New York (N) Giants

Jim Lee Howell



1956 New York (N) Giants   7-1

Score By Quarter   1st  2nd  3rd  4th   OT    Tot  
1956 New York (N)   17   45   20   61    0    143
Opponent            21   16   24    0    0     61


                 Team           Opp             W/L   Game Scores            
     Points       143           61              1-0   31 @San Francisco 10   56ø 15-25                
First Downs       166           101             1-1    7 @Chicago(C) 21      55ø 30-40 
       Rush        96            50             2-1   21 @Cleveland 3        74ø 0-10 
       Pass        61            47             3-1   10  Pittsburgh 7       78ø 5-15 Rain           
        Pen         9             4             4-1   24  Philadelphia 0     65ø 0-10 
  Penalties        44            32             5-1   13 @Pittsburgh 10      60ø 
      Yards       421           279             6-1   13  Chicago(C) 0       62ø 5-15 
                                                7-1   24 @Washington 10      64ø 0-10 
Rushing Att       327           219       
      Yards      1601          1011       
        Ave       4.9           4.6       
         TD        11             1       
Passing Att       167           166       
       Comp        84            68       
          %      50.3          41.0       
        Int         5            11       
          %       3.0           6.6       
         TD         6             4       
          %       3.6           2.4       
      Yards      1122           855       
     Sacked         1            25       

Punt Return        32            19       
      Yards       236           177       
        Ave       7.4           9.3       

Kick Return        18            33 
      Yards       337           827 
        Ave      18.7          25.1

      Punts        29            39 
      Yards      1139          1599 
        Ave      39.3          41.0

     FG Att        16             9 
       Made         8             4 
          %      50.0          44.4

Third Downs       109            97 
       Made        51            33 
          %      46.8          34.0

Fourth Downs        7             7 
       Made         4             1 
          %      57.1          14.3

   Safeties         0             0 
    Fumbles        13            15 
       Lost         9             7 
  Turnovers        14            18 

Net Offense      2721          1724 
   Per Play       5.5           4.2



1956 New York (N) Giants

Rushing    Att  Yds  Ave 10  FD Lg TD  Receiving   Rec Dp  Yds  Ave 25  FD Lg TD
Gifford    101  607  6.0 26  37 75  2  Gifford      26  3  352 13.5  1  18 31  1
Webster    117  487  4.2 14  27 34  5  Webster      17  0  209 12.3  1  10 30  1
Triplett    87  422  4.9 16  26 25  4  Rote         15  3  213 14.2  1  15 27  2
Filipski    10   58  5.8  1   4 22  0  MacAfee      11  2  178 16.2  1  10 25  2
Conerly     10   26  2.6  0   2  7  0  Triplett      9  1   81  9.0  0   4 22  0
Heinrich     1    6  6.0  0   0  6  0  Schnelker     5  0   76 15.2  0   4 17  0
Chandler     1   -5 -5.0  0   0  0  0  Filipski      1  0   13 13.0  0   0 13  0
           327 1601  4.9 57  96 75 11  Brown            1    0  0.0  0   0  0  0
                                                    84 10 1122 13.4  4  61 31  6


Passing     Att Cmp    C%  Yds  Ave  Lg  Bd 25  In    I%   Sk  TD   TD%  Rate
Heinrich     24  13  54.2  152 11.7  20   3  0   0   0.0    0   2   8.3 101.4
Conerly     143  71  49.7  970 13.7  31  19  4   5   3.5    1   4   2.8  66.5
            167  84  50.3 1122 13.4  31  22  4   5   3.0    1   6   3.6  71.5

Kicking      XPA XPM   XP%  FGA FGM   FG%    40+   50+   Lg   Pts
Agajanian     17  17 100.0   16   8  50.0    0.0   0.0   31    41

Punting        No Yards  Lg TB BK 20   Ret  Yds    Net   Gross
Chandler       29  1139  64  5  0  8    19  177   29.7    39.3

Kick Returns  No Yards  Ave   Lg TD      Punt Returns No FC Yards  Ave  Lg TD
Patton         3    61  20.3  32  0      Tunnell      32  0   236  7.4  25  0
Filipski      15   276  18.4  32  0                   32  0   236  7.4  25  0
Huth           1     0   0.0   0  0
              18   337  18.7  32  0

Fumbles                                                                        
Triplett  5   Webster    4   Filipski   3   Conerly    1   West       1   

Sacks        Hurries      Stuffs       Deflections  Forced Fmb   Fumble Rec
Robustel  8  Grier     8  Robustel  5  Robustel  5  Robustel  5  Grier     2
Grier     6  Robustel  3  Beck      4  Grier     5  Huff      3  MacAfee   2
Katcavag  4  Katcavag  3  Katcavag  4  Tunnell   4  Svoboda   2  Hughes    1
Huff      3               Grier     3  Patton    3  Beck      1  Huff      1
Beck      2               Svoboda   3  Huff      3  Hermann   1  Patton    1
Heinrich  1               Patton    1  Hermann   2  Svare     1  Rote      1
Svare     1               Svare     1  Svoboda   2  Grier     1  Svoboda   1
                          Huff      1  Hughes    2  Tunnell   1  Tunnell   1
                                       Katcavag  1               Yelvingt  1
                                       Svare     1
                                       Livingst  1
                                       Beck      1

