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1971 New York Giants: 4-10-0
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Home record: 1-6-0 (104 points scored, 202 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (124 points scored, 160 allowed) Head Coach: Alex Webster 228 points scored (21st of 26 teams), 362 points allowed (25th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 268 462 2,714 ( 3) 5.41 14 25 394 1,461 (22) 3.7 11 4,175 (10) 45 Defense: 173 333 2,307 (18) 6.57 25 15 449 2,059 (19) 4.6 12 4,366 (21) 30


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College ? Skip Butler K 1 6'2 200 24 1 Texas-Arlington 3 Pete Gogolak K 14 6'2 190 29 8 Cornell 10 Fran Tarkenton QB 13 6'1 190 31 11 Georgia 11 Randy Johnson QB 5 6'3 205 27 6 Texas A&I 15 Tom Blanchard P 14 6'0 190 23 R Oregon 18 Clifton McNeil WR 6 6'2 187 31 8 Grambling 20 Scott Eaton DB 12 6'3 205 27 5 Oregon State 21 Otto Brown DB 12 6'1 183 24 3 Prairie View A&M 22 Rocky Thompson RB 14 5'11 200 23 R West Texas State 24 Tucker Frederickson RB 10 6'3 220 28 6 Auburn 26 Bennie McRae DB 8 6'1 180 31 10 Michigan 28 Bobby Duhon RB 13 6'0 195 25 3 Tulane 30 Ron Johnson RB 2 6'1 205 24 3 Michigan 31 Charlie Evans RB 6 6'1 215 23 R Southern California 33 Joe Green DB 14 5'11 195 24 2 Bowling Green 34 Junior Coffey RB 6 6'1 215 29 5 Washington 38 Bob Tucker TE 12 6'3 230 26 2 Bloomsburg 40 Joe Morrison RB 13 6'1 212 34 13 Cincinnati 41 Willie Williams DB 10 6'0 190 28 7 Grambling 43 Spider Lockhart DB 13 6'2 175 28 7 North Texas State 44 Richmond Flowers DB 8 6'0 180 24 3 Tennessee 45 Pete Athas DB 13 5'11 185 25 1 Tennessee 51 John Douglas LB 14 6'2 225 26 2 Missouri 53 Greg Larson C 14 6'2 250 31 11 Minnesota 55 Ralph Heck LB 11 6'2 230 29 9 Colorado 56 Pat Hughes LB 14 6'2 240 24 2 Boston University 58 Jim Files LB 14 6'4 240 23 2 Oklahoma 60 Steve Alexakos OG 10 6'2 260 24 2 San Jose State 61 Charlie Harper OT 14 6'2 250 27 6 Oklahoma State 63 Doug Van Horn OG 12 6'2 245 27 5 Ohio State 67 Ron Hornsby LB 14 6'3 232 22 R Southeastern Louisiana 69 Willie Young OT 14 6'0 265 28 6 Grambling 70 Bob Hyland OG 14 6'5 250 26 5 Boston College 71 Dave Tipton DE 5 6'6 240 22 R Stanford 71 Bob Lurtsema DE 7 6'6 250 29 5 Western Michigan 73 Jim Kanicki DT 14 6'4 270 29 9 Michigan State 74 Vern Vanoy DT 6 6'8 270 24 1 Kansas 74 Dave Roller DT 14 6'2 240 22 R Kentucky 75 Jerry Shay DT 6 6'3 245 27 6 Purdue 76 Roland Lakes DT 14 6'4 263 31 11 Wichita State 77 Dick Hanson DT 3 6'6 280 21 R North Dakota State 78 Wayne Walton OG 14 6'5 245 23 R Abilene Christian 80 Henry Reed DE 14 6'3 230 23 R Weber State 83 Reggie Rucker WR 4 6'2 190 24 2 Boston University 84 Rich Houston WR 13 6'2 197 25 3 East Texas State 85 Don Herrmann WR 9 6'2 195 24 3 Waynesburg 87 Rich Kotite TE 14 6'3 230 29 4 Wagner 88 Coleman Zeno WR 2 6'4 210 24 R Grambling 89 Fred Dryer DE 14 6'6 240 25 3 San Diego State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Fran Tarkenton 386 226 58.5 2,567 6.65 11.4 11 2.8 21 5.4 27 232 65.4 Randy Johnson 74 41 55.4 477 6.45 11.6 3 4.1 3 4.1 13 116 71.7 Tom Blanchard 1 1 100.0 18 18.00 18.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Bobby Duhon 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Bob Tucker             59    791   13.4    4
Joe Morrison           40    411   10.3    1
Don Herrmann           27    297   11.0    1
Bobby Duhon            25    266   10.6    0
Rich Houston           24    426   17.8    4
Tucker Frederickson    21    114    5.4    1
Clifton McNeil         16    209   13.1    1
Rocky Thompson         16     85    5.3    0
Charlie Evans          13    144   11.1    0
Rich Kotite            10    146   14.6    2
Ron Johnson             6     47    7.8    0
Coleman Zeno            5     97   19.4    0
Junior Coffey           5     20    4.0    0
Reggie Rucker           1      9    9.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bobby Duhon            93    344    3.7    1
Tucker Frederickson    64    242    3.8    0
Rocky Thompson         54    177    3.3    1
Charlie Evans          48    171    3.6    5
Ron Johnson            32    156    4.9    1
Joe Morrison           38    131    3.4    0
Fran Tarkenton         30    111    3.7    3
Junior Coffey          22     70    3.2    0
Randy Johnson           6     29    4.8    0
Reggie Rucker           1     14   14.0    0
Coleman Zeno            2     10    5.0    0
Pete Athas              1      3    3.0    0
Rich Houston            2      2    1.0    0
Bob Tucker              1      1    1.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rocky Thompson         36    947   26.3    1
Bobby Duhon            11    200   18.2    0
Richmond Flowers        8    156   19.5    0
Joe Green               5    106   21.2    0
John Douglas            1      7    7.0    0
Fred Dryer              1      0    0.0    0
Wayne Walton            1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Bobby Duhon            12     77    6.4   16    0
Spider Lockhart         4     24    6.0    7    0
Pete Athas              3     21    7.0    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Tom Blanchard 66 2,681 40.6 0 0 0 0 0 40.6 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Pete Gogolak 1/1 3/3 2/7 0/6 0/0 6/17 30/30 48 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Pete Athas 2 52 1 Fred Dryer 8.5 Scott Eaton 1 0 0 Jim Files 1 29 0 Richmond Flowers 1 0 0 Ralph Heck 1.0 1 17 0 Ron Hornsby 1.0 Jim Kanicki 2.0 Roland Lakes 1.5 Spider Lockhart 2.0 3 60 0 Henry Reed 2.0 1 11 0 Dave Roller 1.0 Willie Williams 5 58 0
1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 18 WR Rocky Thompson 29 West Texas State 2 44 OT Wayne Walton 37 Abilene Christian 3 70 LB Ron Hornsby 49 S.E. Louisiana 4 96 DT Dave Tipton 62 Stanford 8 200 DE Ted Gregory Delaware 9 226 LB Ed Thomas Lebanon Valley 10 252 LB Henry Reed 51 Weber State 11 278 OG Mark Ellison 28 Dayton 12 304 K Tom Blanchard 148 Oregon 13 330 DT Dave Roller 92 Kentucky 14 356 RB Charlie Evans 25 USC 15 382 LB Jim Wright Notre Dame 16 408 TE Dick Gibbs Texas-El Paso 17 434 WR Coleman Zeno 2 Grambling

