1961 New York Giants Statistics
Team Record: 10-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Allie Sherman (10-3-1)
Location: New York, New York
1961 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Giants allowed 220 points, lowest in the league. New York moved the ball well, scoring 368 points. Y.A. Tittle passed for 2,272 yards. Del Shofner hauled in 68 passes for 1,125 yards, while Kyle Rote was targeted regularly as well.
Alex Webster ran for a team-leading 928 yards.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 54 turnovers, topping in the league. Dick Lynch picked off 9 opponent throws.
Allie Sherman coached the team. The 1961 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 285 | 163 | 57.2 | 2272 | 8.0 | 17 | 6.0 | 12 | 4.2 | 62 | 85.3 |
| Charlie Conerly | 106 | 44 | 41.5 | 634 | 6.0 | 7 | 6.6 | 8 | 7.5 | 37 | 52.2 |
| Lee Grosscup | 22 | 5 | 22.7 | 87 | 4.0 | 1 | 4.5 | 3 | 13.6 | 32 | 19.1 |
| Bob Gaiters | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 42 | 14.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 158.3 |
| Totals | 416 | 215 | 51.7 | 3035 | 7.3 | 27 | 6.5 | 23 | 5.5 | 62 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Webster | 196 | 928 | 4.7 | 59 | 2 |
| Bob Gaiters | 116 | 460 | 4.0 | 29 | 6 |
| Joel Wells | 65 | 216 | 3.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 25 | 85 | 3.4 | 17 | 3 |
| Allan Webb | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 33 | 48 | 1.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Don Chandler | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Charlie Conerly | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Lee Grosscup | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Phil King | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Del Shofner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 464 | 1857 | 4.0 | 59 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Shofner | 68 | 1125 | 16.5 | 46 | 11 |
| Kyle Rote | 53 | 805 | 15.2 | 57 | 7 |
| Joe Walton | 36 | 544 | 15.1 | 37 | 2 |
| Alex Webster | 26 | 313 | 12.0 | 59 | 3 |
| Joe Morrison | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 16 | 1 |
| Bob Gaiters | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 14 | 1 |
| Joel Wells | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Erich Barnes | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 62 | 1 |
| Pete Hall | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 215 | 3035 | 14.1 | 62 | 27 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Summerall | 46 | 46 | 100.0 | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | 88 |
| Totals | 46 | 46 | 100.0 | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | 88 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 68 | 2984 | 43.9 | 66 |
| Totals | 68 | 2984 | 43.9 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Stits | 17 | 132 | 7.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 17 | 90 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Allan Webb | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 289 | 6.9 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gaiters | 11 | 288 | 26.2 | 49 | 0 |
| Joel Wells | 12 | 273 | 22.8 | 49 | 0 |
| Allan Webb | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Bill Stits | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Simms | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 850 | 22.4 | 49 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Lynch | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 8 | 163 | 20.4 | 51 | 1 |
| Erich Barnes | 7 | 195 | 27.9 | 102 | 2 |
| Sam Huff | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Cliff Livingston | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Scott | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65 | 1 |
| Totals | 33 | 526 | 15.9 | 102 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Wells | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gaiters | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 3 | 38 | 0 | |||
| Andy Robustelli | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rosey Grier | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Chandler | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Patton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Conerly | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Lynch | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Hayes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Allan Webb | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Janerette | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Del Shofner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pat Summerall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Erich Barnes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Joe Morrison | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Stits | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Webster | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Y.A. Tittle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Walton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyle Rote | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 40 | 41 | 76 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Pat Summerall | 14 | 46 | 0 | 88 | ||||||||||
| Del Shofner | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
| Kyle Rote | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Bob Gaiters | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Alex Webster | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Joe Walton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Joel Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Tom Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Larry Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Sam Huff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 368 |
