1953 New York Giants Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Steve Owen (3-9)
Location: New York, New York

1953 New York Giants Roster
1953 New York Giants Results

The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.

The Giants struggled to score 179 points, worst in the circuit, and the defensive squad conceded 277. Charlie Conerly tossed for 1,711 yards. Eddie Price hauled in 26 passes, while Kyle Rote added 440 receiving yards.

Sonny Grandelius ran for a team-leading 278 yards for New York, and Kyle Rote additionally aided the ground game.

Emlen Tunnell intercepted 6 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	303	143	47.2	1711	5.6	13	4.3	25	8.3	60	44.9
Arnie Galiffa	13	4	30.8	129	9.9	1	7.7	5	38.5	75	55.1
Bill Mackrides	15	6	40.0	53	3.5	1	6.7	3	20.0	0	32.8
Frank Gifford	6	3	50.0	47	7.8	1	16.7	0	0.0	21	116.0
Kyle Rote	8	2	25.0	45	5.6	0	0.0	1	12.5	23	10.9
Totals	345	158	45.8	1985	5.8	16	4.6	34	9.9	75

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Sonny Grandelius	108	278	2.6	31	1
Kyle Rote	63	213	3.4	18	1
Eddie Price	101	206	2.0	15	2
Frank Gifford	50	157	3.1	15	2
Charlie Conerly	24	91	3.8	24	0
Buford Long	20	58	2.9	21	0
Randy Clay	16	26	1.6	6	0
Merwin Hodel	5	11	2.2	6	0
Butch Avinger	5	6	1.2	5	0
Bill Mackrides	1	2	2.0	2	0
Arnie Galiffa	5	1	0.2	7	0
Totals	398	1049	2.6	31	6

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Kyle Rote	26	440	16.9	75	5
Eddie Price	26	233	9.0	31	1
Frank Gifford	18	292	16.2	49	4
Ray Pelfrey	17	233	13.7	60	3
Cliff Anderson	16	258	16.1	32	0
Bill Stribling	16	175	10.9	19	0
Sonny Grandelius	15	80	5.3	26	0
Buford Long	14	220	15.7	55	2
Randy Clay	5	51	10.2	33	1
Butch Avinger	2	8	4.0	4	0
Merwin Hodel	2	-15	-7.5	0	0
Joe Scott	1	10	10.0	10	0
Totals	158	1985	12.6	75	16

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Randy Clay	22	20	90.9	7	2	28.6	26
Frank Gifford	2	2	100.0	5	1	20.0	5
Totals	24	22	91.7	12	3	25.0	31

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tom Landry	44	1772	40.3	60
Butch Avinger	42	1597	38.0	69
Totals	86	3369	39.2	69

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Emlen Tunnell	38	223	5.9	37
Frank Gifford	16	106	6.6	40
Tom Landry	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	55	334	6.1	40

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Emlen Tunnell	17	479	28.2	86
Frank Gifford	13	327	25.2	55
Buford Long	7	198	28.3	36
Tom Landry	2	38	19.0	23
Randy Clay	1	20	20.0	20
Joe Sulaitis	1	15	15.0	15
Totals	41	1077	26.3	86

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Emlen Tunnell	6	117	19.5	44	0
Buford Long	3	59	19.7	26	0
Tom Landry	3	55	18.3	30	0
Jim Duncan	3	39	13.0	31	0
Randy Clay	2	22	11.0	22	0
Frank Gifford	1	66	66.0	50	1
John Cannady	1	33	33.0	33	0
Dick Woodard	1	10	10.0	10	0
Joe Sulaitis	1	6	6.0	6	0
Don Menasco	1	5	5.0	5	0
Ray Wietecha	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	23	412	17.9	50	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Arnie Weinmeister			0	4	0	0
Frank Gifford		0	2	3	0
Charlie Conerly			5	2	0	0
Sonny Grandelius			3	2	0
Buford Long		0	0	2	0
Tom Landry		0	1	1	0	0
Bill Albright			0	1	16	1
Joe Sulaitis		0	0	1	0	0
Rosey Brown			0	1	0	0
Jim Duncan		0	0	1	0	0
Eddie Price			4	1	0
John Cannady		0	0	1	0	0
Bob Peviani			0	1	0	0
Randy Clay		0	0	1	0
Jack Stroud			0	1	0	0
Butch Avinger			1	1	0	0
Arnie Galiffa			1	0	0	0
Ray Pelfrey			1	0	0
Merwin Hodel			1	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	19	24	16	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Frank Gifford	2	4	0	0		1			1	2	0			47
Kyle Rote	1	5							0	0	0			36
Randy Clay	0	1		0		0			2	20	0			32
Eddie Price	2	1							0	0	0			18
Ray Pelfrey		3							0	0	0			18
Buford Long	0	2		0		0			0	0	0		1	14
Bill Albright							1		0	0	0			6
Sonny Grandelius	1	0							0	0	0			6
Totals	6	16	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	22	0	0	1	177