1954 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jim Howell (7-5)
Location: New York, New York
1954 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 7-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jim Howell (7-5)
Location: New York, New York
1954 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
The Giants scored 293 points, and the rigid defensive squad surrendered 184. Charlie Conerly threw for 1,439 yards. Bob Schnelker topped all receivers, hauling in 30 passes, while Kyle Rote added 551 receiving yards. Ken MacAfee and Eddie Price contributed to the receiving game also.
Eddie Price ran for a team-leading 555 yards for New York.
The opportunistic defense manufactured 55 turnovers, topping in the league. Tom Landry and Emlen Tunnell each seized 8 opponent throws.
Jim Howell coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Conerly | 210 | 103 | 49.0 | 1439 | 6.9 | 17 | 8.1 | 11 | 5.2 | 68 | 76.7 |
| Bob Clatterbuck | 101 | 50 | 49.5 | 781 | 7.7 | 6 | 5.9 | 7 | 6.9 | 72 | 66.5 |
| Frank Gifford | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 155 | 19.4 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 83 | 95.8 |
| Don Heinrich | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 56 | 6.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | 31 | 25.5 |
| Kyle Rote | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 36 | 6.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 16.7 | 18 | 54.9 |
| Totals | 334 | 163 | 48.8 | 2467 | 7.4 | 27 | 8.1 | 22 | 6.6 | 83 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Price | 135 | 555 | 4.1 | 47 | 2 |
| Frank Gifford | 66 | 368 | 5.6 | 30 | 2 |
| Herb Johnson | 42 | 168 | 4.0 | 26 | 1 |
| Bobby Epps | 30 | 110 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlie Conerly | 24 | 107 | 4.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Buford Long | 32 | 106 | 3.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Kyle Rote | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Wayne Berry | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Don Heinrich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Clatterbuck | 19 | -21 | -1.1 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 380 | 1482 | 3.9 | 47 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Schnelker | 30 | 550 | 18.3 | 68 | 8 |
| Kyle Rote | 29 | 551 | 19.0 | 63 | 2 |
| Eddie Price | 28 | 352 | 12.6 | 83 | 3 |
| Ken MacAfee | 24 | 438 | 18.2 | 72 | 8 |
| Frank Gifford | 14 | 154 | 11.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Buford Long | 13 | 178 | 13.7 | 36 | 1 |
| Herb Johnson | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Topp | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 31 | 3 |
| Bobby Epps | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dick Wilkins | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Totals | 163 | 2467 | 15.1 | 83 | 27 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 74 |
| Charlie Conerly | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 36 | 36 | 100.0 | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 75 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Landry | 64 | 2720 | 42.5 | 61 |
| Totals | 64 | 2720 | 42.5 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Johnson | 16 | 164 | 10.2 | 48 | 1 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 21 | 70 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Buford Long | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 305 | 5.9 | 48 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Johnson | 10 | 251 | 25.1 | 41 | 0 |
| Buford Long | 10 | 237 | 23.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Emlen Tunnell | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| George Kennard | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Topp | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 662 | 22.8 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Pat Knight | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 30 | 0 |
| John Cannady | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 370 | 11.2 | 43 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Knight | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Rich | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Albright | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Austin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Nolan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Tom Landry | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Epps | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Kennard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Gifford | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Carroccio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Price | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Herb Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Krouse | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buford Long | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Conerly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Heinrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Clatterbuck | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 32 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ben Agajanian | 13 | 35 | 0 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Ken MacAfee | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Bob Schnelker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Eddie Price | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Bob Topp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Herb Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Kyle Rote | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Buford Long | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Charlie Conerly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| Dick Wilkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bob Clatterbuck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dick Nolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 8 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 293 |
