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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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bill Johnson 43 1,700 39.5 0 0 1 0 0 38.6 Ernie Koy 11 369 33.5 0 0 0 0 0 33.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Pete Gogolak 5/5 11/14 1/3 7/15 1/4 25/41 32/32 107 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Otto Brown 1.0 Fred Dryer 12.0 Scott Eaton 2 8 0 Jim Files 1 8 0 Joe Green 1.0 Matt Hazeltine 1.0 1 6 0 Ralph Heck 1 3 0 Jim Kanicki 4.5 Spider Lockhart 5.5 4 51 0 Tom Longo 1.0 2 33 0 Bob Lurtsema 4.0 Jerry Shay 6.0 Willie Williams 6 114 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:
01-26-1970traded Homer Jones to Browns for Ron Johnson, Wayne Meylan and Jim Kanicki
01-27-1970traded Philadelphia's #5 pick in the 1970 draft to Falcons for Jerry Shay
03-02-1970traded the Giants' #7 pick in the 1971 draft to Oilers for Bob Davis
04-30-1970traded Henry Davis and Frenchy Fuqua to Steelers for Dick Shiner
05-30-1970traded Tommy Joe Crutcher to Rams for Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1972 draft and another 1972 draft pick
05-31-1970traded the Giants' #5 pick in the 1971 draft and #1 pick in the 1972 draft to 49ers for Clifton McNeil
07-1970claimed Dennis Crane on waivers from Redskins
08-13-1970traded Bruce Anderson to Redskins for Jim Norton
08-26-1970Bengals claimed Bob Davis on waivers
08-27-1970Redskins claimed Steve Wright on waivers
09-09-1970claimed Len Johnson on waivers from Vikings
09-16-1970placed Wes Grant on injured reserve
09-16-1970claimed 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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