1963 New York Giants Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Allie Sherman (11-3)
Location: New York, New York
1963 New York Giants RosterTeam Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Allie Sherman (11-3)
Location: New York, New York
1963 New York Giants Results
The New York Giants of the National Football League ended the 1963 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Offensively, the Giants paced the circuit with 448 points. Meanwhile, the defense allowed 280 points. Y.A. Tittle passed for 3,145 yards. Del Shofner hauled in 64 passes for 1,181 yards.
Phil King ran for a team-leading 613 yards, while Joe Morrison also contributed to the rushing attack.
The ball-hawking defense pounced on 50 turnovers. Dick Lynch picked off 9 errant tosses from the opposition.
Allie Sherman coached the team. The 1963 New York Giants lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y.A. Tittle | 367 | 221 | 60.2 | 3145 | 8.6 | 36 | 9.8 | 14 | 3.8 | 70 | 104.8 |
| Glynn Griffing | 40 | 16 | 40.0 | 306 | 7.6 | 3 | 7.5 | 4 | 10.0 | 64 | 52.7 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 17 | 5 | 29.4 | 89 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 17.6 | 32 | 9.3 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 81.3 |
| Totals | 426 | 243 | 57.0 | 3558 | 8.4 | 39 | 9.2 | 21 | 4.9 | 70 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil King | 161 | 613 | 3.8 | 50 | 3 |
| Joe Morrison | 119 | 568 | 4.8 | 70 | 3 |
| Alex Webster | 75 | 255 | 3.4 | 12 | 4 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 55 | 175 | 3.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 18 | 99 | 5.5 | 18 | 2 |
| Charlie Killett | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Glynn Griffing | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Gifford | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Anderson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 453 | 1777 | 3.9 | 70 | 12 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Shofner | 64 | 1181 | 18.5 | 70 | 9 |
| Frank Gifford | 42 | 657 | 15.6 | 64 | 7 |
| Phil King | 32 | 377 | 11.8 | 46 | 5 |
| Joe Morrison | 31 | 284 | 9.2 | 57 | 7 |
| Joe Walton | 26 | 371 | 14.3 | 43 | 6 |
| Aaron Thomas | 22 | 469 | 21.3 | 55 | 3 |
| Alex Webster | 15 | 128 | 8.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 11 | 91 | 8.3 | 24 | 2 |
| Totals | 243 | 3558 | 14.6 | 70 | 39 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 59 | 2648 | 44.9 | 64 |
| Totals | 59 | 2648 | 44.9 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Dove | 17 | 198 | 11.6 | 83 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Pesonen | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Allan Webb | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 364 | 9.1 | 83 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Killett | 14 | 332 | 23.7 | 54 | 0 |
| Dick Pesonen | 8 | 197 | 24.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 51 | 0 |
| Johnny Counts | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 31 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Allan Webb | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Eddie Dove | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Louis Guy | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 1009 | 21.9 | 54 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Lynch | 9 | 251 | 27.9 | 82 | 3 |
| Jimmy Patton | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Jerry Hillebrand | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 34 | 1 |
| Sam Huff | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 36 | 1 |
| Allan Webb | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Dove | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 75 | 0 |
| Bill Winter | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Dick Pesonen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 546 | 16.1 | 82 | 5 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erich Barnes | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Y.A. Tittle | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John LoVetere | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Patton | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Katcavage | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Stroud | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lane Howell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Scott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Pesonen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Dove | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allan Webb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Guglielmi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Larson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glynn Griffing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis Guy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bookie Bolin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Gifford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Phil King | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alex Webster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Lynch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Killett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 31 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Don Chandler | 0 | 18 | 52 | 0 | 106 | |||||||||
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| Del Shofner | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||||
| Phil King | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Frank Gifford | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Joe Walton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Alex Webster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Aaron Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Dick Lynch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Y.A. Tittle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Sam Huff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim Katcavage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jerry Hillebrand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 12 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 448 |
