1970 New York Giants: 9-5-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (162 points scored, 154 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (139 points scored, 116 allowed) Head Coach: Alex Webster
301 points scored (8th of 26 teams), 270 points allowed (15th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL ---
Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 230 403 2,634 ( 4) 5.99 19 12 465 1,799 (10) 3.9 11 4,433 ( 5) 26
Defense: 186 364 2,371 (19) 5.94 19 17 419 1,692 (13) 4.0 11 4,063 (17) 30
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Pete Gogolak K 14 6'2 190 28 7 Cornell 10 Fran Tarkenton QB 14 6'1 190 30 10 Georgia 17 Dick Shiner QB 14 6'0 197 28 7 Maryland 18 Clifton McNeil WR 14 6'2 187 30 7 Grambling 20 Scott Eaton DB 8 6'3 205 26 4 Oregon State 21 Otto Brown DB 13 6'1 188 23 2 Prairie View A&M 23 Ernie Koy RB 12 6'2 225 28 6 Texas 24 Tucker Frederickson RB 14 6'3 220 27 5 Auburn 25 Les Shy RB 13 6'1 200 26 5 Long Beach State 26 Kenny Parker DB 14 6'1 190 24 1 Fordham 28 Bobby Duhon RB 14 6'0 195 24 2 Tulane 30 Ron Johnson RB 14 6'1 205 23 2 Michigan 33 Joe Green DB 14 5'11 195 23 R Bowling Green 36 Bill Johnson P 11 6'2 208 26 1 Livingston 38 Bob Tucker TE 14 6'3 230 25 1 Bloomsburg 40 Joe Morrison RB 10 6'1 212 33 12 Cincinnati 41 Willie Williams DB 14 6'0 190 27 6 Grambling 43 Spider Lockhart DB 14 6'2 175 27 6 North Texas State 44 Tom Longo DB 14 6'1 200 28 2 Notre Dame 48 Al Brenner DB 1 6'1 200 22 2 Michigan State 51 John Douglas LB 14 6'2 225 25 R Missouri 52 John Kirby LB 14 6'3 232 28 7 Nebraska 53 Greg Larson C 14 6'2 250 30 10 Minnesota 55 Ralph Heck LB 14 6'2 230 28 8 Colorado 56 Pat Hughes C 14 6'2 240 23 R Boston University 57 Ray Hickl LB 1 6'2 220 23 2 Texas A&I 58 Jim Files LB 14 6'4 240 22 R Oklahoma 59 Len Johnson C 3 6'2 250 24 1 St. Cloud State 60 Willie Banks OG 5 6'2 237 24 3 Alcorn State 61 Charlie Harper OG 14 6'2 250 26 5 Oklahoma State 63 Doug Van Horn OG 14 6'2 245 26 4 Ohio State 64 Matt Hazeltine LB 14 6'1 225 37 15 California 65 Pete Case OG 7 6'3 245 29 10 Georgia 69 Willie Young OT 13 6'0 265 27 5 Grambling 71 Bob Lurtsema DE 14 6'6 250 28 4 Western Michigan 72 John Baker DE 14 6'5 260 28 1 Norfolk State 73 Jim Kanicki DT 14 6'4 270 28 8 Michigan State 74 Dennis Crane OT 9 6'6 260 25 3 Southern California 75 Jim Norton DT 4 6'4 254 27 6 Washington 75 Jerry Shay DT 14 6'3 245 26 5 Purdue 77 Rich Buzin OT 14 6'4 250 24 3 Penn State 84 Rich Houston WR 13 6'2 197 24 2 East Texas State 85 Don Herrmann WR 13 6'2 195 23 2 Waynesburg 88 Aaron Thomas WR 14 6'3 210 32 10 Oregon State 89 Fred Dryer DE 14 6'6 240 24 2 San Diego State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Fran Tarkenton 389 219 56.3 2,777 7.14 12.7 19 4.9 12 3.1 36 249 82.2
Dick Shiner 12 9 75.0 87 7.25 9.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9 94.8
