1978 New York Giants: 6-10-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-3-0 (162 points scored, 113 allowed) Road record: 1-7-0 (102 points scored, 185 allowed) Head Coach: John McVay 264 points scored (19th of 28 teams), 298 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 176 382 2,145 (22) 5.11 13 27 580 2,304 (13) 4.0 12 4,449 (23) 39 Defense: 210 443 2,386 (11) 5.06 10 21 640 2,656 (25) 4.2 25 5,042 (22) 39
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 9 Joe Pisarcik QB 15 6'4 220 26 2 New Mexico State 10 Brad Van Pelt LB 14 6'5 235 27 6 Michigan State 12 Jerry Golsteyn QB 7 6'4 210 24 2 Northern Illinois 13 Dave Jennings P 16 6'4 205 26 5 St. Lawrence 15 Randy Dean QB 6 6'3 195 23 2 Northwestern 18 Joe Danelo K 16 5'9 166 25 4 Washington State 21 Bill Bryant DB 11 5'11 195 27 3 Grambling 22 Ray Rhodes DB 13 5'11 185 28 5 Tulsa 23 Odis McKinney DB 14 6'2 187 21 R Colorado 24 Terry Jackson DB 15 5'10 197 22 R San Diego State 25 Maurice Tyler DB 8 6'0 190 28 7 Morgan State 27 Willie Spencer RB 15 6'4 235 25 3 None 28 Beasley Reece DB 8 6'1 193 24 3 North Texas State 31 Ernie Jones DB 16 6'3 180 25 3 Miami 33 Bobby Hammond RB 14 5'10 170 26 3 Morgan State 34 Larry Mallory DB 16 5'11 185 26 3 Tennessee State 36 Alvin Maxson RB 1 5'11 205 26 5 Southern Methodist 38 Billy Taylor RB 13 6'0 215 22 R Texas Tech 39 Dan Doornink RB 12 6'3 210 22 R Washington State 39 Larry Csonka RB 14 6'3 235 31 10 Syracuse 44 Doug Kotar RB 15 5'11 205 27 5 Kentucky 51 Frank Marion LB 16 6'3 228 27 2 Florida A&M 52 Leo Tierney C 5 6'3 248 24 1 Georgia Tech 53 Harry Carson LB 16 6'2 235 24 3 South Carolina State 54 Dan Lloyd LB 16 6'2 225 24 3 Washington 55 Brian Kelley LB 16 6'3 222 27 6 California Lutheran 56 Jim Clack C 16 6'3 250 31 8 Wake Forest 57 John Skorupan LB 16 6'3 225 27 6 Penn State 59 Randy Coffield LB 2 6'3 215 24 2 Florida State 60 Brad Benson OT 16 6'3 258 22 1 Penn State 62 Ron Mikolajczyk OT 8 6'3 275 28 3 Tampa 63 Doug Van Horn OG 16 6'2 245 34 12 Ohio State 64 John Mendenhall DT 16 6'1 255 29 7 Grambling 68 J.T. Turner OG 16 6'3 250 25 2 Duke 70 Gary Jeter DE 13 6'4 260 23 2 Southern California 71 Gordon Gravelle OT 16 6'5 252 29 7 Brigham Young 72 Gordon King OT 11 6'6 275 22 R Stanford 74 Jim Krahl DT 16 6'5 252 24 R Texas Tech 75 George Martin DE 16 6'4 245 25 4 Oregon 76 Jim Pietrzak C 14 6'5 260 25 4 Eastern Michigan 77 Troy Archer DT 10 6'4 250 23 3 Colorado 80 Emery Moorehead WR 10 6'2 210 24 2 Colorado 81 Jack Gregory DE 16 6'6 250 34 12 Delta State 82 Ernest Pough WR 12 6'1 174 26 3 Texas Southern 84 Al Dixon TE 15 6'5 220 24 2 Iowa State 85 Jim Robinson WR 16 5'9 170 25 3 Georgia Tech 86 Johnny Perkins WR 14 6'2 205 25 2 Abilene Christian 87 Gary Shirk TE 16 6'1 220 28 3 Morehead State 89 James Thompson WR 13 6'0 178 25 1 Memphis
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Joe Pisarcik 301 143 47.5 2,096 6.96 14.7 12 4.0 23 7.6 28 205 52.1 Jerry Golsteyn 40 12 30.0 110 2.75 9.2 0 0.0 1 2.5 8 62 29.2 Randy Dean 39 19 48.7 188 4.82 9.9 1 2.6 3 7.7 2 16 39.3 Larry Mallory 1 1 100.0 35 35.00 35.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Dave Jennings 1 1 100.0 -1 -1.00 -1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 79.2
