1973 New York Giants: 2-11-1
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-4-1 (115 points scored, 141 allowed) Road record: 0-7-0 (111 points scored, 221 allowed) Head Coach: Alex Webster 226 points scored (20th of 26 teams), 362 points allowed (22nd) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 230 412 2,561 ( 2) 5.82 14 30 456 1,478 (24) 3.2 11 4,039 (14) 40 Defense: 161 275 1,985 (15) 6.40 17 20 497 2,174 (19) 4.4 21 4,159 (15) 32
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Pete Gogolak K 14 6'2 190 31 10 Cornell 10 Brad Van Pelt LB 5 6'5 235 22 R Michigan State 11 Randy Johnson QB 9 6'3 205 29 8 Texas A&I 15 Jim McCann P 2 6'2 163 24 3 Arizona State 15 Tom Blanchard P 14 6'0 190 25 3 Oregon 16 Norm Snead QB 10 6'4 215 34 13 Wake Forest 18 Eldridge Small DB 8 6'1 190 24 2 Texas A&I 20 Honor Jackson DB 3 6'1 195 24 2 Pacific 21 Otto Brown DB 11 6'1 188 26 5 Prairie View A&M 22 Rocky Thompson RB 1 5'11 200 25 3 West Texas State 23 Johnny Roland RB 7 6'2 220 30 8 Missouri 24 Chuck Crist DB 14 6'2 205 22 2 Penn State 27 Bob Grim WR 14 6'0 200 28 7 Oregon State 29 Vince Clements RB 12 6'3 215 24 2 Connecticut 30 Ron Johnson RB 12 6'1 205 26 5 Michigan 31 Charlie Evans RB 5 6'1 220 25 3 Southern California 34 Jack Rizzo RB 6 5'10 195 24 1 Lehigh 38 Bob Tucker TE 14 6'3 230 28 4 Bloomsburg 41 Willie Williams DB 14 6'0 190 30 9 Grambling 43 Spider Lockhart DB 14 6'2 175 30 9 North Texas State 44 Richmond Flowers DB 8 6'0 180 26 5 Tennessee 45 Pete Athas DB 14 5'11 185 27 3 Tennessee 46 Walt Love WR 12 5'9 180 23 R Westminster (UT) 47 Ron Lumpkin DB 1 6'2 200 22 R Arizona State 49 Joe Orduna RB 14 6'0 195 24 2 Nebraska 51 John Douglas LB 14 6'2 228 28 4 Missouri 52 John Hill OT 12 6'2 245 23 2 Lehigh 53 Greg Larson C 14 6'2 250 33 13 Minnesota 55 Brian Kelley LB 14 6'3 222 22 R California Lutheran 56 Pat Hughes LB 11 6'2 240 26 4 Boston University 58 Jim Files LB 14 6'4 240 25 4 Oklahoma 62 Dick Enderle OG 14 6'1 250 25 5 Minnesota 63 Doug Van Horn OG 14 6'2 245 29 7 Ohio State 64 John Mendenhall DT 8 6'1 255 24 2 Grambling 65 Mark Ellison OG 14 6'2 250 25 2 Dayton 67 Ron Hornsby LB 13 6'3 232 24 3 Southeastern Louisiana 68 Dan Goich DT 14 6'4 250 29 5 California 69 Willie Young OT 14 6'0 265 30 8 Grambling 70 Bob Hyland C 14 6'5 255 28 7 Boston College 71 Dave Tipton DE 6 6'6 240 24 3 Stanford 72 Joe Taffoni OT 9 6'3 255 28 6 Tennessee-Martin 74 Bart Buetow OT 7 6'5 250 23 1 Minnesota 75 Larry Jacobson DT 8 6'6 260 23 2 Nebraska 77 Rich Glover DT 13 6'1 240 23 R Nebraska 79 Carter Campbell DE 14 6'3 240 26 4 Weber State 80 Henry Reed LB 10 6'3 230 25 3 Weber State 81 Jack Gregory DE 13 6'6 250 29 7 Delta State 82 Gary Ballman TE 5 6'0 215 33 12 Michigan State 83 Tom Gatewood TE 7 6'3 215 23 2 Notre Dame 84 Rich Houston WR 14 6'2 195 27 5 East Texas State 85 Don Herrmann WR 14 6'2 205 26 5 Waynesburg
