785 | 40.4 | 69 |
Interceptions:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Ward Cuff | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 39 | Tuffy Leemans | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Len Barnum | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 | Hank Soar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | Ken Strong | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 19 | Jim Howell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jiggs Kline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Eddie Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Al Owen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kink Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 |
