1976 New York Giants: 3-11-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-4-0 (92 points scored, 113 allowed) Road record: 0-7-0 (78 points scored, 137 allowed) Head Coaches: Bill Arnsparger (0-7-0), John McVay (3-4-0) 170 points scored (25th of 28 teams), 250 points allowed (14th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 175 326 1,792 (19) 4.84 9 24 530 1,904 (21) 3.6 11 3,696 (22) 36 Defense: 189 330 1,988 (10) 5.51 11 12 560 2,203 (18) 3.9 14 4,191 (16) 27
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Brad Van Pelt LB 14 6'5 235 25 4 Michigan State 13 Dave Jennings P 14 6'4 205 24 3 St. Lawrence 15 Craig Morton QB 12 6'4 210 33 12 California 16 Norm Snead QB 3 6'4 215 37 16 Wake Forest 18 Joe Danelo K 14 5'9 166 23 2 Washington State 20 Jim Stienke DB 13 5'11 182 25 4 Southwest Texas State 21 Bill Bryant DB 14 5'11 195 25 1 Grambling 23 Rick Volk DB 8 6'3 195 31 10 Michigan 25 Gordon Bell RB 14 5'9 180 22 R Michigan 26 Rondy Colbert DB 14 5'9 165 22 2 Lamar 29 Marsh White RB 14 6'2 220 23 2 Arkansas 29 Clyde Powers DB 14 6'1 195 25 3 Oklahoma 33 Roscoe Word DB 4 5'11 169 24 3 Jackson State 33 Steve Crosby RB 2 5'11 205 26 3 Fort Hays State 33 Bobby Hammond RB 2 5'9 175 24 1 Morgan State 34 Larry Mallory DB 14 5'11 185 24 1 Tennessee State 36 Larry Watkins RB 13 6'2 230 30 8 Alcorn State 37 Bobby Brooks DB 4 6'1 195 25 3 Bishop 38 Bob Tucker TE 14 6'3 230 31 7 Bloomsburg 39 Larry Csonka RB 12 6'3 237 29 8 Syracuse 44 Doug Kotar RB 14 5'11 205 25 3 Kentucky 48 Henry Stuckey DB 3 6'1 180 26 5 Missouri 52 Ralph Hill C 14 6'1 245 26 1 Florida A&M 53 Harry Carson LB 12 6'2 228 22 R South Carolina State 54 Dan Lloyd LB 14 6'2 225 22 R Washington 55 Brian Kelley LB 14 6'3 222 25 4 California Lutheran 56 Pat Hughes LB 14 6'2 225 29 7 Boston University 57 Brad Cousino LB 6 6'0 220 23 2 Miami (Ohio) 58 John Tate LB 2 6'2 230 23 1 Jackson State 59 Bob Schmit LB 2 6'1 220 26 2 Nebraska 61 Karl Chandler C 12 6'5 250 24 3 Princeton 62 Ron Mikolajczyk OG 9 6'3 275 26 1 Tampa 63 Doug Van Horn OT 14 6'2 245 32 10 Ohio State 64 John Mendenhall DT 14 6'1 255 27 5 Grambling 65 Bill Ellenbogen OG 11 6'4 260 25 1 Virginia Tech 66 Rick Dvorak DE 14 6'4 245 24 3 Wichita State 71 Dave Gallagher DT 14 6'4 256 24 3 Michigan 73 Tom Mullen OG 12 6'3 250 24 3 Southwest Missouri State 74 John Hicks OG 14 6'2 258 25 3 Ohio State 75 George Martin DE 14 6'4 245 23 2 Oregon 76 Mike Gibbons OT 11 6'4 262 25 1 Southwestern Oklahoma State 77 Troy Archer DT 14 6'4 250 21 R Colorado 79 Al Simpson OT 10 6'5 255 25 2 Colorado State 81 Jack Gregory DE 11 6'6 250 32 10 Delta State 82 Ray Rhodes WR 13 5'11 185 26 3 Tulsa 84 Walker Gillette WR 13 6'5 200 29 7 Richmond 85 Jim Robinson WR 12 5'9 170 23 1 Georgia Tech 87 Gary Shirk TE 14 6'1 220 26 1 Morehead State 88 Roger Wallace WR 3 5'11 180 24 1 Bowling Green 88 Danny Buggs WR 5 6'2 185 23 2 West Virginia 89 Ed Marshall WR 6 6'4 198 29 2 Cameron
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Craig Morton 284 153 53.9 1,865 6.57 12.2 9 3.2 20 7.0 39 285 55.6 Norm Snead 42 22 52.4 239 5.69 10.9 0 0.0 4 9.5 5 27 29.9
