1979 New York Giants roster and stats

1979 New York Giants: 6-10-0
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Home record: 4-4-0 (135 points scored, 130 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (102 points scored, 193 allowed) Head Coach: Ray Perkins 237 points scored (27th of 28 teams), 323 points allowed (14th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 190 401 1,954 (27) 4.25 15 22 498 1,820 (22) 3.7 12 3,774 (28) 40 Defense: 253 463 2,926 (17) 5.91 22 21 618 2,452 (22) 4.0 14 5,378 (19) 38

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 9 Joe Pisarcik QB 4 6'4 220 27 3 New Mexico State 10 Brad Van Pelt LB 16 6'5 235 28 7 Michigan State 11 Phil Simms QB 12 6'3 216 24 R Morehead State 13 Dave Jennings P 16 6'4 205 27 6 St. Lawrence 15 Randy Dean QB 16 6'3 195 24 3 Northwestern 18 Joe Danelo K 16 5'9 166 26 5 Washington State 22 Ray Rhodes DB 15 5'11 185 29 6 Tulsa 23 Odis McKinney DB 15 6'2 187 22 2 Colorado 24 Terry Jackson DB 16 5'10 197 23 2 San Diego State 25 Ray Oldham DB 15 6'0 192 28 7 Middle Tennessee State 28 Beasley Reece DB 16 6'1 195 25 4 North Texas State 29 Eddie Hicks RB 14 6'2 210 24 R East Carolina 31 Ernie Jones DB 5 6'3 180 26 4 Miami 33 Bobby Hammond RB 4 5'10 170 27 4 Morgan State 34 Tony Green RB 4 5'9 185 23 2 Florida 34 Zachary Dixon RB 3 6'0 200 23 R Temple 38 Billy Taylor RB 16 6'0 215 23 2 Texas Tech 39 Bob Torrey RB 6 6'4 230 22 R Penn State 41 Todd Christensen TE 1 6'3 230 23 1 Brigham Young 44 Doug Kotar RB 16 5'11 205 28 6 Kentucky 45 Alan Caldwell DB 16 6'0 176 23 R North Carolina 48 Ken Johnson RB 9 6'2 220 22 R Miami 51 Frank Marion LB 16 6'3 228 28 3 Florida A&M 53 Harry Carson LB 16 6'2 235 25 4 South Carolina State 54 Dan Lloyd LB 13 6'2 225 25 4 Washington 55 Brian Kelley LB 16 6'3 222 28 7 California Lutheran 56 Jim Clack C 16 6'3 250 32 9 Wake Forest 57 John Skorupan LB 14 6'2 225 28 7 Penn State 58 Keith Eck C 13 6'5 255 23 1 UCLA 59 Randy Coffield LB 9 6'3 215 25 3 Florida State 60 Brad Benson OT 10 6'3 258 23 2 Penn State 62 Ron Mikolajczyk OT 1 6'3 275 29 4 Tampa 63 Doug Van Horn OG 15 6'2 245 35 13 Ohio State 64 John Mendenhall DT 13 6'1 255 30 8 Grambling 65 Dan Fowler OG 1 6'5 260 23 R Kentucky 68 J.T. Turner OG 16 6'3 250 26 3 Duke 69 Roy Simmons OG 16 6'3 264 22 R Georgia Tech 70 Gary Jeter DE 16 6'4 260 24 3 Southern California 71 Gordon Gravelle OT 4 6'5 252 30 8 Brigham Young 72 Gordon King OT 7 6'6 275 23 2 Stanford 73 Jeff Weston DT 16 6'5 250 23 R Notre Dame 74 Tom Neville OT 14 6'4 250 36 14 Mississippi State 75 George Martin DE 16 6'4 245 26 5 Oregon 76 Jim Pietrzak C 3 6'5 260 26 5 Eastern Michigan 76 Calvin Miller DT 11 6'2 250 26 1 Oklahoma State 78 Gus Coppens OT 9 6'5 270 24 1 UCLA 79 Mike McCoy DT 3 6'5 275 31 10 Notre Dame 80 Phil Tabor DE 15 6'4 255 22 R Oklahoma 80 Emery Moorehead TE 13 6'2 210 25 3 Colorado 81 Cleveland Jackson TE 2 6'4 230 23 R Nevada-Las Vegas 81 Tom Mullady TE 2 6'3 232 22 R Rhodes 83 Earnest Gray WR 16 6'3 195 22 R Memphis 84 Gene Washington WR 2 5'9 170 26 1 Georgia 84 Al Dixon TE 5 6'5 220 25 3 Iowa State 84 Steve Odom WR 6 5'8 174 27 6 Utah 85 Jim Robinson WR 11 5'9 170 26 4 Georgia Tech 86 Johnny Perkins WR 13 6'2 205 26 3 Abilene Christian 87 Gary Shirk TE 16 6'1 220 29 4 Morehead State 88 Dwight Scales WR 15 6'2 182 26 4 Grambling 89 Loaird McCreary TE 11 6'5 227 26 4 Tennessee State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Phil Simms 265 134 50.6 1,743 6.58 13.0 13 4.9 14 5.3 39 319 66.0 Joe Pisarcik 108 43 39.8 537 4.97 12.5 2 1.9 6 5.6 17 123 39.0 Randy Dean 26 11 42.3 91 3.50 8.3 0 0.0 2 7.7 3 23 19.9 Dave Jennings 2 2 100.0 48 24.00 24.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Gary Shirk             31    471   15.2    2
Earnest Gray           28    537   19.2    4
Billy Taylor           28    253    9.0    4
Doug Kotar             25    230    9.2    0
Johnny Perkins         20    337   16.9    4
Ken Johnson            16    108    6.8    1
Dwight Scales          14    222   15.9    0
Jim Robinson           13    146   11.2    0
Emery Moorehead         9     62    6.9    0
Al Dixon                2     18    9.0    0
Brad Van Pelt           1     20   20.0    0
Loaird McCreary         1      7    7.0    0
Cleveland Jackson       1      7    7.0    0
Joe Danelo              1      1    1.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Billy Taylor          198    700    3.5    7
Doug Kotar            160    616    3.9    3
Ken Johnson            62    168    2.7    0
Phil Simms             29    166    5.7    1
Emery Moorehead        36     95    2.6    0
Randy Dean              8     56    7.0    1
Dave Jennings           2     11    5.5    0
Joe Pisarcik            1      6    6.0    0
Earnest Gray            2      2    1.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Steve Odom             15    327   21.8    0
Tony Green             12    214   17.8    0
Bobby Hammond          11    230   20.9    0
Jim Robinson            7    140   20.0    0
Billy Taylor            6    131   21.8    0
Beasley Reece           6     81   13.5    0
Eddie Hicks             3     51   17.0    0
Doug Kotar              2     39   19.5    0
Emery Moorehead         1     16   16.0    0
Frank Marion            1     14   14.0    0
Randy Coffield          1     12   12.0    0
Earnest Gray            1      0    0.0    0
Dan Lloyd               1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Steve Odom              9     26    2.9    3    0
Jim Robinson            6     29    4.8    4    0
Bobby Hammond           6     21    3.5    3    0
Tony Green              3     17    5.7    0    0
Dwight Scales           2      3    1.5    0    0
Beasley Reece           1      8    8.0    0    0
Terry Jackson           1      5    5.0    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Dave Jennings 104 4,445 42.7 9 19 0 60 447 36.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Joe Danelo 0/0 3/3 2/3 4/11 0/3 9/20 28/29 55 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Alan Caldwell 2 2 0 Harry Carson 1.0 3 28 0 Terry Jackson 3 10 0 Gary Jeter 4.0 Ernie Jones 2 42 1 Brian Kelley 2.0 3 41 0 Dan Lloyd 1.0 2 10 0 George Martin 11.0 Odis McKinney 1.0 1 25 0 John Mendenhall 1.5 Calvin Miller 1.0 Ray Oldham 1.0 2 4 0 Beasley Reece 1.0 1 3 0 Ray Rhodes 2 0 0 Phil Tabor 3.5 Brad Van Pelt 4.0

