1940 New York Giants Statistics
Team Record: 6-4-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Steve Owen (6-4-1)
Location: New York, New York
1940 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1940 season with a record of 6 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
The Giants scored 131 points, while the rigid defensive squad surrendered 133. Tuffy Leemans ran for a team-leading 474 yards for New York.
Eddie Miller passed for 505 yards. Lee Shaffer topped pass catchers, hauling in 15 passes, while Jim Howell added 255 receiving yards.
Doug Oldershaw and Lee Shaffer each picked off 4 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Miller | 73 | 35 | 47.9 | 505 | 6.9 | 4 | 5.5 | 7 | 9.6 | 60 | 49.5 |
Kay Eakin | 43 | 17 | 39.5 | 199 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 25.2 |
Tuffy Leemans | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 159 | 5.1 | 2 | 6.5 | 3 | 9.7 | 0 | 45.7 |
Len Barnum | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 150 | 6.5 | 3 | 13.0 | 2 | 8.7 | 0 | 65.2 |
Grenny Lansdell | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 89.6 |
Walt Nielsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 174 | 78 | 44.8 | 1036 | 6.0 | 9 | 5.2 | 15 | 8.6 | 60 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tuffy Leemans | 132 | 474 | 3.6 | 0 | 1 |
Walt Nielsen | 73 | 269 | 3.7 | 0 | 1 |
Hank Soar | 80 | 246 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 |
Eddie Miller | 65 | 206 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 |
Len Barnum | 48 | 128 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 |
Ward Cuff | 15 | 86 | 5.7 | 0 | 1 |
Lee Shaffer | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | 1 |
Kay Eakin | 14 | 20 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
Al Owen | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Grenny Lansdell | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
Dom Principe | 11 | 8 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 454 | 1476 | 3.3 | 5 | 6 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lee Shaffer | 15 | 121 | 8.1 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Howell | 14 | 255 | 18.2 | 0 | 2 |
Ward Cuff | 13 | 220 | 16.9 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Poole | 10 | 156 | 15.6 | 38 | 3 |
Chuck Gelatka | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 |
Max Harrison | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Soar | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 12 | 1 |
Jack Hinkle | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 |
Bolo Perdue | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Nielsen | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 18 | 0 |
Nello Falaschi | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
Len Barnum | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Al Owen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
John McLaughry | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 78 | 1036 | 13.3 | 38 | 9 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ward Cuff | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 24 |
Len Barnum | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 9 |
Hank Soar | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 16 | 15 | 93.8 | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 33 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Len Barnum | 39 | 1571 | 40.3 | 64 |
Eddie Miller | 19 | 731 | 38.5 | 52 |
Kay Eakin | 11 | 454 | 41.3 | 68 |
Walt Nielsen | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 |
Totals | 70 | 2798 | 40.0 | 68 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Oldershaw | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
Lee Shaffer | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
Len Barnum | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 39 | 0 |
Hank Soar | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
Ward Cuff | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
Mel Hein | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Miller | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
Nello Falaschi | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Johnny Dell Isola | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Dom Principe | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Tuffy Leemans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Howell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 23 | 224 | 9.7 | 39 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
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 |
Ward Cuff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Lee Shaffer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Jim Poole | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Jim Howell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Hank Soar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Len Barnum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
Walt Nielsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Tuffy Leemans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
John Mellus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Eddie Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 |