1975 New York Giants roster and stats

1975 New York Giants: 5-9-0
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Home record: 2-5-0 (106 points scored, 126 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (110 points scored, 180 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Arnsparger 216 points scored (23rd of 26 teams), 306 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 193 379 2,102 (17) 4.91 11 18 482 1,627 (24) 3.4 17 3,729 (22) 37 Defense: 196 365 2,367 (14) 6.05 20 16 555 2,422 (23) 4.4 16 4,789 (21) 24

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 9 George Hunt K 14 6'1 215 26 2 Tennessee 10 Brad Van Pelt LB 14 6'5 235 24 3 Michigan State 13 Dave Jennings P 14 6'4 205 23 2 St. Lawrence 15 Craig Morton QB 14 6'4 210 32 11 California 19 Carl Summerell QB 3 6'4 208 23 2 East Carolina 20 Jim Stienke DB 14 5'11 182 24 3 Southwest Texas State 26 Joe Dawkins RB 14 5'11 220 27 6 Wisconsin 27 Charlie Ford DB 8 6'3 185 26 5 Houston 28 Robert Giblin DB 12 6'2 205 22 R Houston 29 Marsh White RB 14 6'2 220 22 R Arkansas 30 Jimmy Gunn LB 10 6'1 218 26 6 Southern California 30 Ron Johnson RB 14 6'1 205 28 7 Michigan 33 Steve Crosby RB 4 5'11 205 25 2 Fort Hays State 35 Rondy Colbert DB 14 5'9 165 21 R Lamar 36 Larry Watkins RB 14 6'2 230 29 7 Alcorn State 37 Bobby Brooks DB 14 6'1 195 24 2 Bishop 38 Bob Tucker TE 14 6'3 230 30 6 Bloomsburg 39 Clyde Powers DB 14 6'1 195 24 2 Oklahoma 43 Spider Lockhart DB 12 6'2 175 32 11 North Texas State 44 Doug Kotar RB 14 5'11 205 24 2 Kentucky 48 Henry Stuckey DB 4 6'1 180 25 4 Missouri 55 Brian Kelley LB 14 6'3 222 24 3 California Lutheran 56 Pat Hughes LB 14 6'2 225 28 6 Boston University 57 Andy Selfridge LB 14 6'4 220 26 3 Virginia 59 Bob Schmit LB 13 6'1 220 25 1 Nebraska 61 Karl Chandler C 14 6'5 250 23 2 Princeton 62 Dick Enderle OG 9 6'1 250 27 7 Minnesota 63 Doug Van Horn OT 14 6'2 245 31 9 Ohio State 64 John Mendenhall DT 9 6'1 255 26 4 Grambling 66 Rick Dvorak DE 14 6'4 235 23 2 Wichita State 67 Dave Simonson OT 2 6'6 248 23 2 Minnesota 69 Willie Young OT 12 6'0 255 32 10 Grambling 70 Bob Hyland C 14 6'5 255 30 9 Boston College 71 Dave Gallagher DE 12 6'4 256 23 2 Michigan 72 Bill Windauer DT 4 6'3 248 25 3 Iowa 73 Tom Mullen OG 12 6'3 245 23 2 Southwest Missouri State 74 John Hicks OG 14 6'2 258 24 2 Ohio State 75 George Martin DE 14 6'4 245 22 R Oregon 76 Jim Pietrzak DT 14 6'5 260 22 2 Eastern Michigan 79 Al Simpson OT 13 6'5 255 24 R Colorado State 81 Jack Gregory DE 14 6'6 255 31 9 Delta State 82 Ray Rhodes WR 14 5'11 185 25 2 Tulsa 84 Walker Gillette WR 14 6'5 200 28 6 Richmond 86 Danny Buggs WR 14 6'2 185 22 R West Virginia 88 Don Clune WR 14 6'3 195 23 2 Pennsylvania 89 Jim Obradovich TE 14 6'2 225 22 R Southern California

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Craig Morton 363 186 51.2 2,359 6.50 12.7 11 3.0 16 4.4 47 331 63.6 Carl Summerell 16 7 43.8 98 6.12 14.0 0 0.0 2 12.5 2 24 24.5