Bobby Duhon 2 2 100.0 28 14.00 14.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Clifton McNeil 50 764 15.3 4 Ron Johnson 48 487 10.1 4 Bob Tucker 40 571 14.3 5 Tucker Frederickson 40 408 10.2 3 Don Herrmann 24 290 12.1 2 Joe Morrison 11 136 12.4 0 Aaron Thomas 6 92 15.3 1 Rich Houston 4 68 17.0 0 Bobby Duhon 4 58 14.5 0 Les Shy 2 8 4.0 0 Ernie Koy 1 10 10.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ron Johnson 263 1,027 3.9 8 Tucker Frederickson 120 375 3.1 1 Fran Tarkenton 43 236 5.5 2 Bobby Duhon 18 111 6.2 0 Joe Morrison 11 25 2.3 0 Les Shy 4 13 3.2 0 Clifton McNeil 4 7 1.8 0 Ernie Koy 2 5 2.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Les Shy 21 544 25.9 0 Bobby Duhon 14 255 18.2 0 Rich Houston 8 173 21.6 0 Ron Johnson 5 140 28.0 0 Joe Green 2 26 13.0 0 John Douglas 1 16 16.0 0 Pat Hughes 1 3 3.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bobby Duhon 19 157 8.3 13 1 Spider Lockhart 9 31 3.4 9 0 Al Brenner 1 5 5.0 1 0 |
1970 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 13 LB Jim Files 56 Oklahoma 4 97 DE Wes Grant 11 UCLA [pick acquired from DET] 5 117 OG Claude Brumfield Tennessee State 6 142 WR Duane Miller Drake 9 221 C Pat Hughes 141 Boston University 10 245 DE Matt Fortier Fairmont State 11 273 RB Alan Pitcaithley Oregon 12 297 LB Larry Nels Wyoming 13 325 OT Gary Inskeep Wisconsin-Stout 14 350 C Rodney Brand Arkansas 15 377 RB Warren Muir South Carolina 16 402 DB Vic Nolting Xavier 17 429 DT Walter Breaux Grambling
Traded draft picks: #2 to STL (Chuck Hutchinson), #3 to ATL (Todd Snyder), #4 to PIT (Jim Evenson), #7 to ATL (Gary Orcutt), #8 to ATL (Larry Brewer)
Transactions:
| 01-26-1970 | traded Homer Jones to Browns for Ron Johnson, Wayne Meylan and Jim Kanicki |
| 01-27-1970 | traded Philadelphia's #5 pick in the 1970 draft to Falcons for Jerry Shay |
| 03-02-1970 | traded the Giants' #7 pick in the 1971 draft to Oilers for Bob Davis |
| 04-30-1970 | traded Henry Davis and Frenchy Fuqua to Steelers for Dick Shiner |
| 05-30-1970 | traded Tommy Joe Crutcher to Rams for Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1972 draft and another 1972 draft pick |
| 05-31-1970 | traded the Giants' #5 pick in the 1971 draft and #1 pick in the 1972 draft to 49ers for Clifton McNeil |
| 07-1970 | claimed Dennis Crane on waivers from Redskins |
| 08-13-1970 | traded Bruce Anderson to Redskins for Jim Norton |
| 08-26-1970 | Bengals claimed Bob Davis on waivers |
| 08-27-1970 | Redskins claimed Steve Wright on waivers |
| 09-09-1970 | claimed Len Johnson on waivers from Vikings |
| 09-16-1970 | placed Wes Grant on injured reserve |
| 09-16-1970 | claimed John Douglas on waivers from Cowboys |
1970 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/70 vs Chicago Bears L 16-24 0-1-0 09/27/70 at Dallas Cowboys L 10-28 0-2-0 10/04/70 at New Orleans Saints L 10-14 0-3-0 10/11/70 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 30-23 1-3-0 10/18/70 at Boston Patriots W 16-0 2-3-0 10/25/70 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 35-17 3-3-0 11/01/70 at New York Jets W 22-10 4-3-0 11/08/70 vs Dallas Cowboys W 23-20 5-3-0 11/15/70 vs Washington Redskins W 35-33 6-3-0 11/23/70 at Philadelphia Eagles L 20-23 6-4-0 11/29/70 at Washington Redskins W 27-24 7-4-0 12/06/70 vs Buffalo Bills W 20-6 8-4-0 12/13/70 at St. Louis Cardinals W 34-17 9-4-0 12/20/70 vs Los Angeles Rams L 3-31 9-5-0
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