1948 New York Giants Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Steve Owen (4-8)
Location: New York, New York

1948 New York Giants Roster
1948 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1948 season with a record of 4 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.

New York racked up 297 points, while the shaky defensive squad conceded 388. Charlie Conerly passed for 2,175 yards. Bill Swiacki hauled in 39 passes for 550 yards. Ray Poole was targeted regularly as well.

Gene Roberts ran for a team-leading 491 yards for the Giants.

The ball-hawking defense manufactured 50 turnovers. Frank Reagan picked off 9 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
Charlie Conerly	299	162	54.2	2175	7.3	22	7.4	13	4.3	65	84.0
Paul Governali	56	27	48.2	280	5.0	1	1.8	1	1.8	24	61.6
Ray Coates	2	1	50.0	26	13.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	26	135.4
Emlen Tunnell	2	1	50.0	23	11.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	91.7
Joe Sulaitis	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Skippy Minisi	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	66.7	0	0.0
Totals	363	191	52.6	2504	6.9	24	6.6	16	4.4	65

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gene Roberts	145	491	3.4	27	0
Joe Scott	48	198	4.1	20	2
Ray Coates	50	176	3.5	18	3
Skippy Minisi	36	160	4.4	19	1
Charlie Conerly	40	160	4.0	40	5
Emlen Tunnell	17	43	2.5	15	0
Joe Sulaitis	5	18	3.6	10	1
George Cheverko	3	10	3.3	6	0
Jules Siegle	2	6	3.0	8	0
John Atwood	9	6	0.7	9	0
Art Faircloth	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Paul Governali	6	-48	-8.0	10	0
Totals	362	1219	3.4	40	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bill Swiacki	39	550	14.1	65	10
Ray Poole	35	492	14.1	51	3
Joe Sulaitis	26	298	11.5	26	1
Joe Johnson	19	217	11.4	23	2
Joe Scott	17	235	13.8	43	2
Gene Roberts	14	222	15.9	49	3
Skippy Minisi	13	123	9.5	23	1
John Atwood	10	141	14.1	54	1
Bruce Gehrke	9	109	12.1	27	1
Emlen Tunnell	4	32	8.0	14	0
Joyce Pipkin	2	28	14.0	17	0
George Cheverko	1	41	41.0	41	0
Paul Walker	1	11	11.0	11	0
Frank Williams	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	191	2504	13.1	65	24

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Len Younce	37	36	97.3	7	1	14.3	39
Frank Williams	5	4	80.0	1		0.0	4
Totals	42	40	95.2	8	1	12.5	43

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Frank Reagan	61	2331	38.2	64
Charlie Conerly	17	678	39.9	53
Totals	78	3009	38.6	64

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Emlen Tunnell	12	115	9.6	25
John Atwood	4	32	8.0	14
Joe Scott	3	25	8.3	12
Skippy Minisi	3	25	8.3	13
Gene Roberts	1	10	10.0	10
George Cheverko	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	24	212	8.8	25

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Scott	20	569	28.4	99	1
Gene Roberts	7	160	22.9	33	0
Ray Coates	6	107	17.8	26	0
Skippy Minisi	4	82	20.5	28	0
George Cheverko	3	80	26.7	35	0
Charlie Conerly	4	72	18.0	23	0
Joe Sulaitis	4	66	16.5	18	0
John Atwood	3	58	19.3	29	0
Emlen Tunnell	1	21	21.0	21	0
Jules Siegle	1	12	12.0	12	0
Jim White	1	6	6.0	6	0
Ed Royston	1	5	5.0	5	0
Bill Swiacki	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Garzoni	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	57	1238	21.7	99	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Frank Reagan	9	145	16.1	45	0
Emlen Tunnell	7	116	16.6	43	1
George Cheverko	5	144	28.8	61	0
Joe Scott	5	10	2.0	10	0
Art Faircloth	3	5	1.7	3	0
John Cannady	2	62	31.0	22	0
Don Ettinger	2	14	7.0	12	0
Skippy Minisi	2	10	5.0	10	0
Ken Keuper	1	30	30.0	30	0
Bob Dobelstein	1	20	20.0	20	1
Paul Walker	1	5	5.0	5	0
John Atwood	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	39	561	14.4	61	2

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Charlie Conerly			5	5	-20
George Cheverko		0	0	3	34	0
John Atwood		0	2	2	0
Joyce Pipkin			0	2	0	0
Ray Poole			1	2	0	1
Joe Sulaitis			2	2	0
Frank Williams			1	1	0
Jules Siegle			0	1	9	0
Don Ettinger		0	0	1	0	0
Joe Johnson			0	1	0
Bill Swiacki			1	1	0
Joe Scott		0	6	1	0
Bill Schuler			0	1	0	0
Ed Royston			0	1	0	0
Art Faircloth		0	0	1	0	0
Gene Roberts			9	1	0
John Cannady		0	0	1	15	0
Emlen Tunnell		0	3	0	0
Ken Keuper		0	1	0	0	0
Paul Governali			1	0	0	0
Ray Coates			1	0	0
Skippy Minisi		0	2	0	0
Mike Garzoni			1	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	36	27	38	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bill Swiacki		10		0					0	0	0			60
Len Younce									1	36	0			39
Joe Scott	2	2	0	1		0			0	0	0			30
Charlie Conerly	5			0					0	0	0			30
Ray Poole		3					1		0	0	0		1	26
Ray Coates	3			0					0	0	0			18
Gene Roberts	0	3	0	0					0	0	0			18
Skippy Minisi	1	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			12
Joe Sulaitis	1	1		0					0	0	0			12
Joe Johnson		2							0	0	0			12
Bob Dobelstein						1			0	0	0			6
Carl Fennema								1	0	0	0			6
Emlen Tunnell	0	0	0	0		1			0	0	0			6
Bruce Gehrke		1							0	0	0			6
John Atwood	0	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Jim White				0				1	0	0	0			6
Frank Williams		0							0	4	0			4
Totals	12	24	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	40	0	0	1	297