1948 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Steve Owen (4-8)
Location: New York, New York
1948 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 4-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Steve Owen (4-8)
Location: New York, New York
1948 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1948 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
The Giants racked up 297 points, but the shaky defensive squad conceded 388. Charlie Conerly passed for 2,175 yards. Bill Swiacki hauled in 39 passes for 550 yards. Ray Poole contributed to the receiving game as well.
Gene Roberts ran for a team-leading 491 yards for New York.
The ball-hawking defense manufactured 50 turnovers. Frank Reagan picked off 9 errant tosses from the opposition.
Steve Owen coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Charlie Conerly | 299 | 162 | 54.2 | 2175 | 7.3 | 22 | 7.4 | 13 | 4.3 | 65 | 84.0 | Paul Governali | 56 | 27 | 48.2 | 280 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.8 | 24 | 61.6 | Ray Coates | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 135.4 | Emlen Tunnell | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 91.7 | Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Skippy Minisi | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 363 | 191 | 52.6 | 2504 | 6.9 | 24 | 6.6 | 16 | 4.4 | 65 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gene Roberts | 145 | 491 | 3.4 | 27 | 0 | Joe Scott | 48 | 198 | 4.1 | 20 | 2 | Ray Coates | 50 | 176 | 3.5 | 18 | 3 | Skippy Minisi | 36 | 160 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 | Charlie Conerly | 40 | 160 | 4.0 | 40 | 5 | Emlen Tunnell | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 15 | 0 | Joe Sulaitis | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 10 | 1 | George Cheverko | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 | Jules Siegle | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 | John Atwood | 9 | 6 | 0.7 | 9 | 0 | Art Faircloth | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | Paul Governali | 6 | -48 | -8.0 | 10 | 0 |
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| Totals | 362 | 1219 | 3.4 | 40 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bill Swiacki | 39 | 550 | 14.1 | 65 | 10 | Ray Poole | 35 | 492 | 14.1 | 51 | 3 | Joe Sulaitis | 26 | 298 | 11.5 | 26 | 1 | Joe Johnson | 19 | 217 | 11.4 | 23 | 2 | Joe Scott | 17 | 235 | 13.8 | 43 | 2 | Gene Roberts | 14 | 222 | 15.9 | 49 | 3 | Skippy Minisi | 13 | 123 | 9.5 | 23 | 1 | John Atwood | 10 | 141 | 14.1 | 54 | 1 | Bruce Gehrke | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 27 | 1 | Emlen Tunnell | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 | Joyce Pipkin | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 | George Cheverko | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | Paul Walker | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Frank Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 191 | 2504 | 13.1 | 65 | 24 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Len Younce | 37 | 36 | 97.3 | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 39 | Frank Williams | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 42 | 40 | 95.2 | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 43 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Frank Reagan | 61 | 2331 | 38.2 | 64 | Charlie Conerly | 17 | 678 | 39.9 | 53 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 78 | 3009 | 38.6 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Emlen Tunnell | 12 | 115 | 9.6 | 25 | 0 | John Atwood | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 | Joe Scott | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 | Skippy Minisi | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 | Gene Roberts | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | George Cheverko | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 24 | 212 | 8.8 | 25 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Joe Scott | 20 | 569 | 28.4 | 99 | 1 | Gene Roberts | 7 | 160 | 22.9 | 33 | 0 | Ray Coates | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 26 | 0 | Skippy Minisi | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 28 | 0 | George Cheverko | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 35 | 0 | Charlie Conerly | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 | Joe Sulaitis | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 | John Atwood | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 29 | 0 | Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Jules Siegle | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Jim White | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Ed Royston | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Bill Swiacki | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Garzoni | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 57 | 1238 | 21.7 | 99 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Frank Reagan | 9 | 145 | 16.1 | 45 | 0 | Emlen Tunnell | 7 | 116 | 16.6 | 43 | 1 | George Cheverko | 5 | 144 | 28.8 | 61 | 0 | Joe Scott | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 | Art Faircloth | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | John Cannady | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 22 | 0 | Don Ettinger | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 | Skippy Minisi | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | Ken Keuper | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | Bob Dobelstein | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 1 | Paul Walker | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | John Atwood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 39 | 561 | 14.4 | 61 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Charlie Conerly | 5 | 5 | -20 | 0 | 0 | George Cheverko | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | John Atwood | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joyce Pipkin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Poole | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Joe Sulaitis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jules Siegle | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Don Ettinger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Swiacki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Scott | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Schuler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Royston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Art Faircloth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Roberts | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Cannady | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Emlen Tunnell | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Keuper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Governali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Coates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Skippy Minisi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Garzoni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 27 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
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 | Bill Swiacki | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Len Younce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 39 | Joe Scott | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Charlie Conerly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Ray Poole | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | Ray Coates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Gene Roberts | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Skippy Minisi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Joe Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bob Dobelstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Carl Fennema | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Emlen Tunnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bruce Gehrke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Atwood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jim White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Frank Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 12 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 297 |
