1977 New York Giants roster and stats

1977 New York Giants: 5-9-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (103 points scored, 126 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (78 points scored, 139 allowed) Head Coach: John McVay

181 points scored (24th of 28 teams), 265 points allowed (21st) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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:   134   311   1,387   (26)   3.89    6   22    548   1,897   (16)    3.5   11    3,284    (24)      34
Defense:   185   328   2,096   (18)   5.73   12   12    519   1,777   ( 8)    3.4   16    3,873    (12)      32

Team roster (starters in bold):

 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 9  Joe Pisarcik         QB    13   6'4   220   25    1   New Mexico State
10  Brad Van Pelt        LB    14   6'5   235   26    5   Michigan State
12  Jerry Golsteyn       QB     6   6'4   210   23    1   Northern Illinois
13  Dave Jennings        P     14   6'4   203   25    4   St. Lawrence
15  Randy Dean           QB     1   6'3   195   22    R   Northwestern
18  Joe Danelo           K     14   5'9   166   24    3   Washington State
20  Jim Stienke          DB    14   5'11  182   26    5   Southwest Texas State
21  Bill Bryant          DB    14   5'11  195   26    2   Grambling
22  Ray Rhodes           DB    14   5'11  185   27    4   Tulsa
25  Gordon Bell          RB    10   5'9   180   23    2   Michigan
27  Willie Spencer       RB    13   6'3   235   24    2   None
28  Beasley Reece        DB    10   6'1   186   23    2   North Texas State
29  Clyde Powers         DB    14   6'1   195   26    4   Oklahoma
30  Harold Hart          RB     1   6'0   211   25    3   Texas Southern
31  Ernie Jones          DB    14   6'3   180   24    2   Miami
33  Bobby Hammond        RB    14   5'10  170   25    2   Morgan State
34  Larry Mallory        DB    14   5'11  185   25    2   Tennessee State
36  Larry Watkins        RB     9   6'2   230   31    9   Alcorn State
38  Bob Tucker           TE     5   6'3   230   32    9   Bloomsburg
39  Larry Csonka         RB    14   6'3   233   30    9   Syracuse
44  Doug Kotar           RB    12   5'11  203   26    4   Kentucky
51  Frank Marion         LB     3   6'3   230   26    1   Florida A&M
52  Ralph Hill           C     12   6'1   245   27    2   Florida A&M
53  Harry Carson         LB    14   6'2   235   23    2   South Carolina State
54  Dan Lloyd            LB    14   6'2   225   23    2   Washington
55  Brian Kelley         LB    13   6'3   222   26    5   California Lutheran
57  Andy Selfridge       LB    11   6'4   220   28    5   Virginia
61  Karl Chandler        C     14   6'5   250   25    4   Princeton
62  Ron Mikolajczyk      OT    14   6'3   275   27    2   Tampa
63  Doug Van Horn        OG    14   6'2   243   33   11   Ohio State
64  John Mendenhall      DT    14   6'1   255   28    6   Grambling
65  Bill Ellenbogen      OG    12   6'5   255   26    2   Virginia Tech
66  Rick Dvorak          DE     5   6'4   245   25    4   Wichita State
68  J.T. Turner          DT    13   6'3   250   24    1   Duke
70  Gary Jeter           DE    14   6'4   250   22    R   Southern California
71  Gordon Gravelle      OT    14   6'5   252   28    6   Brigham Young
73  Tom Mullen           OT     8   6'3   250   25    4   Southwest Missouri State
74  John Hicks           OG    10   6'2   258   26    4   Ohio State
75  George Martin        DE    10   6'4   245   24    3   Oregon
76  Jim Pietrzak         DT    14   6'5   260   24    3   Eastern Michigan
77  Troy Archer          DT    14   6'4   250   22    2   Colorado
79  Mike Gibbons         OT     5   6'4   262   26    2   Southwestern Oklahoma State
80  Emery Moorehead      WR    13   6'2   210   23    R   Colorado
81  Jack Gregory         DE    14   6'6   250   33   11   Delta State
83  Boyd Brown           TE     6   6'4   216   25    4   Alcorn State
84  Al Dixon             TE     8   6'5   220   23    4   Iowa State
85  Jim Robinson         WR    14   5'9   170   24    2   Georgia Tech
86  Johnny Perkins       WR    13   6'2   205   24    R   Abilene Christian
87  Gary Shirk           TE    14   6'1   220   27    2   Morehead State
89  Ed Marshall          WR    14   6'5   200   30    3   Cameron

