1955 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-5-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jim Howell (6-5-1)
Location: New York, New York
1955 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 6-5-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jim Howell (6-5-1)
Location: New York, New York
1955 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1955 season with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
The Giants racked up 267 points, and the defensive squad surrendered 223. Alex Webster ran for a team-leading 634 yards for New York.
Charlie Conerly tossed for 1,310 yards. Frank Gifford hauled in 33 passes, while Kyle Rote added 580 receiving yards, while Bob Schnelker contributed to the receiving game, too.
Emlen Tunnell intercepted 7 errant tosses from the opposition.
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 | 202 | 98 | 48.5 | 1310 | 6.5 | 13 | 6.4 | 13 | 6.4 | 71 | 64.2 |
| Don Heinrich | 67 | 31 | 46.3 | 413 | 6.2 | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 37 | 63.8 |
| Frank Gifford | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 96 | 16.0 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 121.5 |
| Bob Clatterbuck | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 46 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 45.8 |
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 292 | 137 | 46.9 | 1865 | 6.4 | 17 | 5.8 | 15 | 5.1 | 71 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Webster | 128 | 634 | 5.0 | 71 | 5 |
| Bobby Epps | 95 | 375 | 3.9 | 24 | 2 |
| Frank Gifford | 86 | 351 | 4.1 | 49 | 3 |
| Mel Triplett | 34 | 138 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 30 | 109 | 3.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Kyle Rote | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Heap | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Charlie Conerly | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Heinrich | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 5 | 2 |
| Larrye Weaver | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Clatterbuck | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 414 | 1693 | 4.1 | 71 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gifford | 33 | 437 | 13.2 | 54 | 4 |
| Kyle Rote | 31 | 580 | 18.7 | 71 | 8 |
| Bob Schnelker | 25 | 326 | 13.0 | 31 | 2 |
| Alex Webster | 22 | 269 | 12.2 | 48 | 1 |
| Ken MacAfee | 11 | 170 | 15.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Buford Long | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 34 | 1 |
| Bobby Epps | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Eddie Price | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 137 | 1865 | 13.6 | 71 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Agajanian | 33 | 32 | 97.0 | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 62 |
| Charlie Conerly | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 34 | 33 | 97.1 | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 63 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Landry | 75 | 3022 | 40.3 | 69 |
| Totals | 75 | 3022 | 40.3 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 25 | 98 | 3.9 | 66 | 1 |
| Jimmy Patton | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 69 | 1 |
| Joe Heap | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 28 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 230 | 6.4 | 69 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Heap | 12 | 230 | 19.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 5 | 229 | 45.8 | 98 | 1 |
| Buford Long | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 62 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 20 | 0 |
| George Kennard | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rosey Brown | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Stan West | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Yowarsky | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 848 | 21.7 | 98 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlen Tunnell | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Herb Rich | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 53 | 0 |
| Pat Knight | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Harland Svare | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Tom Landry | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Svoboda | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dick Nolan | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Russ Carroccio | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 250 | 10.9 | 53 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Rich | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Conerly | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Svoboda | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stan West | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosey Grier | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Landry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Clatterbuck | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Schnelker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Knight | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Beck | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Yowarsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Epps | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Nolan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buford Long | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Emlen Tunnell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Kennard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Gifford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alex Webster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mel Triplett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Heinrich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Price | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rosey Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Heap | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Rote | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ben Agajanian | 10 | 32 | 0 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Kyle Rote | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Frank Gifford | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Alex Webster | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Bob Schnelker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Bobby Epps | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Don Heinrich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Patton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Ken MacAfee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Cliff Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Buford Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Emlen Tunnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Charlie Conerly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 267 |
