1947 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-8-2
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Steve Owen (2-8-2)
Location: New York, New York
1947 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 2-8-2
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Steve Owen (2-8-2)
Location: New York, New York
1947 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1947 season with a record of 2 wins and 8 losses and 2 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
The Giants stumbled, scoring only 190 points, and the leaky defense gave up 309. Paul Governali tossed for 1,461 yards. Ray Poole topped the receiving corps, hauling in 23 passes for 395 yards.
Gene Roberts ran for a team-leading 296 yards for New York.
Frank Reagan picked off 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Governali | 197 | 85 | 43.1 | 1461 | 7.4 | 14 | 7.1 | 16 | 8.1 | 53 | 58.8 |
| Jerry Niles | 57 | 19 | 33.3 | 269 | 4.7 | 1 | 1.8 | 7 | 12.3 | 64 | 15.8 |
| Frank Reagan | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 191 | 7.6 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 8.0 | 88 | 53.9 |
| Jim Blumenstock | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 48 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 19 | 29.2 |
| Art Faircloth | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 30 | 6.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 116.7 |
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 293 | 123 | 42.0 | 1999 | 6.8 | 17 | 5.8 | 26 | 8.9 | 88 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Roberts | 86 | 296 | 3.4 | 46 | 1 |
| Jim Blumenstock | 54 | 168 | 3.1 | 25 | 2 |
| Gordon Paschka | 48 | 143 | 3.0 | 15 | 2 |
| Bill Paschal | 41 | 139 | 3.4 | 23 | 1 |
| Paul Governali | 36 | 132 | 3.7 | 28 | 2 |
| George Franck | 24 | 93 | 3.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 19 | 87 | 4.6 | 43 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 19 | 63 | 3.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Jerry Niles | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 14 | 22 | 1.6 | 20 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Art Faircloth | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 366 | 1195 | 3.3 | 46 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Poole | 23 | 395 | 17.2 | 61 | 4 |
| George Cheverko | 17 | 300 | 17.6 | 62 | 3 |
| Frank Liebel | 16 | 258 | 16.1 | 38 | 1 |
| Howie Livingston | 12 | 273 | 22.8 | 65 | 3 |
| George Franck | 10 | 265 | 26.5 | 88 | 3 |
| Tex Coulter | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 47 | 1 |
| Victor Carroll | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 29 | 2 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Jack Mead | 6 | 91 | 15.2 | 41 | 0 |
| Gene Roberts | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Blumenstock | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Howell | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Gregg Browning | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Duke Iverson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Miklich | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Gordon Paschka | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Totals | 123 | 1999 | 16.3 | 88 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Strong | 25 | 24 | 96.0 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 30 |
| Len Younce | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 |
| Totals | 26 | 25 | 96.2 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 34 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reagan | 61 | 2613 | 42.8 | 67 |
| George Franck | 7 | 297 | 42.4 | 54 |
| Art Faircloth | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 45 |
| Paul Governali | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 42 |
| Len Younce | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 |
| Totals | 77 | 3254 | 42.3 | 67 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reagan | 27 | 182 | 6.7 | 35 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 32 | 0 |
| George Franck | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Blumenstock | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 371 | 8.4 | 35 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Livingston | 9 | 203 | 22.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Gene Roberts | 8 | 141 | 17.6 | 23 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 7 | 135 | 19.3 | 28 | 0 |
| George Franck | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Jim Blumenstock | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Art Faircloth | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Frank Reagan | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Gordon Paschka | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Duke Iverson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tex Coulter | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Liebel | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Niles | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Miklich | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 47 | 905 | 19.3 | 42 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reagan | 10 | 203 | 20.3 | 71 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 40 | 0 |
| George Cheverko | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Len Younce | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Victor Carroll | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim White | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| George Franck | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Poole | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Morris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 435 | 16.1 | 71 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Governali | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Brown | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duke Iverson | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Livingston | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Cannady | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Dobelstein | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Franck | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim White | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ray Poole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Hachten | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Ragazzo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Blumenstock | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Liebel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Reagan | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Niles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Miklich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Younce | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Art Faircloth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Paschal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gregg Browning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Paschka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Cheverko | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 28 | 75 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ken Strong | 2 | 24 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Ray Poole | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Howie Livingston | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| George Cheverko | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| George Franck | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Paul Governali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Victor Carroll | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Gordon Paschka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Jim Blumenstock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Tex Coulter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jim White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Gene Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Frank Liebel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Len Younce | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 |