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Norm Snead 235 131 55.7 1,483 6.31 11.3 7 3.0 22 9.4 9 67 45.8 Randy Johnson 177 99 55.9 1,279 7.23 12.9 7 4.0 8 4.5 19 134 73.2
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Bob Tucker 50 681 13.6 5 Don Herrmann 43 520 12.1 2 Bob Grim 37 593 16.0 2 Ron Johnson 32 377 11.8 3 Johnny Roland 22 190 8.6 1 Vince Clements 15 129 8.6 1 Charlie Evans 13 100 7.7 0 Rich Houston 8 90 11.2 0 Joe Orduna 6 44 7.3 0 Gary Ballman 1 16 16.0 0 Bob Hyland 1 16 16.0 0 Jack Rizzo 1 11 11.0 0 Willie Young 1 -5 -5.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ron Johnson 260 902 3.5 6 Vince Clements 57 214 3.8 1 Johnny Roland 53 142 2.7 1 Joe Orduna 36 104 2.9 1 Charlie Evans 34 77 2.3 1 Randy Johnson 4 24 6.0 1 Norm Snead 4 13 3.2 0 Rocky Thompson 5 5 1.0 0 Bob Tucker 1 4 4.0 0 Jack Rizzo 1 3 3.0 0 Bob Grim 1 -10 -10.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Walt Love 18 396 22.0 0 Rich Houston 15 375 25.0 0 Eldridge Small 11 207 18.8 0 Joe Orduna 6 104 17.3 0 Jack Rizzo 4 86 21.5 0 Brian Kelley 2 30 15.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Pete Athas 20 153 7.7 14 0 Chuck Crist 1 7 7.0 3 0 |
1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 40 LB Brad Van Pelt 184 Michigan State [pick acquired from MIN] 3 69 DT Rich Glover 27 Nebraska 5 119 RB Leon McQuay 30 Tampa 6 147 DT Wade Brantley Troy State 7 172 TE Rod Freeman Vanderbilt 8 198 DT George Hasenohrl 5 Ohio State 9 225 QB Ty Paine Washington State 10 250 DB Walt Love 12 Westminster (Ut.) 11 275 DT William Wideman North Carolina A&T 12 303 DB Ron Lumpkin 1 Arizona State 13 328 RB Clifton Davis Alcorn A&M 14 353 LB Brian Kelley 143 California Lutheran 15 381 OG Carl Schaukowitch 11 Penn State 16 406 K Ben Nitka Colorado College 17 430 DE John Billizon Grambling
Traded draft picks: #1 to CLE (Steve Holden), #2 to SF (Willie Harper), #4 to ATL (Tom Geredine)
Transactions:
| 02-15-1973 | claimed Linzy Cole on waivers from Bills |
| 04-24-1973 | claimed Gary Ballman on waivers from Eagles |
| 05-17-1973 | Scott Eaton retired |
| 07-17-1973 | Charlie Harper retired |
| 08-22-1973 | traded Wayne Walton to Chiefs for Kansas City's #5 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 09-19-1973 | placed Rocky Thompson on injured reserve |
| 10-19-1973 | placed Gary Ballman on injured reserve |
1973 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 vs Houston Oilers W 34-14 1-0-0 09/23/73 vs Philadelphia Eagles T 23-23 1-0-1 09/30/73 at Cleveland Browns L 10-12 1-1-1 10/07/73 vs Green Bay Packers L 14-16 1-2-1 10/14/73 vs Washington Redskins L 3-21 1-3-1 10/21/73 at Dallas Cowboys L 28-45 1-4-1 10/28/73 at St. Louis Cardinals L 27-35 1-5-1 11/04/73 at Oakland Raiders L 0-42 1-6-1 11/11/73 vs Dallas Cowboys L 10-23 1-7-1 11/18/73 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 24-13 2-7-1 11/25/73 at Philadelphia Eagles L 16-20 2-8-1 12/02/73 at Washington Redskins L 24-27 2-9-1 12/10/73 at Los Angeles Rams L 6-40 2-10-1 12/16/73 vs Minnesota Vikings L 7-31 2-11-1