Tackles                                                                        
Robustel  39  Katcavag   30  Svare      19  Rich        4  Schnelke    2  Rote        1
Grier     37  Hermann    28  Spinks      7  Burnine     4  Heinrich    2  Moore,H.    1
Svoboda   35  Beck       26  Livingst    6  Austin      3  Wietecha    2
Huff      32  Patton     22  Huth        4  Brown       3  MacAfee     2
Tunnell   32  Hughes     20  Nolan       4  Yowarsky    3  Filipski    1

Ints      No Yds  Ave  Lg TD
Huff       2   2  1.0   2  0
Hughes     2   8  4.0   8  0
Nolan      2  37 18.5  37  0
Tunnell    2  49 24.5  26  0
Patton     1  10 10.0  10  0
Svoboda    1   0  0.0   0  0
Beck       1   7  7.0   7  0
          11 113 10.3  37  0


1956 New York (N) Giants    Coach: Jim Lee Howell

      Quarterbacks        Dur   Run Sho Bkwy Special
QB    Clatterbuck,Bobby    1     B   1   1  
QB    Conerly,Chuck        5     B   1   1  P
QB    Gifford,Frank        5     B   3   4  K
QB    Heinrich,Don         5     B   1   1  

      Skill Players        BkR BkP Dur  Att  Yds Lg  Ave  Rec  No  Yds Lg  Ave   Special
RB    Webster,Alex          2   1   5   178  694 34  3.9    4  21  197 43  9.4  
RB    Triplett,Mel          4   1   5   125  515 25  4.1    1   6   48 35  8.0  KR
RB    Filipski,Gene         1   1   5    13   85 35  6.5    1   3   37 21 12.3  RET
RB    Moore,Henry           1   1   2     2   -2  0 -1.0    0   0    0  0  0.0  
RB    Patton,Jimmy          1   1   5     2   -1  0 -0.5    0   0    0  0  0.0  KR
RB    Chandler,Don          1   1   5     1    7  7  7.0    1   1    5  5  5.0  K-P

WR    Burnine,Hank          0   0   1     0    0  0  0.0    0   0    0  0  0.0  

TE    MacAfee,Ken           1   1   5     0    0  0  0.0    3  14  184 29 13.1  
TE    Schnelker,Bob         4   2   5     0    0  0  0.0    2   9  122 19 13.6  
TE    Agajanian,Ben         4   2   4     0    0  0  0.0    0   0    0  0  0.0  K

RB-WR Gifford,Frank         0   0   5   159  819 69  5.2    8  51  603 48 11.8  K
TE-WR Rote,Kyle             4   4   5     3    5  3  1.7    5  28  405 31 14.5  


      Lineman              BkR  BkP    Dur  Special
C     Wietecha,Ray          7    9       5     

G     Stroud,Jack           7    9       4     
G     Austin,Bill           5    7       3     
G     Huth,Jerry            4    6       4     
G     Spinks,Jack           4    3       2     

T     Brown,Roosevelt      10   10       5     KR
T     Yelvington,Dick       5    8       5     

OL    Beck,Ray              4    6       4     


      Defense              Overall  Run  Pass Rush   Dur  Sacks  Int  Special
DT    Grier,Roosevelt       10       9    0    5       5    12    0  
DT    Modzelewski,Dick       4       4    0    2       5     8    0  
DE    Robustelli,Andy        9       6    0    8       5    12    0  
DE    Yowarsky,Walt          6       6    0    2       4     2    0  
DE    Katcavage,Jim          6       6    0    2       4     2    0  
DL    Beck,Ray               5       5    0    1       4     1    1  

ILB   Huff,Sam               7       5    3    1       5     1    3  
OLB   Svoboda,Bill           7       5    3    1       4     1    2  
OLB   Svare,Harland          5       4    2    1       4     1    0  
DE-LB Livingston,Cliff       4       4    1    1       5     2    0  
LB    Wietecha,Ray           4       4    1    0       5     0    0  

CB    Hughes,Ed              6       0    6    0       5     0    1  KR
CB    Nolan,Dick             5       0    5    0       5     0    2  
CB    Rich,Herb              5       0    5    0       2     0    1  
S     Tunnell,Em            10       3    7    0       5     0    6  PR
S     Patton,Jimmy           5       1    4    0       5     0    1  KR
DB    Hermann,John           7       0    7    0       3     0    0  
DB    Moore,Henry            4       1    3    0       2     0    0  
      Heinrich,Don           8       6    3    1       5     0    0  
      MacAfee,Ken            4       0    4    0       5     0    0  
      Clatterbuck,Bobby      0       0    0    0       1     0    0  
      Schnelker,Bob          0       0    0    0       5     0    0  

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