1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 7 QB Phil Simms 164 Morehead State 2 36 WR Ernest Gray 90 Memphis 4 90 DE Phil Tabor 56 Oklahoma 5 117 TE Cleveland Jackson 2 Nevada-Las Vegas 6 145 RB Bob Torrey 14 Penn State 6 158 RB Eddie Hicks 17 East Carolina [pick acquired from PHI] 7 172 TE Steve Alvers 19 Miami 8 200 DB D.K. Perry SMU 8 201 OG Roy Simmons 58 Georgia Tech [pick acquired from DET] 9 227 LB Tom Rusk Iowa 10 256 OG Dan Fowler 1 Kentucky 11 282 DB Mike Mince Fresno State 11 284 RB Ken Johnson 9 Miami [pick acquired from DET] 12 310 OG Tim Gillespie North Carolina State

Traded draft picks: #3 to MIA (Mel Land)

Transactions:

07-14-1979	Reggie Harrison retired
08-01-1979	traded Jack Gregory to Browns for Cleveland's #7 pick in the 1980 draft
08-02-1979	claimed Bill Fifer on waivers from Saints
08-02-1979	claimed Ken Randle on waivers from Cowboys
08-14-1979	placed Greg Murphy on injured reserve
08-14-1979	placed Larry Gillard on injured reserve
08-14-1979	placed Steve Alvers on injured reserve
08-20-1979	placed Bobby Hammond on injured reserve
08-20-1979	placed Randy Coffield on injured reserve
08-21-1979	traded Dan Doornink to Seahawks for Seattle's #7 pick in the 1980 draft
08-28-1979	claimed Gus Coppens on waivers from Rams
08-28-1979	claimed Todd Christensen on waivers from Cowboys
08-28-1979	claimed Tony Green on waivers from Redskins
11-26-1979	placed Dan Lloyd on injured reserve
11-27-1979	placed Emery Moorehead on injured reserve

1979 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/02/79    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 17-23       0-1-0
09/09/79    vs St. Louis Cardinals     L 14-27       0-2-0
09/17/79    at Washington Redskins     L 0-27        0-3-0
09/23/79    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 13-17       0-4-0
09/30/79    at New Orleans Saints      L 14-24       0-5-0
10/07/79    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 17-14       1-5-0
10/14/79    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 32-16       2-5-0
10/21/79    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 21-17       3-5-0
10/28/79    at Los Angeles Rams        W 20-14       4-5-0
11/04/79    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 14-16       4-6-0
11/11/79    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 24-3        5-6-0
11/18/79    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 3-31        5-7-0
11/25/79    vs Washington Redskins     W 14-6        6-7-0
12/02/79    at Dallas Cowboys          L 7-28        6-8-0
12/09/79    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 20-29       6-9-0
12/16/79    vs Baltimore Colts         L 7-31        6-10-0

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