1977 New York Giants: 5-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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: Click on the date to view the game summary. 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