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Bob Tucker 42 498 11.9 1 Doug Kotar 36 319 8.9 0 Gordon Bell 25 198 7.9 0 Jim Robinson 18 249 13.8 1 Ray Rhodes 16 305 19.1 1 Walker Gillette 16 263 16.4 2 Ed Marshall 8 166 20.8 3 Larry Csonka 6 39 6.5 0 Gary Shirk 4 52 13.0 1 Larry Watkins 2 8 4.0 0 Marsh White 2 7 3.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Doug Kotar 185 731 4.0 3 Larry Csonka 160 569 3.6 4 Gordon Bell 67 233 3.5 2 Marsh White 69 223 3.2 1 Larry Watkins 26 96 3.7 1 Craig Morton 15 48 3.2 0 Ray Rhodes 2 10 5.0 0 Larry Mallory 1 0 0.0 0 Steve Crosby 1 -1 -1.0 0 Norm Snead 3 -1 -0.3 0 Walker Gillette 1 -4 -4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Jim Robinson 20 444 22.2 0 Gordon Bell 18 352 19.6 0 Gary Shirk 6 109 18.2 0 Doug Kotar 3 39 13.0 0 Bobby Hammond 2 44 22.0 0 Rondy Colbert 2 42 21.0 0 Larry Watkins 1 9 9.0 0 Harry Carson 1 5 5.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Jim Robinson 24 106 4.4 7 0 Rondy Colbert 13 72 5.5 0 0 Jim Stienke 3 18 6.0 3 0 Gordon Bell 1 1 1.0 0 0 |
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 13 DE Troy Archer 38 Colorado 4 104 RB Gordon Bell 30 Michigan [pick acquired from SF] 4 105 LB Harry Carson 173 South Carolina State 5 136 DB Melvin Wilson Cal State-Northridge 6 162 LB Dan Lloyd 57 Washington [pick acquired from NE] 8 221 DT John Jordan Indiana 10 276 RB John Thomas Valley City (N.D.) 11 303 WR Craig Brantley Clemson 12 333 QB Jerry Golsteyn 21 Northern Illinois 13 360 WR Rick Caswell Western Kentucky 14 387 LB Jerry Mullane Lehigh 15 417 DT Eddie Morgan Arkansas State 16 444 K Dave Lawson Air Force 17 471 DB Steve Curnutte Vanderbilt
Traded draft picks: #2 to DAL (Jim Jensen), #3 to KC via GB (Gary Barbaro), #7 to BUF (Jackie Williams), #9 to SD (Glynn Harrison)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Jimmy Gunn in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Don Clune in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Rondy Colbert in expansion draft |
| 04-06-1976 | sent the Giants' #3 picks in the 1978 and 1979 drafts to Dolphins as compensation for Larry Csonka |
| 08-03-1976 | placed Bonnie Sloan on injured reserve |
| 08-03-1976 | placed John Jordan on injured reserve |
| 08-03-1976 | placed Ken Beamer on injured reserve |
| 08-25-1976 | traded Joe Dawkins and Dave Simonson to Oilers for Houston's #7 pick and Washington's #7 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-02-1976 | traded Andy Selfridge to Dolphins for Miami's #6 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-06-1976 | traded the Giants' #10 pick in the 1978 draft to Packers for Joe Danelo |
| 09-07-1976 | traded Jim O'Bradovich to 49ers for San Francisco's #8 pick in the 1977 draft |
1976 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 at Washington Redskins L 17-19 0-1-0 09/19/76 at Philadelphia Eagles L 7-20 0-2-0 09/26/76 at Los Angeles Rams L 10-24 0-3-0 10/03/76 at St. Louis Cardinals L 21-27 0-4-0 10/10/76 vs Dallas Cowboys L 14-24 0-5-0 10/17/76 at Minnesota Vikings L 7-24 0-6-0 10/24/76 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 0-27 0-7-0 10/31/76 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 0-10 0-8-0 11/07/76 at Dallas Cowboys L 3-9 0-9-0 11/14/76 vs Washington Redskins W 12-9 1-9-0 11/21/76 at Denver Broncos L 13-14 1-10-0 11/28/76 vs Seattle Seahawks W 28-16 2-10-0 12/05/76 vs Detroit Lions W 24-10 3-10-0 12/12/76 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 14-17 3-11-0