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Joe Pisarcik         241  103   42.7  1,346   5.59  13.1   4   1.7   14   5.8    32   262    42.3
Jerry Golsteyn        70   31   44.3    416   5.94  13.4   2   2.9    8  11.4    14   113    33.7
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Jim Robinson           22    422   19.2    3
Johnny Perkins         20    279   13.9    0
Bobby Hammond          19    136    7.2    0
Gary Shirk             16    280   17.5    2
Doug Kotar             15     73    4.9    0
Emery Moorehead        12    143   11.9    1
Ed Marshall             7    178   25.4    0
Bob Tucker              6     91   15.2    0
Al Dixon                6     78   13.0    0
Gordon Bell             4     33    8.2    0
Willie Spencer          4     20    5.0    0
Larry Csonka            2     20   10.0    0
Larry Watkins           1      9    9.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bobby Hammond         154    577    3.7    3
Doug Kotar            132    480    3.6    2
Larry Csonka          134    464    3.5    1
Willie Spencer         62    184    3.0    3
Larry Watkins          19     71    3.7    0
Gordon Bell            16     63    3.9    0
Joe Pisarcik           27     57    2.1    2
Emery Moorehead         1      5    5.0    0
Jerry Golsteyn          3     -4   -1.3    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bobby Hammond          19    419   22.1    0
Gordon Bell            12    235   19.6    0
Beasley Reece           7    159   22.7    0
Emery Moorehead         4     65   16.2    0
Willie Spencer          3     44   14.7    0
Gary Shirk              3     38   12.7    0
Doug Kotar              2     36   18.0    0
Brian Kelley            1     20   20.0    0
Ralph Hill              1     11   11.0    0
Andy Selfridge          1      9    9.0    0
Larry Mallory           1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Bobby Hammond          32    334   10.4    8    1
Jim Robinson            7     87   12.4    5    0
Jim Stienke             5     30    6.0    0    0
Gordon Bell             1      0    0.0    0    0
Beasley Reece           1     -5   -5.0    0    0

Punting               Punts  Yards    Avg   TB  In20   Blk   Ret   Yards    Net
Dave Jennings          100   3,993   39.9    4   19     0     67    680    32.3

Kicking                0-19   20-29   30-39   40-49     50+    Total     PAT    Pts
Joe Danelo              1/1     7/8     3/5     2/6     1/3    14/23    19/20    61

Defense                Sacks    Ints    Yards     TD
Troy Archer            10.5                         
Bill Bryant                       3       54       1
Harry Carson            2.0                         
Jack Gregory            7.5                         
Gary Jeter              3.0                         
Ernie Jones                       1        0       0
Brian Kelley                      1       17       0
Larry Mallory                     1        9       0
George Martin           4.0       1       30       1
John Mendenhall        10.0                         
Clyde Powers                      1        1       0
Ray Rhodes                        2       59       0
Brad Van Pelt           1.0       2        9       0

1977 Draft:

                                        NFL
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games   College
  1    5  DT   Gary Jeter               168    USC                     
  2   32  WR   Johnny Perkins            71    Abilene Christian       
  4   88  OT   Mike Vaughan                    Oklahoma                
  5  117  QB   Randy Dean                23    Northwestern            
  6  143  OT   Bob Jordan                      Memphis                 
  6  153  WR   Emery Moorehead          158    Colorado                  [pick acquired from MIA]
  7  178  TE   Al Dixon                  79    Iowa State                [pick acquired from HOU]
  8  199  DT   Bill Rice                       Brigham Young           
  8  211  LB   Otis Rodgers                    Iowa State                [pick acquired from SF]
  9  228  DE   Ken Mullens                     Florida A&M             
 10  255  WR   Mike Jones                      Minnesota               
 11  284  TE   Bill Helms                      San Diego State         
 12  311  RB   Elmo Simmons                    Texas-Arlington

Traded draft picks: #3 to CHI (Robin Earl), #7 to GB (Derrel Gofourth)

Transactions:

01-1977	traded Craig Morton to Broncos for Steve Ramsey and Denver's #5 pick in the 1978 draft
06-29-1977	Dave Gallagher retired
08-17-1977	placed Pete Rome on injured reserve
08-30-1977	traded the Giants' #2 pick in the 1980 draft to Steelers for Gordon Gravelle
10-25-1977	traded Bob Tucker to Vikings for Minnesota's #5 pick in the 1978 draft
11-18-1977	placed Tom Mullen on injured reserve

1977 Regular Season Game Log:
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Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/18/77    vs Washington Redskins     W 20-17       1-0-0
09/25/77    at Dallas Cowboys          L 21-41       1-1-0
10/02/77    at Atlanta Falcons         L 3-17        1-2-0
10/09/77    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 10-28       1-3-0
10/16/77    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 20-17       2-3-0
10/23/77    at Washington Redskins     W 17-6        3-3-0
10/31/77    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 0-28        3-4-0
11/06/77    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 10-24       3-5-0
11/13/77    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 10-0        4-5-0
11/20/77    vs Cleveland Browns        L 7-21        4-6-0
11/27/77    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 13-30       4-7-0
12/04/77    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 27-7        5-7-0
12/11/77    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 14-17       5-8-0
12/18/77    vs Chicago Bears           L 9-12 (OT)   5-9-0

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