Traded draft picks: #5 to SF (George Wells), #6 to ATL (Ray Brown), #7 to HOU (Larry Watson)


Transactions:
07-07-1971traded a draft pick to Cowboys for Mike Gaechter
07-15-1971traded the Giants' #2 pick in the 1973 draft to 49ers for Roland Lakes
07-24-1971traded Wes Grant to Dolphins for a draft pick
07-31-1971traded the Giants' #4 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft to Steelers for Larry Gagner
08-06-1971Matt Hazeltine retired
08-12-1971traded Rich Buzin to Rams for Joe Taffoni
08-19-1971claimed Phil Odle on waivers from ?
08-24-1971placed Al Butler on injured reserve
08-24-1971placed Bob Wilson on injured reserve
09-08-1971traded the Giants' #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Falcons for Randy Johnson
09-13-1971traded the Giants' #1 pick in the 1972 draft to Bears for Bob Hyland and Bennie McRae
09-15-1971Broncos claimed Larry Gagner on waivers
10-16-1971placed Junior Coffey on injured reserve
10-26-1971traded Clifton McNeil to Redskins for Los Angeles' #5 pick and Washington's #6 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft
10-27-1971traded Washington's #6 pick in the 1972 draft to Redskins for Richmond Flowers
11-03-1971Patriots claimed Reggie Rucker on waivers


1971 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/19/71    at Green Bay Packers       W 42-40       1-0-0
09/26/71    vs Washington Redskins     L 3-30        1-1-0
10/03/71    at St. Louis Cardinals     W 21-20       2-1-0
10/11/71    at Dallas Cowboys          L 13-20       2-2-0
10/17/71    vs Baltimore Colts         L 7-31        2-3-0
10/24/71    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 7-23        2-4-0
10/31/71    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 10-17       2-5-0
11/07/71    vs San Diego Chargers      W 35-17       3-5-0
11/14/71    at Atlanta Falcons         W 21-17       4-5-0
11/21/71    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 13-17       4-6-0
11/28/71    vs St. Louis Cardinals     L 7-24        4-7-0
12/05/71    at Washington Redskins     L 7-23        4-8-0
12/12/71    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 14-42       4-9-0
12/19/71    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 28-41       4-10-0

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