1951 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-2-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's American Division
Coach: Steve Owen (9-2-1)
Location: New York, New York
1951 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 9-2-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's American Division
Coach: Steve Owen (9-2-1)
Location: New York, New York
1951 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1951 season with a record of 9 wins and 2 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's American Division.
The Giants chalked up 254 points, while the rigid defensive squad allowed 161. Eddie Price ran for a team-leading 971 yards for New York.
Charlie Conerly threw for 1,277 yards. Joe Scott topped pass catchers, hauling in 23 passes for 356 yards.
The opportunistic defense created 53 turnovers, topping in the league. Otto Schnellbacher seized 11 opponent throws.
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 | 189 | 93 | 49.2 | 1277 | 6.8 | 10 | 5.3 | 22 | 11.6 | 69 | 49.3 |
| Travis Tidwell | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 155 | 7.4 | 1 | 4.8 | 4 | 19.0 | 56 | 40.9 |
| Totals | 210 | 101 | 48.1 | 1432 | 6.8 | 11 | 5.2 | 26 | 12.4 | 69 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Price | 271 | 971 | 3.6 | 80 | 7 |
| Joe Scott | 94 | 367 | 3.9 | 37 | 1 |
| Forrest Griffith | 54 | 115 | 2.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 21 | 114 | 5.4 | 31 | 1 |
| Charlie Conerly | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 18 | 1 |
| John Amberg | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Travis Tidwell | 11 | 14 | 1.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Jackson | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 491 | 1713 | 3.5 | 80 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Scott | 23 | 356 | 15.5 | 57 | 2 |
| Bill Stribling | 18 | 226 | 12.6 | 42 | 2 |
| Bob McChesney | 14 | 230 | 16.4 | 40 | 2 |
| Kelley Mote | 11 | 187 | 17.0 | 39 | 4 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 11 | 182 | 16.5 | 69 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Hudson | 4 | 122 | 30.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Forrest Griffith | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Bill Murray | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Totals | 101 | 1424 | 14.1 | 69 | 11 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Conerly | 72 | 2856 | 39.7 | 55 |
| Tom Landry | 15 | 638 | 42.5 | 59 |
| Totals | 87 | 3494 | 40.2 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 34 | 489 | 14.4 | 81 | 3 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 4 | 97 | 24.2 | 81 | 1 |
| Jim Ostendarp | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Otto Schnellbacher | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 48 | 675 | 14.1 | 81 | 4 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 6 | 227 | 37.8 | 100 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 6 | 185 | 30.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Joe Scott | 6 | 154 | 25.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Bosh Pritchard | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Forrest Griffith | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Jackson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Jim Ostendarp | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tex Coulter | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Murray | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 724 | 25.9 | 100 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Schnellbacher | 11 | 194 | 17.6 | 46 | 2 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 9 | 74 | 8.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 8 | 121 | 15.1 | 55 | 2 |
| John Cannady | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 29 | 0 |
| John Amberg | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Harmon Rowe | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Duncan | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Woodard | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Wilkinson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 542 | 13.2 | 55 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Price | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Jim Duncan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Conerly | 4 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |||
| Bill Murray | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Cannady | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forrest Griffith | 7 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Emlen Tunnell | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Arnie Weinmeister | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tex Coulter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Ostendarp | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sulaitis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wilkinson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Poole | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Landry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Albright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Stribling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Woodard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hudson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ray Poole | 12 | 30 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Price | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Kelley Mote | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Joe Scott | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Tom Landry | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Otto Schnellbacher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bob McChesney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bill Stribling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bob Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Charlie Conerly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bosh Pritchard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Harmon Rowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 254 |
