1957 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jim Howell (7-5)
Location: New York, New York
1957 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 7-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jim Howell (7-5)
Location: New York, New York
1957 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1957 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.
The Giants chalked up 254 points, and the defensive squad allowed 211. Frank Gifford ran for a team-leading 528 yards for New York, and Alex Webster also aided the ground game.
Charlie Conerly passed for 1,712 yards. Frank Gifford topped pass catchers, hauling in 41 passes for 588 yards. Bob Schnelker contributed to the receiving game, too.
Emlen Tunnell intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition.
Jim Howell coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Charlie Conerly | 232 | 128 | 55.2 | 1712 | 7.4 | 11 | 4.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 70 | 74.9 | Don Heinrich | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 224 | 8.6 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 3.8 | 63 | 70.0 | Frank Gifford | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 143 | 23.8 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 149.3 | Don Chandler | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 118.8 | Bob Clatterbuck | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 39 | 19.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 158.3 | Bobby Epps | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 269 | 147 | 54.6 | 2158 | 8.0 | 15 | 5.6 | 12 | 4.5 | 70 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Frank Gifford | 136 | 528 | 3.9 | 41 | 5 | Alex Webster | 135 | 478 | 3.5 | 34 | 5 | Bobby Epps | 63 | 286 | 4.5 | 55 | 0 | Mel Triplett | 61 | 216 | 3.5 | 16 | 0 | Gene Filipski | 22 | 89 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 | Charlie Conerly | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 13 | 1 | Kyle Rote | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Don Heinrich | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 2 | Bob Clatterbuck | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | Don Chandler | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 441 | 1649 | 3.7 | 55 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Frank Gifford | 41 | 588 | 14.3 | 63 | 4 | Alex Webster | 30 | 330 | 11.0 | 41 | 1 | Kyle Rote | 25 | 358 | 14.3 | 33 | 3 | Bob Schnelker | 20 | 450 | 22.5 | 70 | 5 | Ken MacAfee | 16 | 229 | 14.3 | 41 | 2 | Bobby Epps | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 34 | 0 | Mel Triplett | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 33 | 0 | Ed Crawford | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 | Gene Filipski | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 147 | 2158 | 14.7 | 70 | 15 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Ben Agajanian | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 62 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 62 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Don Chandler | 60 | 2673 | 44.6 | 61 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 60 | 2673 | 44.6 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gene Filipski | 20 | 91 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 | Emlen Tunnell | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 23 | 0 | Jimmy Patton | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 43 | 180 | 4.2 | 23 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gene Filipski | 26 | 613 | 23.6 | 34 | 0 | Jimmy Patton | 10 | 223 | 22.3 | 33 | 0 | Johnny Bookman | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 33 | 0 | Ed Crawford | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 25 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 42 | 976 | 23.2 | 34 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Emlen Tunnell | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 52 | 1 | Johnny Bookman | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 31 | 1 | Jimmy Patton | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 50 | 1 | Bill Svoboda | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 43 | 0 | Harland Svare | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Dick Nolan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Sam Huff | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Ed Crawford | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 18 | 276 | 15.3 | 52 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Charlie Conerly | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Katcavage | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harland Svare | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Crawford | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Patton | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken MacAfee | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | John Martinkovic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Epps | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Gifford | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kyle Rote | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walt Yowarsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Beck | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Don Heinrich | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Hughes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Filipski | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Emlen Tunnell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alex Webster | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mel Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 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 | Ben Agajanian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 62 | Frank Gifford | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Alex Webster | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Bob Schnelker | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Kyle Rote | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Ken MacAfee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Don Heinrich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Emlen Tunnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jimmy Patton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Johnny Bookman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charlie Conerly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 254 |