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Walker Gillette        43    600   14.0    2
Bob Tucker             34    484   14.2    1
Ron Johnson            34    280    8.2    1
Ray Rhodes             26    537   20.7    6
Joe Dawkins            24    245   10.2    0
Doug Kotar              9     86    9.6    0
Jim Obradovich          7     65    9.3    1
Larry Watkins           7     43    6.1    0
Don Clune               5     97   19.4    0
Marsh White             3     15    5.0    0
John Hicks              1      5    5.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Joe Dawkins           129    438    3.4    2
Doug Kotar            122    378    3.1    6
Ron Johnson           116    351    3.0    5
Larry Watkins          68    303    4.5    3
Marsh White            17     90    5.3    1
Craig Morton           22     72    3.3    0
Carl Summerell          3      4    1.3    0
Danny Buggs             1      0    0.0    0
Ray Rhodes              3     -4   -1.3    0
Bob Tucker              1     -5   -5.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rondy Colbert          17    408   24.0    0
Doug Kotar             17    405   23.8    0
Danny Buggs            16    353   22.1    0
Jim Obradovich          2     38   19.0    0
Joe Dawkins             1     32   32.0    0
Steve Crosby            1     14   14.0    0
Andy Selfridge          1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Rondy Colbert          27    238    8.8    1    1
Danny Buggs            19     93    4.9    4    0
Spider Lockhart         2     14    7.0    4    0
Doug Kotar              1      5    5.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Dave Jennings 76 3,107 40.9 0 0 0 0 0 40.9 George Hunt 9 218 24.2 0 0 0 0 0 24.2 Steve Crosby 1 28 28.0 0 0 0 0 0 28.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts George Hunt 0/0 2/2 3/6 1/3 0/0 6/11 24/29 42 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bobby Brooks 4 38 0 Rick Dvorak 3.0 Dave Gallagher 1.0 Jack Gregory 14.0 Pat Hughes 2.0 Brian Kelley 1.0 3 30 0 Spider Lockhart 1 0 0 John Mendenhall 2.0 Jim Pietrzak 2.0 Clyde Powers 1.0 3 0 0 Jim Stienke 2 41 0 Brad Van Pelt 1.0 3 8 0

1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 27 OT Al Simpson 23 Colorado State 3 62 WR Danny Buggs 68 West Virginia [pick acquired from SF] 4 79 DB Robert Giblin 23 Houston 7 158 TE Jim Obradovich 129 USC 8 183 LB John Tate 2 Jackson State 9 210 WR Mike Mahoney Richmond 10 235 LB Terry McClowry Michigan State 11 262 DE George Martin 201 Oregon 12 287 RB Marsh White 28 Arkansas 13 314 K Ricky Townsend Tennessee 15 366 RB Jim O'Connor Drake 16 391 TE Jim Micklos Ball State 17 418 DB Rondy Colbert 32 Lamar

Traded draft picks: #1 to DAL (Randy White), #3 to DEN (Mike Franckowiak), #5 to MIA (Morris Owens), #6 to BAL (Don Westbrook), #14 to MIA (James Lewis)

Transactions:

01-28-1975	traded the Giants' #5 pick in the 1975 draft to Dolphins for Henry Stuckey
04-18-1975	traded a pick in the 1976 draft to Bills for Larry Watkins
05-02-1975	traded the rights to Jim Sims to Colts for Larry Christoff
07-22-1975	traded a #5 pick in the 1976 draft to Chargers for Leonard Dunlap
07-29-1975	traded Rob Spicer to Broncos for a draft pick
08-12-1975	traded Henry Reed to Broncos for Greg Marx
08-13-1975	traded the Giants' #9 pick in the 1976 draft to Chargers for Bruce Bannon
08-21-1975	traded Ron Hornsby to Packers for a draft pick
08-21-1975	traded Leon McQuay to Patriots for New England's #6 pick in the 1976 draft
09-02-1975	traded Bob Grim and the Giants' #3 pick in the 1977 draft to Bears for Dave Gallagher
10-16-1975	claimed Jimmy Gunn on waivers from Bears

1975 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/21/75    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 23-14       1-0-0
09/28/75    at Washington Redskins     L 13-49       1-1-0
10/05/75    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 14-26       1-2-0
10/12/75    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 7-13        1-3-0
10/20/75    at Buffalo Bills           W 17-14       2-3-0
10/25/75    vs St. Louis Cardinals     L 13-20       2-4-0
11/01/75    vs San Diego Chargers      W 35-24       3-4-0
11/09/75    vs Washington Redskins     L 13-21       3-5-0
11/16/75    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 10-13       3-6-0
11/23/75    at Green Bay Packers       L 14-40       3-7-0
11/30/75    at Dallas Cowboys          L 3-14        3-8-0
12/07/75    vs Baltimore Colts         L 0-21        3-9-0
12/14/75    vs New Orleans Saints      W 28-14       4-9-0
12/21/75    at San Francisco 49ers     W 26-23       5-9-0

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