1945 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-6-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Steve Owen (3-6-1)
Location: New York, New York
1945 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 3-6-1
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Steve Owen (3-6-1)
Location: New York, New York
1945 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1945 season with a record of 3 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing third in the NFL's East Division.
The Giants ran up 179 points, but the defensive squad conceded 198. Arnie Herber tossed for 641 yards, while Junie Hovious and Marion Pugh took a significant amount of snaps as well. Frank Liebel hauled in 22 passes for 593 yards.
Bill Paschal carried the ball for a team-leading 247 yards for New York, and Ward Cuff additionally aided the ground game.
Howie Livingston snatched 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Herber | 80 | 35 | 43.8 | 641 | 8.0 | 9 | 11.2 | 8 | 10.0 | 54 | 69.8 |
| Marion Pugh | 58 | 27 | 46.6 | 390 | 6.7 | 3 | 5.2 | 3 | 5.2 | 47 | 64.6 |
| Junie Hovious | 46 | 22 | 47.8 | 373 | 8.1 | 4 | 8.7 | 5 | 10.9 | 53 | 65.1 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 126 | 9.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 87.3 |
| George Franck | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 83.3 |
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Steve Filipowicz | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 201 | 92 | 45.8 | 1534 | 7.6 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 8.0 | 54 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Paschal | 59 | 247 | 4.2 | 77 | 2 |
| Ward Cuff | 48 | 214 | 4.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Steve Filipowicz | 53 | 142 | 2.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Howie Livingston | 40 | 109 | 2.7 | 13 | 3 |
| George Franck | 29 | 42 | 1.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Klotovich | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 15 | 0 |
| John Doolan | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Ed Shedlosky | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Junie Hovious | 22 | -7 | -0.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Arnie Herber | 6 | -27 | -4.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Marion Pugh | 24 | -52 | -2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 316 | 769 | 2.4 | 77 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Liebel | 22 | 593 | 27.0 | 54 | 10 |
| Howie Livingston | 14 | 250 | 17.9 | 47 | 2 |
| Ward Cuff | 12 | 172 | 14.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Sam Fox | 10 | 120 | 12.0 | 28 | 2 |
| John Doolan | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 23 | 0 |
| John Weiss | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 39 | 1 |
| Hal Springer | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Steve Filipowicz | 4 | 49 | 12.2 | 26 | 1 |
| George Franck | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Wynne | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Ed Shedlosky | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Lindahl | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Mike Klotovich | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 92 | 1534 | 16.7 | 54 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Franck | 22 | 832 | 37.8 | 57 |
| Howie Livingston | 13 | 481 | 37.0 | 62 |
| Mike Klotovich | 11 | 423 | 38.5 | 54 |
| Ken Strong | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 51 |
| Arnie Herber | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 |
| Totals | 50 | 1921 | 38.4 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 10 | 124 | 12.4 | 41 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 13 | 106 | 8.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Ed Shedlosky | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| George Franck | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Steve Filipowicz | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 295 | 10.9 | 41 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 4 | 105 | 26.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Howie Livingston | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 39 | 0 |
| John Doolan | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 47 | 0 |
| George Franck | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Joe Sulaitis | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Lee Shaffer | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ed Shedlosky | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Weiss | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Steve Filipowicz | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Junie Hovious | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Sam Fox | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Visnic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 649 | 21.6 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Livingston | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Mel Hein | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Petrilas | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Liebel | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Phil Ragazzo | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Visnic | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Verlin Adams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 13 | 118 | 9.1 | 38 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junie Hovious | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Fox | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | |||
| George Franck | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Filipowicz | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |||
| Frank Cope | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Umont | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ward Cuff | 0 | 5 | 2 | -13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Liebel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arnie Herber | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Weiss | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Klotovich | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Piccolo | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Sivell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howie Livingston | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Martin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elmer Barbour | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou DeFilippo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Springer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Victor Carroll | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Hein | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Doolan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sulaitis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Paschal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Frank Liebel | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| Ken Strong | 6 | 23 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Howie Livingston | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Sam Fox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bill Paschal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Steve Filipowicz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Bill Piccolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Weiss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