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Jim Robinson 32 620 19.4 2 Johnny Perkins 32 514 16.1 3 Doug Kotar 22 225 10.2 1 Bobby Hammond 20 173 8.7 2 Al Dixon 18 376 20.9 3 Dan Doornink 12 66 5.5 0 Gary Shirk 10 127 12.7 2 Billy Taylor 9 70 7.8 0 James Thompson 7 113 16.1 0 Larry Csonka 7 73 10.4 0 Emery Moorehead 3 45 15.0 0 Willie Spencer 2 25 12.5 0 Ernest Pough 1 2 2.0 0 Brian Kelley 1 -1 -1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Doug Kotar 149 625 4.2 1 Bobby Hammond 131 554 4.2 1 Larry Csonka 91 311 3.4 6 Dan Doornink 60 306 5.1 1 Billy Taylor 73 250 3.4 0 Randy Dean 14 94 6.7 0 Joe Pisarcik 17 68 4.0 1 Willie Spencer 38 61 1.6 2 Ernest Pough 3 33 11.0 0 Johnny Perkins 1 3 3.0 0 Brian Kelley 1 2 2.0 0 Dave Jennings 1 0 0.0 0 Jerry Golsteyn 1 -3 -3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Ernest Pough 15 313 20.9 0 Bobby Hammond 15 290 19.3 0 Billy Taylor 11 192 17.5 0 Gary Shirk 5 63 12.6 0 John Skorupan 4 52 13.0 0 Doug Kotar 3 51 17.0 0 Emery Moorehead 2 52 26.0 0 Beasley Reece 2 40 20.0 0 Willie Spencer 1 14 14.0 0 Frank Marion 1 12 12.0 0 Maurice Tyler 1 2 2.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bobby Hammond 22 157 7.1 3 0 Jim Robinson 19 106 5.6 5 0 Terry Jackson 4 1 0.2 0 0 James Thompson 2 4 2.0 0 0 Maurice Tyler 1 6 6.0 1 0 |
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 10 OT Gordon King 97 Stanford 2 37 DB Odis McKinney 119 Colorado 4 90 RB Billy Taylor 49 Texas Tech 5 120 DB Terry Jackson 107 San Diego State 5 132 DT Jim Krahl 21 Texas Tech [pick acquired from MIN] 5 137 WR Brian DeRoo 48 Redlands [pick acquired from DEN] 6 147 OG Randy Pass Georgia Tech 7 174 RB Dan Doornink 104 Washington State 8 201 LB Jeff Grady Florida A&M 9 232 TE Bill Swiacki Amherst 10 253 OG Greg Jorgensen Nebraska [pick acquired from NO] 11 286 DT Dennis Heim S.W. Missouri State 12 313 RB Greg Lawson Western Illinois
Traded draft picks: #3 to MIA (Lyman Smith), #10 to GB (Mark Totten)
Transactions:
| 04-17-1978 | traded John Hicks to Steelers for Jim Clack and Ernie Pough |
| 05-18-1978 | Redskins claimed Ed Marshall on waivers |
| 08-02-1978 | traded Dave Gallagher to Lions for Detroit's #8 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-02-1978 | traded Marsh White to Lions for Detroit's #11 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-03-1978 | traded future considerations to Cowboys for Richard Rosen |
| 08-15-1978 | Tom Mullen retired |
| 08-17-1978 | Packers claimed Gordon Bell on waivers |
| 08-29-1978 | placed Brian DeRoo on injured reserve |
| 08-30-1978 | claimed John Skorupan on waivers from Bills |
| 10-24-1978 | placed Ron Mikolajczyk on injured reserve |
| 10-27-1978 | Cardinals claimed Tom Mullen on waivers |
1978 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/78 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 19-13 1-0-0 09/10/78 vs Dallas Cowboys L 24-34 1-1-0 09/17/78 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 26-10 2-1-0 09/24/78 vs San Francisco 49ers W 27-10 3-1-0 10/01/78 at Atlanta Falcons L 20-23 3-2-0 10/08/78 at Dallas Cowboys L 3-24 3-3-0 10/15/78 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17-14 4-3-0 10/22/78 vs Washington Redskins W 17-6 5-3-0 10/29/78 at New Orleans Saints L 17-28 5-4-0 11/05/78 at St. Louis Cardinals L 10-20 5-5-0 11/12/78 at Washington Redskins L 13-16 (OT) 5-6-0 11/19/78 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 17-19 5-7-0 11/26/78 at Buffalo Bills L 17-41 5-8-0 12/03/78 vs Los Angeles Rams L 17-20 5-9-0 12/10/78 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 17-0 6-9-0 12/17/78 at Philadelphia Eagles L 3-20 6-10-0