
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. 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Totals | 46 | 46 | 100.0 | 34 | 14 | 41.2 | 88 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Don Chandler | 68 | 2984 | 43.9 | 66 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Totals | 0 | 0 | 40 | 41 | 76 | 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 | 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 |